| akuva | to, in order to | prep/conj |
| b'anga | bar | things |
| bakiti | bucket | things |
| banci | coat | clothing |
| bandi | belt | clothing |
| basikeni | bycicle | things |
| basopa | watch out! Careful! | phrase |
| batla | to sweat | verbs |
| bazara | market | things |
| bekisa | take care of | verbs |
| bindza | heavy | adjectives |
| bindzu | profit, benefit | abstracts |
| bokisu | box | things |
| bolwe | ball | things |
| bomu | lemon | food |
| boti | boat | things |
| boxa | drill | verbs |
| buku | book | things |
| buluku dza ku goma | shorts | clothing |
| buluku dza ku leha | trousers | clothing |
| butxa | ax | things |
| buya | to come, to come back | verbs |
| ku buyisa, ku tisa | to bring | verbs |
| bzala | alcoholic drink, beer | food |
| chaha | boy | people |
| chaya | to play (instrument) | verbs |
| chintana | swing | things |
| chuluka | to work hard | verbs |
| cikirhi | cup | things |
| cinca | to change | verbs |
| coco (o=o) | coconut | food |
| coffi | coffee | food |
| dambu | sun | nature |
| deketela | to type | verbs |
| dokodela | doctor | people |
| doropa | city | abstracts |
| dula | expensive | adjectives |
| duma | swelling | body |
| dumba | to trust, to believe | verbs |
| dumbanenge | informal market | abstracts |
| dzana | hundred | adverbs |
| dzedzédze | fever | body |
| dzihisa | to take revenge | verbs |
| ku dzingisa | to try | verbs |
| dzungula | send greetings | verbs |
| fambelana | have to do with | verbs |
| fanelo, tifanelo | obligation | abstracts |
| farelo | crumbs | food |
| fofo | match | things |
| foxolo | shovel | things |
| fufuta | whistle | verbs |
| gama | to finish | verbs |
| ganga | hill, upward slope | nature |
| garakunya | turkey | animals |
| guga (things) | old | adjectives |
| gumana | blanket | things |
| gwira | to sway | verbs |
| ha hombe, ni ta gama | after | adverbs |
| ha ka nyingi | often | adverbs |
| ha vomu | on purpose | adjectives |
| hahla | twin | people |
| hala | there, over there | adverbs |
| halu | rake | things |
| hambilesvo | despite, in spite of | prep/conj |
| hamela | hammer | things |
| hanci | horse | animals |
| handle | outside | adverbs |
| hansi | floor, down, low | adverbs |
| hanti | shrimp | food |
| ku hanya | to live, to be well | verbs |
| harhi | crown | things |
| havu | monkey | animals |
| hembe | shirt | clothing |
| henhla | up, on (top of) | adverbs |
| henhla ka machapa | roof | things |
| henhleni | above | adverbs |
| hi | with, by, through | adverbs |
| hi masiku ni masiku | forever | adverbs |
| hikuva, hayini, hikusa | since, considering | prep/conj |
| hina | we | pronouns |
| hlamalu | admiration | abstracts |
| hlamba | to bath, to shower, to wash | verbs |
| hlampsa | wash | verbs |
| hlamulu | response | abstracts |
| hlanta | to vomit | verbs |
| hlengeletanu | meeting | abstracts |
| hlivila, kipa | to strip off clothes | verbs |
| hlomula | to pull out, to extract | verbs |
| hola | to receive salary | abstracts |
| hombe | good, slowly | adjectives |
| homu | ox, cow | animals |
| homu (ya xi sati) | cow | animals |
| hona | to damage | verbs |
| hosi | king | people |
| huku | chicken | animals |
| huluka | to survive, to be rescued | verbs |
| hum-mh | no | phrases |
| hunga | blow (wind) | verbs |
| huvu ya Tiko | parliament | abstracts |
| i mhaka muni | why | prep/conj |
| ina | yes | phrases |
| jaile | jail | things |
| jambana, xigevengu | murderer, criminal | people |
| jika | to turn | verbs |
| Joni | South Africa | abstracts |
| juleka | necessary | adjectives |
| ka | to wring water out of | verbs |
| ka hisa | (it's) hot | adjectives |
| ka pepela | cool | verbs |
| ka'nwe | once | adverbs |
| kala | disappear | verbs |
| kamba | leaf | nature |
| kambe | but, more | adverbs |
| kapulana | cloth | clothing |
| katla | shoulder | body |
| kawula | ax | things |
| kaya | home | things |
| kerheke | church | abstracts |
| khale | earlier | adverbs |
| khenlyemuka | to wake up | verbs |
| khigetela | to lean on | verbs |
| khisimusi | celebration, christmas | abstracts |
| khiya | to lock up | verbs |
| khombo | bad luck | abstracts |
| khondlo | mouse | animals |
| khongoloti | centipede | animals |
| khumba | to touch | verbs |
| khumbi | wall | things |
| khume | ten | adjective |
| khurhi | abdomen | body |
| khuthla | toad | animals |
| khwatsi | good, well | adjectives |
| khwaya | to scratch, to scrape | verbs |
| khweva | to have a drink (tea, coffee) | verbs |
| khwita | to limp | verbs |
| kohlola | to cough | verbs |
| kokwana | grandma, grandpa | people |
| konta | to count | verbs |
| ku (ti)kwimba | to stretch | verbs |
| ku ba | to beat | verbs |
| ku baba | to console | verbs |
| ku baleka | to escape | verbs |
| ku balesela | to throw, to shoot | verbs |
| ku bandicha | put on band aid | verbs |
| ku basa | clean, white | adjectives |
