IV.6. WORDS IN THEIR CONTEXT (PART 6/7): At home 2/2 (m-z).
Note: The “/” sign in the word definition separates two definitions of the same word depending on how it is pronounced.
USUAL WORDS AT HOME, PART 2/2.
– mabuila : pincers
– madezo : beans, bean dish
– madia : meal, food, cooked dish
– madito : hammer
– mafuta : oil
– makafunia : palm nut fibers generally used to light the fire in the kitchen
– makakala : coarse salt, large grains of salt
– makaloni : kind of pasta
– makasa : bean leaves
– makasi : cooked bean leaves
– makayabu (dikayabu) : cod, salted fish
– makudi : mashed food intended for toothless elderly people
– malamba : edible leaves
– malavu / malafu : alcoholic drink
– malemba : cassava cooked in banana leaves after being grated and soaked
– maletila : chest, trunk, iron box
– malonga : plates, dishes, crockery
– mamba / maza : water
– mamvumina : milk
– manaka : calendar
– maneti : glasses
– manga : mango
– mangwazi (dingwazi) : kind of spice, cumin
– maniemvo : palm wine
– mansaya : dress, blouse, costume, garment, cope, coat
– manteka : butter, margarine
– mapapa : sandals, slippers, flip-flops
– maseba : badly crushed peanut butter
– masini : sewing machine
– matalatumbu : camphorated cough suppressant ointment that decongests the respiratory tract
– matamba : set, gear, tools used to take, catch or grasp something
– matela : mattress
– matembila : leaves of a creeping plant that produces potatoes
– mavuangala : bad tobacco
– maza / mamba : water
– mazi / masi : fat, butter, margarine, oil
– mbabula : charcoal stove, barbecue
– mbadi : raffia fabric, vegetable fiber loincloth / underwear for women
– mbaka : flat basket
– mbala : sweet potato, spud
– mbalu : bed / piece of fabric
– mbamba : large calabash of palm wine, demijohn
– mbambi : yam / palm nut / kind of ancient rifle
– mbamvu : alcohol based on pineapple juice, alcohol based on fruit juice
– mbanga : banana pieces cooked without oil, dish of beans mixed with bananas
– mbanga : crushed fruit then salted and peppered
– mbangu : ridge beam / wicker tray, basket / shelf / bowl on foot
– mbati : pants, (pair of) trousers
– mbatila : short trousers, short pants, panties, pair of shorts, bermuda
– mbawu : fire, hearth
– mbela-mbela : temporary meal, small snack before the meal
– mbele / mbedi : knife
– mbemba : ewer, pot with handle / kind of fabric, measuring rod of fabric
– mbembe : large pot with handle / long calabash used as a pipe / light rifle
– mbendika : collar, lapel of a garment
– mbengidika / mbengila : pot for roasting, rotisserie, rotating spit
– mbia : pot
– mbidika : teapot, coffee pot
– mbieno : glasses
– mbika : pods of a species of squash, pastry obtained by crushing them
– mbinda : calabash, vase for water or palm wine
– mbizi (ya maza) : fish
– mboba : large dish, large basket / rifle, piston rifle / pipe
– mbobolo : pot cracked but usable
– mboda : tobacco ash, nicotine juice at the bottom of the pipe
– mbodi : soaked manioc root intended to be ground into flour
– mbolongo / mbolongwa : tomatoes / aubergine, eggplant
– mbonde : big dog, mastiff / large piece of firewood, club, cudgel, bludgeon, mallet
– mbondo : elongated and conical basket
– mbongo : money
– mbosolo : stew, ragout
– mboya : sorrel leaves
– mbu : mosquito
– mbua : dog
– mbuata : bottle
– mbudu : hat, kepi, beret, headdress
– mbuengi : species of peas
– mbuki : large dish, plate / kind of rifle
– mbulu : palm wine made from a felled palm tree
– mbululu : white meat of poultry
– mbuma / mbumba : cat
– mbumba : lump, round cassava pellet, mouthful
