Browse Kalanga words: B

• ba
  they; be
• ba / ma / zwi
  prefix plural (n)
• baakanya
  prepare; to repair; to make ready or set in order; prepare
• baanadi
  girls; young women
• ba anadi
  girls; young women
• baba
  to itch
• babaila
  walk softly on account of tender or sore feet; walk stealthily; walk softly on account of tender or sore feet
• babani
  hairy caterpillar
• babatadza
  make to lie flat on the ground
• babatala
  lie flat on the ground, as of some lizard; lie flat on the ground
• babe
  of his
• ba bona
  they see; saw them
• ba budza
  tell them
• bachilalu
  name used for calling women whose totem is a hare
• bachinabumi H
  name used for calling women whose totem is a heart
• bachinabumiH
  name used for calling women whose totem is a heart
• ba dzimu
  spirits; ancestors long dead, believed to influence and control events.
• badzimu
  spirits; ancestors long dead, believed to influence and control events.
• baengi
  nurses
• ba engi
  nurses
• ba isana
  boys
• baisana
  boys
• baka
  build; construct; build
• bakayenda
  they went
• bakhwa ne hala
  hungry
• bakhwa ne nyota
  thirsty
• bakhwinya
  friend
• bakwa ne hala
  hungry
• bala
  read; count; read
• balisa
  cause to read
• bamakulukusa HH
  name used for calling women of a particular totem
• bamakulukusaHH
  name used for calling women of a particular totem
• bamathambo
  name used for calling women whose totem is a duiker
• bamba
  prostitute
• bambula
  crucify
• bampengo
  name used for calling women of a particular totem
• ban'ga
  scar
• b ana
  children
• bana
  children
• Bana
  Children
• ba nana
  girls
• banana
  girls
• Ba nanyana
  Small children
• Bananyana
  Small children
• banga
  scar
• bangalala
  be extreme
• bangwe
  others (people)
• bang’we
  others
• ba ng’we
  others
• banhu
  people
• banikuana
  name used for calling women of a particular totem
• banka
  bank
• banung'una
  brothers
• bari
  scar
• basekulu
  maternal uncle
• bat'ela
  to patch; as of a torn garment
• batategulu
  grandfather
• batategulugulu
  great grandfather
• batatenini
  father’s younger brother, a paternal uncle
• batetshi
  owner
• bat’ela
  to patch, as of a torn garment
• bayenda
  they went
• bazha
  heat period, as of a cow
• bazwichabachabaL
  foreigners; people from other countries
• ba zwichabachaba L
  foreigners; people from other countries
• be
  be
• bende
  gap from a missing tooth
• bendzwa
  pout; push out the lips as a sign of contempt; pout
• benga
  make biltong; to hate
• b eni
  owners
• beni
  owners
• besa
  set alight, as of a fire; start a fire; set alight
• beti
  said (pl)
• bezha
  to curve
• bezi
  visitors; guests
• b ezi
  visitors; guests
• bge
  stone
• bgilila
  return; go back; return
• bgililana
  re-establish friendship; re-establish diplomatic relations; re-establish friendship
• bgwe
  stone
• bgwila
  lick
• bhabha
  carry a baby or another person on ones back
• bhabhu
  said to a baby when coaxing it to be carried on the back; inviting baby to be carried on back
• bhadi
  bad luck
• bhadza
  plough; hoe
• bhaibhili
  bible
• bhaisikili
  bicycle
• bhaisikopo
  movie
• bhakasa
  pole enclosure around living quarters
• bhakhwa
  be arrested; be drunk; be arrested
• bhalaza
  manmade deep pool which cattle drink from
• bhalo
  bald head
• bhamba
  famine; hunger; drought
• bhamula
  smack; smack or hit hard with the palm of the hand
• bhanana
  banana
• bhandabuko
  front leg of an animal
• bhande
