IV.2. WORDS IN THEIR CONTEXT (PART 2/7): Humain and animal body.
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
THE HUMAN/ANIMAL BODY (nitu za bantu/bibulu/mbizi).
– baba (mababa) : spongy wound, wart, verruca, callus, corn
– bami (mabami) : scabies, crust of a wound
– banda (mabanda) : blister, pustule, scabies on a bald head
– banga (mabanga / mbanga) : salivary gland / cheek, gill operculum
– banga / (ki)bangala : very large spleen
– beta (mabeta) : part of a pig’s breast / pork meat
– bilusu : vomit, sick
– bimuanga / bimuangina : smallpox
– bingoluta : antennae, whiskers
– bolo (mabolo) : foreskin
– buazi : leprosy
– buba (mabuba) : blister, callus, callosity
– bubu (mabubu) : leg, thigh, femur, thighbone / tibia, fibula
– buemba : pregnancy / protuberance, bump / calf
– bukaka (makaka) : hair (on the chest), sideburns, (side)whiskers
– bukasa (lukasa) : entrails, intestines, bowels, guts, pluck
– bukuku : dirt
– bunda (mabunda) : thigh / kidney, loins, hip
– bunda : baldness of the top of the head
– bundu : big abscess, bubo
– bunkete : cleanliness, hygiene
– dibeni (mabeni) : breast, udder
– dibunda (mabunda) : thigh
– dibundi (mabundi) : cheek
– dienga (menga) : drop of blood
– difundi : muscle
– difuni : anus
– digaka (magaka) : beetle antenna
– dikata (makata) : testicle
– dikolo (makolo) : knee, elbow, joint
– dikosi / dikose : occiput, back vertex of the skull, nape of the neck
– (di)kunganyi (makunganyi) : cartilage
– dikutu (makutu, matu) : ear
– dinga (madinga / minga) : neck, throat, larynx
– dinonia (manonia) : whisker, down, antenna
– dinte (mante) : drop of saliva, shower of spit, spit
– dinu (meno / madinu / minu) : tooth / elephant tusk / nail, claw
– (di)papu (mapapu) : wing
– disu (meso) : eye
– ditaka : spermatozoon, male gamete
– ditaku (mataku) : buttock
– (di)tama (matama) : cheek
– (di)tunda (matunda) : mount of Venus / backbone
– (di)vembo (mavembo) : shoulder / whitish spot on the scalp
– (di)veve (maveve) : wing
– diyeno (mayeno) : breast, udder
– dunda / dundulu : mound of Venus / fetus
– dungu : nape, side of the neck that contains the tendons / disease that stiffens the neck tendons
– findu : marrow
– fitsa (mafitsa) : lung
– fofolo / fuofo / fuofua / fuofuo : lung
– fuba (mafuba) : blister / wound, ulcer
– fuebila : heartache
– fuebiza (mafuebiza) : dried slobber in the mouth / mouth ulcer
– fuefue (mafuefue / zifuefue) : blister in the skin
– fulu / fulufulu / fulukutu ((mafulu / mafulufulu / mafulukutu) : lung
– fumpila / fumpula (mafumpila / mafumpula) : skin rash
– funia (mafunia) : down
– gabu / vabu (magabu / mavabu): hole left by a pulled or fallen tooth
– gaka (magaka) : antenna of a beetle
– genda : tonsure, baldness, hole in the hair
– geya : wing
– gumbu : boil, furuncle
– gungu / vungu : horn
– kabitila : tickle in the throat
– kala (makala) : fish scale
– kami (makami) : remains of faeces in or around the anus / animal excrement
– kana (makana) : bad breath
– kanda : palm, flat of the hand, metacarpus, sole of the foot / paw / footprint on the ground
– kangala (makangala) : scurf, skin rash
– kani : womb, uterus
– kanka (makanka) : amniotic fluid
– kanu (makanu) : ringworm, scabies
– kati : liver, viscera
– kia (makia) : egg
– kiasi : fat that oozes on the forehead
– kiata / kiatanga : chapping of the heel, crack under the foot
– kiayi : scabies, kind of disease
– kiba (biba) : sting
– (ki)balu (bibalu) : whitlow / sting
– kibeka / kibeki : spleen, inflammation of the spleen
– kibeka : belly
– kibioko : belch, burp
– (ki)bomve / (ki)bomvi : syphilitic ulcer
– kibondo (bibondo) : tuft of hair, lock of hair, mane
