Bukusu Verblist

Bukusu verbs ordered by stem.

xuu-a -- give out; leave off; get finished;end; cease ; stop; stand still; decline
xuu-a -- to give; offer
xu-xw-aa -- reap (corn); pluck; pick (fruit; vegetables)
xuu-aa; aana; anwa -- give alms; tip
xu- xw-aaka -- dig land; to hoe
xu-xw-aakaanana -- meet; go out to meet; collect a p.
xuu-aana -- pass s.th. to a p. (give e.o.); to lend
xu-xw-aana -- give to e.o.; offer e.o.; rewardv.; show beneficience in marriage
xu-xw-aana -- weep (w. voice); cry; wail; keep on crying(as baby or goat); miaul; squeak; scream (w. terror or sorrow).
xu-xw-aara -- (possib.=ALA; scrape; shave etc.); peel (withknife).
xuu-aas(i) -- (stem AASI; below); skin
xuu-aasa; elesya; ana -- give
xuu-abaaba(ka) -- grope
xu- xw-abalila -- clasp (to breast); carry (child at side)
xuu-abixa -- put on load (on head); crown; clothe and decorate circumcision boys or brides.
xu-xw-abula -- to split; divide
xu-xw-abulamo -- halve
xuu-acilisya -- to convince sb. to do sth. ; to urge; to goad
xu- xw-afula -- crawl (also of small children); creep (e.g.ants)
xu-xw-ailisya -- care (good care)
xuu-aka -- to be too big to fit
xu-xw-akaanila -- (see AKANA?)
xu-xw-akaanila -- sing chorus (see prec.).
xu-xw-akaanila (-akanisya) -- to attend; to serve. to receive (a visitor)(also said of pregnant women); welcome
xu-xw-akaanisya -- deliver; hand over.
xuu-akala -- file (with a file); sharpen; grind (knife;usu. on stone)
xu-xw-akala -- to itch ; to scratch; scrape; grate
xu-xw-akama -- cease; come to an end; stop; stop short at;reach the limit of (all ).
xu-xw-akama-yo -- be last; to remain (there)
xu-xw-akamisya; (akam¯a) -- (see AKAMA) cease; end; leave; limit; stop(all ); avoid doing (akam¯a; cause to cease; etc.)
xuu-akana -- be equal; the same
xuu-akana -- to be equal
akana (? prob.= akanila) -- receive;conceive; become pregnant
xuu-akasya -- (conn.w. XANGU-; ANGU-); go quickly; hurry; do quickly ; quick! .
xu-xw-akila -- to weed
xu-xw-akilisa -- force
xu-xw-akixa -- force
ala -- thumb
xu- xw-ala -- spread (cloth or sheet); abound
xu- xw-alaama -- creep (e.g. plants; snail)
xuu-alaca -- sob
xuu-alala -- to become rough
xu- xw-alisya -- cause to spread; (of a p.) cause to lie down (cf. -ALA spread)
xuu-alixa -- to cook
xu- xw-alula -- hatch (eggs); remove (take out to airterminate mourning) (cf. -ALA spread)
xu-xw-ama -- bear fruit; become plentiful .
xu-xw-ama -- come from
xu-xw-ama -- (prep.) from ; since.
xuu-amba amba -- soil; make dirty by handling;tamper with
xuu-amba mu-mbala -- determine; be determined (lit. to feel; touch inside the scar)
xuu-ambana -- cooperate; unite
xu-xw-ambulisya -- doubt
xu-xw-ambusya -- carry across.
xu-xw-ambuxa -- go across (e.g.; a river or swamp); cross over
xuu-ambwa ne bu-lwale -- (cf. AMBA); to catch a disease
ami -- become chief (Sw. TUTUKA; become glorious;-exalted ?)
xu- xw-amiisya -- obtain; be given
xu-xw-ana -- cry (baby; young goat); yelp; squeak;yell continuously
xu-xw-ana -- to bear fruit
anda -- also: find difficult; be troubled; have trouble.
anda -- become hard; harden ; become tough; stiffen (arms; legs); freeze (become wet and cold; of p.); become difficult;recover strength ; be/ stand firm; be steadfast; refuse
xuu-anda -- get stuck (e.g. car in mud; cork in bottle; etc.)
xuu-andalala -- be bold; to harden; be brave; stand firm
xu-xw-andalasya -- (causative of ANDALALA) stiffen ; encourage be determined ; insist ; be sure .
xu- xw-andalisyana -- quarrel furiously CHECK
xu- xw-andaluxa -- quarrel furiously CHECK
andu -- scrape out
xuu-anga -- (mwiiangilwe : noon; at noon (12-2p.m.);
xuu-anga -- to die in mass
xuu-angala -- to mature
xu-xw-angala; xuu- nyoola -- glean; sort out; find somebody's lost possession
angu -- be light (not heavy))
xuu--angu -- (Cf. XANGU; BWANGU; SYSIANGU; KUMUUSI)
xu-xw-anixa -- swarm (cf. ANIXILA).
xu-xw-anixa; anixila -- expose; hang in the sun; spread out in sun to air; air (clothes)
xu- xw-anja -- lead into trouble
xu-xw-anjulula -- spread (books on table; coffee beans to dry); multiply (have many children).
xuu-anula -- to buy (off the shelf; as is)
xuu-anuxa -- fall (from high).
xuu-anya -- (cf. ANYA; pile up); pour out (and away); throwaway (liquid); throw up (e. g. earth; like a dog)
xuu-anya -- splash away; throw away (of water or sand )
xuu-anyuxa -- (pass. of ANYA); spill ; be spilled.
xu- xw-ara -- break ; cleave; cut open; split
xuu-arakara -- scrape off
xu-xw-arura -- maul
xu-xw-asaaka -- split; cut and chop firewood.
xu-xw-asama -- open one's mouth
xu- xw-asimula -- sneeze
xuu-ata -- break through (and out)
xu-xw-atixa -- be breakable; break sth.; be cracked
xu-xw-atixa -- emigrate; be evacuated; flee
xu-xw-aula -- separate; get dowry
xuu-axa -- smear ; rub (e.g. oil on body); paint (smear orcover with paint or mud); wash and oil a girl before marriage
xuu-aya -- drive (in hunting); hunt by surrounding and driving into a trap
xu-xw-aya -- to graze; to herd.
aya ? -- be careful; be accurate (in work)
xuu-ayilila -- go quickly; hurry; to be late; be delayed
xu-xw-ayilisya -- look after; take care of repeatedly (animal;child; thing)
xu-xw-ayisya -- (to cause to) herd ; graze
xuu-ba -- become
xuu-ba -- (tenses LI; BEELE); be
xu-xw-ba -- --
xuu-ba(a) ka -- flay ; strip off (skin).
xuu-baaka -- to skin
xu- xw- baasilya -- (cf. BA(A)SYA); suspect
xuu-bala -- count
xuu-balakala -- dry (with a cloth)
xuu-balayisya -- broaden; widen (e.g. road); enlarge (pot in mounding); extend (enclosure; house)
xuu-balila-xo(.o/mo) -- include.
xuu-balilila -- calculate.
xuu-balula -- peel ; shell (nuts; beans from pod etc.);strip (maize; grains)
xuu-bamba -- expand; crucify
xuu-bambula -- open (book) (cf. xuu-simbula; xuu-bimbula)
xuu-bambulula -- expand ; open (book; roll of cloth);leave open; spread (cloth or sheet); unfold; unroll (mat).
xuu-bambuxa (-bambula) -- get blistered; get peeled off
xuu-banja -- demand
xuu-banula -- put on armour.
xuu-basa -- bloom ; blossom ; flower ; bud
xuu-basa -- hammer on ; forge (smith); gibe (at); jest
xuu-basana -- (cf. BASA ); spit in hands when starting a fight; intertwine
xuu-basula -- to split
xuu-basuxa -- get blistered (cf. BASA)
xuu-batisya -- baptize; christen v.
xuu-baya -- tame; move about; walk about; play
xuu-bea -- cheat; deceive; lie; tell a lie
xuu-beeca -- carve out (e.g. stool from log); carpenter
xuu-beeca -- sympathize
xuu-beecakala -- belch
xuu-beecuxa; mesuxa -- -BEECULA; chip
xuu-beela -- accomodate; favour; aid ; help; assist ; absolve (grievous offense) pardon; absolve; acquit; forgive; pardon; excuse
xuu-beela -- due to...
xuu-beka -- cut hair; shear; shave (beard; head); smooth (with spatula);
xuu-beleesya -- (< -LEASA); disturb; annoy.
xuu-belekea -- be cunning
xuu-belelela -- become continuous
xuu-bera -- mow; cut down
xuu-besema -- be brown; be red (crimson; scarlet).
xuu-besemaka -- (BESEMAXA? cf. prec.) ; be pale; lookpale.