| ku basisa | to clean | verbs |
| ku basisela | to clarify | verbs |
| ku bava | bitter | adjectives |
| ku bavalasa | to lie on stomach | verbs |
| ku beka | to put down/into, to place | verbs |
| ku bela | to play ball | verbs |
| ku biha | ugly, naughty | adjectives |
| ku bila | boiling | adjectives |
| ku bilisa | to boil | verbs |
| ku bola | to rot | verbs |
| ku bombomela | to drown | verbs |
| ku boxeka | pierced | adjectives |
| ku bukwana | to squat | verbs |
| ku bula | to chat, converse | verbs |
| ku buna | to wilt | adjectives |
| ku bzala | to plant, to sow | verbs |
| ku bzanya | to run over | verbs |
| ku ceneka | to take and pay later | verbs |
| ku chata | to get married | verbs |
| ku chava | to be afraid of | verbs |
| ku chavela | to take refuge | verbs |
| ku chavisa | to scare | verbs |
| ku chela | to poor water, scoop (food) | verbs |
| ku cheletela | to water | verbs |
| ku chovha | to push | verbs |
| ku chukumeta | to dump, throw away | verbs |
| ku chukumetela | to throw, to pass | verbs |
| ku chukuvala | sad | adjectives |
| ku chumayela | to preach | verbs |
| ku chuta | to fart | verbs |
| ku chuvela | to burry oneself (get stuck with car) | verbs |
| ku chuxa matinyo | to brush teeth | verbs |
| ku cona | to be broke (no money) | verbs |
| ku da | to eat | verbs |
| ku dana | to be embarassed/ashamed | verbs |
| ku dana | to be ashamed/embarassed | verbs |
| ku dedereka | to stagger | verbs |
| ku diba | to empty, to pour | verbs |
| ku disa | to feed | verbs |
| ku djuletela | to search, to look for | verbs |
| ku dlaya | to kill | verbs |
| ku dliva | to kick | verbs |
| ku dondza | to learn, to study | verbs |
| ku dumbisa | to promise | verbs |
| ku dumisa | to start (car engine) | verbs |
| ku dunga, dludla, dungela | to mix | verbs |
| ku duvula | to shoot | verbs |
| ku dxoha | to sin | verbs |
| ku dzaha | to smoke (person) | verbs |
| ku dziketa | to leave, to abandon | verbs |
| ku dzila | to cry | verbs |
| ku dzima | to farm | verbs |
| ku dzimuka | to remember | verbs |
| ku dzimuxa | to remind sb of sth | verbs |
| ku dzivala | to forget | verbs |
| ku dzivalela | to excuse | verbs |
| ku dzunisa | to praise, worship | verbs |
| ku dzunzekela | to approach | verbs |
| ku fa mahlo | blind | adjectives |
| ku fa, ku luza, ku hundza misaveli | to die | verbs |
| ku fambisa | to drive | verbs |
| ku fana | like, to be like | verbs |
| ku fana | to take after, resemble | verbs |
| ku fanan ni lesvi | for example | prep/conj |
| ku fananisa | to compare, to mi up | verbs |
| ku fanela | to must, have to | verbs |
| ku felela | to save (excessively) | verbs |
| ku fenya | to comb | verbs |
| ku fihlula | to eat breakfast | verbs |
| ku finingela | to cover with something | verbs |
| ku firijela | to fry | verbs |
| ku foforha | spicy | adjectives |
| ku fola | to queue | verbs |
| ku fuma | to reign, to govern | verbs |
| ku gadla | to run over | verbs |
| ku gandzela | to worship | verbs |
| ku gingindza | to beat | verbs |
| ku gogondza | to knock at door | verbs |
| ku gogondzela | to nail, to hammer | verbs |
| ku goma | short | adjectives |
| ku gomisa | to abbreviate, to shorten | verbs |
| ku gumula | to beat head | verbs |
| ku gwevha | to buy at wholesale | verbs |
| ku haha | to fly | verbs |
| ku hakela | to pay | verbs |
| ku hamba | to make | verbs |
| ku hambana | to differ | verbs |
| ku hanana, hananisa | to offer | verbs |
| ku handzula | to rip, to tear | adjectives |
| ku hantla | to hurry | verbs |
| ku hanyisa | to heal | verbs |
| ku hatima | to have lightening | verbs |
| ku hawula | to take off | verbs |
| ku hayeka | to hang (clothes etc.) | verbs |
| ku heketa | to accompany | verbs |
| ku hela, magamu | end | abstracts |
| ku hemba | to lie | verbs |
| ku heta, hetisa | to finish | verbs |
| ku hima | to beat with object | verbs |
| ku hisa | to burn | adjectives |
| ku hiteka | to be worried about | verbs |
| ku hlakahla | to shake | verbs |
| ku hlalela, bukela | to watch | verbs |
| ku hlamala | to admire | verbs |
| ku hlambeta | to swim | verbs |
| ku hlamula | to respond | verbs |
| ku hlanya | to go crazy | verbs |
| ku hlawula | to choose, to vote for | verbs |
| ku hlaya, bzela | to say | verbs |
| ku hlayiliwa | to complain about | verbs |
| ku hlayisa | keep, protect | verbs |
| ku hleka | to laugh | verbs |
| ku hlekelela | to smile | verbs |
| ku hlela | to sift | verbs |
| ku hleva | to gossip | verbs |
| ku hlevela | to tell so a secret | verbs |
| ku hlevelela | to wisper | verbs |
| ku hlongolisa | to follow (a person) | verbs |
| ku hlonipha | to respect | verbs |
| ku hlota | to hunt | verbs |
| ku hlula, ku pala | to win | verbs |
| ku hlwela | to take time | verbs |
| ku holela | to pay salaries | verbs |
| ku holisa | to let cool down | verbs |
| ku holova | to argue | verbs |
| ku honeka | broken, damaged | adjectives |
