II.10. VERBS (mpanga), part 10/10 (yu-z).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kuyuba : to knock down, to topple over / to sweat, to get wet, to moisten / to gather, to collect
– kuyubudila : to change skin / to fraternize
– kuyubuka : to change skin, to change fur, to change covering, to moult
– kuyubuka : to be peeled, to be skinned, to be grazed, to be scraped
– kuyubula : to slough, to moult, to skin, to peel, to bark / to change skin
– kuyubula / kuyubukila : to discover a gallery of rats
– kuyubusa / kuyungusa : to run
– kuyubuzuka : to fall to pieces, to fall apart
– kuyuka / kuyukua : to be used to, to be accustomed to
– kuyukima / kuyukuma : to be hot, to be feverish, to be restless / to burn
– kuyukua : to be patient, to be tolerant, to put up with, to stand, to tolerate
– kuyukudila : to get used to
– kuyukulila : to imitate
– kuyukuma : to be hot, to be feverish, to be restless / to burn / to be used to, to be accustomed to
– kuyukusa : to rub, to smear with / to make understood, to make heard
– kuyukusa : to rub, to coat, to smear
– kuyukusua / kuyukisa : to accustom, to familiarize, to make people love / to spoil
– kuyukusuna : to be used to each other, to be familiar, to be friends
– kuyukuta : to eat one’s fill, to reach satiety / to be satisfied / to receive enough
– kuyukutisa : to satiate, to be satisfied with / to satisfy, to give enough
– kuyula : to enquire, to get information, to ask
– kuyula : to shell, to undress / to sweat, perspire / to be preferable, to know better, to dress better
– kuyulama : to be gathered, to be crowded together
– kuyuluka : to climb, to rise / to stand, to protrude upwards, to appear, to show oneself
– kuyulula : to remind, to remember, to make one remember / to give to, to tend / to pull
– kuyulula : to turn, to change, to alter , to modify, to stir the boiling contents of a saucepan
– kuyulumuka : to be diluted, to be liquid / to grow, to grow in height
– kuyuma : to get dry, to dry out, to become dehydrated / to quarrel, to argue
– kuyumana : to quarrel / to be ready to fight / to arrive late / to go in vain
– kuyumasa : to incite to fight
– kuyumbalala : to be stupid
– kuyumbuka : to be well educated / to be well trained, to be skillful, to be experienced
– kuyumbuka : to be introduced, to be well educated, to become an expert, to become fit
– kuyumbula / kuyimbula : to teach, to instruct carefully, to initiate thoroughly, to make expert
– kuyumbula : to prune / to teach, to educate, to instruct, to introduce to
– kuyumbula : to clean completely a palm tree from top to bottom / to sing
– kuyumbumuka : to swell after a blow
– kuyumina : to quarrel, to argue
– kuyuminisa : to exhaust, to dry up
– kuyumisa : to dry, to eradicate, to annihilate
– kuyuna : to peel, to strip, to bark, to shave
– kuyundana : to switch to overcast weather as in the dry season
– kuyundukila : to live from, to be raised with, to be nourished with
– kuyundula : to bring up, to raise, to breed, to rear / to feed, to nourish, to maintain, to support
– kuyundumuka : to be covered with
– kuyungama : to be or become sheepish, to be confused, to be deceived, to remain confused
– kuyungana : to rove, to wander (about) , to prowl, to roam, to stroll (about), to loaf / to doubt
– kuyungima : to quarrel
– kuyungimisa : to incite to quarrel, to make quarrel, argue or fight
– kuyunguka : to arrive in good condition, to be safe and sound / to be born alive, to be born well formed
– kuyunguka : to shine / to increase, to enlarge / to be clearly visible, to be prominent
– kuyunguka : to be stolen by means of spells
– kuyungula : to sieve, to sift, to rock, to press
– kuyungumuka : to be about to cry, to become sad / to be stout and fat
– kuyungumuka : to wander / to be embarrassed / to get up in a hurry
– kuyungusa : to run, to jump
– kuyungusila : to chase, to search
– kuyusuka : to go away, to put oneself away, to put oneself aside
– kuyusula / kuyisula : to take away, to remove, to move aside
– kuyutuka : to grow quickly, to sprout fast, to grow fast
– kuyuvula / kuyuvusa / kuyubula : to interrogateto question, to inquire
– kuyuvuzula : to investigate thoroughly, to question insistently, to examine