– (ki)bovi : chin / larynx / syphilitic ulcer
– kibu : eyelid
– (ki)buaza-buaza : rash with spots and pustules
– (ki)builu (bibuilu) : part of the backbone slightly below the neck
– kibuki : kneecap
– kibuku : lower back, waist, pelvis, rump, backside, butt, parson’s nose
– kibumbitila / kibutikila : abajoue
– kibunga (bibunga) : kidney / corrosive ulcer
– kibungu (bibungu) : lower back, lumbar region
– kibutu : sex
– kideka : small pox
– (ki)dididi : rib cage, breastbone
– kidinga : hollow of the throat, neck
– kidinga-dinga : goitre, goiter, scrofulous tumour
– kiela : limb / lower back, lumbar region
– (ki)fio / kimfio : kidney
– (ki)fumanu / (ki)fumuuu : chin
– kigabu / kivabu : fetus, foetus
– kigota (bigota) : pus caused by conjunctivitis, eye matter
– (ki)kalata (bikalata) : skin rash
– kikento : uterus, womb
– kikoba (bikoba) : lip
– kikokobo : mucus that we spit out / cartilage
– kikokodi : clitoris, vulva / uvula
– kikolokoso : skull, head
– kikonga : umbilical cord, badly cut umbilicus
– (ki)konyi : wrist
– (ki)konzongolo : skeleton, skull, joint, fetlock
– (ki)kosulu : cough, cold / spit, sputum
– (ki)kuabi (bikuabi) : navel, umbilical cord
– (ki)kuasa (bikuasa) : notch made in the two upper front teeth
– (ki)kupala : breastbone, which relates to the breastbone / upper part of the root of the tail
– kilanga : tusk / elephant tail
– (ki)lelu : mouth
– (ki)lema : reddened vagina
– kilembe / kimfinda : wild pepper plant (Piper subpeltatum)
– (ki)lembika : throat disease
– (ki)lengo / (ki)lengua : scabies, rash producing spots
– (ki)leto : smallpox
– (ki)lezi : afterbirth, what remains in the womb after the fetus is released
– (ki)lili (bilili) : lip
– kilota : clitoris
– (ki)lunzi (bilunzi) : headache, stomach ache, shooting pains in general
– kimbanga : gland, ganglion, tonsil, swelling, subcutaneous nodule
– kimbumba-ndudi : gallbladder
– kimbunzungulu / kingunzubulu / kingunzungulu : gland
– kimeno : jaw, chin
– kimfi / kimfia / kimfio / kimfinnzi : gizzard, offal, gibblets / stomach / gland
– kimfikangu / kimfiki : hiccups
– kimfula : cramp
– kimoya : liver
– kimpofo : blindness
– kimpedi : knee pain
– kimvumina (mamvumina) : breast milk, mother’s milk
– kindunda : anterior part of the jaw or mouth
– kingodinga : Adam’s apple
– kingodingodi : Adam’s apple
– kingunia / kimunia : spot, pimple, vesicle
– kingunzu : cartilage
– kinkanza : scabies
– kinkeye : ankle of the foot, wrist, heel, elbow, kneecap
– kinko : navel, umbilical cord
– kinkobolo : throat
– kinkonga : nudity, nakedness
– kinono : scar, mark after smallpox / tear of the skin / bad body odour
– kinsaka : undeveloped breast of a girl
– kinsampala (nsampala) : skin complaint of the same nature as herpes, dermatosis spot
– kinsekini : short and frizzy hair
– kinsela-mbanzi : chest pain, stitch in one’s side
– kinsenda : yellow fever / whitlow
– kinsende : disease in which one suddenly loses one’s hair and then one’s nails before dying
– kinsezi : whitlow
– kinsikangu / kinsukuka / kisinsiku : hiccups
– kinsiku-nsiku : sigh, sob, hiccups
– kinsodia : beak, bill, clitoris
– kinsunsu : upper part of the shoulder
– kintuntu : measles
– kinzundunga : swelling in the feet
– (ki)sansi : part of the tail or anus of the fish, caudal fin
– kisedesi : splinter
– kisekini : hair growing short and frizzy
– kisiemo : scar
– kisita : sterile
– kisoka : small elephant tusk
– kisondo : clitoris
– kisuka : tail
– kisulu : anasarca, dropsy of the abdomen
– kisumba-ndudi / nsumba-ndudi : gall bladder
– kisunga : hair on the top of the head
– kitambi : foot
– kitsuku : rump, butt, posterior of a body
– (ki)tuma : carbuncle, anthrax, abcess, tumour, growth
