Browse Kalanga words: C

• cha
  fear; have fear
• chachama
  hiss or sizzle of something cooking; a painful ache as from a burn
• chaini
  chain
• chaisa
  knock off from work; knock something, as with a car
• chakanyula
  chop or make something into small bits and pieces
• chamba
  lover; paramour; lover
• ch amba
  lover
• champupuludze
  dust storm
• ch ampupuludze
  dust storm
• chanana
  kid
• changu
  mine (cl.7)
• chapa
  careless person
• ch arobi
  cooked entrails
• charobi
  cooked entrails
• chebuka
  look sideways; look behind; look over your shoulder
• chedza
  light
• chefi
  poison
• cheka
  cut
• chekeledza
  go by a short route; take a short cut
• chekelela
  cut into small pieces
• chekesa
  cause to cut up
• cHela
  space underneath the granary and usually fowls sleep there
• chela
  draw or fetch water or any other liquid; pluck off, as of a fruit or greens
• chelela
  draw water for someone
• chelelela
  draw water for someone
• chema
  scream
• chemba
  chamber pots
• chemela
  rebuke; reprove; scold; chide; rebuke
• chena
  white
• chenama
  wonder; be surprised; be amazed at; wonder
• chenchi
  change (from money)
• chenesa
  make clean
• chenesela
  clarify for
• cheneso
  enlightenment; explanation
• chengedza
  deceive
• chengela
  cheat; deceive by promising and not performing; cheat
• chengeta
  take care; take heed; take care
• chenjelela-ntome
  deceitfulness; slyness
• chenjelela-ntome HH
  deceitfulness; slyness; be cunning; cheat
• chenjelelantomeHH
  deceitfulness; slyness; be cunning; cheat
• chi ako
  corn head
• chiako
  corn head
• chi ambalo
  type of clothing
• chiambalo
  type of clothing
• chi azha
  hand; the palm of a hand
• chiazha
  hand; the palm of a hand
• chibaka
  time
• chi baka
  time
• chibala
  light complexion
• chi bala
  light complexion
• chibandana
  beast of prey; a wild beast
• chi bandana
  beast of prey; a wild beast
• chibanjoro
  one-string violin; a fiddle
• chi banjoro
  one-string violin; a fiddle
• chibanka
  piece of ground missed by the plough or hoe when cultivating
• chi banka
  piece of ground missed by the plough or hoe when cultivating
• chibat’a
  patch
• chi bat’a
  patch
• chibebe
  numbness; a tingling sensation in the numb limb
• chi bebe
  numbness; a tingling sensation in the numb limb
• chi belu
  African hoopoe bird
• chibelu
  African hoopoe bird
• chibeso
  cooking places; grates; grid-irons; fire place; a hearth
• chi beso
  cooking places; grates; grid-irons; fire place; a hearth
• chibga
  stray dog
• chi bga
  stray dog
• chi bgana
  small round stone used for grinding tobacco
• chibgana
  small round stone used for grinding tobacco
• chibhako
  snuff box or horn
• chi bhako
  snuff box or horn
• chibhayo
  pneumonic pain; shooting pains
• chi bhayo
  pneumonic pain; shooting pains
• chibhembezha
  carry a child on the back without a blanket ie. hold a child with hands onto your back
• chi bhembezha
  carry a child on the back without a blanket ie. hold a child with hands onto your back
• chi bi
  sin
• chibi
  sin
• chi bikiri
  tin; can
• chibikiri
  tin; can
• chi bili
  bodily form; in person
• chibili
  bodily form; in person
• chi bubi
  spider
• chibubi
  spider
• chibudzana
  kid goat
• chi budzana
  kid goat
• chibululu
  small brown lizard
• chi bululu
  small brown lizard
• chibumbiko
  features
• chi bumbiko
  features
• chibza
  thigh
• chi bza
  thigh
• chi bzalo
  seed or plant
• chibzalo
  seed or plant
• chi dakwa
  drunkard
• chidakwa
  drunkard
• chidwi
  knee
• chi dwi
  knee
• chidzwa
  thigh
• chi dzwa
  thigh
• chi enga
  piece of broken clay pot, commonly used for grounding tobacco
• chienga
  piece of broken clay pot, commonly used for grounding tobacco
• chi fani
