II.2. VERBS (mpanga), part 2/10 (di-i).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kudia : to eat
– kudiadiasana : to eat each other
– kudiama : to eclipse, to bury oneself
– kudiamisa : to bury, to put in the earth
– kudiata : to walk, to trample (down), to tread down, to crush
– kudiatikisa : to crush, to squash, to squish, to destroy completely
– kudiatisa : to work, to operate, to help to walk
– kudidisa / kudidula : to make people cry
– kudiemba : to hold on, to be hanging on
– kudiembika : to hang (up), to hang on/from
– kudiembila : to swing
– kudiengana : to whirl, to go around in circles
– kudiengila : to wheel, to wander (about)
– kudiengumuka : to spin round and round, to turn round and round, to whirl, to go around
– kudifana : to hurry up
– kudifinga / kudifumuna : to hit hard, to strike strongly
– kudifuka : to cough / to get to satiety, to get full / to be or sit still, to be silent, to sulk
– kudifula : to hit, to strike / to cough
– kudika : to feed, to give somebody something to eat
– kudika-dika : to agitate, to flutter
– kudikakana : to be eatable / to be full, to be satiated / to be contained (water), to be sunk into
– kudikila : to poison
– kudikita : to ring, to sound, to roar
– kudila : to cry, to weep, to whine, to bewail, to snivel, to grizzle, to sob
– kudima : to sink, to drown, to submerge, to dive / to invoke, to call forth, to implore a fetich
– kudimba : to listen
– kudinda / kuzinda : to sink, to drown
– kudindisa / kuzindisa : to immerse, to drown
– kudinga : to look for, to seek, to scrutinize, to challenge / to wait, to immobilize oneself
– kudingalala : to stop talking, to be quiet, to quiten down, to keep still
– kudingama : to calm down
– kudingika : to make quiet, to make silent
– kudinguka : to walk while swinging
– kudinguluka : to be silent, to shut up, to keep quiet, to be completely quiet, to remain still
– kudingulula : to weigh, to examine
– kudiongudila : to eye, to watch out for, to spy on
– kudisa : to make eat, to help to eat
– kudita-dita : to go and come
– kudoda : to peck (at)
– kudodoka : to be excused, to be forgiven
– kudodokela : to excuse, to apologize for, to forgive
– kudoka : to burst
– kudokuka : to crack / to be curved, to be bent over
– kudokuna : to break / to crush with the nail
– kudomoka : to exclaim, to shout out
– kudondua : to lay down the law, to have a hold
– kudongola : to detach the leaves or fruit from their branch, to stone
– kudongola : to glare, to look with disdain, to cast a scornful glance
– kuduata : to cut, to incise
– kududika : to calm (down), to lessen, to mitigate
– kududuta : to give a big blow
– kudueba / kuduengula / kudueta : to dance by turning the hips
– kudueduta : to lap up
– kuduenga : to nibble, to gnaw
– kudueza : to cut even, to cut regularly
– kudufuka : to explode
– kuduika : to bury, to stick, to drive in, to thrust
– kuduinga : to hit, to strike
– kuduka / kutuka : to go out, to exit
– kuduka : to fill up, to block up
– kudukula : to poor
– kuduma : to reign, to rule, to lay down the law / to resound, to ring
– kuduma : tonner, retentir, résonner / gronder, se lamenter / courir, s’envoler
– kudumba : to be perceptible
– kudumuka : to jump (up), to skip (about), to hop (about), to leap (up), to get involved
– kudumuna : to get jumping, to get leaping
– kudumvula to irritate, to excite
– kudundana : to be full, to be swollen, to be protruding
– kudundumuna : to pull out with the roots
– kudunga : to be angry, to get irritated
– kudungisa : to irritate
– kudusula / kudusumuna : to cough
– kudusuna : to crush
– kudutula : snatch, to pull out, to tear off
– kudzina : to burn
– kudzinina : to covet, to lust for, to burn with envy, to die of envy
– kudzioka / kuzioka : to run (away), to clear off, to flee, to escape
– kudzomina : to catch , to grab
– kueka / kuweka : to become, to have arrived at, to come to
– kuena / kuwena : to be
– kuenda / kuwenda / kuyenda : to go, to leave, to go away
– kueta / kuweta : to be in the process of, to be about to, to be preparing to, to get ready to
– kufeka : to be
– kufelula : to iron the linen
– kufiadisa : to blunt, to dull, to numb
– kufiakula : to whip, to flog, to slap
– kufiala : to be blunt / to be numb
– kufiama / kufinama : to get closer, to be close to each other
– kufiamina : to put close, to bring closer
– kufiantama : to do something with tenacity / to have fallen to the ground
– kufiantika : to drop to the ground, to make it fall to the ground
– kufianza : to eat
– kufiasana : to kiss each other / to get engaged
– kufiatakasa : to tighten, to crumple, to wrinkle
