II.3. VERBS (mpanga), part 3/10 (ka-ko).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kukaba : to give, to distribute
– kukabana : to separate, to plit up, to divorce
– kukabasana : to share
– kukabila : to give
– kukabina : to defecate, to poop
– kukabuka : to separate, to divide, to plit up
– kukabula : to separate, to divide, to plit up, to distribute, to share
– kukadidila : to stay for a long time, to last a long time, to remain permanently in
– kukadika : to line up, to put in line, to put in a row / to coagulate, to clot, to curdle
– kukadikisa : to ensure that something happens, lasts or remains / to be, to remain
– kukadikisa : to ensure that something is denied, to act in such a way that something is denied
– kukadila : to deny that, to defend oneself of / to excuse / to stay in, to stay for, to live for
– kukadila : to be with, to be for, to testify in favour of, to be of the opinion of
– kukadila : to prohibit, to ban, to forbid / to start again, to start over, to resume, to repeat
– kukadinga : to fry
– kukadisa : to bring back, to recall, to summon back / to deny / to let stay or remain, to let put
– kukafa : to fill up, to stop up, to stuff / to gorge oneself, to eat a lot
– kukafa : to strike, to knock, to bang, to beat, to slam, to close loudly
– kukafakania : to crumple, to crease
– kukafalala : to look unhappy, to look sad, to be sorrowful, to be morose / to be disappointed
– kukafuka : to get angry / to be offended, to be shocked, to be upset
– kukafuna : to annoy, to anger, to offend / to beat, to hit / to set fire at the primer of a rifle
– kukakala : to crawl, to limp / to rub, to rub down, to massage / to slip, to sneak in / to tear
– kukakala : to clear one’s throat, to have trouble swallowing / to be rough, to be mangy
– kukakala : to braid, to bind / to bind palm slats on the roof / to prevent, to foil / to dispatch
– kukakalakana / kukakalangana : to be entwined with bushes / to be rough, to be scaly
– kukakalala : to be obstructed / to hold up, to encumber, to block the way / to thwart, to besiege
– kukakalala : to pretend to, to claim, to pull towards oneself
– kukakama : to jam, to get stuck, to fail
– kukakata : to eat, to chew / to chop, to hoe
– kukakatila : to dry, to dry out, to harden, to stiffen up, to grow taut
– kukakidika : to obstruct, to restrain, to grip, to clasp, to squeeze
– kukakidila : to prevent, to obstruct, to forbid, to oppose, to block the road, to bar the way
– kukakinina : to prevent, to obstruct, to forbid, to prohibit
– kukakula : to come between, to referee / to bargain, to allow a discount
– kukala : to be / to refuse / to come back, to go back, to return
– kukala : to no longer have to
– kukalakasa : to rustle
– kukalala : to persist in denying / to be coarse, to be rough, to be scaly, to be flaky
– kukalakasa : to rustle
– kukama : to squeeze, to tighten, to press
– kukamba : to say, to tell, to announce, to inform
– kukambidika : to put across, to lay crosswise, to put a long object on the ground
– kukambidila : to lie in wait, to lie in ambush, to lay across to cut off the road
– kukambidila : to set up traps, to set an ambush
– kukambika : to chatter, to prattle, to tell something quickly and then to leave
– kukambika : to put across, to lie crosswise, to interpose / to turn towards, to convert into
– kukambika : to tie by crossing the links / to hang by the neck
– kukambikisa : to confuse / to mislead, to divert, to give another meaning
– kukambila : to cut off the road, to lay in ambush / to say instead of, to speak instead of
– kukambila : to prevent, to delay or to stop an illness or something else / to intercept
– kukambisa : to make say / to show to another / to estimate / to empty, to strip, to deprive of
– kukambisila : to say something before someone else / to advise someone to do something
– kukambisila : to teach, to try to guide / to seduce, to obtain by cunning