xuu-beya -- marry
xuu-biila -- > BIILA ; dislike; hate; abhor; treat harshly (cf. xuu-xila; 'treat')
xuu-biita -- bless; advise
xuu-biixa -- keep
xuu-bikiya -- be restless; wander (as a hen does when it wants to lay an egg)
xuu-bila -- get warm; become sharp (knife; i.e. hot fromgrinding) boil
xuu-bilila -- forget; neglect . Also BILILA
xuu-bilisya; bisya -- sharpen (on stone;make very sharp and hot)
xuu-bimba -- bulge ; be enlarged; swell up
xuu-bimba -- (prob. = BIMBA); cover (child asleep; anthills toget ants etc.); cover up
xuu-bimbula -- (cf. xuu-bimba; xuu-simbula; xuu-bambula); open (eyes; for 1st time; like pup); open (book)
xuu-bina -- prowl
xuu-binda -- make a thudding sound;
bira -- to undergo
xuu-bira -- to pass
xuu-birana -- to disagree; to make a cross (w/ both arms)
xuu-birang'ana -- send from one place to another (invain).
xuu-birang'ana -- to criss-cross
xuu-birila; birira -- go past ; pass (by)
xuu-birilila -- exaggerate; be/do too much; exceed;become superfluous; be (the) most; surpass; treat harshly ; hate; oppress; exceed
xuu-bisya -- winnow (separate seed from chaff)
xuu-bixa -- keep
xuu-biya -- wash baby's bottom and put on clean napkin
xuu-biyisya (-bi.isya) -- blame; criticize
xuu-boelela -- (cf. xuu-boa); twist; tie repeatedly
xuu-boka-boka -- walk dizzily
xuu-bola -- decay ; rot
xuu-bomba -- decrease ; become scarce; fall short; become thin scarcity
xuu-bombesya -- cf. BOMBA); decrease; diminish;reduce; deduct t.)
xuu-bona -- see; look at; feel; taste; find
xuu-bona -- show ; point out
xuu-bonesya -- (cf. BONA); display
xuu-bonexana -- be seen
xuu-bonga -- droop
xuu-bongita -- (cf. BONGA); feel faint ("droop")
xuu-booca -- peck
xuu-boofuisya -- thicken
xuu-boola -- be about to calf (of a cow)
xuu-boola -- inform of; mention; tell tales about; report; narrate
xuu-boolelela -- warn; tell
xuu-boolelesya -- spread rumours; tell tales; worship ; praise
xuu-boolesya -- recommend
xuu-booxa -- moulder
xuu-borabora (-mbora-mbora) -- handle ; soil (by handling);tamper with (= xuu-ROBA-ROBA : get ripe).
xuu-boranisya -- roll
xuu-borola; borora -- (cf. BORA); twist (rope of one string); plait (fibre); have indigestion.
xuu-boroxa -- (cf. BORA); be damaged; be crooked(also of human character)
xuu-bosya -- XX embolela ; fertilize; manure
xuu-botooxa -- go around
xuu-boya -- to make curdle; to make a liquid solidify
buka -- decline (of sunlight); stumble (walk with uncertainsteps)
xuu-buka -- go round; walk about aimlessly
xuu-bukula -- take; be uneasy; rob
xuu-bukurana; urukurana -- do s.th. in a hurry (w. connotation ofconfusion).
xuu-bula (xu-xwo-bula) -- peel (by hand)
xuu-buluxuma -- roar (lion)
xuu-bulyungula -- crumble
xuu-bun¯a -- massacre; BUNA: exterminate.
xuu-buna -- (cf. FWA; die); vanish; disappear ; die (Masaba: xuu-FULA)
xuu-buna -- to die off
xuu-bunga -- keep (for future use); put away (crops)for future use
xuu-burusya -- (cf. -AMBIA;) kindle (fire) ; causeto flare up (fire)
xuu-buruxa -- blaze; kindle; light (lamp); light and fan a fire; cause to flare up (fire)
xuu-buruxa -- (cf. ABURUXA); shine and burn (of fire only ).
xuu-buruxa -- shine (sun)
xu-xu-buruxa -- (N; C);blaze ; shine and burn; flash (of lightning; the flash itself invisible)
busa -- premature
busa -- to fast
xuu-busyana -- (cf. prec.); shrink
xuu-buta -- pick out; pick fruits (only one or two) ;pick fruit
xuu-buuca -- roar (bull; lion).
buula -- find; discover
buula -- to reveal for
xuu-buula -- = BULILILA?) disclose secrets; tell tales; reveal; warn; mention ; declare; guess; be unreliable (Masaba: xuu- lehula)
xuu-buunga -- save up; keep; put in a store.
xuu-buusya -- call together; gather ; collect; accumulate;pile (up)
xuu-buya -- to toil; to be raring to go
xuu-buyila -- exaggerate
xuu-bwaasula -- to split
xuu-bwana -- blow a fire; make fire .
xuu-bwara -- maul.
xuu-bwata -- (=BWARA? see prec.); maul.
xuu-byala -- to plant
xuu-ca -- move ; go
xuu-caama -- to betray
xuu-caata; alilisya -- catch water; when it rains (cf.ALA) (Masaba: xuu- syatilisya)
xuu-cala -- to prick; to bleed sth.
xuu-canjama -- to taste
xuu-canua -- comb
xuu-canya -- spit
xuu-casa -- using sparks (cf. cin- jaso) to burn bees and take honey
xuu-cebelesya -- imagine.
xuu-cema -xo -- (cf. -xuu-cama-xo ; -xuu-canjama-xo); try
xuu-cexa (-sexa) -- to laugh
ciina -- have indigestion
ciina -- have pain; hurt
ciina -- headache
ciina -- hurt
xuu-cilila -- aim (at)
xuu-cililila -- to continue; to go ahead
xuu-cina -- spit ; mock by spitting; ridicule by spitting; shout for help (=-SINA?); to gleak
xuu-ciririsya -- spring up (waterin a spring); well up; spring a leak (Masaba: xuu- nyisila)
xuu-ciucunga; cucunga; cicunga -- (-CICUNGA ; back formation?); sift
coa -- adopt (a child); bring up
xuu-coa -- grow up
xuu-cooxa -- scour; go mad (gun)
xuu-cuba -- damn ; curse a p. in his absence) (Ga. xuu- xolima)
xuu-cukuca -- (= CUXUCA? See CUXA)
xuu-cula -- fill
xuu-cunga -- (cf. Sw. ZUNGUA; turn round and round); pound
cuunjusi -- lurk; escape
cuxa -- pay tax
cuxa -- pour into (out of ...)
cuxa -- pour out (and away)
cuxa -- pour out (and away)
xuu-cuxa -- pour (in); urinate
xuu-cuxaxo -- lay a burden on (animal; boat; truck) (lit. pour onto) (Masaba: CUXISA)
xu-xw-e.ika; eka; ika -- to learn
xuu-eecela -- pant
xuu-eela -- breathe
xuu-eesa -- ((rain).
xuu-eeyana -- (EYA; sweep; cf. similar metaphorsin Eur. languages); commit adultery
xu- xw-ekoomba -- admire; show admiration; covet; desire ; crave
xuu-ela -- to die as a group; in mass
xuu-elekesya -- go to toilet (lit. escort o.s.)
xuu-elesya -- give out
xuu-engela; ecela; eela -- cool down ; become calm
xu-xw-enula -- laugh; scream with laughter (esp. women).
xu-xw-enya -- need ; penetrate (cf. ENI) ; move aside (people; tall grass etc.)
xuu-esa -- tell tales about a p.; praise .
xuu-esya -- destroy; massacre
xu-xw-eya -- (cf. EYA; YEEYA); dust; wipe (w. dry cloth e.g.blackboard); sweep
xuu-fua -- to be blunt.
xuu-fua; bwana -- blow (of wind; with mouth e.g. on flute);whistle ; blow a fire .
xuu-fuba -- cook halfway; to be stunted (in growth)
xuu-fucakilisya -- shower ; spit continuously
xuu-fuka -- to mash
xuu-fuka -- to sound
fukiilila -- disagree
xuu-fukiilila -- answer (orally)
fukililwa -- be agreeable; be agreed; agreement
xuu-fukilisya -- agree (with); allow
xuu-fulama; sii-kama -- kneel like a muslim when praying
xuu-fuluka -- stir
xuu-fulula -- scorch; in food prep.; to burn the hairs off and slowly roast
xuu-fululuxa -- scorch; be scorched
xuu-fuma -- become famous (rare).
xuu-fuma -- become prominent; become famous;(be prominent); insult
fumba -- be crooked (tree; human body; attitude; character etc.)
fumba -- fold ; bend
fumba -- zigzag (like tree growing zigzag)
xuu-fumba(a)la; fumbaara -- clenched fist
xuu-fumbaka -- roll (prob. conn. w. foll.)
xuu-fumbusya -- take by surprise (come upon animal and make it run) ; funduula: widen (e.g. pot in moulding or a road) .
funa -- get engaged (haggle with girl's fatherby breaking sticks; each stick standing for one head of cattle to be givenfor the bride)
xuu-funa -- break; snap (e.g. branch of wood)
xuu-funa -- (prob. conn. w. prec.); harvest (any cropexcept finely grained ones); reap (corn)
xuu-fundixa -- fasten by tying
xuu-funga -- lock
xuu-funja -- to break; to change
xuu-funula -- (cf. FUUNIXA); uncover
xuu-funya; kunya -- fold (Masaba: FONYA) (Sw. KUNJA)
xuu-fusa -- (conn. w. prec.?); extinguish.