– kiungu : ascites, a disease that causes the belly to swell
– kivakani (bivakani) : armpit hair
– kivangi : smallpox
– (ki)vevula / (ki)gegula : very painful disease, extreme suffering
– (ki)viazi : wound mark, mark of injury, scar
– (ki)visi / kiyisi : bone
– (ki)vodi : Adam’s apple
– kivokolo: bump, knot, swelling, puffiness
– kivondo : scar of the wound
– kivuku : plague, epidemic, epizootic, scourge
– kivumu : belly, pregnancy
– (ki)vungudulua : weakness, malaise, fainting / pregnancy that starts to show
– kiyangi : violent pain in the lower abdomen after childbirth
– kiyimba : nasal mucus, snot, head cold
– kiyisi : bone
– (ki)yondondo : tusk
– (ki)zangu : long horn
– kizenono / kizienina : bladder
– (ki)zevo (bizevo) : chin
– kizidi / kizizi : face
– (ki)zimini : scar of a wound
– (ki)zokodi / kizokudi (bizokodi / bizokudi) : small pox, scar after smallpox
– (ki)zokula : ulcer, wound
– (ki)zonzolo : toothache or mouth pain
– (ki)zunga : dizziness, fainting (fit), epilepsy
– koko (moko) : arm, hand
– koko (makoko) : crust on the scalp, ringworm
– kokoni-koko : elbow
– kondia (makondia) : headache
– kongi / nkongi : eyelash
– konzi / konzo (makonzi / makonzi) : joint, fetlock, wrist
– konzo : small abscess
– kosukosu / kosulo / nkofula : cough
– koto (makoto) : hump, protrusion, bump / hip, hip bone, occipital bone
– koto (makoto) : knee / hoof, cloven foot
– kotuki (makotuki) : wrist, instep
– kovo : shaved head, bald head
– kuaki : kind of leprosy
– kuasa (makuasa) : itching, tickling
– kuba (makuba) : stomach cavity, belly, paunch / tick
– kulu (malu / milu) : leg, foot, paw
– kungunu / yungumu / yungunu : back of the knee, hock, knee
– laka (malaka) : throat, neck
– langa / lenzo (malanga / malenzo) : liver
– lensua (malensua) : liver
– liluli : chicken louse
– loko : scabies/ scrofula and rash with scab-covered wounds
– lota (lulota / malota) : peeling skin disease, scurf
– loti / lotia : kind of itchy rash, spots on the skin
– luba (maluba) : filaria in the eyes / stye
– lubaki / lubayi : turtle shell
– lubamingi / lubaningi / lubebende : spleen
– lubanzi (mbanzi) : rib, chest / chest pain, stitch in one’s side, pneumonia, pleurisy
– lubasu (mbasu) : irritation
– lubawu : clitoris
– lubini / lubinu : tongue
– lubuela : cataract of the eyes
– lubuku : clitoris / circumcision
– lubukumuku : heartbeat
– ludimi : langue
– lufimfi : kidney
– lufita : clitoris
– lugakasa : straight hair growing in abundance
– lugayi : wing
– luika (tuika/mika) : hair
– lukamba (nkamba) : reptile tail
– lukasa / lukasu : heartbeat, fluttering, palpitation, pulse
– luketo : hips, hip circumference, waist circumference
– lukika : sinusitis, migraine
– lukoko (nkoko) : scab of a wound
– lukutu (makutu) : stomach / gastritis
– lulunzi (ndunzi) : forehead
– lumfio : kidney, entrails
– lumungi / lumungu : amblyopia, blurred vision / vertigo, dizziness, epilepsy
– lundindi : clitoris
– lusala (nsala) : feather, plumage, down, wing
– lusampasala : mane
– lusampa-sampa : mane, hair on the spine, hair on the chest / dorsal fin
– luse (nse) : eyebrow
– lusinga (nsinga) : hair from the elephant’s tail / spermatic cord from the pig’s testicles
– lusoko : liver / clitoris
– lusoli : whitlow
– lusuki (nsuki) : hair
– luveve (maveve / mpeve) : wing, caudal fin
– luvimbu : swelling, lump, tumor
– luvu (mvu) : white hair, gray hair
– luvumi : chest pain, rattle, purr / chicken disease
– luvumu : perspiration, sweat / chest bones, lowest part of the stomach or back
– luwumi (buwumi) : chicken disease / persistent cough
– luzala (nzala / manzala) : nail, claw
– luzala (nzala) : fingernail, toenail, claw
