Kalanga Talking Dictionary

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ani?

question who?

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bona

verb see

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bulaya

verb kill

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bumbulu

noun egg

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busi

noun smoke (of fire)

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busiku

noun night

buya

verb come

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dla

verb eat

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dombo

noun mountain (not hill)

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fa

verb die

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fupa

noun bone

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futa

noun grease (fat, organic substance)

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gala

verb sit

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gole

noun cloud (not fog)

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gukuta

noun skin (person’s)

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gumbo

noun foot (not leg)

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gwati

noun bark (of tree)

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hangamala

verb swim

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hhani

noun leaf (botanics)

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hhi’ho

noun eye

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hhi’no

noun tooth (front, rather than molar)

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hhuba

noun sun

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hove

noun fish

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imi

pronoun 1.sg I

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ini?

question what?

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iswi

pronoun inclusive we

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iwe

pronoun 2.sg You

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kopisa

noun hot (of weather)

kose

pronoun all (of a number)

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kotonhola

adjective cold (of weather)

kubgwelele

noun green (colour)

kubili

numeral two

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kuhaba

noun red (colour)

kuhhele

adjective full

kuhhudzi

noun yellow (colour)

kukulu

adjective big

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kulefu

adjective long (not ’wide’)

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kun’ompela

numeral one

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kunjinji

adjective many

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kunongwiwa

verb drink

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kutema

noun black (colour)

kutjena

noun white (colour)

kutswa

adjective new

kutukunu

adjective small

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kwakanaka

adjective good

kwakwatila

verb claw

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lala

verb lie (on side, recline)

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leba

verb say

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lopa

noun blood

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luboko

noun hand

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lulimi

noun tongue (anatomical)

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luma

verb bite

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lunyanga

noun horn (of bull etc.)

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lusiba

noun feather (large, not down)

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m’a

verb stand

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mahamu

noun breasts (female)

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mavu

noun earth (soil)

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mbewu

noun seed

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mbgwa

noun dog

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mbgwe

verb stone

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moto

noun fire

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moyo

noun heart

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mwedzi

noun moon

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mwise

noun tail

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n’a

noun rain

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n’holo

noun head (anatomic)

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nda

noun louse

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ndzi

noun root (botanics)

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nhu

noun person (individual human)

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nkadzi

noun woman

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nlomo

noun mouth

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nlota

noun ash(es)

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nlume

noun man (adult male human)

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nsetje

noun sand (opposite to following)

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nti

noun tree (not log)

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ntshibha

noun neck (not nape)

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ntumbo

noun belly (lower part of body, abdomen)

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nyama

noun flesh (meat)

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nyenyedzi

noun star

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nyunyi

noun bird

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nzila

verb intr. path (road, trail; not street)

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pisa

noun burn

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pupuruka

verb fly

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swiswa

verb give

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tjilopa

noun liver

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tjimilo

noun nose

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tjivi

noun knee

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vudzi

noun hair (on head of humans)

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vula

noun water

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wha

verb hear

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whoku

pronoun this

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whokuya

pronoun that

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yenda

verb walk

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yezela

verb sleep

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zebe

noun ear

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ziba

verb know (facts)

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All content copyright © Kalanga community. (2014)
Dictionary produced by Mthulisi Ncube and Pax Nkomo, sound recordings by Nathaniel Ncube, technical production by Gregory D. S. Anderson, Jeremy Fahringer and K. David Harrison. (2014).
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how to cite: 2014. Anderson, Gregory D.S. and K. David Harrison. Kalanga Talking Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/kalanga

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