Kalanga Verblist

Kalanga verbs ordered alphabetically.

adzima -- lend; borrow
aina -- press; as of clothes
ainika -- be well ironed
akabala -- wonder; perplexed; amazed; hesitate
akugwa -- be enjoyed
akula -- to enjoy
alakana -- remember
alakanisa -- remind; advise; cause to remember
amba -- plead
ambaamba -- to grope; in search of something
ambadza -- clothe or help put on clothing
ambala -- to put on clothes or garments
ambuka -- clear up; as of smoke or clouds; come off; as a shoe
ambula -- to undress or take-off your clothes
amuchidza -- pay; as a salary
amuchila -- receive
amula -- relieve someone of some burden
anga -- freeze; congeal
angama -- float; be buoyant
angudza -- bathe someone; as a child
angula -- to menstruate; to bathe
angulanya -- to stop a fight
angulila -- help someone from being beaten
arametsa -- to cause to inhale medicinal fumes or steam
ashama -- broad; wide; open one's mouth; yawn
athula -- decide; judge; arbitrate; pass judgement
azha -- help someone
baakanya -- prepare; to repair; to make ready or set in order
baba -- to itch
babaila -- walk softly on account of tender or sore feet; walk stealthily
babatadza -- make to lie flat on the ground
babatala -- lie flat on the ground; as of some lizard
baka -- build; construct
bala -- read; count
balisa -- cause to read
bambula -- crucify; stretch out the skin of a slaughtered animal with wooden pegs in the sun to dry
bangalala -- be extreme
bat'ela -- to patch; as of a torn garment
bendzwa -- pout; push out the lips as a sign of contempt
benga -- make biltong
benga -- to hate
besa -- set alight; as of a fire; start a fire
bezha -- to curve
bgilila -- return; go back
bgililana -- re-establish friendship; re-establish diplomatic relations
bhabha -- carry a baby or another person on ones back
bhakhwa -- be arrested; be drunk
bhamula -- smack or hit hard with the palm of the hand
bhata -- to hold; touch
bhata-khole -- lead; as of oxen that are inspanned
bhatana -- hold each other; join together
bhatilila -- stand in for; assist a calf to suckle from a cow not its mother
bhatisa -- help someone carry something; to ask someone to run an errand for you; cause to hold; have someone arrested
bhatsha -- help; assist
bhatshanya -- to connect; join one to the other
bhatshila -- catch something on a trap
bhaya -- poke or pierce something; slaughter; as an animal
bhika -- cook; to question closely
bhizha -- leak
bhoma -- smear; as with body lotion; anoint with oil
bhomela -- smear cow teats with dung to prevent calf from sucking
bhonyongedza -- to make rough sketches; carelessly sown or knotted
bhuda -- to come out
bhuda-nkota -- to bleed through the nose
bhukucha -- to swim
bhula -- take (pot) off fire
bhuzwa -- ask; question; enquire; find out
bhuzwisisa -- make enquiries endlessly; ask many questions
bidwa -- ripen; be well cooked
bidwisa -- cause to ripen or get cooked; as of food
bidwisa-zila -- go regularly; visit very often
bidza -- cause to become sour; ferment
biga -- put ; store
biganya -- to keep safely; to bury; store away
biganyiwa -- be buried
bigila -- lay eggs; as of a hen; put away for
bigilidza -- lay-away; put a container underneath in order to catch whatever is being poured; engaged to marry
bika -- give a report; report a matter
bila -- boil; as of water
binga -- confront
bipila -- fit badly; as of clothing
biyapidza -- smoothen; to make smooth
bobola -- howl as of an animal
bodzeka -- cause something to rot
boka -- praise in song; to give thanks
bokolela -- cry out loud; wail
bola -- rot or go bad; as of food
bomba -- snarl; as an angry dog; roar; as a bull
bonya -- blink; as of an eye
bonyolola -- reveal; to tell of something private
bora -- bore; drill
buba -- lie down; as of a bird; a hare ready to run or fly away
budzulula -- speak scornfully; be spiteful; tell someone off
bukula -- bark; as of a dog
bulula -- livestock going out to pasture
bumbika -- be well-formed or well-shaped
bumbuluka -- roll on the ground or a flat surface
bunguka -- turn reddish of a stalk of a sweet reed as a result of a stalk borer
butha -- repose; rest; as of animals
buwa -- smear much
buya -- return; come back
buya-moyo -- feel nausea
buyilila -- repeat; return again
buza -- return something; bring back
buzilidza -- revenge
bza -- belch
bzala -- sow; plant
tja -- fear; have fear
tjatjama -- hiss or sizzle of something cooking; a painful ache as from a burn
tjaisa -- knock off from work; knock something; as with a car
tjakanyula -- chop or make something into small bits and pieces
tjechebuka -- look sideways; look behind; look over your shoulder
tjeka -- cut
tjekeledza -- go by a short route; take a short cut
tjekelela -- cut into small pieces; as of meat in preparation for stewing
tjekesa -- cause to cut up
chela -- draw or fetch water or any other liquid
chela -- pluck off; as of a fruit or greens
chelela -- draw water for someone
chema -- scream
chemela -- rebuke; reprove; scold; chide
chenama -- wonder; be surprised; be amazed at
chenesa -- make clean
chenesela -- clarify for
chengedza -- deceive
chengela -- cheat; deceive by promising and not performing
chengeta -- take care; take heed
