Words chat
| Luisimane
English |
| Hayani
Home |
| Nnḓu
House |
| Ngeḓane
Chains |
| Nkhwe
Sugarcane |
| Khothoni
Prison |
| Zwiḽiwa
Food |
| Mutshutshisi
Procecutor |
| Mufaragwama
Treasurer |
| Mudededzi
Teacher |
| Judge
Muhaṱuli |
| Nḓala
Hunger |
| Ḽifhasi
Earth |
| Lupfumo
Wealth |
| Ngowa
Mushroom |
| Maḓi
Water |
| Lufuno
Love |
| Lufu
Death |
| Tshidulo
Chair |
| Dzangano
Organisation |
| Nyambedzano
Discussion |
| Ambedzana
Discuss |
| Khanedzano
Debate |
| Khetho
Elections |
| Ṱafula
Table |
| Mafhi
Milk |
| Mulilo
Fire |
| Mulambo
River |
| Thavha
Mountain |
| Nguvho
Blanket |
| Ḓumbu
Storm |
| Gole
Cloud |
| Tshedza
Light |
| Mvula
Rain |
| Luvha
Flower |
| Muedzi
Stream |
| Masana
Sunlight |
| Mutshelo
Fruit |
| Nḓala
Hunger |
| Khaṋo
Harvest |
| Luvhondo
Wall |
| Dzuvha
Rose |
| Mavhoḓa
Calves |
| Phukha
Animal |
| Muḓi
Household |
| Mudzimu
God |
| Vhadzimu
Gods |
| Zwidzimu
Idols |
| Vhurereli
Religion |
| Vhuimo
Status |
| Maimo
Position |
| Ṅwali
Mudzimu |
| Mushonga
Medicine |
| Muhumbulo
Mind |
| Mukoma
Headman |
| Mavu
Soil |
| Lushaka
Tribe |
| Hatsi
Grass |
| Ngoma
Drum |
| Ngosha
Songs |
| Luimbo
Song |
| Nyimbo
Songs |
| Muvhala
Colour |
| Tshinamana
Calf |
| Thunzi
Fly |
| Govha
Valley |
| Muvhundu
Village |
| Nḓila
Way |
| Gondo
Road |
| Gundo
Victory |
| Vhutshilo
Life |
| Dakalo
Joy |
| Munukho
Smell |
| Mutakalo
Health |
| Laughter
Tshiseo |
| Car
Goloi |
| Mukhushwane
Flu |
| Vivho
Jealousy |
| Ngoho
Truth |
| Alamula
Yawn |
| Mazwifhi
Lies |
| Nndwa
War |
| Mirero
Proverbs |
| Maambele
Idioms |
| Maiti
Verbs |
| Mabulazwithihi
Synonym |
| Nndwa
Fight |
| Phosho
Noise |
| Khombo
Accident |
| Muaro
Operation |
| Nyofho
Fear |
| Maaṋda
Power |
| Nungo
Strength |
| Bindu
Business |
| Zwamakwevho
Commerce |
| Vhulimisi
Agriculture |
| Siaṱari
Page |
| Tshidulo
Chair |
| Nḓuhu
Peanuts |
| Xela
Lost |
| Khakhathi
Trouble |
| Naka
Beautiful |
| Lunako
Beauty |
| Vhurereli
Religion |
| Mukalaha
Old man |
| Lutendo
Faith |
| Fulufhelo
Hope |
| Khuthadzo
Comfort |
| Thetshelesa
Listen |
| Dzumba
Hide |
| Dzumba
Withhold |
| Murole
Grade |
| Khwalaṅwaha
Seasons of the year |
| Ṱanzwa
Wash |
| Kulumaga
Clean |
| Ndumeliso
Greeting(s) |
| Mulalo
Peace |
| Musidzana
Girl |
| Mutukana
Boy |
| Tshilidzi
Grace |
| Sekhwa
Duck |
| Khonani
Friend(s) |
| Murundo
Urine |
| Musadzi
Woman |
| Vhasadzi
Women |
| Phindulo
Answer |
| Maḓamu
Breats |
| Maḓabula
Potatoes |
| Mulisa
Sheperd |
| Mudzi
Root |
| Mulingo
Exam |
| Mulingo
Test |
| Mulingo
Temptation |
| Mulanga
Convenant |
| Dodo
Idiot |
| Tshiḓahela
Fool |
| Muselwa
Bride |
| Mukololo
Prince |
| Voḓa
Princes |
| Zhinda
Prince |
| Kereke
Church |
| Thendo
Praise |
| Ḓuvha
Sunlight |
| Ṅwedzi
Moon |
| Phaṱhutshedzo
Blessing |
| Vhugala
Glory |
| Thavhula
Towel |
| Mbambe
Race |
| Murafho
Race |
| Buroho
Bridge |
| Mbingano
Marriage |
| Luare
String |
| Thambo
Rope |
| Mutaladzi
Sentence |
| Khaṱulo
Judgement |
| Tshigwevho
Sentence |
| Mutholi
Employer |
| Vhasa
Boss |
| Greetings
Ndumeliso |
| Vhudzekani
Sex |
| Maduda
Mucus |
| Musidzanasi
Virgin |
| Vhusidzana
Virginity |
| Mashudu
Luck |
| Mufunzi
Pastor |
| Garaba
Migrant Worker |
| Vhutoko
Cow dung |
| Ṱhamusi
Maybe |
| Zwitshele
Gossip |
| Mugudiswa
Learner |
| Mutshudeni
Student |
| Muungo
Audio |
| Mubvumo
Sound |
| Murumba
Drum |
| Tshilombe
Musician |
| Luvhilo
speed |
| Madzina
Names |
| Dzanda
Bundle |
| Ṱhonifho
Respect |
| Muvhango
Dispute |
| Pfulufhedziso
Promise |
| Mutsho
Weather |
| Nḓala
Hunger |
| Mulaedza
Message |
| Ḽibu
Wasp |
| Tshimima
Party or celebration |
| Bepha
Festival or Bash |
| Mvulatswinga
Preface |
| Mafhungo
News |
| Mutingati
Collaboration |
| Tshiko
Source |
| Guma
Mob or Crowd |
| Voḓa
Princess |
| Nyanenge
Sweetheart |
| Mashaka
Relatives |
| Shaka
Relatives |
| Nzie
Grasshopper |
| Done
Locust |
| Mukhavha
mic
Potbelly |
| Nḓala
Hunger |
| Nḓivho
Knowledge |
| Vhuṱali
Wisdom |
| Luambo
Language |
| Mureili
Driver |
| Mushumi
Worker |
| Mushumo
Work |
| Mushumo
Job |
| Matshende
Testicles |
| Miroho
Vegetables |
| Khare
Crown |
| Phombwe
Prostitute |
| Muḓalo
Flood |
| Miḓalo
Flood |
| Mugidimi
Athelete |
| Raho
Bum |
| Muṱa
Family |
| Nungo
Strength |
| Tshitungulo
Penis |
| Makwanḓa
Chicken feets |
| Nyovha
Fuck |
| Nyovhana
Sex |
| Matshimba
Excreters |
| Dzingano
Tales |
| Muhali
Hero |
| Mufholi
Anus |
| Nyimele
Situation |
| Mutoli
Honey |
| Mbudziso
Question |
| Tshiṱanga
mic
Kitchen |
| Tshikwenda
mic
Great grandchild |
| Murunzi
Shade |
| Murunzi
Shadow |
| Muraḓo
Member |
| baba
father |
| babalasi
trembling hangover |
| baḓa
walking stick |
| bada
road |
| badzhi
coat |
| badzi
large spot, scar |
| bai
type of blanket |
| baka
open space (between things) |
| bako
cave |
| bala
rodent: Lobengula gerbille |
| bala
pole |
| balaga
beam |
| balanganda
old type muzzle loader |
| balavhukoko
thumb |
| bale
place where soil is salty |
| bali
large piece of split wood |
| balika
great drought |
| balutshela
lack of courage in adversity |
| bama
slope, incline |
| bambiri
paper |
| bambulo
half slice |
| banda
a great wild beast |
| bandakano
separateness |
| bandashaya
difference between people |
| bande
flat object (like a disc) |
| banga
big knife |
| bango
big pole, for barring gateway |
| bani
old type musket |
| bani
plain covered mostly w/ mipani trees |
| bannda
belt, wheel band |
| banza
split piece of wood; muzzleloader gun |
| banzu
large splinter; piece of split wood |
| baphathi
plank, board |
| bapu
species of wingless grasshopper |
| bara
wheelbarrow |
| barapara
foolish young fellow, showoff |
| basela
small gift given to a customer |
| basha
poles (as for a hut) |
| bavho
leftovers |
| beapea
one who staggers |
| begwa
species of hawk |
| bele
chip that cracks off a pot that is being fired |
| belea
a creeper plant |
| belekedzo
animal that accompanies wife when she returns to the husband she wrongfully deserted |
| beletshedzo
animal that accompanies wife when she returns to the husband she wrongfully deserted |
| bememe
s/t opened out flat |
| bemu
patch of hair on otherwise shaven head |
| benga
type of men's loincloth |
| bengo
idiot, lunatic |
| bepha
band of flute players and girl drummers |
| bere
horse |
| besa
bolt of cloth |
| besu
tail, coccyx (but not tailfeathers) of bird |
| bete
cockroach |
| betshelo
stone used as anvil |
| bibi
Europeanstyle tobacco pipe |
| biḓa
noisy crowd of people |
| bigiri
mug, beaker |
| bika
excitement, nervousness |
| biko
perspiration |
| bilipili
duck |
| binda
woman who is barren after having 2 or 3 children |
| bindamutshi
type of plant |
| binde
thick, coarse grass or bark rope |
| bindu
profit, gain |
| birima
soft substance (e.g., porridge); quagmire |
| biselo
place where pots are fired |
| biso
illness (of chief only) |
| bivhili
Bible |
| bodo
iron pot |
| bofhelo
layer of grass beneath thatch roof |
| bofu
blind person |
| bogisi
box |
| bokoliko
maize that's rotted on stalk |
| bokoti
big club/cudgel, thrown at birds |
| bole
overabundance of wild fruit (so that some will rot before picking) |
| bolongondo
big thick pole |
| bombora
female who has not lengthened her labia minora |
| bomboro
female who has not lengthened her labia minora |
| bomepome
scapegoating |
| bonḓelo
place where mafula are prepared for beermaking |
| bonda
club, rod |
| bonde
species of large banana |
| bongondo
big thick pole |
| bonndo
pound (currency) |
| bono
extraordinary sight |
| bonyoko
futile attempt to escape punishment |
| bonyongo
fighting mob |
| bonze
certain women's long hairstyle |
| bopa
Adenia gummifera creeper |
| bopampani
black mamba snake |
| bopano
argument, disagreement; unidentified plant |
| bopavhafu
Adenia gummifera creeper |
| bophampani
black mamba snake |
| boro
drill, gimlet |
| boroṱo
plate |
| boswo
post office; brass bugle |
| bovhe
soft, impressionable material |
| budzwa
bull |
| budzwana
(female) cow |
| bugu
book |
| buka
Aneilema aequinoctiale Kunth. plant |
| buku
belly and uterus |
| bukuṱa
Cyperus parvinux sedge |
| bulannga
revelation of s/t hidden |
| bulasi
acre |
| bulayo
the evening star |
| buli
one of the 4 divining dice; position of divining dice |
| bulo
long row of small bundles of grass tied together near root ends |
| bulu
private veranda of a chief's sleeping huts |
| bumbudzi
pitfall, game pit |
| bumbukavha
small hole |
| bumbulu
letter of the alphabet |
| bumbusela
spoon |
| bune
candle |
| baba
father |
| babalasi
trembling hangover |
| baḓa
walking stick |
| bada
road |
| badzhi
coat |
| badzi
large spot, scar |
| bai
type of blanket |
| baka
open space (between things) |
| bako
cave |
| bala
rodent: Lobengula gerbille |
| bala
pole |
| balaga
beam |
| balanganda
old type muzzle loader |
| balavhukoko
thumb |
| bale
place where soil is salty |
| bali
large piece of split wood |
| balika
great drought |
| balutshela
lack of courage in adversity |
| bama
slope, incline |
| bambiri
paper |
| bambulo
half slice |
| banda
a great wild beast |
| bandakano
separateness |
| bandashaya
difference between people |
| bande
flat object (like a disc) |
| banga
big knife |
| bango
big pole, for barring gateway |
| bani
old type musket |
| bani
plain covered mostly w/ mipani trees |
| bannda
belt, wheel band |
| banza
split piece of wood; muzzleloader gun |
| banzu
large splinter; piece of split wood |
| baphathi
plank, board |
| bapu
species of wingless grasshopper |
| bara
wheelbarrow |
| barapara
foolish young fellow, showoff |
| basela
small gift given to a customer |
| basha
poles (as for a hut) |
| bavho
leftovers |
| beapea
one who staggers |
| begwa
species of hawk |
| bele
chip that cracks off a pot that is being fired |
| belea
a creeper plant |
| belekedzo
animal that accompanies wife when she returns to the husband she wrongfully deserted |
| beletshedzo
animal that accompanies wife when she returns to the husband she wrongfully deserted |
| bememe
s/t opened out flat |
| bemu
patch of hair on otherwise shaven head |
| benga
type of men's loincloth |
| bengo
idiot, lunatic |
| bepha
band of flute players and girl drummers |
| bere
horse |
| besa
bolt of cloth |
| besu
tail, coccyx (but not tailfeathers) of bird |
| bete
cockroach |
| betshelo
stone used as anvil |
| bibi
Europeanstyle tobacco pipe |
| biḓa
noisy crowd of people |
| bigiri
mug, beaker |
| bika
excitement, nervousness |
| biko
perspiration |
| bilipili
duck |
| binda
woman who is barren after having 2 or 3 children |
| bindamutshi
type of plant |
| binde
thick, coarse grass or bark rope |
| bindu
profit, gain |
| birima
soft substance (e.g., porridge); quagmire |
| biselo
place where pots are fired |
| biso
illness (of chief only) |
| bivhili
Bible |
| bodo
iron pot |
| bofhelo
layer of grass beneath thatch roof |
| bofu
blind person |
| bogisi
box |
| bokoliko
maize that's rotted on stalk |
| bokoti
big club/cudgel, thrown at birds |
| bole
overabundance of wild fruit (so that some will rot before picking) |
| bolongondo
big thick pole |
| bombora
female who has not lengthened her labia minora |
| bomboro
female who has not lengthened her labia minora |
| bomepome
scapegoating |
| bonḓelo
place where mafula are prepared for beermaking |
| bonda
club, rod |
| bonde
species of large banana |
| bongondo
big thick pole |
| bonndo
pound (currency) |
| bono
extraordinary sight |
| bonyoko
futile attempt to escape punishment |
| bonyongo
fighting mob |
| bonze
certain women's long hairstyle |
| bopa
Adenia gummifera creeper |
| bopampani
black mamba snake |
| bopano
argument, disagreement; unidentified plant |
| bopavhafu
Adenia gummifera creeper |
| bophampani