– mbumbi : crushed cassava, cassava flour put into pellets
– mbumi : cassava
– mbungu / mbungua : pitcher, pot, mug, vase, chalice
– mbungu : tumbler, cup, drink we offer
– menga-menga : red-fleshed yam
– meza : table / wide knife
– mezanda : demijohn
– mfiku : food of the day before, food not fresh
– mfilu : a stone fruit with edible flesh whose skin changes from green to black when it ripens
– mfimbu : whip, chicote
– mfinda : back of a knife / plug or percussion cap of a rifle
– mfinda / mfuinda : dose of quinine
– mfinuku : lid
– mfinutu / mfinutua : pin
– mfongo : rafter
– mfuala : offered palm wine calabash / tin box / ornament
– mfuamfuala : old rifle, bad rifle
– mfubu : pineapple, carpet made with pineapple fibers
– mfuendenge : good tobacco
– mfuindi : kind of white and soft cloth, white blanket
– mfulu : bed
– mfuluta / mfulutu : guava
– mfumbua : crumbled and dried edible leaves prepared with the peanut butter
– mfumfu / mfumfuta : flour
– mfundi : mushy food, groats, porridge, cassava, pudding based on cassava / boiled vegetables
– mfuongo : rafter of the roof / protruding roof or veranda
– mfuzuki : excrement, refuse, rubbish, manure
– miliki : milk
– molua : pipe
– montele : watch
– mpakala : basket for carrying food / bag, suitcase / cartridge, pouch
– mpaku : women’s loincloth that closes at the left hip / piece of cloth, front, dickey
– mpala : large red pearl
– mpampa : large calabash
– mpamu : edible leaves
– mpana : calabash
– mpanza : manioc root, soaked cassava / coin / tie pin
– mpapa : soup
– mpata : wide-bladed knife / coin / pearl bracelet / mould
– mpese : cockroach
– mpetulu : lock
– mpewa : hat
– mpilula : boiled manioc leaves
– mpiodi : herring , horse mackerel fish
– mpofuanga : coarse-grained salt
– mpola : snuff / liquid food, boiled leaves / suction cup
– mpu : hat, kepi, beret, headdress
– mpukulu : veranda, porch roof, part located under the roof of a house
– mpunga : blanket, coat
– mpungi : fireplace
– mpuva : piece of quadrangular cloth that women wear on the chest / apron
– mpuva : strip of cloth going from one shoulder to the other
– muakasa : rattle, small bell, dried jacket containing seeds used as a rattle
– muamba-ngazi : palm nut juice, palm nut sauce
– muamba(-nguba) : peanut pastry, peanut butter
– muana-popi : doll
– mudayi / ndayi : medal
– mudinda : briefs, underpants, panties
– muinda (minda) : lamp
– muinzi : fabric with wide stripes
– muisi : smoke
– muisu / musu (miisu/ miusu) : mortar pestle, stone used to pound in a mortar
– mukaba : belt
– mukati : doughnut, donut
– mukuku (mikuku) : sugar cane
– mukuta : kind of small basket / basket that we carry on our back
– mulamba : pants, trousers
– mulambi : tablespoon, ladle
– mumosi : edible leaves
– mundayi : medal
– mungu / mungwa : salt
– mungwele : kind of chikwangue
– munsala : crayfish, shrimp
– munsambu : cod, salted fish
– museki : fine salt
– musitikele : mosquito net
– musualu : handkerchief
– mutende : small hand hammer
– mutelula / ntelula : small cooking pot
– mvanda : fringed fabric for women’s hips
– mvindu : dirt
– mvimvu / mvinzu / mvinzudi : cloudy palm wine, poor quality palm wine
– mvolopo : envelope
– mvuadizi : suitcase
– mvuambu : rafter
– mvuatu / mvuata : garment, clothing, dress, costume
– mvuka / mvuki : double fabric, doubled fabric
– mvungu : water jug, gargoulette / pipe, fireplace
– mwizi : sewing thread bobbin
– naka (manaka) : good tobacco
– nanasi : pineapple
– ndabi : food of the day before that can be acidulous or fermented
– ndakala : small freshwater fish
– ndele : ear ring, finger ring