– kukambua : to lack of, to be deprived of, not having, to be without / to die, to pass away
– kukambua : to be inactive, to be idle, to be unoccupied
– kukamika : to hold back, to raise the water / to cover, to hide, to put in front / to feel obliged to
– kukamika : to conclude, to come to a decision or an arrangement / to push, to force, to oblige
– kukamika : to squeeze out, to extract / to speak quickly about something and to leave
– kukamika : to embank, to dyke up, to contain / to cover / to conclude / to oblige, to force
– kukamikina : to wrap the chest with a piece of cloth by passing it under the arms
– kukamina : to squeeze out, to extract / to eat while talking about an animal
– kukampa : to dig over, to turn over, to dig with a pick, to sink
– kukamuna : to wring, to spin (dry)
– kukamvika / kukamvimika : to swallow gluttony
– kukana : to decide, to project, to propose, to wish, to threaten
– kukanasana : to agree
– kukandika : to prohibit, to ban, to forbid, to enact a prohibition
– kukanga : to tie, to close, to shut, to arrest, to stop
– kukanga : to grill / to grab, to catch, to detain, to stick, to clutch, to close up, to cram together
– kukangama : to stick, to cling, to huddle together, to snuggle up, to pile up
– kukangama : to shut oneself up, to stop, to be caught, to be arrested
– kukangila : to claim, to appropriate, to lay claim to, to assume / to protect, to defend, to save
– kukangimisa / kukangamasa : to make arrested
– kukangisa : to make arrested, to link, to gather, to add up
– kukangula : to untie, to undo, to loosen
– kukangulula : to tie again
– kukanika : to cause a judgment, to cause a decision
– kukanikina : to judge, to decide, to determine, to propose / to ask permission
– kukanikisa : to promise
– kukaningina : to prohibit
– kukanka : to eat gluttonously, to take big bites / to deny, not to recognize, not to acknowledge
– kukatuka : to leave, to retire, to move away/apart, to resign
– kukatula : to remove, to subtract, to take away, to dismiss
– kukawuka : to dry up, to become dehydrated, to die away
– kukawula : to be astonished, to be surprised
– kukaya : to cry, to call out, to shout / to give / to die away
– kukaza : to take a big bite, to bite off
– kukazula : to scream, to shout loudly
– kukazuna : to cut with one’s teeth
– kukeba : to be careful
– kukebisa : to warn, to alert
– kukebuzuka : to look around, to look from all sides / to take care of, to watch over
– kukediba : to quarrel, to argue, to bicker
– kukedikila : to exhort, to urge
– kukedingisa : to sound, to make resonate, to vibrate
– kukefa : to hit, to strike, to beat
– kukefula / kukefuna / kukefunga : to hit hard, to strike strongly
– kukela : to wait for / to watch, to keep
– kukelula : to eat, to gnaw, to nibble, to shred / to break, to smash, to cut up, to punch, to stamp
– kukema : to pant during an effort
– kukemba : to delight, to gladden
– kukembesela : to celebrate in honour of
– kukembila : to commemorate, to celebrate, to rejoice, to glorify
– kukembisa : to celebrate, to organize the commemoration of
– kukendila : to cut up, to cut out, to shorten, to take up, to grow shorter
– kukenga : to supervise, to watch over, to take care of
– kukengidila : to spy on, to watch out for
– kukengila : to watch over, to take care of / to inspect, to watch, to observe, to explore / to spy
– kukenginia : to eat slowly, to eat in small bites, to chew well, to nibble
– kukengisa : to look askance
– kukengula : to call, to greet, to visit
– kukenguluka : to walk carefully, to approach carefully, to look if, to supervise, to watch over
– kukengumuka : to search meticulously, to look carefully, to look attentively
– kukenguna : to notch, to groove, to cut across
– kukenikisa : to grind
– kukeninika : to uncover, to unveil
– kukenka : to eat greedily, to eat hungrily, to swallow gluttonously, to wolf down, to gulp down
– kukenkila : to hit, to knock, to strike, to break
– kukenkima : to stutter, to stammer, to mumble, to mutter, to speak with difficulty
