II.7. VERBS (mpanga), part 7/10 (ta-tu).

 

Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.

 

 

– kuta : to say, to tell, to give information / to sting

– kutabika : to destroy, to spoil, to deteriorate / to break

– kutabikila : to be weaned

– kutabikisa : to work / to do something to earn money / to fix the amount of the dowry / to wean

– kutabila / kutavila : to protect, to save, to safeguard / to intercede, to intervene in favour of

– kutabinina / kutabitina : to spit

– kutabisa : to let escape, to let out, to let go, to release / to make it slice

– kutabuka : to become detached, to break, to snap, to be cut / to laugh out loud

– kutabula : to detach, to break, to snap, to cut (off), to shorten, to prune, to amputate / to wean

– kutadidila : to observe, to comply with

– kutadisa : to show

– kutafuna : to chew, to masticate

– kutala : to look at, to watch, to visit, to call on, to concern, to affect

– kutamba : to install, to put up / to settle, to move

– kutamba : to try, to give it a try, to try to succeed, to try to be successful, to seek success

– kutambakana : to be able to go or move from one thing to another, to be able to substitute for

– kutambakana : to warn, assist or help each other, to take turns, to pass on the burden

– kutambakana : to convey, to present in one’s hand / to spread from one place to another

– kutambalala / kutambudila : to answer a call, to reply to a cry for help

– kutambama : to be on the lookout / to obstruct, to prevent / to be installed to collect water

– kutambana : to match, to agree

– kutambangana : to be able to go or move from one thing to another, to be able to substitute for

– kutambika : to send (off), to dispatch, to bring, to hold out, to present, to hand over, to initiate

– kutambika : to send (off), to dispatch

– kutambikisa : to transmit, to transfer, to contaminate

– kutambinisa : to equalize, to make coincide

– kutambisa : to show, to exhibit / to make pose, to present

– kutambudila : to accept willingly, to agree, to approve, to admit, to consent, to confess

– kutambula : to function, to work / to receive, to obtain, to take / to walk, to move forward

– kutambula : to accept, to consent, to agree, to assent / to snatch, to seize, to confiscate

– kutambusa : to operate, to work, to start, to drive, to pilot, to lead

– kutamuka : to be measured / to be shared, to be separated

– kutamuna : to measure / to transport, to place, to separate

– kutana : to strip

– kutanda : to spread (out), to hang up / to get thin(ner) / to swim

– kutanga : to read, to learn, to count, to list

– kutangakana : to be read, to be learnt, to be counted

– kutangina : to imitate

– kutanginina : to imitate

– kutangisa : to teach

– kutangulula : to read fully, to read to the smallest details

– kutangumuna : to read insistently, to spell out clearly, to say forcefully

– kutanguna : to call, to quote, to name, to spell

– kutanina : to protect, to watch over, to look after, to take care of

– kutanta : to suffer, to feel great pain, to be painful

– kutanta : to be sticky, to be compact, to be adhesive / to be viscous

– kutantala : to roar

– kutantana : to argue, to discuss, to debate

– kutantuka : to start growing, to rise, to ascend, to soar

– kutantumuka : to be very stretched

– kutasa : to fall into convulsion, to breathe like a dying person, to agonize, struggle with death

– kutasila : to be sad, to be distressed, to be grieved, to be melancholy, to be sorry, to be dreary

– kutasinga : to die for someone or for something, to sacrifice oneself for a cause

– kutata : to stick, to adhere / to hang on, to attach to / to rub, to coat, to brush

– kutata : to scream, to call / to lament / to hurt / to be hoarse

– kutatakana : to shout, to scream

– kutatama : to stick, to adhere, to cling on

– kutatama : to be caught, to be hooked, to be fixed with a key / to barricade, to obstruct, clutter

– kutatama : to be embarrassed / to be confused, to be perplexed, to be intimidated

– kutatamana : to attach oneself to, to hold fast to / to endure / to preserve, to keep in reserve

– kutatamana : to continue, to pursue, to perpetuate, to persevere, to persist, not to give up

– kutatamana : to be attached to, to be in love with, to be delighted with / to follow, love, long for

– kutatamana : to be durable, to be solid, to be uninterrupted, to be perpetual, to be permanent

– kutatamisa : to make it burn, to make it attach, to make it adhere

– kutatana : to be joined, fitted or well mended / to adhere to each other, to be waterproof

– kutatana : to accuse each other, to put the blame on the other / to resonate

– kutatika : to bite, to shoot, to throb

– kutatina : to resonate

– kutatuka : to detach, to undo, to move away / to resonate, to be very noisy

– kutatuka : to go out, to move aside

– kutatula : to put out, to throw out, to keep away, to move away

– kutatumuka : to tremble, to shake, to shiver

– kutavangana : to be very rotten, to be decomposed, to be decayed

– kutavata : to be gluttonous / to devour food

– kutavika : to make fix, to make adhere, to stick / to hit, to knock down

– kutavula / kuyavula : to crawl, to start walking (baby)