| ku huda | to have diarrhea | verbs |
| ku huma | to leave, to go outside | verbs |
| ku huma ngati | to bleed | verbs |
| ku humelela | to appear | verbs |
| ku humesa moya | to exhale | verbs |
| ku humexa | to take out sth | verbs |
| ku humula | to rest | verbs |
| ku hundzuka | to become | verbs |
| ku hungata | to enjoy | |
| ku huwelela | to scream | verbs |
| ku hólá | to cool down | verbs |
| ku jinja | to fill to the top | verbs |
| ku jula | to want, to look for | verbs |
| ku kahlula | to hurry | verbs |
| ku kala | rare, seldom | adjectives |
| ku kama | to squeeze | verbs |
| ku kamba | to examine | verbs |
| ku kamba | to look for, to examine | verbs |
| ku kambela | observe, examine | verbs |
| ku kandzetela | to step on | verbs |
| ku kanganyisa | to cheat | verbs |
| ku karhala | tired | adjectives |
| ku karhama | to duck | verbs |
| ku karhata | difficult | adjectives |
| ku kata | to benefit | verbs |
| ku kateka | blessed | adjectives |
| ku katekisa | to bless | verbs |
| ku kawuka | to call for attention | verbs |
| ku kela | to dig | verbs |
| ku kensa, tlangela, bonga | to thank | verbs |
| ku kewba | to absorb | verbs |
| ku khala | to complain about sth. | verbs |
| ku khaluta, ku hundza | to pass, to cross | verbs |
| ku khanela | to speak, talk | verbs |
| ku khatisa | to punish | verbs |
| ku khava | to kick | verbs |
| ku khaya | to pick fruit | verbs |
| ku khisama | to kneel | verbs |
| ku kholwa | to believe | verbs |
| ku khoma | to hold, to grasp, to grab | verbs |
| ku khongela | to pray | verbs |
| ku khuxa | to polish | verbs |
| ku khwela | to climb | verbs |
| ku koka | to pull | verbs |
| ku koka moya | to inhale | verbs |
| ku komba | to show | verbs |
| ku kombela | to ask for | verbs |
| ku kombeta | to show, to indicate | verbs |
| ku kombisa | to show, to present | verbs |
| ku kombisa | to represent | verbs |
| ku kona | to exist | verbs |
| ku kota | can, to be able to | verbs |
| ku kukumuxa | to swell (things) | verbs |
| ku kula | to grow (up) | verbs |
| ku kulisa | to grow sth., to make/let grow | verbs |
| ku kuluka | big, fat | adjectives |
| ku kulumela | to tell sb off | verbs |
| ku kuma | to find, meet | verbs |
| ku kumeka | to meet | verbs |
| ku kumela | to reach | verbs |
| ku kutriyela | to fall asleep | verbs |
| ku kwata | angry | adjectives |
| ku lahla | to lose | verbs |
| ku lala | thin | adjectives |
| ku lalela | to eat dinner | verbs |
| ku laluka | to sway | verbs |
| ku landza | to follow | verbs |
| ku landzelela | to follow (a goal= | verbs |
| ku langa | to choose | verbs |
| ku lavisa, langusa | to look | verbs |
| ku lavisisa | to analyze, to examine | verbs |
| ku laya | to advise | verbs |
| ku leha | tall | adjectives |
| ku lehisa mbilu | patient | adjectives |
| ku lema | to glue | verbs |
| ku lomba | to lend/borrow | verbs |
| ku longoloka | to follow (each other) | verbs |
| ku lota | to sharpen | verbs |
| ku lubela | to take shelter | verbs |
| ku lulama, ku lunga | ready, correct, prepared | adjectives |
| ku lulamisa, bekisela | to arrange, to prepare | verbs |
| ku luma | to bite | verbs |
| ku lumba | belong to | verbs |
| ku lungisa | to repair, to fix, to arrange | verbs |
| ku lwa | to fight | verbs |
| ku madala (pessoas) | old | adjectives |
| ku manya, kanyanga | to press | verbs |
| ku mbombombela | to drown | verbs |
| ku mbuwetela | to lull | verbs |
| ku minta | to swallow | verbs |
| ku muka | to go home | verbs |
| ku myelile | calm | adjectives |
| ku navela | to desire, wish | verbs |
| ku ndzulukela | to turn, spin | verbs |
| ku ndzuluta | to turn sth. | verbs |
| ku ngena | to enter, go in | verbs |
| ku ngoroxa | to snore | verbs |
| ku nkwalala | pale | adjectives |
| ku ntxima | dirty, stained | adjectives |
| ku nunhwela | to smell nice | verbs |
| ku nunwha | to smell bad | verbs |
| ku nwa | to drink | verbs |
| ku nwaya | to scratch | verbs |
| ku nwayisa | to itch | verbs |
| ku nyanimela | to sneak | verbs |
| ku nyika | to give | verbs |
| ku nyiketa | to deliver | verbs |
| ku nyima | to wait | verbs |
| ku nyivilika | to melt | verbs |
| ku nyonxa, tsaka | happy | adjectives |
| ku pakela | to carry to a place | verbs |
| ku panda | to run | verbs |
| ku pandza | to rip, to break | verbs |
| ku pandzeka, handzuka | ripped, torn | adjectives |
| ku panyanda | to scream for help | verbs |
| ku pazekeka | to connect, to join | verbs |
| ku pela | to set, to go down (e.g. sun) | verbs |
| ku pelecha | to sign | verbs |
| ku penda | to paint | verbs |
| ku peta | to put in (cupboard, water) | verbs |
| ku petra | to fold | verbs |
| ku pfala | to close | verbs |
| ku pfimba (pessoas) | to swell (people) | verbs |
| ku pfuka | to get up | verbs |
| ku pfuka | to provoke | verbs |
| ku pfula | to open | verbs |
| ku pfuleka, pfuliwa | open | adjectives |
| ku pfuma | to sound | verbs |
