Kikôngo - English LEXICON

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LEXICON

Kikôngo - English

A


Akidi: v. Aux. To be still.
- âku: your
- âme: my
- ândi: his, her, its.
apostolo 1-2: apostle (plur. Bapostolo) .
- âu: their.


B


ba (N.) : to be (S. Kala) .
ba 5-6: palm tree (S. Ya) .
baba 5-6: silente, mute.
badika-badikidi: to think, reflect.
badika-badikidi: to begin, start.
baka ndându: to earn, win, gain.
bâka-bâkidi: to clean the palm tree.
baka 7-8: wall.
bakala 5-6 (N): man, male (S. Yakala) .
- bakala: masculine, male, strong, brave, courageous.
bakama-bakamane: to be caught.
bakisa-bakisi (N.): to help.
bakisa-bakisi: to understand, seize, grab.
bakula-bakudi: to recognize sb, sth.
bâla (N.) plur. De mwâna: children.
bâla-bâdidi: to harden, tighten, to be hard
baluka-balukidi: to turn over, to turn inside out, to change (intr.) .
balula-baludi: upside down, to change (trans.) .
bâma-bêmi (or bâmini): to shout, to tell off; zulu dibêmi: it's roaring.
bâmbuka môyo-bambukidi môyo: to remember, recall.
bâmbula môyo-bambudi môyo: to remind sb of sth (N. Sônsula) .
bânda (ku-): downstairs, lower, underneath, downstream (S. Ku yânda) .
bânda-bândidi (or bêndi): to nail down, to hit, strike.
bânda manko: to tempt, to hurt.
bandakana-bandakane: to be close, to be close one of the other.
bândika-bandikidi: to start.
bândula-bândudi: to unnail.
bânga (NR.): to remain, reside, remain (habituatif of Ba).
bânga-bângidi: to contradict, deny.
bângika-bangikidi: to make suffer, torment, persecute.
bângisa-bângisi: to refute, convince qqn of good or an ill deed.
bângula-bângudi: to return clearly, explain (a proverb), to discover a hidden direction.
bangumuka-bangumukini: to be rolled or turned over completely.
bangumuna-bangumuni: to make roll, turn over without top below.
bântika-bantikidi: to start.
bânza-bânzidi (or bênzi): to think, believe, estimate.
bânza 5-6: thought (employed especially with the plur. Mabânza).
bâsa-bâsidi (or bêsi): to cross, saw, tear into two in the direction length. (S. Vâsa).
bâsi 7-8: piece of a thing which was cut in the direction of the longor.
bâsi 5-6 (NR.): baldness (Syn. Vênda, genda NR.).
bâsila 7-8 (NR.): piece, fragment.
bata-batidi (NR.): to flee (S. Tîna).
bâtana-bâtane (NR.): to be one against the other.
bâtasa-bâtase (NR.): to put one against the other.
bâtisa-bâtisi (NR.): even as the precedent.
batisa-batisi (NR.): to baptize (Syn. Boteka).
bâu: them (S. Yâu).
baya 5-6: board.

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bêba-bêbele: to be tired, to leave a work resulting a tiredness.
bedisa-bedisi (belesa-belese): to sentence, beat, defeat;
belesa mûntu n'kanu: to sentence sb in a contentious matter (S. Yelesa, yedisa) .
bêdisa-bêdisi: to give treatment to a patient, sick person, to make sb sick (Syn. Yêlesa-yêlese, yêdisa-yêdisi) .
bêla-bêlele (N.): to be ill, sick. (S. Yêla-yêlele).
bela-belele: to despise, to hate;
bela musumu (N.): to be contrite of one's mistakes.
bele-bele (N.): near to, close to.