black mamba snake |
| boro
drill, gimlet |
| boroṱo
plate |
| boswo
post office; brass bugle |
| bovhe
soft, impressionable material |
| budzwa
bull |
| budzwana
(female) cow |
| bugu
book |
| buka
Aneilema aequinoctiale Kunth. plant |
| buku
belly and uterus |
| bukuṱa
Cyperus parvinux sedge |
| bulannga
revelation of s/t hidden |
| bulasi
acre |
| bulayo
the evening star |
| buli
one of the 4 divining dice; position of divining dice |
| bulo
long row of small bundles of grass tied together near root ends |
| bulu
private veranda of a chief's sleeping huts |
| bumbudzi
pitfall, game pit |
| bumbukavha
small hole |
| bumbulu
letter of the alphabet |
| bumbusela
spoon |
| bundu
|
| bune
candle |
| bunepune
share of game shared with those on the hunt |
| bunga
type of poisonous tree |
| bunganyungu
hideandseek game |
| bungu
drug sniffed by diviner before consultation |
| buphu
any drug that neutralizes a disease or defilement |
| buphula
fourth finger |
| buse
levy, contingent |
| butelo
pacifier, appeaser |
| buto
a position of divining dice |
| butu
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. plant |
| buvhela
the deceased soandso (female) |
| buvhi
one who gives medicines to neutralize musika |
| buvhikhomu
taste of beer (to see if it's ready) |
| bvani
an expert in s/t |
| bvevha
appeasement |
| bvokobvoko
small, pronged stick that initiates must keep between legs while hopping forward |
| bvumbo
petticoat; woman's skirt |
| bvumo
Knowltonia transvaalensis Szysz. |
| bvungwi
|
| bvunwa
Knowltonia transvaalensis Szysz. |
| bvuvho
|
| bwere
cripple |
| bwerepwere
|
| bwerere
|
| bwibwi
train station |
| bwimbwili
food cooked for boys in Murundu |
| bwindi
domestic bug |
| ḓabe
entrance |
| ḓadzwane
hiding place for s/t |
| ḓagaladzhie
bit of soft mud |
| ḓaka
fruitless search |
| ḓaleḓale
rubbish heap, ash heap |
| ḓalerwa
wild dog |
| ḓalerwathondo
banded wild dog |
| ḓambarananga
civet cat |
| ḓambatshekwa
crab |
| ḓambavhusha
place in a brook or river for vhusha rites |
| ḓambelo
washing basin |
| ḓambuwo
ford, shallows |
| ḓamu
udder, breast; node of bananas |
| ḓana
hundred |
| ḓana
brat |
| ḓanḓa
big handful |
| ḓanze
thick high grass |
| ḓavhu
mountain reedbuck |
| ḓaya
shavings, chips of metal |
| ḓegere
fool, halfwit |
| ḓembe
wondrous sight, marvel; species of vegetable plant |
| ḓemeḓu
bullfrog |
| ḓenzhe
big torch (as made from grass) |
| ḓikolomo
big head of cattle |
| ḓinga
clod |
| ḓingamelo
sheep or blanket given to one's motherinlaw |
| ḓingo
high platform for guarding crops |
| ḓinzwi
antbear hole |
| ḓiri
tar, grease |
| ḓithu
big thing, big creature, monster |
| ḓitsi
big mass of smoke |
| ḓobi
percussion cap |
| ḓombwe
Senecio polyanthemoides Sch. Bip. plant; peanuts or vegetable without salt |
| ḓomu
bridle |
| ḓongololo
millipede; muscle, contracted biceps |
| ḓora
thirst |
| ḓoro
prickly pear |
| ḓorobo
European town, village |
| ḓuhwi
type of edible caterpillar |
| ḓula
frog |
| ḓulu
granary |
| ḓumbu
storm, hurricane, gale |
| ḓumo
breast of a slaughtered animal |
| ḓuvha
sun; day |
| ḓuvhu
sloughed snake skin |
| dada
kaross of furs or skins |
| dada
bogey (used to frighten children) |
| dadasenga
species of thatching grass |
| dadatsinga
bovine disease (involves sinking spine) |
| dadatsingane
bovine disease (involves sinking spine) |
| daka
mud, slush |
| dakalo
joy |
| dala
bull, blue or white w/ black specks |
| dalana
(female) cow, blue or white w/ black specks |
| dali
fever, malaria; algae floating in stagnant water |
| damba
Commelina sp. plant |
| dambadambane
a species of plant |
| dambaḽamulamboni
#REF! |
| dambamukula
species of small plant w/ red leaves |
| dambudzo
harassment, oppression |
| dambulo
distress, adversity, woe |
| damu
water storage dam |
| danda
pole, rod, log |
| dandala
wicker coop for transport |
| dande
spider's web; cataract of eye |
| dandetande
spider's web; cataract of eye |
| danga
cattle enclosure |
| dangani
#REF! |
| daṱwa
junk, contemptuous term for s/t cast off |
| data
large grain bin or basket made of coiled grass rope |
| dathi
badly made wicker or plaitwork; loosely stretched bow |
| davha
work party held where beer is exchanged for hoeing |
| davhi
tree limb |
| davhi
tree limb |
| davhuha
kaross of furs or skins |
| dehe
rings worn below the knee by boys to signify puberty age |
| dela
weak, underfed child; a kind of vegetable plant |
| delele
Corchorus tridens L. plant |
| demba
widemouthed calabash for storing flour; xylophone resonator |
| dembe
leather skirt for women |
| dembe
type of vegetable plant |
| dembutete
swing used by children |
| deme
bush w/ thick trees, being cleared for garden |
| demelo
temporary hut, as for camping on roadside |
| dende
musical instrument of bow w/ wire and calabash |
| dendele
important person |
| denga
ancient small blue Venda bead; sky, heaven; raised ridge, band |
| dennde
tent |
| denzhe
huge, swollen leg or foot |
| denwa
straw, grass for drawing lots |
| deto
old wornout, broken basket |
| deu
rope/thong by which front oxen of team is lead |
| devhele
any mediumsized sack or satchel |
| devhu
menstrual flow |
| devhula
the north |
| devhulamufumbu
north wind |
| didedzo
feeling of warmth, as when being pummelled |
| didingwe
serval |
| didzha
bull, black w/ white speckled thighs |
| didzhana
(female) cow, black w/ white speckled thighs |
| dikitela
asthma |
| dikulo
heavy girdle of beads formerly worn by old women of rank |
| dilikinya
s/t which is too thick |
| dilu
bull, brown w/ dark stripes running across body |
| dilwana
(female) cow, brown w/ dark stripes running across body |
| dimbi
thong put around neck of a hornless animal |
| dimukulo
species of small bird |
| dindi
hole in the ground, pit |
| dini
sour porridge made from slightly fermented bran |
| dino
harassment, tormenting |
| disheleni
ten shillings |
| diso
arrangement of turns for taking care of cattle |
| divhitivhi
immature sugarcane (tasteless) |
| divhula
first offspring |
| dodo
idiot |
| doko
heap of cow dung |
| dokotela
Westernstyle doctor |
| doledza
causing an infant to take after its mother; infection w/ disease |
| domba
puberty rites mostly for girls, held at chief's kraal |
| dombo
embryo; big stone |
| domo
big mouth, maw |
| dondo
bush/grove w/ little undergrowth |
| done
species of small fly; locust |
| donga
(insulting) Tonga person |
| dongo
large shard of pottery |
| dongo
deserted kraal site |
| doni
longstanding tax defaulter |
| donngi
donkey |
| donyo
animal's penis |
| dope
mass of soft mud |
| dovhi
peanut sauce |
| dubo
side (of person) |
| duda
head cold |
| dugu
cloth |
| duhwa
wooden arrowhead |
| dukana
strong lad; big brawny fellow |
| dukhwa
heap, as of ashes, leaves, rubbish |
| dukulwi
fool, idiot, dolt |
| dula
big rafter in a hut |
| duli
mortar for pounding grain |
| dulwi
single stalk of millet plant |
| duma
cowrie shell |
| dumba
ruins of a hut, old rundown hut |
| dumbu
big carcass; corpse |
| dumbu
(disparaging) big fat belly |
| dundelo
bladder |
| dundu
large basket; Adenia digitata creeper |
| dungammbwa
canine tooth |
| dungo
node, as in stalks of grass; joint of fingers |
| dungudzi
trees/bushes overgrown w/ creepers & thick w/ undergrowth |
| dunguluvhufa
Canna indica L. plant |
| dununu
type of longsnouted mouse |
| dunzha
type of cloth |
| dunzi
great shadow; dragon fly |
| dunzwu
great shadow; dragon fly |
| duphwa
small vessel of medicine |
| duthunwa
heap of weeds, rubbish, ash |
| duthwa
dunce, fool |
| dutu
heap of s/t soft |
| dwadze
epidemic |
| dwatwa
old bleached skull |
| dyambila
black mamba snake |
| dyaṱhoho
wild grape plant |
| dyelo
craw of a fowl |
| dzadza
rag; worthless person |
| dzala
slimy diarrhea (esp. in small children) |
| dzaluma
species of vegetable plant |
| dzamanga
species of imported pumpkin |
| dzambarananga
civet cat |
| dzanda
bundle of long things |
| dzanga
anything ornamental or beautiful |
| dzanganda
rags, tatters |
| dzhavhelo
refuge, sanctuary |
| dzawelo
great resting place |
| dzedze
lice on dogs, fowl; sandfleas |
| dzefhule
a type of yellow bead |
| dzekiso
dowry for a wife which is given by s/o other than the husband |
| dzelehana
large galago |
| dzelele
drunken staggering; drunken slurring |
| dzema
habit of a person |
| dzembe
hoe; amulet of metal |
| dzenengu
species of large cricket |
| dzenga
futile person |
| dzetu
incisor tooth, as of rodent |
| dzeu
molar |
| dzhagane
African convert to Christianity |
| dzhasi
coat, overcoat |
| dzhedzhedzhe
a boys' game |
| dzhekedzheke
Cyperus latifolius sedge |
| dzheko
long twohandled Lemba saw, for cutting copper |
| dzhela
sapling |
| dzhendedzi
gobetween, intermediary |
| dzhenzheḓa
pottery shard; any useless thing |
| dzhenzhevheḓa
pottery shard; any useless thing |
| dzhere
lesser masked weaver |
| dzhesana
sedge |
| dzhesi
Cyperus latifolius sedge |
| dzhesiḽamatombo
#REF! |
| dzhesindau
Cyperus immensus sedge |
| dzhesixondo
Cyperus immensus sedge |
| dzhila
big tail |
| dzilafho
cure |
| dzhimba
big heap of human excrement |
| dzhinda
species of locusts/grasshoppers; (jocular) small children |
| dzhivhulo
first offspring of an animal |
| dzhogo
yoke |
| dzhoko
mass, stack, heap |
| dzhomela
Tongadesigned earthenware mug |
| dzhoro
small particle, grain, gravel |
| dzhuga
shrike |
| dzima
hoeing time |
| dzimba
early maize |
| dzina
name |
| dzinga
a harmless mediumsized snake |
| dzinganḓevhe
deaf person; smallest kind of winged termite |
| dzinginyandebvu
gift/fee to counsellors who heard a court case |
| dzingwa
tree whose fruit is reserved for chief's kraal |
| dzio
trap for big game made of pointed log suspended in tree w/ trigger release |
| dzivha
pool in river |
| dzivhanḓila
February |
| dzofha
large clot of blood |
| dzohwane
bovine disease involving swollen foreleg |
| dzolo
tobacco pouch made of mulolo leaf |
| dzothwa
bull, dark brown all over |
| dzothwana
(female) cow, dark brown all over |
| dzudzu
tuft of cotton wool |
| dzulo
residence in one place for a long time |
| dzumbamo
hiding place |
| dzumbululo
#REF! |
| dzumo
feast where s/t (such as first fruits) is eaten for first time |
| dzunde
labor performed for chief by subjects, w/ no pay but beer and food |
| dzungu
giddiness |
| dzungu
Venda green spotted pumpkin |
| dzuvha
flower, blossom |
| dzuvhaḽamuṱaḓa
type of bright yellow bead |
| dzuwa
thin strip of wood from thorn tree, for baskets and winnows |
| dzwatswatswa
hunting spider |
| dzwavho
inside skin or tissue of belly of animal |
| dzwee
a type of small brown bird |
| dzwingare
species of large lizard |
| dzwuguḓa
bull, black w/ speckled ears, throat, belly |
| dzwuguḓana
(female) cow, black w/ speckled ears, throat, belly |
| egere
#REF! |
| emere
bucket |
| ennge
ink |
| esela
donkey |
| faḓali
maize at stage when beard withers and dries out |
| fafhu
lung |
| fagi
barrel |
| fagoroni
halfacrown |
| fahaṱa
ringworm, herpes, circular tetter |
| fakanwe
thick milk, not yet sufficiently sour |
| falo
strong purgative; enema medicine |
| famba
shoulder blade; “gall sickness” in cattle, where shoulder swells |
| fande
basket of maize leftover after shelling, set aside for mother |
| fanyo
s/t that resembles s/t else |
| feḓa
strange smell, odor of beasts of prey |
| fedzi
day of rest when work is not permitted |
| felwa
ripe maize cob, still on stalk after beard has withered |
| fembo
medicine for smelling, as used by diviners |
| fhafha
wing |
| fhafhu
lung |
| fhanza
splinter of wood |
| fhefhe
happygolucky person |
| fhethu
place, location |
| fhiha
agitation |
| fhirima
thin gruel, thin mud |
| fhonḓo
young bird, not yet independent |
