Ndebele Verblist

Ndebele language

• aba v.t. -- share; share out.
• abela v.t. -- share; allot to; share among.
• ahluka v.i. -- differ; become different.
• ahlukana v.i. -- 1; differ from; get divided or parted from.
• ahlukanisa v.t. -- 1; separate; divâde; detach. 2; adjudge a ca
• ahlukanisela v.t. -- separate for; consecrate; dedicate; sanctify
• ahlula v.t. -- beat; overcome; conquer.
• ahluleka v.i. -- be overcome; fail; be unable.
• ahlulela v.t. -- judge.
• akhela v.t. -- build at; build for.
• akhelana v.t. -- 1; build for one another. 2; build near one
• ala v.t. & v.i. -- deny; refuse (alana: refuse one anoth
• alela v.t. -- forbid; refuse.
• aluka v.i.; v.t -- 1;v.i. go out to graze. 2; v.t.; plait; weave; k
• ambula v.t. -- 1; uncover; reveal. 2; strip off.
• amuka v.t. -- deprive; take away.
• amukela v.t. -- accept; receive; welcome.
• amukezelana v.t. -- pass or hand to one another; pass round.
• anda v.i. -- 1; grow; increase; multiply; spread. 2; bec
• andisa v.t. -- spread; increase; expand; multiply.
• anela v.i -- 1; v.i.; become enough; become sufficient for. 2;
• anelisa v.t. -- satisfy.
• anga v.t. -- kiss.
• anyisa v.i. -- suckle.
• aphuka v.i. -- get broken; get broken off; get fractured.
• aphula v.t. -- break; snap off; break law etc.; fracture.
• azana v.i. -- 1; know one another; 2; like and respect one a
• azisa v.t. -- acquaint make known v introduce; advertise i
• ba v.i. -- be become.
• baba v.i. -- be acrid; be bitter.
• babala v.t. -- be intent upon.
• babaza v.t. -- 1; admire; praise; 2; be surprised at; 3; do
• babela v.t. -- burn off grass.
• bala v.t. -- 1; read 2; count; reckon.
• balaza v.i. -- leave marks behind.
• baleka v.i. -- run away; flee.
• balela v.t. -- count for; reckon against. v.i.: shine with
• balisana v.i. -- reckon with one another settle with (accounts;etc)
• bamba v.t. -- 1; catch; grip; grasp; hold; sieze; 2; arres
• bambeka v.i. -- 1; be held; be in the grip of 2; be busy; be w
• bambela v.t. -- 1; hold or grasp for 2; bambela inhliziyo=ha
• bambelela v.t. -- 1; cleave to; cling to; hold fast to; persev
• bambisa v.t. -- 1; pledge; 2; help.
• banda v.t. -- chop wood.
• bandakanya v.t. -- pin against; couple with.
• bandezela v.t. -- crowd; press against.
• bandlulula v.t. -- disown or reject (from the family or tribe); discriminate.
• banga v.t. -- 1; cause something un-pleasant; stir up some
• bangisana v.i. & v.t. -- rival; contend with one another.
• bangula v.t. -- extract thorn.
• basa v.t. -- kindle a fire.
• baza v.t. -- carve wood; do carpentry.
• bejela v.i. -- be determined to (in perf. e.g.; ubhejele uk
• beka v.t. -- 1; place; put; 2; appoint to office; 3; belu
• bekela v.t. -- 1; put in; put for; put by; store; 2; bekela
• bekelela v.t. -- 1; heap up one on another; 2; store up for;
• bekezela v.i. -- endure; have patience; be longsuffering.
• beletha v.t. -- 1; give birth to a child; 2; carry child on
• belethisa v.t. -- assist at a birth.
• benga v.t. -- cut meat in strips.
• benyezela v.i. -- flash; glint; reflect.
• betha v.t. -- 1; beat; hit; strike (betha ikhwelo=whistle)
• bethana v i. -- clash; collide.
• bethela v.t. -- 1; hammer in; 2; crucify.
• bhaca v.i. -- hide.
• bhacaza v.t. -- squelch in mud.
• bhaceka v.i. -- begin to bear (of mealies).
• bhada v.t. -- 1; plaster (walls); 2; plate with metal.
• bhadala v.t. -- pay wages; pay money.
• bhadalaza v.t. -- improvise.
• bhadazela v.i. -- flounder (in speech or in action).
• bhadlaza v.t. -- say something blantly.
• bhaha v.i. -- spread; become plentiful (of destructive insects; etc.)
• bhajwa v.pass. -- get stuck (as of vehicle in river etc.).
• bhala v.t. -- write.
• bhansula v.t. -- strike gently; pat.
• bhaphathiza v.t. -- baptise.
• bhaqa v.t. -- pierce the rolling target in the game called
• bhavuma v.i -- growl.
• bhaxula v.t. -- strike with a flexible object; whip.
• bhazalala v.i. -- lie down flat; sprawl out .
• bhazuka v.i. -- break away from (as one separating from a group)
• bhebha v.i. -- blaze; flaine; burn up.
• bhebheza v.t. -- fan up flames.
• bheda v.i. -- talk nonsense; talk wildly.
• bheja v.i; v.t. -- bet.
• bhema v.t. & v.i. -- 1; smoke tobacco; 2; take snuff.
• bhemisa v.t. -- 1; give snuff; 2; give a whiff of the pipe b
• bhensa v.i. -- bend inwards (of the back as due to load; et
• bhewuka v.i. -- overturn.
• bhibhidla v.i. -- suppurate; fester.
• bhidlika v.i. -- fall down; subside; become demolished (of wa
• bhidliza v.t. -- demolish; throw down smash.
• bhija v.t. -- drink to the dregs.
• bhilikica v.t. -- touch or hold with dirty hands.
• bhinqika v.i. -- wriggle; writhe; squirm.
• bhoboka v.i. -- 1; break up (of clouds); 2; get pierced or p
• bhoboza v.t. -- 1; break through; 2; pierce; puncture.
• bhoda v.i.;v.t. -- go round.
• bhodabhoda v.i.;v.t. -- wind about.
• bhodla v.i.;v.t. -- belch up wind; break wind.
• bhola v.t. -- drill a hole.
• bhonga v.i. -- grunt; roar.
• bhonsa v.i. -- low (of cattle).
• bhonxula v.t. -- wrench of; break off at a joint (as maize co
• bhotsha v.i.;v.t. -- excrete.
• bhubha v.i. -- perish; die.
• bhubhisa v.t. -- destroy (pass. bhujiswa).
• bhubhudla v.i. -- foam; throw up foam (as sea); froth.
• bhuda v.i. -- talk rashly.
• bhudluza v.t. -- break into small pieces; crumble.
• bhudula v.t. -- search minutely.
• bhukuda v.t. -- stab.
• bhukutsha v.i. -- play in water.
• bhula v.t. -- 1; thresh; stamp corn; 2; divine. enclose.
• bhumbuthela v.t. -- put too much; be wasteful with (as salt; wat
• bhuqa v.t -- 1; destroy completely; devastate; 2; harrow.
• bhuquza v.t. -- kick up dust.
• bihla v.i. -- shed tears silently.
• bika v.t. -- announce; report.
• bikezela v.i.;v.t. -- foretale 1; . prophesy.
• bila v.i. -- boil. bubble.
• bilisa v.t. -- boil.
• binda v.t. -- throw (in wrestling).
• bindana v.i. -- wrestle.
• bingelela v.t. -- greet.
• binya v.i. -- writhe.
• binyizela v.i. -- wriggle about.
• bipha v.i. -- look annoyed or downcast.
• biya v.t. -- fence; mmon; 2; name; give a name to; 3 biza
• biza v.t. -- 1; call; suisi-bhulo (isi›'izi): threshing s
• bobotheka v.i. -- smile.
• bohla v.i. -- subside.
• bola v.i. -- decay; rot.
• boleka v.t. -- l; borrow (with loc.); 2; lend.
• bona v.t. -- l; see; 2; perceive; understand.
• bonakala v.i. -- 1; appear; be visible; 2; be clear; be evide
• bonakalisa v.t. -- demonstrate; show; reveal; disclose.
• bonda v.t. -- stir; stir up; mix; mash.
• bonela v.t. -- 1; take care of; 2; take greetings to; 3; co
• bonelela v.t. -- treat leniently.
• bonga v.t. -- 1; appreciate; thank; give thanks; 2; praise
• bonisa v.t. -- 1; cause to see; show; 2; oversee; administe
• bopha v.t. -- 1; bind; fasten; tie 2; arrest.
• bophela v.t. -- 1; hang (by neck); 2; harnessl inspan.
• botoka v.i. -- be soft when felt with fingers.
• botoza v.t. -- feel gently with fingers; palpate.
• bovula v.i. -- bellow excitedly
• bubula v.i. -- groan; moan; sigh.
• buka v t. -- admire; look at with admiration; gaze at.
• bukeka v.i. -- be attractive; be admirable be niì to look a
• bukela v.t. -- watch (something happening)
• bukeza v.t. -- 1; refine grain ready for making beer; 2; do
• bulala v.t. -- 1; murder; kill; 2; break to pieìs; 3; destr
• bulunga v.t. -- shape round (as knob on stick).
• bumba v.t. -- mould; make with clay
• buna v.i. -- fade; droop.
• bungaza v.i. -- gather around.
• busa v.t. & v.i. -- 1; rule; reign; 2; be well off and co
• busisa v.t. -- bless.
• butha v.t. -- collect; gather.
• buthana v.i. -- assemble; gather together.
• buyela v.i. -- go back to; return to.
• buyisa v.t. -- 1; bring back (here); send back (here); retu
• buyisana v.i. -- be reconciled wiäh.
• buyisela v.t. -- 1; take back (there); send back (there); ret
• buza v.t. -- ask a question; question.
• buzisisa v.t. -- enquire carefully.
• caba v.t. -- 1; clear trees; etc. (to build); set up one'
• cabanga v.t. -- think.
• caca v.i. -- become clear; obvious. bcacada; v.t.: shell
• cacada v.t. -- shell nuts.
• caka v.i. -- bccome thin; become emaciated.
• cambalala v.i. -- lie down (stretched out). ocanda; v.r.: cut
• canda v.t. -- cut up into portions.
• candula v.t -- 1; recondition iron instrument; 2; refresh.
• canduleka v.i. -- 1; become renewed or rejuvenated; 2; get rec
• caphuka v.i. -- get angry; get annoyed.
• caphula v.t. -- offend a person; annoy. Zcaphuna; v.t.: scoo
• casuka v.i. -- become nauseated.
• casula v.t. -- nauseate.
• cathama v.i. -- crouch down to hide.
• cathamela v.i. -- crouch down in hiding and wait for; ambush.
• cathula v.i. -- toddle (as a child).
• catsha v.i. -- hide.
• ceba v.t. -- 1; give away; accuse; inform against; 2; plo
• cebisana v.i -- plot or conspire together.
• ceca v.i. -- be adorned; wear ornaments.
• cecisa v.t. -- adorn; beautify; decorate.
• cela v.t. -- ask for; request.
• cenga v.t. -- strain; purify liquid.
• cengeka v.i. -- become clear or pure (of liquid).
• centa v.t. -- clear away (grass; scrub; etc.).
• cethula v.i. -- get clear (sky).
• ceza v.t. -- 1; go round; bypass; skirt; 2; go on a
• cezuka v.i. -- get chipped off; get split (of hard substanc
• cezula v.t. -- chip off; split (of hard suS stance); break
• chachamba v.i. -- 1; make noise of crackling crackle 2; burst
• chama v.i; v.t. -- urinate.
• chamisela v.t. -- hatch.
• chamusela v.t. -- hatch.
• chapha v.t. -- cross over; ford
• chaphakela v.i. -- splash on to.
• chaphazela v.t. -- splash on to.
• chasisa v.t. -- explain; clarify.
• chasisela v.t. -- explain for; interpret.
• chathaza v.t. -- serve or pour out in small amounts.
• chatheka v.t. -- pour out; serve out.
• chaya v.t. -- 1; spread out to dry; 2; spread cut in open;
• chaza v.t. -- explain.
• chela v.t. -- sprinkle.
• chelesa v.i. -- be comfortable; be happy; live at ease.
• chinsa v.t. -- 1; . eat of first fruits (done ceremonially
• chitha v.t. -- 1; abolish; ann;ihilate; destroy; 2; scatter
• chitheka v.i. -- 1; get scattered; 2; spill overflow; 3; beco
• choboza v.t. -- crush. chola; v.t.: grind finely.
• chophelela v.i. -- persevere; persist.
• chothoza v.t. -- critioise; backbite.
• chuma v.i -- become civil; become mild; become polite; bec
• chwaya v.t. -- sound out; test.
• ciba v.t. -- hurl sharp weapon; hurl sharp weapon at.
• cibikeza v.t. -- squash.
• cibiza v.t. -- squash.
• cimeza v.t. -- close eyes tightly.
• cina v.i.;v.t. -- end; terminate; stop.
• cindezela v.t. -- 1; press; press against; 2; compel; force; o
• cinga v.t. -- 1; look for 2; examine.
• cocobisa v.i. -- remain quiet; restrained.
• cola v.t. -- give feast in honour of.
• coleka v.i. -- become fine; pure.
• comba v.t. -- mark with a spot.
• cotsha v.i.;v.t. -- pick up with beak; peck at.
• cuba v.i. -- starve to death (of animals).
• cuba v.t. -- mix with water and knead with hands.