chenjelela-ntome -- deceitfulness; slyness; be cunning; cheat
chila -- live; survive
chilianya -- lay across the other
chinga -- receive with both hands showing appreciation
chingama -- lie across; slant
chingamidza -- run across to meet someone; put by the fire
chingamila -- bask; as in the sun or by the fire
chingamisa -- cause to lie across
chinya -- spoil; destroy
chinya-buso -- show displeasure facially
chinya-ntumbu -- abort illegally; as when pregnant
chinya-zina -- defamation of character
chinyidzila -- spoil for someone; destroy something belonging to someone
chinyika -- become spoiled; be destroyed
chinyikigwa -- have a miscarriage
chipa -- cheap
chisa -- frighten; cause to be afraid
chiwa -- be feared
chona -- be penniless; be without money
chova -- to pedal; as a bike
chuludza -- cause to jump; cause to cross; skip; as with a monthly event
chuluka -- jump up or over
chuluka-chuluka -- hop about
chulukila -- jump onto
da -- love; like
dabila -- to answer or to reply
daka -- intoxicate; make drunk
dana -- call; draw attention to; love each other; like each other
deelela -- not to respect someone; look down upon
deluka -- descend from a height; come down
delusa -- cause to come down or descend; let down
dengezela -- to carry something on the head without holding it
dhubika -- dip in water; immerse in a liquid
dhubula -- take something out of liquid; which was soaked or immersed
dhukudza -- shake some clothing or garment with the intention to remove dust
dhuma -- agree
dhumila -- to believe; as in God
dhumilana -- agree with each other
dhumiligwa -- be admitted; as in a school
dhumilila -- allow; permit
didima -- rumble; as of lightning or as of an earthquake
diika -- be educated
diila -- educate for/at
dila -- pour
dilidzila -- to water; as of plants or a garden
diraya -- wind up; as a bucket from a well
diya -- teach; preach
dodola -- to walk on your toes
dohona -- pound meat or peanuts in a mortar; pound into a paste
dotHa -- drip; as liquid; a slight drizzle of rain
dotHedza -- pour a small drop onto
dubula -- remove dirt from one's body by either rubbing by hand or using a soft stone when taking a bath
dumula -- shoot
dusa -- to take out; remove
dwa -- to say; come from
dwa-moyo -- to envy; desire
dwilidzila -- to catch water that is slowly seeping through in a well until you fill your bucket
dwilila -- water seeping through in a well or a spring; proceed; advance; go forth
dwilila-mbeli -- go forward; advance; make progress
dzamula -- snatch from someone
dzata -- jump down or off; dismount
dziba -- prevent a person from doing something; to go and return the livestock
dzibila -- prevent someone from doing something; restrain
dzidzimuka -- shudder; either from the cold or from seeing something unpleasant
dziidza -- cause to suffer; trouble
dziila -- suffer; be poor; be without anything
dziisa -- warm something up
dzikila -- put into ground; as when transplanting small plants
dzikunuka -- become uprooted
dzikunula -- uproot something
dzila -- smear the floor with mud mixed with cow dung and water
dzilunula -- re-do the smearing of the floor with mud mixed with dung
dzima -- extinguish; go out; as a fire or some light
dzimidza -- remove all traces of something; cause to get lost
dzimila -- go astray; wander; get lost
dzimula -- allay; as with something hot by pouring cold liquid into it; dilute or reduce heat; beer etc.
dziya -- be warm; warm oneself
dzondola -- look askance at; make a sneering look
dzuka -- develop a rash
dzula -- rape
dzulula -- smear mud on the wall
dzungudza -- rinse out something
dzwa -- belch
dzwala -- plant
edza -- imitate
edzisa -- spending the evening doing something
emugwa -- be desired
emula -- desire; want
enda -- go; go away
endisa -- hasten; cause to walk
ezedza -- put to sleep; as a child
ezela -- sleep; go to bed
fa -- die
feidza -- cause to fail
feila -- fail
fema -- breathe
femeleka -- breath heavily because of over-exertion
fepHa -- blow the nose
fidza -- finish
fila -- get to the end; die at
fuba -- become dwarfed as a person; animal or plant
fuka -- wear; as a blanket
fula -- graze; as of animals
fula -- blow something off by breath; as of dust or small particles of something
fuluka -- remove one's abode; depart; migrate; move house
fuma -- be rich
fumbatila -- make a fist; clasp; as of a fist
fumika -- cover up something
fumula -- uncover; as of a lid
funda -- sip or eat something and keep in mouth
funya -- sit crosslegged
fupatila -- turn one's back upon
gabuka -- has had a large opening
gabula -- make a large opening; rip open
gaisa -- grind; as of corn
gala -- sit down; dwell; live
gala-bge -- trust; believe in
gala-bheya -- sit indecently exposing some private part of the body
gala-moyo -- be satisfied
galidza -- sit on someone's place or seat
galila -- to wait for; stay or live for
gama -- catch in the hand; as of a ball
gele -- be seated
gonya -- sleep with ones legs folded back
gumbatila -- hold hard onto something; struggle with each other
gumula -- hit another with the head
guta -- be full; be satisfied with food
gwa -- fight; quarrel
gwadza -- to hurt someone emotionally; to hurt physically.
