W - w
| waddle | -mantá |
| wadi | iikolôngwa |
| wagtail | katyěntye |
| waist | lúbhundá |
| waistcloth | múléndé |
| wait | -hémbélá |
| · | -líndá |
| wake up | -hálámúká |
| wake up (sb.) | -hálámúsyá |
| walk | -já lwǎ maghúlu |
| walk around with some aim | -jumbá |
| walk around (in lyrics) | -sánkághílá |
| walk carefully | -nyenyekéla |
| walk on the procession | -helekéla (bhwênga) |
| walk one after another | -lóndékáná |
| walk zigzag | -seeseetéka |
| walking-stick | nkónyí |
| · | ntúbhá |
| wall | nkândé |
| wander about aimlessly | -sánsámá |
| want to do | -hensá kwílá |
| want (sth.) | -hensá |
| wape (after evacuation) | -li-hihá |
| war | fíta |
| · | lúbhughá |
| warm | -fyuhíka |
| warm oneself near the fire | -li-ghaníkísya (múlílo) |
| warm up in order to dance | -seetá |
| wart | nsuundó |
| wash clothes | -kámá |
| wash one's body | -nyaágha |
| wash one's face | -li-jughumúla |
| wash one's hands (before eating) | -kalábhá |
| · | -nyaágha |
| wash one's lower part of body after evacuation | -hihá |
| · | -li-hihá |
| wash out soap with clearn water | -fumyééfuló |
| wash (a plate) | -súngá |
| · | -súngílá |
| wash (clothes) | -kansá |
| · | -kubhá |
| watch | -kúngá |
| · | nsa |
| watch breathlessly | -súpá |
| watch over | -ghangalíla |
| water | -ghólélélá |
| · | maansí |
| water blister | iilengelênge |
| water buck | nkúmpá |
| water cobra | liikilofilófi |
| water for cooking ugali | nfughwǎ |
| water pot | múhangé |
| water strider | nyéngélébhwé |
| waterbuck | ntwéghé |
| waterfall | íibhangó |
| waterhole | íikabhá |
| · | íítángá |
| wathog | ngílí |
| wave | ííbhímbí |
| wave one's hand | -púngá kúbhóko |
| wax | ntáá |
| waxbill | káwálújóngó |
| waymark on a tree | lúsánté |
| we | úufwě |
| weak | -fíílé |
| · | -fíla |
| weakness | bhúfílá |
| weal | iing'oóle |
| wealth | nsábhó |
| weapon | sílângá |
| wear | -fwǎla |
| wear inside out | -híndá |
| · | -híndúlá |
| wear loincloth | -fwǎla kapiíta |
| · | -fwǎla mwenda ghwǎ kúfiighíla |
| wear ragged clothes | -suúka |
| weasel | kaasólwe |
| wedding | bhwéngá |
| weed | bhwásí |
| · | -jíhílá |
| weed (rootstock of) | íisindé |
| week | nyúmá |
| · | wiíki |
| weep | -lílá |
| weep buckets | -li-lilia |
| weeping mourning period | sílíló |
| weight, heavyness | bhúnywámú |
| well | élo |
| · | sísimá |
| west | kúbhújyéésyúúbhá |
| western white-bearded wildebeest | nyúmbú |
| what | =sǐ |
| what kind of | -á bhúti |
| · | =sǐ |
| what time? | saangápi |
| wheel | iighuludúmu |
| when | iifukú sǐ |
| · | nîngá sǐ |
| where | hě |
| · | íihě |
| · | kú=hě |
| which | -á=hě |
| · | hě |
| which person | ghwáhé |
| while | íikunká |
| whip | sibhoóko |
| whirlwind | sisyulúlu |
| whisper | -hwehwěta |
| whistle | -fulá kághunsú |
| · | kághunsú |
| whistle with one's fingers | -fulá mbínjá |
| whistling | kághúnsú |
| white | -áswé |
| white ant sp | íínóná |
| white clay | íibhumba lyáswé |
| white hair | lúkóté |
| white-browed coucal | límúkúkwé |
| white-browed robin-chat | límúmínsá |
| whiteman | musyǔngu |
| whiteness | jáaswé |
| who | ghanyí |
| whoreson | músá |
| · | músúúlá |
| why | kú=sǐ |
| wide | -kulú |
| widow | múfwilwá |
| widowbird | kaghwamuntênga |
| · | kálúmbá |
| · | kánúmbwé |
| width | bhúghálí |
| wife | mukasyáane |
| wife[2SG-3PL] | mukasyóobhe ; mukasi (mukasyáaje) ; mukasyéetu ; mukasyéenyu ; mukasyáabho. bhakasi bháane ; bhakasi bhóobhe ; bhakasi bháaje ; bhakasi bhéetu ; bhakasi bhéenyu ; bhakasi bháabho |
| wild banana | kábhundiítóké |
| wild cat | lílúháká |
| wild dove | nîngá |
| wild duck | ííbháátéésálá |
| wild field | íítímbá |
| wild jasmine | múbhasá |
| wild leave of sweet potato | íitembélésála |
| wild mango | mubheélébheele |
| wild potato | mpá |
| wild spinach sp | kasímwaluúsi |
| win | -kobhólá |
| · | -sindá |
| wince involuntarily | -susuhálá |
| wind | músághá |
| wind round | -fúmbá |
| wind (per anum) | íípúsí |
| window | iidilísya |
| window hole | nkéngéléésí |
| wing | íípápá |
| wink | -tipúlá |
| · | -tipúlíla |
| winner | íighosí |
| winnow | -jélángá |
| · | lúhé |
| wipe | -syámbúlá |
| wipe excreta from a child | -hihá |
| wire | waáya |
| wisdom | másálá |
| wise and old woman | mukeéma múkulú. bhakeéma bhákulú |
| wise old man | mújangó |
| wishy-washy | lilûntu |
| witch | múlósí |
| witch doctor | múfumó |
| witchcraft | bhúlósí |
| witchdoctor's headband of otter | múgháálá |
| witchdoctor's headdress for bhujege | ngálá |
| witchdoctor's pupil | múhembá |
| witchdoctor's rattle | lúsangá |
| witchdoctor's steel bracelet | muhotóla |
| witchdoctor's treatment | múlémé |
| with | ná |
| wither | -fwǎ |
| · | -ghumá |
| wither away | -chuúja |
| without | bhúsílá |
| woman | mukeéma |
| woman with respect | múkulú |
| womb | sísáhó |
| wood for window frames | bhusokóso |
| wood pigeon | kátwitwí |
| wooden hummer | iighǒngo |
| · | iikojógho |
| wooden hummer, mallet | káhiní |
| woodpecker | nkong'óonta |
| · | nkung'óonta |
| woodpecker sp | mpampamúti |
| woods | íísíghó |
| wooly bear | káásóósó |
| word | ííghámbó |
| word (ritual) | síhándó |
| work | -kolá mílímó |
| · | múlímó |
| work as a day laboror | -kosyǎ |
| work for | -kolélá |
| work for long | -kolésyá |
| work wood | -bháásá |
| worker | mukola mílímo |
| world | dunía |
| · | kúbhwélééló |
| · | lííbhwélééló |
| worm | linyiongóli |
| wound | sílóndá |
| wound on the head | sílóndá syǎ kúmútwě. fílóndá fyǎ kúmútwě |
| wow | ahó |
| wrap oneself | -káká |
| wrap up | -hambá |
| wrinkle | kátámbá mensó |
| wrinkles | ííkányí |
| · | mákányímákányí |
| wrinkles of clothes | mankunyághi |
| wrist | lúkasá |
| write | -ghándíká |