Browse Kalanga words: D

• da
  love; like; love
• dabga
  type of bird
• dabi
  branch, as of a tree
• dabila
  to answer or to reply
• dada
  duck; mock someone
• daisi
  dice
• daka
  intoxicate; make drunk; intoxicate
• dala
  receptable for unthreshed corn made of poles
• dama
  word; cheek
• damba
  large sour monkey plum
• dana
  call; draw attention to; love each other; like each other; call
• danda
  log; block of wood
• danga
  enclosure
• dani
  slippery liquid, as from okra
• datHa
  large anthill
• deelela
  not to respect someone; look down upon; not to respect someone
• deenya
  skull
• delele
  okra
• deluka
  descend from a height; come down; descend from a height
• delusa
  cause to come down or descend; let down; cause to come down or descend
• demegwa
  part of a field where the trees are still being cleared
• dendeli
  type of temporary door made from sticks from trees
• denga
  overhead covering
• dengezela
  to carry something on the head without holding it
• denje
  small bush
• dhubula
  take something out of liquid, which was soaked or immersed; take something out of liquid
• dhukudza
  shake some clothing or garment with the intention to remove dust
• dhuma
  agree
• dhumano
  mutual agreement; agreement
• dhumila
  to believe, as in God; to believe
• dhumilana
  agree with each other
• dhumiligwa
  be admitted; as in a school
• dhumilila
  allow; permit
• dibhi
  dip, type of pesticide
• didima
  rumble, as of lightning or as of an earthquake; rumble
• diika
  be educated
• diila
  educate for/at
• dila
  pour
• dilidzila
  to water, as of plants or a garden; to water
• dindi
  thick beef steak without bones
• dindingwe
  leopard
• diraya
  wind up, as a bucket from a well; wind up
• dishwa
  standing grass
• ditima
  pumpkin
• diya
  teach; preach; teach
• dobi
  a type of relish
• dodola
  to walk on your toes
• dohona
  pound in a mortar into a paste; pound in a mortar
• dolo
  corn or sorghum measured in terms of threshing loads
• dombo
  mountain; hill
• dongo
  ruin; deserted house or home
• donkana
  foal of a donkey
• donki
  donkey
• dope
  muddy water; mud
• dororo
  bird excrement
• dotHa
  drip, as liquid; a slight drizzle of rain; drip
• dotHedza
  pour a small drop onto
• dotHi
  drop of some liquid; a drop of rain
• dotomosi
  a type of reptile found on the rocks
• dubula
  remove dirt from one’s body by either rubbing by hand or using a soft stone when taking a bath; remove dirt from one's body by either rubbing by hand or using a soft stone when taking a bath
• dukuta
  perspiration; sweat
• dula
  granary
• dumba
  drum; shack
• dumbana
  hut
• dumbu
  truly; surely
• dumilana
  agree with each other
• dumilani
  Good day
• dumilano
  agreement
• dumiligwa
  be admitted, as in a school
• dumilila
  allow; permit
• dumula
  shoot
• dundila-bazwele LL
  large black and yellow beetles; blister beetles
• dundilabazweleLL
  large black and yellow beetles; blister beetles
• duni
  mortar; stamping block
• dusa
  to take out; remove; to take out
• duthu
  low hill; heap
• dutshi
  huge shadow, as when a dark cloud is in the path of the sun; ill luck
• dutu
  whirlwind; a cyclone
• dwa
  to say; come from; to say
• dwa-moyo
  to envy; desire; to envy
• dwamoyo
  to envy; desire
• dwilidzila
  to catch water that is slowly seeping through in a well until you fill your bucket
• dwilila
  water seeping through in a well or a spring; proceed; advance; go forth; water seeping through in a well or a spring
• dwilila-mbeli
  go forward; advance; make progress; go forward
• dwililambeli
  go forward; advance; make progress
• dzamula
  snatch from someone
• dzata
  jump down or off; dismount; jump down or off
• dzete
  big hole on the ground, normally used by big animals; an antbear hole
• dzi
  are (things)
• dziba
  prevent a person from doing something; deep pool of water in a river bed
• dzibila
  prevent someone from doing something; restrain; prevent someone from doing something
• dzidzimuka
  shudder, either from the cold or from seeing something unpleasant; shudder
• dziidza
  cause to suffer; trouble; cause to suffer
• dziila
  suffer; be poor; be without anything; suffer
• dziisa
  warm something up
• dzi keto
  counting game of stones
• dziketo
  counting game of stones
• dzikhaba
  curses, believed to be cast on a person by a displeased relation
• dzi khaba
  curses, believed to be cast on a person by a displeased relation
• dzikila
  put into ground, as when transplanting small plants; put into ground
• dzikunuka
  become uprooted
• dzikunula
  uproot something
• dzila
  smear the floor with mud; smear the floor with mud mixed with cow dung and water
• dzilunula
  re-do the smearing of the floor; re-do the smearing of the floor with mud mixed with dung
• dzima
  extinguish; go out, as a fire or some light; extinguish
• dzimidza
  remove all traces of something; cause to get lost; remove all traces of something
• dzimila
  go astray; wander; get lost; go astray
• dzimula
  allay, as with something hot by pouring cold liquid into it; dilute or reduce heat, beer etc.; allay
• dziputso
  questions
• dzi serekisi
  circus; spectacular performance
• dziserekisi
  circus; spectacular performance
• dziya
  be warm; warm oneself; be warm
• dzondola
  look askance at; make a sneering look; look askance at
• dzu
  eagle
• dzudzu
  turncoat; a cheat; one who never tells the truth
• dzuka
  develop a rash
• dzula
  rape
• dzulula
  smear mud on the wall
• dzungu
  dizziness; vertigo
• dzungudza
  rinse out something; wag
• dzwa
  belch
• dzwala
  plant; sow