II.9. VERBS (mpanga), part 9/10 (wa-yo).
Note: The “/” sign in the definition of a verb separates two definitions of the same verb depending on how it is pronounced.
– kuwa : to hear, to listen, to smell, to feel, to perceive / to end, to cease, to run out
– kuwakana : to be heard, to spread speaking about news, to be granted
– kuwakakana / kuwakana : to be heard, to be understood, to be well known
– kuwakalala : to be clear
– kuwakama : to be hidden
– kuwakasa : to make one hear, to make one understand, to make one know / to be rough
– kuwakila : to hide
– kuwala : to be cold, to shiver, to be horrified, to be disgusted / to shudder / to scream
– kuwalaba-walaba / kuwalala-walala : to go fast, to hurry up
– kuwalala : to pass quickly
– kuwalalala : to be clear, to be serene / to be open
– kuwalama : to be tidy
– kuwala-wala : to do something hastily, to go fast / to be open
– kuwalika : to hide with care
– kuwalubuka : to go slowly, to walk waddling
– kuwalumuka : to be consumed, to burn quickly / to become thin, to lose weight
– kuwama : to be strong, to be vigorous
– kuwamba : dormir, se reposer étendu, être malade / être beaucoup, être en abondance
– kuwambama : to be bedridden, to be apathetic, not being well / to be sad, to be discouraged
– kuwambuka : to climb
– kuwambula : to let / to eat, to dinner
– kuwanga : to build
– kuwasa : to cure, to recover health
– kuwasalala : to be open
– kuwawana : to agree
– kuwawasa : to reconcile
– kuweka : to be already, to become / to cut, to slice, to remove from / to sniff
– kuweka / kueka : to become, to succeed
– kuwena / kuena : to be
– kuwena : to see
– kuwenda / kuyenda / kuenda : to go (away), to leave
– kuwengana : to scream, to squeak
– kuwenika : to appear, to be visible, to become visible
– kuwenikina : to listen
– kuwenza : to chew
– kuwesa : to eat / to tell, to spread about a story / to fill to the brim
– kuweta : to suck up/in / to hit, to whip
– kuweta / kueta : to be in the process of, to be about to, to be on the point of
– kuweza : to get together, to unite
– kuwidikila : to listen attentively, to lend an ear without wanting to answer or obey
– kuwiluka / kuwilukila : to lend an ear, to listen / to believe
– kuwinda : to hit with an object
– kuwinikina / kuwunikina / kuvinikina : to listen carefully, to lend an ear
– kuwisanesa :to reconcile
– kuwizana : to agree, to reach agreement, to become reconciled
– kuwoka : to slip into a hole / to be hollow, to be skinny
– kuwoluka : to lose weight, to become lighter, to lose one’s strength, to soften, to fade
– kuwolula : to gather, to amass, to collect / to lose weight, to lighten
– kuwolumuka : tro rot, to be rotten / to be soft, to be without consistency, to be overripe
– kuwolunga : to stir
– kuwomba : to be single, to live alone / to be abandoned, to be devastated
– kuwombieka : to favour, to caress, to flatter
– kuwombika : to smoke the ground
– kuwombisa : to devastate, to desolate
– kuwombudila : to calm, to soothe
– kuwombumuka : to be rotten, to be decomposing
– kuwombumuna : to reduce to crumbs by boiling
– kuwombuna : to dissolve
– kuwomva : to eat
– kuwomvula / kuwomvuna : to dry, to lick completely
– kuwondika / kubondika : to moisten, to wet, to soak to soften
– kuwondila : to pray, to beg, to invoke, to exhort, to encourage calm / to sing a lullaby
– kuwongasana : to kiss each other
– kuwongisa : to multiply, to increase
– kuwongula : to whisper, to buzz
– kuwongumuka : to tumble quickly, to fall precipitously into a hole
– kuwongumuka : to be steep, to be on a precipice, to be hollow / to sag
– kuwongumuna : to make it tumble down a slope, to let it slide in a hole
– kuwubula : to unblock, to make a hole, to breach, to pierce
– kuwuka : to treat, to heal, to give a cure / to fight, to rush / to amass, collect / to suck / to sniff
– kuwukula : to cradle with song, to lull by the song / to lie, to act like a hypocrite
– kuwukula : to rock while singing to send to sleep
