II.5. VERBS (mpanga), part 5/10 (lu-p).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kuluaka : to arrive at one’s destination, to attain one’s objective
– kuluakila : to arrive by, to land at, to be welcomed by
– kuluakisa : to make arrive at destination, to make attain one’s objective
– kuluala : to wound, to injure
– kuluata : to clothe, to dress, to get dressed
– kuluaza : to gather palm wine, to suck, to suckle
– kulubidika : to make go to bed
– kulubula : to inform, to enlighten the mind, to shed/throw light on
– kuludikila : to grow longer, to lengthen
– kulueka : to wound, to injure, to hurt, to offend
– kuluenga : to become wise, to learn the lesson, to become smarter, to show intelligence
– kuluengisa : to advise, to make wise, to awaken the mind, to make more perspicacious, to warn
– kuluika : to clothe, to dress, to get dressed
– kuluka : to vomit, to spew up / to give somebody his relative or his ancestor’s name
– kuluka : to use their intelligence, to be smart, to be crafty, to be on one’s guard, to be wary
– kulukana : to make a loud noise, to make a big noise
– kulula : to ferment, to rise, to swell / to become full, to brim over, to extend beyond / to grow
– kululakana : to swell
– kululula : to prove right, to exonerate
– kululumuka : to lengthen, to get taller, to stretch, to rise very high / to hurry, to bolt
– kulumba : to throw down, to drop
– kulumbalala : to be prominent, to be protuberant
– kulunda : to keep, to conserve
– kulundumuka : to hurry, to bolt, to move very quickly, to tumble down
– kulundumuna : to scare away, to drive fast, to throw off, to throw away
– kulunga : to reach the full amount, to be complete
– kulungalangana : to be at the zenith
– kulungana : to be realized, to come true, to become reality, to materialize, to become actual
– kulungana : to be complete, to be in sufficient number
– kulungisa : to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out, to fulfil, to satisfy / to perfect / to sanctify
– kulungisa : to make up the full amount, to complete, to equalize, to make equal, to fill in
– kulungisa : to bring together, to gather / to acquit, to rehabilitate / to approve, to authorize
– kulungisa : to observe, to keep (to), to comply with, to abide by, to respect / to fire a shot
– kulusana : to be clearly heard, to be distinctly perceptible, to discern well / to echo back
– kuluta : to pass, to go past, to exceed, to overtake / to happen, to take place
– kulutisa : to let pass, to exaggerate, to go too far, to sacrifice
– kuluvula : to bring out, to release, to liberate
– kuma : to give hand to hand, to take, to catch, to grab
– kumaka : to climb (up)
– kumamata : to climb, to ascend, to make the ascent
– kumamika : to stick (up), to put up, to veneer
– kumana : to end, to come to an end, to dry up, to run out
– kumanenga / kumaninga : to be on the verge of
– kumanga : to refuse, to decline, to disobey
– kumangama : to rise, to stand (up), to dominate
– kumanika : to hang, to hang up to dry, to hoist
– kumanisa : to finish, to end, to terminate, to use up, to exhaust
– kumanta : to increase, to rise, to climb (up), to take off
– kumantisa / kumantasa : to raise, to bring up
– kumeka : to try, to tempt, provoke
– kumena : to grow, to sprout, to succeed in doing something, to finish doing something
– kumenana : to swell
– kumiamia : to shine, to gleam
– kumina : to swallow, to gulp down, to wolf down, to engulf
– kumiominika : to swallow, to devour
– kumionta / kumiota / kumiola : to swallow
– kumiota : to swallow, to eat / to perch, to land
– kumoka : to talk, to chat, to dialog, to converse
– kumokuna : to break
– kumoma : to speak slowly
– kumona : to see
– kumonana : to see each other again, to meet again
– kumonika : to appear, to be visible, to become visible
– kumonisa : to make appear, to reveal, to demonstrate
– kumotuka : to hang
– kumotuna : to make noise with one’s mouth while eating
– kumuaka : to water, to sow, to sprinkle
