IV.3. WORDS IN THEIR CONTEXT (PART 3/7): Animal kingdom.
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
THE ANIMALS (bibulu, mbizi).
– bala (mabala): striped squirrel
– beka (mabeka) : species of small fish
– bimbi : species of rat / quail
– boka (maboka) : species of reddish fish (Pelmatochromis Taeniatus) / crayfish
– bokolo (mabokolo) : sheep
– bomina (mabomina) : species of snake
– bondo (mabondo) : species of fish, sole
– bonga : red-headed lizard
– bonobo : species of dwarf chimpanzee living in the Congolese forest
– buba (mabuba) : spider
– buki (mabuki) : squirrel
– buluku : horse
– bunda (mabunda) : duck, wild duck
– bundu (bibundu) : mosquito
– bunkufu : species of small stinging black fly
– bunkundila / lunkundila : insect with long antennae belonging to the Orthoptera
– dede (madede / zidede) : jigger / flea
– diata-ngombe (madiata-ngombe) : species of giant lizard
– dibata : duck
– (di)bembe / (di)yembe : pigeon, dove
– dibondo (mabondo) : species of fish
– didendo (madendo) : turkey
– (di)kala (makala) : grasshopper / pangolin
– dikonko : gazelle
– (di)kueta (makueta) : species of fish (Amphilius lamani)
– (di)kungu (makungu) : species of caterpillar without quills / species of large frog
– (di)kungu (makungu) : species of owl, tawny owl
– dimeme : sheep, lamb
– dindende (mandende) : species of fish (Synodontis Longirostris)
– dingungu : kind of wasp
– dintekita (mantekita) : species of red tree ant that has the habit of shivering
– (di)pangi (mapangi) : species of bird with a horny bill
– ditaka / dikata : frog larva, tadpole
– (di)tutu : mouse
– (di)yunda : species of antelope
– (di)zebi : tadpole
– duka : species of bird (Chalcopedia afra) / fat pig, pig that has not given birth
– dukia : turkey
– dundu (madundu) : species of antelope
– folo / fono (mafolo / mafono) : snail
– fuda (mafuda) : species of large animal walking in isolation
– fuekila / fuekele (mafuekila / mafuekele) : rat full of hair
– fufu : red-haired rat
– fulu (mafulu) : species of fish
– fumbe / fundi (mafumbe / mafundi) : larva of palm weevil, larva of beetle
– funga (mafunga) : owl
– fungununu : bumblebee / chicken
– gaka (magaka) : beetle antenna
– guku/vuku/wuku (maguku/vuku/wuku) : frog
– kakata (makakata) : old goat / chimpanzee
– kala : grasshopper, locust
– kalangani : blowfly, bluebottle
– kamela-kuango : giraffe
– kangala (makangala) : blowfly, bluebottle
– kanza : black venomous snake species
– kavalu : horse
– kiama : gorilla
– kianzizika : zebra
– kiba (biba) : bee
– (ki)banza / (ki)banzi (bibanza / bibanzi) : species of fish ((Pelmatochromis Taeniatus)
– kibenga : species of rat with reddish hair
– (ki)betele (bibetele) : small hen, bantam
– (ki)boto (biboto) : frog
– kibuanga-ntu : species of bird / species of red-headed lizard
– (ki)bubu : ape, gorilla, chimpanzee
– (ki)budi (bibudi) : cat / electric fish
– kibulu : animal
– kibululu : goat
– (ki)bunda / (ki)duangi (bibunda / biduangi ) : species of red antelope
– (ki)deda (bideda) : species of fish
– kiduele : fish species
– kiela : earthworm
– (ki)fuekene (bifuekene) : small mosquito
– kifuetete : grasshopper
– kigaka (bigaka) : breeding male
– kikaka : very big owl
– (ki)kala (bikala) : frog / species of snake
– kikiololo : partridge
– kikokodi : cock, rooster
– (ki)kokoso : beetle species
– (ki)kokoto : species of grasshopper in the wood (Mazcea granulosa)
– (ki)kokoto : beetle larva in the palm tree
– (ki)koto (bikoto) : large red tree ant
– (ki)kubu (bikubu) : species of antelope