  type of sweet wild bulb
• bhangwana
  small log
• bhantiti
  prisoner
• bhapiro
  wing, as of a bird
• bhapu
  lung
• bhara
  bar
• bharampara
  wild person
• bhata
  to hold; touch; to hold
• bhata-khole
  to lead; lead
• bhatakhole
  to lead
• bhatana
  hold each other; join together
• bhatilila
  stand in for; assist a calf to suckle from a cow not its mother; stand in for
• bhatisa
  help someone carry something; to ask someone to run an errand for you; cause to hold; have someone arrested; help someone carry something
• bhato
  buttock
• bhatsha
  help; assist; help
• bhatshanya
  to connect; join one to the other; to connect
• bhatshila
  catch in a trap; catch something on a trap
• bhavu
  bath tub
• bhaya
  pierce and kill; poke or pierce something
• bhazha-mbga
  unripe fruit; fruit in the first stage of ripening
• bhazhambga
  unripe fruit; fruit in the first stage of ripening
• bhe
  honey comb
• bhechu
  euphemism for penis
• bhelelo
  end
• bhende
  tail of a horse
• bhepe
  beer mugs; calabashes
• bhepHo
  common cold; a catarrhal cold
• bhesu
  tail, eg. of squirrel or sheep
• Bheta
  February
• bhezi
  bass voice in music
• bhika
  cook; to question closely; cook
• bhinda
  spinster
• bhirikiti
  fall heavily of someone
• bhizha
  leak
• bhobola
  greens from the leaves of a pumpkin plant
• bhofu
  Someone who is blind
• bhokisi
  box; bag; coffin
• bhola
  ball
• bhoma
  smear, as with body lotion; anoint with oil; smear
• bhombo
  grasshopper; a species of locust
• bhomela
  smear cow teats with dung to prevent calf from sucking
• bhonyongedza
  to make rough sketches; carelessly sown or knotted; to make rough sketches
• bhoro
  Bushman dance
• bhothoko
  Ndebele speaker
• bhubhunu
  cartilage
• bhubuzebe
  Someone who is deaf
• bhuda
  to come out
• bhuda-nkota
  to bleed through the nose
• bhudankota
  to bleed through the nose
• bhudzi
  melon that is not of the sweet species but is eaten
• bhukucha
  to swim
• bhula
  take (pot) off fire
• bhulomu
  flower
• bhulubusi
  thick smoke
• bhulugwe
  blue headed big lizard
• bhuluma
  type of female underwear
• bhumu
  crest of feathers on a bird’s head
• bhundu
  swelling; a knot in a string; a knob on a stick
• bhupHe
  greedy person
• bhurama
  Brahman cow
• bhuriki
  brake, as of a car
• bhutata
  sweet potato
• bhute
  small peanut, a result of poor crop
• bhutshi
  boot (a shoe)
• bhutu
  testicles
• bhuzo
  question
• bhuzwa
  ask; question; enquire; find out; ask
• bhuzwisisa
  make enquiries endlessly; ask many questions; make enquiries endlessly
• bi
  bad; ugly
• bibi
  pile of cutoff trees awaiting being burnt
• bidwa
  ripen; be well cooked; ripen
• bidwisa
  cause to ripen or get cooked, as of food; cause to ripen or get cooked
• bidwisa-zila
  go regularly; visit very often
• bidwisa-zila H
  go regularly; visit very often
• bidwisazilaH
  go regularly; visit very often
• bidza
  cause to become sour; ferment; cause to become sour
• biga
  put ; store; put
• biganya
  to keep safely; to bury; store away; to keep safely
• biganyiwa
  be buried
• bigila
  lay eggs; as of a hen
• bigilidza
  lay-away; put a container underneath in order to catch whatever is being poured; engaged to marry; lay-away
• biibi
  very ugly
• bika
  give a report; report a matter; give a report
• bikila
  to cook for them
• bila
  boil, as of water; boil
• bilebile
  hot pepper
• binga
  confront
• bipa-moyo
  be cruel; to be evil
• bipamoyo
  be cruel; to be evil
• bipila