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bêluka-belukidi: to cure (intr.) , to be cured (S. Yêluka or yêloka) .
bêlusa-bêlusi: to cure (trans.; S. Yêlosa) .
bêmba-bêmbele (N.): to touch (S. Valakana) .
bêmbe 5-6 (N.): pigeon (S. Yêmbe) .
benda-bendele: to pull, to tighten, to stretch (Syn. Nana-nanini, tûnta-tûntidi) .
bêndo 7-8 (N): place where people meet to lament over a death.
bêne 5-6: breast (S. Yêne) .
bênga 5-6: abyss created in the mountain by the erosion (S. Yênga) .
- bênga 5-6: yellow, brown (of the same colour that the mabênga land) .
bêni: well, much, very, same, quite.
bêno: you (S. Yêno) .
bêta-betele: to hit, strike (S. Yêta) .
beta-betele: to surpass, outdo, to defeat, beat.
bete 5-6: drop of a liquid (S. Tônsi 5-6, têla 5-6) .
bêtila 7-8: similarity, resemblance, accuracy, identity;
kwênda bêtila: to be identical (N. Dêtila) .
bêto: us (S. Yêto) .
bidika-bidikidi: to raise the number, to accumulate, to pile up.
bidisa-bidisi: bring to boil (S. Yidisa) .
bidya 8: food.
bîka-bîkidi: to stop, to leave, to abandon (Syn. Yambula) .
bika-bikidi (N.): to greet.
bîkisa mûntu nitu-bîkisi mûntu nitu: to persecute, to make sb unhappy. (Syn. Bîvisa; N. Bîyisa).
bikula-bikudi: to prophesy, to announce, to say.
bila-bididi: to boil (S. Yila; syn. Toka-tokele) .
bila 7-8: cause, matter, mistake, crime.
bilama-bilamane: to be abundant.
bilo 8 (N.): sleep, sleepiness (S. Tulu, tolo 11) .
bilûngi 8: hell (Syn. Mbungulu 9) .
bîmba-bîmbidi: to taste (Syn. Yeleka-yelekele) .
bîndama-bindamane: to be closed (door) .

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bîndika-bindikidi: to close (door) .
bînduka-bindukidi: to be open, to be untied.
bînduka-bindukidi: to reach the summit of a mountain, to disappear behind the top of a mountain.
bîndula-bîndudi: to untie, to open.
bînga-bîngidi: to hunt, to be on the look-out for sth.
bisikalêti 8: bike, cycle.
bîva-bividi: to be bad, to be in bad condition, to be degenerate;
bivu nitu: to be unlucky (N. Bîka ou bîya) .
bîvisa-bîvisi: to make bad, to ruin, spoil, to damage;
bîvisa mûntu nitu: to persecute.
bîya-bîyidi (N.): see bîva.
bîyisa-bîyisi (N.): see bîvisa.
- biza: beautiful, lovely, good-looking, handsome, smart, good.
bo, bobo: in this way;
i bobo: it's like that.
bôka-bôkele: to cry, scream, shout.
bôkila-bôkidi: to call oneself so (S. Bôkela) .
bokidila-bokididi: to call, to make so come by the intermediary of one third party.
bokuka-bokukidi (N.): to break, to be broken (limb, branch; S. Toloka) .
bokula-bokudi (N.): to break (S. Tolola) .
bola-bolele: to be moist, humid, to be wet; to be in a state of decomposition, to be in a state of putrefaction (S. Wola) .
- bola: wet, rotten, soaked.
bôla 5-6: onion (Syn. Sabôla 9, nyâza 9) .
boloko 5-6: prison, jail.
bôma 14 (N.): fear.
bômba-bômbele (N.): to console.
bôndika-bondikidi: to dampen, to make wet, to soak, drench (S. Bôndeka-bondekele) .
bônga-bôngele: to take.
bônso: as, like.
bôso: then, next.
botama-botamane: to be baptized, christened.
botika-botikidi: to baptize, christen (S. Boteka-botekele) .
bu: as.

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bu: when, since, seeing that.
buba-bubidi: to pickaxe, to dig.
bubêlo 14 (N.): illness, desease (S. Yêla 15-6) .
bubi 14 (N.): evil, badly, bad deed (S. Mbi 9) .
bubolo 14 (N.): laziness, idleness, sloth (S. Bumôlo ou kimôlo) .
bubote 14 (N.): well, properly, good deed (S. Mbote 9) .
bubu: now (Syn. Bwâbu) .
budedede (N.) 14: resemblance, likeness, equality (Syn. Kidedede 7) .
budika-budikidi: to crack, to break, to be split, cut, cracked, to be broken (S. Wudika) .
budîmbu 14 (N.): glue, pitch, resin (S. Tudîmbu 12, ou dîmbu 5) .
buka-bukidi: to give medicines, to cure (S. Wuka) .
bûka-bûkidi: to be tall (height), to becile tall.
bûka-bûkidi: to explode, blow up, to burst (ball, tyre) .
bûka-bûkidi: to let pass the water (barrage) .
bukaka 14 (N.): sadness, loneliness.
bukama-bukamane: to be overturned, knock over, to be upside down.
bukika-bukikidi: to upset (glass), to turn upside down.
bukîndi 14 (N.): courage, bravery, daring, boldness, audacity, firmness (S. Nkabu 10).
buko 14-6: father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daugther-in-law (S. N'zitu 1-2) .
bûku 5-6: book, booklet.
buku 7-8: piece, fragment; group (Syn. Veso, geso (N), balu) .
bukufi 14 (N.): brevety, briefness (S. Nkufi 9) .
bukula-bukudi: to spill, upset a liquid.
bukulu 14: what concern the past, the seniors customs.
bula-budidi: to hit, strike, to break, to smash.
bûla-bûdidi: to make an opening in a dyke to let the water pass.
bula 14 (N.): length, distance (S. N'la 3, nda 9) .
bula 14-6 (N.): village.
bulasana-bulasane: to beat each other;
bulasana mundengi: to bet, wager.
bulêmfo 14 (N.): humility, humbleness, obedience, submission (or bulêmvo) .