– ndembi : chives, onion leaf
– ndende : palm oil
– ndia : food
– ndiata : piece of fabric at the front of a feminine dress / tasteless tobacco, strength-free tobacco
– ndiengula : peanut butter, peanut paste
– ndoba : mixture of peanut butter and soot used to make up or dye hair
– ndobi : old and sour palm wine
– ndombo : papyrus carpet on which one sleeps
– ndomika : food served on a plate
– ndonda : small calabash placed under the incision of the palm tree to collect the palm wine
– ndonga : plate
– nduka : small water jug with long neck
– ndunda : salad
– ndungu / nungu : chilli pepper
– ndungu-zi-ntende : small chilli pepper with very hot taste
– nela : window
– ngalu : braid on the sleeve, scarf / large bottle, little demijohn / sieve, strainer
– ngalu : straw tray
– ngamba : servant, domestic
– nganda : (large) basket
– ngayingayi : sorrel
– ngazi : oil palm drupe
– ngiabika : fabric used as a shroud
– ngiadada : stone (pit) that is applied to a swelling / bitter food
– ngiadila : a long rifle
– ngidi : raffia fabric
– ngola : catfish
– ngongo : leaf stuck to pot while cooking food
– ngoto : raffia fabric, raffia bag
– nguba : peanut
– ngufu / nguvu : yam with yellow flesh and very delicious taste
– ngumbu : half-wall, low wall / partition, screen, tester, canopy
– nguzi : radio receiver
– nianga : straw for roofing, thatch
– nianzi : fly
– niasa / niaza : onion
– niawu : cat
– niengisa : manioc leaves, boiled or steamed
– niosi : honey
– niundu : hammer, anvil
– niunga : corn pudding
– niungu : pepper
– nkaba : piece of cassava
– nkabala : piece of hard meat
– nkadi : long-necked calabash
– nkadu : soup, juice, liquid food, purée, stock, bouillon / meat spoon / small calabash
– nkadunga : good tobacco
– nkakala : palm nut
– nkala : lock, padlock
– nkalu : calabash
– nkamba : garlic, shallot / sort of large bowl
– nkamuna : pressed drink
– nkanda : letter, identity paper
– nkandi : palm nut
– nkangala : small triangular basket for travelers, shopping bag
– nkangi : frying pan
– nkangudi : frying pan, braising pan for roasting peanuts
– nkani : stone for grinding tobacco / stone for sharpening
– nkanka : large basket with two handles, basket in which fish caught in the trap are transported
– nkanzi : very old pitcher
– nkasi : bean leaves that are eaten like spinach
– nkasu-nkasu : peanuts roasted to be ground
– nkavuku : screw lid on a jar or on a bottle
– nkeka : edible leaves similar to spinach
– nkenkete : type of spotted beans
– nkiabu : type of chikwangue characterised by its preparation
– nkoko / nkonko : bed made with bamboo stems
– nkola : ankle rings / medium-sized basket / lighter, match
– nkole : shoulder strap used to carry the shopping basket on the back
– nkondo : long-necked calabash / pipe carved into the fruit of the nkondo
– nkuadu : soup, liquid food, purée / juice
– nkuaka (mankuaka) : roasted banana
– nkuaka : kind of toy
– nkuakua : peppery food, pepper pot
– nkuala : sleeping mat
– nkualala : stick with spiny roughness used to chop manioc leaves
– nkuanda : wide and potbellied vase / small pitcher of powder
– nkuanga : rattle, rattle with seeds / small bell / saw
– nkuangu : file, grater, saw / ring, bracelet
– nkuba : small water jug, earthenware jug
– nkuenia : raw vegetables, unripe fruit, fresh fruit / grain of sand in food
– nkuensi / nkuese : grain of sand in food
– nkula : edible leaves
– nkumba : padlock
– nkumbi : tree trunk used as a pillar in the construction of a house / wooden grater
– nkumbi : wooden household equipment for chopping manioc leaves and various vegetables
– nkuni : firewood