xuu-fuua -- inflate; pump a tyre; spray
xuu-fuuca -- to spit
xuu-fuucakala -- drizzle; LAKALA: rain (to fall).
xuu-fuula -- undress
xuu-fuuma -- cover
xuu-fuuma -- filter; strain
xuu-fuungula -- unlock
xuu-fuunixa -- (cf. FUNDI-); put upside down
xuu-fwaanana -- xuu-FAANANA ; be alike
xuu-fwala -- wear; put on clothes; dress
xuu-fwela -- move like mist; roil
xuu-fwi -- hunt; shoot
xuu-fwiila (-fiilwa) -- lose ; suffer aloss; make no profit
xu-xw--i -baasya -- deem; think; imagine; suppose; meditate
xu-xw-i- beena -- bleed
xu-xw--i -bera; xuu-bera -- move aside (people; tall grass etc.); make a(one's) way through a crowd; clear (bush) ; cut (grass)B
xu-xw-i- boolelesya -- rumor-mongering; tattling
xu-xw-i- bu(u) lila -- lurk; lie in ambush
xu-xw-i- bula -- give birth
xu-xw-i- buuya -- to make (a fire) smoke profusely
xu- xw-i- ciinjiina -- giggle
xu- xw-i- cusya -- fill
xu-xw-i- embelela -- (cf. prec.); be uneasy; be upset; worryv.i.; be worried; be miserable (= XX ).
xu-xw-i- kala(o) -- close; shut (door; box)
xu-xw-i- kana- kana -- doubt; hesitate; be uncertain in one's mind
xu-xw-i- kela -- become; become clear
xu-xw-i- kelesya -- feed fire
i- kisa -- hide conceal o.s. (cf. xu- xw- i- xinga)
xu-xw-i- konjelela -- beseech; implore
xu- xw-i- koomba -- wish ; long for; desire ; covet; crave; admire; show admiration; be attracted; feel attracted
xu-xw-i- koopa -- (Sw. KOPA ); borrow
xu-xw-i- kula(o) -- open (box; door)
xu- xw-i- kuluunya -- complaint (cf. xu- xw- i- luung'uunya)
xu- xw-i- labula -- to get dark; to become night; to be dusk
xu- xw-i- labulila -- be belated
xu-xw-i- lola -- be conceited; be vain; be a hypocrite
xu-xw-i- luula -- smear house w. mud or dung (2nd; 3rd time); repeat (for purpose of refinement)
xu- xw-i- luung'uunya -- nag
xu- xw-i- lwaca -- (conn.w. ACUA; shout?); preach
xu- xw-i- nama -- bend oneself
i- nukuluxa -- to cause to get dissolved
xu- xw- i- nukuluxa -- to get dissolved
xu-xw-i- nyaa -- be glad; be gay ; play (cf. xu- xw- i- xoya)
xu-xw-i- nyenya -- smoulder
xu-xw-i- nyoxa -- wake (up) ; get up
xu- xw-i- ruca -- dig land/weed for second time
xu- xw-i- saa -- dress up; do body make up
xu- xw-i- saaba -- pour (out); urinate
xu- xw-i- sinduxa -- be horrified (cf. Sw. SHINDIKA; be overcome)
xu- xw-i- sonya -- (Sw. SONONA); be sorry; regret
xu- xw-i- tuuxa -- evaporate
xu- xw-i- xala -- sit
xu- xw-i- xaliilixa -- (cf. XALA) persevere; bear; endure ;resist
xu- xw-i- xana -- to threaten
xu-xw-i- xebuxa -- to look back
xu- xw-i- xenya -- moan (subdued as when lifting something heavy)
xu- xw-i- xiinga -- avoid; protect oneself; avoid on magical grounds
xu- xw-i- xolelesya -- be busy (lit. to encourage one to do things repeatedly)
xu- xw-i- xoya -- be glad; be gay; be joyful; rejoice
xu-xwi- yakala -- to scratch oneself
xu- xw-i- yanga -- to take it upon oneself to do what is seen to be difficult to do
xu-xw-i- yikina -- be reliable
xu- xw-iba -- steal
xu- xw-ibasya -- think over
xu-xwi-ibeela (beela) -- defend; help a p. introuble.
xu- xw-iiluula -- to refine
xu- xw-iinixa -- dissolve (e.g.; put sugar in water)
xu- xw-iira -- to kill
iixa -- to put down; unload
ika -- be uneven; compete
ika -- cripple; limp; hobble (C: on one occasion only).
xu-xw-ikula -- open (book)
xu- xw-ima -- stand (up); rise; get up; stop
xu-xw-imba -- to sing
xu-xw-imunya -- rest
xu-xw-ipalixa -- faint ; be unconscious
xuu-isinduxa -- exclaim.
xu-xw-ixula -- remove the handle of a light object (eg; a hoe)
xuu-iyikina -- (See foll.); communion
xuu-kaama -- catch ; get hold of; seize
xuu-kaambila -- advise; give instructions; command ; warn (Masaba: xuu- lehula)
xuu-kaambuusya -- to mimick a p.'s words
xuu-kaba -- divide; share (divide); distribute; supply
xuu-kabula -- differentiate (between); divide; separate;sort out; sob B(?)
xuu-kabuxa -- diverge
xuu-kabuxan¯a -- compare; differentiate (between);distinguish
xuu-kacula -- chat
xuu-kakula -- (Sw. chakula; s.th. to eat); break (the) fast;breakfast
xuu-kaliisya -- enlarge (quantity; size); increase
xuu-kalikana -- to complicate
xuu-kalusya -- interpret; convert ; adopt
xuu-kama -- aid ; assist; help a p. out in trouble; defend in fight or war; add (eg. beer or hot water to a beer-pot)
xuu-kana -- wish ; want; require; desire; love; like; be fondof
xuu-kanga -- treat (medically); bewitch; nurse (look after the sick)
xuu-kangulula -- release; undo (a knot); unfasten a cow or cattle (cf. ABULA; KABULA).
xuu-kangulula -- undo; untie; unfasten; unscrew; unwrap;release .
xuu-kanila -- (cf. KANA); "love" (win a wife) forsomebody else
kanixa -- describe
xuu-kanixa -- speak (also: speak a language); talk; chat;pronounce; discuss ; disclose secrets (telltales)
xuu-kanjuluxa -- unfold; open up (flowers; mushrooms)
xuu-kaya -- separate ; settle (a dispute); deem; judge v. (cf. KAI).
xuu-keenga -- peep ; overhaul v
xuu-keka -- be pregnant (of cows only)
xuu-keka -- to harvest a banana
xuu-kela -- measure; examine (in school); imagine; think
xuu-keleesya -- educate; teach; train
xuu-keleesya -- imitate a p.'s speech (cf. en- gelyengelye )
kelekela -- be taught; listen to; learn
xuu-kelekela -- educate; teach; train
xuu-kelexasya -- pile (up)
xuu-kelula -- to turn; to exclude; ostracize
xuu-keniya -- visit
xuu-kesa -- harvest (millet; oats; rice etc.); reap (corn)
xuu-kesemulila -- sweat ; perspire
xuu-kesiya -- be clever
xuu-keta -- filter ; strain
kililila; cililila -- improve
xuu-kisa -- conceal; hide
kobola -- compensate
kobola -- repeat
kobola -- send (bring) back
kobola -- stop a p. oranimal from going further; cause a.p. or animal to return
xuu-kobola -- return (come back)
xuu-kolola -- straighten; "press" = iron (clothes) .
xuu-kona -- sleep (lit. lie down); be asleep
xuu-koosya -- treat well; love
xuu- kopa -- (Eng. COPY) imitate (cf. xuu- lolelaxo)
xuu-kora -- be (become) very old; reach great age
xuu-kora -- lose one's way; get lost (p. or th.); disappear; go astray
xuu-kota-kota -- cf. Sw. KOTA; bend; crook); zig-zag (like tree; road)
xuu-koya -- brew
xuu-kubosyana -- teach; educate; train
xuu-kucumbula -- rinse (e.g.; glass; mouth pot; etc.)
xuu-kukuma -- (Sw. GUGUMIA; stutter); to thunder; stammer; stutter
xuu-kukuula -- call out; cry out in fear; scream(w. terror; crying; weeping); shout for help
kula -- barter ; bargain
xuu-kula -- to buy
xuu-kulula -- stir (thin food; porridge); mash with water
xuu-kulungusya -- to cook (e.g.; mashing cornmeal)
xuu-kungulusya -- to make metal rattling noise
xuu-kusa -- pull (with a jerk)
kuta -- to gossip; to rumor-monger; to slander sb. who is slandering sb. (chain of tattling)
xuu-kuta -- slander ; speak ill of; backbite; gossip about sb.
kuuka -- become grandfather; reach the age ofgrandfather.