| fhoro
bar or pole for barring cattle kraal gate |
| fhulufhedzo
trust, belief, faith |
| fhulufhelo
faith in s/t, s/o |
| fhungo
tale, narrative |
| fhuri
pumpkin |
| filifindi
type of small mushroom that grows in great groups |
| fimilo
cattle nostril |
| findi
body of snake |
| fivhivhi
dense moving mass, billows |
| fobvhu
thief |
| fola
tobacco plant/leaf; snuff |
| folaḽapfeṋe
puffball mushroom |
| folamulambo
Plectranthus calycinus Benth plant |
| fonḓo
common house rat |
| foro
furrow |
| forogo
table fork; garden fork |
| foromo
brickmaking mold |
| fovha
fatal epidemic in cattle or people |
| fovhovha
crop disease, causing improper maturation, wilting |
| fovhovho
crop disease, causing improper maturation, wilting |
| fufha
jealousy, envy |
| fuhumulo
tree fungus that grows in large white layers on old trunks |
| fulo
general hunt, in which many participate |
| fulu
first milk yielded by cow at milking time |
| fulufhedzo
trust, faith, belief in |
| fulufhelo
trust, faith, belief in |
| fulwana
July |
| fulwi
June |
| fumba
agitation, nervousness |
| fumbo
hoe inserted in handle at oblique angle |
| fumbu
measles |
| fumi
ten |
| funḓwi
tambookie grass (thatch) |
| funguluvhiḓa
a species of lizard |
| funguvhu
African rook; coward |
| furalelo
refuge in time of need |
| furi
pumpkin plant and fruit |
| fuvha
epidemic |
| fuvhalo
fairsized wound |
| fuvhuvhu
species of brown lizard |
| fuyu
wild fig |
| gabelo
wave |
| gabulelo
secondhand thing |
| gaga
cow's stomach |
| gaga
green unripe fruit; fetus of pig, dog, carnivores |
| gai
lice nit |
| gake
shortage |
| gaku
clod, lump of earth or porridge |
| gala
important person; one from chief's kraal |
| galaha
old fellow |
| galakuni
turkey |
| gali
large pot; fee paid to court messenger |
| gamashi
grapple plant |
| gamba
any widemouthed pot |
| gambakamba
collar bone and cavity above it; child at stage of first steps |
| gambana
big snuff box |
| gambani
camp (esp. Native Commissioner's office at Sibasa) |
| gammbani
camp (esp. Native Commissioner's office at Sibasa) |
| gamuso
excessive secretion of milk from woman's breast |
| gaṋelo
place in maize field where reaped cobs are heaped and shelled |
| ganda
thick, big hide/skin |
| gandwa
puddle, sheet |
| ganeo
wonderful tales |
| ganndi
can, tin, drum |
| ganu
long sinew, tendon |
| ganukiso
marvel |
| ganuko
great amazement |
| ganzha
padlock, handcuffs |
| ganzhe
padlock, handcuffs |
| gapa
empty cartridge shell |
| gara
buttermilk |
| garaba
black person who has returned from work in town |
| gataṅwa
slut |
| gatho
sling |
| gathya
loin cloth hanging loose (not tucked in at back |
| gavha
young maize plants (a few feet high) |
| gavhelo
share, portion (as of inheritance) |
| gavhi
rough rope/fiber |
| gebisi
cap |
| geḓa
wood that is cut and left to dry for firewood |
| geḓane
chain |
| geḓela
kettle |
| gegana
bowl of hemppipe |
| gegereba
s/t huge |
| gegulu
old woman |
| genzu
piece, portion, large morsel |
| gerege
church |
| gerere
large swarming locust |
| gese
box, case |
| gesi
electricity |
| gethe
large, blunt, useless knife |
| gevheḓa
large earthenware pot w/ broken mouth |
| gezi
electricity |
| girivhana
wheelbarrow |
| givha
certain way of blowing reed flutes and drum accompaniment |
| gobi
good marksman |
| gobodo
stilt |
| goḓo
mockery, mocking words |
| godi
shaft, deep hole in ground |
| godobo
stilt |
| godzwa
bull, white w/ small brown specks |
| godzwana
(female) cow, white w/ small brown specks |
| gofhi
coffee |
| gogo
crowd, mob |
| gogodza
Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook plant |
| gogoriba
huge man or beast; giant |
| gogoroba
s/t huge |
| goha
hut w/ mortars where grain is stamped |
| goko
piece of perforated iron |
| goko
food burnt fast to bottom or rim of pot |
| gokombola
exceptionally large person or thing |
| gokoshomba
a creeper plant |
| gole
cloud |
| gologodo
very old weak goat or sheep |
| goloi
wagon, cart |
| gomane
war party, column, detachment |
| gomba
foot holes for climbing |
| gombambudzi
nighthawk |
| gombikombi
s/t crooked, bent |
| gombo
large umbilical hernia |
| gome
species of locust/grasshopper |
| gomo
parcel |
| goṅwe
weevil |
| gona
knee |
| gonano
close friendship |
| gonanombe
one who has power over cattle (praise name for chief) |
| gondo
broad path, track |
| gongo
large clitoris |
| goni
martial eagle |
| gono
calf just before it's full grown |
| gonobva
laziness, indifference |
| gonyongo
half a sackful |
| gonono
species of bumblebee that bores in wood |
| gonwe
weevil |
| gope
large, shelled maize cob |
| gope
unhealthy drowsiness |
| gopokopo
Combretum microphyllum tree or creeper |
| gopwa
armpit |
| goroi
corn, wheat, barley |
| gorokoro
ground bulbul; coward |
| gororo
occasional grain of red maize among white |
| gosa
pace, stride |
| gosho
food |
| goswi
coward |
| gota
headman |
| goto
coarse remaining particles after sprouted Eleusine is prepared |
| govha
slope, valley |
| govhakhanga
Asparagus falcatus L. plant |
| govho
clot, lump of gore, coagulated blood |
| govho
stick w/ hook on end to fetch down things |
| govhole
mass of fula pips used in beermaking |
| gowa
wild cat |
| goya
wild cat |
| goyokoyo
loose, wide thing (as a too large garment) |
| gubva
old and worn mortar |
| guḓa
veranda of hut |
| gudiba
boxlike monkey trap |
| gufha
tick engorged w/ blood |
| guga
boy engaged to cook for a white's servants |
| gugudza
Pycnostachys urticifolia Hook plant |
| guguṱimba
Pouzolzia parasitica L. shrub |
| guhuhu
provisionallybuilt hut |
| gukulume
big rooster |
| gula
lion's mane |
| gulokulo
larynx, adam's apple |
| gulu
bullet |
| gulu
paunch, first stomach of ruminants |
| gulungwa
butter |
| guluvha
noisy crowd of people |
| guma
cluster, bunch of bees |
| gumba
egg |
| gumbanambeu
kind of musika (magic drug for killing people) |
| gumbe
any climbing plant |
| gumbese
blanket, rug |
| gumbila
#REF! |
| gumbu
large calabash |
| gumudzho
Cucumis metuliferus E. Mey. creeper |
| gunaphele
Pachycarpus schinzianus N.E.Br. plant |
| gundamanyelo
Pavonia Burchelli Dyer plant |
| gundo
being too much for another; victory, conquest |
| gunyupea
influence of others toward trouble that one would avoid |
| gungwa
trough, canoe, dugout |
| guni
large piece of firewood |
| gunubu
button |
| gunwe
thumb |
| gunzwu
earwax |
| gupo
voluntary donation of maize to chief's kraal during time of need |
| gupulo
damages paid to husband by man who slept with his wife |
| guruḓo
earthenware dish/bowl |
| guse
roughness of fur of sick animals |
| guṱe
remaining part of chief's garden hoed by everyone together |
| guṱu
huge, ungainly animal |
| guṱu
ear of maize on stalk after chief has carefully extracted cob |
| guṱukuṱu
ear of maize on stalk after chief has carefully extracted cob |
| guvha
builtin seat on clay wall in yard |
| guvhukuvhu
waterfall w/o pool underneath |
| guyo
stone for grinding on |
| guyukuyu
oldstyle big, heavy transport wagon |
| gwaḓi
native watermelon |
| gwada
crowd of people |
| gwada
clod, lump (as of salt) |
| gwakwa
dried out, useless crops from previoius year |
| gwala
broad track/trail; part in the hair |
| gwama
big pouch, satchel |
| gwambadzi
Capparis tomentosa L., Pterolobium exosum Baker f., Toddalia aculeata Lam. shrubs |
| gwambadziḽavhuronga
Pterolobium exosum Baker f. shrub |
| gwangwangwa
empty, rickety, useless crate/box |
| gwara
stony, soilless hillock |
| gwashu
delicacy, very nice food |
| gwati
thick piece of tree bark |
| gwavhavha
species of brown lizard |
| gwea
large lukwea |
| gwede
Layard's bulbul |
| gwekwe
snare or noose for catching large animals |
| gwembwe
mange (in dogs, sheep, goats) |
| gwendo
hindleg of fowl or grasshopper |
| gwengo
obsolete doublehandled spokeshave; machete |
| gwetela
gentle scratching used as hint or warning |
| gweva
cheat, deceiver, impostor |
| gwevu
bull, white w/ small brown specks |
| gwikhwi
crop, craw of birds |
| gwikwi
crop, craw of birds |
| gwingwili
a species of bird |
| gwitha
spotted eagle owl |
| gwithathavha
Verreaux's eagle owl, giant eagle owl |
| habu
watermelon |
| hadzila
tart feeling in mouth after eating s/t unripe or sour |
| halasi
glass, windowpane |
| hali
circumcision of girls |
| halwa
beer made from maize flour |
| hamuhamu
person who talks nonsense |
| hamula
hammer |
| haṋwani
inside of the mouth |
| hana
childhood |
| harafu
spade |
| harani
sewing thread |
| hariki
rake |
| hatsi
any grass |
| hatsihatserekanya
lots of grass |
| havhiya
bewitchment brought from town |
| hemeheme
heavy, labored breathing |
| hemmbe
shirt |
| hugede
certain place, suchandsuch place |
| hunḓa
bullfrog |
| hunguvhu
African rook |
| huyu
fig, wild fig |
| hwami
#REF! |
| hwapi
big tendon behind the knee |
| kangalakadzhiwe
new moon seen for the first time |
| kangalakaziwe
new moon seen for the first time |
| kangalakedzi
new moon seen for the first time |
| katshi
chewed out sugarcane fiber |
| khaba
male sheep, ram |
| khabubu
haze |
| khaḓa
mussel; wooden sheath for knife |
| khaḓela
beestings, porridge made with beestings |
| khaḓo
land where weeds have been cut down w/ sickle in preparation for hoeing |
| khadi
jumprope |
| khadzimuṱavha
spring hare |
| khadzinge
greaves |
| khaho
wet rawhide |
| khakhanwa
stick with a fork at one end, used for holding grass |
| khakhathi
bustle, activity, ado |
| khaḽana
species of hawk |
| khaḽana
small pot |
| khaladzi
sibling of the opposite sex |
| khalalamo
great age |
| khalaru
haze in the distance |
| khali
earthenware cooking pot |
| khalula
salty/oversalted meat |
| khamba
tortoise |
| khambako
any big animal, esp. those more common in past |
| khambana
snuffbox |
| khamelo
milk pail |
| khaṋo
harvest |
| khana
chest, breast |
| khandame
technical name for certain counters in mufuvha |
| khandiso
seal, rubber stamp |
| khando
sole of foot |
| khanedzo
denial (e.g., of guilt) |
| khangala
species of venomous snake |
| khangamusimbiri
crested guinea fowl |
| khangathavha
crested guinea fowl |
| khangamutupo
child who takes a family name other than father's; adopted child |
| khanganeo
mental confusion |
| khangathavha
crested guinea fowl |
| khangwa
forgetfulness |
| khangwelo
pardon, forgiveness |
| khanzu
dress, garment, drapery |
| khare
ring, wreath, coil of grass used as pad on head for carrying things |
| khasho
core of bangles and anklets |
| khaṱha
small thin bundle (as of grass, tobacco) |
| khaṱhulo
judgment, verdict |
| khathutshelo
mercy, pity, benevolence |
| khatshi
chewed fiber of sugarcane that is spit out |
| khaulula
certain note in Venda reed flute ensemble |
| khavho
species of small round calabash w/ long tapering end; beer ladle from calabash |
| khavhu
flame |
| khenya
#REF! |
| khena
notches |
| khethekanyo
chapter |
| khobvu
juice of boiled pumpkin |
| khoḓobo
quiver of spears |
| khodobo
quiver of spears |
| khofhe
sleep |
| khofheni
face, visage |
| khoha
solitary baboon, expelled from group |
| khohamutsho
certain star, said to precede Venus in the morning |
| khoikhoi
game in which one hops on one foot while holding the other |
| khokho
peg; great one (as in army), leader |
| khokhola
knee cap |
| khokhole
fruit of mukokole |
| khokhonedzo
very fine flour |
| khokhonya
woodpecker |
| khokhonyo
species of pheasant |
| kholomo
head of cattle; certain note in Venda reedflute ensemble |
| kholokhoṱhe
mukolokote fruit |
| kholwa
man gone to town, never to return |
| khomba
girl of marriageable age |
| khombe
unmarried man, bachelor |
| khombisi
corned beef |
| khombo
misfortune |
| khombole
labiodental whistling |