• cubuka v.i. -- get squashed.
• cubungula v.t. -- pick out carefully (as some seeds from other
• cubuza v.t. -- squash.
• cuca v.t. -- deprive another (by continually borrowing or
• cunuka v.i. -- get disgusted.
• cunula v.t. -- disgust; nauseate.
• cupha v.t. -- take out (a fefiv from many).
• cutha v.t. -- pluck feathers.
• cuya v.t. -- cut ofl small pieces (as flesh).
• cwayiza v.t. -- blink; wink.
• cwazima v.i. -- flash. swazimuia; v.i.: shine brightly; glis
• cwazimula v.i. -- shine brightly; glisten; glitter.
• cweba v.i. -- become clear or pure (of water).
• cwenga v.t. -- strain.
• cwethula v.i. -- get clear (of sky). swila; v.i.: sink into;
• cwila v.i. -- sink into; dive into.
• cwilisa v.t. -- dip; sirik; p!unge.
• dabuka v.i. -- 1; get torn; get split; get craciced; 2; bec
• dabukisa v.t. -- grieve.
• dabula v.t. -- 1; tear. split; crack; 2; saw through 3; crc
• dabulela v.t. -- 1; break up a crowd; send people away; dismi
• dakisa v.t. -- make drunk.
• dakwa v.i. -- be drunk.
• dala v.t. -- create.
• dalula v.t. -- expose.
• damba v.i. -- 1; subside; go down; 2; be calmed.
• dambisa v.t. -- 1; cause to go down; 2; calm; soothe.
• damuka v.i. -- break up; disperse (of clouds).
• dana v.i. -- become disappointed; become sad; become deje
• dandalaza v.i. -- come into view; come into the open.
• dangala v.i. -- become dejected; become depressed in spirit.
• dangalaza v.i. -- be astride; sit astride stand astride.
• danisa v.t. -- sadden; disappoint; depress; discourage.
• daxazela v.i. -- make squelching noise.
• daya v.t. -- roll along.
• dayizela v.i. -- stagger (as a drunkard).
• daza v.t. -- split down; cut in strips.
• dazuka v.i. -- get split down.
• dazula v.t. -- split down.
• dazuluka v.i. -- cry or shriek with pain.
• deda v.i. -- 1; die down (of flames or fire) 2; get out o
• dedesa v.i. -- cry often (with no apparent reason).
• dela v.i. -- 1; become satisfied 2; abandon; give up; los
• delela v.t. -- despise; scorn.
• deleleka v.i. -- become contemptible.
• dembesela v.i. -- act in a careless or lazy way.
• depha v.i. -- become deep; grow tall or long.
• dibana v.i. -- get mixed.
• dibanisa v.t. -- mix.
• dida v.t. -- confuse; baffle; mislead.
• dideka v.i. -- become confused; become bafflcd.
• didizela v.i. -- bustle about.
• dikiza v.i. -- palpitate (of heart); twitch.
• dilika v.i. -- fall down (of building; wall).
• dilingana v.i. -- 1. become full or round (as of moon); 2; imbi
• diliza v.t. -- destroy; pull down.
• dinda v.t. -- 1; beat soundly; belabour; 2; stamp (as with
• dindiliza v.i. -- lie stretched out.
• dinga v.t. -- l; lookfor; seek; 2; miss; need.
• dingeka v.i. -- be missing; be needful; be necessary.
• dinisa v.t. -- tire.
• dinsila v.t. -- throw down heavily (as a load).
• dinwa v.i. -- get tired
• ditshizela v.i. -- walk heavily. u-diwo (ulu/ izin): small clay
• dlala v.i. & v.t. -- play; play about.
• dlalisa v.t. -- amuse; cause to play; play with (a ball; etc).
• dlavuza v.t. -- make tatters; tear to tatters.
• dlelana v.i. -- bc friendly.
• dlelezela v.t. -- cheat; defraud.
• dlephula v.t. -- scratch; tear (with nails; claws; etc.).
• dlephuna v.t. -- scratch; tear (with nails; claws; etc.).
• dlisa v.t. -- l; poison; 2; cause to eat.
• dlova v.t. -- attack roughly.
• dlubulunda. v.i. -- break free of control.
• dlukuza v.t. -- jerk violently; jolt.
• dlula v.t. -- 1; pass by; pass; 2; exceed; surpass; 3; pas
• dlulisa v.t. -- send past.
• dlulisela v.t. -- send forward; appeal to.
• dlwengula v.t. -- rape; ravish.
• dobha v.t. -- pick up.
• donda v.i. -- delay; be slow (on purpose); dawdle.
• dondobala v.i. -- grow weak (due to age; sickness).
• dondolozela v.i. -- go along with aid of staff.
• donsa v.t. -- 1; draw; drag; pull; haul; 2; attract; 3; le
• duba v.t. -- afflict; annoy; trouble; worry.
• dubeka v.i. -- become troubled
• duda v.t. -- rouse or excite passion.
• dudaza v.t. -- comfort; console.
• dudula v.t. -- push back; repel.
• duha v.i -- go astray; stray.
• duhisa v.t. -- kad astray.
• dukluza v.t. -- 1; hit hard on something; 2; Jab.
• dula v.i. -- be expensive.
• duma v.i. -- 1; thunder; rumble; 2; become famous.
• dumala v.i. -- become dejected; become depressed.
• dumaza v.t. -- 1; dishonour; 2; disapponit.
• dumela v.t. -- attack; rush at; kap at.
• dumisa v.t. -- 1; adore; praise; worship honour; glorify; 2
• dundubala v.i. -- arrive at the summit; come to the top
• dunga v.t. -- agitate liquid; stir up mud (from the bottom
• dungulula v.t. -- disturb.
• dutshuza v.t. -- hit hard; hit with fist
• dweba v.t. -- draw; draw lines
• eba v.t. -- steal.
• eboleka v.t. -- 1; borrow (with loe); 2; lend.
• ebuka v.i. -- get stripped off; get peeled off.
• ebula v.t. -- peel off (bark; fibre; vegetables; ete.).
• ehla v.i;v.t. -- come down; go down desìnd.
• ehlela v.t. & v.i. -- 1; come down to; go down to; alight u
• ehlelwa v.i. -- experienee (N.B.: ehlelwa liphupho=fall into
• ehlika v.i. -- come down off; dismount disembark.
• ehlisa v.t. -- 1; abase; bring down; put down; lower; 2; gi
• ejwayela v.t. -- get aecustomed to; get used to; do habituall
• ejwayeleka v.i. -- become customary.
• ejwayeza v.t. -- accustom; familiarise. da; v.t.: winnow.
• ela v.t. -- winnow.
• elama v.t. -- follow in order of birth or rank.
• elapha v.t. -- treat medieally; cure.
• eleka v.t -- 1; add on to; add more; 2; suppo -elekelela;
• elula v.t. -- stretch out hand; arm or leg.
• eluleka v.t. -- advise; put right.
• emula v.i. -- begin to (as: begin to get pregnant; begin t
• enaba v.i. -- lie on the back with legs out.
• enama v.i -- be happy; be content.
• enana v.i. -- retaliate.
• enanisa v.t. -- pay back; pay in exchange.
• enda v.i. -- marry; take a husband.
• endisa v.t. -- marry off; give a girl in marriage.
• endlaleka v.i -- be spread out.
• endlula v.t. -- roll up (mat; bedding; ete.).
• eneka v.t. -- air clothes; etc; ; air a grievance.
• engama v.t. -- 1; hang over; lean over; 2; overawe.
• engeza v.t. -- add on to; increase.
• engezelela v.t. -- add on to.
• engula v.t. -- remove scum; skim off.
• enwaya v.t. -- scratch irritating place.
• enyanya v.t. -- dislike very much.
• enyanyeka v.i. -- be disgusting.
• enyela v.i. -- 1; be dislocated; be sprained; 2; be diseont
• enyisa v.t. -- suckle (of animals).
• enyuka v.i. -- ascend.
• enyula v.t. -- pick object out of water.
• enza v.t. -- aceomplish; act; do; make.
• enzakala v.i. -- get done; happen.
• enzeka v.i. -- get done; happen (N.B.: kungenzeka=it can be
• enzela v.t. -- do for another.
• enzisisa v.t. -- do earnestly.
• ephula v.t. -- remove pot from fire.
• eqa v.t. & v.i. -- 1; jump; jump over; leap; bounce; hop
• eqisa v.t. & v.i. -- 1; ; cause to jump; bounce; etc.; 2;
• esaba v.i. & v.t. -- be afraid; fear.
• esabeka v.i. -- be fearful; be terrible; be fierce.
• esula v.t. -- wipe; wipe off; wipe out.
• etha. v.t. -- pour milk through a funnel.
• ethekela v.t. -- visit.
• ethuka v.i. -- be frightened; be startled.
• ethula v.t. -- offload; unload; take off.
• ethusa v.t. -- frighten; startle.
• ethwesa v.t. -- burden; load on to.
• etsh'a v.i. -- go down; subside.
• etsh'ata v.t. -- carry on shoulder.
• etsh'isa v.t. -- ruminate; chew the cud.
• eya v.t. -- look down upon; despise.
• eyama v.i. -- lean on.
• eyamisa v.t. -- lean on.
• eyisa v.t. -- despise.
• fa v.i. -- die; come to an end.
• fafaza v.t. -- spray; sprinkle (water).
• faka v.t. -- put in; put on.
• fakaza v.i. & v.t. -- testify; witness; bear witness to.
• famanga v.i. -- be fragile; break easily.
• fana v.i. -- be like; resemble.
• fanana v.i. -- be like; resemble.
• fananisa v.t. -- liken to; compare with
• fanela v.i. -- 1; become necessary (e.g. kufanele=it is necessary)
• fanisa v.t. -- liken to; compare with.
• faza v.t. -- spray; spurt.
• feba v.i. -- commit adultery
• feceka v.i. -- get bent over and broken.
• feceza v.i. -- talk scandal.
• feceza v.t. -- bend over and break; turn over (as edge of k
• fehlezela v.i. -- walk with swagger.
• feketha v.i. -- become speckled or spotted.
• fela v.t. -- 1; die for; die at; 2; fela umona = be envio
• felwa v.i. -- be bereaved of; lose through death.
• feza v.t. -- accomplish. [foot; u-fezela (u/o): scorpion.
• fica v.t. -- 1; come upon; catch up with; find 2; wink th
• fihla v.t. -- hide (zifihla=hide oneself).
• fihlakala v i. -- get hidden.
• fihliza v.t. -- crush.
• fika v.i. -- come; arrive; reach.
• fikela v.t. -- befall.
• filisa v.t. -- frustrate; confound
• finya v.t. -- wipe or blow the nose.
• finyela v.i. -- become short.
• finyelela v.t. -- attain; reach; reach up to.
• finyeza v.t. -- shorten.
• fiphala v.i. -- cloud over; get cloudy; become dark or dim;
• fiphaza v.t. -- darken; obscure.
• fisa v.t. -- 1; wish; wish for; 2; cause to die.
• fithizela v.t. -- press down (with hand; etc.).
• fohla v.t. -- break through (fence; hedge; etc.); break do
• fohlakala v.i. -- get smashed; get broken into.
• fola v.i.;v.t. -- 1; drill; line up; 2; sniff; sniffup.
• foma v.i. -- begin to bud; begin to put forth.
• fuba v.i. -- 1; be half done; be half cooked; 2; be not f
• fubisa v.t. -- interrupt another (before he has completed s
• fudumala v.i. -- become warm; become sultry.
• fudumeza v.t. -- warm up.
• fuga v.t. -- push a cart; etc.
• fuka v.t. -- earth up (as potatoes).
• fukama v.i. -- 1; be broody; sit on eggs; 2; incubate.
• fukamela v.t. -- 1; sit on eggs 2; shelter.
• fukula v.t. -- lift heavy object.
• fukuzela v.i. -- walk with clothes swinging about; walk with
• fula v.t. -- gather green crops from field (for immediate
• fulathela v.t. -- disregard; turn the back upon.
• fulela v.t. -- cover up (wilh grass); thatch.
• fumana v.t. -- find.
• fumanisa v.t. -- find.
• fumba v.t. -- throw down in a heap.
• fumbatha v.t. -- clench the hand; hold in closed hand.
• fumfusa v.i. -- begin to bud (as trees).
• funa v.t. -- 1; desire; want; 2; seek. funa; conj.: lest.
• funda v.t. -- 1; learn; 2; read.
• fundisa v.t. -- teach; educate.
• funeka v.i. -- be desirable.
• funga v.t. -- swear by; take an oath; vow.
• funza v.t. -- feed a child (with spoon; etc.)
• fusa v.t. -- heat up (to faalitate removal of bark; mcali
• futha v.t. -- 1; v.t.; suffocate; smother; pelt with many stones
• futheka v.i. -- be keen; feel strong emotion (anger; etc.).
• futhelana v.i. -- suffocate; become smothered.
• fuya v.t. -- 1; own stock; rear animals; breed; 2; inheri
• fuywa v.i. -- 1; be addicted to; 2; be domesticated.
• fuza v.t. -- 1; be like; resemble (esp. of family likenes
• gabaza v.i. -- talk thoughtlessly.
• gabisa v.t. -- show conceit over.
• gadla v.t. -- strike a hard blow.
• gagasa v.i. -- stammer; stutter.
• galula v.i. -- drown.
• gama v.t. -- 1; catch; 2; interrupt speaker.
