C - c
| cackle | -tetélá |
| calabash | lúsíngí |
| · | syúngú |
| calabash bottle | ntendeéli |
| calabash bowl | ntendé |
| calabash plate | lúhindí |
| calf of the leg | kásáfú |
| call | -jitá |
| · | lwitó |
| · | ntangiílo |
| · | -tangiíla |
| call for some reason | -jitílá |
| call loundly | -tangiíla |
| call on | -tembeeléla |
| calm | -tusyá |
| calm down | -holá |
| calm village | lúgho lúholé |
| can | iibhaáti |
| · | -kobhólá |
| can be seen | -lúbhúká |
| canary sp | kalwǐha |
| cane rat | nsênsí |
| canoe | bhwató |
| canon | músíngá |
| cap | nkofiíla |
| capable hunter | kíbhíndá |
| cape clawless | nkondá |
| car | muutúka |
| caress | -paapáasya |
| · | -palapáasya |
| carry | -twǎla |
| carry away | -twǎla |
| carry sth./sb. on one's back | -hééká |
| carry (sth.) on a pole | -twǎla mudaála ~ mutaála |
| carry (sth.) on one's head | -twǎla kúmútwé |
| carry (sth.) on one's (head) | -li-twǐka (kúmútwé) |
| carrying pole | múdáálá |
| cartload | bhútúndá |
| carve | -bháásá |
| carve very much | -bháásísyá |
| cask | iipípa |
| cassava | muhṍgho |
| · | mumbáti |
| cassava leaf | kásimbó |
| cast one's skin | -li-ghúbhúlá (nsabhá) |
| caster-oil bean | lúbhonó |
| castor nut | ntekéta |
| castor-oil | máfuta ghaá mbonó |
| castor-oil plant | lúbhonó |
| castrate | -túúnyúlá |
| cat | kanyaábhu |
| catapillar | líífúnyú |
| cataracta | kánaghá |
| catch and hold with a hook | -tungúlá |
| catch cold | -lwǎla másulaányi |
| · | -lwǎle éfunsí |
| catch fire | -gháká |
| catch (a ball) | -bhaká (mupíla) |
| catch (an enemy) | -sampá |
| caterpillar | káásóósó |
| caterpillar sp | ííghándó |
| catfish | ííbhághá |
| · | ng'ǒmba |
| · | nsonfí |
| cattle | ng'óómbé |
| cause | ngúno |
| · | -súlá |
| cause pain | -ponkólá |
| cave | ííkéló |
| cease (of the rain) | -syǎ |
| ceiling | iidaáli |
| ceiling collar | muhĩmíli |
| center | hákátí |
| centipede | lílújó |
| Centropomidae Luciolates stappersii | nfóóló |
| chaff | íihahá |
| chair | mupǎndo |
| challenger | musangabhále |
| chameleon | lífúlúmúlá |
| · | liilǔnfu |
| change | -híndúká |
| change money | -funsá (mahéla) |
| character, letter | heelúfi |
| charcoal | mákalá ghaá mábhwé |
| charm for keeping off evil | hĩliísi |
| chase away | -bhíngá |
| · | -ghamílá (mánywělé) |
| chase to catch | -kílímísyá |
| · | -talaghásyá |
| chatterbox | mútensí |
| cheap | naáfu |
| cheap (meat) | lahísi |
| check a trap | -ghúnsá |
| cheek | íitamá |
| chest | íitundú |
| chest hair | íísó |
| chew | -tafúnyá |
| chicken | kákokó |
| chicrid sp | múnsakálá |
| chief | mwamí |
| chief's land | hábwámí |
| · | kúbhwámí |
| child | kátwáná |
| · | mwaná |
| child born feet first | kásindyé |
| child of an uncle (of mother side), or an aunt (of father side) | mufyǎlaane |
| child who was born before accomplishing bride-service | nkulikoóbhwa |
| child who was born before changing bridewealth | nkulikoóbhwa |
| childhood blister on legs | lútángá |
| child's mouth | kánywǎ |
| chilly period during dry season | lúheehí |
| chin | kaleefúla |
| chip in | -sángíílá |
| chizel | nsinsó |
| choke | -ghóghá |
| · | -kulíká |