xuu-kuukumuxa -- to crunch on; to make crunching sound
xuu-kuula -- put poles of roof on; to roof (a house)
xuu-kuula -- to thunder
xuu-kuunguunya -- nag
xuu-kuunya -- to pound
kuura -- be (the) best
kuura -- prefer s.th. to s.th.else
xuu-kuura -- beat; defeat
kuxu -- moldy
kwa -- fall down (child; old p.); fall into hole
kwa -- go mad; become crazy
xuu-kwa -- fall ; go down; come down; fail an examination;land or crash (of plane)
xuu-kwara -- become pregnant
xuu-kwiisya -- shed leaves or feathers (cf. xuu-lakasya)
xuu-kwila -- seize; catch (animal; disease)
la -- to go back at; return at
la -- to go back onto; to take the place of (thus; take over; inherit)
la -- to repeat; to return
la.a -- praise God
xuu-la.a -- cheer; applaud; cheer up ; encourage
xuu-laama -- (conn.w. prec.?); bequeath; cuss; swear; curse
laambo -- lie flat on the ground
laambo -- to sit with legs straight
xuu-laanga -- call; give name; name a child; invite
xuu-laanya -- to graze animals (in the evening; after they have rested)
xuu-laba -- to get ripe
xuu-laca -- whip
laka -- command
laka -- guarantee ; promise
xuu-laka -- command; direct
xuu-laka -- show
xuu-lakasya -- shed (cf. xuu- kwiisya)
xuu-lakula -- (cf. LAKA); predict; prophecise
a- bu-lala -- + verb stem ; maybe; perhaps
xuu-lala -- get burnt (of food)
lalila -- go mad; become crazy
xuu-lalila -- wonder
lamu -- to become alive
xuu-langilila -- become clear ; be hollow; be surprised; (cf. ANGA).
xuu- langilila -- be thinly covered; be hollow (cf. -waanga)
xuu-lara; rara -- hoe; to be pricked by hair (as in wool clothing; or hairy plants)
xuu-lasa -- shoot
xuu-lata -- castrate
le.a -- lengthen; deepen
xuu-le.a -- (cf. LEI; height); be tall; to grow tall; or long
leba -- accelerate oneself
xuu-leba -- to push forcefully; push a p. in anger; push violently
xuu-leendaala -- lose consciousness
leengaala -- to show signs of wateriness; appear heavy with water (as with clouds about to rain or eyes about to cry)
leera; reera -- be the cause of; cause (v.) to...
xuu-leera; reera -- -LERELA; bring; fetch; lay (eggs); see also LEELA; (cf. Sw. TELEA; come down; TELEZA; cause to come down;be slippery; slip; slide; fall)
leexaana -- compare ; measure (length; quantity)
xuu-leexaana -- equal
leka -- feel centempt for (cf. een- dekeelesi; een- dekeelesyo)
leka -- feel contempt for
lela -- to nurse; take care of oneself (lit. to hold oneself in one's lap)
xuu-lela -- give birth; bear a child; have baby on lap; rursev. (look after baby (= Sw. LEA)); bring up (cf. REELA; lay eggs)
xuu-leleca -- hang down (e.g.Of bananas) (see reela)
leme -- deform ; cripple
leme -- (Sw. LEMAA); be deformed; be(come) lame; become a cripple; limp; hobble
xuu-lenga -- to fill sth. to the brim
xuu-lenga-lenga -- to dangle while heavy with water (said of clouds)
xuu-lenya -- moan (subdued; as when lifting something heavy).
lexa -- allow; discharge (from a duty); abandon; forsake;neglect ; omit; leave behind; leave off; retire
lexa -- divorce e.o. (lit. to leave e.o.)
lexa -- to be left (by sth.); to be abandoned
lexuula -- lead into (trouble)
xuu-lexuula -- (cf. LEXA); dismiss; release; set free
xuu-liaasa (xu-xwi-liaaca) -- revenge (somebody)
liimba -- develop
xuu-likiinana -- (= KALIIKANA ; -LIKA -LIKANASYA) complicate oneself
xuu-likilana -- (cf. KILI; delirium); do s.th. in a hurry (w. conn. of confusion).
xuu-likirana -- prob.-LIKILANA; cf. KILI; delirium); be in adelirium.
xuu-likisa -- hiccup
xuu-likusa (-lukusa) -- trouble a p.
lila -- be homesick
lila -- fulfill
lila -- increase ; inherit
lila -- repeat ; sing chorus
lila -- shed tears
xuu-lila -- weep (without voice); keep on crying (animals);mourn; complain
lima -- plough (w. oxen)
xuu-lima -- dig ; plough ; cultivate (land)
linda -- abide (with); wait (for); keep watch; guard; protect;shield ; attend upon
lindi -- keep
lindi -- loiter (proceed slowly).
xuu-lita -- harden; coagulate; stiffen ; congeal (as oil);clot
loba -- hook ; angle ; catch fish (with angle)
loba -- insist on
loba -- objection
loba -- refuse firmly
xuu-loba -- object ; refuse ; refusal ; mutiny
xuu-loka -- bewitch; prowl; be malicious
xuu-lolelaxo -- to copy; imitate (cf. xuu-kopa)
xuu-lolelela -- gaze; look at one place ;be in charge; organize
loma -- chat
loma -- chat ; chatter; sing a chorus; complain again and again ; borrow
loma -- chatter
loma -- complain
loma -- mutter (='complain to o.s.')
loma -- quarrel
loma -- scold; reproach
xuu-loma -- speak (also: speak a language); say; tell
xuu-lomba -- beg; request (also:"thank God")
xuu-londelela -- follow
xuu-loora -- (cf. LO; sleep); dream
loosela -- continue; proceed; maintain; keep following
loosela -- follow (as in birth order)
loosela -- further(-more)
loosela -- give extra
xuu-loosya -- explain
xuu-lu.a -- become weary; tired; exhausted; sour (in fermentation)
xuu-luka; ruka -- plait (basket); weave (mats; baskets; rope) (cf. xuu-suuka)
luku -- have trouble; be troubled
xuu-lula -- ferment ; become sour (in fermentation).
xuu-luma -- bite (of insect)
lumaka -- ache ; hurt
lumaka -- stammer; stutter
xuu-lumba -- (cf. PA; strike; beat); attack
xuu-lungi(li) sya -- to straighten; to do in a straight fashion; streamlined
xuu-lusya; rusya -- vomit; take out
xuu-luungilila -- (Sw. TUNGULILA?; be depressed); look at one place; stare
xuu-luungilila -- to go straight
xuu- luung'uunya -- (Masaba: xu-xw-i-ng'ulu- ng'unya )
xuu-lwaala -- to be ill; sick
xuu-lya -- eat; consume; overcharge (cheat); used fig. for severalunpleasant experiences
xuu-lyuta -- --
xuu-maala -- (conn.w. prec.?); smear (w. mud or dung); putmud or dung on house (lst time).
xuu-maara -- multiply (of living beings).
xuu-makarara -- walk proudly
mala -- be enough (?); complete ; finish
mala -- discourage (lit.: remove(finish) a p.'s energy)
mali -- blacken ; be(come) black
mali -- darken ; become dark;become dirty (cf. xuu-malya below)
mali -- darken ; blacken ; defile; make dirty
manya -- be ignorant
manya -- know; get to know; understand (also of a language);comprehend
manya -- know how to ...
manya -- pride
xuu-mara -- to multiply
xuu-mbaxa -- (cf. -OMBEXA); build; construct
xuu-mbi a- -- shortly; soon;near adv.; nearly
xuu-mboka -- wink (as sleepy p.); show admiration to a girl (by boy)
xuu-meela -- prec.?); get drunk
xuu-meema -- carry (child on back); id. (at side)
mela -- dazzle
xuu-mema -- become sharp
menyu -- inhabit; reside at; live at (a place)
menyu -- settle (in a country); dwell (live); last long (ofliving things); be permanent S
xuu-mesa -- (cf. MELA); beckon
xuu-miica -- sow ; broadcast
miina -- shove aside (people; tall grass etc.); force one's way into
xuu-miinyaala -- parallel form MIINY-; mostly for the sense of 'deaf'); be dumb; be deaf
mika -- hang o.s.; commit suicide
xuu-mika -- strangle
xuu-mila -- swallow
mili.a -- to clean
xuu-mili.a -- shine (polished things; oiled skin etc.)
xuu-milixa -- dissolve (as salt)(= become clear)
milixa? -- control ; check
milixa? -- elbow one's way through a crowd
milixa? -- wipe; clean (with cloth); smooth ;renew; beautify; make beautiful
xuu-mimikana -- (xuu- mimikila)stammer; stutter.
mina -- be squeezed (in a crowd)
mina -- squeeze e.o.
xuu-mina -- squeeze; press (on) ; press to the ground (e.g.as mother a naughty child; a lion its prey); mold (matoke paste on plate)
xuu-minwa -- brink; brim (of precipice; of glass).
xuu-minya -- surpass (general term); exceed (Masaba: minyisa)
xuu-miryoxa -- get wet; get soaked.
xuu-moca -- --
xuu-moka -- covet; open eyes
xuu-mokina -- castrate
moola -- to stalk; to walk stealthily
xuu-moola -- loiter (hang around); creep (e.g.plants) ; crawl (also of small children)
moonya -- mysterious (lit.: "of whispering")
moonya -- to drizzle
moonya -- whisper
xuu-moonya -- speak softly
xuu-moosa -- be bashful; be shy; be ashamed (=xu-xw-IMOO)
xuu-mota -- --
xuu-moyana; mayana -- misbehave (behave in a senseless or uncontrolled way); be absurd
xuu-mula; musya -- be evacuated. Cf. LA; LA.