| khomo
pocket in a garment |
| khoṋo
bar on door; key |
| khonani
comrade, friend |
| khonde
bluegrass, rooigrass |
| khondo
rump (e.g., of a cow) |
| khongoḓoli
thin porridge or gruel of flour, warmed but not boiled |
| khongoni
blue wildebeest |
| khonwa
Crinum longifolium Thunb. plant |
| khopha
Aloe Marlothii Berger |
| khoro
courtyard; tribal subunit |
| khororo
hockeylike boys' game; hoopoe |
| khosana
petty chief |
| khosi
chief |
| khoṱhola
cough |
| khotho
male dog; prison (Biblical) |
| khotsi
father |
| khotsimuhulu
father's older brother; husband of mother's elder sister |
| khotsimunene
father's younger brother; husband of mother's younger sister |
| khovhe
fish |
| khovhola
hollow along one side of center rib of spear blade or arrowhead |
| khube
guessing game in which grain is hidden in one hand |
| khubudu
fruit of the mukubudu |
| khubvumedzi
September |
| khuḓa
corner; arm, bend or loop of river |
| khuḓavhavha
elbows |
| khuḓo
pouch, small bag |
| khudi
hollow, slight depression |
| khufhi
tuber, bulb |
| khuhu
fowl |
| khuhumulambo
species of waterfowl |
| khukhulimba
huge person or thing |
| khukhuma
fruit of muhukhuma |
| khukhwana
chicken |
| khuḽane
bundle of grass |
| khula
bunch of bananas; dry cob of maize |
| khula
charcoal used for iron smelting |
| khuli
great trochanter of the femur |
| khuli
fog, mist |
| khulimba
huge person or thing |
| khuliso
respect |
| khulo
peculiar guttural way of women's singing when transporting beer |
| khulukadzi
cow that's had several calves |
| khuluṋoni
throne, seat of chief |
| khumba
snail shell |
| khumbana
temple, side of head |
| khumbelotshilalelo
evening star (Venus) |
| khambelo
request, prayer |
| khumbi
#REF! |
| khumela
reversal, turning back |
| khunḓa
#REF! |
| khunḓwi
Rhoicissus rhomboideus Planch. creeper |
| khundi
winnowing baskets |
| khundu
waist |
| khunga
eel |
| khungu
small plant species |
| khungulu
spherical object |
| khungumadzi
a type of medicine |
| khungumuṱavha
driftsand left behind by river after a flood |
| khunguru
coarse grains of meal, lumps |
| khuni
firewood |
| khunwana
(female) cow, red all over |
| khunweu
bull, red all over |
| khunyeledzo
gathering attended by everyone |
| khunyeleli
meeting, assembly |
| khunzi
ringleader; impudent young fellow |
| khunzikhunzi
steep overhanging bank |
| khura
outside fence |
| khurukhuru
purplecrested lourie; fruit of mukurukuru |
| khushumusi
Christmas present |
| khuṱho
stone used for scrubbing self |
| khuṱhu
green fruit pigeon |
| khuthadzo
appeasement, pacification, consoling |
| khuvhabvu
wounded |
| khuvhangano
gathering |
| khuvhanganyo
gathering of people |
| khuvumedzi
September |
| khuwadzi
species of bird |
| khuwe
species of poisonous caterpillar |
| khuzwane
supreme deity; creator of all things |
| khwakhwa
monkey orange; dead leaves/twigs that make noise when stepped on |
| khwalakhwali
fruit of the Antidesma Venosum tree |
| khwali
leader, the one in front |
| khwali
Natal noisy francolin |
| khwamba
South African parrot |
| khwaṋama
parts of a slaughtered animal that must be sent to chief as homage |
| khwana
(female) cow, black w/ white stripe on back, throat, stomach; fruit of the muhwana |
| khwanḓa
hoof |
| khwanntha
any plait of three |
| khwara
pangolin, scaly anteater |
| khwaṱhe
a white bachelor; employee of a firm |
| khwatha
horn used as trumpet |
| khwea
sickles w/ long handles and small semicircular blades |
| khwedzhana
(female) cow, red w/ white udder |
| khwekhwe
reticulum |
| khwenga
South African parrot |
| khwera
bull, white w/ black head |
| khwerana
(female) cow, white w/ black head |
| khwiḓa
(archaic) sickles |
| khwivho
new garden, freshly cleared |
| kolo
round dot, as part of a decorative design |
| kosekose
small contribution; tribal levy |
| kuḓi
small village |
| kuḓu
small hut |
| kudambo
small river |
| kudambwana
small brook |
| kudima
small garden |
| kudindi
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| kudofha
a little blood |
| kuenda
traveller |
| kuhothi
small door |
| kukal@™ana
very small earthenware pot |
| kukali
small earthenware pot |
| kukethe
small wornout useless knife |
| kuse
small garden of tobacco |
| kuṱoho
small head of s/t |
| kuṱono
very thin person |
| kutovho
small mat |
| kuvhala
small spot |
| kuvhanga
small elevation, gradient |
| kwakwa
small plant that's reproduced itself w/o being sown |
| kwana
small child |
| kwati
tree bark |
| ḽanḓere
lantern |
| ḽara
November |
| ḽeḓere
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| ḽiakhatho
new shoot on stump of felled tree |
| ḽialo
sleeping mat of chief |
| ḽianga
vulture |
| ḽibena
type of percussion cap for muzzleloader guns |
| ḽibogisi
box |
| ḽibu
wasp |
| ḽibukhomu
species of large wasp |
| ḽibumbudzi
species of small wasp |
| liḓu
large, ungainly, clumsilybuilt hut |
| ḽidido
heat, warmth |
| liembe
wild custard apple |
| ḽifhasi
earth |
| ḽifhaṱa
twin |
| ḽifhoḓa
immature fruit of the wild medlar |
| lifhoro
pole put horizontally across a gateway |
| ḽiga
pace, step |
| ligerere
large locust that usually arrives in great swarms |
| ligubu
weak, sickly calf, runt |
| ḽigula
Indian |
| ḽigweḽiṱofu
leopard with larger spots than others (and thus fiercer) |
| lihabu
watermelon |
| lihamba
tortoise |
| ḽihamuhamu
person given to scolding and empty chat |
| ḽihangabye
a type of stone |
| ḽihangahwe
a type of stone |
| ḽihokoko
thief, cattle raider, robber |
| ḽiholi
Burchell's starling |
| ḽihuhuma
fruit of muhuhuma |
| ḽihwaihwai
slovenly, dirty person |
| ḽihwarahwara
useless, unreliable fellow |
| ḽiivha
any pigeon, dove |
| ḽiivhathavha
rock pigeon |
| ḽikethe
worn out useless knife or piece of iron |
| ḽikhavha
large hackknife |
| ḽikhethe
wornout useless knife |
| ḽikhuwa
white man |
| ḽikona
hard buttock of a baboon; evil or malicious talk |
| ḽil
colon, large intestine |
| ḽilamba
s/t that has failed |
| ḽilema
member of Malema tribe; cannibal |
| ḽilemalema
fruit bat |
| ḽilidzavhana
trumpeter hornbill |
| ḽililo
heat, warmth |
| ḽilinga
ivory armring, as formerly worn by chiefs |
| ḽiluvha
blossom, small flower |
| ḽimbolongondo
big upright block of wood, pole |
| ḽimbule
net for catching game |
| ḽimilo
hole in a bead |
| ḽiṋo
tooth |
| ḽiṋulakhovhe
heron |
| ḽinyai
soot; type of small black bead |
| ḽinyanganwaha
civet cat |
| ḽinzwiti
(archaic) certain Zulu raiders |
| ḽinaanaa
hadedah ibis |
| ḽinona
very big dry clod of earth |
| liovhelwa
stork |
| lipanda
large locust that usually arrives in great swarms |
| ḽiphashane
sandal made from a tire |
| liphuga
old, experienced warrior |
| liphuswa
weaned calf |
| ḽiphwaphwa
cob of unripe maize |
| ḽipongoro
pole used to block gateway |
| ḽiranga
small species of cultivated calabash |
| ḽire
gob of saliva |
| ḽireḓa
grasscutting termite |
| ḽiseli
diseased potato that stays hard or turns glassy when boiled |
| ḽiseṱha
silver, coin |
| ḽishandukwa
unreliable person |
| ḽisunzi
species of large ant |
| ḽiswuhana
youth |
| ḽiṱaḓulu
heaven, sky |
| ḽiṱhakhe
crown of tree |
| ḽithubwa
captive of war |
| ḽiṱo
eye |
| ḽiṱungu
gooseflesh (as when cold) |
| ḽitavha
great mountain |
| ḽithubwa
captive of war |
| ḽitotoya
immature peanut |
| ḽitzhere
lesser marked weaver |
| ḽivhadzi
scar |
| ḽivhaka
open space |
| ḽivhanda
great wild beast, beast of prey |
| ḽivhava
habitual thief |
| ḽivhele
maize plant |
| ḽivhemba
large tornoff piece of cloth |
| ḽivhengele
store, shop |
| ḽivhiḓa
grave |
| ḽivhoḓa
calf |
| ḽiyahoṱhe
one who seeks to curry favor with everyone |
| ḽizhakanḓila
pioneer |
| labi
rag, piece of cloth |
| lambamai
April |
| lamula
orange |
| lebula
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| luala
rail |
| luambiso
engagement fee |
| luambo
language |
| luanakha
Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. shrub |
| luangwa
huge, protruding belly (as of fat man or pregnant woman) |
| luanzhe
sea |
| luare
razor |
| luatsi
blade of grass |
| luaviavi
chameleon |
| lubaba
thin, flat stone, slate |
| lubaḓa
staff, walking stick |
| lubokoṱo
thin, sickly hegoat |
| lubomo
edge, brim |
| lubonda
club, cudgel |
| lubuli
small hole |
| lubumbukavha
rite by which deceased bachelor is provided with a wife in the afterlife |
| lubunyu
the Zulu language |
| lubuse
little dust |
| lubuvhi
spider's web |
| lubuvhilwambila
flat house spider |
| luḓaba
flat slab of stone |
| luḓali
cotton wool |
| luḓi
any very thin liquid |
| luḓila
small narrow path |
| luḓivhano
unseemly inappropriate familiarity |
| luḓo
stick w/ a small blade inserted at the top in imitation of a hoe |
| ludada
species of venomous small red ant |
| ludaka
mud, slime, slush |
| ludambo
brook |
| ludede
girdle |
| ludiamaivha
hawk |
| ludodo
singing of Domba songs, done all night at chief's kraal during Domba |
| ludongo
shallow earthenware dish; patch of barren land |
| ludungela
sharp taste or flavor (esp. salty) |
| ludzedze
comb of a rooster |
| ludzhiaswaṱhana
last part of twilight |
| ludzi
string, twine |
| ludzungu
pumpkin plant |
| ludzwaidzwai
species of very small bird |
| ludzwavho
inside skin or tissue of belly of animal |
| luefha
stench |
| luendaṱaḓulu
Cassytha filiformis L. creeper |
| lufaranḓadzi
Toddalia aculeata Lam. shrub |
| lufayo
mark, as of ownership |
| lufhafha
wing |
| lufhaho
flour scoop made of half a scoopedout calabash |
| lufhaladzamakole
wild asparagus |
| lufhalafhala
horn used as a trumpet |
| lufhali
scab, skin disease of people and animals |
| lufhanga
knife |
| lufhanza
splinter |
| lufhara
cleft, as between rocks |
| lufharafhara
narrow cleft |
| lufhaṱa
newly built hut, before it's occupied |
| lufhaṱu
awakening |
| lufhe
species of long grass |
| lufhera
small chamber formed between wall of hut and veranda poles |
| lufheṱo
whisk for stirring porridge |
| lufhiha
tuberculosis, asthma |
| lufhimavhaeni
twilight, dusk |
| lufhirima
thin porridge, gruel; soft mud, quagmire |
| lufhiso
shallow dish for savories of a chief only |
| lufhoro
Cape robin |
| lufhorwe
Cape robin |
| lufhufhuḓela
first rumor of an event |
| lufhuse
hot ash |
| lufo
wooden spoon |
| lufu
death |
| lufuko
light dust |
| lufuno
goodwill, love |
| lugoni
sideflap of a tsindi |
| lugube
women's musical instrument of wire/hair stretched on reed |
| lugubo
diarrhea, esp. in calves |
| lungungulo
grumbling, dissatisfaction |
| lugwadzi
insolence, assertiveness |
| lugwe
leopard |
| lugweluṱoni
leopard, small leopard |
| luhaḓa
half a wooden knife sheath; mussel, oyster |
| luhadzinga
species of small plant |
| luhambo
much scolding, nagging of others |
| luhatsi
blade of grass |
| luhome
certain bulbous plant |
| luhoṱo
seeking for more, overcharging |
| luhuṱola
cough |
| luhuhi
February |
| luhuhwi
February |
| luhumbelo
continual begging |
| luhungu
ash from a distant fire carried by wind |
| luhuni
single piece of firewood |
| luhura
outside fence |
| luhuwa
long, drawnout yell |
| luhwayahwaya
exceptionally wellmade mabundu |
| luhwiḓa
(archaic) sickle |
| luimbo
song |
| lukala
visible pulsating at back of an infant's head |
| lukalaha
(disparaging) old fellow |
| lukalanga
Karenga language |
| lukalwe
algae; an algaecolored cloth |
| lukamaḓi
cavity on the inner side of the elbow |
| lukamba
widemouthed or broken earthenware vessel |
| lukanda
(human) skin |
| lukandululo
Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. creeper |
| lukata
small piece of the girdle of a deceased person |
| lukegulu
old hag, dame |
| lukena
notch |
| lukhaha
a type of linen |
| lukhalo
loud shouting, noisy talking |
| lukhanḓwa
very small infant |
| lukhohe
slender mongoose |
