Kerewe Verblist

Kerewe verbs ordered alphabetically.

• aacha -- kindle
• aahula -- choose
• aaka -- catch fire; turn hot (weather)
• aalika -- ripen artificially
• aambala -- wear clothes across body
• aambuka -- cross; ford
• aamula -- chase off
• aanga -- deny; disagree; refuse
• aanga -- refuse; send spouse away
• aanguh' oobuguzi -- be cheap
• aanguha -- hurry; be early; light; quick
• aanguhilizya -- do quickly
• aanika -- gather wood; spread to dry
• aanuka -- become thin
• aasa -- castrate
• aasama -- open mouth of dead
• aasya -- split
• aata -- make burst open
• aatanisya -- bind
• aatika -- burst open
• aatulula -- butcher
• aazula -- crawl like toddler
• baaga -- skin
• baaluka -- be split open
• baalula -- split s.t. open
• baamba -- peg out; stretch (drum) skin
• baandula -- take off
• baasibwa -- get caught
• baba -- make itch
• babuka -- burn a bit by the fire
• bagala -- weed
• ba-ho -- be alive
• bala -- count
• balagana -- thunder
• banika -- roast
• basya -- snag a fish with hook
• bata -- clot; form scab; get stuck on gum
• bata -- coagulate
• baziira -- sew clothes
• beeha -- tell lie
• beehelezya -- suspect; accuse
• beeza -- carve
• biba -- sew seeds
• bibika -- border on
• biga -- fish with traps
• bihilizya -- annoy; anger
• biiha -- be bad
• biihililwa -- become angry
• biika -- store s.t.
• biikilizya -- deposit
• biinda -- tuck in loincloth; hide things
• bika -- announce death
• bila -- reach high krauesen
• bisa -- conceal fact
• bogoma -- bubble
• boha -- tie; wrap up
• bohaboha -- babble
• bomola -- break a house
• bona -- find; see
• bonekana -- appear; resurface
• bonesya -- show
• booboota -- babble
• boonzya -- have a foretaste
• boya -- fight
• buga -- paddle
• bugaangana -- meet
• bula -- get lost; lack
• buliilizya -- listen
• bulwa -- fail to get
• busa -- be empty
• buubuuta -- blow
• buuka -- comb
• buumba -- create; mould pots
• buuta -- choke
• buuzya -- ask; consult
• buzya -- be silent; lose; stop weeping
• buzya -- be quiet; stop crying
• bwaacha -- greet
• bweegula -- bark (like dog)
• byaala -- plant
• byaalila -- transplant
• cha -- dawn
• checheka -- sit quietly
• chelelelwa -- be late
• chootoka -- become crooked
• chuba -- be jealous
• chuga -- copulate
• chuguzya -- give enema
• chulika -- be inside out
• chulizya -- blow (mouth); whistle with lips
• chulizya -- whistle with lips
• chumita -- stab; be pricked
• chuuka -- stop doing something
• chuuma -- jump
• chuumachuuma -- jump repeatedly
• chuumila -- spring on s.o.
