II.1. VERBS (mpanga), part 1/10 (a-de).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kuba / kubanga : to be, to be present, to show up / to remain, to reside, to stay, to live, to lodge
– kubabakata : to speak fast and loudly
– kubabula : to roast
– kubadika : to begin, to start / to calculate, to appraise, to value, to estimate
– kubadika : to think about, to reflect on, to meditate on, to think of
– kubadila : to scold, to blame, to lecture
– kubaka : to take, to seize, to catch, to receive, to obtain, to succeed, to win, to become
– kubakisa / kubakusa : to understand
– kubakuka : to be renowned, to be quoted, to be revealed / to remember / to be very noisy
– kubakuka : to be demolished, to be shot, to be cut into pieces, to be shredded, to be crumpled
– kubakuka : to be seized, to be taken, to be obtained
– kubakula : to remember, to learn, to be informed, to recognize, to imagine, to deepen
– kubakula : to betray, to discover, to find, to catch / to know, to hear, to understand
– kubakula : to understand, to realize, to be aware of, to find out
– kubakulula : to recover, to take back
– kubakumuka : to be thin, to be skinny
– kubakuna : to knock down, to demolish, to divide, to tear, to shred
– kubakuna : to undo, to cancel / to let go of, to disclose
– kubakusa : to recall, to explain / to prove peremptorily / to make understand, to convince
– kubaluka : to turn round, to change, to be transformed
– kubalula : to turn, to change, to transform
– kubalumuna : to turn over completely / to spread, to sprinkle, to scatter, to open wide
– kubama : to thunder, to yell, to bawl
– kubamba : to sew, to stitch, to mend
– kubambuka : se remember, to remind, to recall
– kubambula : to recall, to remind
– kubamina : to give somebody hell, to yell against, to howl against, to thunder against
– kubandakana : to mix with, to see regularly
– kubandama : to bend over, to prostrate oneself, to lean forward
– kubandamana : to lean forward showing off one’s behind to the personn one wants to curse
– kubandikisa : to declare, to assert, to claim
– kubanga : to turn
– kubangasa : to threaten, to frighten, to scare
– kubangisa : to deny, to reject, to contradict
– kubangula : to explain, to translate, to transform
– kubangula : to develop / to discover / to convince, to speak frankly / to insult / to refuse
– kubangumuka : to turn over/around, to roll, to turn on itself
– kubangumuna : to turn over/round, to make roll, to make turn on itself, to disrupt
– kubangusa : to deny, to reject, to contest, to dispute, not to acknowledge
– kubantika / kuyantika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kubanza : to think
– kubanzidila / kubanzudila : to think about, to think conscientiously
– kubanzikisa : to hope / to suspect, to imagine, to suppose, to presume, to assume / to guess
– kubanzila : to think about / to suspect
– kubanzuka : to be thought about, to be imagined, to be thought of / to be thrown away
– kubasa : to split, to cleave, to saw longitudinally
– kubasuka : to split, to crack
– kubatika / kubadika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kubatisa : to join
– kubeba : to spoil, to damage, to go bad, to become dirty
– kubebisa : to spoil, to damage, to waste, to dirty, to sully, to destroy, to ruin, to make a blunder
– kubedisa : to blame, to thwart, to punish, to beat, to defeat
– kubela : to suffer, to be sick, to catch a desease / to hate, to detest / to blame
– kubelasana : to hate each other
– kubelesa : to beat, to defeat
– kubeluka : to cure, to heal
– kubenda : to pull, to tow, to breathe (in), to draw (up), to attract
– kubenguka : to be wide open, to be quite open, to be completely open
– kubengula : to open wide / to lift, to raise, to turn up, to roll up / to sell well / to feed quickly
– kubenguluka / kubengulula : to become red, to turn red, to be reddish, to be yellow
– kubenzama : to be split, to be cleaved, to be extended, to be open
– kubenzikisa : to pick up
– kubesuka : to be tight, to be flattened
– kubesula /kubesuna : to detach from, to separate from
– kubesia : to convince
– kubeta : to beat, to hit, to strike, to knock, to tap, to clap, to stamp, to slap
– kubidika : to multiply
– kubidisa : to cook, to boil
– kubieka : to enthrone, to crown
– kubiekuna : to break up
– kubika : to let, to leave, to give up, to abandon / to miss, to fail
– kubika : to tell, to name, to point out, to mention / to predict, to forecast
– kubikua : to be called, to call themselves, to be appointed
– kubikula : to predict the future, to prophesy
– kubila : to boil, to come in the boil
– kubila : to say, to talk about, to speak of, to call, to rename, to repeat
– kubilikisa : to forecast, to predict
– kubima : to exit, to go out
– kubimba : to taste
– kubimbila : to be constipated
– kubinda : to tie firmly, to bind firmly / to plait, to braid, to interlace, to interwine, to tangle