| ku pfumbata | to guess | verbs |
| ku pfumela | to accept | verbs |
| ku pfuna | to help | verbs |
| ku pfundza | rich | adjectives |
| ku pfuva | to knead | verbs |
| ku pfuxa | to wake so. up | verbs |
| ku phakata | to smack | verbs |
| ku phasa | to fish | verbs |
| ku phazama | to be mistaken | verbs |
| ku phinda | to repeat | verbs |
| ku phuluka | to give birth | verbs |
| ku phunta | to become stupid | verbs |
| ku pima | to measure | verbs |
| ku pimisa | to think | verbs |
| ku pona | to be saved (rel.) | verbs |
| ku ponisa | to save so | verbs |
| ku psala | to bear fruit | verbs |
| ku psaliwa | to be born | verbs |
| ku psha | to burn | verbs |
| ku pufxela | to visit | verbs |
| ku pumba, pumbeka | to lower | verbs |
| ku punya | to eat sth simple (bread) | verbs |
| ku rhamba | to invite | verbs |
| ku rhandza | to like, love | verbs |
| ku rhanga | first | adjectives |
| ku rhangela | to lead, direct | verbs |
| ku rhola | to pick up | verbs |
| ku rhosa | to caress | verbs |
| ku rhulisa | to calm down | verbs |
| ku rhulisa | to make peace | verbs |
| ku rhuma | to send so. | verbs |
| ku rhumela | to send sth. | verbs |
| ku rhwexa nandzu, ku lumbeta | to accuse, to blame | verbs |
| ku ringana | alike | adjectives |
| ku rulisa | to calm down so. | verbs |
| ku rungulisa | to greet | verbs |
| ku saha | to saw | verbs |
| ku sala | to stay | verbs |
| ku saseka | nice | adjectives |
| ku sekeleka | to get up, to stand up | verbs |
| ku simula | to dig up, to exhume | verbs |
| ku siya | to leave, to abandon | verbs |
| ku sopa | to drink spirit | verbs |
| ku suka | to go away, to make way | verbs |
| ku sukela ka | as of (time wise) | adverbs |
| ku sungula | to start | verbs |
| ku sungula | first time | adverbs |
| ku susumeta | to push sth (without wheels) | verbs |
| ku sveka | to cook | verbs |
| ku tala | full | adjectives |
| ku tama | to always do/make | verbs |
| ku tata | to fill | verbs |
| ku teka | to take, to get | verbs |
| ku teketela | to gather | verbs |
| ku tha | to play (games) | verbs |
| ku thandhela | to roll up | verbs |
| ku thlanya | to force open, to break in | verbs |
| ku thlava | to sting | verbs |
| ku thola | to hire (staff) | verbs |
| ku thuka | to toss | verbs |
| ku tihlota | to hide (from a person) | verbs |
| ku tima | to put out (fire, cigarette) | verbs |
| ku timeka | to turn off | verbs |
| ku tirha | to work | verbs |
| ku titimeta | cold | adjectives |
| ku titwa nandzu | to feel guilty | verbs |
| ku tiva | to know | verbs |
| ku tiyela | hard, solid | adjectives |
| ku tiyisa | to encourage | verbs |
| ku tiyisela | brave, strong (ment.) | adjectives |
| ku tlakula | to carry | verbs |
| ku tlakuxa | to lift, to raise | verbs |
| ku tlanga | to play | verbs |
| ku tlhakamela | to be stuck | verbs |
| ku tlhamuxela | to explain | verbs |
| ku tlhanganisa | to join, complete | verbs |
| ku tlhariha | intelligent, clever | adjectives |
| ku tlhasa | to arrive | verbs |
| ku tlhavika | to light (a fire) | verbs |
| ku tlhelisa | to return sth., to bring back | verbs |
| ku tlhuvela | to meddle | verbs |
| ku tlula mpimo | abuse | abstracts |
| ku tlulatlula | to jump over, to skip | verbs |
| ku tlulela | to cross(over) | verbs |
| ku tolovela | to get/be used to | verbs |
| ku tota | to apply, to cover | verbs |
| ku trakama | wet | adjectives |
| ku trakamisa | to baptize | verbs |
| ku trala | to write | verbs |
| ku trema | to cut | verbs |
| ku trhama | to sit, to sit down, to live (in..) | verbs |
| ku trimba | to tie up | verbs |
| ku trimbela | to wrap (up) | verbs |
| ku trimbisa | to forbid, to prohibit | verbs |
| ku trivela nsilo | to light a fire | verbs |
| ku trona | miserly | miserly |
| ku trongo | a little | adjectives |
| ku trovela | to harvest, to pick | verbs |
| ku trumbula | to discover | verbs |
| ku tsaka (ngopfu) | joy | abstracts |
| ku tsema timhaka | to decide | verbs |
| ku tumbela | to hide | verbs |
| ku tumbuluxa | to create | verbs |
| ku twa | to hear, feel | verbs |
| ku twalisa | to proclaim | verbs |
| ku twanana | to agree | verbs |
| ku twisisa | to understand | verbs |
| ku txabela | to welcome | verbs |
| ku txhota | to be missing | verbs |
| ku txina | to dance | verbs |
| ku va xikan'we | to be together/joined | verbs |
| ku vabza | sick, ill | verbs |
| ku vandla | to peel | verbs |
| ku vatla | to carve | verbs |
| ku vavisa | to hurt so, to be hurting | verbs |
| ku venga | to hate | verbs |
| ku veni nkanu | stubborn | adjectives |
| ku vhika | to dodge | verbs |
| ku vhikela | to protect | verbs |
| ku vilela | to long for | verbs |
| ku vitana | to call | verbs |
| ku vona | to see | verbs |
| ku vutisa | to ask | verbs |
| ku wetshemula | to sneeze | verbs |
| ku wisa | to drop sth. | verbs |
| ku woma | to dry, dry | adjectives |
| ku wosva | to commit adultery | verbs |
| ku woxa | to fry, to roast | verbs |