• chuungula -- redeem
• chwa -- spit
• chwaaguka -- snap
• chwaagula -- shorten; tear or cut into pieces; break string
• eebeembelela -- lead the way
• eechuungula -- get past perils of birth
• eefulizya -- sob
• eefuuhula -- blow the nose
• eegan' iinsilizya -- think
• eegana -- take care of something
• eeganiisilizya -- think
• eehahaamula -- yawn
• eehulila -- get cured
• eehulila -- become cured
• eehuuta -- be early
• eekuzya -- boast
• eela -- become clean
• eelaambulula -- stretch
• eelagazya -- dry with towel; wipe after evacuation
• eeleela -- remain on surface of water
• eeleenga -- try on
• eelomela -- talk to self
• eelula -- take out of water; rescue
• eemanya -- be careful
• eemba -- sing
• eenda -- want; like
• eeneema -- be suspended
• eengeha -- be clever
• eengelela -- glitter
• eeseleka -- hide oneself
• eesiiga -- smear on body
• eeta -- call
• eetabilwa -- answer a call
• eetayalisya -- prepare
• eetweeka -- put a load on the head
• eetyamusya -- sneeze
• eeyega -- learn
• eeyegesya -- teach
• eezunila -- defend
• eezuula -- caste off ones skin
• fula -- clean; wash
• fulahala -- be mild; careful
• fuluka -- move
• futana -- chew
• fuumbeela -- embrace
• fuundikila -- cover
• fuundula -- take off lid; uncork; uncover
• fwa -- die
• fwoola -- shave wood; carve
• gaamba -- say
• gaba -- divide
• gabanisya -- share
• gaga -- go bad
• gagahala -- become extremely rich
• gana -- tell story
• ganiila -- sing a long solo
• gaya -- despise
• gazihala -- be thick; wide
• geenda -- go
• geendelela -- continue
• gela -- go for water
• geleela -- oversee
• geleezya -- sprinkle
• gelela -- flow towards
• gelula -- deduct; pour out grains
• gesa -- harvest
• geya -- speak ill
• giimba -- call rain
• gil' eenda -- be pregnant
• gil' iifilo -- bubble
• gil' iiliho -- become thirsty
• gila -- act as if; have a mental state
• goba -- be long enough to reach; steer; come ashore
• golola -- straighten
• gololoka -- be straighted out from being bent
• gona -- snore
• goombola -- redeem
• goongobola -- take bark off
• goonzola -- fish with multi-hooked line
• gufuhala -- be shallow
• gufuhya -- shorten
• guguna -- gnaw
• gula -- buy
• gulusya -- winnow; shake off birds; insects
• guma -- be difficult; be strong; get dry; hard
• guma -- be firm
• gutuka -- snap (intr.) of rope
• guzya -- sell
• gwa -- fall; set (sun)
• gweelela -- enter water
• gwiisya -- drop; throw s.o. down
• h' oomwaanya -- make way; allow time
• ha -- give
• haaga -- be fat
• haaguka -- get sated
• haal' oobuguzi -- be expensive
• haala -- be brave
• haanga -- create
• haanguha -- be big; fat
• haba -- be wrong
• habihala -- be poor
• habuula -- clarify
• haga -- scream
• hagama -- be too big
• hakaana -- argue; discuss
• hakaanisya -- argue
• hakula -- take out
• hala -- scrape
• halala -- shiver
• halika -- have a second wife
• halula -- scrape food stuck to bottom; scratch
• hama -- be fat
• hanaantuka -- descend
• hanama -- go up; climb; approach slowly; ride
• hanika -- hang up on rafters
• hanula -- take in laundry
• hata -- dislike
• heeka -- carry on back
• heela -- pay tribute
• heela -- sick a dog on s.o.
• heelezya -- give betrothal present
• heemba -- blow bellows; fan
• heembelela -- fan repeatedly
• heenda -- be broken
• heendagula -- break
• heendeka -- be broken
• heesa -- forge
• heezula -- (hurricane) tear off root
• heleeluka -- be the very last
• hicha -- make reach
• hiiga -- hunt; look for
• hiiga -- search for
• hiilila -- catch fire
• hiinduka -- change (intr.); turn back
• hiindukila -- face; turn
• hiindukizya -- make st. face
• hiindula -- change (tr.); replace
• hiinga -- exchange
• hiingika -- put a pot on fire
• hiingya -- exchange
• hiinzuka -- become broken
• hiinzukahiinzuka -- become broken into pieces
• hiinzula -- break
• hiitaana -- feel a heat which leadsd to perspiration
• hika -- arrive; be enough
• hogola -- break a banana off
• hola -- be cold; cool down
• holooloka -- be in low spirits and thin after disease
• homa -- rough plaster
• hooliima -- make a cry
• hotolola -- twist
• huliilizya -- listen
• huliilwa -- be heard
• hulila -- feel; hear; obey
• huliliizya -- listen
• hulucha -- take out