• gamula v.t. -- chop down (earth; stones).
• gana v.i. -- become betrothed; fall in love.
• ganda v.t. -- pound; stamp.
• gandela v.t. -- press down (earth; stones).
• ganga v.i. -- act fooolishly; be mischievous.
• gaqa v.i. -- crawl.
• gaxa v.t. -- hang around the neck; place across the body
• gaya v.t. -- grind corn.
• gayeka v.i. -- be coarse (as unsifted corn).
• gcama v.t. -- sew thatch.
• gcika v.t. -- put leaves in a vessel (to prevent water spi
• gcina v.t. -- keep; observe; preserve.
• gcizelela v.i. -- repeat with emphasis.
• gcoba v.t. -- 1; annoint oil; smear on (face or body); 2;
• gcona v.t. -- 1; accuse wrongly; 2; ridicule; dishonour; s
• gcwala v.i.;v.t. -- become full; fill up.
• gcwalelwa v.pass. -- be prevented from crossing ( by a full river).
• gcwalisa v.t. -- 1; fill; 2; fulfill.
• gcwaliseka v.i. -- become fulfilled.
• gcwiliza v.i. -- 1; bubble; 2; bob up and down; 3; splash.
• gebenga v.i.;v.t. -- act lawlessly.
• gebha v.t -- dig.
• geca v.t. -- cut; cut at with a knife; knife.
• gedezela v.i -- shake; tremble.
• gedla v.i. -- grind or gnash teeth; make a grating noise.
• gedleza v.i. -- rattle ( of wheel; etc.).
• gela v.t. -- cut hair.
• geleza v.i. -- flow freely.
• genqeza v.i. -- clatter; rattle (as vessels; pots; wheels; e
• -genquka v.i. -- get overturned.
• genqula v.t. -- overturn invert.
• geqa v.t. -- clean out calabash with pebbles and water.
• geza v.t. -- wash (oneself); wash part of oneself.
• gezisa v.t. -- wash.
• gida v.i.;v.t. -- dance.
• gidiza v.i. -- make noise with many feet.
• giga v.t. -- stamp or pound corn.
• gijima v.i.;v.t. -- run.
• gijima v.i.;v.t. -- run.
• gila v.t. -- do something unfavourable; act umpleeasantly.
• ginqa v.i. -- perspire; sweat.
• ginya v.t. -- absorb; swallow
• giqa v.t. -- roll along.
• giqika v.i. -- roll.
• giya v.i. -- do war dance.
• goba v.i.;v.t. -- bend; become bent.
• gobeka v.i. -- become bent.
• gobhoza v.i. -- spring; bubble up; flow.
• gobisa v.t. -- bend.
• godla v.t. -- 1; carry under the arm; 2; withhold; hold ba
• godola v.i. -- cold; .feel the cold.
• goduka v.i. -- 1; depart; go home; 2; die of old age being
• gogeka v.i. -- become bent or rippled.
• gola v.t. -- catch fish; insects; etc.
• golomba v.t. -- 1; .provoke; 2; coax.
• gombolozela v.t. -- encircle; surround.
• gomela v.i. -- 1; swear; insist; 2; be near to death.
• gomfa v.i. -- be bent.
• gomonqa v.i. -- 1; hang upside down; 2; somersault.
• gomonqisa v.t. -- hang pside down.
• gona v.t. -- cuddle; hug; embrace
• gongoda v.t. -- hammer; it repeatedly with stick or mallet;
• gonyuluka v.i. -- retch.
• goqa v.t. -- coil up; roll up; old over.
• goqana v.i. -- become coiled; become coiled up; get folded
• goqela v.t. -- roll up in; wrap up in.
• goqoza v.i. -- rattle; clatter (as horns; as article in a t
• goqoza v.t. -- stir to dissolve).
• govula v.i. -- be gluttonous
• gozobala v.i. -- sit restfully.
• gqabhazela v.i.;v.t -- banter.
• gqagqela v.t. -- surround.
• gqansula v.t. -- break apart; break off; break in two.
• gqekeza v.t. -- break into (e g.; a house).
• gqiba v.t. -- 1; fill in a hole; bury; cover with soil 2;
• gqibela v.t. -- fill in; ram in (soil in a hole); cover in w
• gqigila v.t. -- butt (with head).
• gqigqizela v.i. -- bustle about.
• gqinsika v.i. -- fall down heavily.
• gqinsila v.t. -- throw down heavily.
• gqiza v.t. -- wear annlets; wear round he neck; wear ankle
• gqokisa v.t. -- lothe another; put on another.
• gubha v.t. -- 1; ask about; extract iþformation from; 2; c
• gubuda v.t. -- turn upside down; turn over.
• gubuzela v.t. -- cover up (in order to bide or protect).
• gudla v.t. -- 1; rub against; 2; rub smooth; file..
• gudluka v.i. -- move aside.
• gudlula v.t. -- move to one side; move away.
• gudula v.t. -- plaster walls
• guga v.i. -- wear out; get worn- age.
• gugisa v.t. -- wear out.
• guguba v.i. -- lurk; hide secretly.
• gula v.i;v.t. -- be ill; be sick; be unwell.
• gunda v.t. -- clip hair; shear.
• gungubala v.i. -- become bent; become curved.
• guqa v.i. -- kneel; bend the knee.
• guqula v.t. -- change; alter.
• guxuza v.t. -- rub hard; wash hard.
• gwala v.t. -- 1; write 2; fence with strong poles.
• gwaqaza v.i. -- rattle; clatter (of horns when beasts are playing
• gwaqela v.t. -- mix corn with water (first stage in beef mak
• gwaza v.t. -- spear; stab.
• gweba v.t. -- 1; judge law case; give Judgment; convict; 2
• gwedla v.t. -- 1; paddle; row; 2; v.i.; move along in sitti
• gwedluka v.i. -- move aside.
• gwedlula v.t. -- move aside; move. egwa; v.t.: hook; catch on
• gwegwa v.t. -- hook; catch on a hook.
• gwenxa v.t. -- cause person to trip over his own legs.
• gxagxaza v.i. -- leak a lot.
• gxamuza v.t. -- immerse.
• gxanguza v.t. -- do something incorrectly (as dance wrongly;
• gxila v.i. -- be firmly planted; stand firm.
• gxoba. v.t. -- crush; trample on.
• gxoza v.t. -- dribble (of saliva).
• gxuma v.i. -- leap; hop (as a frog).
• gxumeka v.t. -- plant; plant out.
• gxumukela v.i. -- go plop into water.
• haba v.t. -- 1; do haphazardly; 2; confuse (with many que
• habula v.t. -- sip; v.i.: catch a disease.
• hahaba v.i. -- creep (as snake; etc.).
• halada v.i. -- speak harshly (of parent to child).
• halalisa v.t. -- spread to cover an area (as manure).
• haluzela v.i. -- walk quickly.
• hamba v.i. -- 1; go; go away; move; walk travel; flow (of
• hambahamba v.t -- go about; wander.
• hambaze v.i. -- go naked; be naked.
• hambela v.t. -- 1; visit; 2; go to; go towards; 3; zihambela =
• hambelana v.i. -- agree; be of one mind accord with; go togeth
• hambisa v.t. -- cause to go; send away.
• hanguka v.i. -- get scorched; get dried up by heat; dry up.
• hangula v.t. -- dry up; scorch.
• hanqa v.t. -- encircle; surround.
• haqaza v.i.;v.t. -- 1; itch; irritate (caused by hairs of certai
• haqazela v.t. -- scorch.
• hasa v.t. -- raid.
• hatshaza v.i. -- rustle.
• hawukela v.t. -- 1; have mercy on; take pity on; 2; be jealou
• hawula v.i. -- be moved with pity.
• haya v.t. -- 1; compose a song; sing; 2; sing ill of anot
• hayiza v.i. -- be a little bitter.
• haza v.i. -- 1; murmur (of voices; engine etc.); 2; make
• haza v.t. -- scatter seed.
• hehezela v.i. -- pant.
• helelwa v.i. -- be in labour; have labour pains.
• heleza v.i. -- blow gently (of wind).
• helisa v.t. -- arrange in order.
• hibilizela v.t. -- eat soft foods; eat hurriedly. -hilela: 1; v
• hitsha v.i. -- stick in the throat.
• hitshela v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; get entangled; 2; v.t.; put loop over; la
• hlaba v.t. -- 1; pierce; prick; puncture; gore; 2; slaught
• hlabela v.t. & v.i. -- 1; sing; 2; sacrifice to/for.
• hlabelela v t. & v .i. -- sing.
• hlabusa v.i. -- be nice to taste; to hear; etc.
• hlafuna v.t. -- chew; masticate.
• hlahla v.t. -- 1; chop or cut up meat; bones; etc.; 2; cut
• hlahluba v.t. -- divine.
• hlakanipha v.i. -- become clever; become wise.
• hlakaza v.t. -- 1; knock about; 2; scatter disarrange; 3; re
• hlakazeka v.i. -- get scattered; get revealed.
• hlakula v.t. -- hoe; cultivate with a hoe; scoffle.
• hlala v.i. -- 1; remain; stay; wait; abide; dwell; ive 2;
• hlalela v.t. -- wait for.
• hlalisana v.i. -- live together peacefully.
• hlaluka v.i. -- appear clearly; come into sight.
• hlamba v.i. -- swim.
• hlambaza v.t. -- abuse; blaspheme; revile.
• hlambuluka v.i. -- become pure; become clean.
• hlambulula v.t. -- clean; purify.
• hlamuka v.i. -- desert; run away from; run amok; rebel.
• hlanekela v.t. -- turn back-to-front; invert.
• hlanekezeka v.i. -- 1; become inverted; 2; become misrepresented
• hlanekezela v.t. -- 1; invert; turn inside out; 2; misrepresent.
• hlanezeka v.i. -- become misrepresented.
• hlanezela v.t. -- misrepresent.
• hlangabeza v.t. -- go to meet.
• hlangana v.i. -- 1; assemble; meet; 2; meet with; 3; join; un
• hlanganisa v.t. -- 1; add together; join; unite; 2; assemble.
• hlanganyela v.t. -- 1; act or do together in unison; 2; take par
• hlangula v.t. -- assist; help; remove danger from.
• hlanhlatha v.i. -- take a short cut; use an unbeaten track.
• hlanya v.i. -- be mad.
• hlanyela v.t. -- sow.
• hlanza v.t. -- 1; clean; cleanse; wash; 2; vomit.
• hlanzeka v.i. -- become clean.
• hlasela v.t. -- go to war; invade; attack.
• hlasimula v.i. -- twitch.
• hlawula v.t. -- pay a fine; compensate.
• hlawulisa v.t. -- fine.
• hlayaza v.t. -- joke; jest.
• hlaza v.t. -- dishonour; disgrace.
• hlazuluka v.i. -- get separated; get divided.
• hlazulula v.t. -- separate.
• hleba v.t. -- talk evil about; slander.
• hlehla v.i. -- withdraw; retreat.
• hleka v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; laugh; 2; v.t.; laugh at; mock.
• hlekisa v.t. -- 1; amuse; cause to augh; 2; laugh at; mock.
• hlela v.t. -- array (as army); set an order; make imposing
• hlelemba v.t. -- level; smooth.
• hlenga v.t. -- 1; separate; 2; redeem; help 3; sift.
• hlephuka v.t. -- get broken off.
• hlephula v.t. -- break off a piece.
• hlephuna v.t. -- break off a piece.
• hlifiza v.t. -- crush.
• hlihla v.i. -- froth over.
• hlikihla v.t. -- rub; ub in.
• hlikiza v.t. -- 1; ravage; scatter; 2; pull to pieces.
• hlinza v.t. -- 1; cut open; operate; 2; flay; skin.
• hloba v.i. -- 1; become curdled; go sour 2; adorn oneself.
• hlobonga v.i. -- have sexual intercourse.
• hlohla v.t. -- 1; ram in; pack in (as grain n a sack); 2; l
• hlokoma v.i. -- make rumbling noise.
• hlokoza v.t. -- poke.
• hlola v.t. -- 1; examine; inspect; test; 2; ; search a per
• hloma v.i; v.t. -- 1; v.i; arm for war; gather together of clouds fer
• hlomela v.i. -- prepare or arm for war.
• hlomula v.t. -- finish off wounded animal.
• hlonipha v.t. -- be courteous to; respect.
• hlosa v.t. -- aim
• hlubuka v.i. -- 1; v.i.; get stripped off; get uncovered 2; v.t.;
• hlubula v.t. -- strip off; undress; uncover.
• hlukuluza v.t. -- annoy; jolt; intimidate.
• hlukuza v.t. -- 1; shake (to mix); 2; convulse.
• hlulukelwa v.i. -- be sad.
• hluma v.i. -- sprout
• hlumelela v.t. -- give new life.
• hlunga v.t. -- bewitch.
• hlungula v.t. -- sift; winnow.
• hlupha v.t. -- afflict; annoy; torment; trouble; worry; ers
• hlupheka v.i. -- be afflicted; be roubled be anxious; be dist
• hluthuka v.i. -- get plucked out.
• hluthula v.t. -- 1; snatch; 2; pluck out.
• hluthuna v.t. -- 1; snatch; 2; pluck out.
• hluza v.t. -- 1; squash fruit; squeeze out juice; 2; strai
• hluzuka v.i. -- get grazed; wounded.
• hluzula v.t. -- graze; wound.