| ku wupfa | ripe, ready (food) | adjectives |
| ku wutla | to rip out | verbs |
| ku xava | to buy | verbs |
| ku xika, yehla | to come down | verbs |
| ku xingarha | to hug | verbs |
| ku xixa | to unload | verbs |
| ku xixima | to respect (things) | verbs |
| ku xonga | beautiful | adjectives |
| ku xongisa | to adorn | verbs |
| ku xungumeta | to point (out) | verbs |
| ku xurha | to eat one's fill, to be full | verbs |
| ku xuva | to miss sb | verbs |
| ku xwela | to be late | verbs |
| ku ya | to go | verbs |
| ku ya teka | go fetch/go pick up | verbs |
| ku yaka | to build | verbs |
| ku yala | to refuse, to deny | verbs |
| ku yamukela | to receive | verbs |
| ku yanamisa | to widen, to strech | verbs |
| ku yaneka | to hang up to dry, to spread out | verbs |
| ku yenela | to fit | verbs |
| ku yentxa | to do | verbs |
| ku yentxeka | to happen | verbs |
| ku yetlela | to sleep | verbs |
| ku yeyisa | to abuse | verbs |
| ku yila | prohibited | adjectives |
| ku yilisa | to abolish | verbs |
| ku yimbelela | to sing | verbs |
| ku yingela, ku yingiseta | to hear, listen to | verbs |
| ku yisa | to guide | |
| ku yiva | to steal | verbs |
| kukula | to sweep | verbs |
| kulahla | funeral | abstracts |
| kule | far | adjectives |
| kulu | tall, big | adjectives |
| kumbe | or, maybe | adverbs |
| kumbexana | maybe | adverbs |
| kunene | actually, truthfully | adjectives |
| kuni nkama | sometimes | adverbs |
| kusuhi | close, near | adjectives |
| kutani | finally | adverbs |
| kwini, kwi, lomu | where | pronouns |
| lambu | lamp | things |
| lamula | seperate (people) | verbs |
| lani, kola, lomu, alenu | here | adverbs |
| lapizera | pen | things |
| lavandza | youth | people |
| lavisela, rhindzela | to wait for | verbs |
| lembe | year | abstracts |
| lesvaku | that, so that | adverbs |
| libungu | red | adjective |
| lidzimi | tongue, language | body |
| lifu | death | abstracts |
| lihlanga | reed | nature |
| lihlelo | sieve | things |
| lihunyi | firewood | nature |
| lirhandzu | love | people |
| lisima | important, importance | adjectives |
| lisimu | song | abstracts |
| litiho | finger | body |
| litiho la nenge | toe | body |
| livaningu | clarity | abstracts |
| liyendzo | travel, trip | abstracts |
| loko | if, when | prep/conj |
| lolo | lazy | adjectives |
| lorha | to dream | verbs |
| lorho | dream | abstracts |
| lovolo | traditional wedding/bride price | abstracts |
| luka | to braid | verbs |
| lwandle | ocean, sea | nature |
| mabulu | conversations | abstracts |
| mabzanyi | grass | nature |
| macimba | feces | things |
| madakhka | mud | nature |
| madela | food | food |
| madzimi | lies | verbs |
| mafurha | oil (for cooking) | food |
| magezi | electricity | abstracts |
| mahala | free | adjectives |
| mahlori | wonders | abstracts |
| mahlweni | forward | adverbs |
| mahungu, madzungula | message, news | abstracts |
| makayi | cross-eyed | adjectives |
| makhala | charcoal | things |
| makhofu | cabbage | food |
| makinina | pill, tablet | things |
| makungu | plan, idea, project | abstracts |
| makwerhu, makwavu makwenu) | brother/sister | people |
| malanga | summer | nature |
| male | money | things |
| malepfu | beard | body |
| malume | uncle | people |
| mamana | mother, mom | people |
| mandla | hands | body |
| mani | who | people |
| marhumana | peanuts | food |
| masfastela | glasses | clothing |
| matandza | egg | food |
| mathapa | cabbage | food |
| mati | water | food |
| matimba | power (from God) | abstracts |
| matlavi | clouds | nature |
| matlhantlha | crumbs | food |
| mavabzi | disease | abstracts |
| mavonela, mapimu | opinion | abstracts |
| maxaka | family, relatives | people |
| mazambana | potatoes | food |
| mbangu | place, space | abstracts |
| mbeni, mbenyani | other | adjectives |
| mbilu | heart | body |
| mbisi | raw, green | adjectives |
| mbongólo | donkey | animals |
| mbunya | naked | adjectives |
| mbuti | goat | animals |
| mbuya, xigangu | lover | people |
| mbuyangwana | condolences | abstracts |
| mbzana | dog | animals |
| meleku | milk | food |
| meneti | minute | abstracts |
| mfanelo | obligation, task | abstracts |
| mfumu | government | abstracts |
| mhaka | problem, issue, situation | abstracts |
| mhangu | disaster, danger | verbs |
| mhunti | antilope | animals |
| mhunu | person | people |
| mina | me | pronouns |
| minsava | sand | nature |
| mirhi | body | body |
| misava | world | nature |
| misisi | hair | body |
| mixo | morning | abstracts |
| molweni | beggar, street child | people |
| mota | motorbike | things |
| movha | car | things |
| moya | wind | nature |
| mpama | palm (of hand) | body |
| mpandla | bald head | body |
| mpfhuka | space (heaven) | abstracts |
| mpfilumpfilu | confusion, disorder | abstracts |
| mpfula | rain | nature |
| mpfundla | rabbit | animals |
| mpfungula | key | things |