– (ki)kulukutu : weevil / kind of insects that attack the hide (leather)
– (ki)kumbu : leopard, panther
– (ki)kupala : species of grasshopper
– (ki)kusa : species of snake
– kilekete : legionary ant, travelling ant
– kilengila : kite
– (ki)lima (bilima) : quail
– (ki)lombo (bilombo) : species of grasshopper with red or olive green wings (Tapesia baticincta)
– kimbanza : species of small ant
– kimbemba-mbemba : butterfly, moth
– kimbembe : pigeon, dove
– kimbembi : small sparrowhawk
– kimbembila : butterfly
– kimbimbi : quail
– kimbiti : frog, toad
– kimbitua : shrimp
– kimboko : species of woodland antelope / species of bright red-haired rat / hippopotamus
– kimbole : species of fish / worm in palm wine
– kimbolo : crocodile / very large water lizard / fish species
– kimbula : mouse
– kimbula-mbinda / kimbula-nkalu : big mason wasp
– kimbula-mbongo : larva in the ground, ant-lion larva
– kimbula-nkama : species of small cricket that pierces water dams
– kimbulu : wildcat
– kimbululu / kimbulumuka : small wood-eating insect / small fly that gets stuck in the eye
– kimbulumukina : species of hymenoptera
– kimbumba-mbumba : species of small fly
– kimbumba-ntulu : a species of caterpillar getting its name from the way it moves
– kimbumba-tuma : species of grasshopper
– kimbungu : hyena, wolf
– kimfiki : small fly, mosquito
– kimfua-nkabu : species of insect
– kimfuentente : small grasshopper, species of small ant
– kimfuetete : species of small ant that bites
– kimfufu : species of little bloodthirsty fly
– kimfusia : species of land frog
– kimfuta-mfuta : small ant
– kimfutu : owl, tawny owl, brown owl (Bubo maculosus cinerascens / Syrnium nuchale)
– kimpadi : species of fish / squirrel
– kimpala : species of pigeon
– kimpalala : very small turtledove
– (ki)mpasi : species of large grasshopper / cricket
– kimpata : species of fish (Physailia Villiersi)
– kimpedi : species of very fat and light-haired rat / cockroach, cockroach
– kimpela / kimpele / kimpelo : species of rat
– kimpepele : butterfly
– kimpete : species of small fish (Anabus manus) / very small fish in general
– kimpiatu : caterpillar, silk worm
– (ki)mpiti / kimpitu : species of woodland antelope with a black stripe on its back
– (ki)muindu : processionary caterpillar of bombys living on a tree with black berries
– kindende : fish species (Synondontis Longirostris)
– kindongo : sheep
– kingongo : leopard
– kingonongono : raven
– kiniania : species of frog / dew worm, earthworm
– (ki)niawu : cat
– (ki)ningi-ningi : species of small fly that flutters in damp places
– kinionia (binionia) : ant
– (ki)nkadi : species of edible frog
– kinkandi : species of rat
– kinkeso : oyster
– kinkete / kinkitu : chrysalis, pupa
– kinkituka : species of snake
– kinko : bird species (Barnatula leucolaina)
– kinkofi / kinkofia : kind of small black fly that stings, stomoxys, mosquito species
– kinkoko : woodpecker / sacred animal
– kinkokoso / kinkokoto / kinkokuti : very large palm beetle (Platygenia barbata)
– kinkokoto / kikokoto / kikokotolo : very large palm beetle (Platygenia barbata)
– kinkuanganzala : praying mantis
– kinkuba : species of small antelope / kind of insect
– kinkubu : owl
– kinkumpi : ant-lion larva
– kinkunki : ant-lion
– kinsaka : species of porcupine / goat
– kinsala : winged termite
– kinsekua : bug / woodlouse, sow bug / insect that attacks the skin or leather
– kinsengu / kinsengua : male of a bird, cock, rooster
– kinsenzi / kinsezi / kinzezi : species of serval, feline slightly smaller than the leopard