gwadza-moyo -- grieve; be hurt; sorrow
gwala -- sick; ill
gwata -- hide oneself
gwililila -- repeat; go over again; revise
gwisa -- struggle; try
gwisanya -- cause to quarrel or fight; stir up strife
halula -- escape; survive
huleha -- inspan; tie up an animal
hulula -- unbound; as of oxen that were inspan; outspan; unbound or set free
hulunula -- unload; take out of something e.g. a truck
hwa -- hear
hwidza -- make to taste
hwika -- be audible; be heard of; taste; as salt or spicing in a dish of meat
hwila -- feel; as with pain
hwila-zogwadza -- to show mercy; compassion
hwilila -- hear about; hear of; listen
hwisa -- cause to hear; give one to taste
hwisisa -- understand
ila -- abstain from certain practices
iribadza -- cause to faint; apply anasthesia
iribala -- faint
isa -- take to; take something to someone
ita -- do
ja -- eat
jaiva -- jive
jalo -- to say so
jaxa -- hasten
kaamudza -- stop raining
kadula -- hit another
kakang'wa -- stammer; stutter
kala -- to weigh
kama -- milk; as of cows; comb one's hair
kambaila -- crawl; as of a baby; creep
kanga -- roast; fry
kangang'wa -- forget
kangula -- wear something new for the first time
kanya -- roll up; as the legs of a pair of trousers or of shirt sleeves
kapa -- unsettle; as sediments in water; ie. to cause to be muddy
kat'a -- become tame; docile
kat'a -- play on something either making it dirty or spoiling it
kat'ana -- coiled up; as a snake
katila -- cushion a load carried on the head
kat'isa -- discipline or train as of an animal
katsha -- crush s.o.; as with a stone
kaya -- describe; say
kaya -- tie together the hing legs of a cow so that it stand still while milking it
kekedza -- cackle; as a hen in search of a place to make a nest
keleka -- examine; look into carefully
kenta -- inject
kera -- cut hair; shave
keta -- to play a counting game with stones
ketHa -- pluck a fruit; branch; leaf etc; reap by breaking off the heads
khaba -- dress elegantly or smart; show off
khabidza -- to sit properly not showing one's underwear
khabisa -- decorate; make beautiful; garnish
khaisa -- to out do someone in a competition; excel; surpass
khaisana -- to out do each other
khama -- choke a person or thing; throttle
khapa -- to smear a floor or wall with dung making different beautiful patterns
khapita -- to choke; when drinking or eating sometthing
khata -- amuse; cause to laugh
khaula -- to stop doing an undesirable thing; often as a result of punishment or reprimand
khetha -- pay tax; select or choose
khiga -- help to put a load on someone's head
khina -- knee-halter a donkey or a horse
khona -- manage; accomplish something
khona -- take a turn at a corner
khubula -- to swing; as in a swing
khuta -- miss a target
khwa -- dry up; as of a well; pound; as with corn
khwathisa -- strike on the back using either a big stick or a whip
khwila -- pound; as of some grain; for/at; to dry up; as of a pot on fire
khwiriridza -- snore
khwisa -- dry up of a cow's milk as a result it starts driving away the calf
koama -- stay put; as a group of waiting people
koba -- distribute or give away as a present
kobana -- apportion tasks or things mutually
kobanya -- distribute indiscriminately and aimlessly; squander
kobeka -- be distributable
kobola -- to stamp wild raisins in a mortar with a pestle
kodzonga -- stir; row a boat
koka -- invite
kokodza -- knock; as on a door
kokonola -- remove something that had hardened onto another hard surface
kokorobhana -- corrugate; crimp; make wrinkles in
kokota -- eat the remnants; scrape something with a finger
kolomola -- dismantle; destroy
kolota -- owe; take on credit
komba -- to surround something
kombela -- help in a fight by also beating the person being fought
kometHela -- nail to; knock in; as of a nail or a peg
kona -- refuse
konesa -- cause to be difficult
kong'wa -- fail; not succeed
koobedza -- to kill an animal that is already wounded or suffering; kill a person already helpless
kopodza -- to get something in the eye; dazzle
koshodza -- cause to cough
koshola -- cough
kotama -- stoop; crouch; as if hiding; bend forward
kotamuka -- to unbend; to straighten
kotHomela -- nail into; as with a nail
kotoka -- arrive; reach one's destination
kotosa -- bring cattle home; marry a wife
kubadza -- hurt someone where it is sore or where there is a sore
kubala -- get hurt or injured
kubungana -- assemble; gather together
kubunganya -- gather things together; gather into a group
kudula -- knock one with head
kudza -- bring-up a child; cause to grow
kuelela -- jeer at someone; make fun of by loud abusive shouts
kukula -- scrape a surface; as a pot with a scraper
kukumuka -- rise in bulk or increase; raise as of dough
kukuna -- eat meat off a bone
kula -- grow in height or age; has grown tired of something
kula -- weed; using a hoe or a spade
kulidzila -- pull up trousers or underwear when hanging low when worn
kuligwa -- be in an advanced stage of pregnancy
kulumuka -- come in large numbers as of people
kuma -- touch lightly intentionally
kuma -- roar as of a bull or a lion; groan from pain
kumba -- visit
kumbila -- beg; ask for; request
kumbudzana -- remind each other
kumbula -- think; ponder; consider
kumbuludza -- cause to recollect; remind
kunda -- defeat
kundiwa -- being overpowered or defeated
kunguludza -- roll something on the ground; cause a thing to roll down; as a tank
kunguluka -- roll down a steep slope; tumble down
kurukidza -- pacify an infant
kuswa -- sharpen; as a knife
kutHa -- to come in contact with unintentionally
kutHiwa -- trip on; stumble on
kutHubula -- remove leaves and twigs from a branch from a tree
kuwa -- shout loudly; scream
kuzwa -- be with small chicks of a hen
kwala -- write
kwamula -- break off something
kwanga -- be full of milk; as of an animal or a human being; have plenty of fruit in a fruit tree
kwanyula -- remove the corn from the stalks
kwaula -- break off a branch or twig at its junction with the rest of the tree
kweba -- pull; draw in or out
kweba-makumbo -- walk slowly; drag one's feet
kwegula -- become old; or aged
kwemula -- break off a piece; as of a cup; dish etc.