  fit badly, as of clothing; fit badly
• bisi
  watermelon; raw
• biyapidza
  smoothen; to make smooth; smoothen
• bobola
  howl as of an animal
• bodzeka
  cause something to rot
• boka
  praise in song; to give thanks; praise in song
• bokolela
  cry out loud; wail; cry out loud
• bola
  rot or go bad, as of food; rot or go bad
• bomba
  snarl; as an angry dog
• Bona
  See
• boneka
  appear
• bonya
  blink, as of an eye; blink
• bonyolola
  reveal; to tell of something private; reveal
• bora
  bore; drill; bore
• buba
  lie down, as of a bird, a hare ready to run or fly away; lie down
• bu bamba
  prostitution
• bubamba
  prostitution
• bubava
  theft
• bu bava
  theft
• bubelete
  prostitution
• bu belete
  prostitution
• bu bi
  ugliness
• bubi
  ugliness
• bubuya
  beauty; handsomeness
• bu buya
  beauty; handsomeness
• buchapa
  carelessness; clumsiness; uncleanliness
• bu chapa
  carelessness; clumsiness; uncleanliness
• buchechana
  youth
• bu chechana
  youth
• buchenjedhu
  wisdom; cleverness
• bu chenjedhu
  wisdom; cleverness
• buchilo
  life
• bu chilo
  life
• budelukilo
  platform; station
• bu delukilo
  platform; station
• budwilo
  beginning or origins of something
• bu dwilo
  beginning or origins of something
• budza
  tell
• budze
  tell
• bu dzilo
  floor newly smeared
• budzilo
  floor newly smeared
• budzulula
  speak scornfully; be spiteful; tell someone off; speak scornfully
• bu endasi
  frustration; sadness and boredom
• buendasi
  frustration; sadness and boredom
• bufa
  inheritance
• bu fa
  inheritance
• bu gebeng’a
  gangstership
• bugebeng’a
  gangstership
• bugovu
  greed
• bu govu
  greed
• bugwa
  pus
• bu gwa
  pus
• bugwala
  timidity; cowardice
• bu gwala
  timidity; cowardice
• bugwele
  illness; disease
• bu gwele
  illness; disease
• bugwele gwe izela
  sleeping sickness
• bu hwola
  position of sinority; adulthood
• buhwola
  position of sinority; adulthood
• bu izelo
  place for sleeping; bedroom
• buizelo
  place for sleeping; bedroom
• bu kalagwa
  of the parents-in-law, of the wife’s side
• bukalagwa
  of the parents-in-law, of the wife’s side
• bu khwilo
  flour from grounded peanuts
• bukhwilo
  flour from grounded peanuts
• bukoko
  crust on the side or botton of a utensil in which food was cooked
• bu koko
  crust on the side or botton of a utensil in which food was cooked
• bu komba
  stubbornness
• bukomba
  stubbornness
• bukotokelo
  place of arrival; station
• bu kotokelo
  place of arrival; station
• bukula
  bark, as of a dog; bark
• bu kule
  far; distance
• bukule
  far; distance
• bu kulu
  greatness; age; position of importance
• bukulu
  greatness; age; position of importance
• bu kulukulu
  largeness; huge
• bukulukulu
  largeness; huge
• bu kwasha
  of the in-laws, of the husband’s side
• bukwasha
  of the in-laws, of the husband’s side
• bula
  intestine
• bulawa
  kill
• bu lawo
  bed
• bulawo
  bed
• bulaya
  kill
• bulelu
  lightness; not heavy; quick, easy, swift
• bu lelu
  lightness; not heavy; quick, easy, swift
• bulengwe
  foolishness
• bu lengwe
  foolishness
• buli
  hole
• bu loyi
  witchcraft
• buloyi
  witchcraft
• bu lubi
  brain; intelligence
• bulubi
  brain; intelligence
• bulula
  livestock going out to pasture
• bumba
  to create
• bumbika
  be well-formed or well-shaped
• bumbulu
  egg
• bumbuluka
  roll on the ground or a flat surface
• bu milo
  station, as of buses, train, taxis etc.
• bumilo
  station, as of buses, train, taxis etc.