– kumuala : to sulk, to refuse to respond to requests
– kumuala : to tremble, to shudder, to shiver, to be afraid / to boast, to feel a roguish joy
– kumuandula : to canonize, to sanctify
– kumuanga : to steal, to rob, to burglarize
– kumuanga : to sow, to scatter, to spread
– kumuangana : to disperse, to scatter, to spread, to become disorganized
– kumuangasa : to disperse, to disintegrate
– kumuangina : to spread on
– kumuangumuna : to sprinkle, to spread here and there, to strew (about), to scatter
– kumuata : to boast, to brag, to climb
– kumuetuna : to tense then alternately relax the perineum muscle
– kumunguka : to break in half, to break in two, to break
– kumungunia : to eat, to chew
– kunaka : to go up, to rise, to climb (up)
– kunama : to catch fire / to adhere, to stick to, to subscribe to
– kunamika : to light a flame, to turn on
– kunamisa : to stick to, to fix to, to attach to / to set fire to
– kunamuna : to take off, to detach, to release, to let go, to divide
– kunana : to pull, to tow, to draw
– kunanga : to climb (up), to mount, to go up, to rise, to ascend / to arrive, to come
– kunanginina : to delay to
– kunanguna : to lift
– kunata : to bring, to carry (away), to take (away), to transport, to drive
– kunatuka : to take off, to get carried away, to move, to expand
– kunatumuna : to carry away, to cart
– kunena : to defecate, to poop
– kunengama : to bear lots of fruits
– kunenginika : to lean to make it fall
– kunenguka : to be prolific, to bear a lot of fruit
– kunenguna : to knock against, to make fall over backwards, to make it fall upside down
– kuneniva : to grow, to develop, to expand
– kunenivisa : to enlarge, to magnify, to make wonderful
– kunenuka : to be great, to become great
– kunenusa : to make big, to make it grow
– kungamisa : to induce, to seduce, to charm, to irritate, to annoy
– kungana : to snore, to scold / to eat, to cut corn, to cut cassava
– kunganasana : to provoke each other
– kunganga : to cause pain / to be angry, to scold, to refuse to do something / to shake
– kungangimisa : to try
– kungangina : to despise, to lack respect
– kunganguka : to get angry, to take umbrage
– kungania : to contradict, to brave, to defy, to despise
– kunganina : to irritate, to insult
– kunganingina / kukanikina : to prevent, to warn, to indicate what not to do
– kunguzika : to radiate, to irradiate
– kuniafuna : to reject, to repel, to neglect, to bring into disrepute, to despise, to crush
– kuniafuna : to help, to rescue
– kuniaka : to be cured, to recover health
– kuniakuna : to eat, to nibble, to chew loudly / to outrage, to insult
– kuniakuta : to chew, to nibble
– kunianza : fondre, se liquéfier, devenir humide, devenir graisseux / briller, luire, rayonner
– kunianzakana : to multiply
– kunianzanana : to have big protruding eyes
– kunianzikisa : to spread, to disperse
– kuniefa : to be good, to be good / to be magnificent, to be pretty
– kuniefuka : to squash, to crush, to crease, to crumple, to be squeezed
– kuniefula : to squash, to crush, to crease, to crumple, to squeeze
– kunieka : to emancipate, to libarate
– kuniekama : to lean on/against, to rest on/against
– kuniekisa : to release, to set free, to make independent
– kuniema : to press, to depress
– kunienga : to melt, to soften, se disintegrate
– kuniengana : to hate each other
– kuniengenena : welcome, to warmly welcome / to applaud
– kuniengikisa : to crush, grind
– kunienguna : to multiply, to increase
– kuniesa : to eat, to nibble / to knead
– kuniesuka : to be crushed
– kunietika : to print, to imprint, to impress, to stamp, to mark
– kunietuna : to crush
– kunika : to rub, to crush
– kunikuka : to be shaken, to move
– kunikuna : to shake, to move
– kunikusa : to move, to agitate
– kunimba : to drowse, to doze, to take a nap
– kunimva : to dance
– kuninga : to sing, to (re)sound
– kuningana : to move, to shake, to vibrate
– kuninganana : to walk, to go
– kuninginisa : to detach, to release, to oosen