– kinsiadi / kinsiedi : species of shrimp, crustacean / species of small fish
– kinsidikita / kinsidikiti : species of very small bird (Spermospiza guttata)
– kinsinsimba : species of small wasp
– kinsombe : small red woodland antelope
– kinsuele : small green parrot
– kinsukulu : species of ringed worms in the shape of a ribbon
– kinsumba : species of fish
– kinsunsu : wood bug
– (ki)nuani : species of snake
– kinueta : fly larvae in meat
– kinzanzala (binzanzala) : ant, small insect, small reptile, small crawling animal
– kinzenze / kinzenzi : cricket
– kinzenze-ngoma : centipede
– kinzenze-nzenze : cricket that makes strident cries in the night
– (ki)nzonzi : species of small fish (Spilotaenia)
– kinzululu : small black ant with a burning sting
– kinzundi : fish species
– kinzundungu : species of antelope / jigger
– kipekesele : species of small crustacean / shrimp
– (ki)pepila : butterfly
– kisakudi : owl
– kisela : ant-lion larva in the hole
– (ki)sempele / (ki)sempelele : species of bird (Halcyon albiventris orientalis)
– (ki)siala / (ki)sialala : lizard
– (ki)sidi (bisidi) : species of edible frog (Phrynoniantis affinis)
– kisiedi (bisiedi) : kind of termite used as bait
– (ki)sulu (bisulu) : species of electric fish
– (ki)tayi (bitayi) : species of rat
– (ki)tiba (bitiba) : species of fish
– kitombo / ntombo : species of bird
– (ki)tonono / (ki)tonionio (bitonono / bitonionio) : chicken louse
– kituangi : species of antelope
– (ki)tuka (bituka) : turtledove
– kitumbi : species of rat
– kiula : toad
– kivala / kigala : lizard
– kivampa : animal which has not given birth, hen which has not laid eggs
– (ki)vilu : chicken with ruffled feathers
– kiwala-wala : grasshopper
– (ki)wengi : species of crustacean
– (ki)yangi (biyangi) : chimpanzee
– (ki)yembo : species of rat
– kizaka / kisaka / kinsaka : goat
– koka (makoka) : species of large fish, large crab / crab, crayfish, crustacean
– koko / nkoko : cock, rooster, hen
– kokoto (makokoto) : dung beetle
– kombe (makombe) : civet
– kongi (bikongi / makongi) : wader / wild duck, swan
– konko / koko (makonko / makoko) : grasshopper
– kota (bikota / makoto) : queen bee
– koto (makoto) : frog
– kuaka (makuaka) : larva, butterfly larva
– kuakua : caterpillar with stinging hair / species of eagle with a shrill voice
– kueta (makueta) : species of small fish (amphilius lamani)
– kukulu : species of fish
– kumbi / nkumbi : species of rodent
– kuti / kutu : owl, tawny owl, eagle owl, great horned owl, brown owl
– kutu / nkutu : scorpion
– lama-lama (malama-lama) : species of large hairy larva
– leke (maleke) : species of sparrow that makes its nest in palm trees
– lela / lele (malela / malele) : species of fish
– lendese / lendezi (malende /malendezi) : termite species
– lenge (malenge) : species of large fish with large scales and reddish flesh
– lewa (malewa) : fish species (Ansorgia Vittata, Eutropius Grenfelli);
– lubaki / mbakilu : bird of prey
– lubania (tubania / mbania) : vulture, sparrowhawk / rat species
– lubata / lubata-bata : slug without shell
– lubata-bata : species of bird (Caprimulgus fosset)
– lubebende / lubebendo : swallow
– lubokoyongo / lubukuyongo : nightjar
– lubondo : reddish antelope
– lubongo : species of large antelope
– lubu (mbu) : mosquito
– lubuku (tubuku) : species of large squirrel
– lufu : fish species / species of brown red rat
– lukami (nkami) : species of traveling ant
– lukanga : crow, raven
– lukembi : species of very large fish (Eutropius Lemairii)
– lukenge (nkenge) : species of crustacean
– lukeni : species of small wild cat