• hlwa v.i. -- become dark (at evening) (sekuhlwile=it is e
• hola v.t. -- 1; drag; haul; 2; lead; 3; draw pay; earn.
• holisa v.t. -- pay wages.
• holoba v.i. -- rumble; babble.
• honqa v.t. -- make a screen or shelter (with bushes; etc.)
• hoqa v.i. -- snore; purr.
• hotsha v.t. -- pull out; draw out.
• hotshuka v.i. -- come out; get pulled out
• hotshula v.t. -- pull out; thin out.
• hoza v.t. -- jeer at.
• huba v.i. -- 1; move on stomach (as snake); 2; make noise
• huba v.i. & v.t. -- sing; chant.
• hubula v.t. -- suck up liquid (with the mouth).
• huda v.i.;v.t. -- have diarrhoea (huda igazi= pass blood).
• hudisa v.t. -- give laxative.
• hudula v.t. -- drag; drag along.
• huga v.t. -- allure; entice.
• hulula v.t. -- shell ealies.
• huma v.t. -- do a thing much; do for a long ime. bumutsba
• humutsha v.t. -- allure; entice; seduce.
• hungaza v.i. -- spread rumours; divulge news before it is ma
• huqa v.t. -- grease.
• huquluza v.t. -- take or appropriate everything.
• huquzela v.i. -- creep (as snake; insect; tc.).
• hutshuka v.i. -- - slip off (as beads off a tring).
• hwabha v.i. -- 1; hiss; 2; speak gruffly; snarl.
• hwalala v.i. -- become dark (at evening).
• hwama v.i -- be half dry.
• hwaqa v.i. -- frown.
• hwatsha v.t. -- draw out (of scabbard)
• hwaya v.t. -- scrape.
• hweba v.t. -- trade.
• hweda v.i. -- walk pompously; walk arrogantly.person.
• hwitha v.t. -- snatch; snatch away.
• jabula v.i. -- rejoice; be happy.
• jaha v.i.;v.t. -- go quickly; race.
• jama v.i. -- look fiercely; stand at bay.
• jamela v.t. -- frown fiercely at.
• janqula v.i. -- run about gaily.
• jezisa v.t. -- punish.
• jibuluka v.i. -- spring ack; rebound.
• jibuqa v.i. -- jump down rom.
• jika v.i.;v.t. -- 1; go round; take a corner; 2; swing.
• jikijela v.t. -- throw; hurl at; hurl.
• jikisa v.t. -- swing; cause to swing umjiko (um): 1; a swin
• jila v.i. -- be obstinate; be stubborn.
• jinga v.t. -- do frequently; do continuously.
• jiya v.i. -- get thick.
• jiyela v.i. -- be frustrated; be hampered.
• jiyeza v.t. -- frustrate; hamper.
• joloza v.i. -- gaze.
• jolozela v.t. -- gaze intently at.
• jonga v.t. -- aim
• juja v.t. -- goad; prick.
• jujumezela v.t. -- monopolise (in iscus-slon; etc.).
• jula v.i. -- 1; go deep; be deep; 2; be profound.
• juluka v.i. -- perspire; sweat.
• juma v.t. -- 1; attack a person off his guard; take by su
• juqa v.t. -- kill outright; fell with one blow.
• juquka v.i. -- get broken off; get severed.
• juqula v.t. -- break off; sever.
• jwabula v.t. -- tear meat from a hide.
• kama v.t. -- comb
• kekela v.i. -- sing (esp. of women).
• kha v.t. -- 1; draw water; 2; pick fruit flowers.
• khaba v.t. -- kick.
• khafula v.t. -- spit; spit out.
• khahlameza v.t. -- bully; treat roughly shout at.
• khakhamezela v.t. -- rush upon; charge at.
• khala v.i.v.t. -- 1; make noise or sound (of any creature); 2; make
• khalakathela v.i. -- fall headlong into.
• khalala v.t. -- spurn; reject.
• khalaza v.t. -- beg; ask for; complain.
• khalela v.t. -- 1; cry for; mourn for; sympathise; 2; lead i
• khalimela v.t. -- admonish; reprove; scold.
• khalipha v.i. -- 1; be bold; 2; be sharp (of edge); 3; be sma
• khalisa v.t. -- 1; make noise or sound (of musical instrument
• khama v.t. -- choke; squeeze (the throat; a wound; etc.);wring.
• khanda v.t. -- 1; beat metal; forge; 2; pelt hit with missi
• khandana v.i. -- 1; knock up against one another; meet unexpe
• khanga v.t. -- attract admiration; attract respect; attract
• khangela v.t. -- look at; behold.
• khangeleka v.i. -- look as; look like (e.g. look silly; look att
• khangeza v.t. -- hold out both hands to receive.
• khangula v.t. -- 1; arouse a desire for; 2; . use new vessel.
• khankasa v.i. -- move in a semi-circle (when stalking).
• khanuka v.t. -- desire strongly; lust after.
• khanula v.i. -- strain oneself.
• khanya v.i. -- 1; shine; belight; glow; 2; be dear; be dist
• khanyisa v.t. -- brighten; cause to shine flash; enlighten; e
• khanzinga v.t. -- roast (esp. in a pot).
• khaphaza v.t. & v.i. -- splash in a big way spill.
• khasa v.i. -- crawl.
• khathala v.i. -- 1; become troubled; become weary; 2; have re
• khathalela v.t. -- 1; become troubled about; 2; are much about
• khathaza v.t. -- afflict; annoy; trouble; worry; tire; weary.
• khawulela v.t. -- reach as far as; reach up to
• khawuleza v.i. -- hurry.
• khazimula v.i. -- be bright; shine; sparkle.
• khefuzela v.i. -- pant.
• khehla v.t. -- wear manÍs headring.
• khehlezela v.i. -- rattle.
• khenceza v.i. -- jingle; tinkle.
• khephuza v.t. -- cut out a portion or part.
• khesa v.t. -- belittle; disparage.
• khetha v.t. -- 1; choose; prefer; select; elect; 2; vote; 3
• khewuka/-khewula v.i. & v.t. -- break off.
• khihlika v.i. -- foam.
• khihliza v.t. -- make foam or froth; foam at the mouth (khihliza am
• khilikithela v.i. -- fall headlong into.
• khina v.t. -- tie legs of animal.
• khithika v.i. -- fall (as leaves fruit; etc.).
• khithiza v.t. -- cause to fall (ieaves; etc.)
• khiya v.t. -- lock.
• khiza v.i. -- drizzle; rain slightly.
• khoca v.t. -- drain; drink to dregs.
• khohlakala v.i. -- 1; get forgotten; 2; get corrupted.
• khohlisa v.t. -- deceive; cheat.
• khohlwa v.t. -- forget.
• khokha v.t. -- 1; draw out (knife; word) 2; pull out one from oth
• khokhela v.t. -- 1; lead; 2; pay wages.
• khokhoba v.i. -- walk with a stoop; stoop (as ld person).
• kholwa v.t. -- 1; believe; believe in; trust have faith; 2;
• khombisa v.t. -- court a girl.
• khongozela v.t. -- 1; hold out both hands to receive; 2; place
• khonkotha v.i.;v.t -- bark.
• khonona v.i. -- 1; be discontented; complain; grumble; 2; ha
• khonya v.i. -- bellow.
• khotha v.t. -- lick.
• khothama v.i. -- bow; bow down; stoop.
• khothamela v.t. -- bow down to; reverence; give allegiance to.
• khothamisa v.t. -- bow; bow down.
• khuba v.t. -- offend; cause to stumble.
• khubeka v.i. -- stumble.
• khubekisa v.t. -- 1; cause to stumble; trip up 2; scandalise.
• khubula v.t. -- cultivate in a part; or parts; of a field.
• khucula v.t. -- sweep up (water); scrape up; rake ogether.
• khudumala v.i. -- become warm; become humid.
• khudumeza v.t. -- warm up.
• khuhla v.t. -- rub hard (as with a stone). tan hides.
• khuhluza v.t. -- 1; rub off (as the skin); 2; shake (to clean
• khukhula v.t. -- sweep away or carry away (esp. by water)
• khukhumala v.i. -- 1; swell up-become puffed up; ;ise up (as do
• khukhumeza v.t. -- 1; make a person swell (with pride); 2; zikh
• khukhuza v.t. -- pick clean (as a bone); scrape lean.
• khula v.i. -- grow; grow up; grow big; mature.
• khuleka v.i; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; pray; request; 2; v.t.; bind; tie up to;
• khulela v.t. -- be too much for.
• khulelwa v.i. -- become pregnant.
• khulisa v.t. -- 1; cause to grow; enlarge; magnify; exaggera
• khulula v.t. -- deliver ; set free; unloose.
• khululeka v.i. -- become free; become delivered of child). uku
• khuluma v.i.;v.t. -- talk; speak; discuss.
• khulumela v.t. -- speak for; plead for another.
• khulumisana v.i. -- discuss together; talk with one nother.
• khuluphala v.i. -- become fat and sleek.
• khuma v.t. -- eat crumbly; dry food.
• khumbula v.i. -- 1; remember; 2; think; think of.
• khumbuza v.t. -- remind.
• khumuka v.i. -- come off (as axe head); come out (as a tooth
• khumula v.t. -- 1; extract something firm (as nail; tooth; etc)
• khunga v.t. -- 1; give a gift (at wedding; at age of pubert
• khunta v.i. -- go mouldy.
• khupha v.t. -- 1; take out; take off (clothes); give out; e
• khuphuka v.i. -- 1; ascend; 2; be promoted 3; depart.
• khuphukisa v.t. -- 1; cause to go up; send up; take up from; 2;
• khuphula v.t. -- 1; bring up; raise up from; hoist; 2; promot
• khuphulula v.t. -- 1; lift; lift up; raise; 2; bring to light; discov
• khusela v.t. -- 1; support; encourage; 2; shelter.
• khutha v.t. -- miss the mark.
• khuthala v.i. -- be busy; be industrious; be diligent; be ste
• khuthalela v.i.;v.t. -- be steadfast in; be diligent in.
• khuthaza v.t. -- enthuse; encourage.
• khuthazela v.i. -- persevere.
• khuthuza v.t. -- steal from; rob a person.
• khuza v.i; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; cry out; shout aloud; 2; v.t.; rebuke sco
• khwabitha v.t. -- desire ardently.
• khwaza v.i. -- make heavy rumbling noise.
• khwehlela v.i.;v.t -- cough.
• khwela v.t. -- 1; ascend; climb; mount; 2; mount; ride; 3 mate
• khweleza v.i. -- be sexually jealous.
• khwelezela v.i. -- hitch up.
• khwelisa v.t. -- 1; go pstream; 2; cause to go up.
• khwenyeza v.i. -- hop on one leg.
• khwexula v.t. -- break (as maize cob off the stalk); break with a w
• khweza v.t. -- raise.
• khwezela v.t. -- stoke the fire.
• khwica v.t. -- gird; put round the waist.
• khwifa v.t. -- squirt from mouth.
• khwitshizela v.i. -- bustle about; be in a commotion.
• khwixila v.t. -- jerk on the reins; hit; hip.
• kikizela v.i. -- cry out joyfully (as women at a dance).
• kiliza v.i.;v.t. -- speak imperfectly (as not knowing the language
• klabalala v.i. -- shout loudly; cry loudly; shriek.
• klawuza v.t. -- chew crispy food (as sweet reed; etc.).
• klaya v.t. -- cut into slices or strips; score ith a knife
• klaza v.i. -- sing (esp. of bridal party).
• klebha v.t. -- rip open; tear (with sharp point.
• klebhuka v.i. -- get torn or ripped.
• klebhula v.t. -- rip open (with sharp point; nail; etc.).
• klekla v.t. -- pierce hole in the ear.
• kleza v.i. -- drink straight from a cow.
• klinya v.t. -- sieze tightly; strangle.
• kloloda v.t. -- deride; mock; jeer at.
• klwebuza v.t. -- crack a whip.
• kopela v.t. -- button.
• kopola v.t. -- peck at.
• kopuluka v.i. -- come unbuttoned; come undone.
• kopulula v.t. -- unbutton; undo.
• kotsh'oza v.t. -- pump up and down.
• kulufela v.t. -- screw; screw up.
• kwejisa v.i. -- pass the time with idle chatter (esp. in evening
• lagisa v.t. -- send cattle to grazing place.
• lahla v.t. -- 1; throw away; 2; lose; 3; bury; 4; condemn;
• lahleka v.i. -- get lost. N.B.: lahlekelwa = lose.)
• lala v.i. -- 1; lie down 2; go to sleep; be asieep in per
• lalela v.t. -- 1; attend to; listen; 2; obey; 3; waylay.
• lalisa v.t. -- 1; cause to sleep; cause to lie down; 2; lalisa ng
• lamba v.i. -- hunger; get hungry.
• lamula v.t. -- make peace between; mediate; separate fighters
• lamulela v.t. -- go to the assistance of.
• landa v.t. -- 1; narrate; ; landa icala= prosecute; 3; fetch
• landela v.t. -- follow; pursue
• landelisa v.t. -- send after.
• landisa v.t. -- give account of to; relate to.
• landula v.i.;v.t. -- deny; say no
• landulela v.t. -- 1; deny on behalf of 2; zilandulela=excuse
• langatha v.t. -- long for.
• lawula v.t. -- 1; cock a gun 2; command soldiers 3; chatter
• laya v.t. -- 1; command; order; 2; warn; reprove; reprima
• layela v.i. -- be at the point of death (of animal).
