Browse Kalanga words: K

• kaamudza
  stop raining
• kabhukana
  splash and spill, as water while being carried in a container
• kaboneka
  appeared
• kadula
  hit another
• kakale
  again; once more
• kakang'wa
  stammer; stutter
• kakang’wa
  stammer; stutter
• kala
  to weigh
• kalaka
  lime; whitewash
• kale
  already
• kama
  milk; comb one’s hair; milk
• kambaila
  crawl, as of a baby; creep; crawl
• kamela
  camel
• kampa
  camp
• kamu
  comb
• kana
  why
• kanga
  roast; fry; roast
• kangang'wa
  forget
• kangangwa
  forget
• kangang’wa
  forget
• kangula
  wear something new for the first time
• kang’waza
  on purpose; intentionally
• kanya
  roll up, as the legs of a pair of trousers or of shirt sleeves; roll up
• kanyi
  home
• kapa
  unsettle, as sediments in water, ie. to cause to be muddy; unsettle
• kapi
  baby’s sun hat
• kapuku
  snow
• kara
  car
• karata
  cards
• kat'a
  become tame; docile
• kat'ana
  coiled up; as a snake
• kat'isa
  discipline or train as of an animal
• katara
  guitar, musical instrument
• kaThulo
  sentence or a verdict; judgement
• katila
  cushion a load carried on the head
• katsha
  crush s.o., as with a stone; crush s.o.
• katsi
  cat
• kat’a
  become tame; docile; play on something either making it dirty or spoiling it
• kat’ana
  coiled up, as a snake
• kat’isa
  discipline or train
• kaya
  describe; say; tie together the hing legs of a cow so that it stand still while milking it
• ka zwala
  gave birth
• ke
  it
• keetani
  chain
• kekedza
  cackle, as a hen in search of a place to make a nest; cackle
• keleka
  examine; look into carefully; examine
• kene
  perhaps; or; either
• kenta
  inject
• kepesi
  cap
• kera
  cut hair; shave; cut hair
• keta
  to play a counting game with stones
• ketHa
  pluck a fruit, branch, leaf etc; reap by breaking off the heads; pluck a fruit
• khaba
  dress elegantly or smart; show off; dress elegantly or smart
• khabankaka
  type of plant which grows a big round root on the ground
• khabidza
  to sit properly not showing one’s underwear; to sit properly not showing one's underwear
• khabisa
  decorate; make beautiful; garnish; decorate
• khaboti
  cupboard
• khaisa
  to out do someone in a competition; excel; surpass; to out do someone in a competition
• khaisana
  to out do each other
• khama
  choke a person or thing; throttle; choke a person or thing
• khandela
  candle
• khani
  news; a court case; topic of discussion
• khapa
  to smear a floor or wall with dung making different beautiful patterns
• khapita
  to choke, when drinking or eating sometthing; to choke
• khari
  slice of water melon with or without the edible part
• khata
  amuse; cause to laugh; amuse
• khaula
  to stop doing an undesirable thing, often as a result of punishment or reprimand; to stop doing an undesirable thing
• khawa
  dew
• khefi
  cafe
• kheipi
  collar
• kheroti
  carrot
• khetha
  pay tax; select or choose; pay tax
• khiba
  apron; pinafore
• khiga
  help to put a load on someone’s head; help to put a load on someone's head
• khina
  knee-halter a donkey or a horse
• khirisimusiH
  Christmas
• khirisimusi H
  Christmas
• khiyi
  key
• khole
  rope held by someone leading cattle in a span
• kholera
  cholera
• khona
  manage; accomplish something; take a turn at a corner
• khong’wana
  young yearling ox
• khonsata
  concert
• khoodza-ntanda
  woodpecker
• khoodzantanda
  woodpecker
• khubu
  swing
• khubula
  to swing, as in a swing; to swing
• khunou
  denotes an ox or any male animal that is reddish brown in colour
• khunwana
  denotes a cow or any female animal that is reddish brown in colour
• khupe
  hare (used as a totem)
• khuta
  miss a target; enclosure where the community assembles to discuss matters of importance to the community; a council
• khuwa
  white person; European
• khwa
  dry up, as of a well; pound, as with corn; dry up
• kHwana
  wild animal of the jackal family, eats goats
• khwathe
  inguana
• khwathisa
  strike on the back using either a big stick or a whip
• kHwe
  sweet reed; sugar cane
• khwila
  pound, as of some grain, for/at; to dry up, as of a pot on fire; pound
• khwiriri
  snore
• khwiriridza
  snore
• khwisa
  dry up of a cow’s milk as a result it starts driving away the calf; dry up of a cow's milk as a result it starts driving away the calf
• kHwizana
  lamb
• kHwizha
  giraffe
• kHwizi
  sheep
• Kiristi
  Christ
• kitili
  kettle
• ko
  it; it's
• koama
  stay put, as a group of waiting people; stay put
• koba
  distribute or give away as a present
• kobana
  apportion tasks or things mutually
• kobanya
  distribute indiscriminately and aimlessly; squander; distribute indiscriminately and aimlessly
