T - t
| tabacco | nsuúnko |
| tabacco leaf | lyanyi lyá nsǔnko. maanyi gháá nsǔnko |
| taboo | músíló |
| taboo (a word) | -sísyá |
| tabooed word | músíló |
| Tabora | ntobhólá |
| tail | músilá |
| take | áhíná |
| take away rubbish gathered up | -ghóósá |
| take fruits | -kǎ |
| · | -keéla |
| take in (washings) | -ghanúlá |
| take off | -fuúla |
| take off a pot from the fire | -ghokólá |
| take off corns from a cob | -bhúngá |
| take off fiber from a plant | -kubhá nkúsá |
| take off sth. | -ghámbúlá |
| take off the lid | -fundúkúla |
| take off (a stamp pasted up) | -bhandúlá |
| take off (the bark) | -ghúbhúlá (mápámba) |
| take one's place | -níghá madaláka |
| take out | -fumyǎ |
| · | -sábhúlá |
| take out beans from the sheath | -kóngá |
| take out firewood from fire | -séésúlá nkwǐ |
| take out food from the pot | -pakúlá |
| take out the stopper | -síntúkúlá |
| take sb.'s place | -bhadilísya |
| take (sb. somewhere) | -twǎla |
| tale | kamughényi |
| · | lúghéló |
| · | lútéébhékó |
| · | mughányi |
| talisman agianst vermin | íikanga mpǒngo |
| talk with a guest | -sáhúsyá |
| tall house (tall ceiling) | kandelémba |
| · | kápúngú |
| tall tree sp | múkomá |
| · | mukuúbhwa |
| · | músíndé |
| tallness | bhútalí |
| talon | lúsalá |
| tamarind tree | músísí |
| tambuki grass | kasáli |
| tan leather | -nyúká |