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| a category of dances | ííbhóndó |
| a few | -sě |
| a herd | bhúnyá- |
| a house where has unmarried | nsáló |
| a kind of rituals to find out a evel | mwábhí |
| a kind of spirits | lyang'ômbe |
| a little bit | físe |
| · | kidoógho |
| · | kyǎsi |
| a little bit ago | nóónwétyě |
| a wind egg | íihungúlú |
| aardvaak | íinyaghá |
| aardvark | nyághá |
| abandon | -taágha |
| abandoned baby | nfuúfi |
| abandoned village | íítóngó |
| abdomen | ndá |
| abstain | -sílá |
| abuse | -tuká |
| abuse each other | -li-tuká |
| accompany | -já hámwǐ |
| accomplish | -hwǎ |
| accuse | -bhuúla |
| · | -sitaáka |
| accuse sb. of unjustly | -lembésyá |
| ache | -lwǎsya |
| Achilles' tendon | múkií (ghwá kughúlu) |
| across the (the land) | bhwalúka (no) |
| Adam's apple | íipompómíló |
| add | -ghúngílísyá |
| address | -bhalílá |
| adult | múntú múpángá. bhántú bhápángá |
| · | múntú músímá. bhántú bhásímá |
| adult male aardvark | mbangó |
| adze | kábháásó |
| affair | ííghámbó |
| affirm | -swá |
| · | -swélá |
| African crake | nkwímbí |
| African fish eagle | nkwasí |
| African ginger | íitungúlú |
| after | bhaáda |
| after that | handí |
| · | kundí |
| after three days | lúlyá |
| afterwards | bhaadáye |
| · | haáho |
| again | kabhílí |
| again and again | tubho= |
| agape | kámukéényu bumbuwazi |
| aged name of baboon | ngúbhá |
| aged name of elephant | nkúmbí |
| aged name of pig | nyângé |
| aged name of wathog | nsímbé |
| ageness | bhúkeekúlú |
| agree | -swá |
| air | héwa |
| airplane | ndéghe |
| albino | líímwémá |
| albizzia | kafunampása |
| · | kápangálá |
| · | músééhá |
| alchoholic drink | máálwá |
| all | -onse |
| allow | -tábhúlá |
| aloe | lînkaká |
| · | nkaká |
| alone | -ngwǎ |
| alopecia | limpála |
| also | bhwéngé |
| always | nfuku syônse |
| an animal trail where it has passed once | ííkúlá |
| an unfertilized egg | íihungúlú |
| and | ná |
| anger | sísilá |
| anhinga | límúlóbhá |
| animal | íinywělé |
| animals' roar | ng'áátá |
| animal's hole | mpákó |
| animal's soft hair | káálóósá |
| animal's stomach | sífǔ |
| animosity | múghájó |
| anisakis | nfunfú |
| ankle | kákósóghóló |
| announce sb.'s death | -hilá lúfu ~ lilúfu |
| announce to the public | -tangaásya |
| announcement | iitangaázo |
| annyoing | -á fuújo |
| another | -ndí |
| answer | -hindúlá |
| · | iijíbhu |
| answer a call | -jitábhá |
| · | -jitabhílá |
| · | -jitábhúka |
| ant bear | nyághá |
| ant sp | linsǔnswa |
| antbear | íinyaghá |
| anthill | síghúlú |
| anthropoid | nsókó |
| · | ntáándá |
| anticipation of death | mbíká |
| anus | nyíó |
| anvil | ííbhwé |
| any | -ó -onse |
| ape | nsókó |
| · | ntáándá |
| appear | -túntúmúká |
| · | -tútúmúká |
| applaud | -syángílyá |
| applause | ndúlu |
| approach | -koléélá |
| arbor | íibhanjá |
| arcidity | bhútonfú |
| arm | kúbhokó |
| armpit hair | lînkwahá |
| · | maahá |
| aroid | íikomakómá |
| around | mumbalímbalí |
| arrange | -jóójá |
| arrive | -fíká |
| arrogant person | mwálá |
| arrow | mwámbí |
| articulation | lúngó |
| ascend the throne | -jimá |
| ascent | ntǎnda |
| ashes | íifundú |
| ask for | -sééghá |
| ask sb. to plait | -bhohésyá |
| ask sb. to put skin on the drum | -bhámbísyá |
| ask (a question) | -bhasyá |
| · | -bhuulilísya |
| · | -tembuúsya |
| ask (sb.) to stay | -sééghá náásijí |
| assemble | -li-komenkánya |
| · | -li-kumînga |
| · | -sángáná |
| assemble (people) | -jitá bhántú |
| asshole | mwímbá |
| assist | -fúná |
| · | -fúnáánílá |
| at last | bhukóóhelá |
| · | sumwǎ |
| attach | -ghándísyá |
| attack | -li-sómághúlá |
| · | -li-teéla |
| attack using a head (for goat or sheep | -síntá |
| audience | muhũlikísi |
| avoid (flying stone) | -heghá |
| · | -kwépá |
| axe | mpása |