– kufiatama : to be braided tightly
– kufiatuka : to walk in small steps
– kufiawisa : to console, to content, to satisfy
– kufiawuka : être content, être satisfait, être reconnaissant, remercier, se réjouir / manger
– kufiawukila : to love, to please / to be pleasant
– kufiawukilua : to be pleasant
– kufiawulala : to be well treated / to be content, to be happy
– kufiba : to suck, to kiss
– kufibisa : to blunt / to weaken
– kufidibita / kufidikita : to have a heartache
– kufidila : to lead, to drive
– kufidimika : to put upside down
– kufidisa : to send (off), to dispatch, to ship, to mail
– kufielesa : to consult a medium to discover the truth
– kufieta : to strangle, to squeeze, to tighten, to press, to compress, to make narrow
– kufieta : to click one’s tongue after sucking or absorbing acidulous thing
– kufietama : to be narrow, to be slim, to be thin / to be compressed, to be low, to be flattened
– kufietana / kufietasana : to huddle together or to press against each other
– kufietika : to squeeze, to tighten, to press / to imprint, to impress
– kufietikina : to embrace, to clasp in one’s arms
– kufietisa : to make faces while pretending to cry
– kufietumuka : to go slowly, to walk stealthily
– kufieza / kufinda : to discuss with
– kufiezana : to discuss
– kufiezuka : to turn, to turn away, to turn around, to move
– kufiezula : to make it turn
– kufiezuzuka : to turn frequently, to turn here and there, from side to side / to hurry up
– kufika : to cover / to heap up, to stuff, to pad
– kufila : to send
– kufilangana : to be tight, to be pressed
– kufilanisa : to contradict
– kufimbata : to search carefully, to search well
– kufimbuka : to smell, to sniff
– kufimfita : to feel
– kufimpa : to auscultate, to examine, to sound
– kufina : to pinch, to hip, to squeeze, to press sur / to bewitch, to cast a spell
– kufinama : to approach, to come closer / nearer, to go closer / nearer, to draw nearer
– kufinangana : to approach, to rub shoulders with
– kufinga : to insult, to abuse
– kufingika : to assemble, to amass, to package / to collect, to save
– kufinika : to cover, to put a lid
– kufinzuka : to get dirty
– kufiobuka : to be stuck in deeply / to lower, to fall without breaking, without smashing
– kufiobula : to stick deeply, to drive in deeply / to make it fall without breaking
– kufioda : to suck, to kiss
– kufiolumuka : to walk slowly, stealthily, by creeping up, crawling or sneaking
– kufiolumuna : to take secretly, to take by trickery, to pinch, to steal
– kufiomba : to ripen, to redden / to be bent
– kufiombika : to lower, to bend
– kufiona : to empty, to deflate, to suck (up), to draw up / to pierce, to gush out
– kufiona : to move forward stealthily, to sneak in, to slip / to have diarrhea
– kufiona : to clean one’s mouth with one’s tongue, to suck, click one’s tongue in an insulting way
– kufionda : to remove the central rib of a banana leaf
– kufionga : to be black, to be blackish / to become dark, to blacken, to turn brown
– kufionga : to come in large numbers
– kufiongisa : to do well, to execute well / to paint or color with care
– kufiongitila / kufiongusa / kufiongutila : to tickle
– kufiongula : to make blacken / to make sad, to make weary
– kufiongumuna : to press strongly
– kufiongunina : to examine, to research, to investigate
– kufionkonona : to fast, to leave without eating
– kufionoka : to shrink, to get thin(er), to deflate
– kufionta / kufiota : to suck, to lick one’s mouth
– kufiontakana : to be tight, to be sunken, to be shrunken
– kufiontakana : to be skinny, to be full of wrinkles / to lose weight
– kufiontoka : to be shrunk, to be tight, to be sunken / to lose weight, to suffer from malnutrition
– kufiontona : to suffocate / to strangle, to cut the throat / to squeeze
– kufiontuna to eat something soft by mashing it up with the tongue / to suck, to draw the juice
– kufiontuna : to be soft, to be downy, to be flabby / to insult by clicking the tongue
– kufiosia : to blacken
– kufiota : to become black / to turn black, to blacken, to darken / to suck, to lick one’s mouth
– kufiotisa : to blacken, to make it black
– kufiotola : to express his disdain or his contempt by a sound near of “pshiiit”
– kufiotuka : to shrink, to become smaller, to reduce in size, to diminish, to decrease, to lessen
– kufiotuka : to wrinkle, to crease / to get thin, to become narrower, to suffer from hunger
– kufiotuka : to be sunk, to be hollowed out / to fall, to sag / to die, to be killed
– kufiotula : to kill / to make wrinkle, to make crease, to make shrink, to make lose weight