– kuyuwa : to perceive, to hear, to feel, to understand
– kuyuwakana : to be perceptible, to be heard, to be understood
– kuyuwakasa : to make perceptible, to make understandable
– kuyuwana : to understand each other
– kuzaba / kuzaya : to know
– kuzabakana / kuzayakana : to be known, to be understood, to become famous
– kuzabana / kuzayana : to be known, to be famous, to be acquainted with
– kuzabata / kuziabata : to walk in the mud, in the clay, to walk on something
– kuzabikina : to be known
– kuzabikisa : to tell, to repeat, to report
– kuzabikisa / kuzayikisa : to tell, to repeat, to report
– kuzabisa / kuzayisa : to inform, to announce
– kuzabula : to hasten, to hurry up, to speed up / to amputate, to cut off, to cut a piece of it out
– kuzabula : to remove the cap, to unclog, to remove the lid
– kuzabuna : to bite, to tear off, to tear, to circumcise
– kuzadika : to get started, to leave, to set off
– kuzadumuna : to act quickly, to act very quickly
– kuzaka : to cut, to slice, to prune / to mow / to circumcise
– kuzakala : to sit down, to be seated, to remain, to stay / to move quickly and impetuously
– kuzakalala : to stay seated, to settle down/in, to overstay one’s welcome
– kuzakama : to tremble, to shudder, to shiver
– kuzakika : to make people sit down, to put down / to make them shake
– kuzala : to fill up, to overflow, to abound
– kuzaluka : to be treated with contempt / to play, to feel like playing / to be lively / to climb
– kuzaluluka : to be fully filled, to be totally full
– kuzalumuna : to act in a hurry / to cause rapid and verdant growth / to pump
– kuzalumuna : to spread, to extend, to expand
– kuzamba : to be present everywhere, to be omnipresent / to know everything
– kuzambika : to do something carelessly, to do something badly / to smear
– kuzambilakana : to become entangled / to be present everywhere at once
– kuzambilakana / kuyambilakana : to be everywhere, to be omnipresent
– kuzamika : to sow quickly
– kuzamuna : to egg on to hurry up, to urge to run / to perch, to roost, to hoist up, to raise
– kuzamuna : to cut (off), to pull out, to detach by pinching / to pick, to peck at
– kuzanga : to lift (up), to raise, to make higher
– kuzangama : to rise, to perch, to gain height, to get promoted
– kuzangila : to rejoice, to be delighted
– kuzangitisa : to set in motion
– kuzanguka : to rise, to develop, to make progress, to gain height
– kuzangula : to lift (up), to raise, to develop, to promote
– kuzangula / kuzangula-zangula : to be quick to do something, to hurry up, to hasten to
– kuzangumuka : to get up with enthusiasm, to stand quickly / to be lifted, to be trained
– kuzangumuna : to take with vivacity, to grasp vividly, to do in haste
– kuzanguzuka : to stand up and sit down constantly
– kuzawula : to run in haste, to hasten the step, to quicken the pace, to speed up, to hurry up
– kuzawula : to remove a part, to draw, to pump, to remove strength / to steal the life force
– kuzawula : to remove what protrudes from the surface, to remove the foam
– kuzawulula : to recognize, to remember, to revise, to check
– kuzaya / kuzaba : to know
– kuzayisa : to make known, to publicize, to inform
– kuzeba : to untie, to loosen, to soften, to slacken / to become supple, to become tender
– kuzeba : to walk, to stroll, to saunter, to wander, to roam / to be weakened, to be in need
– kuzebama : to dangle, to work loose, to be loose, to be slack, to be soft
– kuzeka : to screw, to wring, to twist, to rotate / to deceive by trickery
– kuzekalakana : to be sinuous, to be curved, to be twisted / to curl, to wind up, to bend
– kuzekana : to wobble, to throw oneself to one side and the other / to struggle
– kuzekana : to fight for an object
– kuzekidikisa : to make sinuous, to make hooked, to curve, to twist, to wind
– kuzekuka : to be unscrewed, to be untwisted / to untwist, to come unrolled, to come unwound
– kuzekula : to unscrew, to untwist, to unroll, to unwind, to uncoil
– kuzekulula : to twist, to wring out again
– kuzekumuka : to make a loud sound
– kuzela : to chew, to chew grains / to gird oneself / to wander, to stroll