– lukinza (nkinza) : species of rat
– lukoko (nkoko) : species of antelope
– lumbamba : myriapod / species of long and thin green snake
– lumfikini : bat
– lumpempa : butterfly
– lumpukununi / mpukumununi : bat
– lundi (tundi) : species of striped squirrel
– lundulu (tundulu / matundulu) : species of black ant
– lunga (malunga) : striped mongoose (Crossarchus zebroides)
– lunganga : sparrowhawk
– lungembo / ngembo / ngiembo : bat, flying fox
– lungwenia : chameleon
– lunsua (lunsua) : winged termite
– lupungupungu : dragonfly
– lusalafu (nsalafu) : species of traveling ant (Dorylus nigricans)
– lusangi (nsangi) : species of small fish living in swarm
– lusansu : python
– lusole (nsole) : fish species (Barbus Aspius)
– luvimbidi (mvimbidi) : rat species
– luzangidi (nzangidi) : species of small red rat (shrew)
– luzangadi : shrew
– luzeka-zeka : rat species
– makaku : macaque, monkey
– mamba : venomous snake species
– mansua / tunsua / tusa : winged termites
– mansudi : goat
– mantekita : species of red ants whose habit is to shiver
– masika : gorilla
– mbada : big animal bigger than a buffalo
– mbaka : antelope / praying mantis
– mbaku : small carnivorous animal
– mbala : species of civet, genet / species of snake
– mbambi : small antelope, gazelle / species of talkative bird (Coccyst jacobinus)
– mbambi : monitor lizard
– mbanga : species of edible frog
– mbanza : species of stinging caterpillar
– mbela : species of small black bird
– mbemba : eagle, vulture (Cypohierax angolensis)
– mbemba : species of grasshopper (Heteropternis couloniana)
– mbembe : rhinoceros, unicorn
– mbembela : butterfly
– mbende : field rat with striped hair
– mbende-mbende : species of swallow
– mbizi-a-maza : fish
– mbizi-a-nseke : animal
– mbobolo : species of large frog
– mboka : sheep, ewe, ram
– mbole : species of large fish (Mormyrops)
– mbolo-tonto / lelensi : termite species
– mboma : boa, python
– mbombo : fish species (Genyomvrus Bonnyi or Mormurus Caballus)
– mbonde : mastiff, big dog
– mbondi : wild cat / species of long-tailed monkey
– mbua : dog
– mbudi : earthworm, nematode, threadworm
– mbuku : species of squirrel
– mbulu : jackal
– mbulu-koko : barn owl, screech owl, large crested bird with long tail
– mbuluku : donkey
– mbulukutu : larva
– mbulu-mbulu : species of small fly that tends to find accommodation in the corner of the eye
– mbuma : species of fish
– mbuma / mbumba : cat
– mbumbi / mbumbu : beetle
– mbumbula / mbumbulu : species of mole
– mbumi : species of very large fish (Chrysichthys myriodon)
– mbungu-mpanda : species of bird
– mbungu-siono : species of bird
– mbuni : species of monkey with long black hair on the back and white on the rest of the body
– mevua (mamevua) / nkanga : species of jackal or hyena-dog / hyena-jackal, wolf
– mfiefie : striped squirrel
– mfieti : species of small monkey of the family of the galago
– mfingi : shrew / species of bird that lives in the proximity of monkeys
– mfingi : species of mason wasp otherwise called pelopea turner
– mfingi : elephant
– mfondo : species of large bird with horned beak
– mfuenge : species of fish / species of small carnivorous animal (Mungos ichneumon parvidens)
– mfuengi : fox
– mfula : species of fish
– mfulu / mfulututu : tortoise, turtle
– mfuna / mfunia : species of antelope
– mfundi : white palm worm
– mfungwa : species of large fish
– mfunia / mfunu : species of antelope with a black stripe on its back
– mfunka : leopard
– mfuri : turtle
– mfutu : owl
– mpadi / mpeko : squirrel
– mpakasa : buffalo