– kufiotuna : to lick one’s mouth while clicking the tongue / to insult by clicking the tongue
– kufiotuna : to decrease, to lessen, to diminish, to reduce, to lower
– kufisa : to rub, to scratch / to feel, to squeeze / to kiss, to suck, to absorb, to lick fingers
– kufisika : to rub, to scratch / to tickle
– kufisuka : to break, to crack
– kufiuka : to be forced to bet, to be obliged to make a bet
– kufiunga : to swing
– kufivana : to get blunt, to become dulled
– kufiya : to suck, to kiss / to bet, to win
– kufokama / kudekama : to genuflect as a sign of respect, to prostrate oneself, to kowtow
– kufokola : to conclude, to end
– kufola : to seduce, to charm, to excite, to arouse
– kufonda : to invent, to think up, to devise, to imagine, to found
– kufonga : to sit down, to be seated / to live, to reside / to throw yourself to the ground
– kufonga : to be good, to be clean, to be fair, to be pretty / to be mediocre, to be black
– kufosa : to break, to crush, to trample underfoot, to beat, to emboss
– kufosakana : to be broken, to be crushed / to be fragile
– kufua : to die, to decease, to pass away, to break down
– kufuaba : to overflow
– kufuabisa : to fill
– kufuada : to scratch the ground / to insult
– kufuala : to speak a foreign language / to defecate
– kufuana : to be similar, to be analogous, to be equal, to be right, to be suitable, convenient
– kufuana : to be enough, to match, to coincide, to suit / to resemble / to succeed / to be able to
– kufuanakana : to be equal, to be similar, to suit / to become similar, to come true
– kufuanana : to resemble each other, to be alike / to be equal, similar, to suit, to agree, to tally
– kufuananisa : to make equal to, to compare to, to correspond with, to tally with, to fit in with
– kufuanasa / kufuanika : to make equal, to adjust, to make coincide, to make match
– kufuanda : to go through, to search through
– kufuanga : to throw
– kufuanikina : to deserve (well)
– kufuanikisa : to make it match, to make resemble, to adjust / to assimilate / to conform to
– kufuaninga : to imitate, to counterfeit / to deny, not wanting to answer, not being able to speak
– kufuaninika : to compare, to collate, to bring together
– kufuaninisa : to make equal to, to compare to, to correspond with, to tally with, to fit in with
– kufuanisa : to make conform, to make compliant, to make sufficient
– kufuanka : to bathe, to spray lightly, to sprinkle with water, to water, to pour, to gurgle
– kufuansa / kufuansula : to destroy
– kufuansama : to be agitated, to tremble, to shake, to quiver, to shiver, to be in ecstasies
– kufuansana : to be dead / to be wounded, to be injured, to be destroyed
– kufuansikisa : to do badly, to write badly, to spoil what one does
– kufuanta : to be sitting in the house and not move, to be a homebody
– kufuantakana / kufuantalakana : to be done badly, to be executed without care
– kufuantalala : to be sitting idly
– kufuasa : to erase, to remove, to make something disappear, to annihilate
– kufuatakana : to crumple, to crease, to flatten
– kufuatakasa : to crumple, to crease, to flatten
– kufuatika : to be tired (of it), to have had enough of it, to be fed up, to have had it up to here
– kufubakana : to be together, to intermingle
– kufubala / kufubana : to be blunt
– kufubama : to be short
– kufuedikia : to grind fine by rubbing, to grate
– kufuedumuka : to dance with great energy
– kufuefuta : to start to boil / to suffer from hunger
– kufuekina / kufuekinia / kufuekitina / kufuekimba : to sob
– kufuela : to be rainy
– kufuelalala : to hold firm, to stand firm
– kufuema : to get angry, to get annoyed, to fly into a rage
– kufueta : to must, to be obliged to
– kufuidima : to shine, to gleam, to glow
– kufuikila : to look like, to be the portrait of, to be similar to
– kufuila : to become infatuated with, to be under the influence of, to die of
– kufuila : to suffer the loss of a loved one, to be bereaved
– kufuitibila : to darken, to turn brown
– kufuitubuka : to recover
– kufuitubula : to replace, to put back, to restore
– kufuka : to cover / to disappear, to die
– kufukama : to kneel (down)
– kufukisa : to exterminate, eliminate, to make disappear
– kufukisa : to finish, to make disappear, to exterminate
– kufukusa : to boil
– kufula : to blow into, to pump air / to speed up, to go fast
– kufula : to forge / to stir up, to revive, to resuscite
– kufula : to flower, to bloom, to blossom / to destroy, to overthow
– kufulua : to miss, not to receive
– kufuluka : to fill up, to abound, to multiply / to resurrect
– kufulusa : to fill, to fill in