• bu mo
  instead
• bumo
  instead
• bundo
  pleat
• bunguka
  turn reddish of a stalk of a sweet reed as a result of a stalk borer
• bung’anga
  doctoring; medicine
• bu ng’anga
  doctoring; medicine
• bunji
  many; most
• bu nji
  many; most
• bunna
  forty cents
• bu nna
  forty cents
• bunono
  slowness
• bu nono
  slowness
• bunya
  slowness, when doing something
• bu nya
  slowness, when doing something
• bu nyambi
  neatness; skilfulness; cleverness
• bunyambi
  neatness; skilfulness; cleverness
• bu nye
  chaff
• bunye
  chaff
• bu nyolo
  wetness; dampness; slowness when doing something; a nice person
• bunyolo
  wetness; dampness; slowness when doing something; a nice person
• bu nyolonyolo
  softness as of an overripe fruit; comfortable as of a cushion or seat
• bunyolonyolo
  softness as of an overripe fruit; comfortable as of a cushion or seat
• bu nyonyo
  small black ants
• bunyonyo
  small black ants
• bu pabi
  width; broadness
• bupabi
  width; broadness
• bupelo
  end; finishing point
• bu pelo
  end; finishing point
• bupengo
  madness; insanity
• bu pengo
  madness; insanity
• buphatshwa
  being black and white in colour
• bu phatshwa
  being black and white in colour
• bu pofu
  blindness
• bupofu
  blindness
• buporofiti
  prophecy
• bu porofiti
  prophecy
• burotho
  bread
• bu rotho
  bread
• burukwi
  trouser; pants
• bu rukwi
  trouser; pants
• buruthu
  loneliness; boredom
• bu ruthu
  loneliness; boredom
• bu sada
  carelessness; clumsiness; uncleanliness
• busada
  carelessness; clumsiness; uncleanliness
• busebo
  relish
• bu sebo
  relish
• bu shaba
  redness
• bushaba
  redness
• bushayi
  poverty
• bu shayi
  poverty
• bushe
  chieftainship
• bu she
  chieftainship
• bushongola
  strict
• bu shudzi
  portent; mysterious happening
• bushudzi
  portent; mysterious happening
• bushungu
  poison
• bu shungu
  poison
• bu si
  smoke
• busi
  smoke
• busiku
  night
• bu siku
  night
• busimbe
  laziness
• bu simbe
  laziness
• bu so
  face
• buso
  face
• bu sukwa
  beer
• busukwa
  beer
• busupi
  evidence; testimony
• bu supi
  evidence; testimony
• butata
  chicken lice
• bu tata
  chicken lice
• bu tetHelo
  place for keeping livestock
• butetHelo
  place for keeping livestock
• butha
  repose; rest, as of animals; repose
• buthaka
  peers; of same age; of same age
• bu thaka
  peers; of same age
• butili
  bottle
• butizhilo
  refuge
• bu tizhilo
  refuge
• butjila
  child greeting elder
• butotHo
  coldness; very low temperature
• bu totHo
  coldness; very low temperature
• butuka
  better; improved
• butyarara
  acidic; sour
• but’ala
  green; blue
• bu t’ala
  green; blue
• bu viilo
  place for flaying; a surgical or operating theatre
• buviilo
  place for flaying; a surgical or operating theatre
• buwa
  smear much
• buwe
  gad-fly
• buya
  return; come back; return
• buya-moyo
  feel nausea
• Buya moyo
  nausea
• buyamoyo
  feel nausea
• buyilila
  repeat; return again; repeat
• buza
  return something; bring back; return something
• buzilidza
  revenge
• buzwalani
  friendship; intimate friendship
• bu zwalani
  friendship; intimate friendship
• buzwele
  confinement, a lying in after giving birth; sitting on eggs of a hen to hatch them
• bu zwele
  confinement, a lying in after giving birth; sitting on eggs of a hen to hatch them
• buzwi
  honey; syrup
• bu zwi
  honey; syrup
• bza
  belch
• bzala
  sow; plant; sow