– kubinda : to change, to make different / to accompany
– kubindakania : to cross
– kubindamana : to must, to apply oneself to, to buckle down to, to be obliged to
– kubindika : to knot, to tie, to bolt, to shut up, to lock up, to detain, to take hostage, to corner
– kubindula : to open with a key, to unlock, to unbolt, to untie, to undo, to loosen
– kubinga : to hunt
– kubingula : to invoke, to call upon/forth
– kubinzisa : to dirty, to spoil, to deform, to stretch out of shape, to buckle, to warp, to distort
– kubioka : to belch, to burp
– kubiola : to sing while talking about a bird
– kubisa : to refuse, to deny
– kubita : to ward off, to avert, to prevent with force, to grab hold of someone who wants to fight
– kubita : to tranquillize, to reassure / to make deviate, to deflect, to divert / to tie firmly, to tie up
– kubitika : to tie firmly, to knot tightly
– kubodingisa : to press, to squeeze, to crush, to flatten
– kubodisa / kubolesa : to wet, to moisten, to dampen / to make rot, to spoil, to go bad
– kuboka : to cry, to call out, to shout, to howl, to roar, to yell
– kubokalakana / kubokalangana : to obscure, to darken
– kubokidila : to name, to call by the name
– kubokidisa : to convene, to summon, to notify, to call (in)
– kubokila : to call, to hail, to name
– kubokota : to whisper
– kubola : to rot, to putrefy, to decompose, to go rotten / to get wet / to last long, to drag on
– kubola : to collect, to gather, to pick (up) / to bring up, to raise
– kubomba : to keep, to conserve, to preserve / to calm (down), to soothe, to console, to comfort
– kubombakana : to calm down, to stop worrying
– kubomika : to hit, to strike, to knock against, to run into, to collide, to bump into
– kubominina : to be dangerously ill
– kubomuna : to knock against, to run into, to collide, to bump into / to burn
– kubomvuna : to hit, to strike
– kubondeka : to wet, to soak, to dip
– kubonduka : to die, to pass away, tomber à la renverse, se tordre de rire
– kubondula : to kill, terrasser, to put an end to, to get it over with, to overturn, to knock down
– kubonga : to take, to pick up
– kubongidila : to depend on somebody, to be a kept man/woman, to take in the pocket of others
– kubongisa : to arrange, to fix, to repair
– kubota : to knock / to proliferate
– kubotana : to bump into each other, to collide with each other, to knock against one another
– kubotika : to dive into, to dip in, to dunk in, to immerse, to baptize
– kubua : to fall (down), to fail, to go bankrupt
– kubua : to occur, to break out
– kubuabuana : to meet
– kubuadikita : to gnaw
– kubuadinga : to cook, to boil / to be overcooked, to be crushed into puree
– kubuadingisa : to squeeze, to mash in puree, to put into compote
– kubuaka : to turn red, to turn yellow, to become ripe / to be fiery in the fire
– kubuaka : to redden, to turn red, to ripen, to turn yellow, to yellow
– kubuakana : to scream, to cry as if for a dead person
– kubuakidila : to become or be very red, to be very ripe
– kubuakisa : to make turn red, to make ripen, to make turn yellow
– kubuakuluka : to turn red, to become reddish, to turn brown
– kubuakulukisa : to make turn red
– kubualumuka : to pass quickly
– kubuambumuka : to split, to crack
– kubuana : to meet, to find on the spot, to welcome, to go meet
– kubuanga : to persist, to radiate, to hurt, to knock against, to hit, to strike / to weave
– kubuangalala : to be wide open, to be visible
– kububa : to dupe, to fool, to take in
– kububakana : to search with anxiety, to search anxiously
– kubudika : to break
– kubuela / kubuesa : to add
– kubueta : to pinch, to press, to squeeze in the hand
– kubufa : to defeat, to overcome, to beat, to crush
– kubuila : to capture, to catch, to fall on
– kubuilakana : to fight
– kubuisila : tto ejaculate
– kubuitalala / kubuitama : to darken
– kubuitama : to darken, to grow dark, to become dark
– kubuitidila : to pinch very hard, to squeeze very tightly, to press very hard
– kubuitika : to surprise
– kubuka : to treat / to dupe, to fool, to deceive, to take in
– kubukula : to pour, to spread
– kubukumuna : to pour in abundance, to discharge, to flood
– kubulumuna : to cause a collapse, to cause a landslide, to demolish, to pull down
– kubukuna : to cut in half, to break (up)
– kubukuta : to crunch, to braze
– kubukuzuna : to cut into pieces
– kubula : to beat, to hit, to strike, to play, to ring, to sound, to resound
– kubula : to lance, to make an incision in, to disembowel
– kubululuka : to be digested
– kubuma : to visit by the way / to smear, to coat / to thunder, to growl, to scold, to fulminate
– kubumba : to catch / to create, to make / to plough, to plow, to till
– kubumbalangana : to be dirty
– kubumbula : to go astray, to walk in the dark, to grope one’s way, to go round in circles