• kobeka
  be distributable
• kobola
  to stamp wild raisins in a mortar with a pestle
• koboto
  cupboard
• kodhu
  fat; big
• kodzonga
  stir; row a boat; stir
• koga
  however; nevertheless; only; only
• koka
  invite
• kokodza
  knock, as on a door; knock
• kokonola
  remove something that had hardened onto another hard surface
• kokorobhana
  corrugate; crimp; make wrinkles in; corrugate
• kokota
  eat the remnants; scrape something with a finger; eat the remnants
• kologwe
  last-born child in the family
• kolomola
  dismantle; destroy; dismantle
• kolota
  owe; take on credit; owe
• koloyi
  wagon; vehicle
• komba
  to surround something
• kombama
  crooked, not straight
• kombela
  help in a fight by also beating the person being fought
• kometHela
  nail to; knock in, as of a nail or a peg; nail to
• kona
  refuse
• konesa
  cause to be difficult
• kong'wa
  fail; not succeed
• kong’wa
  fail; not succeed
• koobedza
  kill someone who is helpless; to kill an animal that is already wounded or suffering
• kopelo
  hymn book
• kopi
  cup
• kopisa
  it is hot
• kopodza
  to get something in the eye; dazzle; to get something in the eye
• korokorwana
  padlock
• koroni
  crown
• kose
  all
• koshodza
  cause to cough
• koshola
  cough; coughing
• kotama
  stoop; crouch, as if hiding; bend forward; stoop
• kotamuka
  to unbend; to straighten; to unbend
• kotHomela
  nail into, as with a nail; nail into
• kotoka
  arrive; reach one’s destination; arrive
• kotosa
  bring cattle home; marry a wife; bring cattle home
• kotoshio
  small type of owl
• koyi
  skipping rope
• ku
  to (the); to
• ku-
  at (prefix)
• kubadza
  hurt someone where it is sore or where there is a sore
• kubala
  get hurt or injured
• kubi
  lot
• kubikubi
  lot more
• kubungana
  assemble; gather together; assemble
• kubunganya
  gather things together; gather into a group; gather things together
• kudula
  head butt; knock one with head
• kudza
  bring-up a child; cause to grow; until
• ku dzimu
  heaven
• kudzimu
  heaven
• kuelela
  jeer at someone; make fun of by loud abusive shouts; jeer at someone
• kukama
  gemsbok or oryx gazelles
• kuku
  grandmother
• kukubugwani H
  beetle
• kukubugwaniH
  beetle
• kukula
  scrape a surface, as a pot with a scraper; scrape a surface
• kukulu
  big
• kukumuka
  rise in bulk or increase; raise as of dough; rise in bulk or increase
• Kula
  Indian
• kula
  grow in height or age; has grown tired of something; weed, using a hoe or a spade
• kulekule
  far away; far off
• kulidzila
  pull up trousers or underwear when hanging low when worn
• kuligwa
  be in an advanced stage of pregnancy
• kulukugwi
  old, as of a garment or utensil
• kulukulu
  big; huge
• Kulumimba
  roundworm
• kulumuka
  come in large numbers as of people
• kuma
  touch lightly intentionally; roar as of a bull or a lion; groan from pain
• kumba
  visit
• kumbila
  beg; ask for; request; beg
• kumbudzana
  remind each other
• kumbula
  think; ponder; consider; think
• kumbuludza
  cause to recollect; remind; cause to recollect
• Kun'gulu
  May (month)
• kunda
  defeat
• kundiwa
  being overpowered or defeated
• kunguludza
  roll something on the ground; cause a thing to roll down, as a tank; roll something on the ground
• kunguluka
  roll down a steep slope; tumble down; roll down a steep slope
• ku ngumba
  at the house
• ku ng’we
  another
• kung’we
  anywhere; another
• kunupo
  button
• ku nzi
  to home
• kurukidza
  pacify an infant
• kusi
  underneath; below
• kuswa
  sharpen, as a knife; sharpen
• kutHa
  to come in contact with unintentionally
• kutHiwa
  trip on; stumble on; trip on
• kutHubula
  remove leaves and twigs from a branch from a tree
• kuti
  so that; in order that; that
• kutizhila
  escape
• kuwa
  shout loudly; scream; shout loudly
• kuzhe
  outside
• ku zhe
  outside
• kuzwa
  be with small chicks of a hen
• kwakanaka
  it is/was good
• kwala
  write
• kwamula
  break off something
• kwanga
  full of fruit (tree)tree, or full of milk (someone); be full of milk
• kwanyula
  remove the corn from the stalks
• kwaula
  break off a branch or twig at its junction with the rest of the tree
• kwazo
  much; hard
• kwazokwazo
  lot more
• kwe
  of the
• kweba
  pull; draw in or out; pull
• kweba-makumbo
  walk slowly; drag one’s feet; walk slowly
• kwebamakumbo
  walk slowly; drag one’s feet
• kwegula
  become old, or aged; become old
• kwemula
  break off a piece, as of a cup, dish etc.; break off a piece
• kwemulanya
  to separate mutually amongst
• kwiba
  steal; pilfer; steal
• kwiila
  to mate, as of animals; to mate
• kwiya
  grind, as corn to make flour; grind