kwemulanya -- to separate mutually amongst
kwiba -- steal; pilfer
kwiila -- to mate; as of animals
kwiya -- grind; as corn to make flour
labana -- take turns at something
labanya -- make alternate; make take turns
labhula -- throw away abruptly; as with a hand or with a stick
labidza -- cause to taste food
labila -- taste food especially while cooking
labuka -- to run
labukila -- try to catch up with someone in a distance; go after; run for
ladzika -- cause or help to lie down; be hospitalized
lakidza -- show; explain the workings of; show to; point out to
lala -- lie down; spend the night
lalana -- have sexual intercourse
laladza -- "get intoxicated; get drunk"
lalila -- brood over; as of hen on eggs; have an evening meal; ambush; do something for the whole night
lamba -- refuse
lambiwa -- be rejected; divorced
landula -- deny a fault; give a negative answer
lang'wa -- to sulk; to refuse; as when fed up
lang'wilana -- refuse to associate with each other
lapa -- to cure; heal
lapkha -- be cured or healed
lasha -- cast away; throw away; misplace
lashika -- get lost; become cast away
lashila -- throw into; throw to
laya -- instruct; lay down the rules; give advice; as when someone is getting married
layila -- guide; instruct; direct; give a message
layilila -- give message that something be done
layita -- light some fire; a torch or a lamp
leba -- talk; speak
lebanya -- babble; chatter or talk too much
lebesa -- cause to speak; speak to; tell the truth
lecha -- let alone; leave alone
lechedza -- leave alone
lechedzela -- allow; permit
leisa -- cause to avoid something
lekula -- visit; call to enquire after the health of a sick person
lekulisa -- tell friends or relatives on the health of someone sick
lele -- is asleep
lema -- cause to form a habit; spoil a child
lemala -- get injured as a result be disabled; make a habit of something; get spoiled
lembedza -- dangle or carry by holding down loosely
lembeledza -- hang down; suspend on something
lengudza -- make light (decrease weight)
lete -- bring
leuka -- be sprained; as of an ankle or any joint
leula -- cause to sprain
leya -- avoid; go around something
leyana -- alternate; take turns; be mad at one another; pass each other going in opposite directions
leyanya -- make to cross the other
lezwa -- play with a baby
lidza -- cause to cry; play a musical instrument; to ring; to dial; as a telephone
liga -- let fall; drop something
ligila -- cast down to or for; bring to an end; as of speech; to finish; drop into
likhwa -- be paid; be rewarded
lila -- cry; weep; wail
lima -- plough; till the ground in preparing for sowing some seeds; dig
limunula -- plough fallow ground; replough a patch
linda -- wait for; to stay in guard
linga -- look
linganya -- look in all directions; as when suspicious
lingilila -- watch; gaze at
lingisana -- be opposite each other; face each other
lingisisa -- examine; look into carefully
lipa -- to pay a debt; fine; or payment for services rendered
lipisa -- cause to pay one for some destruction
lisa -- herd or look after; as of livestock
lizana -- fit properly
lizanya -- make equal; measure; try on some clothes
loba -- beat or hit
lobodza -- to give away; as in marriage; officiate a marriage; cause to marry
lobola -- marry
logwa -- be spanked; be beaten; be hit
londa -- go after; follow; trace; as someone who is lost
longa -- put into; insert
longa-zhoba -- make noise
longoloka -- follow each other in order; as when in a queue
longolosa -- set in order; arrange in order
lonjelela -- thread something; as beads in a string
lowa -- bewitch
luka -- knit; plait; weave
luka-maano -- to plan; to devise means
lulwama -- nice; honest; just
luma -- bite; sting; infect with venereal disease; eat the first fruits
lumika -- cup; have blood drawn by cupping
ma -- stand; stop; menopause; to marry
maama -- wander about aimlessly
mana -- too small a size to fit into something; too tight
mandana -- be crowded; as of people in a hall
manikana -- be crowded; press upon each other in a crowd
manikanya -- cause to be crowded; cause to be in a difficult position; make uncomfortable
manila -- to get stuck in something
mba -- sing
mbisa -- cause to sing; conduct a choir
mbumula -- beat hard
mela -- germinate; sprout
menya -- peel off; as the peel of an orange
menyeka -- capable of being peeled off
menyengela -- eat food without relish
metHa -- pluck off; as feathers from a chicken
midula -- lift something that is heavy
midza -- swallow down food
migwa -- have an erection
mila -- call to express condolences
mila -- get lost; set; as of the sun
mile -- be standing
milidza -- to lift up; as of something
milidza-zebe -- be alert; be watchful
milika -- stand up
milila -- wait for
mimila -- scream loudly; shout or cry loudly
mimina -- strain; as of liquid
minyalala -- walk straight; with chest out and head bent backwards
mona -- twist; as the lid of a bottle; wring; as the neck of a bird
muka -- wake up; get up
mukigwa -- have an erection
mukila -- rise up against; rebel against
muma -- to shut the mouth; as of a person; be tight-lipped
mumakanya -- unite; piece together
munya -- eat; as by white ants or termites
musa -- wake up someone from sleep
mutha -- hold by the head while milking; as a goat
na -- rain
naka -- be beautiful
nakisa -- to make beautiful; to beautify
namatila -- cling to; stick on or adhere to
namatilana -- cling or stick to each other
namutshuka -- become loose or detached; as of paper from a wall; pull off
namutshula -- detach
nanayila -- walk slowly
nangayila -- walk
natHa -- separate flour from coarse grain; sift or winnow
natsha -- make beautiful; beautify
nazwa -- lick; as with a tongue
ndzerema -- make a loud sound; as of a cricket
nenekedza -- carry or use very carefully
ng'amuka -- become stretched
ng'amula -- stretch
ng'anga -- scratch; as of one's skin when itchy
ng'ang'a -- argue
ng'ang'aba -- be on the verge of crying
ng'apa -- scratch; as a thorn or a cat
ng'atha -- to take a bite; as of food
ngina -- enter
nginilila -- break in; intrude; jump the queue
ng'ong'ola -- grumble; to show dissatisfaction
ng'waya -- gather thatching grass
ng'wila -- to sink; to drown
ng'wisa -- to cause to drink; to breastfeed
ng'wisidzila -- watering; as with plants
nokola -- take a handful; spoonful etc.; as of food
nonoka -- do something slowly