muuna- muuna -- smile
xuu-muuna- muuna -- smile
xuu-mwata -- (Sw. MWATA bait for fishing); throw away
xuu-mwesulula -- open eyes (for 1st time;like pup)
mwexa -- twinkle
xuu-mwexa -- flash
xuu-myuuxa -- become slippery; smooth
ku- mu-n¯e -- (stem NYA); vagina
xuu-naanya -- bother a p.; trouble a p.; make trouble (Masaba: xuu- luk(u)usa (cf. -luku) xuu- le.asa )
xuu-naba -- spin a thread; weave (w. thread or fibre); sew ; sew (also on machine)
xuu-nalana -- cleave; get used for each other
xuu-nalilila -- get accustomed to.
xuu-ndikuusa -- bother
nera -- fatten (woman before marriage; cattle)
xuu-nera -- become fat (humans and animals)
xuu-ng'aa -- become thin; tasty
ngaaki -- up on ...; on top of
xuu-ngaaya -- be tasty
xuu-ng'aaya -- jest ;joke ; gibe (at)
xuu-ng'eenya; (xu-xw-i-xx) -- glow
xuu-ng'ena-ng'ena -- shine (be) smooth and clean)
xuu-ng'eng'eela; (xu-xwi-xx) -- glow
xuu-ng'era -- aim in shooting; tighten
ngila -- enter; board (e.g. boat); be circumcized (lit. to enter)
ngila -- protect; esp. againstdisease; block (up) (cf. also singa)
ngila -- to enter into; get into
xuu-ng'oa -- dislike ; hate
xuu-ng'oola -- predict; prophesy; prophecy
ng'oona -- be prepared; be ready
ng'oona -- lay the table
ng'oona -- prepare; make ready
ng'oona -- tidy ; make neat; put in order; clean with cloth;organize; prepare; make an appointment; set to rights; mend; repair;maintain (keep in good repair e.g. road); improve
ngu.a -- maul ; strip off skin
xuu-ng'uunya -- (prob. conn.w. prec.); nag
xuu-ni.a -- (cf. nyalala); relieve the bowels; defecate
niina -- ascend ; go up ; climb (tree; mountain;hill)
niina -- load (animal; boat; truck)
niina -- stammer; stutter
niina -- support roof
xuu-nikina -- quake ; tremble ; shiver ; be nervous
xuu-nila -- be motionless
nixa -- dissolve (as salt)
nje -- external
nje -- get out!
no -- henceforth (lit. coming from to-day)
xuu-noka -- spice ; make tasty; be done appropriately (e.g. by adding salt; sugar or spice)
xuu-nokya -- to soak
xuu-nu(u)misya -- suckle baby; young animal)
nula -- become sweet
xuu-nula -- be fertile (soil)
xuu-nuula -- snatch; rob
xuu-nuuna -- suck (as baby)
xuu-nya(a) nya -- chew
xuu-nyaala -- urinate
xuu-nyaka- nyaka -- {-NYAWA NYAWA ): get wet;get soaked
nyala -- be independent (child of parents)
nyala -- can ; be able to; may; succeed in(doing); cope with; manage; control ; govern S; compel ; make a p. do s.th.
xuu-nyarula; nyalula -- press to the ground (e.g. as mother a naughty child; as lion its prey); crash; crush
xuu-nyasya -- tighten; torture; mistreat
xuu-nyawa-nyawa -- --
nye -- drizzle (cf. nyakala; stem nya )
nyi -- frown
nyi -- frown (also fig.: be coldhearted;be callous)
nyi -- mold (matoke paste w.fork)
xuu-nyiila -- to aim
xuu-nyiinda -- to seep out; drip slowly (cf. xuu-nyinya); emit fluid/water continuously
xuu-nyikila -- --
xuu-nying'inya -- write
xuu-nyinya -- to drizzle; to shower (cf. xuu-nyinda); to spray
xuu-nyira -- get chilly ; become wet (and cold)
xuu-nyisya -- to spray
nyo- nyola -- examine
xuu-nyo- nyola -- explain
nyoa -- begin
nyoa -- do first
nyola -- obtain
xuu-nyola -- find ; come upon; get; discover; invent; meet (find)
xuu-nyonyoosya -- examine; repeat teasingly; imitate a person's speech (lit. cause a p. to be contempted)
nyoxa -- walk proudly
xuu-nyuka-nyuka -- squint
xuu-nyulula -- to remove completely (as in all leaves from a tree; or a p.'s weight due to disease)
nywa -- covet (thirst for)
nywa -- drench (cattle); refresh
nywa -- refreshments (lit. drinks)
nywa -- smoke
xuu-nywa -- consume (drink).
xuu-nywa -- drink ; absorb (opposite of NYA )
xuu-oa -- whip
xu-xw-obula -- --
xuu-ofasa -- discern
okesya -- display; point out; show
okesya -- point at
xu-xw-okesya -- show round (?see OLESA)
oki -- become sharp
xu-xw-okusa -- twist (rope of several strings); make a rope
ola -- deserve; be worth
ola -- (indecl.) (xu-xu-(H)U LA )till
xuu-ola -- --
xuu-ola -- rest ; have a holiday; retire ; be meek
olana -- to deserve; to be enough; to be fitting
xuu-olana -- --
xuu-olelela -- approach (grad.)
olelesya -- deliver (hand over) ; fulfil ;lead into trouble (= xu-xu-LISA )
olelesya -- point at
olelesya -- reach(arrive at; in amount); amount to
olelesya -- show ; point out ; display; show round
olelesya -- take s. th. to somebody else
xu- xw-oma -- wither (dry out); dry (clothes; meat; fish etc.) in the sun ; become dry and hard; e.g. of mud; food;(see also UMA)
ombaxo -- construct; build
xuu-omela -- lie (tell a lie); deceive; conspire (serious matters; etc;)
xu- xw-omola -- castrate
xuu-ona -- heal ; recover (health; strength);convalesce(nce). be saved
xuu-onesya; onisya; won¯a; wonisya -- heal; remedy ; cure ; save (from danger; out of danger)
xu- xw-onexa -- (pass. of ONAKA); rot; become corrupt (of corpse; of carcass); be spoilt; get spoilt; be damaged; degenerate; be unreliable; be useless; be a good-for-nothing
onga -- further(more); attach (join two ends);bind; tie; join 2 ends of rope; tie together
xuu-ongela -- increase
xu- xw-oola -- (cf. foll.; and stem OLA) ; fit ; suit ; be enough; reach (place; amount); arrive (at)
xuu-oola -- groan ; moan ; low
xu- xw-oon½ka -- do wrong; sin ; damage ; disturb; spoil; defile; corrupt; commit mistake; commit crime
oona -- hawk ; advertise for sale; esp. by word of mouth
xuu-oona -- (cf. O(O)NA) : turn out of the house
xuu-oona(ona) -- drive away; banish; chase away; dismiss;turn out; expel from house or school (= xuu-ONESA ); divorce a woman (send her away); give birth
xuu-oonga -- fix; bribe (cf. Sw. honga)
oosi -- below; down; on the ground; on thefloor; on the bottom; down here
oosi -- bottom; floor; ground
oosi -- under the table (on the floor)
xu- xw-oosya -- be on fire; burnv.i.
osya -- quench (thirst); refresh; calm down ; to cool downv.t.; comfort ; relieve or sooth pain SSSS.
osya -- revenge a. p.
xu-xw-osya -- to burn; to roast
oxa -- burning hot; bilyo bilixobya burning hotfood
oxa -- burn ;set fire to
oxa -- roast
xuu-oya -- (cf. OSYA) persuade; convince ; seduce.
pa -- (cf. PA); thresh w. stick
pa -- chat; debate; argue about
pa -- fall (e.g. from bicycle)
pa -- fight (beat e.o.; e.g. with sticks)
xu- xuu-pa -- cf. MBA); beat ; (heart);also (drum); strike (also of clock); hit ; whip ; hammer on ;beat down; fall (rain; hail); bake (BA after nasal)
xuu-paaxa -- ferment (esp. corn)
xuu-pakilisya -- (cf. PA); wink (as sleepy p.)
xuu-panga -- arrange
xuu-pang'a -- be(come) hard and dry; be cracked (as dry surface)
xuu-pangisya -- (Sw. PANGISHA; hire; grant on rent); rent
xuu-papara -- (Sw. PAPA ); flutter
xuu-para -- make uproar
xuu-pasula -- (cf. pa; hula; basula; bwasula); split
paxa -- be in fellowship with
xuu-pepenuxa -- (cf. PA); to crunch on; to make crunching sound
xuu-perengisya -- (-PERIN- GISA )
xuu-pima -- (SW
xuu-poora -- (cf. POLOXA; exclaim); make uproar
pu.oxooli -- look uncouth
xuu-pula -- search
xuu-pulungula -- check everywhere in search of sth.