| mphazamo | mistake | abstracts |
| mpimu | measurement | abstracts |
| mpolondzo | gecko | animals |
| mpopi | water tab | things |
| mpundzu | dawn, daybreak | nature |
| mpunga | rice | food |
| mpupu | flour | food |
| mubedu | bed | things |
| muchaveli | refugee | people |
| muchini | machine | things |
| muchumayeli | preacher | people |
| mudibadiba | dump truck | things |
| mudondzi | student | people |
| mudondzisi | teacher, professor | people |
| mudzimi | farmer | people |
| mufambisi | driver, coordinator, MC | people |
| mufana | boy | people |
| mufaransa | French | abstracts |
| mufundzisa | pastor | people |
| muganga | district, quarter, area | abstracts |
| mugodi | mine | abstracts |
| muhlayi | speaker | people |
| muholo | salary | abstracts |
| mujansi | overcoat | clothing |
| mukhuhlwana | cold, influenza | body |
| mukombisi | adverb | abstracts |
| mukriste | Christian | people |
| mukwa | knife | things |
| mulwi | fighter | people |
| mumu | heat | nature |
| mundlwana | the day after tomorrow | abstracts |
| mundzuku | tomorrow | adverbs |
| mune | four | adjective |
| munghanu | friend | people |
| munghiza | Englishman | people |
| munhu | someone | people |
| muni | which, which type, how much | pronouns |
| munti | family (close) | people |
| munti | home, block of huts/homes | things |
| muntwa | (fish) bone, thorn | nature |
| munwana ni munwana | each one | adverbs |
| munyama | darkness | abstracts |
| munyu | salt | food |
| muponisi | saviour | abstracts |
| murhandziwa | boyfriend, girlfriend | people |
| murhangeli | leader | people |
| murhi | medicine | things |
| murhu | sauce | food |
| murhunghi | tailor | people |
| murisi | sheperd | people |
| musi | mortar | things |
| musveki | cook | people |
| mutchatu | wedding | abstracts |
| muteki/iwa | fiancé | people |
| muthusu | umbrella | clothing |
| mutirheli | worker, maid | people |
| mutirhi | worker | people |
| mutorotoro | tractor | things |
| muvulu | Monday | adverbs |
| muxavi | buyer | people |
| muxavisi | vendor | people |
| muyakelani | neighbour | people |
| muyenci | author | people |
| muyendzi | traveller | people |
| muyeni | visitor | people |
| muyimeli | lawyer representative | people |
| muyivi | thief | verbs |
| myeta | to calm someone | verbs |
| n'wana | child | people |
| n'weti | moon | nature |
| n'wingi | mother in law | people |
| na | to fall (only for rain) | verbs |
| nabzala | easy | adjectives |
| nakulorhi | work colleague | people |
| nakvue | while | adverbs |
| nala | enemy | abstracts |
| nambu | river | nature |
| namunhla | today | adverbs |
| nandzika | delicious | adjectives |
| nandzu | fault, guilt, blame | abstracts |
| navayi | blade | things |
| nawu | law | abstracts |
| nchumu | thing | things |
| ndlala | hunger | abstracts |
| ndlela | way, path | abstracts |
| ndleve | ear | body |
| ndlopfu | elefant | animals |
| ndlwini | room | things |
| ndota | guy | people |
| ndzeni | stomach | body |
| ndzeni | inside | adverbs |
| ndzhati | line | things |
| ndzhuti | shade | nature |
| ndzilu | fire | nature |
| ndzingo | temptation | abstracts |
| ndzovo | fishhook | things |
| ndzundza | to crawl, to creep | verbs |
| nene, hombe | good, well | adjectives |
| nenge | leg | body |
| nexe, wexe | alone | adjectives |
| ngaki, ngani | how many | pronouns |
| ngati | blood | body |
| nghonyama | lion | animals |
| nghozi | accident, dangerous | things |
| ngohe | face | body |
| ngoma | song | abstracts |
| ngopfu | very | adjectives |
| ngoti | cord, thread | things |
| nguluve | pig | animals |
| nguva | time, era | abstracts |
| ngwenya | crocodile | animals |
| nhava | mountain | nature |
| nhlampfi | fish | animals |
| nhlata | sweet potato | food |
| nhloko | head | body |
| nhlomulu | desgrace | abstracts |
| nhlonge | race | abstracts |
| nhluvuku | development | abstracts |
| nhonga | stick, walking stick | things |
| nhongana | fly | animals |
| nhova | bush land | nature |
| ni, na | with, and | conjunction |
| nimixo, aximixweni | in the morning | adverbs |
| ninhlekani | in the afternoon | adverbs |
| nivusiku | at night | adverbs |
| njangu | family | people |
| njombo | luck | abstracts |
| nkama | time | abstracts |
| nkama muni | when (at what time) | pronouns |
| nkanu | stubborness | abstracts |
| nkhancu | dress | clothing |
| nkhinkhi | activity | verbs |
| nkhongóto | prayer | abstracts |
| nkhuvu | party, celebration | abstracts |
| nkoka | trace, trail, track | abstracts |
| nkolo | neck | body |
| nkomponi | company | abstracts |
| nkuku | rooster | animals |
| nkukulu | broom | things |
| nkukutu | fishing net | verbs |
| nkuluwamunhu | adult | people |
| nkwama | bag, sack | things |
| nombori | number | abstracts |
| nomo | mouth | body |
| noti | whistle | things |
| nsati, nkosikazi | wife | people |
| nsepu | soap | things |