nunga -- pick; find a lost thing; pick up one by one
nuwa -- smell; sniff; inhale
nya -- defecate
nyala -- become tired or weary; get exhausted
nyaladza -- be silenced; to stop one from crying
nyalala -- become silent; keep quiet
nyalalila -- not speak to someone; especially when spoken to
nyala-meya -- be discouraged; become disheartened
nyaluluka -- rest a while
nyamela -- varnish; disappear
nyanga -- move stealthily towards something
nyanya -- worsen
nyanyayidza -- refute; contradict; negate; oppose; deny
nyasa -- splatter or spray some liquid
nyatsa -- belittle; treat with disdain
nyawuka -- melt; thaw
nyawusa -- boil milk; warm food or something
nyaya -- to dampen; to wet something
nyazukila -- stretch up on tiptoe so as to reach something high
nyebezela -- whisper
nyeledza -- cause to disappear
nyelela -- disappear; evaporate
nyelele -- is quiet
nyeluka -- abscond; run away secretly
nyelukila -- start first as in a race
nyelusa -- cause to abscond or run away
nyemudza -- tantalise by offering something and then refuse to give it
nyenama -- show teeth; grin
nyenya -- smile
nyepa -- lie
nyeya -- tell tales about; backbite
nyikishila -- become infected and develop some pus
nyima -- withhold from; refuse someone something
nyisa -- euphemism for giving one a thorough beating; cause to defecate
nyoloka -- become wet
nyonyonga -- write
nyotsHa -- be plentiful; as fruits on a tree
nyungela -- disappear into water; sink
nyunyidzila -- sprinkle a little; as of salt or pepper
nywenya -- make an ugly face at someone
pa -- give; offer; present
padzamuka -- start or jump; make a sudden movement; say something unconciously
padzamula -- cause to start or jump
pakatidza -- cause to carry with both arms
pakatila -- carry with both hands
pakugwa -- be served or dished
pakula -- dish food; serve food
pala -- burrow; dig a hole; like a rabbit or dog; paw the ground; as of a horse
paladza -- scatter or spread out
palala -- disperse; go different ways
palama -- pass through; cut across; when going from one place to another
paluka -- get torn
paluka-moyo -- awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
palula -- tear something
panda -- ache; chew something hard
pandila -- to plough dry soil; without moisture
panguka -- become discolored; fade as of a flower or some color
pangula -- cause to become discolored
panyaladza -- cause to sit or stand with legs spread out
panyalala -- sit or stand with legs spread out
papamala -- be exposed; be clearly seen
papha -- to increase
paphidza -- to increase something
pasa -- pass
pat'ana -- accompany each other
pat'ika -- force someone; accuse falsely
pawula -- sprain
payika -- hang onto something; as of a blanket
pazha -- have diarrhoea (derogative and usually used of animals
pedza -- finish; complete; end
pela-moyo -- get impatient; be anxious
peledzela -- finish up; get used up
pelegwa -- to run out of
pelekedza -- accompany part of the way; escort someone; take half-way
pelela -- get finished
peleta -- to spell
pembela -- to run wild
penga -- go mad
pengula -- lift up so as to look under
penta -- paint
penya -- shine; flash as of lightening; glisten
pepa -- winnow grain to remove the chaff after pounding it
pepeta -- sift or winnow grain to remove the flour
peta -- make a hem; fold
petenula -- unfold; unroll; undo a seam
peyama -- tilted or bent; sit leaning towards a certain direction
peyita -- give an enema
phaila -- give a side blow with an open hand; fall; the first rains of the season
phakela -- to rise early in the morning
phang'a -- eat greedily
phapha -- chop firewood to size; split by cutting
pharama -- to sit or fall down on ones bottom abruptly
pharela -- to plaster with mud mixed with sand and dung
phasula -- slap
phatuka -- be cracked; as an earthen vessel
phatula -- crack something
pHobela -- sink ; as when walking in deep mud
phobola -- strike with something hard
phodola -- break sharply; a clean break
phumula -- rest a while from work
phunyuka -- come out of a grip
phuphuma -- rise; as of foam from some brew
phururuka -- fly
phuthela -- wrap up; wrap
phuthunula -- unwrap; as of parcels
phutuka -- explode; burst; as a ballon
phutula -- crack; smash; crack a whip
pika -- carry one on shoulders
pindiwa -- being passed by
piphila -- pour something from one container into another
pisa -- burn; set alight
pitugwa -- be overturned
pituka -- roll over
pitukana -- overturn several times; turn and toss; as a sick person
pitula -- make overturn
piya -- trip someone; hold a goat's leg under one's knee while milking it
pkha -- dry up; as of a pool of water or a well
pkhanya -- break
pkhaya -- to remove extra chaff from grain by pounding it again
pkhita -- pull back forcibly; draw forcibly; snatch
poba -- flatten; as of a tyre or disappear; as of a swelling
pobedza -- impress; as with a finger; press; cause to dent
pobedzeka -- become impressed; be dimpled
podza -- cause to heal
pofunuka -- recover one's sight
pofupala -- become blind
pola -- be healed; get well after some sickness
pomba -- wind something; as a thread
pombedza -- wrap round
pombonoka -- become untwisted
pombonola -- untwist; unwind
pontela -- find water underground where a well can be bored
porodza -- miscarriage; as of an animal
porofita -- prophesy
posa -- throw; as a stone; shoot
pota -- feel cold; to freeze from the cold
poteledza -- make go around something
poteleka -- surround; to go round something
potesa -- cause to feel cold
potola -- wipe oneself after stool
psa -- to burn
psayila -- sweep
psila -- burn onto; as a pot
pubula -- to cut open something; pierce through
pukusha -- blend; as when one puts corn flour into boiling water to make porridge
pula -- thresh corn or sorghum using threshing sticks; hit hard
pulana -- hit each other hard; palpitate; as the heart
pulula -- remove leaves from a branch
pululudza -- ululate
puma -- be blunt; as of a knife
pumisa -- cause to be blunt
puna -- bend over in an indecent manner
pupuna -- chew noisely something hard; as of candy
pupunika -- crunchable; as a nut
puta -- kiss; sip
putanya -- crush or flatten; as of a can by squeezing hard
ratha -- to strike hard; as with a hand
repa -- become slack or loose
riya -- delay; make late
rokotsa -- sucking of milk; as a calf
romula -- cause a span of oxen to turn round when ploughing
ruela -- pay; reward
rusa -- be pregnant; of an animal; be in calf or lamb