• huluka -- go out;
• huma -- become blind
• humula -- cut open drum; bucket
• hunika -- pile up; store
• hunila -- doze
• hutaala -- be injured
• hutaazya -- injure
• hutubiha -- make speech
• huuha -- perform artificial respiration
• huula -- thresh maize cob
• huumula -- rest
• huumuzya -- console; pacify
• huunahuuna -- wander aimlessly
• huungula -- inherit; marry widow of brother; nephew
• hwa -- run out; come to an end
• hweehweeta -- whisper
• hweela -- help
• hya -- ripen; become well cooked; burnt
• hyoola -- sharpen edge; be thinned
• iiba -- steal
• iibula -- refloat
• iich' oomwooyo -- breathe
• iigama -- seek shelter from rain
• iigatilizya -- press down
• iigolola -- straighten oneself
• iiguta -- get sated
• iiha -- take from one place to another
• iihahamula -- yawn
• iiha-hanu -- remove from here
• iiha-ho -- clear away
• iiha-mo -- empty
• iihanula -- take off something
• iiheha mahiinzi -- blow nose
• iihucha -- congratulate
• iihuka -- float up
• iihula -- dish up
• iikala -- sit; stay
• iikala -- dwell
• iikiika -- become crooked
• iikiliizyaanya -- agree
• iikizya muunda -- inhale
• iikoohola -- cough up plegm
• iilagula -- turn a dark color
• iilila -- approach; move
• iilila obusyo -- step forward
• iilima -- spread
• iilizya -- make approach
• iilucha -- chase; catch; drive away
• iiluka -- run away
• iima -- refuse to give
• iimeelela -- stand up
• iimeelezya -- straighten s.o
• iinama -- bend (intr); be inclined
• iinamila -- hang above; bend over
• iinamucha -- erect; lift
• iinamuka -- rise up
• iinamula -- straighten
• iinamya -- lean (tr); bend (tr)
• iingana -- be equal
• iinika -- soak
• iinuka -- go home from work
• iisuuna -- crouch
• iitaanda -- straddle
• iitegatega -- stumble
• iitegeelezya -- take care
• iitulula -- empty a container of fluid
• iiyebwa -- remember
• iiza -- come
• iizuka -- remember
• iizula -- flood; become full; crowded
• iizuzya -- fill up
• juguta -- push
• kaanda -- knead; palpitate; squeeze
• kaanga -- frighten
• kaangaaza -- pretend; tease
• kaba -- faint
• kalaanga -- fry
• kalibisya -- invite
• kama -- go sour; milk; rule over
• kamula -- wring out; squeeze
• kana -- be plentiful
• kasaalila -- be bitter
• kebula -- bark
• kebulila -- wink
• keeha -- be small; become few
• keesya -- say goodbye
• kekula -- round of edges
• keleesa -- saw
• keluka -- become clever
• kena -- be indigent
• keneentula -- pour out a little (fluid)
• kenena -- decrease by pouring out; filter
• kiika -- lay across
• kiikama -- lay across
• kiinga -- be in the way; cover with lid; shut
• kiingilizya -- be in the way; support
• kiingula -- open; take off lid
• kiingulila -- get out of the way
• kila -- escape injury; surpass
• kilahiilwa -- feel pleased
• kililizya -- ululate
• kizya -- rescue
• koba -- roll
• kobya -- pick up
• koka -- invite for feast
• kokola -- become old
• kokoma -- crow hoarsely
• kola -- do; intoxicate
• koleela -- be sufficient
• kolela -- use
• kolola -- cough
• kolomwa -- chat
• kolw' eensoni -- feel shy
• koma -- tie up livestock
• komolola -- disentangle
• kookolima -- crow (of cock)
• koomba -- scrape away
• koongeezya -- get light from burning firewod
• kopa -- borrow
• kopesya -- lend money
• kuba -- fold; hem; clap
• kubuulula -- unfold
• kuga -- find
• kukuumba -- sweep
• kula -- mature; extract (thorn; tooth); go up
• kulatila -- follow (archaic)
• kuma -- pile; gather up; make (fire)
• kumuuka -- become famous
• kuula -- pull out; uproot; dig out
• kuulika -- come out
• kuuma -- be startled; grumble
• kuumisya -- puzzle s.o
• kuungana -- argue
• kuungilizya -- incite
• kuusya -- touch
• kuuta -- choke; thresh seeds from hull
• kuzya -- honor
• kwaama -- become jammed
• kwaamulula -- dislodge
• kwaasibwa -- get caught
• kwaata -- touch; grab
• kwaatana -- border on
• kwaatilila -- hold tightly
• kweemba -- hem
• kweena -- rub off
• laala -- be extinguished; lie down
• laala kugalame -- lie on the back
• laamba -- lick
• laanda -- interlace sticks; spread fire
• laazya -- extinguish
• laba -- pass
• laba -- pass beyond
• labya -- to flash (of lightening)
• laga -- promise; say goodbye
• lagana -- pat
• lagaza -- wipe sweat; suffocate (tr.)
