Browse Kalanga words: P

• pa
  give; offer; present; give
• pabi
  wide
• padzamuka
  start or jump, make a sudden movement; say something unconciously; start or jump
• padzamula
  cause to start or jump
• pa hwunde
  near; nearby
• pahwunde
  near; nearby
• paka
  wearing the same color or type of clothing
• pakati
  middle
• pa kati
  middle
• pakatidza
  cause to carry with both arms
• pakatila
  carry with both hands
• pakugwa
  be served or dished
• pakula
  dish food; serve food; dish food
• pala
  burrow; dig a hole; paw the ground; burrow
• paladza
  scatter or spread out
• palala
  disperse; go different ways; disperse
• palama
  pass through; cut across, when going from one place to another; pass through
• palamente
  parliament
• palo
  maths problem
• paluka
  get torn
• paluka-moyo
  awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
• paluka-moyo H
  awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
• palukamoyoH
  awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
• palula
  tear something
• pampiri
  paper
• panda
  ache; chew something hard; ache
• pandila
  to plough dry soil, without moisture; to plough dry soil
• panguka
  become discolored; fade as of a flower or some color; become discolored
• pangula
  cause to become discolored
• pang’we
  maybe; whether; perhaps
• panyaladza
  cause to sit or stand with legs spread out
• panyalala
  sit or stand with legs spread out
• papamala
  be exposed; be clearly seen; be exposed
• papha
  to increase
• paphidza
  to increase something
• paphidzo
  addition; increase; an increment
• parafini
  paraffin
• pasa
  passport; pass
• pasi
  ground; down
• pa si
  ground
• pat'ana
  accompany each other
• pat'ika
  force someone; accuse falsely
• pat’a
  main road; a road wider than a foot path; pocket in a garment
• pat’ana
  accompany each other
• pat’ika
  force someone; accuse falsely
• pawula
  sprain
• payika
  hang onto something, as of a blanket; hang onto something
• pazha
  have diarrhoea (derogative and usually used of animals
• pedza
  finish; complete; end; finish
• peipi
  smoking pipe
• pejo
  near or close
• pejopejo
  very close or near
• pela-moyo
  get impatient; be anxious; get impatient
• pelamoyo
  get impatient; be anxious
• peledzela
  finish up; get used up; finish up
• pelegwa
  to run out of
• pelekedza
  accompany part of the way; escort someone; take half-way; accompany part of the way
• pelela
  get finished
• peleta
  to spell
• pembela
  to run wild
• pena
  pen
• penga
  go mad
• pengula
  lift up so as to look under
• peni
  pen
• pensele
  pencil
• penta
  paint
• pente
  paint
• penya
  shine; flash as of lightening; glisten; shine
• penyu
  alive
• pepa
  winnow grain to remove the chaff after pounding it
• pepeta
  sift or winnow grain to remove the flour
• perekisi
  peach
• peta
  make a hem; fold; make a hem
• petenula
  unfold; unroll; undo a seam; unfold
• peyama
  tilted or bent; sit leaning towards a certain direction; tilted or bent
• peyita
  give an enema
• pezhugwi
  high up; on top; above; up
• phaila
  give a side blow with an open hand; fall, the first rains of the season; give a side blow with an open hand
• phainiapuli
  pineapple
• phaiphi
  pipe
• pHakatigwa
  two ears of corn on one stalk, hence poor ears of corn
• phakela
  to rise early in the morning
• pHako
  hollows in trees, made by borers and birds
• pHala
  impala, roebuck
• pHande
  applause; clap of hands
• phang'a
  eat greedily
• phang’a
  eat greedily
• pHani
  scorpion
• pHanje
  unripe watermelon; barren animal
• phapha
  chop firewood to size; split by cutting; chop firewood to size
• pharachuti
  parachute
• pharama
  to sit or fall down on ones bottom abruptly
• pharela
  to plaster with mud mixed with sand and dung
• phasela
  parcel
• phasi
  down
• phasula
  slap
• phatuka
  be cracked, as an earthen vessel; be cracked
• phatula
  crack something
• pHazha
  forehead; luck
• phee
  pear
• pHejana
  small hyena
• pheku
  charm; amulet
• pHele
  hyena; spotted hyena
• pheleu
  ram