sagwa -- oversleep
saina -- to sign
sainisa -- cause to sign
sala -- remain behind
salila -- be last to finish; remain for
salisa -- cause to remain; say goodbye
sazamila -- have a pillow under one's head when you sleep
seba -- whisper; gossip
seba -- relish with; use a sauce
sedza -- shift; move out of the way
sedzasedza -- shift about while sitting; restlessness
sedzela -- come or move closer
sedzesa -- move something; move out of the way
sefa -- sift or strain
seka -- laugh
sekaseka -- giggle
sekelana -- laugh with each other
sena -- go under or beneath as under a low tree; creep through a wire
sendama -- to lean against
sendedza -- stir up the fire
sendedzela -- stir up for; provoke into action
sendeka -- put leaning
senga -- carry
sengela -- carry for
sengesa -- cause or help to carry
shaba -- cut up a melon for cooking or drying up
shababa -- slightly bitter; sour
shabapala -- become red; blush
shaka -- look for; search; seek; want
shakadza -- make old or wear until old
shakadzila -- used idiomatically to mean giving used clothes to someone
shakala -- become old or worn out
shakisisa -- to search a lot; to scrutinize
shakiwa -- be looked for; be asked for your hand in marriage; be proposed for marriage
shakula -- weed; use a hoe to remove weeds
shakulisa -- help weed; cause to weed
shala -- choose; select
shanduka -- turn back or round; change
shandukila -- wear a garment inside out
shandukila -- turn against; turn for
shandukunula -- turn inside out; as of a garment
shandula -- answer or reply ; turn over; as food when cooking
shangana -- meet each other
shangana-nsholo -- br confused; be insane
shanganya -- cause to meet; mix
shanganyila -- be in joint ownership
shangashangana -- be jumbled; be entangled; be mixed up
shanyashanya -- drizzle
shanyuka -- start getting done; as when pounding corn; of a fruit starting to get ripe
shanyula -- get half done as when threshing corn or stamping corn in a mortar
shapaila -- boil for a long time
shashamuka -- fall off; as of tree leaves during the winter
shashamula -- brush off or dust off
shashika -- place by the side of the fire
shashula -- dish some food or eat from a pot while cooking
shatHa -- be happy; be glad; rejoice
shaya -- become poor; give birth to a stillborn; not find anything
shazha -- simmer or boil; as of a pot of soft porridge
shima -- hate; abhor; dislike
shinga -- work
shingidzana -- cooperate; work together
shiya -- show off; think highly of oneself
shoba -- be stale; as of bread or food
shobola -- pound grain in mortar to remove roughage
shola -- check on someone or something
shomoka-moyo -- feel pity; sympathize
shomola -- pull out; unsheath; draw out; extract
shomola-moyo -- incite pity; pathetic
shongozhela -- rejoice with others; be in jolly mood in a group of others
shosha -- fence in with tree branches
showela -- tuck in; as a shirt into one's pants
shozhedza -- cause to peep; cause to look into
shozhela -- look into; peep through; as through the window
shuba -- desire; wish for
shudza -- walk with a limp; hobble about
shula -- portend
shunya -- pinch
shunyiwa -- be pinched
shushubala -- become silent and reserved
shwa -- remain for a day
shwaiwa -- be poked at
shwaya -- hook out; poke at
shwelela -- do something for the whole day
shweshwana -- creased; crumpled
shweshwanya -- cause to be creased or crumpled
siila -- give water or something to drink; leave food for someone
siisa -- cause to leave behind
sika -- make fire by rubbing two sticks against the other to produce some sparks out of the friction
silinga -- make noise; to irritate
sima-nsholo -- be stubborn
simula -- uproot
simulula -- begin
sinyanga -- to mould mud used for plastering into large balls
sirila -- to massage; rub hard
sisila -- trot
sitila -- obstruct one's view; to shadow someone
siya -- leave behind
siza-fulo -- foam at the mouth
soba -- slide; move timidly while seated; move while asleep
sodzoloka -- slide; slip; break a promise
sodzolokesa -- be slippery; cause to slip
sokonyola -- sway one's waist from side to side; as when walking
sokosa -- rub an eye with a finger or the back of the hand
sonyoka -- sprain
sopHedzela -- milk a cow or goat to the last drop; being sucked dry
subuka -- rub or wear off; peel; have abrasion
subula -- fray; make the skin peel off; rub off; as paint etc.
sudza -- do something iritating to someone intentionally
sudzika -- be fixed right by someone for something you did
sula -- fart; release bad air per rectum
sulisa -- cause to fart or release bad air
suma -- make a noise; a pot cooking; a river or a wind
sumbika -- hide; conceal
sumbula -- make oneself dirty by playing on the ground
sunda -- force; push away; push a thing on the ground
sunga -- bind or tie as of a rope
sungana -- be intertwined; tie each other
sungilila -- tie onto something
sungisa -- cause to tie; make one get caught by the police
sungunuka -- become untied; be free
sungunula -- untie; remove a bandage; unwrap
sunula -- castrate
susubula -- press clothes poorly such that the wrinkles remain
swaba -- wither; dry up a little; be disappointed; have one's hopes dashed
swaswabula -- beat; thrash; as of a child
swaya -- shred meat when cooked
swewuka -- be stupid
swiila -- have sex; of humans (derogatory)
swika -- arrive
swikidza -- see to it that someone arrives
swikidzana -- to arrive at the same time
swikila -- to reach up to something; stay at
swina -- press out the contents of a tube; press out pus from a sore; squeeze water out of clothes
swipa -- suck something into the mouth
swiswina -- suck; as a candy
taba -- protect by medicine
tafula -- make an even grass thatch; smoothen grass thatch
tafuna -- chew; masticate
taka -- color using coloring pencils
takana -- splash about of soft porridge on fire
takhwa -- be chased away; be expelled
takula -- drive cattle or livestock
talangana -- to spread out
talanganya -- cause to spread out
tamba -- skip about; as young animals
tambika -- hang over something
tambunudza -- stretch out; as a blanket
tambunuka -- be straight; as a path or a line; be upright and straight as a pole
tanda -- sew with big stitches; or stitches that are far apart
tandabadza -- cause to spread out as of the roots of a tree; cause one to sit with legs stretched out
tandabala -- to spread out as of tree roots; or as of ones legs stretched out.