– kuwula : to pay dearly / to reward / to fall / to lie down
– kuwuluka : to engulf, to finish off / to get kidnapped / to fire shots
– kuwulumuka : couler à côté, ne pas être étanche, couler sans trêve / se sauver, détaler
– kuwulumuna : to chatter, to talk endlessly
– kuwuma : to rest, to get one’s breath back, to catch one’s breath
– kuwumba : to create, to sculpt, to fashion clay objects
– kuwumba : to hit, to beat
– kuwumbika : to pile up, to accumulate, to assemble
– kuwumpa : to drink in big gulps
– kuwumuka : to breathe, to sigh, to moan
– kuwumuna : to breathe, to live / to stray, to mislead
– kuwumuna : to take away, to remove, to pull up / to make fly, to make flee / to get up to leave
– kuwumuna : to move from one place to another in the distance / to get rid of sth / to fire a shot
– kuwuna / kuvuna : to lie, to deceive, to cheat / to feign, to pretend to, to make a show of
– kuwunakana : to be fooled, to get fooled
– kuwundana : to walk like a big pig
– kuwundula / kuyundula : to feed, to rear, to raise
– kuwunga : to blow, to whistle (wind), to resonate, to rumble, to murmur, to rustle
– kuwungama : to be afraid, to be frightened, to hide, to run away / to dodge, to move aside
– kuwungana : to assemble, to get together / to run
– kuwungika : to hide, to conceal, to steal
– kuwungumuka : to disappear, to make off, to go away
– kuwuta : to suck up/in, to drink the contents of a container quickly
– kuya / kuvia : to burn (oneself), to be burnt, to be grilled, to roast, to be cooked
– kuya : to understand, to know / to use, to make use of, to enjoy
– kuyaba : to bail the water out of a pond or a part of a river in order to catch some fishes
– kuyaba : to understand, to know / to pull up, to uproot weeds
– kuyabakana : to be frantic, to throw oneself from one side to the other, to gesticulate, to swing
– kuyabakana : to scream, to tear one’s hair out, to work here and there without finishing
– kuyabakana : to search enthusiastically everywhere, to grow far (climbing plant)
– kuyabakana / kuzayakana : to be known
– kuyabala : to scream, to moan / to be wide-mouthed, to be open
– kuyabala : to be safe and sound / to copulate, to make love
– kuyabalala : to lie on one’s back with legs spread apart / to be gaping, to yawn / to boast
– kuyabalala : to be folded, to be wrapped up
– kuyabama : to wrap oneself up, to cover oneself
– kuyabana : to scream, to whine like a baby
– kuyabangana : to throw oneself on one side and the other, gesticulate under the effect of pain
– kuyabata : to walk in a swamp, to wade
– kuyabidika : to fold, to be wrapped up
– kuyabika : to wrap up, to veil, to hide, to close, to shut, to fasten, to finish off
– kuyabika : to cover, to put a lid on / to close the subject, to close brackets
– kuyabikila : to drink from one’s hand by lapping up
– kuyabuka : to be open, to be revealed / to be scorched / to be caught as if in a trap
– kuyabuka : to cross, to jump over, to leap over, to pass over
– kuyabukisa : to clear up a situation / to announce, to reveal / to carve, to cut up
– kuyabula : to open, to remove lid, to reveal, to uncover, to unveil / to open brackets
– kuyabula : to serve food on a tray to eat / to burn poorly, to burn by the roots
– kuyadama / kuyalama : to be sold, to be sold out
– kuyadidika / kuyalalala : to give up, to abandon
– kuyadingisa : to extend, to spread, to disseminate
– kuyaka : to catch in flight, to catch in the air
– kuyakidika : to facilitate, to make easier, to alleviate, to simplify
– kuyakidila : to receive with cordiality, to offer a warm welcome
– kuyakimbisa / kuyakimisa / kutatimisa : to oblige, to press
– kuyakisa : to offer, to give, to present, to pass
– kuyala : to reign, to dominate, to be raging, to be in vogue / to spread (out), to expose
– kuyalasa : to lighten up, to clarify
– kuyaluka : to leave, to leave the nest, to move, to emigrate
– kuyaluka : to step over, to jump over
– kuyalumuka : to spill, to spread (out), to unfurl, to deploy