– kutavula : to extend in length, to lengthen / to separate, to transport by separating

– kutavula : to complain, to shout, to scream

– kutawuka : to be weaned, to end, to interrupt, to dry out / to be released, to be digested

– kutawuka : to leave one’s parents’ house, to emancipate oneself

– kutawula : to wean / to spit, to vomit, to make gush out, to throw, to project water

– kutawula : to remove the shell, to peel, to skin, to shell, to pod / to release, to digest

– kutaya : to prune

– kutayikisa : to appraise, to estimate the value

– kutaza : to put in order, to put in line / to give, to make a gift, to grant many things

– kutazila : to find, to meet, to meet on the way of, to go ahead of, to go to meet

– kutebisa : to fill, to flood

– kutedika : to boil

– kutedimisa : to lift, to help to stand up, to raise, to enthrone

– kutedisa : to make call, to make say

– kuteka : to sell / to betray

– kuteka : to draw / to appear, to rise, to show up, to light up

– kuteka : to do first, to do in advance, to happen before, to take place before

– kutekila : to precede / to sell for/to / to draw for sb

– kutekisa : to make precede, to put forward

– kutekita : to shiver, to shudder, to tremble, to shake

– kutekudila : to branch out many times / to become a great-grandparent

– kutekula : to branch out, to branch off / to become a grandparent

– kutelama : to stand up, to stop

– kutelamasa : to lift, to help to stand up, to raise, to enthrone

– kuteleka : to boil, to cook in the water

– kutelemisa : to raise, to lift, to help to stand up, to stop, to help to stop, to enthrone

– kutembela : to flicker, to sway

– kutemoka : to clear (up), to light up, to become clear, to open up to knowledge

– kutemona : to light(en), to clarify, to enlighten, to open to knowledge

– kutemvula : to open, to make a hole

– kutenda : to tear (up)

– kutendakana : to scream, to cry

– kutendalala : to be talkative / to cry

– kutendula : to rip to shreds

– kutendumuka : to get out of bed, to flood / to split, to open / to shine, to sparkle, to be radiant

– kutendumuna : to rip completely to shreds / to widen, to make wide

– kutenduzula : to rip to shreds, to shred

– kutengama : to buckle, to get out of shape, to bend (down), to deviate

– kutengika : to deform, to buckle, to warp, to distort, to bend, to deflect

– kutengola : to pierce, to burst, to make spurt, to cut open with a sharp object

– kutensa : to pile up, to heap up

– kutensika : to put on, to place on, to stack, to pile up

– kutensikisa : to place one on top of the other, to pile up, to stack

– kutensuka : to flow, to overflow, to be full

– kutentakana : to be piled up, to be placed on top of each other

– kutentala : to try in vain, to try unnecessarily

– kutentama : to be placed on, to place on top of, to sit on, to climb on

– kutentana : to sweat, to perspire, to ooze, to drip, to leak

– kutentangiana : to collapse, to fall in, to cave in

– kutentangiana : to collapse

– kutenteka / kutentika : to swim

– kutentika : to put, to place

– kutentina : to shine, to glitter, to twinkle, to radiate

– kutentula : to fill to the brim / to increase, to fill a measure

– kutenza : to beat, to hit, to whip

– kuteta / kuteza : to husk, to hull, to shell, to remove with small strokes, to break the shell

– kutetila : to prune a palm tree

– kutetimina : to mate while talking about animals

– kutetoka : to hatch (out), to occur, to happen, to emerge

– kuteza : to measure, to gauge, to try

– kutezuka : to sparkle

– kutiaba : to split, to prune

– kutiabula : to tear up

– kutiabuzula : to rip to shreds

– kutiaka : to denigrate, to lower, to demean, to despise / to blame, to break, to invalidate

– kutiamasana : to separate

– kutiavika : to hit, to strike

– kutiavula : to tear, to tear to shreds

– kutiekula : to joke

– kutiesuka : to break up

– kutiesuna : to break

– kutietula : to joke

– kutifuna : to pick up / to lift something heavy

– kutikama : to be almost full, not to be quite full

– kutikita : to tremble, to shiver

– kutikula : to shake the tail / to twist, to contort oneself / to limp / to joke

– kutikuna / kutinguna : to denigrate, to speak ill of, to make a sharp criticism

– kutilalala : to be paralyzed, to be inert, to be stiffened / to be very tense

– kutilimuna : to open one’s eyes wide, to stare

– kutilisina : to love each other

– kutiluka : to be red, to turn red, to redden, to flush, to blush

– kutiluluka : to turn red

– kutilumuka : to fly (away)