• layeza v.t. -- instruct.
• layezela v.t. -- give instructions about give instructions for
• lekuza v.t. -- nod head up and down.
• lembuluka v.i. -- get stretched out; come uncoiled.
• lembulula v.t. -- stretch out; uncoil
• lenga v.i -- dangle; hang; suspend
• lengisa v.t. -- dangle; hang; suspend.
• letha v.t. -- bring; fetch.
• libala v.i. -- dawdle; loiter.
• libazisa v.t. -- hinder; delay.
• libha v.t. -- 1; cast lots; 2; tell riddles (for guessing)
• lila v.i. -- weep; mourn; lament.
• lilela v.t. -- mourn for; sympathise.
• lilisa v.t. -- 1; cause to mourn; 2; sing a dirge.
• lima v.t. -- 1; hoe; plough; 2; cultivate; farm.
• limala v.i. -- get hurt; .get wounded.
• limaza v.t. -- hurt; injure; wound.
• limuka v.i. -- beware; be careful.
• linda v.t. -- 1; guard; 2; drive away birds.
• lindela v.t. -- wait for; expect.
• linga v.t. -- tempt; test.
• lingana v.i.;v.t. -- 1; become equal with match; 2; weigh; 3; measure 4
• linganisa v.t. -- 1; equalise; match; 2; balance; weigh; 3; me
• lingisa v.t. -- imitate.
• lobola v.t. -- give lobolo (money or cattle given to bride)
• lokotha v.t. -- 1; dream of doing; 2; dare.
• lola v.t. -- sharpen or grind an edge.
• lolonga v.t. -- smooth; finish off plaster.
• lolozela v.t. -- lull; rock to sleep.
• londoloza v.t. -- take care of; look after; keep.
• loya v.t. -- bewitch; cast a spell.
• lulama v.i. -- 1; rise up (from sitting lying; etc.) 2; recover f
• lulamisa v.t. -- lift or raise up a person (from Vying; sitti
• lulaza v.t. -- depreciate; lower.
• luleka v.t. -- advise put straight.
• lumatha v.i. -- burst into flame.
• lumba v.t. -- do wonders; perform magic
• lunga v.i. -- 1; become in good order; become fit; become
• lungela v.t. -- get ready.
• lungisa v.t. -- 1; adjust; arrange; tidy; put in order; 2; co
• lungiselela v.t. -- prepare for.
• lungisisa v.t. -- justify.
• lunguza v.i. -- peep.
• luphala v.i. -- age; grow old.
• lwa v.t. -- fight; contend.
• lwela v.t. -- contend for; fight for.
• ma v.i. -- stand; stand still (ma isibindi= be
• makala v.t. -- slap; strike with the hand.
• mangala v.i. -- 1; be astonished; be surprised; marvel; wonder
• mangalela v.t. -- accuse; charge ;with crime; sue.
• mangalisa v.t. -- astonish; surprise.
• matha v.i. -- gallop.
• mba v.t. -- dig; dig up.
• mbambatha v.t. -- pat.
• mbela v.t. -- 1; bury; 2; plant out; transplant.
• mbokotha v.t. -- cover a pot (with a plate; etc.); turn a pot
• mbomboza v.t. -- cover head; cover face.
• mekeza v.i. -- dance at a wedding (a dance of olden times).
• mela v.t. -- 1; defend; stand for; stand against; represent
• melana v.t. -- oppose; withstand.
• melela v.t. -- wait for.
• mema v.t. -- invite; call.
• memetheka v.i. -- blaze up; spread (as fire; disease; etc.).
• memeza v.t. & v.i. -- call aloud; shout; call out to.
• memezela v.t. -- announce publicly; proclaim.
• menezela v.i. -- talk or behave in an unreliable manner. be f
• mila. v.i. -- sprout; germinate.
• mimiliza v.t. -- swallow down whole.
• mincika v.i. -- become slimy; become slippery.
• minya v.t. -- press against; crowd.
• minyana v.i -- become crowded; become narrow.
• minyanisa v.t -- crowd; hem in.
• minyeza v.t. -- crowd; hem in. -minza: 1; v.i.; drown; be gr
• misa v.t. -- 1; erect; set up; 2; appoint; 3; establish-
• misela v.t. -- 1; gain position for 2; zimiselac decide; be
• mitha v.i. -- become pregnant (esp. of animals).
• mithisa v.t. -- make pregnant.
• momotha v.i. -- have acute pain.
• momotheka v.i. -- 1; sufler pain; 2; mile.
• monyuka v.i. -- slip out; slip away.
• monyula v.t. -- pull out.
• mpampa v.i. -- be agitated.
• mpempeza v.i. -- whistle; trumpet.
• mpolompa v.t. -- take snuff in mouth.
• mpompa v.t. -- pump.
• mpompoloza v.i. -- talk loudly or boisterously.
• mpompoza v.i. -- gush; stream out.
• muka v.i. -- go away; desert.
• mukeleka v.i. -- grow worse (of wound; rent; hole; etc.).
• mukisa v.t. -- send away.
• mukula v.t. -- slap; strike with the open hand.
• mumatha v.t. -- hold something in the mouth.
• mumelela v.t. -- shut the mouth.
• mumuza v.t. -- munch; suck (food; sweets; etc.).
• muncana v.i. -- shrink up.
• munya v.t. -- suck at the breast or teat (munya umungula =
• munyisa v.t. -- suckle a child.
• na v.i. -- rain
• naba v.i. -- stretch out (legs).
• nabalala v.i. -- lie out sprawling.
• nabuluka v.i. -- get stretched out.
• nabulula v.t. -- stretch out (as elastic; a coiled object; etc).
• nafuzeka v.i. -- be sticky; be putty-like.
• nakana v.i.;v.t. -- consider; think over.
• namathela v.i. -- be sticky.
• namathela v.t. -- adhere; stick to; cleave to.
• nambitha v.i.; v.t. -- taste; smack the lips.
• nambitheka v.i. -- be tasty; be palatable.
• nameka v.t. -- close or seal up a hole; plaster up a hole.
• nampuka v.i. -- be sticky; be putty-like.
• nampula v.t. -- touch something sticky or putty-like.
• nampuzeka v.i. -- be ticky; be putty-like.
• nanabuka v.i. -- get stretched out.
• nanabula v.t. -- stretch out.
• nanza v.t. -- care about; take care about be careful about
• nanzelela v.t. -- care about; take care about; take notice of.
• natha v.t. & v.i. -- drink.
• nathisa v.t. -- give to drink; water.
• ncama v.t. -- eat (in he morning).
• nceda v.t. -- aid; help. (also ncedisa).
• ncencetha v.i. & v.t. -- jingle; inkle.
• ncenga v.t. -- appeal to; beg; bcseech; entreat persuade.
• ncibilika v.i. -- 1; dissolve; melt; 2; begin to convalesce.
• ncibilikisa v.t. -- dissolve; melt.
• ncifa v.i. -- make a sound that expresses annoyance or contempt.
• ncinda v.t. -- suck fingers (to taste food).
• ncinta v.i. -- excel.
• ncintanisana v.i. -- compete.
• ncipha v.i. -- diminish; grow less.
• nciphisa v.t. -- abbreviate; make less diminish.
• ncitsha v t. -- stint; act stingily (zincitsha = exercise se
• ncitshana v.i. -- be stingy.
• ncoma v.t. -- 1; speak well of; 2; zincoma = boast.
• ncwada v.t. -- put on a prepuce cover.
• ncweba v.t. -- nip; pinch.
• ndenda v.i. -- drift; float along.
• ndiza v.i. -- fly.
• nemba v.t. -- hit on the mark.
• nembelula v.t. -- 1; stretch out; 2; work differently (as a we
• nembuluka v.i -- get stretched out.
• nenga v.t. -- offend; nauseate; disgust.
• nengeka v.i. -- be offensive; be disgusting; be oathsome.
• nesa v.t. -- nurse.
• netha v.i. -- 1; let in rain; 2; (pass. form; -nethwa); ge
• nethisa v.t. -- make wet (by rain).
• ngcina v.t. -- close a hole with wax.
• ngcola v.i. -- become dirty; become polbird.
• ngcolisa v.t. -- make dirty; defile; pollute.
• ngcomuka v.i. -- come out; slip out.
• ngcomula v.t. -- pull out.
• ngcothuka -v.i. -- get plucked or pulled out.
• ngcothula v.t. -- pluck; pull out.
• ngcwaba v.t. -- bury.
• ngena v.i.;v.t. -- 1; enter; go in; come in; 2; take widow of e
• ngenwa v.pass. -- be possessed by.
• ngqathuza v.t. -- snap with teeth.
• ngunguna v.i. -- mutter.
• ngxama v.i. -- 1; be very angry; 2; be serious.
• ngxamela v.i. -- 1; be very angry with; 2; be serious about;
• nika v.t. -- give; hand over; offer.
• nikela v.t. -- give up; betray; offer up surrender.
• nikeza v.t. -- hand over to.
• nikina v.t. -- shake the head.
• nina v.t. -- prevent; turn away (indicating refusal with
• ninda v.t. -- daub; smear on.
• nisa v.t. -- cause to rain.
• nkenteza v.i. -- echo; resoundi
• nklamuza v.t. -- eat crunchy food.
• nklinkliza v.i. -- choke; be strangled.
• nompola v.t. -- take semi-liquid or semi-solid by dipping finger in it.
• nona v.i. -- become fat (of animals).
• notha v.i. -- become rich; prosper.
• nothisa v.t. -- make rich; enrich.
• nqabela v.t. -- forbid.
• nqanda v.t. -- check; hold steady.
• nqinda v.t. -- punch
• nqineka v.i. -- be worried; be apprehensive.
• nqoba v.t. -- conquer; defeat.
• nqolonga v.t. -- call loudly.
• nqumisa v.t. -- place across.
• nqunda v.t. -- blunt; discourage.
• nqunula v.i. -- be naked.
• nqwetha v.i. -- avoid (by passing around; by going anolher w
• ntantalaza v.i. -- move fast; patter along (of small creatures)
• ntsh'antshaza v.i. -- spurt out (of liquid); run out in a stream.
• ntsh'aza v.i.;v.t. -- spurt out; run out in a stream.
• ntsh'eza v.i. -- swim.
• ntsh'intsh'a v.t. -- change.
• ntsh'intsh'anisa v.t. -- chop and change about; rotate of crops.
• ntsh'ontsh'a v.t. -- pilfer; steal.
• ntsh'ulubeza v.i. -- run through; dart through (a crowd; bushes;
• ntula v.i. -- go this way and that (when lost) .
• ntuntuza v.i. -- gush out.
• nuka v.i. & v.t. -- smell; give out a smell.
• numuzeka v.i. -- become fat (due to good iving).
• nunkula v.i. -- begin to sprout; begin to ud.
• nxambela v.i. -- get detained; become busy.
• nxanela v.t. -- desire ardently.
• nxapha v.i. -- make the click noise (x) xpressing annoyanc
• nxiba v.t. -- bar with cross-Bar.
• nxibana v.i. -- 1; become crossed (of two hings); 2; become
• nxusa v.t. -- invite to help; supplicate.
• nxwanela v.t. -- desire ardently.
• nya v.t. -- excrete.
• nyakama v.i. -- 1; become overcast; 2; become damp.
• nyakamisa v.t. -- dampen; make wet.
• nyakaza v.i. -- move; bestir; move bout.
• nyakazisa v.t. -- confuse; disturb.
• nyakuza v.i. -- go stealthily ama-nyala (ama): ilth.
• nyamalala v.i. -- disappear.
• nyathela v.t. -- tread on; run over (with heels).
• nyathezela v.t. -- press down (with the foot).
• nyaza v.i. -- show ingratitude by grumbling.
• nyelela v.i. -- slink away; sneak away.
• nyeleza v.t. -- produce a litter.
• nyemukula v.i. -- look behind (when gomg along).
• nyenya v.i. -- move stealthily; creep off.
• nyenyeza v.i. -- whisper.
• nyewuzela v.i. -- smile; grin.
• nyeya v.t. -- slander; backbite.
• nyikinya v.t. & v.i. -- move; shake about shrug (shoulders).
• nyikinyeka v.i. -- move; shake; get shaken.
• nyikinyekisa v.t. -- move; shake.
• nyoba v.t. -- rub off dirt.
• nyobuluka v.i. -- come uncoiled
• nyobulula v.t. -- uncoil.
• nyombuluka v.i. -- come uncoiled.
• nyombulula v.t. -- uncoil.
• nyomuka v.i. -- slip (as of knot); get pulled out.
• nyomula v.t. -- pull out; slip (as a knot).
• nyonkoloza v.t. & v.i. -- scowl; glower at; glower.
• nyonyoba v.t. -- stalk.
• nyoza v.i. -- ooze out (of the juice of ripe fruit of the
• nyukumala v.i. -- look gloomy; become gloomy; become overcast
• nyunda v.t. -- backbite; slander.
• nyunyuma v.i. -- be greasy.
• obula v.t. -- strip off bark; etc.
• okha v.t. -- move fire (to another place). okubi oku-bi):
• oma v.i. -- 1; dry; dry up; 2; become thirsty 3; oma ha=
• omisa v.t. -- dry; dry up.
• omula v.i. -- begin to (begin pregnancy; begin to take food
• onakala v.i. -- 1; become corrupted; be¬come efiled; get dam
• onakalisa v.t. -- corrupt.
