Browse Kalanga words: Z

• zana
  dance; play; dance
• zanga
  oaf
• zebe
  ears; ear
• zeeza
  hesitate
• zengwe
  millet
• zeu
  molar tooth
• zeula
  chewing of animals late at night
• zha
  come
• zhadza
  fill-up
• zhaivi
  chameleon
• zhala
  full; in abundance; hunger; famine
• zhalila
  close; shut; close
• zhalilana
  be angry; be troubled or in distress; be angry
• zhalima
  darkness
• zhamu
  breast
• zhani
  leaf; teabag
• Zhedzi
  October
• zheko
  small four-corner closure of a granary
• zhibikiti
  fall of a huge and heavy thing
• zhile
  bring
• zhi midza-mbila
  huge mamba snake
• zhimidzambila
  huge mamba snake
• zhino
  tooth
• zhi nyala
  thumb; big toe
• zhinyala
  thumb; big toe
• zhisa
  bring
• zhisho
  eye
• zhizha
  time of the first ripe fruits; season preceding harvesting time
• zhoba
  noise
• zhodza
  apply lotion onto another’s body, as a child; apply lotion onto another's body
• zhola
  apply lotion onto one’s body; apply lotion onto one's body
• zhongololo
  millipede
• zhou
  elephant
• zhowana
  elephant calf
• zhuba
  sun; day
• zhuka
  become open
• zhula
  to open; frog
• zhulo
  the day before yesterday
• zhulo-lija
  few days ago
• zhulolija
  few days ago
• zhunga
  to remove thin grain from the much coarse one
• ziba
  know
• zibisa
  notify; inform; notify
• zigwa
  be known
• zijana
  foot path; bicycle path; a small road
• zila
  roads
• zilawa
  kudu
• zina
  name
• Zina lilo ndiani?
  what is your name?
• zipa
  sweet
• zipi
  zip
• zipisa
  sweeten
• zogwadza
  anguish
• zojiwa
  food
• zomola
  pinch hard
• zose
  all
• zuka
  sixpence coin
• zumbunuka
  reveal; be in view; reveal
• zungusa
  shake
• zunguza
  shake
• zunguzika
  shake as of a tree, flag or of a loose tooth; shake as of a tree
• zununula
  uncork; unplug; remove a lid of a bottle; uncork
• zutula
  glare; look hard at something; look hard with eyeballs pushed out
• zutulila
  look hard or fix the eyes at
• zuwa
  chat; be engaged in a friendly conversation; chat
• zwa
  what
• zwabo
  theirs
• zwala
  give birth
• zwalana
  be related
• zwamba
  lovers
• zw amba
  lovers
• zwampupuludze
  dust storms
• zw ampupuludze
  dust storms
• zwa nana
  group of small children
• zwanana
  group of small children
• zwi
  darken, as in the evening or before rainfall
• zwiako
  corn heads
• zwi ako
  corn heads
• zwiambadza
  dress oneself; be self supporting; dress oneself
• zwiambula
  undress oneself
• zwiba
  know
• zwibaakanya
  prepare oneself; get ready; prepare oneself
• zwibhatilila
  hold onto; be well off; hold onto
• zwi bi
  sins
• zwibi
  sins
• zwibigila
  put away for oneself for later use
• zwiboka
  praise oneself
• zwibulaya
  kill oneself; commit suicide; kill oneself
• zwibuyanana L
  very well; nicely
• zwibuyananaL
  very well; nicely
• zwichengedza
  deceive oneself; has had a wrong notion about oneself; deceive oneself
• zwida
  selfish; conceited; be tidy and smart in appearance; selfish
• zwidiya
  learning; study
• zwidwa
  say to oneself; insult oneself, said in response to what you’d said; say to oneself
• zwifafa
  epilepsy; epileptic fits
• zwi fafa
  epilepsy; epileptic fits
• zwi galila-migoti
  the first small breasts that a young girls grows
• zwigalilamigoti
  the first small breasts that a young girls grows
• zwigwa
  fruits from the vangueria infauta tree
• zwiisa-pasi
  make oneself small, hence humble oneself; belittle oneself; make oneself small
• zwiisana
  small boys
• zwi isana
  small boys
• zwiisapasi
  make oneself small, hence humble oneself; belittle oneself
• zwi ja
  goods; luggage; household utensils
• zwija
  goods; luggage; household utensils
• zwijisa
  feed oneself; support oneself; feed oneself
• zwikama
  comb one’s hair; comb one's hair
• zwikera
  cut one’s hair; cut one's hair
• zwikhwa
  forests; clumps of trees; jungles
• zwi khwa
  forests; clumps of trees; jungles
• zwikolola
  stretch out oneself, as the hand or arms; stretch out oneself
• zwikumbula
  serious self-examination; introspection; serious self-examination
• zwilandula
  deny being at fault; plead innocent; deny being at fault
• zwilapa
  treat oneself
• zwilebelekela
  defend oneself in a dispute or a court case
• zwilika
  do one’s best; push during child birth; do one's best
• zwilinga
  look at oneself, as in a mirror; look at oneself
• zwilizanila
  be fit
• zwilobesa-phepo
  take a stroll; go on a holiday; go out for some fresh air; take a stroll
• zwilobesaphepo
  take a stroll; go on a holiday; go out for some fresh air
• zwimba
  swell; hide on the ground, as of rabbits
• zwimbila
  constipate
• zwimbisa
  cause to swell
• zwimbunula
  uncover; unveil; uncover
• zwimisa
  intend to; to be determined to; will or resolve to; intend to
• zwimisidzila
  take responsibility
• zwimo
  statuses
• zwi mo
  statuses
• zwina
  mend or seal a hole using an adhesive, as of a puncture; close the lid of a container or bottle; mend or seal a hole using an adhesive
• zwing'anga
  scratch oneself
• zwing’anga
  scratch oneself
• zwipiti
  quicker
• zwisenga
  be pregnant
• zwisengesa
  impregnant a woman; impregnate a woman
• zwisunga
  incriminate oneself
• zwisungilila
  hang oneself; commit suicide; hang oneself
• Zwisupo
  symptoms
• Zwita
  December
• zwitshula
  clean oneself; dry oneself; wipe one’s tears; clean oneself
• zwiwa
  feeling okay; hear oneself; feeling okay
• zwiya
  crush between two objects
• zwizhisa
  bring oneself; come unescorted and not coerced; bring oneself