– kutilumuna : to make fly, to make fly away, to let oneself escape, to let slip away

– kutilumuna : to fly, to put to flight

– kutima / kutimuna : to dig

– kutimba : to be stiff, to be rigid / to stiffen, to stand up, to get hard

– kutimba : to rise (up), to have an erection

– kutimbula : to kick out, to flick, to knock over, to drive away, to expel, to make leave

– kutimbula : to make sickly, to acidify / to despise, to ignore, to reject, to disgust, to rebuff

– kutina : to run (away), to bolt, to escape

– kutindalala : to lie down full, to lie down satisfied

– kutindama : to be stretched out, to be strained, to be outstretched

– kutindika : to stretch out, to spread out, to unfurl, to hold out, to throw out, to stretch

– kutinguna : to disparage, to slander, to make a sharp criticism

– kutinguna : to evade, to avoid, to refuse, to disobey, to be recalcitrant

– kutinisa : to frighten, to make flee, to make run, to make escape

– kutinkula : to choose the biggest and best part

– kutinta : to start growing / to be fearless, to be enterprising

– kutintalala : to suspend, to interrupt, to cease, to stop / to dry, to dry out, to harden

– kutintumuka : to quiver, to shudder, to wriggle

– kutiola : to eat, to gnaw, to nibble

– kutiolangana / kutiolakana / kutiolama : to be bent, to be hunchbacked, to be twisted

– kutisa : to charm, to delight, to enchant, to fascinate / to offer

– kutita : to shake, to tremble, to shiver

– kutoboka : to get a hole, to burst

– kutobola : to make a hole, to perforate, to burst

– kutokulua : to move forward / to be ahead, to be in front

– kutokulula : to convince someone of something

– kutokumuka : to flower, to bloom, to blossom / to rise like smoke

– kutokumuna : to talk and talk, to talk tirelessly, to talk relentlessly

– kutola : to talk about somebody in his absence

– kutolaka : to buy, to exchange, to change

– kutoloka / kutoluka / kutioluka : to break

– kutolola / kutolula / kutiolula : to break

– kutoluka / kutioluka : to break, to break in two

– kutolula / kutiolula : to break, to break in two

– kutoma : to get/become better, to achieve quality

– kutomba : to look for, to search for, to seek

– kutomboka : to rise, to develop

– kutombola : to lift, to raise, to develop

– kutomisa : to improve, to make more attractive

– kutona : to begin, to start, to commence

– kutonda : to thank, to express satisfaction, to approve / to praise / to throw, to throw away

– kutonga : to show / to sleep, to doze off / to rise, to climb

– kutongalala : to stand up, to stand straight / to be abrupt / to watch over, to guard / to attend to

– kutongalala : to go up, to climb / to rise, to stretch, to lie down / to wake up

– kutongama / kudongama : to be tall, to be fat, to be corpulent

– kutonganana : to reign, to rule over

– kutongidika : to straighten, to make straight, to straighten up, to stand up / to make abrupt

– kutonginika : to arouse/ to awaken, to wake up

– kutongula / kutonguna : to name, to mention, to talk about

– kutonoka : to grow, to grow

– kutonta : to try, to experiment, to taste, to take the tone / to attempt / to be exhausted

– kutonta : to try, to experiment / to tempt

– kutonta : to be wet, to be soaked/drip, to have a water leak/to moisten

– kutontikila : to try

– kutontula : to cool down, to freeze / to pull out of

– kutontula : to speak, to talk about various things, to name dead people

– kutontumuna : to mention, to name, to cite a name

– kutontusa : to cool

– kutontueza : to weaken, to lose weight

– kutonua : to talk, to chat, to talk

– kutonuka : to be visible, to show oneself / to be recognized

– kutonuna : to start, to begin

– kutonua : tto recognize, to remember, to understand, to conceive

– kutonza / kutonzia : to snooze, to doze off, to take a nap

– kutonzanga : to  sleep with sleeping sickness

– kutosia : to make increase / to make name

– kutota : to pick up, to gather (in), to harvest

– kutotana : to assemble, to come together / to multiply / to fatten again after having been thin

– kutotoka : to get out, to gush (out), to spurt (out)

– kutsamuka / kutamuka : to flow, to flow from a container

– kutsamuna / kutamuna : to pour

– kutsoka : to inject, to stuff, to introduce through an orifice

– kutsokuta : to introduce a finger or a thin object to explore the inside of a body

– kutsoma : to prick with a sharp object, to knock in a sharp object

– kutsona / kusiona : to ooze, to filter, to flow at low flow

– kutsona : to ooze

– kutsuba : to pierce, to prick with a sharp object

– kutsubuka : to burst

– kutsubula : to burst, to puncture, to pierce with a sharp object, to lance

– kutsuma : to kick with tiptoe

– kutua : to beat, to punish

– kutua : to be likely to, to be accessible to / to be good, to be pretty, to be superb, to be suitable