• ondla v.t. -- 1; nourish; rear; foster; 2; support (with m
• onga v.t. -- nurse the sick.
• ongamela v.t. -- preside over.
• opha v.i. -- bleed; menstruate.
• ophula v.t. -- 1; rescue from danger; 2; ' take a pot off t
• osa v.t. -- fry; roast (esp.in the fire).
• otha v.i.;v.t. -- warm oneself (by fire; in the sun).
• othamela v.i. -- bask in the sun.
• ozela v.i. -- doze; be drowsy
• patsh'aza v.t. -- break open violently; burst.
• patula v.t. -- slap lightly.
• penda v.t. -- paint.
• peneda v.t. -- hold together with satety pin.
• pentsh'a v.i.;v.t. -- break wind (at anus).
• pesuka v.i. -- jig; be frisky.
• petuka v.t. -- be turn over; be partly turned inside out (as dry seed).
• petula v.t. -- turn ver to search.
• pha v.t. -- give; present.
• phahla v.t -- encircle; surround.
• phahlaza v.t. -- smash. phakade; adv.: 1; long ago; 2; for ev
• phakama v.i. -- 1; be raised; become high; stand up ; become
• phakamisa v.t. -- 1; lift up; raise; 2; promote; 3; ziphakamisa=boast
• phakazela v.i. -- get excited.
• phakela v.t. -- dish up; serve out.
• phakulula v.t. -- dish up food.
• phala v.t. -- scrape skin or hide.
• phalala v.i. -- rush out (as to answer call for help); overf
• phalaza v.t. -- clear stomach by vomiting (after aking an em
• phamba v.t. -- play trick on.
• phambana v.i. -- 1; cross one another cross over; ass another
• phambanisa v.t. -- 1; cause to cross over cross; 2; confuse; co
• phambeka v.i. -- err; make a mistake.
• phambuka v.i. -- 1; turn aside; branch off; 2; go astray.
• phambukisa v.t. -- 1; cause to turn aside; divert; 2; lead asir
• phana v.i. -- be generous; give each other.
• phanda v t. -- 1; scratch up (as fowl); 2; phanda Icala =
• phandla v.t. -- blind temporarily; dazzle (by sun; by dust;
• phanga v.t. -- 1; plunder 2; hurry on.
• phangisa v.i. -- hurry.
• phangiseka v.i. -- become urgent.
• phanyeka v.t. -- hang up.
• phanza v.i. -- beg for food
• phapha v.i. -- fly; flap the wings; buzz (of Insects).
• phaphalaza v.i. -- do hastily; badly; super¬fiaally.
• phaphama v.i. -- come to one's senses wake up.
• phaphamela v.t. -- suddenly show interest in.
• phaphatheka v.i. -- 1; get excited; 2; stampede.
• phaphazela v.i. -- be agitated; be 'in a flap; be nervous.
• phaphula v.t. -- 1; remove bark; 2; whittle a pole or stick.
• phaqaza v.t. -- snap.
• phasa v.t. -- pass an examination.
• phasaza v.t. -- confuse; disturb.
• phatha v.t. -- 1; carry in hand or arms handle; hold; 2; ad
• phatha v.t. -- hold etc.
• phathisa v.t. -- 1; give a helping hand; 2; give in charge of
• phathwa v.pass. -- 1; be attacked by; be stricken by; suffer
• phawuka v.i. -- be marked or branded.
• phawula v.t. -- brand; mark; indicate.
• phazama v.i. -- 1; be disturbed; be interrupted; 2; make a m
• phazamisa v.t. -- 1; disturb; interrupt; 2; cause a person to
• phazima v.i. -- blink; wink; flash.
• pheca v.t. -- bend; fold.
• pheceka v.i -- become bent.
• pheceza v.i. -- be plausible yet evasive.
• phefumula v.i.;v.t. -- breathe.
• phefuzela v.i. -- panft.
• phehla v.t. -- 1; bore a hole 2; churn; 3; cloud overiof cl
• pheka v.t. -- cook; brew.
• phela v.i. -- l; finish; conclude; end; 2; die 3; phela am
• phelekezela v.t. -- accompany.
• phelela v.i. -- become complete; become
• phelelisa v.t. -- make complete; make whole; make perfect.
• phelelwa v.pass. -- come to an end; get short of; lose all.
• phemba v.t. -- kindle a fire.
• phembela v.i. -- smell (as an animal); sniff the air.
• phendla v.t. -- 1; expose (by parting skin; hair; grass; etc
• phenduka v.i. -- 1; get turned round; turn round; 2; alter; c
• phendula v.t -- 1; defend (in court) (zi¬phendulela=defend on
• phendula v.t. -- 1; turn; turn round; turn over; 2; alter; ch
• phengula v.t. -- divine (by throwing bones).
• phenya v.t. -- turn over or turn up (to examine).
• phepha v.i. -- escape.
• phephela v.i. -- take refuge in; escape to.
• phephetha v.i. & v.t. -- blow; blow at; blow (of wind).
• phephezela v.i -- fly or flap in wind (as flag; etc.).
• phephisa v.t. -- rescue; help to escape.
• phephuka v.i. -- 1; be blown away; 2; be unsteady.
• phephula v.t. -- blow away.
• phephuluka v.i. -- be blown away.
• phephuluza v.t. -- 1; blow away; blow out; 2; laughter a beast
• pheqa v.t. -- fold back; fold over; close a knife.
• pheqeka v.i -- get bent back; get folded back.
• pheqeza v.t. -- bend back; fold back; fold over.
• phetha v.t. -- 1; hem; 2; decide; complete.
• phethela v.i. -- reach as far as; border on.
• phethuza v.i. -- gush; well up.
• phica v.t. -- outwit; trick (in speech) .
• phicika v.i. -- get squashed; get squeezed. phiciza; v.t.: s
• phihlika v.i. -- 1; break down (of motions); 2; break out in
• phihliza v.t. -- smash.
• phika v.i.;v.t. -- 1; argue; dispute; 2; deny; contradict.
• phikazela v.i. -- pant.
• phikelela v.i. -- persevere; persist.
• phikisa v.t. -- argue; dispute about.
• phikisana v.i. -- argue with one another; dispute with one nothe
• phila v.i.;v.t -- 1; live; be well.
• phinca v.t. -- tuck up skirts.
• phindisa v.t. -- retaliate.
• phindisela v.t. -- avenge; pay back; take revenge upon; hit back
• phinga v.i. -- 1; mate (of dogs); 2; fornicate.
• phiphiliza v.t. -- eat ravenousty.
• phiqika v.i. -- come out; get squeezed out.
• phiqila v.t. -- squeeze out
• phisekela v.i. -- be anxious about
• phisela v.t. -- fit handle to.
• phithikeza v.t. -- mix.
• phithizela v.i. -- move confusedly; warm.
• phithizisa v.t. -- confuse; disturb.
• phitsheka v.i. -- be concerned about; be etermined; be set on.
• phohloka v.i. -- get broken; get smashed.
• phohloza v.t. -- smash in; break.
• phola v.i. -- 1; heal; 2; be cool (of a person).
• pholisa v.t. -- 1; heal; 2; ool down (a person).
• phongela v.i. -- act roughly; act as a hully.
• phophotha v.i. -- talk too much.
• phophoza v.i. -- gush out.
• phoqoka v.i. -- snap in two.
• phoqoza v.t. -- 1; snap in two; 2; vomit of a baby).
• phosisa v.i. -- err; do wrong.
• photha v.t. -- plait; spin out thread.
• phothana v.i. -- get interwoven.
• phothuka v.i. -- get round.
• phothula v.t. -- grind mealies.
• photshoza v.i. -- talk too much.
• phoxa v.t. -- ruffle; embarrass.
• phozisa v.t. -- cool; calm.
• phuca v.t. -- 1; take away completely; de¬prive; 2; shave;
• phucuka v.i. -- 1; become chafed become ubbed off 2; become
• phucula v.t. -- 1; chafe; rub; 2; civilize.
• phuhla v.i. -- -grow out (as breast of young girl).
• phukuzeka v.i. -- become fooled.
• phukuzela v.i. -- be foolish.
• phuluka v.i. -- 1; slip through easily; 2; get ree; escape 3
• phulula v.t. -- 1; remove (by pulling through he hand; as se
• phuma v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; come out; go out; resign; 2; v.t.; give o
• phumelela v.i. -- 1; come out into the open; 2; succeed; flour
• phumisa v.t. -- 1; cause to come or go out turn out; 2; pium
• phumisela v.i.;v.t. -- speak out; speak clearly.
• phumputha v.t. -- feel and grope in the dark.
• phumputheka v.i. -- become blind.
• phumputhekisa v.t. -- blind; make another blind.
• phumula v.i. -- rest; retire from work.
• phumulela v.i. -- rest on; rest in.
• phumuza v.t. -- cause to rest; relieve.
• phundla v.t. -- strip (leaves from a branch).
• phunga v.t. -- 1; brush or drive away flies; etc.; 2; sip.
• phunguka v.i. -- become less; diminish; get ighlened.
• phungula v.t. -- lessen; diminish; lighten.
• phunyuka v.i.;v.t. -- slip out; slip free; escape.
• phunyula v.t. -- let slip; let something or someone escape; s
• phunza v.i. -- abort (of animals).
• phupha v.t. & v.i. -- dream.
• phuphuma v.i. -- 1; boil over; overflow 2; be excited; boil
• phusa v.i. -- dry up (of milk of a cow); beome weaned.
• phutha v.i. -- be absent- fail.
• phuthaza v.t. -- feel with hands and fingers; grope.
• phuthelwa v.pass. -- be unable to sleep (e.g. waphuthelwa yibu
• phuthisa v.t. -- frustrate; ake ineffective.
• phuthuma v.t. -- 1; hurry on; rush; 2; embrace; grab hold of
• phutsha v.i. & v.t. -- 1; go right through rotrude; stick ou
• phuza v.i. -- become ate; delay.
• pikla v.t. -- smear too much fat on body or face.
• popotha v.i. -- talk too much.
• profetha v.t. & v.i. -- prophesy.
• qabanga v.t. -- resow in order to fill up gaps in line of pl
• qabuka v.t. -- chance upon; see suddenly; see for the first time.
• qabuza v.t. -- kiss (a baby). qaga; v.t.: catch something
• qaga v.t. -- catch something thrown.
• qakama v.i. -- sit in seat of honour.
• qakatheka v.i. -- become important; be¬come special.
• qakeza v.t. -- clap (at a dance); clap in rhythm.
• qala v.t. -- 1; begin; start; 2; assault; attack; 3; prov
• qaleka v.i. -- faint have a fit.
• qalisa v.i.;v.t. -- begin; make a start; begin with.
• qamba v.t. -- 1; devise; invent; 2; qamba amanga=tell ies.
• qambela v.t. -- tell lies about; slander.
• qambula v.t. -- turn aside; turn astray.
• qamekela v.t. -- waylay.
• qamela v.t. -- rest head on.
• qamuka v.i. -- 1; get broken (of bonds; rope; etc.); 2; be
• qamula v.t. -- 1; break (bonds; etc.); 2; Judge.
• qanda v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; be cold (of weather); 2; v.t.; bleed a ve
• qandelela v.t. -- break through a fence.
• qandisa v.t. -- cool.
• qansa v.i. -- rise of land; be steep.
• qaphela v.i -- -qaphelisa; beware; watch out for; be careful
• qaqabuka v.i. -- wake up; revive.
• qaqabula v.t. -- wake up to; revive.
• qaqamba v.i. -- throb with pain.
• qathanisa v.t. -- puzzle; perplex.
• qatsha v.t. -- hire; employ.
• qatshisa v.t. -- hire out.
• qaza v.t. -- 1; cut across (cloth or skin) cut a lit in 2 examine.
• qeda v.t. -- accomplish; finish; complete.
• qedisisa v.t. -- understand.
• qegula v.t. -- separate from; detach from.
• qephuka v.i. -- get broken off; get broken apart.
• qephula v.t. -- break off; break apart.
• qethuka v.i. -- fall over backwards; capsize.
• qhamuka v.i. -- appear unexpectedly.
• qhaqha v.t -- rip open. -qhaqhabula;
• qhaqhazela v.i. -- tremble or shake (esp. with fear).
• qhatha v.t. -- 1; break up new soil; plough virgin soil; 2;
• qhatsha v.i. -- move convulsively; kick (of dying creature);
• qhekeza v.t. -- cleave open.
• qhekezeka v.i. -- burst open.
• qhela v.i. -- expand; get bigger; spread.
• qhenya v.i. -- strut; swagger; show off (ziqhenya=be proud)
• qhinela v.t. -- obstruct.
• qhinqa v.i.;v.t. -- cry; shout loudly.
• qhoba v.t. -- crunch.
• qhola v.t. -- -qholisa; perfume; sprinkle perfume.
• qhoqhoza v.i. -- walk with heavy steps.
• qhuba v.t. -- 1; v.t.; advance; drive along animals; people); fu
• qhubeka v.i. -- advance; make progress; proceed; continue.
• qhubeza v.t. -- urge on; push forward.
• qhubezela v.t. -- stimulate; urge forward.
• qhugela v.i. -- limp.
• qhula v.i. -- be lame; limp.
• qhuma v.i. -- burst out crying.
• qhunga v.t. -- show whites of eyes (when weak; etc.).
• qhuqha v.i. -- shiver (with cold; fever).
• qhuqhumba v.i. -- make sound of bursting pods; pop; make sound
• qhwaya v.t. -- scratch as a fowl.