xuu-puruxa -- (cf. Sw. pu- ruka; fly off; be scared away as of birds); do s.th. in a hurry (w. connotation of confusion)
xuu-pyuuxa; bulyuxa -- make a hole; sudden appearance as out of a hole
ra -- insist (lit. load (a p.'s) heart)
ra -- lead into (trouble)
ra -- load (animal; boat; truck) ; lead a p. (?)
ra -- manure ; fertilize (lit. put on manure )
ra -- oil (the) car (lit. put ingrease in (the) car)
ra -- put s.th. in the fridge
xuu-ra -- (always followed by adjunct of place) put on
raamba -- spend (money)
raamba -- work with (a tool); use
xuu-raamba -- work ; undertake; be valid
raanda -- be brown; be pink; be scarlet
raanda -- to plane
xuu-raanda -- dry on a rack over fire
rafu -- become salty; becove furious; scold
xuu-rakixa -- cf. -daxika; minute); begin; in thebeginning
rama -- be left; remain to be done; stay behind; abide; remain
xuu-rand½½ra -- be pale; look pale
xuu-randula -- (Masaba: xuu- randusa) whip
xuu-rangila -- precede
xuu-rangilila -- guide ; lead a p. or animal
xuu-reeba -- ask; examine (in school); kick at ; guess
xuu-reendekulusya -- remind
xuu-reenga -- (Sw. tinga; shake); shake (with fear); wriggle; quake
xuu-reka -- (Sw. TEGA); set ready; put in position ;esp. of a trap (animals birds; fish)
xuu-rekelesya -- --
xuu-rekexa -- stem REKA (Sw. TEGEKA; stem TEGA);arrange
rekura -- to leave
xuu-rekura -- to trigger; to release; to start (lit. cause to leave)
xuu-rema -- "make fire" (first stage:"chop wood"?See foll.).
xuu-rema -- (Sw. TEMA; cut (up)); cut; chop; fell (a tree)
xuu-reng(ex)a- rengexa -- (Ga)
rera -- glide; float; to loosen; become slippery (sw. teleza) (Masaba: xu- xw- i- leela)
xuu-rera -- to loosen
rerema -- to cause to loosen
rerema -- to go down; become loose
xuu-rerema -- to tremble; to be loose; to be shaky (cf. xuu- terema)
ri -- fear ; be afraid; dare (?)
xuu-riinaka -- stalk (as in anger)
riisya -- tease ; dread (?)
xuu-roba -- ripen (fruit); become ripe
xuu-robola; robora -- decide; choose; elect; select; pick out (sortout)
xuu-romba -- stain
xuu-rombo(o)la -- (cf. ROBO LA;select) exclude; discriminate against
xuu-rona -- carve to decorate; (e.g. with mud for decoration); write
xuu-rondola -- sort out (N: cotton only);discriminate against
xuu-rongisya -- (also -RONGISA ) escort ; accompany
xuu-ronyesya; ronya -- (Sw. TONESHA); shed leaves; feathers.See also RONA.
xuu-roola; roora -- dream
xuu-roosya -- contribute (cf. xuu- loosela)
ru -- ear (body part)
xuu-rubura =(rubula) -- to sprout
rubusya -- start trouble (lit. ignite trouble) KAMAXUA: issues
xuu-rubusya -- cause to sprout
xuu-rubuxa; (tubuxa) -- to cause to gush; to seep; to break through (fr. ground) (TUBUXA used normally w/ liquids; RUBUXA w/ gels and solids)
xuu-rubuxa; rubura; rubula -- sprout; (e.g. forcing way out like a boil) from RUBURA : sprouting.
xuu-ruka -- spin a thread; weave
rula; rura -- henceforth
rula; rura -- to move aside; away from me
xuu-rula; rura -- come out; go out (of p.); appear from somewhere; goaway; leave; appear of sun etc. (come out; rise; shine)
ruma -- (Sw. TUMI-KIWA); use
xuu-ruma -- (Sw. TUMA); send
xuu-rumbula -- (Sw. TUMBUA; lay open; display); mention; pointout; confess
rusya -- flood
rusya -- khu-RUSAYO (<-RUSA IHO)withdraw; take away
rusya -- remove (from outside; i.e. move s.th. inside);abstract from
rusya -- take off (from a table or bicycle); unload; conj.prep.
rusya -- terminate mourning (lit. kick out (the cause of death)
xuu-rusya -- to remove; to subtract; kick out; produce (said of earth; to bear fruit (millet; maize)); get rid of; abolish; blot out; solve (e.g.a problem; a difficulty); prohibit
xuu-rusya-mo -- remove (from inside); copy (cf. SAASYA)
xuu-ruula; puruura -- drag things ; drag living being ; get out
ruunda -- sell; barter; trade; ; work for food
ruundu -- w. TUMBUA; perforate; make a hole in)pierce (e.g.ear); penetrate; puncture
xuu-ruunduxa -- (Sw. TUMBUKA; burst out); explode; explosion;make noise (as of thunder);thunder ; shot ; burst ;
ruunga -- pay rent
xuu-ruunga -- (cf. RUNDA) compensate; pay a p. for sth.
xuu-ruunga -- (Sw. TUNGA; put together; compose); weave (cloth); sew (also on machine)
xuu-ruya -- kama- sina (kama- ino ) call byendearing names
xuu-rwasilila -- -RUASILILA; RUASELELA; (;; cf. RWE (Sw. -CHWA); head
xuu-rya -- to fear
xuu-rye? -- how?; how well?; in what way?
sa -- boo ; disturb ; spoil
sa -- cause a p. to return
sa -- compensate
sa -- decry; shout (esp. to cattle or oxen )
sa -- recover strength; encourage
xuu-saa(li) syamo -- copy (cf. xuu-RUSYAMO)
xuu-saabresya -- rinse (glass);(=SAABILESYA?).
saafu -- cut (grass); clear (bush)
saala -- broadcast and exaggerate (rumour)
saala -- multiply; reproduce
saala -- scatter; cover thinly; disperse ;"disperse noise": shout (esp. to cattle or oxen)
saala -- to bear for each other; give birth for each other
xuu-saala -- (Sw. ZAA); "produce" (said of woman): bear a child;give birth; beget
xuu-saala -- to pray (Sw. kusali)
xuu-saama; saamya -- swarm
xuu-saamba -- kick at; to roast
xuu-saana (-ila) -- deserve
saanga -- --
saanga -- become unhappy (lit. stop being happy)
saanga -- be glad; be happy; rejoice; enjoy
saanga -- cheer up; encourage
saanja -- melt (as oil) (cf. -sanja)
saanja -- to be oily; fatty
xuu-saanyuluxa -- to disperse (cf. Sw. CHANGUA; take to pieces)
saaxa -- plunder; scrounge for food during famine
xuu-saaxa -- to plunder
saaxulu -- become an old man
saba -- handwashing ceremony with beer or milk atcircumcision; before which ceremony the boy cannot eat with his hands
saba -- put out claws
xuu-saba -- beg; pray (also: thank God); (prob. = to hold up or put up one hands) request; borrow
xuu-sabula -- (cf. ABULA; unfasten); to remove axe from an axehandle
xuu-saca -- cut into pieces
xuu-sakaya -- to rattle
xuu-sakula -- to push sth light with a stick; to beckon
xuu-sala -- (cf. Sw. piga chale; carve); carve; cut or body-marks; bleed
xuu-salaka -- cut (make series of small cuts to allow poison of snake to flow out of arm or leg or tobleed a p. at temple); bleed ; carve to decorate
xuu-salaxo -- (cf. Sw. DHARAU); shrug one's shoulders
xuu-sama -- drive ; drive off ; chase away ; shout; exclaim to birds or cattle to chase them away .
xuu-sambula -- demolish (take off the grass roofing)
xuu-samula -- go digging; work on one's plot of ground;defecate (euphemism; lit. "go digging"); bear fruit (millet; maize); whip
xuu-sangilila -- to cooperate; to do sth.
xuu-sanya -- to soak; to wet
xuu-sasaka -- (cf. Sw. CHAKACHA; break into tiny pieces; crunch;rustle as silk or dry grass); break or chop up into tiny pieces
sasuxa -- yell ; pay a p. for s.th.
xuu-sasuxa -- break away; branch off from
xuu-saya -- to pray (cf. Sw. SALA; pray)
seenda -- move ; have communion (move near)
seenda -- retreat
xuu-seenda -- move
xuu-seera -- attack
xuu-seesya -- rock (in rocking chair)
xuu-sekesa -- to drill
sela -- get engaged
xuu-sema -- beckon
sengeli -- filter ; strain
xuu-senya -- (Ga)
setaani -- satan; devil
xuu-seya -- (cf. also SAYA); condemn
xuu-sibaala -- be hoarse; lose ones voice
xuu-siba-o -- (Sw. ZIBA; fill up a hole; plug up;close; shut off etc.); lock
xuu-sibula; sabula -- (Sw. ZIBUA (opp. of ziba); clear a hole;remove a stopper or plug; etc.): dismiss.