– kuyalumuna : to spread (out), to lay (out), to unfold, to unfurl, to deploy, to unfold fully
– kuyalumuna : to cause pain, to cause a stabbing pain
– kuyama : to endure, to suffer, to hurt, to give pain
– kuyamba : to welcome, to kiss, to seize, to catch
– kuyambasana/kuyambulana/kuyambusuna : to forgive each other
– kuyambidila : to give a talk in a select group, to debate on a given topic, to parley
– kuyambila : to chat, to chatter, to converse, to hold a dialogue, to dialog, to talk
– kuyambila : to quarrel, to create an uproar, to make a din, to kick up a row
– kuyambisa : to get into a dialogue, to strike up a conversation, to make chat, to make talk
– kuyambudila : to forgive, to absolve
– kuyamuna : to reheat, to wam up
– kuyana : to boast, to brag, to glorify oneself, to show off / to sparkle
– kuyana : to speak highly of, to praise, to show to advantage, to highlight
– kuyanda : to show off, to strut, to be proud, to brag, to be haughty / to start
– kuyandama : to grow, to spread / to be fixed to dry
– kuyanduka : to get warm, to warm up / to get angry
– kuyandula : to reheat, to warm up
– kuyanga : to give food, to make a present of / to show off, to pay court to, to woo, to copulate
– kuyanga : to exhibit, to spread, to expose to heat, to roast, to smoke, to cure
– kuyangala : to cook, to hurt very much, to hurt oneself, to be tormented
– kuyangalala : to rejoice, to be glad, to be delighted, to be satisfied, to be in a good mood
– kuyangama : to float, to expose oneself / to rise (up), to gain height, to become gigantic
– kuyangamana : to shout out loud, to shout aloud
– kuyangana : to exchange gifts before marriage, to court / to stay on fire / to expand
– kuyangana : to copulate, to make love
– kuyangidika : to delight, to gladden, to please, to satisfy, to cheer, to create a good atmosphere
– kuyangidikisa : to make happy, to spark joy, to bring joy
– kuyangika : to float, to expose, to hang (up), to hoist (up), to place very high
– kuyangila : to rejoice, to shout for joy or sorrow / to provoke / to be broad
– kuyangumuka : to be awakened, to be remembered, to be highlighted, to raise
– kuyangumuka : to start a job, to sow / to interrupt someone, to interfere
– kuyangumuka : to spread, to propagate
– kuyangumuna : to spread, to propagate
– kuyanika : to expose to the sun, to spread out to dry in the sun
– kuyantika / kubantika : to begin, to start, to be the origin of
– kuyantika : to start, to begin, to undertake / to bend, to tilt, to put on the head
– kuyanuna : to act without dignity, to neglect, to dishonour
– kuyanza : to be intelligent, to be smart, to be clever / to be proud
– kuyanzakana : to spread out like a climbing plant / to be spread out widely
– kuyasika : to open wide, to make yawning, to make gaping
– kuyavula : to crawl, to drag oneself on all fours / to burn the powder of the detonator
– kuyawula : to shout, to cry, to yell, to shriek, to scream, to bemoan, to lament, to complain
– kuyawulula : to renew what is old, to restore, to repair
– kuyayana : to intersect
– kuyayidila : to show kindness / to receive cordially, to treat well
– kuyayisa : to magnify, to spread, to give an echo, to advertise / to cook on high, to fry
– kuyazima : to shine, to sparkle
– kuyazuka : to shout, to yell
– kuyazusa : to make succeed
– kuyebikita : to turn green, to grow abundantly
– kuyebisa : to extend
– kuyebita : to turn green
– kuyebuka : to be chipped, to be broken / to be stripped, to be uncovered
– kuyebuka : to be very fat, to walk like a fat person / to be developed, to be ripe
– kuyebula : to chip, to break on the edge, to break a piece of a whole / to ripen
– kuyedika : to taste, to try, to sample, to test, to feel, to examine
– kuyekika : appuyer, poser contre, reposer sur, adosser à
– kuyekikila : to lean up against, to place against / to put off till later, to postpone, to set aside
– kuyekimina : to lean on / to be in the habit of, to get used to, to become accustomed