| lukhwa
cold, raw |
| lukhwekhwe
respiratory malady, coughing |
| lukoko
crust of food burnt fast to pot |
| lukole
small feathery cloud |
| lukolwe
maize that's failed through drought |
| lukombambudzi
nightwalk |
| lukombo
boundary, end (as of garden) |
| lukombodza
Ageratum Conyzoides seed |
| lukongonya
type of small caterpillar |
| lukovhori
navel string |
| lukuḓavhavha
elbow |
| lukumba
private veranda for chief's sleeping hut |
| lukumbe
any climbing plant |
| lukuna
wealth, opulence |
| lukunda
bangle, bracelet |
| lukundi
winnowing basket |
| lukwara
stony ground |
| lukwea
sickle w/ long handle |
| lukwere
thin porridge |
| luḽo
greediness |
| lula
intestine |
| lulangane
small green bird w/ white circles around eyes |
| lulango
excessive exercise of control over people |
| lulebvu
beard hair |
| lulege
billycan |
| lulelevudzi
beard of maize cob |
| lulevudzi
beard of maize cob |
| lulimi
tongue |
| luluvha
pumpkin flower, or other large flower of similar shape |
| lumaho
awl |
| lumano
tongs |
| lumbile
s/t that doesn't end (like a scandal) |
| lumeme
brim, rim |
| lumende
spleen |
| lumengu
strip of bark torn with teeth when chewing sugarcane |
| lumiḓwa
prematurely born kid, calf, child |
| lumilaḓi
watery flow from the nose due to headcold |
| lumongwe
anything imperfectly matured |
| luṅwe
name of the die that represents a small young female |
| luṋala
nail (as of finger) |
| luṋanga
horn |
| luṋola
Cordia rubifolia L. creeper |
| luṋonya
Sesamum alatum Thonn. & S. indicum L. plant |
| luṋunḓu
short pigtail on head, or s/t similar |
| lunako
beauty, niceness |
| lunama
“houndstongue” weed |
| lunani
persistent begging, asking for more |
| lunda
lands/gardens fit together so as to cover whole countryside |
| lungano
folk tale, fairy tale |
| lunono
clean, bare stalk |
| lunonya
Sesamum indicum L. & S. alatum Thonn |
| lunwenwe
bog, quagmire, hole in wet ground |
| lunyadzo
contemptuous behavior |
| lunyunyu
gnat |
| lunzhaanzhaa
hooded weaverfinch |
| lunzi
maize, trees, etc. planted too close together |
| lunzilinzili
continual quarrel picking, enduring hatred |
| lunzwiinzwii
dusk, twilight |
| lunzwinzwi
intestinal fat |
| lunwalo
written matter, pass, document |
| lunwe
name of die that represents small, young female |
| lunwenda
small piece of cloth |
| luokhole
any climbing plant |
| luola
Cordia rubifolia creeper; vaccination scar |
| luombe
precipice, cliff |
| lupaladzamakole
wild asparagus |
| lupali
piece of split wood |
| lupanda
first weeds in garden after first rain |
| lupandamatovho
lean animal or person |
| lupendelo
hem |
| lupenyo
lightning |
| lupepo
slight cold snap |
| lupeto
hem, border, pleat |
| lupfimbi
man who habitually seeks illicit intercourse |
| lupfudzo
oppression of inferiors |
| lupfumbo
wooden hoop for rim of basket/winnow |
| lupfumo
wealth, riches |
| lupfuṋavhalisa
type of thin blind snake (~15 cm long) |
| luphirima
thin soft substance |
| luphungwane
froth in the mouth of an enthusiastic speaker |
| luphwaphwa
cob of unripe maize |
| lupila
dress of a chief |
| lupondelalwambudzi
Convolvulus farinosus L. creeper |
| luponze
tuft, plume, as of reeds or sugarcane |
| lupulo
little bit of foam |
| lupute
weak, shrivelled up person/animal |
| lurala
umbrella |
| lurale
wine |
| luranga
any calabash or pumpkin plant |
| lurango
wall, as around an enclosure |
| lure
long dribble of saliva |
| lurere
new shoots/buds |
| lurofhe
mire, river slime |
| lurotho
slight cold snap |
| luruli
light dust |
| lurumbi
thigh |
| lurumbu
side (of a body) |
| lurumo
constant sending of people to and fro |
| lurunda
obstinacy, insolence |
| lurwanzhivha
hawk |
| lurwaphande
pole against which maize is stacked |
| lusando
disparaging censure |
| lusedzi
carefulness w/ one's belongings |
| luselo
shallow winnowing basket |
| lusenga
leg ring made of wire twisted around hair |
| lusese
family, clan |
| lushada
clamor, hubbub, noise of people talking |
| lushaka
one's relations, as a group |
| lushie
very small infant |
| lushika
water |
| lusiḓu
rainworm, earthworm |
| lusidzi
boldness, hardiness, courage |
| lusie
one hair |
| lusomolo
toothpick |
| lusu
snuff pouch made of cow's stomach |
| lusuḓu
earthworm |
| lusunzi
species of small ant |
| luswayo
mark, as of ownership |
| luswetho
disrespectful behavior |
| luswielo
broom |
| luswielolwavhaṱanuni
Micromeria biflora Benth. and Endostemon obtusifolius N.E.Br. plants |
| luswinga
branches used to close a gate |
| luswiswi
obscurity, dusk |
| lusworoṱi
stalk, as of wheat |
| luswu
burntdown grass |
| luṱaha
jawbone |
| luṱale
sinew for sewing with, thread; wild cotton shrub |
| luṱalo
divorce |
| luṱandala
platform |
| luṱanga
reed, bamboo; umbilical cord when still connected to mother |
| luṱangalwavhimbi
sugarcane w/ very long internodes |
| luṱanguri
side of the body |
| luṱanu
s/t only slightly hollow, flat, and shallow |
| luṱara
bunch of unripe bananas |
| luṱasana
small twig, dry twig of branch |
| luṱaṱelo
ramrod for a muzzleloader gun |
| luṱavula
autumn, period of heavy rains |
| luṱha
string of beads |
| luṱhadzi
Catha edulis Forsk tree |
| luṱhaṱhe
wand to catch birds with; trigger of a gun |
| luṱhaṱhi
birdlimesmeared wand to catch birds with; trigger of a gun |
| luṱhaṱhi
meat spit, skewer |
| luṱhoṱho
any sunbird |
| luṱhweṱhwe
any sunbird |
| luṱimba
grey waxbill |
| luṱongwa
thin stalk, as of sugarcane |
| luṱoni
shame, shyness |
| luṱoṱa
long narrow strip of unplowed ground, as between two gardens |
| luṱoṱo
beer |
| luṱumbe
ancient type of small green bead |
| lutambwe
inner private enclosure at a chief's kraal |
| lutamo
cupidity, desire, longing |
| lutanda
long stick, thin pole; strong beer |
| lutavhi
twig, small branch |
| lutavhi
twig, small branch |
| lutemamatande
shrew |
| lutemba
receptacle made of large calabash cut in half |
| lutembe
string of beads hanging down, esp. from neck |
| lutendeledzi
bicycle |
| lutendo
belief, faith |
| luteto
broken, wornout basketwork |
| lutho
tax or levy formerly paid to chief |
| luthoga
simplified mufuvha for beginners |
| lutiitii
small bird, possibly barchested bushwarbler |
| lutoga
simplified mufuvha for beginners |
| lutombo
cloudless blue sky; large flat stone on which flour is dried |
| lutshele
green water frog |
| lutshemo
screeching, yelling |
| lutshenzhe
waning moon in last quarter |
| lutshetshe
very small infant |
| lutshila
long narrow patch or piece, as of land, which tapers to a point |
| lutsinga
vein; bowstring; line of bees; current in water |
| lutswina
diarrhea in infants |
| lutswiri
Bully's seedeater |
| lutundungodzi
basket shaped like an inverted cone |
| lutundwa
Dioscorea cotinifolia Kunth. creeper |
| lutwa
unruliness |
| lutwadza
obstinacy |
| lutwadzi
obstinacy |
| lutyosane
type of small cotton blanket |
| lutzwiri
Bully's seedeater |
| luula
sorrow, trouble, tribulation |
| luunzhi
awl |
| luuvhevhe
nighthawk; clumsy thief |
| luvalo
diaphragm; conscience |
| luvenḓa
the Venda language |
| luvhaḓelo
wood parings, shavings, chips |
| luvhaḓo
skill in woodworking, carving |
| luvhadzi
scar |
| luvhala
pole, esp. for wattling of a hut |
| luvhale
treeless open country |
| luvhalelo
strip used as wattling of a hut |
| luvhambaluhura
species of wagnbietjie thorn |
| luvhambo
honeycomb; protective magic stick in threshhold |
| luvhanḓe
cleared, flat space |
| luvhanda
dry powdery substance |
| luvhando
slap |
| luvhata
threshing floor |
| luvhavhadzi
man who goes about the country too much |
| luvhavhi
section, slice (as of melon, orange) |
| luvheḓa
beast with widespreading and upturned horns |
| luvhedzhegu
slice (as of pumpkin) |
| luvhele
type of millet; small species of banana |
| luvhemba
length of cloth |
| luvhengannzi
Philyrophyllum Schinzii O. Hoffm. plant |
| luvhengo
hatred |
| luvhengo
sweat scraper |
| luvhengu
strip of bark torn off w/ teeth when chewing sugarcane |
| luvhengwammbwa
Cape trumpet flowers |
| luvhenzhelele
species of venomous red centipede |
| luvhiḓi
type of snake |
| luvhilo
speed |
| luvhimba
African lanner |
| luvhisi
fresh milk; Schizoglossum pulchellum Schltr. and S. cordifolium E. Mey. plants; diarrhea in infants |
| luvholela
bee's stinger |
| luvhomba
cream |
| luvhombo
bridge of nose; ridge or watershed on hill |
| luvhonḓo
cob of unripe maize |
| luvhondo
wall |
| luvhone
candle |
| luvhu
Hippocratea nitida Oberm. shrub |
| luvhudzi
human head hair |
| luvhudziso
questioning |
| luvhuli
fetus seen to move w/in pregnant animal; bundle of rough cotton |
| luvhumbo
graceful shape |
| luvhundi
red ochre |
| luvhungu
worms, esp. in maize |
| luvhuto
stick or stalk of grass, esp. of poking in a hole |
| luvi
single grey hair |
| luwa
precipice |
| luwi
species of bamboo |
| luxa
(diminutive) track of animal through grass |
| luzhombwe
clamor, noise, hubbub |
| luzwa
thong |
| lwala
large flat rock |
| lwala
fingernail, toenail |
| lwambo
language |
| lwanakha
Caesalpinia sepiaria Roxb. shrub |
| lwani
Catha edulis Forsk tree |
| lwanzhe
sea |
| lware
razor |
| lwatsi
blade of grass |
| lwayo
human footprint |
| lwefha
stench |
| lwendo
journey |
| lwenzhe
small torch, usu. of reed |
| lweṱolweṱo
general contribution by everyone |
| maakhala
Orion's belt constellation |
| maala
ostrich feather headdress worn by warriors |
| maalo
chief's sleeping mat |
| maambangavhuya
slow, deliberate speaker |
| maambele
manner of speaking |
| maambwa
any talk, gossip |
| maanḓa
strength, power |
| maanea
narrative |
| maango
litter, stretcher |
| maano
intelligence, astuteness |
| maanza
addition of s/t |
| maaravhedzo
medicine taken by inhalation |
| maaravhelo
vapor inhaled |
| mabale
arrival as first |
| mabuli
holes |
| mabundu
light, nonalcoholic beverage made from meal |
| maḓadzanḓevhe
scandal, backbiting |
| maḓaganana
dance of circumcision lodge initiates, signifying end of rite |
| maḓali
tassel of cotton, worn decoratively |
| maḓalimbo
marvel, amazing thing |
| maḓangamudzimu
millet that was not sowed by people |
| maḓangavhuya
one who arrives late |
| maḓarwa
rumbling or upset in stomach |
| maḓasi
male genitals |
| maḓautsha
dawn |
| maḓebe
clumsiness |
| maḓi
water; sap; small seagreen bead |
| maḓoma
masquerade rite of Sungazi |
| madadanye
unreliable person |
| madai
jokes, jests |
| madalo
place where one visits |
| madambi
misfortune sent to an enemy by sorcery |
| madavhudavhu
jumping about (of things); forwardness in speech |
| madebe
clumsiness |
| madekwana
evening |
| madidedzo
warm feeling |
| madithi
magic |
| madombi
ripe small fruit or berries |
| madomedome
spots, round patches of color |
| madomola
craving |
| madoni
maize that tastes mustytasting from storage |
| madovho
rewinnowed flour |
| madovhololane
flour winnowed for the fourth time |
| madovhololo
flour winnowed thrice |
| maduda
nasal mucus |
| madula
rafter |
| madzerere
variety of yellow bead |
| madzikwa
sediment |
| madzinganḓevhe
species of small flying ant |
| madzivha
water for chief |
| madzula
weeds that remain after weeding |
| maele
going away, not to return |
| mafa
inheritance |
| mafaḓali
maize whose beard has withered and dried out |
| mafama
beads and amulets worn around neck by chief |
| mafanedzaṱhoho
locust eyes |
| mafasho
branches whose leaves and twigs have been tied together |
| mafhafhaḓo
wild talk, raving |
| mafhalala
s/t spilt |
| mafhali
chips, shavings; (dial.) firewood |
| mafhande
crossroads |
| mafhanza
continual illluck |
| mafhaṱa
animal twins |
| mafhefhe
easy matter; (dial.) firewood |
| mafhi
milk |
| mafhiha
deep breathing |
| mafhumudzambulu
gift |
| mafhungo
