F - f
| face | bhúsyǔ |
| face towards sth. (of sth.) | -jelekéla |
| face (towards sth.) | -sebhúká |
| fail | -poótwa |
| · | -sindwǎ |
| faint | -kolobhéla |
| faint from hitting | kábhálákátá |
| falcon | lísánsá |
| fall | -ghwá |
| · | -honá |
| · | -tungúlá |
| fall down | -ghwá |
| fall down (something soft) | -mótóká |
| fallen dried grass | ntaakála |
| fallen leaf | ntaakála |
| fame | siífa |
| family | íibhufí límwǐ |
| · | ndá jímwǐ |
| · | sinyamughána |
| family nembers (collective) | bhamughána |
| familyhood | bhúlóngá |
| · | mughána |
| famine | nsálá |
| famous person | múntú ghwǎ mpundá |
| fan | -kuhaghúla |
| fang | liino lyǎ ngúlúbhe |
| fanged snake sp | kásoká kamútémbwé |
| far | hálé |
| · | kúlé |
| far country | íílándá |
| farm | -límá |
| farmer | múlímá |
| fast | -fúngá |
| fasten | -hambá |
| fat | -hámú |
| fat with a waddling walk | -nígháníghá |
| father-in-law | taáta bhúkwě. bhataáta bhúkwě |
| fault | ííkósá |
| favored person | ntoné |
| fear | bhoobhá |
| · | -ghubháhá |
| · | nsúbhá |
| · | -súpá |
| feather | lífúmbú |
| · | máfumbú |
| feed | -liísya |
| feel anxious | -bha ná wásiwaási |
| feel displeased | -ghájá |
| feel lonely | -humbulísya |
| feel pleased | -sangabhála |
| feel relieved | bhúsíla wásiwaási |
| feel sad | -sikitíka |
| feel shy | -bhwené nsonyí |
| female | iikeéma |
| · | -keéma |
| female genitals | lúmáná |
| female wrapping cloth after bearing | kálungó |
| fence | -jubháká luúbha |
| · | luúbha |
| fence against vermins | lúsingá |
| ferment | -gháásyá |
| fertilize | -bhiikíla mbolééla |
| fertilizer | mbóléélá |
| festival | sikuukúlu |
| fever | hóma |
| fever from cold | íihunsí |
| fiance | múchuúmba |
| field | ííbhálá |
| field without chines | nyóngó |
| fierceness | bhúkalí |
| fifteen | íikumi né taánu |
| fifty | makumí átaánu |
| fig tree sp | kájimónsólé |
| fight | -sóólá |
| fight a war | -sóólélá |
| fighting | íísóólá |
| fig-tree | íikuukú |
| · | líikuukú |
| file | tuúpa |
| fill one's mouth (with sth.) | -bhughílá |
| fill up | -bhumbá |
| fill up a hole | -fúlíílá |
| filter | -súúsá |
| filthy word | íitusí |
| find | -sángá |
| finger | íikumó |
| finger flute | mbiínja |
| finger joint | nyândá |
| finger whistle | sikoóbhe |
| fingernail | lúsalá |
| finger-ring | mpéte |
| finis | -siikíla |
| finish | -hefyá |
| · | -kwǐsya |
| finish completely | -ghúngúúká |
| finish (one's work) | -hwǎ |
| Fipa-land | nfipá |
| fir tree | musonobháali |
| fire | múlíló |
| fire place | hámafíghá |
| firefly | káásyásyá |
| fireplace | iijiíko |
| firewood | lúkwǐ |
| firm up completely | -ghándílá |
| first | nyínambélé |
| first-born | múlóndwá |
| · | mwana ghwǎ kwǎnza. bhaana bhaá kwǎnza |
| first-born after twins | kákwankwá |
| first-born of twins | káhasá |
| · | mútundá |
| fish | íisembé |
| · | -lobhá (másembé) |
| · | -níghá |
| fish scale | ííghwámbálá |
| fish sp | kíbhóndé |
| · | nfóóló |
| · | nîngó |
| fisherman | múlofí |
| fish-hook | bhúlobhó |
| fishing trap | mútegho ghwǎ másembé |