– kuyekisa : to let go, to abandon, abdicate, forsake, to give up, to withdraw, to release, to set free
– kuyekisila : to forgive
– kuyekita / kuvekita : to green, to bud, to open out, to bloom
– kuyekola : to betray, to give away
– kuyekula : to sacrifice, to immolate
– kuyekula : to remove from a leaning position / to light a counterfire
– kuyela : to put out, to grow, to sprout, to get fatter, to get bigger, to come to maturity / to try
– kuyela : to lose, to be defeated / to be seek, to be ill, to suffer
– kuyeluka : to heal, to cure
– kuyema : to suck the breast
– kuyema : to like, to want / to wound / to turn green, to come into leaf, to grow lush
– kuyemba : to do something carefully / to steal, to deceive, to defraud, to trick
– kuyemika : to breastfeed, to suckle
– kuyemisa : to give the breast, to make breastfeed
– kuyemuka : to be weaned / to be fat, to be tall / to be smart, to be dexterous, to be skillful
– kuyemuna : to wean, to stop feeding
– kuyena : to see, to perceive, to discern / to feel
– kuyenakana : to be visible
– kuyenana : to see each other again, to meet again
– kuyenda / kuwenda / kuenda : to go, to go away, to leav- kuyendiba : to be heavy, to be weighty
– kuyendidisa : to let go / to neglect
– kuyendika : to soak, to wet completely
– kuyengana : to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge
– kuyenginga : to make gifts of food, to pamper, to spoil, to coddle / to give oneself pleasures
– kuyenika / kuwenika / kumonika : to appear, to be visible, to become visible
– kuyeta : to prowl, to rove, to roam / to shell, to husk, to pod / to hit, to beat, to whip, to flog
– kuyetila / kuyotila : to warm up, to expose oneself to an heat source
– kuyeyula / kuyeya : to cheep, to chirp
– kuyiba / kuyiya : to steal, to rob
– kuyibumuna : to attack violently
– kuyidika : to fix, to repair, to arrange
– kuyika : to add, to increase / to become
– kuyikama : to be added, to grow, to multiply, to proliferate
– kuyikana : to strike, to hit against, to blow with the horn / to be rusty
– kuyikanda : to yawn
– kuyikila : to attribute, to impute, to add, to increase
– kuyikina : to seize, to take, to grab
– kuyikisa : add / learn, teach, preach
– kuyikula : know well, understand well, know well / describe / determine, add
– kuyikuluka : to get used to, to serve, to use, to employ
– kuyikulukiana : to get used to, to date someone, to associate with someone, to become friends
– kuyikuta / kuyukuta : to have enough, to be full, to be satisfied
– kuyila : to darken, to be covered with clouds / to ripen / to rub, to iron
– kuyila : to become dark, to cloud over
– kuyila / kuyila-yila : to shine, to glow
– kuyilama : to position oneself
– kuyimana : to prowl
– kuyimbika : to pile (up), to heap (up), to amass, to stack
– kuyimbila : to sing
– kuyimbuka : to be educated, to gain experience, to become an expert, to become a master
– kuyimbula : to educate, to teach appropriately, to make competent, to make experienced
– kuyimina : to turn down, to refuse to give
– kuyimisa : to make fertile, to fertilize
– kuyimita : to conceive, to give birth, to become pregnant
– kuyimitisa : to fertilize, to make pregnant
– kuyina : to lean forward
– kuyinama : to lean forward, to prostrate oneself, to kowtow (to)
– kuyindakana : to be surprised, to embarrass oneself / to be embarrassed / to forget oneself
– kuyindalala : to be thoughtful, to be melancholy, to be deep in reflection, to ponder, to mull
– kuyindama : to be shy, to be modest
– kuyindidika : to make worried, to make anxious, to make sad
– kuyindimina : to observe, to watch over, to monitor
– kuyinduka : to be thoughtful, to be calculated / to start raining / to be braided, to be twisted
– kuyindula : to think
– kuyingana : to succeed to
– kuyingana : to replace, to take the place of
– kuyingasa : to substitute, to replace by, , to put in the place of
– kuyinuna : to get out of the water, to stop soaking
– kuyisa : to get cooked
– kuyisula : to remove, to set aside, to move away / to abstain