news, words, affair, matter |
| mafhuri
pumpkin |
| mafhuru
first head of cattle that son gives to father |
| mafhuwe
song sung by women when pounding grain |
| mafulo
pasturage |
| mafumo
spears |
| mafunda
unexpected generosity |
| mafune
chief's favorite |
| magada
open spaces between maize plants |
| magagavhana
fetus seen to move w/in animal |
| magalanngwe
people of rank |
| magalatunya
baboon buttocks |
| magalatshane
deceit |
| magamagama
doubts |
| magara
lies |
| magobanya
roughly built shelter made by joining long poles; man who creates discord among people |
| magobanye
roughly built shelter made by joining long poles; man who creates discord among people |
| magobanywa
roughly built shelter made by joining long poles; man who creates discord among people |
| magoḓo
mockery, mocking words |
| magogomane
full body hangover |
| magombikombi
crooked knees |
| magome
weak knees, pain in knees |
| magugu
all entrails of a slaughtered animal |
| magugu
exaggerated ideas of one's strength/ability |
| maguvhu
Basotho |
| maguvhutswera
Basotho living among VhaVenda |
| magwa
meeting |
| magwahodimu
colostrum |
| magwala
big broad tracks/trails |
| mahaḓa
hoarfrost |
| mahaḓa
shoulders |
| mahaha
human body hair |
| mahala
ember |
| mahalwa
much beer |
| mahandana
nonsense, futility |
| mahani
hearsay, report |
| mahaṱo
hoop used in plaiting basket |
| mahaṱu
fruit of Conopharyngia elegans Stapf |
| mahe
any position or combination of divining dice |
| maheakhadzi
certain position of divining dice |
| mahemavhili
certain position of divining dice |
| maheṱa
women's beverage made of leftover coarse flour particles |
| mahevhehevhe
whisperings |
| mahodze
s/t beautiful or attractive |
| mahodzhana
skin chapped and cracked from rough weather |
| mahonḓo
common house rats |
| mahoro
courtyard |
| mahosi
chiefs |
| mahothi
doors |
| mahovhohovho
noise of rapids |
| mahumi
tens |
| mahunḓwane
toy miniature village |
| mahushule
type of small shrub |
| mahuvhula
great todo of singing |
| mahwai
scratch, scar from scratching |
| maile
taboo place |
| mainḓa
fruit season, rainy season |
| maine
specialist in an unusual task |
| maitele
manner of doing |
| maiwashe
woman of rank at chief's kraal |
| makaḓe
gobetween, agent |
| makadya
disparaging term |
| makalatenga
baboon buttocks |
| makanda
gauntlets worn when collecting prickly locusts |
| makando
poultice |
| makanyisi
greaves |
| makavhamahunguvhu
Canthium huillenis Hiern. fruit |
| makelekesha
rough, burred surface |
| makenya
long rows of small bundles of grass tied at root ends |
| makhadzi
father's sister |
| makhaha
millet |
| makhakhe
string of alternating colored beads |
| makhale
rhinoceros |
| makhatho
flour that is first winnowed out |
| makheṱhe
curdled milk |
| makhokhonelo
very fine flour |
| makhopfu
a lot of flour |
| makhulu
grandparent, wife's parents and grandparents |
| makhulukuku
great grandfather, remote ancestor |
| makhuluwakhunḓwi
Rhoicissus caperisis Planch creeper |
| makhuluwaluvhisi
Portulaca oleracea L. plant |
| makhuluwamuṱhaṱha
|
| vhanna
Conyza ivaefolia less. var. scabrida plant |
| makhuluwamuṱuḓo
Sida sp. plant |
| makhuluwavhuri
Harveya Hutloni Hiern. plant |
| makhuwa
white people, Europeans |
| makoko
burnt crust in a pot |
| makokovhi
chips or pieces of skin, such as hacked off a pumpkin |
| makole
clouds |
| makolo
pattern, ornament |
| makombikombi
crookedness, zigzag |
| makona
master craftsman, artist |
| makona
baboon buttocks; a wrong or naughty notion put in one's head by others |
| makope
large maize cob |
| makopwa
armpits |
| makovhi
deeply set eyes, protruding eyebrows |
| makovho
gore, coagulated blood |
| makovhola
vomit (of infants) |
| makukwe
plant matter washed up on riverbank after a flood |
| makula
bunches of bananas |
| makulela
certain position of divining dice |
| makumba
eggs |
| makumbukumbu
maize gone bad in storage |
| makunda
anklets, legrings |
| makuni
large pieces of firewood |
| makuse
fur; coat; pubic hair |
| makuṱu
maize w/ husk and few kernels |
| makuṱu
maize w/ husk and few kernels |
| makuvhule
glutton |
| makwakwa
plants that reproduce selves without resowing |
| makwara
stony, soilless hillocks |
| makwati
pieces of thick tree bark |
| maḽananga
quackery, false pretenses |
| maḽelo
place in field damaged by stock |
| maḽiso
liver ailment |
| maḽiwa
a lot of food |
| mala
intestines, entrails |
| malaedzwa
message |
| malaela
advice |
| malaele
instructions |
| malakati
rubbish, leaves |
| malala
Hyphaene crinita Gaertn. palm fruit |
| malalakhwali
fairsized peanut plants |
| malalo
bed, sleeping place |
| malamba
page, wages, reward for work |
| malambelo
useless odds and ends |
| malambwa
expectoration, spittle |
| malanga
matter exuded from eye |
| malege
corrugated iron |
| malele
floating water plants |
| malele
floating water plants |
| malelega
stalkeyed flies |
| malelevudzi
beard of maize cob, filament |
| malema
tribe from south, possibly BaPedi |
| malembe
hoes |
| malembwetele
slime, mucus |
| malende
songs for postdrinking dancing |
| malevudzi
beard of maize cobs |
| mali
money |
| maliba
millet |
| malila
regrets |
| malile
child who constantly cries |
| malilele
weeping, manner of weeping |
| malilimugwane
mirage, deceptive appearance |
| malimulongwane
mirage, deceptive appearance |
| malilimulongwane
mirage, deceptive appearance |
| malimi
speech defect, e.g., lisp |
| malimo
place where people have their lands |
| malinga
ivory bangles worn by chiefs and nobles in past |
| malingananga
bewitching the witchdoctor |
| malingo
medicines used by sorcerer to send misfortunes at distance |
| malira
warparty, enemy; s/t difficult |
| maliso
grazing, pasturage |
| malitshangaeṱhe
honorific for chief, esp. when enraged |
| malivhe
one who hears of events only long after they happened |
| maliwashe
woman of rank in chief's kraal |
| malofha
blood; various pains |
| malogwane
leader of matangwa (flute band) |
| malombo
spirits of dead ancestors that possess descendant |
| malonga
voracity, greed |
| maluḓa
horns hanging downward |
| malumbela
evil omen |
| malumbulela
evil omen |
| malume
mother's brother; wife's brother; wife's brother's son |
| malungu
many beads, strings of beads |
| maluvha
flowers |
| maluwa
thin strips of thorn tree wood, used for plaiting baskets |
| mambeule
mantis |
| mambo
title of ancient kings of Vhukalanga |
| mambule
nets for catching game |
| mamengu
strips of barks torn off w/ teeth when chewing sugarcane |
| mamphage
selfish person |
| mamphiswana
species of grasshopper |
| mamvele
long, curly hair |
| maṋama
lots of meat |
| maṋenzhe
small torches |
| maṋo
teeth |
| maṋolo
dross, as in bottom of furnace |
| manakanaka
s/t nice |
| mananga
unpopulated, barren country |
| manangelo
defective maize grains |
| manavhelo
direction in which one stretches legs when sleeping |
| mandithi
wonderful things, magic, sorcery |
| manditi
wonderful things, magic, sorcery |
| manembe
things that hang |
| maneto
fatigue |
| mangai
squinting eyes |
| mangalingali
maize plants which have come up badly |
| mangwili
Tshagombo bird |
| manona
fat in animals |
| manyaḓi
drizzly, misty weather |
| manyela
dross, cake of metal and cinders |
| manyeto
dross, cake of metal and cinders |
| manyengenyenge
glowing embers |
| manyenyengwa
s/t badly made |
| manzwiti
(Archaic) certain Zulu warriors |
| manelenenda
any rough surface |
| manwalo
the scriptures |
| maorapfeṋe
last rays of setting sun on mountaintops |
| mapanḓa
personality |
| mapanda
large, swarming locusts |
| mapango
big poles |
| maparapara
s/t consisting of specks or spots |
| mapasha
certain scalp disease |
| mapazha
certain scalp disease |
| mapele
leprosy; big erratic patches |
| mapememe
s/t spread out flat |
| mapengo
lunatic, idiot |
| mapeta
bow legs |
| mapfandau
food left over by chief |
| mapfura
fat, lard |
| mapfuvhi
redness in sky before sunrise; baboon buttocks |
| mapharaphara
s/t consisting of many spots |
| maphege
late maize |
| maphinde
irregular teeth, pointing in different ways |
| maphoro
small faction fight between herd boys |
| maphuga
old experienced warriors who form army reserve |
| maphwaphwa
unripe maize |
| mapiḓa
rolls of fat on person's belly |
| mapitoni
private quarters, esp. of chief |
| mapone
callousness |
| mapulo
foam, froth |
| mapundu
s/t bulbous, lump |
| mapungwi
species of hawk |
| mapwanya
loud laughter and conversation |
| mara
big band of warriors |
| maraho
buttocks |
| marama
chief |
| maramba
wild oranges |
| marambo
bones |
| maranga
species of small cultivated calabash |
| mare
saliva |
| mareḓa
grasscutting termites |
| mareḓo
women's garment |
| marelele
small pumpkins that mature later than others |
| maremamutsho
first cock crow, time just before dawn |
| marengwa
gifts given to a bride to buy her consent to do certain things |
| marevho
dressed hide or fur |
| mariha
winter |
| marimba
paws |
| marinini
gums, palate |
| marondovhe
ringworm |
| marotha
drops of liquid |
| marotho
loaves of bread |
| marothobvu
cold water added to warm water already in pot |
| marubi
ruin of a village |
| maruḓa
chicken pox |
| marukhu
trousers |
| marukuruku
rough, uneven ground; small helpless creatures |
| marukuṱu
soft spots on protruberances |
| maruli
light dust |
| marululu
platform, raised floor of sticks |
| marulwa
fruit of a certain shrub |
| marumbi
thighs |
| marumbuḓane
gooseberries |
| marumeledza
misfortune |
| marumelwa
illness, misfortune sent by magic |
| marunda
napes of the neck |
| marungammbwa
canine teeth |
| maruthu
kernels of muruthu fruit |
| masalelo
leftovers |
| masambelomavhili
certain position of divining dice |
| masase
the morning star |
| masavhase
desert country |
| mase
grade of maize flour that's coarser than vhuse |
| maseambiḓi
type of small yellow bead |
| masendelo
shavings |
| masenga
legrings of wire twisted around hair |
| maseo
laughter |
| maseṱha
money, silver coins |
| maseṱo
thorns of the museto |
| mashalane
kind of sorghum |
| mashika
dirty water, filth |
| mashithe
misdirected enthusiasm |
| mashosho
maize already cleared of outside pellicle |
| mashudu
luck, good fortune |
| mashusho
tales to frighten people |
| masiari
midday, early afternoon |
| masimu
garden, cultivated land |
| masipho
beer dregs that are chewed and spit out |
| masudzi
flatulence |
| masungo
misbehavior, violence |
| masutu
clever talk or other device by which one scapegoats another |
| maswavhusiki
a skin disease |
| maswi
sticky, milky sap of trees or plants |
| maswia
hearthstones |
| maswielelo
sweepings |
| maswime
secret grudge against s/o |
| maswinzwilo
rakedup undergrowth, weeds, rubbish |
| masworoṱo
chafed inner thighs from marching |
| maswuruṱu
chafed inner thighs from marching |
| maṱa
tassels |
| maṱafa
wet, sodden marshy ground |
| maṱakanya
leaves, rubbish, sweepings |
| maṱakatshi
leaves, rubbish, sweepings |
| maṱalala
thickly scattered large stones |
| maṱalerwa
wild dogs |
| maṱali
diverse, comprehensive knowledge |
| maṱamba
abuse, invective |
| maṱambanḓou
time just before dawn |
| maṱambi
herd of cattle |
| maṱanza
vomit |
| maṱanzo
vomit |
| maṱasana
dry twigs |
| maṱaswi
mat to sit on at chief's kraal |
| maṱaṱa
boasting, bragging |
| maṱavha
salt |
| maṱavhelo
early forenoon when sun is just warming up |
| maṱavhidzha
secret name for beer |
| maṱeswi
pointed poles in chief's kraal fence |
| maṱeṱe
crushed and pounded pumpkin seeds |
| maṱhakhe
crown of a tree |
| maṱhale
archery contest |
| maṱhupho
sorrow, affliction |
| maṱo
eyes |
| maṱodzi
tears |
| maṱuḓelo
dregs remaining in beer strainer |
