Browse Kalanga words: N

• na
  with; and; rain
• naka
  be beautiful
• nakisa
  to make beautiful; to beautify; to make beautiful
• nako
  time
• nala
  red brown markings on an ox
• nama
  type of creeper has small white thorns
• namatila
  cling to; stick on or adhere to; cling to
• namatilana
  cling or stick to each other
• nambara
  number
• namuni
  orange
• namutshuka
  become loose or detached, as of paper from a wall; pull off; become loose or detached
• namutshula
  detach
• nanayila
  walk slowly
• nangayila
  walk
• nanguba
  even though
• naraki
  naartjie (a type of fruit)
• nasi
  today
• natHa
  separate flour from coarse grain; sift or winnow; separate flour from coarse grain
• natsha
  make beautiful; beautify; make beautiful
• nazwa
  lick, as with a tongue; lick
• nd'
  I (prefix to verb)
• nda
  lice; I am
• ndabatani
  March (month)
• Ndabhatani
  March
• ndabhatani
  month of March
• nda boka
  thankyou
• ndakidzilo
  revelation
• ndalama
  beads; necklaces
• ndale
  a traditional beer
• ndalo
  sexual intercourse
• ndapo
  cure; treatment
• ndazula
  type of traditional dancing to a rhythm of drums
• ndeba
  whistle, an instrument as used by referees in games
• ndebo
  dialogue; meeting; a conversation
• ndechedzelo
  permit; permission
• ndedhu
  beard
• ndere
  type of wild bulb dug from the ground
• ndi
  me
• ndigwana
  bread plate; small plate or bowl
• ndilo
  dish; plate
• ndima
  plots of land
• ndimo
  ploughing season; agriculture
• ndi pe
  give me
• ndipo
  payment
• ndi sathu
  before
• ndi thuse
  help me
• ndiye
  him / her
• ndiyi
  it's him/her
• Ndiyi
  it's him / her
• ndo
  I am; I
• ndobe
  dung
• ndobolo
  wedding; a marriage
• ndoga
  alone (1sg.)
• ndongoloso
  agenda; programme
• ndori
  sweet wild bulb
• ndugwi
  bile
• ndulamo
  righteousness; justness
• ndulo
  bile; gall
• ndume
  maleness
• ndzerema
  make a loud sound, as of a cricket; make a loud sound
• ndzimo wa ka naka se
  god is good
• N dzimu
  God
• Ndzimu
  God
• ndzunge
  type of wild sweet bulbs
• ne
  with; and; and
• nebukhwa
  name used for calling men of a particular totem
• nekere
  sweets; candy
• nenekedza
  carry or use very carefully
• nenguba
  even though
• neswimbo
  name used for calling men of a particular totem
• ng'amuka
  become stretched
• ng'amula
  stretch
• ng'ang'a
  argue
• ng'ang'aba
  be on the verge of crying
• ng'anga
  scratch; as of one's skin when itchy
• ng'apa
  scratch; as a thorn or a cat
• ng'atha
  to take a bite; as of food
• ng'ong'ola
  grumble; to show dissatisfaction
• ng'wana
  child
• ng'waya
  gather thatching grass
• ng'wila
  to sink; to drown
• ng'wisa
  to cause to drink; to breastfeed
• ng'wisidzila
  watering; as with plants
• ngabe
  ox
• ngai
  where
• ngamula
  grown-up young man
• ngano
  folk tales
• ngayi
  where
• ngee
  brighten, as at dawn
• ngeno
  here
• ngina
  enter
• nginilila
  break in; intrude; jump the queue; break in
• ngobe
  because
• ngoni
  mercy
• ngono
  but; then
• ngoshaka
  the nest of
• ngubo
  blankets
• ngudza
  bathe
• ngulube
  pig
• Ngumba
  house
• ngwa
  fight; war
• ngwana
  child
• ngwe
  tiger
• ngwena
  crocodile
• ngwenu
  right now; at the present time
• ngwina
  hole
• ngwingwi
  gums
• ngwise
  tail
• ng’a
  cut on the sole of one’s foot
• ng’amuka
  become stretched
• ng’amula
  stretch
• ng’anga
  doctor; witchdoctor; scratch, as of one’s skin when itchy
• ng’angahadzi
  stretchmarks on the body
• ng’ang’a
  argue
• ng’ang’aba
  be on the verge of crying
• ng’apa
  scratch, as a thorn or a cat
• ng’atha
  to take a bite, as of food
• ng’aya
  tightness, to tie something tightly
• ng’ina
  ear-ring
• ng’olwana
  black goat
• ng’ombe
  cows
• ng’ong’ola
  grumble; to show dissatisfaction
• ng’ong’olo
  complaint
• ng’umba
  house; hut
• ng’w ana
  child
• ng’wana
  child
• ng’w anana
  girl; female child
• ng’wanana
  girl; girl; female child
• ng’w anangu
  my child
• ng’wanangu
  my child
• ng’w anedu
  young sibling
• ng’wanedu
  young sibling
• ng’waya
  gather thatching grass
• ng’waza
  wilfulness; intentionally; without care
• ng’wazha
  trail made by livestock in the forest
• ng’wedzi
  moon; a menstruation period; month
• ng’w eni
  owner; master
• ng’weni
  owner; master
• ng’wezi
  visitor or guest
• ng’w ezi
  visitor or guest
• ng’wila
  to sink; to drown
• ng’wina
  holes as of ants or wild animals
• ng’wisa
  to cause to drink; to breastfeed
• ng’wise
  tail
• ng’wisidzila
  watering, as with plants
• nhasi
  today
• nhu
  person
• Nja
  August
• Njana
  September
• nj endo
  journeys; travels; pilgrimages
• njendo
  journeys; travels; pilgrimages
• njifu
  deaths
• nji fu
  deaths
• nji go
  serving spoons; ladles
• njigo
  serving spoons; ladles
• nji gwana
  spoons; cutlery
• njigwana
  spoons; cutlery
• nji mbo
  songs
• njimbo
  songs
• njinji
  many
• njizi
  rivers
• nji zi
  rivers
• nju dzi
  nations; relations
• njudzi
  nations; relations
• nkadzasha
  name used for calling men of a particular totem
• Nkadzi
  Woman
• nkadzikulu
  important woman
• nkhwinya
  friend
• nkope-shulo
  sleep with one’s eyes open
• nkopeshulo
  sleep with one’s eyes open
• nkwala
  footprint
• nlomo
  mouth
• Nlume
  Man
• nnunguna
  younger sibling; brother / sister
• no
  you (q)
• no enda ngai
  where are you going?