– nkunzu : uncooked
– nkuta : food supplies taken away from home
– nkutu : bag, handbag
– nlamba : culinary preparation / piece of cloth, loincloth, clothing, garment
– nlangi : bottle
– nlele : loincloth, cloth
– nlendita : unripe banana
– nludi : roof
– nlunga : ring
– nsabi / nsafi : key, lock
– nsabila / nsavila : basket woven with palm nervures
– nsabola / sabola : onion
– nsafu : safou, fruit with stone and edible flesh that ripens from pink to purple
– nsaka-nsaka : banana cut into pieces and cooked without palm oil or peanut butter
– nsaki : everyday clothing, work clothing, used clothing
– nsaki : manioc leaves / spinach, dish made of chopped leaves
– nsakila : manioc leaves / banana soup, meat soup
– nsaku small calabash, kind of water jug, earthenware pot
– nsaku : bag, handbag, purse
– nsala : kind of potato / flat basket / fabric for women hips, fringe
– nsalu : screen, sieve, riddle, tray
– nsamba : palm wine
– nsambu : arranged basket where the chickens lay their eggs / anvil / salted fish
– nsampantu / nsafutu : shoes
– nsanga : large cooking pot, small calabash, calabash with magic medicine
– nsanga : pearls, pearl thread, necklace, rosary
– nsangala : old basket
– nsangi : small freshwater fish
– nsania : dried loofah serving as a sponge
– nsanzu : large round screen used for drying peanuts or smoking meat on the fire
– nsasa : food that begins to ferment / bag of salt / sort of striped and transparent fabric
– nseba : small basket
– nsekolo : threshold of the door, tree trunk serving as a support for the door
– nsela : cassava peeled and split into pieces then boiled to be eaten / braised banana
– nsele : cassava that is cooked and then left to steep for about three days
– nsengele : knife without handle
– nsengo : hoe
– nsenzi : large basket suspended above the hearth for drying or smoking
– nsesa : type of chikwangue characterised by its shape and preparation
– nsia : wooden pipe / calabash seed
– nsielo : calabash for preserving palm wine, calabash used for drawing palm wine
– nsikulu / nsikulua : stool, small bench, support, prop, stake
– nsimpa / nsimpu : small calabash used to sniff hemp
– nsinda : hem, stripe of a fabric / kind of hat, headgear of yesteryear / calabash pipe
– nsinga : thread, cord, lace, belt
– nsinu : scissors
– nsisi : handle of a hoe, knife or any other tool equipped with a wood handle
– nsitu : selvage, selvedge, edge of a fabric, reverse of a fabric, back of a fabric, fabric strip
– nsivu : thread, yarn
– nsoma : fork
– nsomvo : bottle
– nsosueti / nsuesuete : sock
– nsuelenge : edible yam
– nsuema : bean leaf, bean leaf puree
– nsuikidi : sugar
– nsuku : floating fabric that falls from under the arms to the ankles / sort of basket
– nsumi : medium-sized pearls to adorn oneself with
– nsumpu : soup, liquid food / water, water to drink
– nsumuku : suction cup horn
– nsunga : dish of manioc leaves with palm oil
– nsungu : large conical basket used for preserving various grains / razor / cowrie shell
– nsuni : piece of meat, flesh
– ntanda : bed
– ntanga : hick fabric / dark red fabric
– ntasa : vase with a wide aperture / herring barrel
– ntati : last layer of straw on the roof, ridge
– nteba : dough with a soft consistency prepared with cassava flour
– ntedika : chikwangue cooked in water
– ntempekete / ntempete : redingote, overcoat, dress, costume
– ntenda : pincers, tongs / lead ball, piece of lead / small anvil / basket with lid
– ntende : small basket / piece of fabric, strip, band
– ntenzi : light, spark / porcelain button
– ntete : oblong basket of intertwined boughs that we carry on the head