| maṱula
omen, esp. evil omen |
| maṱunga
imperfectly separated maize grains |
| maṱungu
pains, sorrow, tribulation |
| maṱuwa
puerile, reprehensible talk |
| matakatshi
leaves, rubbish, sweepings |
| matambala
Colocasia antiquorum tubers; testicles |
| matanda
poles |
| matangwa
party of fluteblowers |
| matavhi
tree branches |
| matemba
big, widemouthed calabashes for flour storage |
| matendende
horns that stand wide apart, pointing in different directions |
| mathabwane
ring of wattling |
| mathaga
cattle post |
| mathalangwa
things scattered wide apart |
| mathamathama
spots (as on leopard) |
| mathangathangwe
being first, first place |
| mathatha
small barbs |
| mathede
old hairstyle, shaved around patch on top |
| mathedu
old hairstyle, shaved around patch on top |
| mathidi
old hairstyle, shaved around patch on top |
| mathomathoma
spots (as on leopard) |
| mathowa
fruit of muthowa |
| mathoza
amaXhosa people |
| mathukha
broken pieces of wood, cracked pole |
| mathukhwi
dry leaves, rubbish, refuse, sweepings |
| mathuthu
maize cleared of its outer pellicle |
| mathuthuamutshila
maize crushed in mortar w/ pellicle |
| mathuthuba
s/t that bursts, cracks, pops |
| matiitii
type of bran beer |
| matitilili
overcast sky |
| matoko
fresh cattle dung |
| matongo
deserted kraal site |
| matope
soft mud |
| matshakatshaka
odds and ends, broken bits |
| matsharatshara
s/t spotted or multicolored |
| matshetshelammbwa
cattleslaughterer |
| matshidze
one who helps a person in trouble |
| matshimba
excrement |
| matsiga,matsige
drummer for malombo dance |
| matsigaduli
drummer for malombo dance |
| matsika
drummer for malombo dance |
| matswi
dwarf mongoose |
| matulwi
millet |
| matumba
ruins of huts |
| matunde
male yellow bishop bird |
| matungo
directions |
| maudu
legs |
| maunya
forehead wrinkles |
| maveve
down, hair on the body |
| mavha
hit in the game of thulwi |
| mavhaḓwa
ancient type of hexagonal blue bead |
| mavhadzi
scars |
| mavhala
stripes, spots |
| mavhale
treeless open country |
| mavhambo
honeycomb |
| mavharivhari
reports, rumor, gossip |
| mavhele
maize grain, maize plants |
| mavhemba
pieces of cloth |
| mavhende
large gaps |
| mavhilivhili
drumming |
| mavhimba
bundles of grass haphazardly thrown onto roof of hut under construction |
| mavhinda
butterfat sediment and flour mixed together; hate, anger, bitterness |
| mavhoḓa
calves |
| mavhoho
forelegs, shoulders |
| mavhonḓo
immature maize |
| mavhoya
fur, coat (as of cats) |
| mavhudzi
human head hair |
| mavhuli
roll of brushwood |
| mavhumbuḓa
heaped up soil |
| mavhungo
Landolphia Kirkii Dyer fruit |
| mavhungu
big worm |
| mavhunu
buttocks |
| mavhuthu
masses of people |
| mavhuvhu
garden lying fallow for a few years |
| mavhuvhulela
evil omen |
| mavhuwa
open space, esp. atop hill |
| mavhuyu
baobab fruits |
| mavu
earth, soil |
| mawa
position of divining dice |
| mawi
mumps |
| maxwaxwa
nasal bone |
| mazalu
jumpiness, nervousness |
| mazhana
immature bees |
| mazhukutha
scraps, refuse |
| mazuwo
boasting, bragging |
| mazwale
husband's parent; son's wife or wife of anyone called 'ṅwana' |
| mazwifhi
lies |
| mazwimbe
deepseated, undying hatred |
| mazwimbisa
predisposition to great swelling when stung |
| mbaḓa
walking stick |
| mbaḓo
hatchet, axe |
| mbaḓwana
adze |
| mbadzhane
tick |
| mbaivhai
cheat, liar, impostor |
| mbale
fruit of the coral tree |
| mbalelo
wattling of a hut |
| mbalo
figure, number, cipher |
| mbambangoma
fruit of the muvhambangoma |
| mbambanguvho
fruit of the muvhambanguvho |
| mbambe
running race |
| mbambo
peg |
| mbandzhane
tick |
| mbanga
notch, cut; forked tree or stump w/ hole in which hut poles are straightened |
| mbango
pole or stump w/ hole in it used to straighten hut poles |
| mbangu
maize as trade for iron ore |
| mbani
stingless bee |
| mbanzhe
hemp, marijuana |
| mbara
unskilled African person |
| mbaulu
brazier |
| mbavhala
bushbuck |
| mbavhalalutoni
bushbuck w/ small spots |
| mbavhalelo
promise, covenant |
| mbebo
progeny, issue |
| mbeḓa
a type of snake |
| mbele
labia pudendi |
| mbelesa
pack ox |
| mbengo
sweat scraper |
| mberego
work for pay |
| mbetshelo
shelf, rack, place to put things |
| mbeu
seed corn |
| mbevha
mouse |
| mbevhevhe
mute person |
| mbia
pipe bowl |
| mbiana
pipe bowl |
| mbibvambambe
fruit that is only ripe on one side |
| mbiḓi
zebra |
| mbidzi
certain rite of the Venda reed flute ensemble |
| mbifho
ugliness |
| mbila
rockrabbit |
| mbila
xylophone |
| mbilaelo
dissatisfaction |
| mbilu
heart, core (as of a tree) |
| mbilubva
envy of s/o who's enjoying s/t |
| mbilukuvhinda
quick temper |
| mbilwana
quick temper, touchiness |
| mbina
inward curve |
| mbindyana
lobe of the liver |
| mbingano
wedding |
| mbini
hollow, concave back or other curvature |
| mbipo
ugliness |
| mbiri
woman of loose morals |
| mbiti
rage, fit of temper |
| mbodza
underdone food |
| mbofho
s/t to tie up with |
| mbofhololo
release, deliverance |
| mboho
bull or other male animal; certain star in East; certain counter in mufuvha; certain note in reedflute ensemble |
| mbohwana
small or young bull |
| mbokodzo
drawing of lots to determine whose turn to watch cattle |
| mbokomboko
method of drawing lots used by herd boys |
| mbokoṱo
hegoat |
| mbokoti
small stick or club |
| mbolo
penis |
| mbolokonya
idle, lazy person |
| mboma
sjambok, riding whip |
| mbombelamaulu
praise name for a bull |
| mbonadzo
sight, vision |
| mbone
#REF! |
| mbonga
favorite, sweetheart |
| mbongo
porridge made of green maize |
| mbongola
donkey |
| mbongolane
species of small fly |
| mbonzhe
cut, bruise |
| mbou
saliva dried on face during sleep |
| mbubulu
Mimusops Zeyheri Sond. fruit |
| mbubulu
Mimusops Zeyheri Sond. tree |
| mbuḓu
thrifty person |
| mbudzi
goat; ten shillings |
| mbudzikadzi
female goat |
| mbuedzedzo
return (of s/t) |
| mbuisa
barrenness in female |
| mbula
fruit of muvhula |
| mbulu
land iguana; conical hill |
| mbulumaḓi
iguana found in rivers |
| mbulungelo
s/t in which things are kept |
| mbumbo
wellmolded form or shape |
| mbumbukavha
idiot, simpleton, fool |
| mbumbunyama
certain part of pelvis between legs of beast |
| mbumbwa
lump, ball formed in hands |
| mbundudzi
slightly hairy larva that eats hair off hide |
| mbungu
worm, larva |
| mbungwa
lump, ball formed in hands |
| mbuno
club for beating |
| mburi
handsome female |
| mbusa
barrenness in female |
| mbuvha
provisions for the road |
| mbuvhela
s/t leftover from previous day |
| mbuvhudzi
groaning, grunting (as in sleep) |
| mbuwane
Rhynchelytrum repens grass |
| mbuwaneyagwara
Rhynchelytrum repens grass |
| mbuwe
baby (not yet speaking) |
| mbuyavhuhadzi
girl who comes back home after being married for a few months |
| mbuyu
pips from baobab fruit |
| mbvuko
leaves put on fluid to prevent spill in transport |
| mbvuledzi
man who is supposed to be able to cohabit w/ women in their sleep (= incubus?) |
| mbvumbamukula
species of small bird w/ red breast |
| mbvumbo
medicine for man who got disease through sex w/ a woman |
| mbvumi
piledup cumulus clouds |
| mbvumiso
praise, glorification |
| mbwanana
pup; small young plant |
| mbwane
small spherical stone used to grind tobacco |
| mene
small or hidden mark made on s/t so it'll be recognized again |
| mesiṱere
African evangelist |
| miḓai
jokes, jesting |
| midzulele
manners of a person, way of living |
| mihani
what is related, told |
| miḽo
greed, voracity |
| milora
ash |
| milosho
summons to send contributions of food and beer |
| mimidzo
esophagus, throat of cattle |
| miṅwafhu
share of game given to hunt participants |
| miṅwenze
mane, crest |
| minwaha
years |
| minwedzi
months |
| mipakato
s/t carried slung over shoulder |
| mipale
dried slices of melon or pumpkin |
| mipaluso
dry maize boiled on cob |
| mipato
bundle of maize made by packing cobs tied together between 2 sticks |
| mipengo
lunatic |
| mipeta
mediumsized tree |
| miphasi
type of hemp pipe |
| mipunḓu
kick |
| mirulwa
type of shrub |
| misho
convulsions in small infants |
| miṱhanntsho
ornamental fringes suspended from the hips, hanging to knees |
| miṱodzi
tears |
| mitakalele
state of health, wellbeing |
| mitakalo
state of health, wellbeing |
| mitsho
augury for the day |
| mitsutsu
disturbance, strife, fighting |
| mitumbu
satiety |
| mmakhadzi
father's sister |
| mmakhulu
grandparent |
| mmakhulukuku
greatgrandfather, remote ancestor |
| mmalume
mother's brother; wife's brother; wife's brother's son |
| mmane
mother's younger sister; wife of one's khostimunene or mukomana; father's wife who is junior to own mother |
| mmazwale
husband's parent; wife of one's son or other relative called 'ṅwana' |
| mmbi
army |
| mmbo
tsetse fly |
| mmbvi
grey hair |
| mmbwa
dog |
| mmbwandzwimi
hunting dog |
| mmbwe
round pebble taken from crocodile's stomach & swallowed by chief |
| mme
mother |
| mmeadomba
woman in charge of Domba proceedings |
| mmela
sorghum |
| mmemuhulu
mother's elder sister; wife of one's khotsimuhulu; wife of one's father who is senior to own mother |
| mmidzo
esophagus of cattle |
| mmpfo
wooden spoons |
| mmpfu
cases of death |
| mmphwe
sugarcane; ostrich |
| mmvi
grey hair |
| monga
stingless honeybee that nest in ground |
| mongolane
species of small fly |
| mota
slowhealing ulcer |
| mpakato
s/t carried slung over shadow |
| mpale
dried slices of pumpkin or melon |
| mpalo
confiscation of people's household utensils for failing to appear when summoned to hoe chief's fields |
| mpaluso
dry maize boiled on cob |
| mpama
box on ears, clout, smack |
| mpambo
beer made of Eleusine and poured on ancestors' graves at first fruits sacrifice |
| mpashile
species of tree |
| mpato
bundle of maize cobs packed between two sticks |
| mpengo
lunatic |
| mpeta
species of mediumsized tree |
| mphapha
type of calabash plant |
| mphasi
hemp pipe |
| mphiphi
bloody pus from an ulcer; Garcinia livingstonei T. And. shrub/tree |
| mpimbi
bloody pus from an ulcer; Garcinia livingstonei T. And. shrub/tree |
| mpindule
Cnestis natalensis Pl. & Sond shrub or woody creeper |
| mpinzhe
certain note of Venda reed flute ensemble |
| mpofu
blind person |
| mpopano
argument, disagreement; type of plant |
| mpuli
opulence; servants, bondsmen |
| mpunḓu
kick |
| mpunga
(Archaic) Johnson grass |
| mpupuṅwa
Sesbania Sesban (L.) Merr. tree; Lachnopylis floribunda (Benth.) tree/shrub |
| mpuvhugu
Leucas martinicensis R. Br. plant |
| muafhu
#REF! |
| mualafhi
helper |
| mualarumo
throat of a beast and meat cut with it around bottom |
| mualaxwa
patient, person under medical treatment |
| muambadzi
breadwinner, guardian |
| muabeleli
one who intercedes on behalf of another |
| muambi
speaker |
| muambisi
mediator at beginning of betrothal negotiations |
| muambwa
one who is talked about |
| muanḓa
type of lowveld thorn tree |
| muangammbwa
door frame |
| muano
oath |
| muapostola
apostle |
| muaṱaha
Pterocarpus sericeus Benth. tree |
| muatho
rope that suspends s/t |
| muavhi
food distributor |
| mubadali
type of thorny shrub |
| mubai
murderer |
| mubebe
one who carries child on back |
| mubebi
parent |
| muberegisi
peach tree |
| mubikeli
cook |
| mububulu
Mimusops Zeyheri Sond. tree |
| mubuḓashango
wind from SouthWest |
| mubva
lazy, idle person; Xysmalobium undulatum R. Br. plant |
| mubvamalofha
Alchhornea Schlechteri Pax shrub |
| mubvana
young married woman w/ 1 child |
| mubvevha
Kigelia pinnata DC tree |
| mubvubvu
menstrual flow |
| mubvumbi
diviner |
| mubvumbi
widespread rain |
| mubvumbvu
Celtis rhamnifolia Presl. tree; Grewia occidentalis L. shrub |
| mubvumela
type of large tree |
