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 |