– mpampa : species of fish (Marcusenius Wilverthi)
– mpangu : the largest water frog
– mpasi : species of large grasshopper / cricket
– mpelele : species of fish (Petrocephalus Haulle villii / Trematocara Marginatum)
– mpenga : species of large swallow
– mpese : cockroach
– mpesoki / mpesuki : species of freshwater fish of the family Mormyridae
– mpiangu : swallow
– mpidi : viper
– mpoko : squirrel species
– mpondo : species of large bird / species of large fish (Clirysichthys Myriodon)
– mpudi : species of large freshwater fish (Clarias lacera)
– mpuku : rat, mouse
– mpunda : horse, mare
– mpungi : shrew
– mpungu : fish or animals that utter various sounds / gorilla
– mpuva : species of large bird with a horned beak
– muanlangu : python
– muenge : species of fish with large teeth / species of small freshwater fish
– muinzi : grassland dog, prairie dog, jackal or hyena dog
– muisi (miisi) : young cat
– mukoka : rhinoceros
– mukumbusu : gorilla, chimpanzee
– mukusu : species of soft-skinned mouse
– mulalalanda : scorpion
– munganga : crow, raven / species of fish (Gnathonemus Mirus)
– munganza : species of bird
– mungongo / ngongo : large wader bird, heron, stork, crane
– mungu (miungu) : beetle larvae / dust produced by beetles
– mungu : species of fish
– munguadi : forest partridge
– mungula : species of grasshopper (Catantops annulipes)
– muniala : tree frog
– munkanga / munkomo : sow that gave birth
– munkolo : species of shiny beetle
– munkomono : species of woodpecker
– munsala : crayfish, shrimp
– munsangula : species of caterpillar which lives on the tree of the same name
– munsiobo : earthworm
– muntondia : eel
– muntudia : leech
– mununzi / n’nunzi : small rat with long pointed snout that gives off a strong unpleasant smell
– mvalu : horse
– mvanda : species of large antelope
– mvidi / mvidia : jigger
– mvimvi : black and venomous ant / wasp that builds a mud nest
– mvinde : little bat
– mvinzu : caterpillar which lives on the tree of the same name
– mvonde / mvondo / mvuondo : species of large bird with a horned beak
– mvuangu / mvuadungu : duck
– mvubu : hippopotamus
– mvudi / mvuli : species of antelope (Tragelophus scriptus)
– mvuka : larva
– mvukidi : species of fish
– mvuku : species of large fish (Mormyrus caballus)
– mvulu : species of fish (Labeo Greenii / L. Macrostoma)
– ndadi : species of small fish
– ndekila : ant species
– ndele : species of small fish (Eutropius Grenfelli)
– ndiediedie : species of small blue bird
– ndima : species of snake (Psammophis sibilans / Leptodira Duchesnii)
– ndindi : fly
– ndinga : green pigeon
– ndo : large bird that feeds on grasshoppers in the fields
– ndulu : species of small fish related to the sardine
– ndumbu : tadpole
– nduta : small frog
– nena (manena) : species of bird that follows buffaloes
– nenga (manenga) : species of rat
– nenge (manenge) : fish species (Pelmatochromis Polylepis)
– ngaga / ngaka / nkanka : species of striped squirrel
– ngaka : crow, raven
– ngama : monkey
– ngamalu : camel
– ngamu : fish species (Parauchenoglanis Ausorgii)
– ngamfi / ngamvi : traveling ants
– ngandu : crocodile, caiman
– nganga : beetle (Gnathocera angolensis)
– ngania : monkey
– nganu : species of fish
– ngembo : bat
– ngindi : antelope species
– ngo : leopard, cheetah
– ngoko : bull, bullock, steer, ox
– ngola : fish species
– ngolobo : snail
– ngolo-ngolo : species of rat
– ngombe : cow, bullock, steer, ox / fish species (Gnathonemus)
– ngonga : scarab
– ngongo : large wading bird, heron, stork, crane or other similar