– kuzeluka : to rust (up), to lose its shine, to weaken, to lose one’s mind
– kuzeluka : to leak, to run, to have one’s period
– kuzelumuka : to get down, to get out of a hammock, to sit on the ground
– kuzelumuka : to flow slowly, to ooze, to drool
– kuzelumuna : to bring down, to force to sit on the floor / to melt, to make flow
– kuzenga : to cut (up/out), to carve
– kuzengia : to turn
– kuzengubuka : to lose balance
– kuzengubula : to swing, to rock
– kuzenguka : to be cut, to be slit, to be cut down, to be felled
– kuzengula : to carve around, to trim around, to make a detour / to speak softly, to talk quietly
– kuzenguluka : to make a detour, to suddenly throw oneself aside / to suddenly disappear
– kuzenguluka : to take roundabout ways to designate someone / to be winding, to be sinuous
– kuzenguzula : to lacerate, to shred, to cut out, to carve, to chop, to mince, to slash
– kuzenguzuna : to mince finely, to chop up small, to cut into small pieces
– kuzenza : to cut / be soft, taste good, be well seasoned
– kuzenza : to flag, to slacken, to soften, to mellow, to melt, to liquefy
– kuzenzumuka : to grow vigorous, to grow straight / to be majestic / to walk elegantly
– kuzetama : to cling, to tighten against, to hold firm, to persevere, to be obstinate
– kuzetika : to bind, to tie, to fasten
– kuzeyalala : to be tied lightly, to be tied loosely
– kuzezuka : to go away at a short distance, to do something in part / to go crazy
– kuziadila : to be pleated, to be creased
– kuziama : to bury oneself, to submerge, to dive, to sink, to rest for eternity
– kuziamisa : to bury, to entomb
– kuzibama : to be closed, to be locked up, to be blocked
– kuzibika : to close, to shut, to fill (up/in), to block (up), to cork
– kuzibula : to open, to uncork, to clear, to unblock
– kuzibuka : to be open, to be unblocked, to be uncorked, to open up
– kuzibukila : to want, to desire
– kuziena : to urinate, to pee, to have a piss / to fast, to be on a diet, to have a wasp waist
– kuzieta : to travel, to visit, to walk, to wander / to pinch / to go fast
– kuzieta : to travel, to visit
– kuzietalala : to seize, to grasp, to hold firm
– kuzietika : to fix, to consolidate, to tie firmly, to fasten firm / to draw a circle, to make a circle
– kuzieziana : to get lost, to lose track of
– kuziezianisa : to give an evasive answer / to mislead, to lead astray, to indicate the wrong way
– kuziezuka : to be crazy / to function by speaking of a body organ
– kuzika : to bury, to put in the earth, to entomb
– kuzika : to take by force, to snatch, to ravish, to rob, to extort, to disarm, to steal
– kuzika / kuzina : to be burnt to the ground, to be burnt to a cinder
– kuzikalakana : to be rough, to be stunted
– kuzikana : to be friends, to have friendship for each other
– kuzikinisa : to tickle / to designate specially
– kuzikitina : to throb, to shoot, to start to hurt
– kuzikuka : to burn easily, to be burned completely / to get angry / to be twisted
– kuzikula : to be able to understand / to perfect / to take away, to leave quickly / to shorten
– kuzikula : to carry out, to realize one’s hopes, to bring a company to maturity / to be exercised
– kuzikumuna : to beat the drum loudly
– kuzima : to switch off, to turn off, to extinguish, to put out, to smother
– kuzimbakana : to forget, to be wrong or mistaken, to make a mistake / to get lost, to go astray
– kuzimbala : to be lost, to get lost, to go astray / to disappear, to slip away, to die
– kuzimbala : to be lost, to disappear, to lose one’s way
– kuzimbalua : to ignore, to make a mistake, to go the wrong way, to take the wrong path
– kuzimbana : to lose sight of, to disappear, to vanish into thin air
– kuzimbangana : to forget, to err, to make a mistake / to go astray, to get lost, to mislead
– kuzimbasa / kuzimbisa : to lose
– kuzimbikisa : to mislead, to lead astray, to make disappear, to throw into oblivion
– kuzimbikisa : to make completely disappear, to throw in oblivion
– kuzimbisa : to make vanish, to make disappear, to cause to forget
– kuzimbuka : to be fair, to be straight / to be clear, to be distinct, to function
– kuzimbuka : to be adorned, to be costumed
– kuzimbukila : to be surprised by