• qhweba v.t. -- beckon (with and); signal (with hand).
• qhwitha v.t. -- poke out carefully; poke lightly.
• qhwitsha v.t. -- scratch (as a owl).
• qila v.i. -- cheat; act slyly.
• qilibezela v.t. -- cheat; defraud.
• qina v.i. -- become firm; become strong. become stiff.
• qinisa v.t. -- 1; make firm; strengthen toughen; secure; 2;
• qinisela v.i. -- endure.
• qobola v.t. -- cuff gently on the head.
• qogelela v.t. -- collect; accumulate.
• qokelela v.t. -- pile up; store; save up.
• qolotsha v.i. -- frisk; skip about.
• qoma v.t. -- choose (a lover; a course of action; etc.).
• qomana v. -- compete; vie with one another.
• qomfa v.i. -- have a stoop; be bent.
• qonda v.i. & v.t. -- 1; become accurate become traight; be
• qondakala v.i. -- become comprehensible.
• qondana v.i. -- concern; apply to.
• qondela v.t. -- embroider (with beads).
• qondisa v.t -- 1; set straight; correct; 2; direct; guide.
• qonga v.i. -- 1; go high; soar up 2; raise voice high (in
• qonqosela v.t. -- emphasise.
• qonula v.i. -- run about; run here and there (of animals).
• qopha v.t. -- 1; cut slits; cut notches 2; bear a rudge ag
• qoqa v.t. -- collect; gather.
• qoqoda v.t. -- knock.
• qoqomela v.i. -- stand on tiptoe.
• qothuka v.i -- wear smooth; get rubbed off; come out (of ha
• qothula v.t. -- 1; rub smooth; rub off; 2; destroy ompletely
• qotshama v.i. -- sit on the haunches squat
• qububula v.t -- 1; drive off flies; etc.; drive away oxen; et
• qubuka v.i. -- 1; break out in sores 2; swell up; erupt.
• qukula v.t. -- lift a heavy object.
• quma v.t. -- 1; cut; cut through; 2; decide.
• qumba v.i. -- 1; be constipated; 2; swell out; distend; 3;
• qumbaqumba v.t. -- tickle.
• qumbisa v.t. -- cause to swell out; distend.
• qunga v.t. -- 1; mix milk and whey (make umqungo); 2; toug
• qunta v.t. -- break off (as leaves; etc.).
• qupheza v.i. -- dance; kick up dust.
• quphula v.t. -- dig out; uproot.
• ququbala v.i. -- sit huddled up; cower.
• qutha v.i. -- squat.
• qwaqwaza v.t. -- click (sound of stick on stick); fence with sticks
• qwayiza v.t. -- blink; wink.
• sa v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i.; dawn; become light; 2; v.t.; take; send;
• sabalala v.i -- be scattered; be spread about.
• sabeka v.i. -- be fearful; be terrible; be fierce.
• sabela v.i.;v.t. -- answer to a call.
• sadalala v.i. -- pull hard.
• sakaza v.t. -- 1; smash; 2; scatter; throw down.
• sala v.i. -- remain; stay.
• sanganisa v.t. -- puzzle; confuse.
• sanganiseka v.i. -- get puzzled; get confused.
• satha v.t. -- have sexual intercourse.
• sayina v.t. -- sign; put one's signature.
• sebenza v.t. & v.i. -- work; work at; labour.
• sebenzela v.t. -- work for; serve.
• sebenzisa v.t. -- cause to wor
• sekela v.t. -- 1; support; brace; prop up; 2; support; seco
• sela v.t. -- pluck fruit.
• selwa v.i. -- 1; wane (of moon): 2; be late.
• senga v.t. -- milk.
• sesetha v.t. -- sift; winnow.
• setsha v.t. -- search with a warrant.
• sewula v.i. -- fall of first rains.
• sibathela v.i. -- run away fast.
• sibekela v.t. -- cover (with a lid; etc).
• sibukula v.t. -- remove a lid.
• sika v.t. -- cut across; amputate; saw off.
• sikinya v.t. -- move.
• sikinyeka v.i. -- move.
• sikiza v.t. -- make a feint or pretense of hitting.
• sila v.i. -- 1; live: 2; be well.
• silela v.t. -- be deficient in; lack.
• silisa v.t. -- 1; heal; cure; 2; save.
• sina v.i. -- dance
• sinama v.i. -- be angry; be cross; be surly.
• sinda v.t. -- 1; be heavy; weigh heavy; 2; escape.
• sinda v.t. -- smear a floor.
• sindisa v.t. -- 1; overload 2; save.
• singa v.t. -- shave.
• singatha v.t. -- cuddle; hug.
• siphula v.t. -- pull out weeds; grass; etc.
• sitha v.t. -- hide; screen.
• sitheka v.i. -- become hidden; become screened.
• siza v.t. -- aid; help.
• sizakala v.i. -- be helped.
• sizila v.t. -- iron out; press flat
• sobela v.i. -- disappear for a time.
• soka v.t. -- circumcise.
• soleka v.i. -- become blameworthy; be¬come faulty.
• soma v.i. -- joke; sport.
• sombuluka v.i -- come unrolled; come unfolded.
• sombulula v.t. -- unfold; unroll
• sondela v.i. -- approach; draw near; go near; come near.
• sondeza v.t. -- bring near; bring close to; cause to get nea
• songa v.t. -- 1; coil; coil up; roll up; 2; threaten: 3. c
• songana v.i. -- get coiled.
• songela v.t. -- threaten.
• songeleka v.i. -- 1; become constipated 2; become threatened.
• subela v.t. -- put on loin cloth.
• subuka v.i. -- rub off; get grazed. subula; v.t.: rub off hair; g
• subula v.t. -- rub off hair; graze.
• suduka v.i -- move out of the way; move out of he light.
• sudula v.t. -- move out of the way.
• suka v.i. -- 1; go away; depart; set out; 2; begin (kusuk
• sukela v.t. -- 1; spring at; attack; 2; depart frorn; begin
• sukuma v.i. -- arise; rise up; stand.
• sunduza v.t. -- push; shift.
• sungula v.t. -- begin; initiate (as a discus¬sion; etc.).
• susa v.t. -- clear away; remove; take away.
• sutha v.i. -- become satisfied.
• suthisa v.t. -- satisfy.
• suza v.t. -- break wind (at anus).
• swaba v.i. -- fade; wither.
• swela v.t. -- lack; need; necessary.
• sweleka v.i. -- be missing; be wanted; be
• tatalika v.i. -- lurch; stagger.
• tatazela v.i. -- be agitated; be nervous; be flurried.
• tema v.t. -- cheer; greet; etc.using per¬son's 'isitemo)
• temeleza v.i. -- praise extravagantly.
• thaba v.i. -- delight in; be glad; be happy.
• thaka v.t. -- make up medicine; etc.
• thakatha v.i. & v.t. -- bewitch; practise witchcraft.
• thakazela v.t. -- be genial to; welcome.
• thaklazela v.t. -- throw down (heavily or carelessly).
• thalaza v.i.;v.t. -- look around.
• thama v.t. -- begin (as a discussion; etc.).
• thamba v.i. -- become soft; become supple; become tame.
• thambama v.i. -- become afternoon; begin to ecline (of sun).
• thambeka v.i. & v.t. -- slope; lean to one side.
• thambisa v.t. -- 1; make wet; soften; make pliable; 2; tame.
• thanda v.t. -- like; love; prefer.
• thandabuza v.i. -- doubt.
• thandela v.i. & v.t. -- bind round; wind round; climb round.
• thanduluka v.i. -- come unwound.
• thandulula v.t. -- unwind.
• thanya v.i. -- spring back (as a trap).
• thanyela v.t. -- brush; sweep.
• thapha v.t. -- take out (honey from a nest; clay rom a pit).
• thaphuluka v.i. -- get stretched out.
• thaphulula v.t. -- stretch out.
• thatha v.t. -- I; take; 2; take a wife; marry; 3; thatha si
• thathazela v.i. -- speak off the point; peak out of turn.
• thatheka v.i. -- be carried way emotion¬aily; be easily infiu
• thekeleza v.t. -- tie round; tie a knot.
• thela v.t. -- pour; pour out; 2; sprinkle (as manure) 3
• theleka v.i. -- come to; arrive; attack.
• thelela v.t. -- 1; pour on to; water (the garden; etc.); spr
• thelisa v.t -- collect tax; tax.
• themba v.i. & v.t. -- trust; trust in; rely on; confide in h
• thembeka v.i. -- become honest; become trustworthy.
• thembisa v.t. -- promise.
• thembuza v.i. -- go from wife to wife.
• thena v.t. -- 1; castrate; 2; prune.
• thenga v.t. -- buy.
• thengisa v.t. -- sell.
• thengiselana v.i -- trade; sell among one another.
• thetha v.t. -- 1; try a law case; 2; scold; chide.
• thethela v.t. -- sacrifice; sacrifice to; pray to ancestors.
• thethelela v.t. -- forgive (sins; etc.).
• thethisa v.t. -- swear at; scold
• theza v.t. -- collect firewood.
• thi v.i -- 1; say; 2; think; mean; 3; used with ideophon
• thikameza v.t. -- disturb; interrupt.
• thikaza v.i. -- 1; be disturbed; start back abruptly; 2; hes
• thikazisa v.t. -- disturb.
• thimula v.i -- sneeze; snort. absolute pron. (1st per. pl.):
• thinta v.t. -- 1; touch; 2; check and turn back; or turn away ani
• thintitha v.t. -- shake; shake out (as a blanket); beat (to ge
• thithibala v.i. -- become perplexed; be¬come speechless.
• thiya v.t. -- 1; trap;2; propup.
• thoba v.i.; v.t. -- 1; v.i become humble; humble oneself; bow 2' v.t
• thobeka v.i. -- become humble.
• thobela v.t. -- appease; conciliate.
• thobisa v.t. -- humiliate.
• thokoza v.i -- be glad; be happy; be de¬lighted; rejoice.
• thokozela v.i -- delight in; be delighted about.
• thokozisa v.t. -- gladden; make happy; Please; comfort.
• thola v.t. -- 1; find; discover; 2; get; obtain.
• tholakala v.i -- be obtainable.
• thomana v.t. -- follow on heels of; dog a person.
• thomba v.i -- 1; mature; grow up; reach age of puberty 2; r
• thonisa v.t. -- judge (a case).
• thonisisa v.t. -- judge (a person).
• thonta v.i. -- drip.
• thontela v.i. -- drip on to.
• thotha v.i. -- run along on the ground (as birds).
• thuba v.i. -- be overcast; change colour.
• thubela v.i. -- go away for a time.
• thuka v.t. & v.i. -- abuse; curse; insult; use bad languag
• thukuluka v.i. -- come untied
• thukulula v.t. -- untie; unravei; undo.
• thukuthela v.i. -- become angry.
• thukuthelisa v.t. -- make angry; anger; enrage.
• thukuza v.t. -- hide.
• thula v.i -- be quiet; be silent; be peaceful.
• thulisa v.t. -- appease; calm; quieten.
• thulula v.t. -- empty; pour out.
• thuma v.t. -- send.
• thumba v.t. -- enslave; captivate; carry off; capture; pill
• thumbela v.t. -- refuse to let a calf suck (of a cow).
• thumela v.t. -- send; send to.
• thumeza v.t. -- cause to send; send
• thunaza v.t. -- ill-treat.
• thunda v.i. -- urinate.
• thundubala v.i. -- become blunt.
• thunga v.t. -- 1; sew; darn; 2; pour out; serve (esp. beer)
• thungamela v.t -- guide; lead
• thungatha v.t. -- follow a scent.
• thungela v.t. -- set fire to.
• thungulula v.t. -- open eyes for the first time (as a kitten).
• thunqa v.i -- smoke; rise of smoke
• thunuka v.t. -- 1; hurt fedings of; 2; hurt OD a sore place.
• thunukala v.i. -- 1; get upset; get upset easily; 2; get hurt
• thusa v.t. -- 1; help; 2; treat a calf with certain medici
• thutha v.t. -- move home; move from one place to another
• thuthaza v.t. -- make a fool of.
• thuthuka v.i. -- 1; grow; progress; 2; move; go away.
• thuthumela v.i. -- shiver; quake.
• thuthuza v.t. -- puff out (as smoke); discharge (as matter f
• thutsha v.i. -- appear suddenly.
• thuza v.t. -- strike or attack (esp. with a stick).
• thwahlaza v.t. -- hit with a missile.
• thwala v.t. -- 1. bear or carry on head or on shoulder; 2.b
• thwalelana v.t. -- ignore others; refuse to greet others.
• thwasa v.i. -- 1; appear or come out for the first lime (as
• thwayizela v.i. -- bob up and down when moving along (as does an ostrich)
• thwetsh'ula v.t. -- tear right off (as skin of an animal).
• tolika v.t. -- interpret; translate.
• topola v.t. -- prick with beak.
• tota v.i. -- sink down in wet or muddy place.
• totoba v.i. -- walk feebly (as old person).
• totoza v.t. -- pet; pamper; spoil
• tsahaza v.t. -- scatter; strew.
• tsaka v.t. -- squirt out of mouth (between the teeth).
• tsha v.i -- 1; burn; become burnt: 2; dry up.
• tshabalala v.i. -- disappear for ever; come to nothing.
• tshada v.t. -- marry; perfom marriage ceremony.
• tshadisa v.t. -- marry; perform marriage ceremony.