  surname
• chifani
  surname
• chigogoro
  hardened caterpillar in the ground before it hatches to be a butterfly
• chi gogoro
  hardened caterpillar in the ground before it hatches to be a butterfly
• chi hoke
  hook, as of a stick
• chihoke
  hook, as of a stick
• chi isana
  small boy
• chiisana
  small boy
• chi ja
  plate or household utensils; vessel
• chija
  plate or household utensils; vessel
• chi jiso
  oral poison
• chijiso
  oral poison
• chi kadzi
  female one; womanly
• chikadzi
  female one; womanly
• chi khwa
  veld; bush on the countryside
• chikhwa
  veld; bush on the countryside
• chila
  live; survive; live
• chilayi
  slice
• chi layi
  slice
• chi layilo
  evening meal; dinner; the sacrament taken in church
• chilayilo
  evening meal; dinner; the sacrament taken in church
• chilebanyi
  babbler; gossip
• chi lebanyi
  babbler; gossip
• chilebeleki
  speaker; an orator
• chi lebeleki
  speaker; an orator
• chi ledhu
  chin
• chiledhu
  chin
• chilema
  cripple; disabled person; a maimed animal
• chi lema
  cripple; disabled person; a maimed animal
• chi lengwe
  foolish person
• chilengwe
  foolish person
• chileyi
  sledge
• chi leyi
  sledge
• chileyiti
  slate
• chi leyiti
  slate
• chilianya
  lay across the other
• chilidzo
  musical instrument
• chi lidzo
  musical instrument
• cHilila
  spicies of wild animal
• chi lilo
  cry; mourning
• chililo
  cry; mourning
• chi limi
  speech empidement, as of a child learning to talk
• chilimi
  speech empidement, as of a child learning to talk
• chi limo
  summer season
• chilimo
  summer season
• chilinga
  tendency to stare
• chi linga
  tendency to stare
• chi ling’wana
  velum
• chiling’wana
  velum
• chiloko
  black earth; hard baked earth
• chi loko
  black earth; hard baked earth
• chi longo
  water pot; earthen pot; a clay pot
• chilongo
  water pot; earthen pot; a clay pot
• chi lopa
  liver
• chilopa
  liver
• chilopo
  pillow case
• chi lopo
  pillow case
• chi lume
  pertaining to man; manly
• chilume
  pertaining to man; manly
• chilumiki
  one who cups or extracts blood by means of a horn
• chi lumiki
  one who cups or extracts blood by means of a horn
• chilungwani
  pinnacle, as of a hut
• chi lungwani
  pinnacle, as of a hut
• chimanga
  maize; maize cob
• chi manga
  maize; maize cob
• chimata
  fool; idiot
• chi mata
  fool; idiot
• chimbi
  singer
• chi mbi
  singer
• chimelamela
  sweet beer
• chi melamela
  sweet beer
• chimenyenga
  food without relish
• chi menyenga
  food without relish
• chi meya
  spiritual; pertaining to spirit
• chimeya
  spiritual; pertaining to spirit
• chi mi
  whip, the type used on oxen
• chimi
  whip, the type used on oxen
• chi milo
  nose
• chimilo
  nose
• chimimila
  rotten egg that refused to hatch
• chi mimila
  rotten egg that refused to hatch
• chi mo
  status
• chimo
  status
• chimonamoni
  very thick or hard porridge
• chi monamoni
  very thick or hard porridge
• chi muamua
  idiot
• chimuamua
  idiot
• chimuka
  the following day
• chi mumu
  dumb person
• chimumu
  dumb person
• chi munika-nyemba
  glow-worms; greenfly
• chimunikanyemba
  glow-worms; greenfly
• chi nana
  rain frog
• chinana
  rain frog
• chi nena
  mons pubis; area above pubes
• chinena
  mons pubis; area above pubes
• chinepe
  photograph
• chi nepe
  photograph
• chinga
  receive with both hands showing appreciation; since; eversince
• chingama
  lie across; slant; lie across
• chingamidza
  run across to meet someone; put by the fire; run across to meet someone
• chingamila
  bask, as in the sun or by the fire; bask
• chingamisa
  cause to lie across
• chi ngoringori
  small cap on the side of the ankle
• chingoringori
  small cap on the side of the ankle
• chi ngungu
  gizzard