– kuzimikina / kuzimingina : to forget
– kuzimisa : to switch off, to turn off, to extinguish
– kuzimuka : to be lightly burned / to turn off, to go out, to go down, to vanish, to disappear
– kuzimuna : to burn with hot iron, to brand, to burn slightly / to wither (up), to wilt, to blacken
– kuzimunina : to delay, to be late, to arrive late
– kuzina : to get burned, to grill, to char
– kuzinda / kudinda : to submerge, to sink
– kuzinga : to live, to exist
– kuzinga : to surround, to roll up, to wind up, to wrap up, to embrace, to put together
– kuzingama : to coil up, to wrap oneself up
– kuzingila : to last, to drag on for ever
– kuzinguluka : to live old, to live long, to last long, to persist
– kuzinguluka : to turn in circles, to spin round, to twirl / to twist, to go around
– kuzinguluka : to be ardent, to be feverish, to be nervous, to be in a hurry
– kuzingumuka : to come unrolled, to come unwound
– kuzingumuna : to unroll, to unwind
– kuzinina / kuzienina : to want, to long for, to covet
– kuzinisa : to make it burn, to carbonize
– kuzinzuka : to be mutilated, to be crippled, to be disabled, to be truncated, to be sectioned
– kuzinzumuna : to tell, to explain clearly, to explain separately, to explain distinctly
– kuzioka : to run, to escape, to flee / to light up, to consume
– kuzioka : to be stunted, to be dried out, to be parched / to decrease, to diminish
– kuziokama / kuziokula : to enter, to penetrate deeply
– kuziokula : to penetrate deeply
– kuziola : to draw out, to straighten, to untie, to unfold, to take the creases out of, to smooth out
– kuziola : to pull together
– kuziomba : to throw, to discard
– kuziombama : to be full, to be about to overflow
– kuziombika : to fill completely
– kuziomvuna : to pinch with nails
– kuziona : to confiscate, to dispossess, to wrest, to abduct, to snatch off
– kuziotuka : to shrink, to become insignificant / to be diminished, to be thin, to be very hungry
– kuzita : to inspire respect, to be worthy of respect, to be honoured, to be venerated
– kuzita : to be in poor form, to be unwell, to feel sick, to be grief-stricken, to be melancholy
– kuzitama : to be respected, to be honored, to be revered
– kuzitika : to tighten, to clamp, to clench
– kuzitikisa : to tie (up), to knot, to attach, to fasten
– kuzitisa : to respect
– kuziudangana : to be busy
– kuziudika : to swallow
– kuziudikisa : to keep busy
– kuziula : to loot a grave, to exhume a corpse to steal the body or the effects of the dead person
– kuziunga : to go around, to bypass / to get dizzy, to have vertigo
– kuziungana : to be stirred, to bypass / to be dizzy
– kuziungumuka : to whirl, to spin round and round, to go around in circles, to run around
– kuziungumuna : to swirl, to twirl
– kuzizila : to be calm, to be patient / to be valiant, to be firm, to be fearless / to persevere
– kuzodikisa : to flatter, to endear, to make people love, to make pleasant, to make favorable
– kuzodila : to wish, to desire for someone
– kuzodinga : to walk limping
– kuzodisa : to make people love
– kuzodisila : to demand, to ask, to impose
– kuzoka : to pierce, to perforate, to introduce a sharp object
– kuzokula : to perforate
– kuzokuna : to peel, to graze, to scrape, to shell / to gather, to detach, to rotate in order to pick
– kuzokuna : to crumple, to crush, to grind / to graze, to card
– kuzola : to love, to be in love with, to like, to be fond of, to desire, to want
– kuzolakana : to be pleasant, to be charming, to be kind
– kuzolana : to love each other, to be in love with each other
– kuzolasana : to love each other between members of a group
– kuzolua : to be loved, to be appreciated, to be popular
– kuzolua / kuzoluka : to be loved, to be appreciated
– kuzoma : to pursue, to hunt down, to put to flight, to chase out, to evict
– kuzomuka : to be moderate, to act with caution / to give a little / to love
– kuzonduka : to jump / to skip
– kuzongila : to retail
– kuzonza : to speak, to discuss, to debate, to palaver, to chat, to quarrel (with each other)
– kuzonzika : to amass, to heap up, to collect, to gather (in), to pack up, to put in order
– kuzonzikisa : to bring together, to gather, to get together, to collect / to provoke a quarrel