xuu-siila -- to abstain
xuu-siima -- like ; love ; thank ; cheer; applaud
siimbe -- have constipation
siinga -- bathe ; swim
siinga -- terminate mourning (lit. wash off the ashes smeared on body as sign of mourning)
siinga -- to wash for; to wash with
siinga -- wash o.s.; bathe
xuu-siinga -- wash (pots; cloth; baby); bathe (a baby);give ablution (also fig.: ablution of sins)
xuu-siira -- to spin thread; to make string or rope (prob. conn.w. -siro; thick)
xuu-sika -- dry on a stick or wire (over fire)
xuu-sikama -- kneel
sikilya -- donkey (?) (lw?)
sikilya -- zebra
xuu-sikilya -- hold on to sth. perseveringly or stubbornly; chaste (unmarried);virgin (sw. shikilia)
sila -- keep quiet; be silent; keep silent; keep silence; becool; abstain from; abstinence; fast B
silila -- have a care; mind (watch out; e.g. for bolder)
xuu-silila -- (cf. SILIXA); rub ; scrub
xuu-silixa -- dress (wound); treat medically
sima -- extinguish; quench (fire); blow out (lamp)
sima -- please a p.; thank
sima -- please; can you ...
xuu-sima -- (Sw. ZIMWA; pass. of ZIMA; extinguish); go out(light; fire)
xuu-simbula -- open (book) (Masaba: xuu-xinbula) (cf. xuu-bambula; xuu-bimbula)
xuu-simira -- to prick
xuu-simixa -- (Sw. simika) to put a foundation in; to stab or spear into the ground; to put a post in the ground; the first of a generation
xuu-simþxa -- to start
simula -- to cause to start with force
xuu-simula -- to start; begin with some force
xuu-sinaasina -- feel nausea
xuu-sinaasina -- (Sw. SINASINA; be on the verge of tears); feel nausea
sinduxa -- horrify; shock
xuu-sing'ong'a -- (conn. w. SINGIFU; straight?);stop short at
xuu-sintixa -- (Sw. SHINDIKA = apply force to; crush; pressetc.); push heavy vehicle e.g. loaded bicycle or car wh. has got stuck;push a p. in anger .
xuu-sinya -- to get fed up with; disgusted with; annoyed with
sisiixa -- exercise
sisiixa -- rock (child on arm)
sisiixa -- wake(up) (cf. Sw. SISIMKA; be startled be excited)
sisiixa -- wake(up) (cf. Sw. SISIMUA; startle; give a fright)
xuu-sisiixa -- (Sw. SISIMA; startle; excite); shake (tree;bottle; child)
sixa -- to sink
xuu-sixa -- --
xuu-sixixa -- sob
xuu-soa -- rise (of sun); put into
xuu-soilo CHECK -- to soil CHECK
solo -- contribute (money)
xuu-solosya -- to solicit (donations) (cf. xuu-roosya); add; increase; develop
soma -- educate (teach)
soma -- read to a p.
xuu-soma -- (Sw. SOMA); read; study
xuu-somola -- scrape out from a narrow place
xuu-sonya -- trouble; peck
xuu-soola -- calm sb. down
xuu-soola -- take out
xuu-soolela (-soolola) -- --
xuu-sooma -- wander; move about; run slowly
xuu-soona -- (cf. Sw. SHONA; sew(all kinds of sewing));weave; embroider; weave mats (fibre) S
xuu- soonj÷÷la -- explain; make clear; describe (lit. to strip (e.g. a tree of its brances and leaves))
xuu-soosya -- relieve pain
xuu-soota -- to sodomize
xuu-sooxa -- go off (gun)
xuu-sosokola -- (Sw. CHOKOA; CHOKOCHOA); peck
xuu-sosya -- --
suba -- to promise
xuu-suba -- long for ; miss
xuu-sulula -- leak
xuu-sulunya -- become unhappy
xuu-suna -- jump; jump down; bale out ; jump out; get C(?)
susula -- comb oneself
xuu-susula -- comb
xuu-susuuna -- suck (bones)
sut(w)a -- carry (in arms; also a baby); lift
sut(w)a -- jump up (lit. lift o.s.)
xuu-suuba -- swim
suuba; siuba -- swing (like rope)
xuu-suuba; siuba -- swing (like branch)
xuu-suuka -- to plait (hair; mats) (cf. xuu-luka/ruka); weave
xuu-suula -- (cf. SUBA; promise)
xuu-suuna -- to be sterile; barren
suunga -- hang down (e.g. of bananas)
xuu-suunga -- hang
suungulula -- urinate; relieve o.s.
suura -- pedal (a bicycle)
xuu-suura -- pound; squeeze banana to make banana wine; make wine
xuu-suuxuuma -- to stand still
xuu-swaala -- be ashamed
sya -- break (day); dawn
sya -- sharpen (on stone); grind (millet; knife on stone)
kuu-sya -- big; root; main root (e.g. of tree)
-sya; -ya; -yaxa -- renew
syeba -- to dance
syeera -- be circumcized (?)
xuu-syeera -- cut round like slice of bread; cut (circumcize)
xuu-syuxa -- emerge
taa -- draw (water)
xuu-taa -- bale out (water from leaky boat)
taala -- totter (like drunk man)
taamba -- disturb (interrupt; trouble a p.; make trouble;torture
taamba -- the being poor
xuu-taamba -- be poor; be destitute; be helpless; be bereaved;lack & ; deficiency
tabu -- tear (sw. tatua; papure)
xuu-tabula -- arrive (at)
xuu-tala -- gamble (gen. term); lit. stake
tanya -- headache
xuu-tanya -- (Sw. CHANJA); cut into pieces
xuu-tasa -- to add
taxa -- be ignorant
taxa -- menstruate; start menstruation (euphemism)
taxa -- scratch (e.g. in soil; as fowl); flick away (e.g.insect; dismiss; "sack"
tebe -- carry (child at side)
tebe -- guess
xuu-teeba -- (lw)
xuu-teeca (-teca) -- defend o.s.from behind a shield
xuu-teeka -- debate; discuss; describe
teembu -- become soft; sway ; feel faint (-tyembusha ; sw. rembuka; be exhausted)
teembu -- soften ;see foll.
teembu -- tender (of heart; feelings); a soft paw paw
xuu-teendula -- shake ; jog along (e.g. in bus)
teengaala -- jog ; shake (tree; bottle; child)
xuu-teengaala -- (cf. RENGA; Sw. TENGA; move aside); shake (jog in bus)
teexi -- cook ; bake; boil
xuu-tekuxa -- (prob. TENGUXA; cf. TENGAALA and SW. TENGUKA;fall over on one side); wobble.
xuu-terema -- tremble
xuu-tetea -- (Sw. TETEA); to argue in defence of s.o.
tiba -- suffer a loss (lose)
xuu-tiba -- take back unsold goods; drop a subject ; disappear ; lose one's way
xuu-tifula -- lisp
tiila -- touch
xuu-tiila -- (=Sw. TIA; put; place; set?); hold ; support(roof)
xuu-tiima -- lose one's way; get lost (p. or th.); go mad
xuu-tiing'a -- (Sw. CHUNGA); strain ; filter
xuu-tika -- sway (of s.th. tall)
xuu-tikitya -- tease; tickle
tima -- run (cf. cim- bilo); race
xuu-timuula -- shear ; shave (jocular)
xuu-tindima -- (Sw. RINDIMA; roar as thunder or waterfall); roar(fire)
xuu-titixila -- (cf. prec.); boil (water
xuu-tixula -- flick away (e.g. insect); dismiss("sack")
xuu-tofwaana -- mumble; speak ambiguously; speak with double meaning
tokota -- become sweet
tonya -- cut hair
xuu-tonya -- cut in pieces
xuu-toondoma -- make uproar; roar (lion); speak in a deep voice
xuu- toondoyisya -- become fat
xuu-toonya -- nag
tora -- soak (sw. tosa; plunge in water)
xuu-tora -- become wet (and cold); get damp
toro -- be weak; be lazy; become lazy
xuu-totoxela -- make a rumbling noise
tuba -- join (become a member of a group); (bein) communion; unite ; reconcile o.s. with; cooperate
tuba -- mix
tuba -- unite
tuba -- unite ; bind; join together ; e.g. parts ofa chair; 2 people in marriage
xuu-tuba (-xo) -- include
xuu-tubuta -- to take w/o asking (in a joking relationship)
xuu-tubuxa -- water coming out; ooze
xuu-tuma -- bear fruit (millet).
xuu-tutuba -- feel nausea; boil water (with reference to the sound) (Sw. TUTUMA; swell up; bubble up; make a rumbling sound e.g. of bowels)
tuuma -- lead into trouble
tuuma -- throw down
xuu-tuuma -- overlook; throw away; jump
tuumbi -- dive
tuundubixa -- encounter unexpectedly; catch unawares; do; coreunexpectedly
tuxa -- to insult
tuya -- take a risk
xuu-tuya -- find ; come upon; discover; invent
twela -- do the same (as) ;doalso
twi -- stumble
xuu-tyuxa -- to put sth. on the head (as a name or a burden)
xuu-uculuuxa; xu-xw-iculuuxa -- relax; recover strength (cf. xuu-uuluuxa)
uka -- be peculiar
uka -- ridicilous
xuu-uka -- think; assume; be amazed; be astonished; marvel ; show; wonder
ula -- be free; be at liberty; being independent.