• nokHwe
  so and so; such and such
• nokola
  take a handful, spoonful etc., as of food; take a handful
• nolima
  farming
• nongo
  groundnut
• nonoka
  do something slowly
• norobaki
  waistcoat
• nsha
  family
• nshashe
  tick, causes tick fever
• nsholo
  head
• nsungwasha
  name used to refer to men of a particular totem
• nsunje
  small black ant with a very painful bite
• ntemaphulu
  species of agama lizard
• nTha
  side
• ntolo
  long ago
• ntolontolo
  very long time ago; in the past
• ntombo
  name used when calling men a particular totem
• ntome
  aside; out of alignment
• ntule
  spring hare
• ntumbu
  stomach
• ntumwa
  an angel
• nunga
  pick; find a lost thing; pick up one by one; pick
• nungo
  nodes; syllables
• nungu
  porcupine
• nuwa
  smell; sniff; inhale; smell
• nxa
  express disapproval, annoyance
• nya
  defecate
• nyala
  become tired or weary; get exhausted; become tired or weary
• nyala-meya
  be discouraged; become disheartened; be discouraged
• nyaladza
  be silenced; to stop one from crying; be silenced
• nyalala
  become silent; keep quiet; become silent
• nyalalila
  not speak to someone, especially when spoken to; not speak to someone
• nyalameya
  be discouraged; become disheartened
• nyaluluka
  rest a while
• nyama
  meat
• nyambi
  skilful person
• nyamela
  varnish; disappear; varnish
• nyanga
  move stealthily towards something
• nyanya
  worsen
• nyanyayidza
  refute; contradict; negate; oppose; deny; refute
• nyasa
  splatter or spray some liquid
• nyati
  buffalo
• nyatsa
  belittle; treat with disdain; belittle
• nyawuka
  melt; thaw; melt
• nyawusa
  boil milk; warm food or something; boil milk
• nyaya
  to dampen; to wet something; to dampen
• nyazukila
  stretch up on tiptoe so as to reach something high
• nyebezela
  whisper
• nyekhwa
  lie
• nyele
  flute
• nyeledza
  cause to disappear
• nyelela
  disappear; evaporate; disappear
• nyelele
  is quiet
• nyeluka
  abscond; run away secretly; abscond
• nyelukila
  start first as in a race
• nyelusa
  cause to abscond or run away
• nyemba
  beans
• nyemudza
  tantalise by offering something and then refuse to give it
• nyenama
  show teeth; grin; show teeth
• nyenganyenga
  swallows
• nyenya
  smile
• nyenyedzi
  stars
• nyenyengwa
  rind, as of a sweet reed
• Nyepa
  Eat
• nyepa
  lie
• nyetsani
  spinal cord
• nyevi
  wild spinach used as a vegetable, grows on field
• nyeya
  tell tales about; backbite; tell tales about
• nyeza
  type of edible grub
• nyikishila
  become infected and develop some pus
• nyima
  withhold from; refuse someone something; withhold from
• nyimo
  ground beans
• nying’we
  type of wild sweet bulb
• nyisa
  euphemism for giving a beating; euphemism for giving one a thorough beating
• nyoka
  snake
• nyokana
  small snake
• nyola
  marks made on one’s body by a traditional doctor
• nyoloka
  become wet
• nyololo
  oval-shaped edible fruit green with white stripes but yellowish when ripe, grows on a creeper plant
• nyonje
  gum from the bark of a tree
• nyonyonga
  write
• nyota
  thirst
• nyotsha
  be plentiful, as fruits on a tree
• nyotsHa
  be plentiful; as fruits on a tree
• nyuchi
  bees
• nyunda
  hump on the bull’s neck
• nyungela
  disappear into water; sink; disappear into water
• nyungula
  toadpole
• nyungwi
  plunge into water; falling into some liquid
• nyuni
  bird
• nyunyidzila
  sprinkle a little, as of salt or pepper; sprinkle a little
• nyunyu
  mosquitoes
• nyunywani
  bird
• nywenya
  make an ugly face at someone
• nzi
  home