– kukenkina : to sparkle, to twinkle
– kukenkita : to hit with a hard object / to try
– kukenkona : to cut, to prune, to trim, to sharpen
– kukenkumuka : to croak, to caw
– kukenkumuna : to throw down, to bring down, to knock down, to pull down
– kukensa : to accuse, to denounce / to pass
– kukenuna : to smile / to dig shallow
– kukenununa : to disgust, to nauseate, to make one feel nauseous
– kukenza : to nibble, to eat to the economy, to eat by small bites
– kukesa : to bite, to chew, to gnaw / to tear, to lacerate, to cut /to knock over/down / to hurt
– kukesumuna : to grind, to reduce to crumbs, to cut into small pieces
– kukesuna : to break into pieces, to break in half, to break in two
– kuketa : to be nearly, to be almost, to have been on the verge of
– kuketukila : to be envious, to be jealous
– kukia : to gather, to detach a fruit from its branch / to clear, to move from darkness to light
– kukiama : to burst out laughing, to laugh out loud, to laugh until tears, to laugh with tears
– kukianza : to be clean, to be pure, to be clear
– kukianzisa : to make clean, to purify, to clean, to wash out, to cleanse
– kukianzuka : to jump, to leap up, to spring up
– kukiatika : to form a line, to organize, to arrange in order, to arrange in a row
– kukiba : to work together, to walk together
– kukibama : to be struck by a sharp object, to be hit by a sharp object
– kukibika : to make visible, to reveal / to hurt, to strike with, to hit with
– kukibima : to walk fast, to walk quickly
– kukidiembika : to hang oneself
– kukiekita : to link strongly, to bind strongly
– kukiekuka : to be tormented, to be afflicted, to have difficulties
– kukiekula : to torment, to afflict, to distress, to grieve, to pain, to make suffer
– kukiembana : to mate
– kukienga : to laugh / to explore, to search, to examine, to inspect / to search for quarrels
– kukiengumuna : to scream, to shout, to whistle loudly / to laugh out loud
– kukienzoka : to light up, to shine
– kukienzola / kukienzula : to illuminate, to light (up), to shine, to clarify
– kukiesisa : to clarify, to clear up, to throw light, to shed light, to bring to light, to explain
– kukika : to cut off, to prevent, to interrupt / to cover, to intercept, to screen, to hold to secrecy
– kukikama : to be covered, to be intercepted / to make oneself scarce, to make off, to slip away
– kukiluka : to get blunt, to become old, to be weakened
– kukimbula : to scare, to frighten, to terrify, to play ghost to scare / to disguise oneself
– kukimbula : to deceive, to dupe, to fool, to take in, to persuade, to convince
– kukimbuluka : to be well known, to be visible, to be in sight
– kukimbulula : to make visible, to put in sight, to make well known
– kukimisa : – kukimisa: to fortify, to comfort, to revive, to restore
– kukimvula : to throw into the water
– kukina : to dance
– kukinda : to grow stronger, to get boosted, to become hardened, to toughen up
– kukindika : to consolidate, to firm up, to make firmer / to overturn, to push into a ditch
– kukindikisa : to encourage, to comfort
– kukindisa : to strengthen, to boost, to motivate, to stimulate
– kukindumuka : to take a tumble, to topple over, to overturn, to roll over, to flip over
– kukinga : to wait
– kukingila : to wait
– kukinisa : to make dancing, to dance with
– kukinkana : to shake, to move
– kukisunzula / kukisansa : to introduce yourself, to come to light, to reveal yourself
– kukita : to sell, to trade, to haggle, to bargain
– kukituka : to turn into, to change into, to be transformed into, to become
– kukitukila : to move, to relocate
– kukitula : to turn into, to change into, to transform into, to convert into
– kukitumuka : to metamorphose, to change completely, to be transformed
– kukivama : to be thrown into the water
– kukivana / kukigana : to devote oneself, to offer oneself, to get involved
– kukivika : to make dive into the water, to immerse in water