– kuzonzila : to speak on somebody’s behalf, to plead
– kuzonzubuka : to be unloaded
– kuzonzutina : to act slowly
– kuzowalala : to be discouraged, to despair / to be dejected, to be melancholy, to be desperate
– kuzoweleka : to grieve, to hurt, to make sorrow
– kuzuandika : to pursue, to chase, to run quickly after someone
– kuzuanduka : to go slowly, to walk on tiptoe
– kuzuanga : to clear, to reclaim, to cultivate virgin land / to cut quickly / to circumcise
– kuzuanga : to be pleated, creased / to pursue / to dive into / to throw far away / to hit, to whip
– kuzuangama : to be cultivated recently
– kuzuangila : to clean by clearing the land
– kuzuangula : to clean, to clear, to remove small bushes or weeds
– kuzuangula : to run after, to chase after, to pursue
– kuzuanuka : to cross, to get over, to clear, to jump over, to leap over
– kuzuanuna / kuzanuna : to nibble, to take a little at a time to eat
– kuzuatika : to let run after, to make run after, to pursue
– kuzuatuka : to break, to snap, to twist, to become gnarled
– kuzuatuna : to break, to snap, to twist, to bend
– kuzuba : to beat, to hit, to strike, to knock, to thrash, to throw
– kuzuba : to prick, to drive in, to thrust, to plunge / to surpass, to overtake / to dance alone
– kuzuenguka : to come out, to bud / to be round, to break, to twist
– kuzuengula : to tonsure, to cut, to shave a wide parting around the head
– kuzuengula : to make a hole, to pierce, to drill
– kuzueta : to pinch, to remove with nails / to lick, to taste, to drink a little of something
– kuzuinga : to be seated, to be unoccupied, to be idle, to be silent
– kuzuka : to prick, to inject, to stick in a needle / to cook to give good taste
– kuzuka : to hum, to float in the wind / to twirl, to brandish around, to throw
– kuzuka : to have to, to be obliged to / to ruminate / to braise
– kuzukula : to see, to perceive, to be aware of, to understand, to grasp / to experience / to notice
– kuzukula : to realize, to be aware of, to understand, to discover, to find out
– kuzukula : to terrify, to scare, to worry, to trouble, to fill with anguish, to upset, to distress
– kuzukumuka : to be feverish, to be hot / to save oneself, to run away / to be hunted, be thrown
– kuzukumuna : to throw with a quick and forceful gesture, to fling, to hurl
– kuzula : o eat quickly, to serve oneself abundantly, to grab with full hands
– kuzuluka : to learn, to be able to, to be mature for marriage
– kuzuluka : to become holy spirit
– kuzulula : to learn to do something, to learn about the life of marriage
– kuzulula : to introduce, to teach to do something for the first time
– kuzulumuka : to melt, to thaw / to ooze, to leak, to drip, to flow through a leak
– kuzumba : to give a helping hand, to work to benefit from a share of the result / to soak
– kuzumbika : to pile (up), to heap (up), to stack, to accumulate, to amass
– kuzumbula : to remove from a heap that which exceeds
– kuzumbuluka : to wiggle, to be agitated, to bustle around, to be perturbed, to be disrupted
– kuzuna : to be restored, to be relieved, to be soothed, to be calmed down, to recover peace
– kuzuna / kudzuna : to stand still, to keep quiet, to calm down, to be silent, to stay in one place
– kuzundama : to squat in fear, to crouch in fear, to curl up in sorrow, to be prostrate with grief
– kuzungana : to move about, to roam, to whirl, to follow a sinuous path
– kuzunguluka : to lose one’s bearings, to go round in circles, to beat about the bush
– kuzungulula : to twirl, to turn in all directions, to make lose the head
– kuzunisa : to restore, to relieve, to calm down, to reassure
– kuzuntana : to get together, to gather, to collect
– kuzunzuna : to detach a little bit, to cut a small piece, to nibble
– kuzuta : to catch, to grab, to seize, to embrace, to hug / to pull, to lift at once, to snatch, to steal
– kuzuta : to lift all at once, to snatch, to rob, to steal, to take without permission
– kuzutuka : to contort oneself, to spin round and round
– kuzutuna : to twist, to contort / to cut (off), to tear off a small piece, to nibble
– kuzutununa : to cut out, to carve, to chop, to mince