| nsila | garbage, litter | things |
| nsimbi | iron, metal | things |
| nsimu | field (to cultivate) | nature |
| nsinya | tree | nature |
| nsiva | punishment | abstracts |
| nsokoti | ant | animals |
| nsuna | mosquito | animals |
| ntalo | abundance | abstracts |
| ntamu | strength | body |
| nthlari | wise person | people |
| ntima | black | adjectives |
| ntirho | work | abstracts |
| ntiyisu | truth | abstracts |
| ntlangu | game | abstracts |
| ntlanna | back | body |
| ntlawa | group | abstracts |
| ntlhanganu | encounter, meeting | abstracts |
| ntolovelo | habit | abstracts |
| ntombi | girl | people |
| ntrhaku | behind, back | adverbs |
| ntrhwalu | responsibility | abstracts |
| ntrumbula | cassava, manioc | food |
| ntsena | only | adverbs |
| ntukulu | grandchild | people |
| ntumbuluku | tradition, origin, creation, nature | abstracts |
| nturhu | scarf, headscarf | clothing |
| ntwananu, ku tlhangana | agreement | abstracts |
| nuna | husband | people |
| nwadi | letter | things |
| nwala | nail (hands, feet) | body |
| nwina | you (pl.) | pronouns |
| nwinyu | owner | people |
| nyala | onion | food |
| nyama | meat | food |
| nyamuisa | to breastfeed | verbs |
| nyana | more or less | abstracts |
| nyeleti | star | nature |
| nyembeti | tear | body |
| nyempfu | sheep | animals |
| nyezana | vaccination | abstracts |
| nyiko | gift (talent) | abstracts |
| nyimba | pregnant, pregnancy | abstracts |
| nyimpi | war | abstracts |
| nyiwana | new | adjectives |
| nyoka | snake | animals |
| nyokana | roundworm | animals |
| nyolo, txhova | push car | things |
| nyoxi | bee | animals |
| nzawa | basket | things |
| ovororo | overalls | things |
| pawu | bread | food |
| penisele | pencil | things |
| pfaliwa, pfaleka | closed | adjectives |
| pfumala | to lack | verbs |
| phakela | to distribute | verbs |
| phakiti | pocket | clothing |
| phambheni, phambili | straight (ahead) | adverbs |
| phamela | to serve food | verbs |
| phanga, a yi talanga, a yi na nchumu | empty | adjectives |
| phapu | lung | body |
| phasiyeta | to trip | verbs |
| pholisa | police | people |
| phuluku | birth | verbs |
| phuma | dark | adjectives |
| pongwe | noise | abstracts |
| pulangu | wood, plank | things |
| pumbelana | to share | verbs |
| pume | spider | animals |
| rhama | check | body |
| rhambu | bone | body |
| rhambu dza xinuna/xisati | male/female | adjectives |
| rhavi | branch, twig | nature |
| rhibze | stone, rock | nature |
| rhito | word | abstracts |
| rhula | peaceful | adjectives |
| rhumba | abscess | body |
| rhunga | to sew | verbs |
| rhurhumela | to shiver, to tremble | verbs |
| sahu | saw | things |
| salada | salad (without sauce) | food |
| se | already | adverbs |
| semendhe | cement | things |
| siku | day | abstracts |
| siku dza ugamo | last time | adverbs |
| siku muni | when (which day) | pronouns |
| sonto | Sunday | abstracts |
| sope | spirit (alcohol) | food |
| sotxa | soldier | people |
| stranger, white person | mulungu | people |
| susa | to take off, to remove | verbs |
| sva koteka | possible | adjectives |
| svaku | that, so that | prep/conj |
| svakuda | food | food |
| svakunwa | drink | food |
| svi famba hi munhu ni munhu | that depends, that's individual | phrase |
| svimalana | a little money | abstracts |
| sviyilayila | superstition | abstracts |
| svosvi | now | adverbs |
| tani | so, such, as | adverbs |
| tatana | father, dad | people |
| thawula | towel | clothing |
| thaya | tie | clothing |
| thetha | to resolve problem in court | verbs |
| they | vona | pronouns |
| thirisa | to use | verbs |
| tihlo | eye | body |
| tiko | country | nature |
| tikonta | calculus | abstracts |
| tilo | sky | nature |
| timbaweni | beans | food |
| tingana | shame | abstracts |
| tingana | shyfullness | abstracts |
| tingomondo | handcuffs | things |
| tinkarosi | cashew nuts | food |
| tinsenge | bananas | food |
| tintanga | generation, group member | abstracts |
| tintangu | sandals | clothing |
| tinyo | tooth | body |
| titsema | to cut yourself | verbs |
| tlhela | to go back | verbs |
| tlhelo | next to | adverbs |
| tlula | to jump, to excede | verbs |
| tluta | to row | verbs |
| to do | ku yentxa | verbs |
| ku dzinga | to taste | verbs |
| tolo | yesterday | adverbs |
| tolweni | the day before yesterday | adverbs |
| trhova | break, divide in half | verbs |
| trokodza | sweet | adjectives |
| trolo | knee | body |
| tsatsavela | sour | adjectives |
| txana | tea | food |
| uziwysi | chilli sauce | food |
| vanile, hambanile | separated | adjectives |
| vapsali | parents | people |
| vele | breast | body |
| vevuka | light | adjectives |
| vhiki | week | abstracts |
| vholovholo | pistol | things |
| vito | name | people |
| voko | arm | body |
| voya | body hair, fur | body |
| vulombe, chukela | sugar | food |
| vumboni | witness | people |