| mubvumelo
any rite which concludes an event; beer given to nonroyal relatives of chief at sacrifice rite |
| mubvumo
rumbling, roaring, booming, commotion |
| muḓali
cotton |
| muḓalo
abundance; feast after a victory |
| muḓana
(diminutive) kraal, village |
| muḓaphondo
heavy rain in August, September, and ensuing cold |
| muḓavhu
paramour |
| muḓelana
young pup that's beginning to leave the litter |
| muḓi
village, kraal |
| muḓifho
pleasant taste |
| muḓilangi
independent person |
| muḓimbo
wooden spoon |
| muḓinḓa
species of black bird |
| muḓinḓa
servant |
| muḓionya
one who harms self |
| muḓoḓa
vegetables served w/o peanuts |
| muḓodzwa
anointed, chosen |
| muḓonḓe
crest, flower, plumule |
| muḓoro
any cactus, prickly pear |
| muḓouma
Ekebergia Meyeri Presl. tree |
| muḓuhulu
grandchild; man's sister's child; husband's sister's husband; husband sister's child |
| muḓuhwi
Ipomoea obscura Ker. creeper |
| mudabe
one initiated into the rites of circumcision |
| mudahakhonze
Hyptis pectinata Poit. annual plant |
| mudavhi
treeless meadow or plain |
| mudedede
Heteropyxis natalensis Harv. tree; Clausena inaequalis Benth. shrub/tree |
| mudededzi
teacher |
| mudengu
(obsolete) doctor |
| mudengwane
palm wine |
| mudide
excess moisture in earth |
| mudie
bracelets/anklets/bangles made of plaited grass |
| mudile
bracelets/anklets/bangles made of plaited grass |
| mudima
tree fern |
| mudimbo
wooden spoon, worn at the end |
| mudinyane
fever, malaria |
| mudo
fatty powder used as perfume |
| mudodo
killing by stealth, as in a vendetta |
| mudodoma
type of small brown bird |
| mudodonya
flawed pot |
| mudombaṋamana
Pseudarthria Hookeri W & A plant; Eriosema squarrosum Walp. plant |
| mudovho
redoing of s/t |
| muduba
row |
| mudugo
flame |
| mudugumo
big leaping flame |
| mudulu
type of thick rush |
| mudulule
#REF! |
| mudulwane
papyrus plant |
| mudyodyo
trot |
| mudzadze
woman recently confined |
| mudzamanga
type of imported pumpkin plant |
| mudzedze
comb of the fowl |
| mudzei
one who marries, bridegroom |
| mudzhenela
one who interferes w/ other people's affairs |
| mudzi
root |
| mudzia
one who habitually does s/t |
| mudziammbi
turbulent spirit, quarrelsome fellow |
| mudzidzi
species of creeper |
| mudziili
destitute, homeless person |
| mudzimammbwa
cut or crack in cuticle of nail |
| mudzimba
hunter |
| mudzimu
spirit of ancestor; God |
| mudzinginyo
tremor |
| mudzio
kitchen utensils, esp. pottery |
| mudziru
powdered charcoal from fireplace |
| mudzivho
stone, stick placed on path where a tribal boundary is |
| mudzonga
freshly dried meat, biltong |
| mudzumbamo
#REF! |
| mudzungu
species of pumpkin plant |
| mudzwindo
a type of goat sacrifice |
| mudzwiri
leadwood (Combretum transvaalense Schinz.) |
| mudzwulu
thin, smooth, round arrow point |
| muedziso
imitation |
| muelela
flatcrown thorn tree |
| muelo
measure |
| muembe
wild custard apple tree |
| muenehadzi
married woman of rank |
| mueneene
Anthocleista zambesiaca Baker tree |
| mueni
guest |
| mufaelo
porridge paid to workers |
| mufakwa
Europeanstyle hoe |
| mufaro
fairsized, flatbottomed, lidded basket |
| mufembo
#REF! |
| mufemo
breath |
| mufhala
horns used as pipes or bellows |
| mufhalakhwali
Antidesma venosum E. Mey. tree |
| mufhanda
Lonchocarpus capassa Rolfe tree |
| mufhanga
knife |
| mufhanga
cycad; another unidentified plant |
| mufhanza
Mackaya bella Harv. shrub; Stylocoryne barbertonensis Brem. shrub; Trimeria grandifolia Hochst. shrub |
| mufhaṱa
Transvaal silver tree or shrub |
| mufhaṱavhufa
wild peach tree |
| mufhaṱelathundu
rooibos (Combretum Zeyheri Sond.) tree |
| mufhefhe
fellow who need not be taken seriously |
| mufhefhera
Aphloia myrtiflora Galp. tree |
| mufhembo
blade of grass used for fhemba |
| mufhiṋi
handle |
| mufhirifhiri
civil strife; position of divining dice w/ all four marked sides up |
| mufhiso
chief's shallow dish |
| mufhoho
kind of Eleusine |
| mufhombwe
spinachlike plant |
| mufhomi
swearer |
| mufhonḓo
horn or wood pick for fula kernels |
| mufhulu
Burkea africana Hook tree |
| mufhululu
ululation |
| mufhunga
Johnson grass |
| mufhungo
cowtail whisk used by diviner to ward off evil spirits |
| mufu
corpse |
| mufuiwa
poor fellow supported by wealthy man |
| mufula
marula tree |
| mufuli
smith |
| mufuli
fruit gatherer |
| mufulo
pasturage |
| mufulwi
Abutilon indicum Don. plant; Dombeya Bergessiae Gerr. tree |
| mufumakadzi
married woman of rank |
| mufumbu
maize bran |
| mufumi
wealthy man |
| mufunamupengu
moon on the day before new moon |
| mufuneko
Tongastyle satchel |
| mufungwi
work done for previouslydrunk beer |
| mufungwi
type of vegetable plant |
| mufunwa
favorite, protege |
| mufunzhe
parcel tied in grass |
| mufunzi
missionary, clergyman |
| mufuro
satiety |
| mufuvha
game similar to draughts |
| mufuwi
one who owns much cattle |
| mugaḓa
dancing on both sides |
| mugadi
horserider; swimmer |
| mugaula
concubine |
| mugavhi
species of large tree |
| mugayo
milled corn meal |
| mugede
what's name |
| mugero
water furrow |
| mugivhela
Saturday |
| mugo
long staff |
| mugobe
oneeyed person |
| mugobi
one who can shoot straight |
| mugobo
hoed field, ready for sowing |
| mugodi
shaft, mine, pit |
| mugogo
fatty kernel extracted from fula stone |
| mugogonono
clitoris |
| mugolo
tin for cooking when travelling |
| mugono
twoyearold calf |
| mugophi
stick/club bent like hockey stick |
| mugopi
stick/club bent like hockey stick |
| mugotwe
crowned hornbill |
| mugubu
runt calf |
| mugudanguvho
Indigofera obermeyerae Brem. tree |
| mugudelanguvho
Indigofera obermeyerae Brem. tree |
| mugudi
beginning learner |
| mugudugudu
large intestine |
| mugula
Indian |
| mugumo
end, edge, boundary |
| mugumo
flourroasted maize w/ peanuts and salt |
| muguṅwa
Sesbania Sesban (L.) Merr. (D.) tree |
| muguruḓo
earthenware pot for guruḓa |
| muguvhu
Mosotho person |
| muguwa
hubbub |
| mugwagwa
broad wagon road |
| mugwarelo
men's girdle |
| mugweḓo
land cleared for first time (to make garden) |
| mugwinei
apostate, backslider |
| mugwiti
Combretum holosericeum Sond. orC. glomeruliflorum Sond. tree |
| muhaba
imported type of acacia |
| muhadzinga
cowife |
| muhahe
immature grain |
| muhala
milkcow leash |
| muhali
courageous, stern, severe person |
| muhalivho
husband's sister |
| muhaṋa
(Abusive) dog, cur |
| muhandakaṅwe
woman who's had one child |
| muhangahwe
certain white stone |
| muhangaila
species of tree |
| muhangammbwa
door frame |
| muhangu
unfinished/unfired pot |
| muhanu
Achilles tendon |
| muhashaphande
Trimeria grandifolia (Hochst.) Warb. tree |
| muhashela
winddriven rain |
| muhaswa
anything lacking taste; weak, decrepit person |
| muhaṱu
Conopharyngia elegans Stapf shrub |
| muhaṱuli
judge, arbiter |
| muhaulo
remains of an old fence; small enclosure for calves |
| muheḓana
destitute, friendless person |
| muhiri
deadwood |
| muhobvu
paunch, first stomach of ruminant |
| muhoha
track made by beast dragging its kill |
| muhohano
kind of tugofwar |
| muhoholosalulimi
Dovyalis lucida Sim shrub/tree |
| muhombololo
furrow as border between gardens |
| muhomi
mocker |
| muhondwa
Toddalia aculeata Lam. shrub |
| muhoṱa
sickly, weak person |
| muhoṱo
rope made of thin inner bark |
| muhoyo
mockery |
| muhufhe
species of mediumsized bird |
| muhuhuma
species of tree |
| muhukhuma
species of tree |
| muhulo
part of Vhusha rites where people come together |
| muhuluri
species of tree; position of divining dice |
| muhulwane
senior, superior person |
| muhumbulo
thought |
| muhunde
girdle of twisted wire |
| muhungo
thong/rope to tie up small animal; thong for hanging ndilo |
| muhura
neighbor |
| muhuru
endless bush, forest |
| muhuvhabvu
wounded person |
| muhuvho
song of victory |
| muhuvhule
silly, crazy person |
| muhuyu
wild fig tree |
| muhuyungala
small type of fig tree |
| muhuvhoya
wild fig tree Ficus sycomorus L. |
| muhuyulukuse
wild fig tree Ficus sycomorus L. |
| muhuyuvhoya
wild fig tree Ficus sycomorus L. |
| muhuyuvhutwa
wild fig tree Ficus sycomorus L. |
| muhwaba
dry biltong |
| muhwalo
burden, load |
| muhwana
species of tree |
| muhwane
reaped field, fit for cattle |
| muhwe
sister's husband; paternal orthocousin |
| muhwedzi
one who cures ngoma |
| muhwidzi
Hibiscus shrub |
| muhwira
masked dancer |
| muila
taboo |
| muilafhi
one who cures, gives medical assistance |
| muilaxwa
(medical) patient |
| muilo
s/t taboo |
| muimavanḓa
large shade tree, usu. in courtyard; Croton sylvaticus Hochst. tree |
| muimo
stature, build (of a person) |
| muina
small round hole (like mousehole) |
| muinga
expert tracker |
| muisedzi
chief's reporter |
| muitashango
man who traveled far to work for Europeans |
| mukakate
species of tree |
| mukakatiko
long staff (used by old men) |
| mukakatiko
industrious person |
| mukake
species of plant |
| mukala
sinewy meat |
| mukalaha
old man |
| mukalakata
Peddia africana Harv. tree; Bauhinia reticulata DC tree |
| mukalanga
Karanga tribe member |
| mukale
refusal to to work because it's another's turn |
| mukamba
wild wistaria tree |
| mukaṋo
46 maize cobs tied together by their leaves |
| mukanḓo
stamping, pounding of s/t |
| mukanda
small/valueless piece of hide |
| mukando
human milk |
| mukandululo
#REF! |
| mukanga
unripe fruit |
| mukangaḓo
tenderness in claws/hoofs/toes |
| mukangala
species of Strychnos |
| mukango
vegetable used to flavor snuff |
| mukano
boundary line between gardens |
| mukanzwo
portion of food |
| mukapu
soft, thin porridge |
| mukapudziwa
muzzleloader gun |
| mukara
sour thing |
| mukaṱu
frontier, boundary |
| mukatela
collection of everything/body |
| mukatelwa
collection of everything/body |
| mukavha
cur; abusive term for person |
| mukavhala
pole for hanging ngoma drum when not in use |
| mukavhamahunguvhu
Canthium huillensis Hiern. tree; Eugenia natalitia Sond. tree |
| mukegulu
old woman |
| mukene
what'stheirname |
| mukhaha
milk |
| mukhali
species of hawk |
| mukhalu
Zizyphus mucronata Willd. tree |
| mukhatho
place cleared of brush for first time |
| mukhaya
Acacia pallens Rolfe tree |
| mukhobekwa
Pavetta canescens DC shrub |
| mukhobigwa
Pavetta canescens DC shrub |
| mukhoḓe
Sanseviera aethiopica Thunb. plant |
| mukhoṱho
something loose |
| mukhoti
door hingepin |
| mukhuḓo
abdominal hernia rupture |
| mukhusu
shaking/rolling of calabash of cream to make butter |
| mukhuvha
ways, manners, customs |
| mukhuvhulane
place where skin is grazed off |
| mukhuwa
white person |
| mukhwa
custom, (good) manners |
| mukhwaeli
man who gets 2nd shot at animal in hunt |
| mukhwalakhwali
Antidesma venosum E. Mey. tree |
| mukhwatho
knobless, tapering walking stick |
| mukhwekhwe
type of strong, expensive cloth |
| mukhweli
man who gets 2nd shot at animal in hunt |
| mukoki
dry biltong |
| mukokole
Smilax krausiana Meisn. creeper; Dioscorea sp. creeper |
| mukolokoṱe
Peddia africana Harv. tree; Bauhinia reticulata DC tree |
| mukololo
child of royal family |
| mukoma
headman |
| mukomana
elder sibling or orthocousin of same sex |
| mukombo
navel; boundary |
| mukome
abomasum stomach of ruminants |
| mukomelo
handle; penisbox |
| mukomoṱelo
levy, contingent |
| mukonde
Candelabra Euphorbia tree; type of porridge |
| mukondokondo
runoff water collected from roof |
| mukongo
clitoris |
| mukongoni
one who turns another against s/t |
| mukonwo
forearm |
| mukonyi
short stalk or stem |
| mukope
maize cob |
| mukopokopo
a creeper with red flowers |
| mukosi
long yell |
| mukota
nosebleed |
| mukoto
narrow path |
| mukovhanombe
distributor of cattle (chief's praise name) |
| mukovhe
portion, share |