– ntetebele : flat plate
– ntima-ngombe : corrosol, fruit called beef heart
– ntinga / nsinga : type of chikwangue
– ntinta : paint
– ntoba : dish of manioc leaves
– ntolola : type of chikwangue of oblong shape
– ntuala : sewing needle / pipe stem
– ntuluba : large white garment
– ntumbu : needle / small calabash to collect palm wine
– ntundulu : type of fruit with a sour taste that is very popular with pregnant women, maniguette
– ntunga : needle, skewer rod
– ntutu : bottle
– nuangubudi : house without dividing wall
– nungu / ndungu : chilli pepper
– nzaba (luzaba) : leaves of beans or spinach, dish made from these leaves, braised cabbage
– nzaba / nzabaku / nzabawu / nzabungu : soap
– nzabi : peanuts / beans that are crushed to serve as an insecticide for the head
– nzabungu : lidded basket, lid
– nzadi : small basket
– nzadukua : cross piece on a bed
– nzaka : jacket
– nzaku : knife with rounded cutting edge, scissors / garment, jacket
– nzalu : spoon
– nzambala : loose garment, boubou
– nzana : demijohn
– nzanda : salt bag / worn loincloth, rag, shred, fringe of a fabric / foot of a basket
– nzanga : cake made from peanut pastry / boiled cassava leaves
– nzanga : jacket, frock coat, overcoat / palm wine
– nzanza : foot basket / kind of fabric
– nzanzala : tinplate
– nzebi-nzebi : flexible knife / watered down food, thin food
– nzeka : a kind of basket made of palm slats
– nzeka : cooked cassava leaf / fresh green tobacco, tasteless tobacco
– nzengete : dress, costume, habit
– nziala : calabash
– nzialula : white ring to decorate the ankle
– nziana : a small demijohn
– nzianda : arachides que l’on ne plante pas mais qui sont bonnes à manger, arachides racornies
– nziatata / nzioba : small red bean with black eye
– nzienga / nzienge : foot ring
– nzinga : guts emptied and washed / cassava that is flattened and cooked in the frying pan
– nzingila : long loincloth that we attach to the middle of the body and to the shoulder
– nzingila : shawl with which we wrap ourselves
– nzinzi : cord of pearls, bead cord
– nziuku : peanuts, groundnuts
– nzo : home, house, accommodation
– nzoko-nzoko : air rifle, toy rifle
– nzonzakana : small house, cottage
– nzuba : soup, thin dish
– nzudi : sauce, meat juice, juice
– nzungu / nzunzu : cooking pot, pan
– onio : onion
– palaki : vinyl disc
– palapudi : umbrella
– pantalo : pants, (pair of) trousers
– panza : button / manioc tuber
– papala / papela : paper
– papayi : papaya
– pelo : shovel, spade
– penti : paint
– pepesupu : very spicy fish or meat broth
– pilipili : chilli pepper
– pitiloyi : petroleum, paraffin (oil)
– poloti : door
– pomi (mapomi / zipomi) : apple
– pompi : pump, tap, faucet
– potopoto : puree for baby
– puentenuale : type of cabbage
– pulukanti : laxative
– pusu : cat
– sabola : onion
– sabuku (masabuku) : cap, cork, stopper, peg, plug, bung / funnel for liquid that drips
– sabuni : soap
– safu : safou (fruit of the safou tree)
– saka-saka : dish of manioc leaves
– saki : bag
– sakosi : handbag, purse
– saladini : sardines
– salamanze : dining room
– salula (masalula) : large lock / lock of a rifle with bolt, bolt of a rifle lock
– samba (masamba) : razor
– sandale : sandal
– sanduku / sandungu : case, box, chest, trunk / burden
– sansa / sanza : set of shelves, shelf, dresser (sideboard) in a house / attic, garret
– sanza (masanza) : large basket of slats for drying peanuts
– sanza (masanza) : leather case to preserve the rifle mechanism, rifle plate
– sanzi (masanzi) : roof, roof of a house
– sanzi / sanzu : small firewood, twigs, dry wood