tandabalila -- sit with legs stretched out towards another
tanga -- be first
tangila -- to arrive first or finish first
tangisa -- begin; cause to be first
tapHula -- harvest fruit or greens from the plant
tapudza -- lessen; subtract
taswa -- mount; as a horse
tata -- chase away
tatamidza -- cause to chase or run after
tatamila -- to chase or run after; to drive away
tatHa -- climb; ride
tatHana -- climb or mount each other
tatHanya -- put one on top of the other
tathikana -- be pilled one on top of the other; be in layers; lie on top of the other
tatHikanya -- pile on top of the other
tatHilila -- climb for; ascend to the required height
tatHisa -- cause to climb or mount; give a ride in a vehicle
tatila -- chase to or for
taula -- relate or tell a folktale
tebula -- spill; throw out; as of water
tebulila -- spill onto
teedzesa -- help listen to some problem; cause to listen
tekedza -- tickle; poke on the ribs; as a result making one laugh
tekelela -- to cry without cause
tema -- chop
tembezela -- pray
tempa -- affix a stamp; stamp
tenda -- thank; show gratitude
tendebuka -- turn around
tendebula -- turn something around
tendeka -- point out; point at; as with a finger
tendeleka -- move around
tenga -- buy
tengelana -- buy for each other
tengesa -- sell
tengesela -- sell for/to
tesela -- shave off all the hair
teswa -- have a sharp end; as a needle
tetedza -- advertise; as being for sale
tetema -- tremble with fear; shiver from cold
tetHela -- put domestic animals into an enclosure or a kraal
teuka -- turn over immediately; as of a pot on fire
teya -- set a trap
Thaabadza -- cause to be zealous; eager
Thaabala -- be anxious; be in haste to accomplish something
Thaedza-mesho -- to look down upon
Thaela -- come short; come short of
Thama -- do; make
Thamisa -- cause to do something
ThanThanula -- unstitch what was sewn; undo a plait
ThaN'wa -- be made to do something
thanya -- wake up from sleep
thapula -- snap; as of something stretched out
theuka -- turn off the road
Theula -- to drive one or two animals out of a herd
thigama -- kneel
Thokomela -- care for; take care; burden either physically or emotionally
Thonya -- to curdled; as milk
Thowa -- hate; dislike
thubukana -- break a bond; cease being friends; separate by mutual agreement
thubukanya -- separate or divide amongst others
thubula -- remove upper garments; undress
thubula -- cut; as a rope or string
thubulidza -- take a short cut
thubulila -- treat in a mean manner; snap at someone
thudza -- revived; to come round; after a faint
thuka -- forcibly break out of a kraal; enclosure or a stockade; as of livestock
thukila -- break into a kraal; or enclosre; as of livestock
thula -- kick
thulana -- collide
thulanya -- cause to collide
thulila -- thatch
thulilika -- be well thatched
thulunula -- pull down; as of the roof of a house
thuma -- sew
thumugwa -- be provoked or vexed
thumula -- provoke
Thunama -- sit as one in a state of despair; look sullen or morose
thusa -- help; assist
thuta -- smoke a pipe or cigarette
thutidza -- blow air to induce a flame in a fire
thuwa -- rear; as of livestock
thwa -- spit out; vomit
ti -- say
tilika -- hang or place above
tiliyana -- be on top of another
tiliyanya -- put on top of another
t'ina -- irritate; hurt someone; anger someone
tizha -- to run away from something
tizhilila -- go after; with intention of catching up with someone
tizhisa -- cause to run or flee; have diarrhoea
toba -- massage
toboka -- loose hope on something
tobokana -- loose trust on each other
tobosa -- explain on absence of something; deny
todza -- take after or resemble another
togwa -- be taken; be married
tokonyola -- shred; as grains of maize from a cob
tola -- take
tolela -- take for; take by force; seize
toloka -- interpret
tolokegwa -- be interpreted for
tolokela -- interpret for
tombola -- extract thorn from flesh using a safety pin
topola -- to pick very little using two fingers
tota -- mend or seal a hole using some beeswax
totHodza -- make cold
tsatula -- crush something soft or alive as an insect between two objects
tsha -- dig
tshamba -- tramp; or tread; step on something
tshambilidza -- oppress; emphasize; press down; as a pen when writing; pin down to the ground
tshambisa -- cause to step on something
tshambuka -- take one's foot off something; stop trampling on something
tshatsharika -- walk unsteadily on weak legs; as when drunk
tsheduka -- shift to one side
tshedula -- shift a little; as of something heavy
tshibama -- to give birth; as of a person
tshibika -- turn a pot or any container upside down
tshila -- dig for; bury
tshimuta -- sneeze
tshinda -- gasp or struggle; as a dying thing
tshindika -- to push one forcefully
tshindinuka -- come off; as the floor of a hut
tshindinula -- exhume; reveal what was concealed; especially in the ground
tshonyonga -- to irritate
tshotshoma -- be active; hyperactive
tshugwa -- be wiped
tshula -- wipe
tshulisa -- cause to wipe
tshung'ayidza -- cause to be sleepy or drowsy
tshung'ayila -- feel sleepy; feel drowsy
tshwa -- burn
tshwaisa -- cause to brand; brand for and give
tshwaya -- mark; as when branding livestock
tshwayila -- sweep
tsika -- squint; as of an eye
tsita -- fasten a napkin or diaper on a baby
tswapula -- spoil; as of taste
tubatuba -- move up and down; come several time to a place within a short space of time
tubula -- manage
tuka -- insult; look at one's private parts; scold
tukana -- quarrel; scold or threaten each other
tukisa -- cause one to be scolded or insulted
tukutidza -- cause to perspire or sweat
tukutila -- perspire or sweat
tula -- take a load off your head
tulugwa -- be taken down
tulula -- take down
tuma -- send
tumba -- crouch; squat; sit on the haunches
tumila -- send; mail
tumilila -- send to or for
tuna -- take an oath; abstain; as of a taboo
tunda -- urinate; pass water
tundila -- urinate onto something
tundubadza -- cause to calm down; cause a pain to subside for a while
tundubala -- quieten down or subside for a while; as of pain
tungamidza -- make a leader
tungamila -- lead; go before one; precede a person
tuta -- remove or carry away in loads
tutHumadza -- elevate; heap up
tutHumala -- be elevated
tutsHa -- make to urinate; as with a baby
tutuma -- boil up or over; as of milk
tutumisa -- cause to boil; as of milk
uma -- threaten with some object; threaten
vakacha -- visit
vala -- dress-up
vanga -- knead or mix as of dough or some food
vika -- avoid blows; ward off
vima -- hunt
viya -- to skin an animal
vokomola -- grab a handful greedily
vondomoka -- rise up instantly or sit up instantly
voneka -- provide light
vubela -- put in some yeast so that beer can ferment
vukidza -- fill-up a pool or hollow with earth
vukidzika -- has become filled up with mud; as a well with mud; be silted up
vukula -- to remove mud or sand out the ground with one's hands or using a shovel; this normally happens when digging a well
vululata -- close one's eyes
vululatunuka -- to open one's eyes
vumbika -- put underneath some soil
vuna -- break or snap off a stick or branch
vunanya -- break into many pieces
vunika -- have a broken bone; be broken
vuva -- become mouldy or mildewed
wa -- fall
wala -- spread out a blanket or cloth on the ground; or to make bedding ready for use.