| vusiku | night, evening | abstracts |
| vuxika | winter | nature |
| wa | fall, trip | verbs |
| wachi | watch | things |
| walutla | rascal, crook | people |
| wansati | woman | people |
| wanuna | man | people |
| wawubidzi | Tuesday | abstracts |
| wawumune | Thursday | adverbs |
| wawunhahru | Wednesday | adverbs |
| wawunthlanu | Friday | abstracts |
| wayela | wire | things |
| wena | you | pronouns |
| wheti | month | abstracts |
| whulangi | childhood | abstracts |
| wuhrongo | sleep | abstracts |
| wumbuye | adultery | abstracts |
| wusiwana | poverty | abstracts |
| wusva | mash | food |
| wutivi | knowledge | abstracts |
| wutomi | life, health, way of living | abstracts |
| wuxaka | relationship | abstracts |
| xanisa | to treat sb badly | verbs |
| xaniseka, hlupheka, | to suffer | verbs |
| ku xavisa | to sell | verbs |
| xiatlu | nest | things |
| xibaba | right | abstracts |
| xibakela | fist | body |
| xibalesa, xibamu | pistol, fire arm | things |
| xibejana | rhino | animals |
| xibomba | bus, coach | things |
| xichangana | Changana language | abstracts |
| xidamu | cushion, pillow | things |
| xidelhele | hospital | things |
| xidoha | sin | abstracts |
| xidosana | sweets | things |
| xidzedze | storm | nature |
| xifambu | shoe | clothing |
| xifanisu | example, parable | abstracts |
| xifenyo | comb | things |
| xifirijelo | frying pan | things |
| xifufunhunhu | beetle | animals |
| xifundza | district | abstracts |
| xifundzankulu | province | abstracts |
| xifuneketo | blanket | things |
| xifuva | chest | body |
| xifuyo | domestic animal | animals |
| xigadzana | bottle | things |
| xiginya | mandioca purée | food |
| xigodo | trunk | nature |
| xihahampfhuka | airplane | things |
| xihambana | cross | things |
| xiharhi | animal | animals |
| xihatima | lightening | nature |
| xihitana | history, story | abstracts |
| xihiwa | gift | abstracts |
| xihlama, xiziwa | patch | things |
| xihlonipu | respect | abstracts |
| xihundla | secret | abstracts |
| xijumba | bundle | things |
| xikada | stairs | things |
| xikambelo | exam | abstracts |
| xikandarinya | kettle | things |
| xikarhatu | difficulty | abstracts |
| xikarhi | center | adverbs |
| xikarhi | between | adverbs |
| xikhalu | complaint, worry | abstracts |
| xikhele | hole (in ground) | things |
| xikhumba | skin | body |
| xikipa | t-shirt | clothing |
| xikole | school | things |
| xikombelo | request | abstracts |
| xikomu | hoe | things |
| xikorokoro | old/broken car or thing | things |
| xikotela | tin, can | things |
| xikoti | bathroom | things |
| xikwembu | god | abstracts |
| xikweneti | loan | verbs |
| xilalasi | pineapple | food |
| xilandi | dialect (for Changana) | abstracts |
| xilema | cripple, deformity | people |
| xilembe | hat | clothing |
| xilepfu | chin | body |
| xilondzo | wound | things |
| xiloso | surname | people |
| xiluva | flower | nature |
| ximarhi | needle | things |
| ximati | tomato | food |
| ximhovana | play car | things |
| ximolowana | shorts | clothing |
| ximombo | forehead | body |
| ximusi | smoke | nature |
| xinene | right | adverbs |
| xingarjelo | hug | abstracts |
| xingwalángwandza | thunder | nature |
| xinsinyana | plant | nature |
| xintiwana | toe | body |
| xinuna | male | adjectives |
| xinw'anana, xibebedana | baby | people |
| xinyalana | garlic | food |
| xinyenyana | bird | animals |
| xipachi | bag | clothing |
| xipeneti | pin | things |
| xipfalu | door | things |
| xiphukuphuku | stupid person | people |
| xipikirhi | nail | things |
| xipixi | cat | animals |
| xipoco | ghost | abstracts |
| xipunu | spoon | things |
| xirhangiso | panties | clothing |
| xirhendze | heel | body |
| xirhumbana | bubbles (body) | body |
| xisati | female | adjectives |
| xisiwana | the poor | people |
| xitaratu | street | things |
| xithombe | copy, pictures | things |
| xitimela | train | things |
| xitimlea xa mati | ship | things |
| xitini | brick | things |
| xitivisu | information | abstracts |
| xitlan'wana | ring | things |
| xitofo | uniform | clothing |
| xitolo | shop, store | things |
| xitombo | vagina | body |
| xitrama | maize | food |
| xitrhamu | chair | things |
| xitrhungu | population, people | people |
| xitshuketo | suprise | abstracts |
| xiviti | hate, disgust | abstracts |
| xivongo | last name | people |
| xivumbeko | form | abstracts |
| xivutiso | question | abstracts |
| xiwoxu | grill | things |
| xixita | to urinate | verbs |
| xiyenco | action | abstracts |
| xiyenge | part, piece | abstracts |
| xiyimu | appearance, level, position | abstracts |
| xizoro | scissors | things |
| yambala | to dress | verbs |
| yampsa | better | adjectives |
| yavanisa, hambanisa | seperate (things) | verbs |
| yena | he/she | pronouns |
| yendleka | method | abstracts |
| yendza | to travel | verbs |
| yengesela | to increase, to raise | verbs |
| yindlu | house | things |