• phembge
  duiker
• pheneselini
  penicillin
• phensheni
  pension
• phenti
  panty
• pHepo
  wind
• phiki
  stallion
• phikoko
  peacock
• phile
  bad singer
• phili
  banks of a river or a stream
• phizha
  name used to call men of a particular totem
• pHobela
  sink , as when walking in deep mud; sink
• phobola
  strike with something hard
• phodola
  break sharply; a clean break; break sharply
• phoko
  uncastrated billy goat
• phokozha
  unmarried lady; great unmarried lady
• pHoni
  blisters on the hands
• pHopo
  warts
• phori
  rust in corn
• phorisa
  policeman
• phoso
  mistake
• pHou
  ostrich
• pHowana
  small ostrich
• pHudzi
  seeds of melon species
• pHuka
  wild animal; an abcess
• pHulu
  calves
• pHumbu
  euphemism for vagina, normally used for small children
• phumula
  rest a while from work
• pHungugwe
  jackal
• phunyuka
  come out of a grip
• phuphuma
  rise, as of foam from some brew; rise
• phururuka
  fly
• phuthela
  wrap up; wrap; wrap up
• phuthunula
  unwrap, as of parcels; unwrap
• phutuka
  explode; burst, as a ballon; explode
• phutula
  crack; smash; crack a whip; crack
• pHuzu
  sour wild raisins from some tree
• ph∞nda
  poles that are dug into the ground to support the roof of a hut; a rafter
• pijama
  pyjamas
• pika
  carry one on shoulders
• piki
  pick, sharpened metal used for digging
• pilisi
  pill or tablet
• pindiwa
  being passed by
• piphila
  pour something from one container into another
• pisa
  burn; set alight; burn
• pitikautu
  petticoats
• pitiroli
  petrol
• pitsi
  water pits; boreholes
• pitugwa
  be overturned
• pituka
  roll over
• pitukana
  overturn several times; turn and toss, as a sick person; overturn several times
• pitula
  make overturn
• piya
  trip someone; hold a goat’s leg under one’s knee while milking it; trip someone
• pkha
  dry up, as of a pool of water or a well; dry up
• pkhanya
  break
• pkhaya
  to remove extra chaff from grain by pounding it again
• pkhita
  pull back forcibly; draw forcibly; snatch; pull back forcibly
• pkhizi
  sheep
• poba
  flatten, as of a tyre or disappear, as of a swelling; flatten
• pobedza
  press; cause to dent; impress
• pobedzeka
  be pushed in and dimpled; become impressed
• podza
  cause to heal
• pofunuka
  recover one’s sight; recover one's sight
• pofupala
  become blind
• poga
  different
• pola
  be healed; get well after some sickness; be healed
• poloni
  polony
• pomba
  wind something, as a thread; wind something
• pombedza
  wrap round
• pombonoka
  become untwisted
• pombonola
  untwist; unwind; untwist
• pompi
  water tap; pump
• poni
  where
• pontela
  find water underground where a well can be bored
• poor
  poor leadership
• poraimariL
  primary, as a primary school
• poraimari L
  primary, as a primary school
• porodza
  miscarriage, as of an animal; miscarriage
• porofita
  prophesy
• posa
  throw, as a stone; shoot; throw
• pota
  feel cold; to freeze from the cold; feel cold
• poteledza
  make go around something
• poteleka
  surround; to go round something; surround
• potesa
  cause to feel cold
• potola
  wipe oneself after stool
• president
  president; welcome president duma Boko
• psa
  new; to burn
• psayila
  sweep
• psila
  burn onto, as a pot; burn onto
• pubula
  to cut open something; pierce through; to cut open something
• pukusha
  blend, as when one puts corn flour into boiling water to make porridge; blend
• pula
  thresh corn or sorghum using threshing sticks; hit hard; thresh corn or sorghum using threshing sticks
• pulana
  hit each other hard; palpitate, as the heart; hit each other hard
• pulula
  remove leaves from a branch
• pululudza
  ululate
• puma
  be blunt, as of a knife; be blunt
• pumisa
  cause to be blunt
• puna
  bend over in an indecent manner
• pupelo
  woman’s womb
• pupuna
  chew noisely something hard, as of candy; chew noisely something hard
• pupunika
  crunchable, as a nut; crunchable
• purapura
  loose garment
• puta
  kiss; sip; kiss
• putanya
  crush or flatten, as of a can by squeezing hard; crush or flatten