• tsh'akala v.i. -- run about (as a run away horse).
• tshakaza v.i. -- come into flower ( of corn plant).
• tshaphaza v.i. -- be slovenly; be lazy.
• tshaphuluka v.i. -- 1; be revived; 2; be straight (of stiff limb
• tshaqa v.i. -- be acrid; be bitter.
• tshaqeka v.i. -- be appalled; be amazed.
• tshatshama v.i. -- be plentiful.
• tshaya v.t. -- 1; beat; hit; strike; 2; punish 3; play a ba
• tshayana v. -- strike one another; collide.
• tshayela v.t. -- drive a vehicle
• tshaza v.t. -- blast with cold; blacken with frost.
• tshazwa v.i. -- be frosted; be frost-bitten.
• tsheba v.t. -- 1; eat or take relish; 2; flavour; add flavo
• tsheda v.i. -- move backwards; move sideways.
• tsh'eka v.i -- 1; lean; incline; 2; have diarrhoea.
• tsh'ekela v.i. -- lean on; incline towards.
• tsh'ekisa v.t. -- 1; lean; prop; 2; give a iaxative to.
• tsh'ela v.t. -- tell; inform.
• tshelela v.i. -- slip; slide; be slippery.
• tshena v.i. -- cut teeth.
• tsh'engisa v.t. -- show; point out.
• tshetsha v.i. -- move quickly; hurry
• tshetshezela v.i. -- trot; shufffle aloog quickly.
• tshibilika v.i. -- turn right round.
• tshikatshika v.i. -- toil; toil at.
• tshikitsha v.i. -- dance.
• tsh'ikiza v.t. & v.i. -- wag (the tail); vibrate; quiver.
• tshila v.t. & v.i. -- twist; twistwound.
• tshinga v.i. -- be unruly
• tshinikeza v.i. -- sulk; show unwillingness by look or action.
• tshipha v.i -- 1; be cheap (in perf. only: kutshiphile„it i
• tshipheka v.i. -- get fed up with; get disgusted with.
• tshiphela v.t. -- cause one to have aversion from; cause one t
• tshisa v.t. -- 1; burn; burn up; scorch; 2; dry; dry up; v.
• tshiseka v.i. -- be very keen to do; be zealous.
• tshitsha v.i. -- walk quickly.
• tshitshiliza v.i.;vt. -- 1; glance off; 2; skid; slide.
• tshitshimba v.i. -- dance (a dance of olden times).
• tshiya v.t. -- abandon; leave behind; omit; neglect.
• tshiyoza v.i. -- cheep.
• tsho v.t. & v.i. -- 1; assert; say; 2; think; mean.
• tshobola v.t. -- prick with beak.
• tsh'oka v.t. -- shoot an arrow; squirt water.
• tsholobela v.i. -- disappear eventually.
• tshombuluka v.i. -- come uncoiled.
• tshombulula v.t. -- uncoil.
• tshona v.i. -- 1; go down sink; sag; be deep; 2; set (cf su
• tshono v. -- imperative form of verb -tsho.
• tsh'opoka v.i. -- spring.
• tshotsha v.i. -- 1; wander off (of animals) move ahead quickl
• tshotshobala v.i. -- cringe; cower (as with fear).
• tshova v.t. -- 1; pedal (a bicycle) 2; push.
• tshudula v.i.;v.t. -- shuffle.
• tshuka v.t. -- rub together in hands; soften a skin; curry.
• tshukuma v.i. -- toss about (restlessly).
• tshumayela v.t. -- preach; declare.
• tshumayeza v.t. -- preach to; address.
• tsh'ungubala v.i. -- squeeze through' a narrow place.
• tshutshisa v.t. -- prosecute.
• tshutshuma v.i. -- have excess of fat.
• tshwabhana v.i. -- shrink up; shrivel up; become withered.
• tshwakaza v.i. -- rustle (of something in undergrowth); make s
• tshwama v.t. -- toughen up (esp. warriors by witchcraft pro
• tshwapha v.i. -- become thin; become emaciated.
• tshwaphuluka v.i. -- be revived.
• tshwaphulula v.t. -- revive.
• tshwaqa v.i. -- 1; be nervous; 2; shrink (of a ound).
• tshwaqisa v.t. -- unnerve; make he hair stand on end.
• tshwathika v.t. -- hide away; slip in under (to conceal).
• tshwatshwaza v.i. -- 1; make hissing noise (as oasting food); 2;
• tshw'aya v.t. -- sprinkle salt.
• vakatsha v.i. -- visit.
• vala v.t. -- close; shut; lock the way.
• valela v.t. -- 1; shut in; 2; shut out; exclude; shut again
• valelisa v.t. -- take leave of; say goodbye to.
• vama v.i. -- abound; become plentiful.
• vamvuza v.t. -- sprinkle (powder; etc.).
• vathuza v.t. -- knock or shake off (as fruit from a tree).
• vela v.i. -- 1; come forth; appear; 2; come from; 3; happ
• velela v.t. -- happen to; befall.
• vetheza v.i. -- gossip.
• veza v.t. -- 1; bring forth; show; produce; 2; expose; 3;
• vika v.t. -- 1; avoid; dodge; duck; 2; ward
• vikela v.t. -- 1; defend; 2; ward off; take preventive meas
• vikeleka v.i. -- become safe.
• vikiza v.t. -- cut or chop up small.
• vilapha v.i. -- be idle; be lazy.
• vimba v.t. -- block up; stuff up.
• vimbana v.i. -- become stuffy.
• vimbanisa v.t. -- 1; make a lot of noise 2; make stuffy.
• vimbela v.t. -- prevent; close the way to; block the way gai
• vimbezela v.t. -- shut in; besiege.
• vitsha v.t. -- pack tight (of hedge).
• viyoca v.i -- move down; go down.
• vodloza v.t. -- smash.
• votshozela v.i. -- make heavy trudging sound.
• vuba v.t. -- mix together; stir up.
• vubela v.t. -- mix with yeast.
• vuka v.i. -- 1; awake; wake up; 2; rise; revive to life;
• vukela v.t. -- rise up against; rebel against.
• vula v.t. -- open.
• vuleka v.i -- be open; come open.
• vulela v.t. -- open to; allow in.
• vumbuluka v.i. -- come uncovered; come unearthed; become revea
• vumbulula v.t. -- uncover; unearth; reveal.
• vumela v.t. -- allow; approve; consent permit (N.B.: vunyel
• vumelana v. -- agree with one another; be of the same mind.
• vumisa v.t. -- 1; cause to agree; 2; divine.
• vuna v.t. -- 1; harvest; reap; 2; side with.
• vunda v.i. -- 1; become rich or fertile (of soil); 2; go b
• vundisa v.t. -- make the soil rich.
• vungama v.i. -- growl murmur; grumble.
• vungula v.t. -- pick the teeth.
• vunguza v.i. -- blow hard (of wind).
• vunula v.i. -- adorn oneself in finery; w ar fine clothes.
• vunyelwa v.pass. -- be lawful; be permitted.
• vusa v.t. -- arouse; wake up; rouse the feelings (vusa in
• vuselela v.t. -- revive.
• vutha v.i. -- blaze; burn up (of fire; angers etc.).
• vuthela v.t. -- 1; cause to blaze (of fire; anger; etc.); 2;
• vuthuka v.i. -- fall off; get shaken off; fall about.
• vuthwa v.pass. -- become ripe; become cooked; become curdle
• vuvuka v.i -- swell up (as a wound).
• vuvuzela v.t. -- sprinkle (powder; mealie meal; etc.).
• vuza v.t. -- 1; award; reward; 2; v.i.; leak.
• wa v.i. -- fall; drop down.
• wahlaza v.t. -- slap the face.
• wakala v.t. -- slap the face.
• walazela v.i. -- do hastily and carelessly.
• watsha v.t. -- wash clothes.
• wela v.i.;v.t. -- fall on to; fall into.
• wela v.t. -- cross over (a river; etc.).
• welela v.t. -- cross over to.
• weza v.t. -- take across.
• wisa v.t. -- cause to fall; drop; knock down ush down (zi
• wohloka v.i. -- shower down; fall down.
• wohloza v.t. -- shake down; shower down.
• wola v.t. -- gather up rubbish.
• wumana v.i -- be delirious.
• xaba v.t. -- roast (on a frame); roast (of the sun).
• xabana v.i. -- quarrel.
• xabanisa v.t. -- cause others to quarrel.
• xaka v.t. -- 1; feed forcibly; 2; place in difficulties.
• xakazela v.i. -- bustle about.
• xakela v.i.;v.t. -- have-difficulty in giving birth (of animals)
• xakulula v.t. -- straighten out (something entangled).
• xamalaza v.i -- stand with legs apart.
• xathuka v.i. -- come off in layers or cakes.
• xathula v.t. -- peel off in layers or cakes.
• xebuka v.i -- get stripped off.
• xebula v.t.- -- strip off; peel off.
• xega v.i. -- become loose; become unsteady; work loose
• xegisa v.t. -- loosen.
• xeka v.i. -- give way; get away.
• xexebuka v.i. -- come off; peel off.
• xexebula v.t. -- take off; peel off (as scab).
• xhakela v.i. -- germinate of itself; sprout.
• xhanxatha v.t. -- gnaw; bite gently.
• xhapha v.t. -- lap up.
• xhaphazela v.i. -- 1; splutter (of water); 2; splutter (of peop
• xhawula v.t. -- shake hands.
• xhokoza v.t. -- 1; jab; poke; 2; annoy.
• xhoma v.t. -- 1; hang up; 2; impale.
• xhopha v.t. -- hurt the eye.
• xhophosa v.t. -- prick.
• xhoxhoza v.t. -- sound the depth; feel the depth.
• xhuma v.t. -- 1; drink a little; 2; graft; splice.
• xhumelela v.t. -- graft on to; splice on to.
• xhwala v.i. -- rebel (against authority).
• xhwatha v.i. -- bubble and seethe.
• xokozela v.i. -- talk loudly; make a tumult.
• xolela v.t. -- excuse a person; pardon.
• xolisa v.t. -- apologise; express regret; beg pardon.
• xotsha v.t. -- banish; drive off; drive away; chase.
• xova v.t. -- mix by treading; knead.
• xoxa v.i. -- chat.
• xoxela v.i. -- chat about; chat with.
• xoxomela v.i. -- stand on tiptoe.
• xoza v.t. -- peel off rind; cut off rind.
• xuba v.t. -- mix.
• xubana v.i -- mix; be mixed.
• xubha v.t. -- rinse or wash the mouth; clean teeth.
• xukuxa v.t. -- work a tight thing loose.
• xwaya v.i.;v.t. -- be on the alert; beware; avoid.
• xwayisa v.t. -- admonish; caution; warn.
• ya v.i. -- go to.
• yakaza v.t. -- rinse out; swill out.
• yalaza v.i. -- be agitated; move in confusion.
• yaluzisa v.t. -- agitate; confuse.
• yanga v.t. -- to shame; cause to feel shame.
• yangeka v.i. -- be shamed.
• yangisa v.t. -- deride. mock; shame.
• yekela v.t. -- 1; cease; stop; 2; forgive; 3; let go; leave
• yeketha v.i. -- hang loosely; be slack (of rope; tc.).
• yekethisa v.t. -- cause to hang loosely; tie loosely.
• yenda v.i -- -yendezela;1; stagger; be unsteady 2; sway t
• yenga v.t. -- allure; seduce; entice.
• yocuka v.i. -- get taken off (of skin).
• yocula v.t. -- take a skin off forcibly (by tearing; by bur
• zaca v.i. -- become thin.
• zala v.t. -- give birth.
• zalana v.i. -- be related by blood.
• zama v.t. -- attempt; try.
• zamazama v.i. -- shake violently; quake. ku-zanbzama (uku): a
• zamazamisa v.t. -- shake violently.
• zamelela v.i. -- press on; press towards; go all out for.
• zamula v.i. -- yawn.
• zeka v.t. -- 1; mount: 2; mate (of animals).
• zekelisa v.t. -- tell riddles.
• zenga v.i. -- loiter.
• zibula v.i. -- give birth to firstbom child.
• zika v.i. -- settle down to the bottom; sink right own.
• zila v.t. -- 1; abstain from; fast 2; mourn.
• zilazila v.i. -- move restlessly (as when nervous; etc.).
• zimuka v.i -- become fat (of people).
• zingela v.t. -- 1; hunt; 2; persecute.
• zingeleza v.t. -- go round.
• zingelezela v.t. -- encircle; surround.
• zinza v.i -- 1; be comfortable and happy; 2; settle down.
• zomba v.i -- wind about.
• zompola v.t. -- snatch.
• zonda v.t. -- hate; dislike; get cross.
• zondeka v.i. -- be hateful.
• zongolozela v.t. -- wind round; wind up.
• zophana v.i -- take turns with.
• zophisana v.i -- alternate do in turns.
• zula v.i -- 1; go about; wander 2; hover.
• zungeleza v.t. -- encircle.
• zunguza v.t. -- sway; wave.
• zunguzeka. v.i. -- sway.
• zuza v.t. -- attain; obtain; gain.
• zwa v.t. -- 1; hear; understand; 2; feel; 3; taste.
• zwakala v.i. -- 1; be heard; 2; be known; 3; taste.
• zwana v. -- 1; be friendly; 2; hear one another.
• zwisa v.t. -- cause to feel.
• zwisisa v.t. -- understand fully.