– kukizidinga : to looking at oneself in the mirror, to do one’s introspection
– kukizodikisa : to flatter, to endear oneself, to gain favour
– kukoba : to resist, to become hard(ened)
– kukodila : to abolish / to act reluctantly, to act without enthusiasm / to crow
– kukofola / kukofula : to cough, to expectorate
– kukoka : to come down, to fall / to drag on the floor
– kukokisa : to bring down, to put down, to lower
– kukokola : to crow, to make his voice heard, to make oneself heard
– kukokomoka : to crawl, to drag oneself on all fours
– kukokomona : to remove dirt
– kukokona : to manipulate, to handle
– kukokota : to knock on the door / to gnaw (at)
– kukokuna : to wipe one’s backside, to wipe one’s buttocks by rubbing them on the ground
– kukola : to gather (in), to harvest / to be healthy, to cure / to cough
– kukola : to disobey
– kukola / kukula : to grow (up), to develop, to progress
– kukola / kukolua : to get drunk
– kukolamana : not to be obeyed
– kukolokola : to crackle, to patter, to sputter, to splutter
– kukoluka : to speak, to call (bird) / to ring, to sound, to resonate / to be freed, to be released
– kukolukita / kukolukuta : to nibble, to gnaw, to grind one’s teeth
– kukoluta : to scratch, to graze with nails, to scrape with claws
– kukoluza : to correct
– kukoma : to nail / to ripen
– kukoma : to add
– kukomba / kukombola : to sweep
– kukominika : to communicate
– kukondua : to lack
– kukondudila : to tempt / to spy
– kukonduka : to be unhooked
– kukondusua : to make one miss, to deprive
– kukonduzuka : to be folded, to be very curved, to be ondulant
– kukongama : to be discovered, to be found, to be sought
– kukongudila : to meditate on, to judge about, to pass judgment on, to hear to judge
– kukonia : to skin, to thin out the leaves, to fray / to pluck / to go by crowd, to go by troop
– kukonia : to bend the legs of a corpse / to become dry, to be stunted / to get tired
– kukoniama : to narrow
– kukonka : to amass, to pile up, to heap up
– kukonkika : to squat down, to crouch down, to stoop, to bend down
– kukonkuta : to knock on a hard surface, to knock on the door
– kukonkuta : to be well, to be strong / to keep stomping, to keep moving forward / to consolidate
– kukonkutuna : to overcome, to acquire with difficulty, to seize, to grab hold of, to get hold of
– kukonta : to weigh up, to consider, to think about, to devise, to conceive, to calculate, to count
– kukontalala : to stand bent, to be haughty with the collar raised
– kukontama : to be squatting, to put oneself in a squatting position as an insult / to be vain
– kukontana : to hear, to listen but not answer / to walk squatting, to be haughty
– kukontika : to make someone squat
– kukontikisa : to pace round and round
– kukontisa : to sneak in, to twist
– kukontuka : to be counted, to be calculated, to be thought
– kukontula : to calculate, to count, to recount, to consider again, to think again, to brood over
– kukonuka : to decrease, to lower, to ebb, to decline, to diminish, to disappear / to run out
– kukonuna : to remove, to scrape, to take away a part / to lower, to diminish, to lessen
– kukonza : to hit, to beat, to push / to scrutinize, to search carefully / to pick / to pack one’s bags
– kukonza : to remove, to take away everything, to catch everything, to collect everything
– kukonza : to ravish, to plunder everything / to doze off, to have sleeping sickness
– kukonza : not being completely well, to be weak, to be indisposed
– kukonzakana to walk bent over like an old person
– kukonzama : to be beaten, to be hit / to be collected, to be picked up, to be taken away
– kukonzama : to sit in an imposing manner to be sacred, to sit with dignity
– kukonzangana : to walk like a tall, long and fat creature
– kukonzibila : to cross
– kukonzikisa : to fight, to struggle / to kick up a din, to make noise
– kukonzuka : to be adult, to be of marriageable age (man) / to be well raised, to be brought up