– kutua : to be sharp / to be salty, to be spicy, to be peppery

– kutuadisa : to drive, to send, to bring to destination

– kutuadisa : to lead, to run, to manage, to conduct, to guide, to preside over, to make arrive

– kutuala : to bring, to arrive at destination

– kutualula : to express fluently, to speak fluently

– kutuama : to precede, to walk in front / to germinate, to grow, to develop

– kutuba : to speak, to say / to throw

– kutubakana : to tumble, to fall to the ground

– kutubalala : to be salient

– kutubama : to be thrown, to be thrown / to sit down heavily / to sink suddenly

– kutubama : to be full / to be fulfilled / to be elevated / to rise, to pile up

– kutubuka : to be pierced, to be punctured / to be lit, to be burned / to be found guilty

– kutubulula : to moult

– kutuda : to swell

– kutudidika : to swell

– kutudika : to amass, to stack, to pile up / to rebuild

– kutudikila : to place a piece of cloth on her chest / to have developed breasts

– kutuela : to bring up, to rear, to breed / to fornicate

– kutuengula : to  whiten

– kutuenguna : to break in two, to break in half

– kutuika : to help carry a load on the head, to take responsibility for an act

– kutuika : to help to put a load on the head, to make shoulder the responsability for an act

– kutuikila : to prick out, to plant (out), to propagate by cuttings

– kutuila : to rear, to breed

– kutuka : to exit, to go out / to come from / to insult, to abuse

– kutukika : to fix, to strengthen / to embarrass, to block the way / to close the mouth / to fail

– kutukuba : to shake

– kutukuta : to sweat, to perspire

– kutula : to put (down), to place, to lie, to arrive

– kutulika : to erect, to establish

– kutulula : to destroy, to annihilate

– kutuma : to order, to command

– kutumama : to obey

– kutumamana : to submit to, to abide by, to be obeyed

– kutumba : to punish / to enthrone, to invest

– kutumbika : to fill to the brim, to accumulate, to pile up

– kutumbila : to rise, to rise in the air, to rise on the heights

– kutumbudila : to punish incessantly, to chastise

– kutumbula : to increase, to excite, to provoke

– kutumfuka : to arise, to rise to the surface, to show oneself, to return to the surface

– kutumfula : to bring to the surface

– kutumikina : to let go of a dog, to make the dog run after the game

– kutumina : to instigate, to excite

– kutumpidika : to act with nonchalance, to act without serious reason / to make indolent, to daze

– kutumpidika : to be vain, to be proud, to strut / to pile up

– kutumpika : to set in motion / to tempt, to deceive

– kutumpumuka : to move forward en masse, to come forward en masse, to come back, to resume

– kutumpumuna : to expel, to evict, to bring out strongly

– kutumuna : to cause pain

– kutunda : not wanting to obey / to refuse, to deny / to stand up, to stretch / to be bent over

– kutunda : to excel, to surpass, to be famous, to be renowned / to be appreciated, to be honored

– kutunga : to construct, to build (up), to sew

– kutungasana : to palaver, to negotiate

– kutungisa : to construct, to build (up), to sew

– kutunguka : to be built

– kutungulula : to reconstruct, to reconstitute, to restore, to rehabilitate

– kutungumuka : to be highlighted / to swell, to inflate

– kutunguna : to swell, to flourish / to develop, to grow by talking about the fetus or a plant

– kutungunina / kutungunina : to stare

– kutunsuka : to go out, to come out, to appear, to arise, to emerge

– kutunta : to tow

– kutuntuka : to go into trance

– kutuntuka : to be too full / to raise, to increase/ to grow / to develop, to prosper

– kutuntuka : to be transported, to be pulled, to be dragged

– kutuntuluka : to be kidnapped, to be taken, to be stolen

– kutunza : to invoke, to call upon/forth

– kutunzubula : to skin

– kutupika : to earth up

– kutupula : to comb

– kutusa : to ring, to sound, to resonate, to be heard / to forget

– kututa : to crush, to knock, to smash, to bump into, to thrash, to touch

– kututana : to knock, to collide

– kututidika : to puff out the cheeks, to inflate the cheeks

– kututisa : to make crushed, to make beaten up

– kutuvalala : to be inflated, to be distended, to be bloated, to be puffy

– kutuvama : to sit carelessly, to sit heavily

– kutuvika : to introduce by forcing

– kutuya : to talk, to chatter / to be talkative / to hit horns, to bump, to strike with

– kutuya : to correct with words, to challenge severely

– kutuyama : to be thrown on, to be covered / to blaze

– kutuyika : to put on, to place on, cover

– kutuyinga : to hit, to strike