| · | -nyǒnga |
| chombo kikubwa kama 6db | sífughwǎ |
| chop a fallen tree into pieces | -highúlá (mátabhí) |
| chose | -sáághúlá |
| · | -sóóghólá |
| chrysantheum | mújónsó |
| church | kanísa |
| cicada | lújénsé |
| cichlid | lulwǎmbi |
| cichlid sp | ngéghé |
| cigarrette | múmáló |
| circled place for coronation of mutwale | lúkangálá |
| circled place for coronation of sub-chief | kálukángálá |
| circumcised foreskin of penis | nkópá |
| circumsize | -tahílí |
| civet | líkíjángá |
| civet cat (pejorative) | mungúsa |
| clan | múláhíló |
| clan after marridge | bhúkwǎ |
| clap | iikoófi |
| clap hands | -huúla makoófi |
| claw | íisalá |
| clay | íibhumbá |
| clay for pottery | íibhumbá |
| clay pot | nkonó |
| clay (a kind of) for dying mats | nsombó |
| clean | -hyahíla |
| · | -labhyá |
| · | -lafyá |
| clean rice | -sóhólá |
| clear away many things (of the rain) | -súngá |
| clear one's throat | -li-kukumúla |
| clear up | -sambaála |
| cleared ground | lúfúúlá |
| click | -syǒla |
| cliff | nkómó |
| climb around mountains | -pambátá |
| climb around sth | -ghééghá |
| climb (a mountain) | -tandá |
| clitoris | kásómpó |
| close | -jíghálá |
| · | -kubhílá |
| close friend | ghwamughána ghwane |
| close one's wings | -heleésya mápápa |
| close the gate of the pen | -jíghálílá ng'óombe |
| cloth | sítámbálá |
| cloth made of bark | íisaanyí |
| clothe (sb.) | -fwǐka |
| clothes | mwendá |
| clothes made from bark skin | mpínda |
| cloud | iikuúsi |
| cluster pine | múnyákí |
| clutch at sb. | -ghúújá |
| clutch one's head in pain, sadness etc. | -súúnyíká |
| coagulate | -ghándá |
| cobra naja | hõbhókó |
| cobweb | bhúlábhí |
| · | nyááté |
| cock | lííkájénjé |
| · | muteéki |
| cock or hen | nkokó |
| cockroach | lúhésé |
| · | síhésé |
| cockscomb | lúhúngá |
| coconut | názi |
| coconut palm | munázi |
| coffee nut | kaháwa |
| cohabit | kimaáda |
| coil up | -li-ghóndá |
| coil (round sth.) | -li-nyongelésya (kusítí) |
| coin | iikúta |
| · | kakúta |
| cokés hartebeest | kákísí |
| cold | -fíílé |
| · | masulaányi |
| coldness | mpehó |
| collarbone | íibhangá |
| collect | -komenkánya |
| collect up | -bhungá |
| color | laángi |
| color maize grain | múbhambangómá |
| comb | kásáákú |
| · | -sáákúlá |
| come | -jísá |
| come back for the person who escaped | -séésúká |
| come from (somewhere) | -fumá |
| · | -fumíílíla |
| come home from work | -fumá mílímó |
| come out | -fumá kûnsé |
| come out of the water | -fumá múmaansí |
| · | -sábhúká múmaansí |
| come out (for flowers) | -fumághála |
| come out (for sprout) | -fúlúmá |
| come out (of a plant) | -mélá |
| come out (of sth. poked in) | -sómóká |
| come out (of the sheath of beans) | -tóóhá |
| come to a point | -soná |
| come to an agreement | -hulíkána |
| · | -lágháná |
| come to an end | -hwǎ |
| come to oneself | -pémbéésúká |
| come up with (sb.) | -lóndá |
| command | -hamulísya |
| · | -kubhísyá |
| common bulbul | nsóle |
| common duiker | kásyǎ |
| common waterbuck | lííkíbhúswé |
| companion | mwǐnaane |
| compassion | síghóngó |
| compellation for elders | jéétá |
| compensate | -líhíísyá |