– kubuna : to graze, to scrape
– kubunda : to unite, to bring together, to gather, to add (up)
– kubundakana : to assemble, to get together, to gather
– kubundakana / kubundakiana : to add up, to have the ability to be united / to start raining
– kubundakana / kubundakiana : to be locked up with, to be mixed with/to, to be piled up with
– kubundakana / … kiana : to be melted with, to be joined to, to be added to, to be confused with
– kubundakana / kubundakiana : to be able to collide each other / to jostle in the dark
– kubundakasa : to bring together, to unify, to add, to mix / to make an arithmetic addition
– kubundakesa : to bring together, to unify, to add, to mix / to make an arithmetic addition
– kubundana : to add up, to join together to get together, to gather / to marry, to mate
– kubundika : to put together, to pack together, to fold / to multiply, to double / to learn by heart
– kubundikisa : to bring together, to unify, to add, to mix / to make an arithmetic addition
– kubundisa : to bring together, to reunite, to unite, to unify / to add, to connect, to combine
– kubundisa : to build in, to fit together, to nest / to join, to unite, to incorporate, to pair
– kubundisa : to unite the bride and groom, to bless the bride and groom
– kubundalala : to lie stretched out while getting comfortable and being without embarrassment
– kubundalala : to stretch, to sprawl, to loll / to fall asleep, to pass away, to die
– kubundama : to be joined, to be folded, to be closed (book) to gather, to meet, to get together
– kubundinga : to seize, to catch, to grab, to get hold of / to go plunder, to go loot
– kubunduka : to collapse, to fall to the ground, to die
– kubunduka : to be defeated / to lower oneself, to demean oneself, to wear out
– kubundukila / kubundila : to attack sb out of the blue, to attack sb unexpectedly / to fall on
– kubundula : to knock over, to floor, to uproot, to bring down / to offend, to infringe
– kubundula : to dig, to plough, to plow, to turn over / to open (out), to unfold, to undo
– kubundudula : to multiplier
– kubundumuka : to overturn, to turn over, to flip over / to unfurl, to spread
– kubundumuna : to bang, to knock over, to floor / to unroll, to unwind, to unfold, to spread
– kubundumuna : to scare, to startle, to flush out / to plough, to plow, to turn over
– kubunga : to destroy, to demolish, to defeat / to play with dirt, to scribble, to doodle, to scrawl
– kubungalala : to be foggy
– kubungamana : to touch
– kubungana : to be damned, to be condemned / to be damaged
– kubunuka : to graze oneself, to cast off one’s skin, to peel
– kubunza : to chew, to crunch, to munch, to nibble / to slander, to talk about, to mention
– kubuta : to give birth, to produce fruits
– kubutana : to reproduce, to breed
– kudada : to ooze, to drip
– kudadisa : to make it ooze, to make it trickle, to make it run
– kudakika : to fill to the edge, to fill to the brim
– kudakisa : to lose, to drop, to let go
– kudakula : to repeat, to say again / to shred / to do the belly dance
– kudakumuka : to grumble, to be in agony / to give up the soul
– kudama : to sink, to be overwhelmed / to turn off / to say something harmful, to insult
– kudamuka : to jump, to leap / to break / to be torn away
– kudamva : to chew full mouth / to stuff
– kudamva : to take, to catch, to seize / to walk on, to step on, to set foot on, to put one’s foot on
– kudamvuka : to walk waddling, to walk proudly, to strut
– kudangala : to stand upright and still, to stand up straight and motionless
– kudanisa : to honour, to exalt, to magnify
– kudanuka : to break, to smash, to tear
– kudanuna : to break, to tear / to use, to make use of, to resort to, to wear out, to pull from
– kudasa : to be about to die, to be on one’s deathbed
– kudasanana : to be content, to be pleased, to be glad, to be happy, to be satisfied
– kudasuka : to get angry, to fly into a rage
– kudavuka : to walk proudly, to walk with pride
– kudavula : to pull out, to tear off, to snatch
– kudawuka : to break
– kudawuna : to break, to tear, to pull, to wear out
– kudebama : to be tuned
– kudebuka : to get burned / to cook / to hurt
– kudedakana : to come to an agreement, to ressemble, to be comparable (to), to coincide
– kudedeka : to agree, to equal, to match (up to), to reach the level, to coincide with
– kudedekisa : to settle, to reconcile, to equalize, to level, to make equal
– kudedesana : to be coupled, to be joined, to be mated
– kudediba : to dance
– kudefa / kudeva : to owe, to borrow
– kudenda : to bounce, to leap (about), to waddle
– kudetila : to be similar, to coincide
– kudeva : to borrow, to owe / to slander, to defame, to curse
– kudevisa : to lend, to loan
– kudevula / kulevula : to insult, to offend, to give offence, to offense to
– kudewula : to peel, to skin, to shell, to pod, to scratch