• lagazya -- drop; wipe
• lagila -- command
• lagilizya -- command
• lagula -- heal; divine; purify; treat
• lamcha -- pay respect to king
• lamula -- decide; judge; settle; resolve
• lapa -- swear
• lasa -- shoot at; throw at; to shoot at neck vein of cow to d
• leba -- miss
• leega -- spread a hide
• leeha -- become long
• leeka -- leave
• leekela -- hand over; allow
• leembeelezya -- honor
• leenga -- fit; measure
• leengahala -- be idle
• leesa -- saw
• legalega -- become loose
• leka puliya -- abstain
• lekeelwa -- be given a present
• lekela -- stop
• lela -- raise child
• leleemba -- persist (of sound); be over-talkative
• lemala -- be lame
• lembeelezya -- implore
• lemwa -- become tired; fail
• libata -- walk
• liha -- pay
• liinda -- watch over; wait; defend
• liinganisya -- compare
• liisya -- feed
• lila -- cry
• lima -- cultivate
• lizya -- beat a drum
• loba -- fish with hooks
• loba -- become wet; lick
• lobeka -- soak (tr.)
• lobola -- dig tunnel; hole
• lobya -- make wet
• lofuhala -- become dirty
• loga -- bewitch
• lola -- see; be awake
• loma -- make speech
• loobelezya -- imitate
• loota -- dream
• lozya -- try
• luga -- come from
• luguula -- become surprised
• luguuzya -- surprise
• luka -- name; weave baskets
• lukwa -- be named
• luma -- bite
• lumika -- bleed by cupping
• lunduma -- roar
• luuba -- follow
• luubila -- be next
• luundika -- pile stones
• luunduma -- growl
• luunga -- season
• luungula -- burn
• lwaala -- become ill
• lwaana -- fight
• lya -- eat
• mala -- accomplish; succede; finish; spend time
• mala -- be exhausted (of supplies); complete
• manya -- know
• manyiila -- get accustomed to
• mela -- germinate; come out
• mila -- swallow
• monyoka -- become broken off
• mulika -- shine s.t.
• musoka -- be a bit odd
• mwa -- cut (hair)
• mwaalula -- eat something crunchy
• mweeka -- make lightening
• mweemweesa -- smile
• naaba -- take a bath
• naabya -- wash tr.
• naala -- urinate
• naampa -- flatulate
• naga -- bury; lose; throw away; throw out
• naganaga -- throw away
• nagila -- sleep
• nalaganya -- scatter
• nalanala -- be in trouble
• nalanazya -- punish
• nazya -- be a headache
• negela -- go down; down
• nena -- eat something crunchy; gnaw
• ng'oloota -- groan
• niga -- choke (e.g. on food)
• nigwa -- get caught in throat
• niiba -- be rich
• nonola -- sort grain
• nuka -- weave (e.g. trap)
• nula -- be sweet
• nulula -- pull up
• nunika -- stock up
• nuuna -- bleed (tr); suck out
• nuuncha -- smell (tr)
• nuunka -- smell (intr)
• nwa -- drink
• nya -- defecate
• nyaalaambula -- scatter
• nyaampa -- fart
• nyamuka -- become spoiled
• nyamula -- ruin (something)
• nyamula -- spoil (tr.)