– ngongolo : centipede, millipede
– ngongoyo : bird species
– ngoni : large forest rat, domestic rat of the largest species
– ngono : rat species / black and white crow / raven, magpie
– ngono : crow / rat species
– ngono-ngono : white-collared crow
– ngozulu : eagle
– ngulu : pig, sow
– ngulu’a mfinda : wild boar, warthog, wild pig
– nguma : sheep
– ngumbi : partridge / porcupine
– ngundu : species of redstart, species of nightingale
– ngundu-biole : species of small songbird
– ngungu : species of large spider that produces a buzzing and drumming sound
– nguvu : hippopotamus
– nguya : porcupine
– nianzi : fly / louse
– nienge : species of fish
– nina : electric fish
– nioka : snake
– niombe : fish species (Petersius Ausorgii / Llabeo Velifer)
– nionzi : fish species (Barbus cainptacanthus) / small tree ant species
– niosi : swarm of bees, bee
– niumbula : bee, honeybee
– nkabi / nkayi : antelope
– nkafanga : crow, raven
– nkala : crab, crustacean / scorpion
– nkamba : species of small dark eel
– nkami : ant
– nkamvu : ram
– nkandi : rodent of stones or rocks / almost tailless fish
– nkanga / kanga : guinea fowl / quail / hyena-jackal
– nkangala : blue blowfly
– nkangudi / nkongudi : species of great lizard
– nkania : praying mantis
– nkanka / nkaka / kaka : pangolin, anteater / small squirrel with striped back
– nkanka : species of fish with sharp prickles
– nkelele : peacock, guinea fowl
– nkembekele : ant species
– nkembi : species of small freshwater fish
– nkenge : anteater / ant-lion
– nkewa : monkey
– nkiada : monkey
– nkiama : carnivorous, flesh-eating
– nkianza : species of rat
– nkiele / nkiedi / nkanka : little squirrel with a striped back
– nkinia : small insect that eats cloth / moth larva
– nkodi / nkodia / nkodia-nkuata / nkolo : snail
– nkodia-nkuata : snail
– nkodi : large cock, large rooster / white-throated buzzard
– nkoka : crab
– nkoka-tuvi : dung beetle
– nkoko : large gray antelope / spotted fish with sharp prickles
– nkokolo : crab / edible water scarab / insect species
– nkoko-nkoko : young cock, young rooster
– nkole : animals with horny hooves
– nkombo : goat
– nkondo : fish species / spider with its web
– nkongidi : species of large lizard
– nkongila : lizard
– nkongo : species of antelope
– nkonko : woodpecker / species of small hairy and edible larva
– nkonono : species of worm that strides along
– nkosi : lion
– nkoto : sow that gave birth
– nkuampi / nkuanki : partridge, forest partridge, woodland partridge
– nkuangi : bat, flying fox
– nkuba : species of antelope
– nkuenzi : crab, crustacean / leopard
– nkuimbi : shark
– nkuka : species of red-brown bird (Turacus persa)
– nkuku’ampela / ntutu : bird species (pomatorhynchus senegalus)
– nkukutu : species of ant that gives off a bad smell
– nkuma : species of fish (Labeo Greenii)
– nkumbala : species of fish
– nkumbi : species of large rodent (cricetomys gambianus)
– nkunku : falcon, hawk, sparrowhawk / hen, chicken
– nkusu : parrot
– nkuti : species of very large antelope
– nlenge : species of edible caterpillar
– nloba : species of rat
– nlokoni : species of bird
– nluangi / nluanzu : species of edible frog
– nlulu : species of very small fish (Barbus Miolepis)
– nlumba : rabbit, hare
– nlumbu : species of small fish
– nniungi : shrew, field mouse
– nnungi / nnunzi : shrew / species of little stinky mouse
– nnungu : species of long-beaked fish
– nsadi : species of fish with unbroken dorsal fin
– nsala : crayfish, shrimp, lobster, crustacean, spiny lobster / winged termite