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bulu 7-8: animal.
bulu 5-6: hole made in a thing (S. Wulu) .
buluku 5-6: donkey.
bulumuka-bulumukini: to run, flow in abundance.
bulumuna-bulumini: to spill a liquid in abundance;
bulumuna mansangasa: to shed profuse tears.
bulûngu 14-6 (N.): pirogue, canoe, dugout, small boat, small dinghy (S. N'lungu, 3-4) .
bûmba-bûmbidi: to seize sb, to catch hold sb, to asail, attack sb, to kiss sb.
bûmina-bûmini: to pay sb a visit, visit sb.
bumina-bumini: to touch.
bumôlo 14: laziness, idleness, sloth.
bumpumbulu 14 (N.): bad behaviour, tendency to do evil.
bumputu 14: poverty.
bumûntu 14: human nature (S. Kimûntu) .
bûna: in this way, so.
bûna: then, while, when.
bûnda-bûndidi: to unite, to gather, collect (Syn. Vuka) .
bûnda 5-6: buttock, bottom, backside.
bûnda 7-8: old man.
bundakesa-bundakese: to gather, collect, to put together, to bring together, reunite, to entertain, to add up. (Syn. Vukakesa).
bûndika-bûndikidi: to fold (fabric, material, cloth) .
bundikisa-bundikisi: v. Bundakesa.
bundoki 14 (N.): power of bewitchment of the ndoki.
bûnduka-bundukidi: to overturn on the ground, to be upside down on the ground.
bûndula-bûndudi: to knock over, overturn, to knock down (house, tree) .
bunene 14 (N.): size, width, breadth, thickness, weight, fatness (S. N'nene 3-4) .
bunga-bungidi: to harm sb, to do, cause sb harm, to destroy, to ruin, spoil, to harm, injure.
bungana-bungane: to destroy oneself, to ruin, spoil.
bungânga 14 (N.): service, role, dignity of the fetishist (Syn. Kingânga) .
bûngi 5: mist, fog.
bûngu 5-6 (N.): cause, affair, sin, never-ending discussions;
mu bûngu dya: because of, owning to, because.
bungungu 14 (N.): habit of lying, lie. (Syn. Luvunu 11).

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bunkete 14: cleanliness, cleanness.
bunkuta 14: fear.
bunsâna 14 (N.): sadness, gloominess, state of the one who is orphan.
bunsûza 14 (N.): adulterous, fornication, deed shameful (S. Zumba 7-8) .
bunswêki 14 (N.): secret;
mu bunswêki: in secret, secretly (S. Kinswêki) .
bunzâmbi 14: divine nature (S. Kinzâmbi) .
bunzîmbu 14 (N.): ingratitude, ungratefulness, lapse of memory more or less intentional.
busafu 14 (N.): dirtiness, lack of respect, insult.
busi 7-8: sister, cousin on the mother's side family.
busita 14 (N.): sterility, infertility (men or animals) .
busukami 14: poverty.
busuku 14 (N.): night.
buta 14-6 (N.): rifle, gun.
buta-butidi: to bring a child into the world, to give birth.
Butatu 14: Trinity.
butisa-butisi: to do give birth, help to give birth.
butuka-butukidi: to be born, to be brougth into the world.
buwâyi 14: slavery, bondage, sadness, gloominess.
buzêngi 14 (N.): imbecility, idiocy, stupidity, foolishness (S. Kizêngi) .
buzingi 14 (N.): slowness.
buzoba 14 (N.): imbecility, idiocy, stupidity, foolishness (S. Kizoba) .
bwa-bwîdi: to fall, to happen (matter) , dyâmbu dya di dibwidi: this matter has happened.
bwa kya: to begin, start, to start to, to begin to;
bwîdi kya dila: he start to cry.
bwâbu: now (S. Wâwu) .
bwâbwana-bwabwane: to be well-suited, to meet (Syn.: bwâbana, bwânana, wânana) .
bwâka-bwâkidi (or bwêki): to become red, to ripen.
bwâla 5-6: village.
bwâna-bwêne: to meet.
bwankaka: differently.
bwâtu 14-6: boat, ship, dugout, canoe, pirogue. (plur. Mâtu).

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