– luzangi : clitoris
– luzeko (nzeko) : foot wound, kind of chapping
– luzunia / nzunia : nose / part of the forehead located between the eyebrows, lion’s wrinkles
– mabasi : trimmed hair contours on both sides of the forehead
– mafuku : scent, smell, nose
– mafula : stools / body odour
– mafulukulu / mamfuafu : lungs
– makanu : ringworm, scabies
– makasa-kasa : scabies
– makila : blood, bloody dysentery
– makuanza : scabies blisters
– makulu : dysentery / large abscess
– maladi : illness
– malewa : soft hair, silky hair
– maluma : sperm
– mambusa : lower back, lumbar region
– mandefu : beard
– mangala : venereal disease
– mangungulu : large protruding eyes
– mangwele : vaccine, vaccination
– maniania / manianiya : pimples, blisters, water-filled blisters on the toes
– manimba : sleeping sickness
– manitu : stoutness, corpulence, fat or lean body
– manonia : whiskers, tentacles / hairs, beard
– mansanga / mansangaza : tears
– mansiele : teeth made sharp
– mansuela / masuela : tears
– mansumbi : venereal disease
– mante (dinte, dite) : saliva, dribble, slobber, spit, juice
– manzi : heart
– mapala : diarrhea
– mapedi : smell of the leopard
– masi : fat
– masuba : urine
– mavimpi : good health
– mavivi : eczema, rash that causes itching
– mavuamvua : unkempt hair, mop of hair
– mawata : smallpox, rash
– mawawa : dizziness
– mayititi : parotid, mumps, tonsillitis, swelling of the tonsils
– mazi / masi : fat, stoutness, corpulence, overweight, double chin
– mbadi : eye disease, leucoma, white spot on the eye / elephantiasis, gout in the feet
– mbaka : rooster crest / forehead
– mbandu : scaly and very painful rash on the calf / ringworm
– mbandu : overweight, obesity, fat / black fat on the head of a newborn
– mbandungu : black fat on the head of a newborn
– mbanga : jaw, maxillary bone / cheek, operculum
– mbanga : gland, ganglion, lactiferous mammary gland / testicle
– mbangala : umbilical hernia, swelling above the navel
– mbangi : canine
– mbangu : jaw, maxillary bone
– mbasu : soft tissue necrosis that often affects the lower limbs
– mbela : menstruation / illness, sick state
– mbele : clitoris / lower part of the dorsal fin of the fish genus Pelmatochromis
– mbembo : voice
– mbenitu : antibody
– mbenza : wound, purulent wound / parting in the hair, part
– mbepoke : antigen
– mbewuti : antigen
– mboba : wound, scurf, syphilis / jiggers around the eyes of chickens
– mbobu : sterility
– mboka : placenta, afterbirth, umbilical cord
– mboko : callus, / tuft of hair / joint / stubborn wound, cancerous wound
– mbola : froth around the mouth of a dead person
– mbolongo : kneecap, ankle, hip
– mbolongonzo / mbolongoso : maxillary bone, mandible
– mbombo : nose, nostrils / liver / gnawing ulcer
– mbondo / mumbondo : tuft of hair
– mbondo : sterility of hens, small tail feathers symbolizing that sterility
– mbongo : menses, woman’s period
– mbudila : abscess
– mbueno : view
– mbula / mbulu : vulva, vagina
– mbulu : middle of the forehead between the eyebrows, lion’s wrinkles
– mbumba : sour stomach, smelly eructation, bad breath / colic
– mbumbudi / mbudu-mbudi / mbundi-mbundi : wart
– mbumvu : egg yolk
– mbungi : nostrils, nose
– mbungu-mpanda : tuft of hair
– mbuni / mbunia : wart / spot, pimple, rash
– mbunzu : forehead
– mbutu : male gamete
– menga : blood
– mfinda-mfinda : muscle / back
– mfiokolo : groin
– mfitani : constipation
– mfuafu : lung
– mfuaka / mfunka : tail of large animals
– mfuebo : pneumonia, chest pain, catarrh, asthma
– mfuefue : small blisters, blisters on the toes
– mfuekete : syphilis
– mfuekila / mfuekinia : chest pain, severe cold, asthma
– mfuela : gorgeous little eyes