– kuyita : to precede, to get to the top, to come in first
– kuyitakana : to be in a heap, to be in a mass
– kuyitalala : to cover, to surround, to obstruct, to shade, to darken, to grow dark / to swell
– kuyituka : to be astonished, to be surprised, to marvel at
– kuyitula : to frighten, to scare, to terrify / to seize, to grab, to wrest, to snatch (off)
– kuyitumuna to pour abundantly, to let it flow / to seize
– kuyiva / kubiva : to be bad, to be mean / to become ugly, to lose one’s merit
– kuyivisa / kubivisa : to make ugly
– kuyobika : frapper, heurter / entrelacer / mettre autour / serrer la main / cueillir avec un
– kuyobila : to (take a) bath
– kuyoduka : to jump, to leap
– kuyoka : to burn, to grill, to roast, to roast in the ashes / to pass, to go past, to cross, to happen
– kuyola : to talk, to chatter, to natter, to gossip, to squeal, to cheep, to twitter / to hail, to call
– kuyola : to take away, to carry away, to take with you while passing / to bathe
– kuyolubula : to chatter endlessly
– kuyoluka : to chatter, to natter, to gossip, to talk a lot, to ramble, to prattle, to boast, to brag
– kuyolula : to become pregnant, to be fertile / to covet, to desire like a pregnant woman
– kuyombuluka : to sneak, to walk on tiptoe
– kuyombulula : to steal
– kuyomfitila / kuyomvitila / kuyomfuta : to tickle
– kuyomvuka : to be thrown away
– kuyona : to snore
– kuyonama : to be undressed, to be stripped
– kuyondama : to be wet, to be soaked, to be damp
– kuyongibila / kuyongubula : to be in a high position, to be visible from everywhere
– kuyongifila / kuyongifita / kuyongufuta : to tickle
– kuyongisa : to give in marriage, to marry / to mix, to mingle
– kuyonguka : to walk on tiptoe, to walk on the sly, to sneak
– kuyongula : to steal, to take away secretly, to undertake in secret
– kuyongumuna : to steal
– kuyongusa : to give secretly / to get by artifice
– kuyonuka : to break, to fall apart, to disintegrate, to wither away / to be rotten, to be too tender
– kuyonza : to eat slowly, to grow slowly, to act slowly, to do something slowly
– kuyonza : to melt, to liquefy, to languish, to decline / to be spineless, to be convalescent
– kuyonza : to be weak, to be indisposed, to be unwell / to doze off, to have sleeping sickness
– kuyonzama : to gather (together), to get together, to accumulate
– kuyonzika : to amass, to heap up, to collect, to gather (in), to harvest
– kuyonzikisa : to bring together, to get together, to gather, to put together
– kuyonzuka : to grow, to grow / to be raised, to be educated / to be convalescent, to be skinny
– kuyonzuka : to break (up)
– kuyonzula : to pull, to tear off, to snatch / to make grow / to raise, to educate
– kuyonzuna : to raise, to feed a skinny child, to take care of an abandoned child
– kuyonzuna : to gnaw, to remove, to tear off with teeth / to pick, to peel
– kuyonzuzuka : to deteriorate in several places, to be rotten, to be fragile
– kuyosa : to speak loudly, to talk loudly / to have a loud voice / to stammer / to bathe
– kuyosika / kuyosula : to make a noise, to make a racket
– kuyosuna : to hit someone cruelly
– kuyota : to frequent, to go to the market or fair / to warm up / to circumcise, to be circumcised
– kuyotisa : to warm someone near the fire or by exposing them to the sun / to circumcise
– kuyotula : to steal, to steal discreetly, to act secretly
– kuyova : to be tired, to be exhausted, to be weakened, to be weak, to be powerless
– kuyovana : to fraternize
– kuyovoka : to be tired, to be exhausted, to be weary
– kuyovula : to seize, to appropriate at a low price
– kuyovuna : to tire, to exhaust, to weaken / to hit cruelly, to strike cruelly
– kuyowa : to rub with oil, to anoint, to grease oneself
– kuyoweka : to rub with oil, to anoint, to grease, to oil
– kuyowela : to bathe
– kuyoya : to become discouraged, to lose heart, to stop fighting, to capitulate, to abdicate
– kuyoya : to have no strength left, to be weakened, to become unfit / to become dry, to dry up