| fist | ngúmi |
| fit | -fwaá |
| five | taánu |
| five days ago | úló |
| five minuts | dakíkeétaánu |
| five times | kataánu |
| flag | bhendéla |
| flap one's wings | -ghúlúká |
| flap one's wings (of a bird shot down) | -li-kukumúla |
| flapjaw | mútensí |
| flash | nkangáányí |
| flash (as lightning) | -bhébhá |
| flat rock | íitandálá |
| flatten | -bhághálá |
| · | -bhandá |
| flea | mûntoló |
| flesh | múnyófú |
| flesh of fruit | ííjábhó |
| fling up soil | -fúlúúlá |
| float up | -jibhúká |
| flood for crowds | -jíná |
| flour | bhúfú |
| · | bhúfúmá |
| flow | -jélá |
| · | -lélémbá |
| flower | ntuló |
| flower of grasses | lúsángá |
| flower sp | mútélélé |
| flute | filiímbi |
| fly | -ghúlúká |
| · | lúsáásí |
| fly off in all directions | -bhúúlúká |
| fly up | -ghúlúká |
| · | -túbhághúká |
| fly with big sound for birds | -púpúmúká |
| flycatcher sp | kááténdé |
| foam | íifuló |
| fog after rain | kánfwá |
| fold | -ghóndá |
| fold a cloth | -kunjá |
| fold legs | -fúnyá |
| · | -kúnyá |
| fold one another | -telekéla |
| fold over | -júnjíkáná |
| follow | -lóndá |
| follow in order | -lóndékáná |
| follow sb. | -lónsányá |
| follow (animals) | -lóndá mánywelé |
| follower of twins | múkombó |
| foment | -bhandílá |
| food | syakúlyǎ |
| fool | mundelendéle |
| · | mungalangála |
| foolishness | bhújúmbwí |
| foot | lúpambálá |
| footfall | íítúútú |
| footprint | lúpambálá |
| footprint of cat family | íibhungá |
| for a long time | iikunké ekulú |
| for example | ku mufaáno |
| for the first time | lwǎ kwǎnza |
| forbid | -kabhá |
| · | -lésyá |
| force | mánaghá |
| forearm | lúkasá |
| forehead | mpúmá |
| forest | íipooló |
| forestall | -sumbá |
| foretell | -lághúlá |
| · | -lághúsyá |
| forge | -sulá |
| forge very much | -sulísyá |
| · | -susyǎ |
| forget | -labhílá |
| · | -labhílíla |
| forgive | -saaméhe |
| fork | úma |
| fork in road | mágháná abhílí |
| fortify | -silíká |
| forty | makumí áane |
| fountain | nsoóko |
| four | íine |
| four days ago | úlo |
| fourteen | íikumi né ene |
| fox alchohol | nkála |
| friend | munywǎnyi |
| frighten | -ghubháhíka |
| · | -ghubháhísya |
| · | -ghubháhyá |
| · | -súpyá |
| frog | kasábha |
| · | likasábha |
| front | kúmbélé |
| · | mbelé |
| front tooth | kábhángámbwá |
| fruit | ííjábhó |
| · | -tulá |
| fruit of a mallow tree | íítóbhó |
| fruit of a nettle sp | ííkúsú |
| fruit of a tree sp | língóghóló |
| · | lusǐndwi |
| fruit of oleaster | bhúsantú |
| fruit of strychnine | kankǔndu |
| · | linkǔndu |
| fruit of tallowwood | lúsantú |
| fruit of Tamarind | bhúsísí |
| fruit of tree like widowbird | kánúmbwé |
| fruits of a lacquer tree | bhúhonó |
| fruits sp | bhúngóghóló |
| fry | -kalânga |
| fulfill | -sóméélá |
| full grown | múhálá |
| · | mútwáná |
| full of empty husks of grain | ííhumbú |
| fume | lwílungú |
| funeral | másííkó |
| fur | nsabhá |
| furrow | -ghejá |
| further | ndaaká |
| future after the day after tomorrow | lwǐsye loólo |
| · | lwǐsye lundí |