• chingungu
  gizzard
• chingwenungwenu
  modern
• chi ngwenungwenu
  modern
• chi ng’ang’a
  Acacia mellifera tree or bush
• ching’ang’a
  Acacia mellifera tree or bush
• chi ng’wango
  cultivating hoe
• ching’wango
  cultivating hoe
• ching’we
  something
• chi ng’we
  something
• ching’wi
  heavy beer drinker
• chi ng’wi
  heavy beer drinker
• ching’wilo
  drinking vessel; a cup
• chi ng’wilo
  drinking vessel; a cup
• chini
  how
• chinkwa
  bread
• chi nkwa
  bread
• chinya
  spoil; destroy; spoil
• chinya-buso
  show displeasure facially
• chinya-ntumbu
  abort illegally, as when pregnant; abort illegally
• chinya-zina
  defamation of character
• chinyabuso
  show displeasure facially
• chi nyala
  finger; a toe
• chinyala
  finger; a toe
• chi nyame
  poisonous wild onion, usually used as a filler when making pillows
• chinyame
  poisonous wild onion, usually used as a filler when making pillows
• chinyantumbu
  abort illegally, as when pregnant
• chinyazina
  defamation of character
• chinyeledzi
  quietness, as of a person; a reserved person who does not talk much
• chi nyeledzi
  quietness, as of a person; a reserved person who does not talk much
• chinyidzila
  spoil for someone; destroy something belonging to someone; spoil for someone
• chinyika
  become spoiled; be destroyed; become spoiled
• chinyikigwa
  have a miscarriage
• cHinyikilo
  costs; expenses; damages; losses sustained
• chinyolocho
  soon; quickly; rapidly
• chinyongwani
  greens from the leaves of a bean plant
• chi nyongwani
  greens from the leaves of a bean plant
• chipa
  cheap
• chi phorisa
  pertaining to police
• chiphorisa
  pertaining to police
• chipo
  gift or present
• chi po
  gift or present
• chirepuli
  porch; step; an embarkment around a hut
• chi repuli
  porch; step; an embarkment around a hut
• chi romo
  infected sores
• chiromo
  infected sores
• chisa
  frighten; cause to be afraid; frighten
• chishwa
  bundle of thatching grass
• chi shwa
  bundle of thatching grass
• chi so
  face
• chiso
  face
• chisole
  military
• chi sole
  military
• chiswai
  shredded animal product
• chi swai
  a type of shredded animal product
• chi ta
  enemy
• chita
  enemy
• Chitata
  he chases
• Chitata mabuya, chobuza mabi
  scatter good things, bring back bad things
• chi tHu
  thing
• chitHu
  thing
• chi tsha
  stump of a tree; site for a house or a field
• chitsha
  stump of a tree; site for a house or a field
• chitu
  silence; quietness
• chi tu
  silence; quietness
• chiunga
  species of ceropegia, tuber eaten raw or roasted, nearly extinct
• chi unga
  species of ceropegia, tuber eaten raw or roasted, nearly extinct
• chi vula-magwe
  hailstorm; hail
• chivulamagwe
  hailstorm; hail
• chiwa
  be feared
• chi wilo
  chance
• chiwilo
  chance
• chiwulu
  large antheap
• chi wulu
  large antheap
• chi zhala-nlota
  midden; heap of waste
• chi zhalanlota
  rubbish dumps or heaps; midden
• chizhalanlota
  midden; heap of waste; rubbish dumps or heaps; midden
• chizhema
  fool; idiot
• chi zhema
  fool; idiot
• chizhi
  foreigner; a stranger
• chi zhi
  foreigner; a stranger
• chi zholo
  ointment; a body lotion or cream
• chizholo
  ointment; a body lotion or cream
• chi zwimbila
  swelling easily, of someone
• chizwimbila
  swelling easily, of someone
• chi zwino
  lid or stopper
• chizwino
  lid or stopper
• chobuza
  brings back
• cholopo
  fly, as of trousers
• chona
  be penniless; be without money; be penniless
• chova
  to pedal, as a bike; to pedal
• chubhu
  tube
• chuludza
  cause to jump; cause to cross; skip, as with a monthly event; cause to jump
• chuluka
  jump up or over
• chuluka-chuluka
  hop about
• chuluka-chuluka H
  hop about
• chulukachulukaH
  hop about
• chulukila
  jump onto