– mfuele : menses, periods
– mfuemo : chest pain, catarrh, pneumonia
– mfuenge : inflammation of the lung
– mfula : liver
– mfuma : menses, periods
– mfundu : ringworm of the scalp, scald on the skull
– mfutikila : cold
– milu / malu : legs, feet
– mioso : skin hair, hair
– mioni / mioya : beard, mustache
– misu : eyes
– miyoyo : nasal mucus, snot
– mongoti / monguti / mongiti / mongete : lower back, lumbar region
– mpadi : club foot, cloven hoof
– mpakani / mpakaya / mpakinyi : armpit
– mpanda : baldness, shaved head
– mpangi : umbilical cord, placenta
– mpanzuku / mpanzungu : kneecap
– mpanzula : tibia, fibula
– mpatakani : groin, abscess / arm joint
– mpati : side of the chest, flank
– mpele : skin spot, wound on the body, scabies / pus, matter, pus and blood, humour
– mpenga : jaw, half of the face
– mpeve : caudal fin
– mpiaza : aqueous skin rash
– mpiki : hernia in the area of sexual organs / tapeworm
– mpimbidi : wing joint
– mpimbidi-mbukidi : smallpox, skin rash
– mpingu-akoko : underarm, armpits
– mpingu-anima : vertebrae
– mpingu-aminguti : lower back, backashe, lower back pain
– mpoka / mpola : horn
– mpoko : joint, part of a limb / horn
– mpoti : pus caused by conjunctivitis
– mpu : louse
– mpufu : neck, throat
– mpunga : sweat, strong blood flow / name of a disease
– mpungula : scrotal hernia
– mputa : wound
– muakisi : nostril
– muanga : stomach pain / sting / venom
– muanzi (mianzi) : vein, artery
– muaya : yawning
– mudia : intestine
– muika / luika (mika / tuika) : body hair, animal hair / quill, bristle
– muindi / muinza : scorpion or crustacean pincer
– muneno : anus, rectum
– mungadi : throat
– mungongo / mungungu : spine, backbone
– muntekila : symptom of a disease, childbirth pains
– musutu : foreskin, uncircumcised penis
– mutombo : nausea
– mvamba : muscle, joint on the arms or legs
– mvia : penis
– mvimbila : inflammation, small swelling, bulge, puffiness, incipient abscess
– mvimbu : swelling, bulge, large puffiness, edema, abscess
– mvimvidi : chickenpox
– mvindi : anterior part of the tibia / foot / bird foot / rachis, spinal column
– mvindu : dirt, feces
– mvondo : nostril / anus
– mvuanzu : dropsy
– mvuka : fever, intermittent fever
– mvuku : smell of the human body
– mvungunia : scald, patch on the skin
– ndabu : eyelashes
– ndadi : verruca or spongy wound on the foot
– ndanga : lower maxilla, part of an animal’s face
– ndeko : side of the chest, chest pain, cold
– ndemba : headache
– ndene : stool, feces
– ndezi : placenta
– ndindi : clitoris / gut, bowel / protruding eyes
– ndukutila : cold / sweat
– ndulu : bile, gall / scar of a wound
– ndumba : child feces
– ndungulu : convalescence
– ndunzi : middle of the forehead between the eyes / headache, stomach ache
– nduta (manduta) : stretch mark(s)
– ngala / ngalanga : faeces, excrement
– ngalamatisi : rheumatism
– ngambu : epilepsy, syncope, fainting, swoon
– nganza (manganza) : threadworm
– ngenza / nkenza : vulva, clitoris
– ngifi : tumour, bursitis
– ngifita : hiccups
– nginia : louse
– ngolokoso : large protruding tooth
– ngonda / mfuale : menses, periods
– ngongo : pulse, heartbeat, heart palpitations
– ngozi : snoring
– nguilu : (sense of) hearing
– ngumbe : muscle
– ngungu : sperm / membranes, veins, tendons and nerves of large animals
– nima : back
– nima-koko : back of the hand
– nioka : parasitic worm living inside the human or animal body
– nitu : body
– niunga : stinging pain
– nkamvi : fetus, premature child / heavy eyes
– nkamvu : armpit hair, underarm hair
– nkanda : skin, leather, hide
– nkandi : swelling/ kidneys
– nkani : afterbirth
– nkania : wound
