R - r
| raid | -syambúlá |
| rain | -ghwá |
| · | nfulá |
| rain in mountains | -fuutíla |
| rainbow | múfúlúbhíli |
| rainy season | kúsóghó |
| rake up | -komenkánya |
| ram (a stick into the ground) | -pamá hânsí |
| rangoon creeper | múlámá |
| rank | syěo |
| rapid walker | múháfú |
| ratel | sibhúli |
| raw (meat) | -tótó |
| razor | kághémbé |
| reach the goal | -helá |
| read | -sómá |
| really? | jéébhó |
| rear | kúúnyúmá |
| · | lúhembó |
| reason | ngúno |
| recall | -jísúkílá |
| receive | -heébhwa |
| · | -pókéélá |
| recieve | -ghabhílá |
| reconstruct (after a disaster) | -jubháká bhúhyá |
| recover | -sumbwǎ |
| red | -ábhé |
| red cock | nsíngámághásí |
| red colour | jáabhé |
| red sandalwood sp | mwéngé |
| red soil | bhúkúndyé |
| · | bhúlóngo bhwábhé |
| red-collared widowbird | líkíjúghwé |
| redeem | -komboóla |
| redeem (a captive) | -píngúlá |
| redpoll | kásúnsyá |
| redtail monkey | kásoolímá |
| reed | ííbhánó |
| reed sp | íítété |
| refloat (sth.) | -sábhúlá |
| refrain from a fight | -jilúká másoóla |
| refuse | -ghangálá |
| · | -tuná |
| refuse to give | -jimá |
| reject | -kabhá |
| relative | mwǐnaane |
| relieve oneself | -santúká |
| remain | -sííbhá |
| remain on the surface of water | -lelámá |
| remain silent (when called) | -humbúla |
| remember | -jísúkílá |
| remove bark | -bhángá |
| remove branches | -highúlá (mátabhí) |
| remove chaff of grain | -pwághúlá |
| remove dishes after meal | -tesyá |
| remove grain of corn | -húkúsyá |
| remove guard | -bhángá |
| remove hull of maize | -táásá |
| remove intestine | -sasúlá |
| remove meat of hunted game | -gháálá |
| remove the harshness | -kalamúka |
| repair | -lyohelésya |
| repeat | -jílá kabhílí |
| repeatedly | tubho= |
| replace | -bhadilísya |
| report | -lipoóti |
| request | -sééghá |
| · | -sóná |
| resemble | -li-súsá |
| · | -súsáná |
| reserve | -lékélá |
| respect | iisíma |
| rest | -támúká |
| rest one's cheek in one's hand | -li-kúúnyíká |
| · | -níghé etamá |
| · | -níghílé etamá |
| restart | -sápá |
| return | -heleéla |
| return money | -líhá |
| · | -líhwá |
| return sth. | -heleesésya |
| reverse | kúúnyúmá |
| · | lúhembó |
| revive | -hembuúka |
| rhinoceros | mpelá |
| rib | lúbháfú |
| rib meat and bone | lúsíísá |
| rice | mupǔnga |
| rice-plant | mupǔnga |
| rich | mútunsí |
| richness | bhútunsí |
| ride | -tandá |
| ridicule | mísangáló |
| right | -éné |
| · | kwéné |
| · | lúhándé lwǎ kwéné |
| right hand | kubhoko kwéné |
| ripe | -ábhé |
| ripe too much | -hiikísya |
| ripe (fruit) | -bheéle |
| ripen (artificially) | -fundíká |
| rise (the sun) | -ghálá |
| ritual | iipeelélo |
| river | mongá |
| road | bhalabhála |
| roan antelope | nkolóngó |
| roast | -tumbá |
| roast in ash | -fúlúntíká |
| roasted maize | kábhémbó |
| · | lukeéto |
| roasted maize flour | símuumú |
| roasted meat | síbhángó |
| rob | -ghányúká |
| · | -jibhá kúmánaghá |
| robber | iijambaási |
| rock | -héélúká |
| · | ngúlú jeébhwé |
| rocky place | íítálé |
| roll | -filinkíta |
| roll over | -ghálághálá |
| roof | kúúnyûmbá |
| room | syuúmba |
| root | músíí |
| root used for medicine | músisí |
| rope | lúkusá |
| · | múghílá |
| rose apple | mupeéla |
| rosewood sp | kásandá |
| rotten | -bhií |
| rotten (meat) | -bhófú |
| round bottomed basket | síselé |
| round worm | mpúká |
| round-shaped basket with a cover | íikobhúlú |
| roundworm | nfunfú |
| rub | -futá |
| rub a string | -bhohá (mukéka) |
| · | -pélá |
| rub one's body (to clean it) | -li-kúmbá |
| rub to pieces (with one's fingers) | -fyéngá |
| rubber plant | múpílá |
| rubbish | bhuchaáfu |
| rubbish heap | íísyálá |
| rule | -jimá |
| rule over | -táwáálá |
| rumble | -júúmá |
| ruminate | -tafúnyá |
| run | -kílímá |
| run away | -jilúká |
| run for something | -talaghálá |
| run over | -kandághá |
| run (idiom) | -malíká kalúnde |
| runner bean | káhítí |
| running sore | íísóndá |
| rush out | -pongoléla |
| rust | nkongóló |