– nsambu : large white palm larva
– nsanga : species of caterpillar / species of grasshopper
– nsangala : species of black grasshopper
– nsangi / sengi : stickleback
– nsania : species of large antelope
– nsanza : species of small bird
– nsanzi : species of grasshopper
– nsasi / nsesi : species of antelope
– nsaya : fish species
– nseka : beetle that digs holes in trees / larva that eats beans
– nseke / nsekele : kind of porcupine with very small quills
– nsekele : rat species
– nsekisa : species of larva that eats garden peas
– nsekisa : grasshopper species (Catantops or Acridium suficorne)
– (n)sekoso : oiseau tisserin (Ploceus nigerrimus, Ploceus nigriceps, …)
– nsekoso : bird species
– nselele / nsielezi / nzelele : termite
– nsengi / nzengi : tailed monkey
– nsengi : tailed monkey
– nsesi : species of dwarf antelope / cicada
– nsia : species of antelope
– nsibizi / nsisi / nsizi : species of large wild rodent
– nsielolo : rat species
– nsielungwa : species of travelling ant
– nsiesie : hare
– nsimba : cat
– nsimbala : very long crocodile
– nsimpanzi : chimpanzee
– nsimu : fish species (Mormyrus Proboscirostris)
– nsinda : grass caterpillar
– nsinga : species of filiform snake
– nsinga : species of electric fish
– nsingi : wild cat
– nsinsika : species of small fish
– nsinzi : wild cat / fish species with goads (Synodontis Longirostris or S. ovidius)
– nsoki : ant species
– nsokusa / ntutulu : sparrow (Ploceus nigerrimus), pierrot, weaver bird
– nsombe : orange-colored palm worm
– nsombi : species of red-haired antelope
– nsomfi : eel
– nsongi : species of long-billed bird (Chalcomitra obscura) / hummingbird /stork
– nsongi : species of long-beaked fish (Gnathonemus Numenius) / species of grasshopper
– nsongonia : species of travelling ant
– nsosi : species of black ant
– nsoti : species of frog that is heard in the water when the sun is shining
– nsua : species of small antelope
– nsuadi : species of frog
– nsualu : species of antelope
– nsuamba : species of frog
– nsueki : species of fish with teeth
– nsuela / nsuengila : species of grasshopper, locust species
– nsuela : variety of birds of paradise
– nsuele : song thrush
– nsuengi : hummingbird
– nsula : electric fish, torpedo fish
– nsulu : stone marten
– nsuma : species of woodland antelope (Cephalophus Nigrifrons)
– nsuma : species of fish (Chrysichthys Filamentosus) / grasshopper of the genus Odontomelus
– nsumba/nsumbu : catfish
– nsumbu : bird of prey, sparrowhawk
– nsumi : species of small black and venomous ant / blue blowfly
– nsungu : species of large gray antelope / stag / species of large fish
– nsuni : sparrow
– nsusu : hen, cock, rooster
– ntaba : goat
– ntabala : species of large fish (mormyrops attenuatus or sirenoides)
– ntanta : species of catfish with sharp prickles (Synodontis caudalis)
– ntanta : species of catfish with two sharp prickles (synodontis caudalis)
– ntata : swallow which builds and attaches its nest under the branches of palm trees
– ntatukidi : species of blackish snake
– ntedi : species of small ants
– nteka : species of catfish
– ntempele : species of fly
– ntenda / ntendani : cricket, cri-cri, cicada
– ntenda : medium-sized pig, young pig, animal that has not given birth
– ntendi : animal which has not given birth
– ntepa : crayfish, crab that has changed shell
– ntete : cockscomb, rooster crest
– ntietie / tieti / nsuesue : weaver, wren (cisticola lateralis)
– ntietie : weaver, wren (cisticola lateralis)
– ntoya / ntoyo : species of very talkative bird otherwise called prophet (coccyste jacobinus)