– kuningisa : to shake, to make move, to make vibrate, to make quiver
– kuningita : to crawl, to swarm
– kuningusa : to shake
– kuniokuna : to torture, to make suffer, to martyr
– kunionga : to complain, to moan, to regret
– kunionzubuka : to walk slowly
– kunionzuka : to rain shower, to rain downpour
– kuniosona : to strike cruelly
– kuniosuna : to outrage
– kuniotakana : to regret
– kuniumva : to dance, to chew
– kuniungama : to be sitting with one’s head in the hands
– kuniungina : to oscillate / to welcome / to kiss, to caress, to praise, to exalt
– kuniunginina : to thank
– kuniungisa : to shake
– kuniunka : to move, to change place
– kuniutuka : to withdraw abruptly
– kuniutuna : to engrave, to incise / to shake, to tickle
– kuniuva : to dance gently by moving the body or shoulders
– kunoka : to rain, to fall from the sky / to be tired être
– kunongika : to fill one’s mouth / to insult, to make their mouth close
– kunonukina : to stand on tiptoes
– kunonumuka : to stretch, to extend, to lengthen / to grow
– kunonumuna : to take with you, to take away without warning, to steal
– kunonuna : to tender, to deploy / to stretch
– kunonza : to pick, to collect / to blow on the fire to fan it
– kunota : to peck (at)
– kunua : to drink
– kunuana : to fight
– kunuanisa : to fight (against)
– kunueta : to pinch
– kunuika : to make drink
– kunuka : to stink, to emit an odour, to smell bad, to decompose / to sleep
– kunuka : to stink, to smell bad
– kunukua : to hate, to be angry, to be indignant, not to love
– kunukuka : to flock, to arrive en masse
– kunukuta / kununguta : to smell, to sniff
– kunukuta : to smell, to scent, to sniff (at)
– kunumbuna : to pervert
– kununa : to grow old, to age
– kununga : to defeat, to win, to triumph, to conquer, to be successful, to become master of
– kunungana / kunungina : to drowse, to doze, to poke one’s nose, to nosedive, to take a nap
– kununguna : to push in the back
– kunungununa : to lead forward, to push further, to increase
– kununuka : to age, to grow older, to be getting old
– kunzuluka : to wear out, to depreciate
– kupaduka : to breathe painfully, to breathe hard / to have colic
– kupadumuka : to flap the wings
– kupadumuna : to shake, to flap the wings
– kupaka : to cut up, to dismember, to disembowel, to split up
– kupakasa : to rustle, to shudder, to quiver
– kupakidika : to extend, to deploy / to prevent, to block the passage
– kupakumuna : to shake
– kupalalala : to leave, to start up, to set out, to be gone, to have left
– kupalangana : to disintegrate, to scatter, to spread
– kupaluka : to lose weight, to turn pale, to be deformed
– kupalula : to chase, to push / to make you lose weight
– kupalumuka / kubalumuka : to speak out loud, to speak with anger / to flutter and shout
– kupama : to give a lot of wine / to cry, to have eyes full of tears
– kupamuka : to be surprised, to give a start, to wake up with a start
– kupamuna : to frighten, to make tremble, to surprise, to cause a start, to wake up abruptly
– kupangula / kuvangula : to share, to distribute
– kupaninika : to widen
– kupanza : to spread, to diffuse, to scatter, to disperse, to destroy
– kupanzana : to scatter, to disperse, to burst, to spread
– kupanzangala / kupanzegela / kupanzekela : to rush out, to get out in a hurry
– kupapa : to flap the wings
– kupapila : to pick, to hoe
– kupapumuna : to frighten, to make flinch, to make tremble / to make flutter
– kupasuka : to tear, to break
– kupasula : to tear, to rend, to break, to smash, to split, to cleave, to operate on
– kupasumuka : to trickle down, to pour down, to flow in torrents
– kupasumuna : to disintegrate, to dislocate, to shred
– kupatakana : to flatten, to be flat, to be flattened against
– kupatika : to tame, to moderate, to reduce to nothing / to confuse
– kupedosa : to absolve, to forgive, to purify, to cleanse
– kupela : to sweep (out/up)
– kupeluka : to jump / to evade, to dodge, to give up