ula -- flood
xuu-ula -- (prob. = prec. applied metaphorically); be victorious; defeat; win; control
ula; uula -- arrive
ula; uula -- strip off (skin).
xuu-ula; uula -- thresh (by stick or hands and feet general term; esp. by hands or feet); winnow
xuu-ulila -- heart; feel; obey; be obedient
xuu-ulukusa -- to spin (e.g.; a sling; thread)
xuu-ulungurana -- dangle; swing loosely and making a noise as clapper in bell ; be messy/in a hurry (cf. -BULUNGURANA).
xuu-uluxa; ulula -- --
xuu-umbulula -- demolish (house)
xuu-una -- pierce (e.g. fish w. spear); stab ; spear ;prick ; be early
xu-xwu-unamila -- (xu-xw-UNDAMILA); become sad; become unhappy
xuu-ungula -- doze
xuu-ungula -- to burn cooking food
xuu-ungusya -- to cause food to burn
xuu-unya (-uunya) -- smell
xuu-ura -- (prob. = -BURA); commend; entrust.
xuu-urukura -- (l/r?) ; express
xu-(xw-)urungurana -- muddle ; do s.th. in a hurry(w. connotation of confusion); be busy . (cf. buu-LUUSI)
xuu-utula; yuula -- (prob. = -BUTA; pick out;claw); snatch
xuu-uuca -- swing.
xuu-uuluuxa -- to rest; relax; recover strength (cf. xuu-uculuuxa)
uumba -- be depressed; dejection; depression.
xuu-uumba -- mold; make pots of clay (= xuu-BUMBA); shape thick matoke paste into bulging shape on plate (with fork: e-BUMA; same stem?); knead; mash
xuu-uusya -- decry; denounce; exclaim ; have an abortion
xuu-uya -- (prob. = -BUYA); move about; emigrate
xuu-uya(yo) -- migrate from...
xuu-uyilayo -- to migrate to...
xuu-wa -- limit; to get finished
xuu-waanga -- bright; white (cf. NYANGA)
xuu-walila -- (cf. LALI-LA w.same meaning);wonder
xuu-wangi(y) isya -- (cf. ANGA) ; whiten ; make white; bleach; brighten ; make bright.
xuu-wangiya -- (wangiyisya) whiten ; become white; brighten ; become bright;be bright.
xuu-welelela -- (from xuu-WA) diminish; become less; decline.
xa -- flow down(as river); go down; descend; land (from plane)
xuu-xaabila -- to accuse
xuu-xaabila; abila; bi.isya; bi.iya -- accuse
xuu-xaasa -- discharge phlegm in coughing
xafu -- get warm
xaka -- attempt; try and
xaka -- exercise
xuu-xaka -- tempt; temptation
xala -- cut; slash ; clip; pare (nails); amputate; mow (byhand or machine); mark w. knife; by indentures;intercept; make short-cut; e.g. go across a lawn
xala -- decapitate; behead
xala -- judge (a case); cut; slice ; cut in pieces
xala -- to divide
xuu-xalabana -- be busy (Masaba: BULUNGANA)
xalala -- (anger of) indignation
xalala -- be sad; become angry; cross; embittered;upset; be indignant; indignation (cf. xalafu)
xalala -- disappoint; annoy
xuu-xalanga -- fry; roast (groundnuts or millet); dry (on fire)
xale -- (cf. XALE): Old Testament.
xama -- squash (e.g. fruit); juice
xuu-xama -- squeeze; wring; squash (e.g. fruit); rinse (clothes); milk
xuu-xananala -- be bold; to harden; be brave; stand firm; be steady
xuu-xanangarana -- contradict
xuu-xandaka -- swagger
xuu-xangarana -- argue about; contradiction; controversy
xuu-xanixa -- speak ambiguously; speak "with double meaning"
xuu-xanyuxa; anyuxa -- to speak rudely; to insult; to be proud; to speak in derogatory manner
xasya -- to accommodate
xuu-xasya -- to heat
xuu-xaywa -- to fail (Masaba: xuu- xasixa)
xeba -- mow (by hand or machine).
xuu-xeba -- cut; circumcize; slash
xuu-xebela -- to weed
xuu-xebulila -- remember; recognize
xuu-xebuxa -- menstruate; start menstruation (Masaba: xuu- xaya)
xuu- xeesya -- greet; give good wishes
xuu-xekelela; xekerera -- cackle
xuu-xelexa -- make traditional salt from ash (colloq. to subject sb. to torture)
xiinga -- encircle
xiinga -- hinder
xiinga -- protect (esp. against disease);prevent disease; resist
xiixa -- put something across something else
xila -- be (the) best
xila -- mostly ; especially
xila -- prefer X to Y
xuu-xila -- deserve
xuu-xila -- win; defeat v
xuu-xina -- dance
xinga -- hinder (Masaba: xuu-XANG(IL)A)
xuu-xisya -- exceed; to put too much
xuu-xoba -- (cf. xuu-xobo); make a speech
xuu-xoca -- invent
xola -- adopt (a child); bring up
xola -- cause to ...; make a p. dos.th.; compel
xola -- prepare food
xola -- to be able to be done
xola -- to do as tradition requires
xuu-xola -- do; work ; make; produce; construct; invent; actv.;n. (also in play); deed (thing done)
xu- xw-xolesya -- feign; pretend
xolexa -- happen (lit.: be done)
xolexa -- to be able to be done
xolexa -- torture
xuu-xolexa -- influence ; defile; spoil; corrupt a.p.; th. (cf. xuu- xoongelesya)
xuu-xolola -- cough
xuu-xolyooxa -- crow (cf. en-GOXO; fowl) (Masaba: KOXOOLA)
xuu-xolyooxa -- crow (cf. prec.)
xuu-xoma -- to insult
xuu-xomexa -- lock (old method w. bar of wood across thewhole entrance); bolt
xuu-xong'onda -- knock
xoomba -- taste; lick from it; lick a little
xoomba -- to kiss
xuu-xoomba -- to lick; sip; sip vegetables
xuu-xoong÷la -- to extract (as a tooth) by pulling up and sideways; usu. making a noise
xuu- xoongelesya -- to influence (usu. in a bad way) (cf. xuu- xolelesya)
xuu-xoora -- to strip off (as the skin of a sisal leaf)
xuu-xooxa -- cry; shout; roar
xos¯a -- be white; become white; whiten ; be/become bright; brighten ; be holy; make light (in darkness); e.g.light a room
xuu-xosya; ngena -- beautify; make beautiful (clothes);make light (in darkness) e.g. a room.
xoya -- deserve
xoya -- glad; happy to see you!
xoya -- welcome! (lit. delight!)
xuu-xoya -- have to; must; be obliged to; ought to
xuu-xoyela -- deserve
xula -- develop (lit. cause to grow)
xula -- growth
xula -- to cause oneself to grow
xuu-xula -- grow; to become experienced; to advance in age
xuu-xuna -- to suck
xuu-xuula -- uproot
xuuna -- shrink
xuu-xuunda -- (cf. DA; belly); mate (with); copulate (with) (vulgar)
xuu-xwa -- give; pay dowry; marry (said of a man)
xwaaba -- flood
xwaala -- marry (be married; said of a woman)
xuu-xwaala -- to have sex ; to cause sb. to cook; to marry (cf. xuu- alixa 'to cook')
xuu-xwanja -- list; arrange
xuu-xwesa -- pull; stretch (e.g. newly twisted rope)
xuu-xwiilaxo -- inherit
xuu-ya -- burnv.i.; be on fire
yaala -- judge (a case); pronounce judgement (prob.sealing it w. blood)
xuu-yaasya -- convince (conn.w. ACI-LISYA; urge?)
yaaya -- make an agreement (NS: make a treaty)
yaaya -- plunder
xuu-yaaya -- to take quickly and greedily; to loot
xuu-yaba -- make a hole
xuu-yanja -- interest; wonder about; marvel about; to love; to be happy about (cf. xuu- sangaala)
xuu-yasi -- special kind of beer banana
ye.a -- decline
xuu-yeeta -- help ; assist; help a p. out in trouble;; accomodate; maintain (= help); favour t.
xuu-yegu a -- wild cat; bush cat.
bi- bii-yetelo -- implements; tools
xuu-yiima -- look for; seek; go and find; track?; search
yiinga -- argue about; debate; discuss
yiinga -- tighten; be dear; be expensive; overcharge (raise price)
yiingana -- bargain ("haggle")
yiingana -- contradict
yiingana -- contradiction o.s.
yikina -- be unreliable
yila -- succeed; comeafter
yila -- treat harshly
yila -- treat well
xuu-yila -- undertake; take s.th. to..... ; send B
xuu-yila -- (= xuu-IILA);
xuu-yina -- tease
xuu-yindila yindala -- --
yoka -- make (a) noise
yoka -- speak aloud
yoka -- speak aloud; chatter; sound (drums; children etc.)
xuu-yoota -- look for enemy or thief; spy
xuu-yukela -- be restless
yuuxa -- to convert
yuuxa -- turning repeatedly; harrowing land
xuu-yuuxa -- to come back; turn oneself around; to change (cf. xuu- kaluxasya)