| complain | -nung'uníka |
| conceal (a fact) | -lembá |
| connect | -júnjíkányá |
| connect (things) | -lámátáná |
| connect (two strings) | -hambíkánya |
| consider | -lángáányá |
| console | -bhembelésya |
| consult | -jangúlá |
| container for flour | nsyělo |
| container made from bark | síhîndá |
| contents of stomach | bhúsě |
| continue | -endeléa |
| continuous rain | múfúmbí |
| continuous sound | múngúlúmó |
| contribute | -sángáánílá |
| convulsions | káhwéká |
| cook | -teéka |
| cooked foods | bhúteeká |
| cooking stove | hámafíghá |
| cooking-stone | íifighá |
| cool | -holá |
| cool down | -fíílá |
| coppermouth minnow | líwánkámbá |
| copulate | -li-tandá |
| · | -tandá |
| coral tree | múkǔ |
| corn | kásosó |
| corncob | íikontí |
| · | íikungú |
| corner | kápakó |
| coross the other side | -ghámbúkílá |
| corpse | múlámbó |
| correct an error | -sahihísya |
| cotton | língálá |
| cough | kakosólo |
| · | -kosólá |
| cough for sb | -kosólélá |
| counsel | -sáánísyá |
| · | -sáányá |
| count | -pándá |
| count for | -pándílá |
| counterfort | lúghámbá |
| country | síhughó |
| courier | mutwǎsi |
| courtyard | lúhyǎ |
| cousin | ghu-POS |
| cover | -fundíká |
| · | -fundíkíla |
| cover oneself (with sth.) | -li-fimbíla |
| cover with the lid | -fundíkíla |
| cow | ng'óómbênkéémá |
| coward | moobhá |
| cowry | mpásí |
| crab | lînkalá |
| crack in the foot | ííghá |
| crack in the wall | múlálé |
| crack (sth hard) | -bhelághá |
| crawl | -ghafúlá |
| create | -bhumbá |
| crest | lúhúngá |
| cricket sp. | kátoolóóló |
| cripple person | sisyeéta |
| crocodile | ngwéná |
| cross | -lungá |
| cross over | -hisyúkána |
| cross the other side | -ghámbúkísyá |
| cross (a river) | -ghámbúká |
| crossed clothes | lúbhéghá |
| crossed eyes | íílyéngú |
| crossroads | íígháná |
| crossways | bhúhingá |
| crouch | -sunsumála |
| crow | -hilá |
| · | límómbó |
| cruciam carp sp | wankâmba |
| crust | íikokótó |
| cry | -lílá |
| · | -lolómá |
| cudgel | iilǔngu |
| cultivate | -límá |
| cumulonimbus cloud | lúkungúbhúghú |
| cup | kásíkí |
| · | síkombé |
| cupping-horn | syûbhíkó |
| cure | -kolélá |
| · | -sisyǎ |
| curse | kálóghé |
| curse about the husband hitting his head by her finger | -konkomálíka |
| curse sb. | -láhílá |
| curse with gestures | -kóónyéká |
| curving | bhúnyeghé |
| custard apple | íífílá |
| · | múfílá |
| · | mútópétópé |
| cut | -putá |
| cut a tree | -néná |
| cut cassava during digging | -sekélá |
| cut down trees to even out the field | -semúlá |
| cut down (a tree) | -putá sítí |
| cut from grasses | íikalí |
| cut in pieces | -temaghúla |
| cut into pieces | -putá fipandefipánde |
| · | -putághúla |
| cut off bird's meat from bones | -pápághúlá |
| cut off (branches) | -húngá (sítí ~ mátabhí) |
| cut on the head | lúghúmá |
| cut open the belly | -tumbúlá |
| cut sth. soft | -jéghá |
| cut the hair | -katá (nyêlé) |
| cut the throat | -sinsá |
| cut the trunk of a tree a little | -jílá lúsánte |
| cut with a saw | -putá fipandefipánde |
| cut (paper) | -tándúlá |
| cylinder-shaped basket | ííkúbhúlú |
| cypress | musaabhála |