– kupelula : to make jump
– kupelumuka : to run very fast / to dislocate, to be fickle, to be unsteady
– kupelumuna : to chase, to scare away, to pursue
– kupeluzuka : to jump frequently, to bounce non-stop
– kupema : to breathe, to blow, to air, to ventilate, to fan
– kupemba : to become white, to turn white
– kupepa : to blow, to fan, to make wind / to flutter, to tremble, to vibrate, to quiver, to blaze
– kupepana : to move
– kupepila : to float in the wind
– kupepila : to float in the wind
– kupepola : to change direction
– kupeza : to weigh / to try, to calculate / to give
– kupiaka : to hurt, to cut / to write / to lie, to cheat, to deceive
– kupiakuka : to deny / to lie
– kupiakula : to hurt / to lick
– kupianga : to give, to offer
– kupidikisa : to confuse, to muddle (up)
– kupidila : to turn down, to deprive of
– kupimpisa : to mess, to make a mess, to spread panic, to sow panic
– kupimpita : to get messy, to get in trouble, to panic, to get panicky
– kupinda / kupindama : to darken
– kupinda : to turn black, to darken, to become/grow dark
– kupindula / kuyindula : to think
– kupiola / kupiota / kupiuta : to link, to bind
– kupiota : to bind / to blaze, be ignited / to darken
– kupiotalala : to be black, to be obscure
– kupiotika : to bind with force, to tighten strongly
– kupiotula : to untie, to undo, to loosen
– kupipalala : to become very black, to become very obscure / to become dark
– kupipama / kupipalala : to calm down, to be quiet, to be peaceful
– kupipidika / kupipika : to calm, to tranquilize, to silence, to reduce to silence
– kupipisa : to mess up, to make a mess, to make disorder
– kupipula : to be good, to be well done
– kupisuka : to fissure, to crack
– kupitakana : to get complicated, to become more complex, to break down
– kupitakana : to mix, to tangle, to get confused
– kupitakasa : to complicate, to make complex
– kupitika : to bring, to hand over by the way
– kupitikina / kupitina : to misunderstand, to be mistaken, to make a mistake
– kupitikisa : to mix, to mingle, to scramble
– kupiuka : to be black, to blacken
– kupiutuka : to turn black, to darken, to become/grow dark
– kupiutula : to blacken, to make black
– kupokuka : to breathe painfully, to breathe hard
– kupokumuna : to smoke with big puffs
– kupola : to suffer defeat
– kupuapua : to ooze, to drip
– kupuapuka : to be sliced, to be cut
– kupufa : to hit, to strike
– kupufula : to cough
– kupukula : to roar, to yell, to howl, to growl, to grunt
– kupukumuka : to be tempted
– kupukumuna : to tempt
– kupuluka : to escape, to run away, to bolt / to be angry
– kupulumuka : to fly, to flutter / to change places, to go here and there, to stay here and there
– kupulumuna : to make flutter, to fly about, to flap its wings, to beat the wings
– kupulunka : to run away, to flee, to escape
– kupulusa : to (set) free, to release
– kupuma : to chase out, to drive away, to bring out, to put outside / to blow
– kupumapuma : to buy to resell
– kupungula : to manifest one’s power
– kupupika : to dupe, to swindle, to deceive, to go past through cheating, to go past by trickery
– kupupila : to fall upon, to throw oneself upon, to assault unexpectedly, to attack unexpectedly
– kupupumuka : to fly, to flutter, to be carried away by the wind
– kupupumuna : to make fly, to make flutter
– kupuputa : to spy / to deceive, to dupe, to cheat / to bail out water from a fishery
– kupuputa : to try to do something without succeeding / to search in vain
– kupusa : to push, to incite, to jostle, to drive, to pilot / to hasten, to hurry, to go fast
– kuputa : to eat a lot, to take too much food / to deceive, to mislead
– kupututa : to take without measure, to seize greedily / to live generously, to waste
– kupututa : to invent, to find, to discover, to lie in court
– kupuya : to flutter, to flap one’s wings / to ruin, to destroy property
– kupuyika : to beat, to shake up / to extend in its entire length, to extend throughout