– savo : soap
– savoka : avocado (fruit of the avocado tree)
– seda / tseda : silk fabric
– seka (maseka) : main room of a herb house, common room, reception room
– seke (maseke) : rest of palm wine in a calabash that is left for someone
– semule : wheat semolina, edible dough based on wheat semolina
– sengele : underwear covering the upper body, vest
– sentile : belt
– shudeshine : type of cabbage
– si : saw
– sielo (masielo) : piece of wood, beam, prop, support, buttress, support post of a house
– siesi (bisiesi) : chair
– sikoti : chicote, whip
– silipe : briefs
– sipageti : kind of pasta
– sitolo : lemon
– soka : axe, ax, hatchet
– soka (masoka) : palm wine / ham / oven / hand of bananas
– somisi : shirt
– songe (zisonge) : partition, gable
– sosueti : sock
– sukadi / suikila : sugar
– sukadi : sugar
– suku : bedroom
– sulu (masulu) : large envelope, package, parcel, kit / shopping bag, bag
– sume : hand towel
– sungi (masungi) : printed cotton fabric
– suvetema : underwear
– taba : piece of cloth used as a baby diaper, rag
– tadi : pile électrique
– tampa / tampu (matampa / matampu) : lid
– tangawisi : ginger, ginger based drink
– tazu (matazu) cauldron, cooking pot
– telefone : phone
– televizio : television
– ti : tea
– tilapia : tilapia
– tiluku : knitting
– tindi (matindi) : piece, small piece of meat on a skewer
– tiya : fire, hearth, heat
– tolo (matolo) : corrugated iron for roofing
– tolongo (matolongo) : trunk, basket, corf
– tongo : appetizing dish that is eaten with bread (chikwangue) / palm nut pulp
– tshopo : cooked dish, food
– tuba : medium-sized basket
– tuengua (matuengua) : jug, earthenware pot
– tuika (matuika) : razor
– tuke : cask, barrel, drum
– tumantu : tomato
– tumbaku : tobacco
– tusa (matusa) : cartridge
– tutu (matutu) : house mouse
– tuziola : scissors
– vela : glass
– veza (maveza) : demijohn
– vinika : vinegar
– vinu / vinia / vinio : wine
– vitu : door
– vivi (mavivi) : cleaver, machete
– vofo (mavofo) : pepper
– voki (mavoki) : kind of basket
– vokolo : binoculars, opera glasses, pince-nez, specs
– vonda (mavonda) : brandy bottle
– vonde / vondi (mavonde / mavondi) : piece of fabric made of raffia fiber
– vuata (mavuata) : garment, clothing, dress, costume, suit
– vumba : food wrapped in leaves and cooked in the ashes / safou cooked under the ashes
– vumba : onion
– vumvu : leaven, ferment, fermented dough
– vumvu / vunzu (mavumvu / mavunzu) : cloudy or poor quality palm wine, cheap wine, plonk
– vunga : blanket
– vungula : key, padlock
– vunia (mavunia) : chicken feather, down / stuffing, fluff, waste
– vuva (mavuva) : cutlass, machete
– vuyu : sorrel
– wandu : pea species
– wangala (mawangala) / waya (mawaya) : bad tobacco
– wangila : sesame seed
– wese : toilets
– wiki : honey
– yaka (mayaka) : chikwangue, cassava cake
– yenga (mayenga) : sword / kind of large foot ring
– yenge (mayenge) : ring on arm
– yimba : kind of large banana
– yindimina (mayindimina) : basket with lid
– yotelelo (mayotelelo) : warming pan
– yuki / yuku (mayuki / mayuku) : water jug, earthenware pot
– yuma : food, cooked food
– yungi (mayungi) : sponge
– zadukua (zizadukua) : chair, bench
– zaka-zaka (mazaka-zaka) : rest of palm wine, a few drops of palm wine
– zakobi : house mouse
– zala (bizala / mazala) : debris, refuse after sweeping
– zalumeti : box of matches
– zibulatele : bottle opener
– zikita : washers ornaments worn by women around the waist
– zikua : fireplace, chimney, stove
– zileti : rasor blade
– zuele (mazuele) :skirt, cloth used as G-string / fabric one toise in length
– zupi : skirt