– nkanza : wrinkle / bloody fluid / scab of a wound / ear injury
– nkasa : entrails, bowels, intestines
– nkeke : backbone, part of the back of an animal
– nkenzengele : kneecap
– nkila : tail
– nkinda : tuft of hair on a goat
– nkindi : woman’s lower abdomen
– nkindu / nkundu : pubic hair
– nkingu : neck
– nkodi : hoof full of quadrupeds
– nkofula / nkola : cough
– nkoko : navel / crust of a wound
– nkokolo : elbow
– nkokoto : end of a chicken’s neck
– nkola : anus, vulva
– nkolo : flesh above the gills of the fish Pelmatochromis Polylepis
– nkondo : upper part of the front paw of an animal
– nkonga / nkongo : navel, umbilical cord
– nkongi : eyelashes
– nkonko : navel, umbilical cord / genitalia of female animals
– nkoto : rooster crest / insect antenna
– nkotolo : dorsal bone, vertebral bone / skeletal body
– nkua : tendon
– nkuabi : navel, umbilical cord
– nkuaka : back of the knee, hock, ham, tibia
– nkuaku : diarrhea
– nkuakua : scab, scabby patches
– nkuaku-nkuaku : ringworm of the scalp
– nkuangi : white leprosy, scurf, tickling
– nkuanzi : scabies
– nkuba : fin / tick
– nkubu : haemorrhage, bleeding, periods, heavy and long-lasting menses
– nkudi : esophagus / elbow nerve
– nkukulu : swollen belly
– nkumba : navel, umbilicus
– nkumbi : tuft of hair on a goat
– nkumbila : large feathers of the wings or tail of birds
– nkunda : small woolly white feathers under the wings of hens / sterility
– nkunda : hair, hair from the elephant’s tail
– nkundu : pubic hair
– nkunki : dorsal hump
– nkusi / mfuni : fart, flatulence
– nlembo (milembo) : finger, toe
– nlembo wa koko : finger
– nlembo wa kulu : toe
– nlengi / nlendzi : hair
– nlengila : soft hair, silky hair
– nlola : lymphatic gland
– nnenga / nnienga : nit, jigger egg, tick egg
– nnengi : hair
– nnua : mouth, muzzle, snout
– nsabi : cutting edge of a tooth, crown of a tooth / pointed tooth, chiseled tooth
– nsabu / nsabuka / nsawuka : kidney pain
– nsabukila : nodular dermatosis of animals
– nsafi : lungs, gills / pectoral fin
– nsaku : unexplained pain in the back
– nsala : eye disease
– nsala : feathers, plumage, wings
– nsalu : child feces, child excrement
– nsamba : tattoo, scarification
– nsamfi : joint, articulation, phalanx
– nsansala : dorsal fin
– nsansi : epilepsy / swollen legs disease / corrosive ulcer, cancer, mastitis
– nsanzu : part of the back between the shoulders
– nsapa : contagious disease
– nsava : breasts of a woman
– nseka : toothache
– nsekani / nsekeni / nsekinia : kidney
– nseke : menses, periods
– nsekele : roundworm, intestinal worm / smallpox
– nsevila : sharp teeth
– nsewa : circumcised penis, glans
– nsiala : diarrhoea, liquid excrement
– nsi-a-mpakani : underarm, armpit
– nsiengenie : kidney
– nsikitila / nsuku-nsuku / nsinsiku : hiccups
– nsilua : attack of an illness, convulsion, spasm
– nsimfiati : hollow of the armpit
– nsina / nsian-nsina / nsinsinia : eyebrows
– nsina : lethargy / louse
– nsindu : paw
– nsingu : neck, nape, neckline of animals
– nsisa : stoutness, corpulence, overweight
– nsiva : scratch, gibe
– nsivu-nsivu : chap
– nsodongo : rodent paw / goat hoof
– nsoko : bone marrow / liver, pluck
– nsokula : marrow
– nsombukila : tick, jigger
– nsongo : childbirth pains, severe pain / sleeping sickness / heart
– nsoso : sting / venom hook
– nsualu : bird’s paw
– nsuenge / nsuengeni : inflammation of the lung, pneumonia
– nsuengila / nsuengina / nsuenginia : shortness of breath, difficult breathing / asthma
– nsuingidi : boil
– nsuki : hair
– nsula : difficult childbirth that can lead to death
– nsulu : bad breast milk / abortion
– nsuluka : miscarriage, stillbirth, premature baby
– nsumba : syphilis, hematuria