– kufumba : apply pressure to to bend or open out, déformer
– kufumbakana : to be foldable, to be flexible
– kufumbama : to bend, to twist, to buckle
– kufumbana : to have sex, to have sexual relations
– kufumbika : to bend a stem, to twist, to buckle
– kufunana : to increase, to multiply rapidly, to abound
– kufunda : to accuse
– kufunda : to report, to accuse, to bring to justice, to file a complaint
– kufunda : to coil up, to wind, to sit down
– kufundika : to hang, to let it rot
– kufundisa : to judge / to hang
– kufunga : to drive away, to chase out, to turn down / to forbid, to prohibit
– kufunga : to half-cook, to reheat, to warm up / to misfire, to miss, to fail
– kufungisa : to cook half way through, to make warm / to make misfire, to make grumble
– kufungula / kufunguna : to admit, to own up to, to confess / to clean, to cleanse
– kufunisa : to multiply, to make abundant
– kufunsa : to succeed for once / to be ugly, to be bad
– kufunta : to plough, to plow, to dig
– kufuntusa : to oppress, to torment
– kufuombola : to bend, to flatten the herbs
– kufuonga : to sit properly / to be clean, to be kind, to be nice
– kufuota : to push aside vegetation
– kufuta : to pay
– kufutumuka : to resurrect
– kufutumuna : to bring back to life, to reactivate, to rehabilitate
– kufuwula : to destroy, to exterminate
– kugakata / kuvakata : to chew, to eat
– kugakatana / kuvakatana : to dig in the ground with one’s hands
– kugala / kuvala : to plane, to scrape (off), to sharpen
– kugama : to stutter / to give birth to a big child
– kugambana / kuvambana : to separate, to part, to split up, to get divorced
– kugambasa / kuvambasa : to separate, to split up, to divide
– kugambuka / kuvambuka : to separate, to put aside, to branch off
– kugambula / kuvambula : to separate, to put aside
– kugamuka : to half-open
– kugamuna : to get an orifice opened
– kugana / kuvana : to give, to offer (up)
– kuganga : to do, to make, to create, to design, to invent, to manufacture, to achieve, to realize
– kuganga : to arrange, to position
– kugangama : to get ready, to get into position, to be realized, to come true
– kugata / kuvata : to hoe up/out
– kugayika / kuvayika : to go out, to exit
– kugega : to fan, to shake, to winnow / to try, to attempt
– kugega : to purify, to blow, to vibrate gently, to quiver, to wave, to blaze
– kugega : to be attracted, to be seduced, to have an inclination to, to have an attraction for
– kugega : to be soft, to be tender, not to be tough / to be cheap, not to be expensive
– kugega / kuveva : to turn green / to be light / to slip away skillfully, to make oneself scarce
– kugegalala / kuvevalala : to float in the wind, to float with the wind, to run fast
– kugegomona : to throw, to launch, to project
– kugeguka / kuvevuka : to be winnowed, to be driven away by the wind / to be light, to float
– kugeguka / kuvevuka : to be weak, to be convalescent / to get better, to recover
– kugeguka : to be released, to be delivered / to be detained, to be compelled to, to be limited
– kugeguka : to be cheap, to be devalued, to be despised / to have hanging eyelids
– kugegula : to improve health, to help to get better, to make convalescent, to recover
– kugelutuna : to remove a piece, to skin a little, to graze a little, to scrape a little
– kugema : to pant, to gasp, to get out of breath, to puff
– kugemba / kufemba / kuvemba : to wipe, to blow one’s nose
– kugembula : to blow on/into
– kugena / kuwena : to stop, to finish / to calm down
– kugenda / kuvenda : to lick
– kugengama / kuvengama : to move aside, to leap to one side
– kugengamana : to search ardently here and there
– kugenzima : to look all around
– kugesuna : to cut a piece of an edible body
– kugeta / kuveta : to throw, to chuck / to hunt, to make a battue
– kugezima / kulezima : to shine, to gleam, to sparkle
– kugika / kugoka : to scold, to growl, to scream
– kugoga / kuvova : to speak, to say
– kugola / kuvola : to commit
– kugolomoka : to chatter non-stop, to talk without stopping
– kugoma / kuvoma / kuwoma : to iron (a piece of clothing)
– kugombila : to get lost unnecessarily, not to find buyers, to be wasted, to suffer waste
– kugombisa : to waste
– kugonda / kuvonda : to kill, to assassinate
– kugonga / kuvonga : to deceive, to fool, to take in, to get round
– kugonga : to sit comfortably, to sit with one’s legs bent, to sit with one’s legs folded
– kugonsula : to pull up, to pull out, to uproot, to snatch, to round up, to swipe, to nick
– kugonza : to ruminate, to chew slowly
– kugonzumuka : to collapse
– kuguka : to hear badly
– kuiza / kuwiza / kuyiza : to come