walila -- arrange a bundle of sticks ready for tying up; cushion the ground before spreading the blankets
walula -- make a bed; to rearrange bedding after use
wanana -- get on well; have an understanding
wanda -- increase; become many; multiply; get to the end as of cattle being watered
waneitiko -- lie on one's back
wanika -- spread out to dry or air.
wanika -- to be found
waya -- scatter or throw about as of seeds or sand
widza -- to finish
wila-zwilopa -- be calm; down to earth attitude; speak in low tones
woba -- bow down as of a tree branch
wobeka -- be bowed over
wola -- remove excrete; remove some trash
wolela -- fill; or load; gather to; or into; put into a sack
wolobela -- become accustomed to; get used to
wolota -- dream; day-dream
woma -- dry
wonda -- become thin or lean
woneka -- bid farewell
wonga -- nurse
wotsHa -- cause to be thin or loose weight
wubama -- become bent forward; as of a person or a tree
wuluka -- fly
wulusa -- winnow; remove chaff from harvested grain; cause to fly
wunga -- flow
wupula -- snatch; to remove quickly with an open hand
xaxamadza -- tighten; stretch to make tight
xaya -- rub soles of feet with a stone to get rid of the cracks
xola -- draw a salary or some form of reward for work done
xotha -- clean by rubbing with sand; scrub; scold
zana -- dance; play
zeeza -- hesitate
zeula -- chewing of animals late at night
zha -- come
zhadza -- fill-up
zhala -- full; in abundance
zhalila -- close; shut
zhalilana -- be angry; be troubled or in distress
zhisa -- bring
zhodza -- apply lotion onto another's body; as a child
zhola -- apply lotion onto one's body
zhuka -- become open
zhula -- to open
zhunga -- to remove thin grain from the much coarse one
ziba -- know
zibisa -- notify; inform
zigwa -- be known
zipa -- sweet
zipisa -- sweeten
zomola -- pinch hard
zumbunuka -- reveal; be in view
zunguza -- shake
zunguzika -- shake as of a tree; flag or of a loose tooth
zununula -- uncork; unplug; remove a lid of a bottle
zutula -- glare; look hard at something
zutula -- look hard with eyeballs pushed out
zutulila -- look hard or fix the eyes at
zuwa -- chat; be engaged in a friendly conversation
zwala -- give birth
zwalana -- be related
zwiambadza -- dress oneself; be self supporting
zwiambula -- undress oneself
zwibaakanya -- prepare oneself; get ready
zwibhatilila -- hold onto; be well off
zwibigila -- put away for oneself for later use
zwiboka -- praise oneself
zwibulaya -- kill oneself; commit suicide
zwichengedza -- deceive oneself; has had a wrong notion about oneself
zwida -- selfish; conceited; be tidy and smart in appearance
zwidwa -- say to oneself; insult oneself; said in response to what you'd said
zwiisa-pasi -- make oneself small; hence humble oneself; belittle oneself
zwijisa -- feed oneself; support oneself
zwikama -- comb one's hair
zwikera -- cut one's hair
zwikolola -- stretch out oneself; as the hand or arms
zwikumbula -- serious self-examination; introspection
zwilandula -- deny being at fault; plead innocent
zwilapa -- treat oneself
zwilebelekela -- defend oneself in a dispute or a court case
zwilika -- do one's best; push during child birth
zwilinga -- look at oneself; as in a mirror
zwilizanila -- be fit
zwilobesa-phepo -- take a stroll; go on a holiday; go out for some fresh air
zwimba -- swell
zwimbila -- constipate
zwimbisa -- cause to swell
zwimbunula -- uncover; unveil
zwimisa -- intend to; to be determined to; will or resolve to
zwimisidzila -- take responsibility
zwina -- mend or seal a hole using an adhesive; as of a puncture; close the lid of a container or bottle
zwing'anga -- scratch oneself
zwisenga -- be pregnant
zwisengesa -- impregnant a woman
zwisunga -- incriminate oneself
zwisungilila -- hang oneself; commit suicide
zwitshula -- clean oneself; dry oneself; wipe one's tears
zwiwa -- feeling okay; hear oneself
zwiya -- crush between two objects
zwizhisa -- bring oneself; come unescorted and not coerced