– nsumbi : type of hernia
– nsuni : flesh, muscle
– ntanda : jigger that has penetrated under the skin
– ntanga : calf, part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
– ntati : abscess, swelling, bubo, hernia
– ntelamono : kidney pain
– ntempita : big belly
– ntenda : drool
– ntenzi : eye disease, leucoma, cataract, eye albugo
– ntenzi : sting despite the risk of succumbing to it, sting venom
– ntete : cockscomb
– ntima : heart
– ntu : head
– ntukuta : perspiration, sweating, sweat
– ntulu : chest
– ntumba : chest disease
– ntumpa : fontanel
– ntunda : mons veneris, mound of Venus / pregnancy, fetus
– ntunga / kintonguna : jigger, tick
– ntuvudi : big eyes, protruding eyes
– nzangala : fever
– nzebo : dribble, slobber
– nzevo / nzefo / nsevo / mayevo / ndevo : beard
– nzevo / nsevo : beard
– nziama / nziami : small wound in or near the anus, stubborn sore in the buttocks
– nzieta : epilepsy
– nzila-meno : diastema of the central incisors of the upper jaw, teeth of happiness
– nzini / nzene : female genitalia
– nzioko : wound on the buttocks
– nzunu / zunu : muzzle, snout
– penzo / penzua : virus, microbe
– pilu / teko : menses, periods
– podo (mapodo) : fart
– pulupulu : diarrhoea
– sakafulu : lung
– sanga : adultery disease, infidelity disease, herpes of the sexual organs
– sangiti : fin
– sansa : epilepsy, convulsions
– seba / sebi (maseba / masebi) : mouth sore, crack on the lips, mouth ulcer / trichina, leprosy
– sefi (masefi) : extreme end of the sternum / shell, mussel scale, snail shell
– sengi : mons veneris, mound of Venus
– sika-sika : hiccups
– siku (masiku) : musk gland of the civet cat
– sina : louse / vagina
– sopisi : gonorrhea, clap
– sueba / zueya (masueba / mazueya) : blister
– suku : backbone, spine
– sukumbawu : libido, virility, sexual strength
– suku-suku (masuku-suku) : femur
– sutu : foreskin, uncircumcised penis
– tala : cover of gills, scale
– tamba / matamba : cancer that eats away at the nose (lupus exedens)
– tandi : dental plaque, dental caries
– tasa (matasa) : large abscess
– tiaba : scabies, scabious rash
– tidi (matidi) : tendon, sinew, ligament, vein, Achiles tendon
– tingi-tingi (matingi-tingi) : muscle in general, muscle of the arm or leg
– to : animal skin
– tolo / tulu : sleep
– tolo (matolo) : shoulder blade, scapula / thigh bone, ischium / fin, operculum of a fish, gill
– tolo (matolo) : anterior part of the lower jaw, maxillary bone / cheek
– tomfi / tomfo : marrow, brain, grey matter
– tosi (matosi) : moustache / fin / antenna, feeler
– toso / tonzo / tonga / tongo : brain
– toto / totolo / tutulu : cockle, scale, shell
– tubombo (lubombo) : nasal mucus, snot, phlegm from the nose, coryza
– tufinia : pus
– tuku-tuku (matuku-tuku) : small down, feather
– tuma : liver
– tumba : mons veneris, mound of Venus / woman’s breast / tuft of hair on the top of the head
– tuntulu : dropsy, disease with swelling
– tuvi / tuza : excrement, feces, poo, poop
– tuvi : feces, poop
– vaka-vaka (mavaka-vaka) : wing
– vandu : baldness, bald head
– vanzika : heart palpitation
– vemba : coryza, head cold, catarrh of the nose
– vembo / gembo : shoulder
– vimbu : abscess, swelling
– vola (mavola) : paralysis
– vuku (mavuku) : side of the belly, flank, side, middle of the body, waist
– vungu / gungu : horn
– wasa (mawasa) : women’s breasts
– wombo : brain
– wumbu : furuncle, boil, abscess
– yelo : chin, beard
– yinga (mayinga) : tumour, swelling
– yongolo (mayongolo) : blister, bladder
– zadi (mazadi) : trunk
– zala : sixth finger of the hand
– zimi : pregnancy
– zu : voice
– zuila / zuina : perspiration, sweat
– zunu (mazunu) : nostril, nose