– ntoyo : species of fish (myomyrus macrodon)
– ntumba : green and horned beetle
– ntumbi : species of mouse
– ntunda : suckling pig
– nuni : bird
– nza : red tsetse fly
– nzaka : species of green grasshopper
– nzamba : elephant
– nzangala : grasshopper
– nzangi : gray monkey with red tail
– nzawu : elephant / species of large beetle with a horn
– nzawu : elephant
– nzeka : percebois
– nzenene : species of grasshopper, locust species
– nzenga / nzengi : species of antelope
– nzenze / nienze : cricket
– nzenze : cricket
– nziku : ape, chimpanzee or gorilla
– nzima : species of big and fat civet
– nzingi-nzingi : species of very small fly
– nzinzi : fly
– nziomo / nzombo : species of large fish
– nziukila : species of traveling ant that hunts and devours termites
– nziulu : species of ant that hunts and devours termites / species of traveling ant
– nziumbula / niumbula : bee
– nzobo : civet
– nzombo : species of large fish / manatee, sea cow / python, large snake
– nzonde : species of rat
– nzondi / nzonzi : species of small fish (spilotaenia)
– nzuangu : species of rat
– nzuanzuanzua : species of bird (Laniarus dubiosus)
– nzudi : species of songbird
– nzuka : suckling pig
– nzulu : ant species
– nzunza : species of bird
– nzuzi : serval
– okapi : zebra antelope living east of the R.D. Congo
– pokudi : very large and very fat castrated pork
– pusu : cat
– samba : species of green snake
– samo : camel
– sanga-mbumbu / sanga-ngungu : spider species
– sanga-mvudi : spider species
– sanga-ngudi / sanga-ngungu : species of poisonous spider
– sanzi (basanzi) : bird species
– saya (zisaya) : mussel
– sefi (masefi) : mussel species
– seka / tseka (tseka) : beetle that eats wood / species of insect that hides in the earth
– seke / sekoso (maseke / masekoso) : oiseau tisserin (Ploceus nigriceps, Coliuspasser macroura)
– seki : species of snail / bird species
– seko (maseko) : sea turtle
– sele (masele) : rat, mouse
– sempo (masempo) : species of weaver bird
– sengi : species of small bird / species of small freshwater fish
– sidisa / siedisa : species of bird
– simu : species of small red-tailed and striped-haired squirrel
– soba-mika (masoba-mika) : rat, mouse
– sokomuntu : gorilla
– sula (masula) : electric fish
– sungi (masungi) : herring
– sunzi (masunzi) : species of rat
– suwa (masuwa) : species of small fish
– suwa (masuwa) : species of large fish with a long beard (Bagrus Ubangensis)
– tanga-bubi (matanga-bubi) : spider
– tasa (matasa) : species of fish
– tebua (matebua) : shrimp
– tela (matela) : whale
– tilapia : tilapia
– tiokula (matiokula) : blackbird, songbird
– tolo (matolo) : species of fish from lakes (Clarias latycephalus)
– tonga / tongia / tongi (matonga/gia/gi) : species of large red-tailed water rat
– tuku (matuku) : fish species
– tumbi (matumbi) : species of small fish, small fry
– tumpi : rat species
– tunzi / tunzia : bird species (Ispidina picta)
– vekua (mavekua) : tsetse fly
– vele (mavele) : whale
– vono (mavono) : turtle / giant toad / giant frog
– vuadungu (mavuadungu) : duck, goose, wild duck
– vuva (mavuva) : fish species (Labeo Lineatus)
– wakasa (mawakasa) : fish species
– wala : crocodile
– wete (mawete) : species of edible frog
– wuku : frog
– yimbi : species of bird of prey
– yongo (mayongo) : bird species
– yunda (mayunda) : antelope species
– zeba : zebra
– zobongo (mazobongo) : species of large antelope (Redunca amndinum)
– zombo (mazombo) : species of large fish (Clarias lacera)
– zundu / zunu (mazundu / mazunu) : giant frog