• nyegela -- itch
• nyiliila -- be cold
• nyoongootola -- twist
• oocha -- burn (tr)
• oohela -- perspire
• oola -- collect
• ooleka -- show; point at
• ooloba -- be easy; soft
• oologozya -- clean pot
• ooma -- become dry
• oomagana -- become dry and hard
• oombeka -- build
• oomeya -- dry up
• oomya -- dry
• oongela -- add to; increase
• oongezeka -- become numerous
• oonka -- suck nipple
• oonkya -- nurse
• oota -- warm at fire
• ooya -- tear off piece
• ooyela -- perspire
• paanga -- line up; put in order
• pekecha -- make fire with stick
• piinda -- become bent
• pima -- measure
• puupa -- become light
• saahila -- blame
• saakula -- recapture
• saalila -- be bitter
• saaluuma -- talk loud
• saamula -- splash; sprinkle
• saandwa -- be engaged; wooed
• saanga -- meet; find
• saankamala -- be acid
• saantuula -- chop up
• saasibwa -- be sad
• saasila -- forgive; sympathize with
• saaswa -- be in pain
• saasya -- mix
• saatuuka -- be in tatters
• saatuula -- chop up; split (tr.)
• saaya -- get angry
• sab' eekisa -- beg pardon
• saba -- ask for; request
• sabaantuka -- overflow
• sagala -- take s.o. to a place
• sagasya -- stir
• sahiinga -- fan
• saka -- buy food for famine
• sakaala -- cover with thatch
• sakula -- fish with line
• sala -- be insane
• sala -- cut off meat
• salaaluka -- become cracked
• salaalula -- burst open
• salaambula -- put in disorder
• salasala -- slice
• salila -- cut off branches
• sanula -- tear into strips
• seemba -- pack a load
• seembulula -- unpack a load
• seena -- collect firewood
• seendekelezya -- see off
• seenseela -- move in haste
• seesela -- sprinkle
• seleka -- hide something
• semela -- be good
• semelelwa -- feel pleased
• semezya -- make a place good
• sesemkwa -- become vexed
• sibika -- tether an animal
• sibula -- free; untie an animal
• siga -- surpass
• sigala -- remain
• sigana -- be different
• sigazya -- cause to remain; leave behind
• siiba -- fast
• siiga -- rub body; smear medicine; annoint
• siima -- thank
• siimba -- dig
• siimbila -- stick into ground
• siimbula -- disenter
• siinda -- sing the bass line; to avoid words out of respect
• siindajila -- drive a pillar into the ground
• siindika -- push; stir fire
• siindilila -- lift load; put in with force
• siinga -- defeat; win
• siinga -- rub; apply ointment
• siingisya -- shake tr.
• siingwa -- be defeated
• siitala -- doubt
• siitasiita -- doubt
• sika -- sink
• sikina -- hiccup
• siliba -- apply finish coat of plaster
• siliila -- get scorched
• siluhala -- be stupid
• sindilila -- drive nail
• sinula -- show the teeth
• sisiimuka -- wake up (refl)
• sisiimula -- wake up (tr)
• sitaaka -- accuse
• soba -- get tangled
• sobooka -- disentangle
• soboola -- untangle
• sobya -- entangle
• sokoonola -- prod
• sola -- choose; scrape
• someenkelezya -- point
• someka -- stab ground with a spear
• somesya -- teach
• somola -- extract (jigger)
• sona -- sew
• sonola -- pick up food bit by bit
• soombookelwa -- understand
• soomboola -- explain
• soongoka -- become sharpened to a point
• soongola -- sharpen point
• soozoola -- chop up
• sosola -- peel; shell (beans)
• sub' eenuma -- step back
• suba -- return
• suba-mo -- say again
• subiilila -- repeat
• subiizibwa -- get something back
• subiizya -- give back
• subila -- go; do again
• subula -- graze skin
• subya -- answer; give back; return
• suka -- braid hair; weave clothes; mats
• sukula -- untie hair
• suluumula -- untie
• suma -- collect medicinal herbs
• sumika -- tie
• susa -- resemble
• susubula -- strip bark from a tree
• sutula -- pull a muscle
• suungula -- pick small stones
• suungulila -- peep
• suuntama -- crouch
• sweeka -- cover; thatch
• sweela -- marry (man)
• sweelwa -- get married (woman)