– kukonzula : to raise, to bring up
– kukonzungula : to crumble, to give way, to fall making noise, to rattle, to clink, to resonate
– kukopakana : to be tight, to be squeezed
– kukopama : to fall on, to throw oneself on
– kukosa : to crush, to pound, to break into pieces / to nibble, to gnaw, to grind, to mill, to break
– kukosa : to subjugate, to subdue, to tame, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, destroy / to dry up
– kukosa : to fold up, to pull towards oneself, to group / to talk a lot / to rain a lot
– kukosa : to drink a lot, to talk a lot / not wanting to, to be disobedient / to abbreviate, cut short
– kukosa : to deceive, to mislead, to delude, to trick, to cheat, to dupe, to fool, to take in
– kukosakana / kukosangana : to be broken into pieces, to be reduced to nothing, destroyed
– kukosakana / kukosangana : to be tamed, to be subjugated, to be subdued / to be tired
– kukosama : to be or to keep quiet, to say nothing / to be honest, to be honourable, to be upright
– kukosama : to be courteous, to be decent in one’s words and deeds
– kukosama : to squeeze up, to shrink / to be narrow, to be tight
– kukosika : to bend, to fold / to lie down / to roll up the loincloth / to collect narrow, to be tight
– kukosikisa : to crush, to grind, to break, to pulverize, to reduce to crumbs, to reduce to nothing
– kukosikisa : to destroy, to annihilate, to subjugate, to subdue, to tire out, to make weary
– kukosisa / kukotisa : to let in, to bring in
– kukosona : to crush, to squash, to swat, to pound, to grind
– kukosuka : to rain, to fall down / to sit / to be seated, to be folded
– kukosula / kukosuna : to drop, to make fall, to rain / to make sit down
– kukosula / kukofula : to cough
– kukosumuka : to fall in large quantities / to rain, to fall in pours, to fall in torrents
– kukosumuka : to be crushed, to be smashed, to be shattered / to crumble, to disintegrate
– kukosumuna : to crush, to smash, to shatter, to grind
– kukosuna : to smash, to crush, to pulverize, to break, to pound, to grind / to pull out, to snatch
– kukota : to enter, to penetrate, to burst in, to worm one’s way, to get into / to cost, to be worth
– kukota : to enter, to go in/into, to come in, to get in/into / to knock on the skull
– kukota : to exhort, to warn, to persuade, to commit to / to prevent, to divert, to obstruct
– kukotadala : to writhe, to twist
– kukotakana : to be flexible
– kukotalala : to become hard, stiff, rigid / to dry out, to shrivel (up), to shrink / to die
– kukotalala : to have cramp with the legs and arms narrowed, to have legs bent
– kukotama : to be bent (down), to be curved, to be folded (up), to be turn down, to be hooked
– kukotama : to be leaned forward, to be bent, to be sinuous, to be folded away (penknife)
– kukotama : to be sad, to be melancholy, to be withdrawn, to be distressed / to languish
– kukotamisa : to sadden, to pain, to distress, to grieve
– kukotana : to arch one’s back / to walk bent over, to walk with dignity / to be hunchbacked
– kukotana : to roar with laugher, to laugh like a whale / not succeeding, getting nowhere
– kukotikila : to take one’s child under the arm like a monkey
– kukotila : to warm oneself / to enter, to get into, to break into somebody’s house
– kukotisa : to bring in, to introduce, to make penetrate, to stuff in, to load, to ballast, to fill
– kukotuka : to be entered / to be sinuous, to be curved, to arch one’s back / to be well cooked
– kukotuka : to know well / to awaken quickly, to be brought up, to be raised, to be trained
– kukotula : to awake, to awaken, to bring up, to raise, to train
– kukotuna / kukuotuna : to call, to cluck
– kukovakana : to go, to walk
– kukovalala : to walk bent, to walk in a squatting position, to walk bent while hiding
– kukovama : to be bent, to be curved, to be folded up, to be sloping, to be tilted
– kukoza : to warn, to exhort, to persuade / to demand / to talk a lot, to babble / to hide, to keep