• sweeza -- strain; filter
• swiilima -- get dark in the evening
• sya -- grind
• syaabala -- travel
• syoola -- sharpen edge
• ta -- release; put down
• ta hanu -- put here
• ta' lehaani -- put in hock
• taabuka -- become split
• taabula -- split
• taagana -- branch off; divorce
• taaganila -- be thinned (of crops)
• taaganisya -- thin crops
• taahila -- enter
• taamba -- stop s.o from doing
• taambaala -- crawl; spread branches
• taambika -- to put leg across that of bedmate; make sacrifice
• taambuka -- cross; step over
• taanda -- spread
• taandika -- begin
• taanga -- keep cattle from going too far
• taanula -- open up
• tafuna -- chew
• tagalala -- spread a hide
• taganisya -- be split open
• tagasya -- boil (tr)
• tagata -- boil (intr)
• taha -- draw water
• talatala -- stagger
• tama -- be too heavy
• tamiila -- be drunk
• tamuunda -- put in
• tamwa -- regret
• tanaka -- vomit
• teeba -- sneak up; stalk
• teeka -- cook; dye
• teekateeka -- sink
• teekelezya -- press down
• teel' eekelele -- shout
• teel' omube -- belch
• teela -- hit; blow musical instrument; stop at a place
• teemba -- rejoice
• teesulila -- set free
• teezy' eebizwi -- kneel
• tega -- fish with net; trap
• tegela -- lie in wait
• teguka -- be dislocated
• tegula -- carry
• telela -- be slippery; slip
• temuka -- be worn out
• temula -- tear
• tesula -- dislodge
• tetela -- cackle
• tiba -- stab
• tiga -- pinch (snuff)
• tigiila -- go on crutches
• tigisya -- wave s.o to one
• tiimbila -- poke along; walk casually (esp. with stick)
• tiina -- fear
• tiizya -- borrow; lend
• tilimya -- spin thread
• tina -- revere
• toba -- pay tribute
• tobela -- disappear
• togota -- boil (intr.)
• toloka -- escape
• toneka -- hurt a sore
• toona -- ooze; drip
• toonela -- drip on
• toongola -- pick fruit
• tubila -- dive; drown; sink; plunge into water
• tukula -- be red
• tula -- go out; stroll
• tulila -- pass disease; visit
• tuma -- send
• tuna -- tatoo
• tuula -- dwell; stay; put down
• tuundula -- pierce
• tuunga -- govern; keep animals;
• tuzya -- show around
• twaal' eenda -- be pregnant
• twaala -- take; rule over
• twaanga -- pound
• tweeka -- put up a load
• unguluma -- rumble
• yaanga -- refuse
• yaanga -- deny; disagree
• yaka -- get lit
• yala -- spread
• yanuka -- be thin
• yanula -- put away
• yasya -- chop; split
• yata -- cut; smash
• yatika -- become smashed; cracked
• yatika -- burst open
• yeemba -- sing
• yeta -- call
• yoga -- shout
• yoleka -- show; point at
• yoma -- become dry
• yoota -- warm at fire
• yuunga -- sift
• yuunya -- sift solids
• z' obusyo? -- step forward
• zaala -- give birth
• zaana -- play
• ziba -- fill hole; obstruct; stop up
• zibira -- deny permission
• zigeeza -- give birth to first child
• ziha -- swim
• ziika -- plant; bury
• ziikula -- dig up
• ziimba -- get a bump; swell
• ziimbeelwa -- over-eat
• ziinga -- wind string around e.g. construction site
• zila -- abstain
• ziligita -- tickle
• ziliinga -- make round thing
• zina -- dance
• zingiilila -- wind around
• zitila -- hedge in; hem in; fence
• zitoha -- be heavy
• zooka -- revive
• zoola -- unearth
• zoongoloka -- become round
• zuba -- fish (archaic)
• zuguta -- blow
• zula -- need
• zuluga -- tear off a branch; cut open
• zuluunga -- stir
• zuluungula -- raise dust
• zuma -- insult; scold; abuse
• zuma -- rumble (thunder); grumble; be startled
• zumiilizya -- curse
• zuna -- help
• zuuba -- feel lonely; sad
• zuula -- put off clothes; expose genitals
• zuulika -- get taken off
• zuumbika -- prepare a wort; bake in ashes (rare)
• zuunda -- rot; become high
• zuungulucha -- make st. turn around
• zuunguluka -- turn around
• zuunguusya -- swing st. around
• zw' eensagama -- bleed
• zwaala -- wear
• zweeka -- put on clothes