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APPENDIX
TO THE
KONGO LANGUAGE
As
spoken
at
the
Old
Compiled and Prepared for the Baptist Mission on the Kongo River, West Africa
BY THE
Rev.
W.
HOLMAN BENTLEY
CO.,
Ltd.
Road,
London, W.C.
1895
Bh
842839
PREFACE
and Grammar
than seven years have passed since the completion of the Dictionary During this time the New Testament of the Kongo language. has been translated, and other books for religious instruction and school use have been translated and prepared ; a Bi-monthly Magazine, " Se kukianga "
More
(The
Dawn is Breaking), has appeared, containing original native articles. School work has been well pushed, and a Kongo correspondence passes freely between the natives about our stations. Kongo can no longer be spoken of as an unwritten language. All this literary activity has called for an Appendix to the work published in Every new word acquired has been most carefully preserved and in1887. vestigated obscure idioms, and any constructions throwing light on the
;
Grammar and
While the New Testament was was printed. Returning to the Kongo a few days after the first hundred copies of the New Testament came from the book-binders, the mass of Grammatical and Syntactical notes which had accumulated was studied and arranged. The Dictionary of 1887 contains some 10,000 Kongo words, omitting as far as possible the thousands of derivative words, which, being formed from the As the possibiliroot-words according to simple rules, needed no special note.
Syntax, have been noted.
in the press, the
Appendix
to the Dictionary
ties of this
highly flexible language are so great, these derivatives in actual or number hundreds of thousands ; it was therefore necessary
are now added on the same principle, which include, words or roots which are used in the Kongo literature of the English Baptist Mission published up to the present. In the same way, the endeavour has been made to reduce the rules of Grammar and Syntax which have been found to be further necessary, during the literary work in which the correctness and sufficiency of the former work was tested. As for the correctness, it has been found that no great changes are necessary in some two or three cases only it has been necessary to narrow the these cases have application of certain rules which had been too widely stated been carefully noted in their proper places in the Grammar and Syntax of this Appendix. In this translation and linguistic work, Nlemvo, who rendered such valuable assistance in the preparation of what was published in 1887, has still continued his aid, rendered all the more efficient by these fourteen years of work, which have trained and developed his great natural aptitude. This gives the uniformity which is of such great importance. A change has been made in the Kongo Alphabet, which must here be noted.
Some
4,000
new words
all
PREFACE
San Salvador, and in its neighbourhood, large proportion of the people at for the sound sh the letter X was 8 and z before i .as sh and j ; pronounce while z before i was written as j. Our books are adopted (as in Portuguese), the district of San Salvador, and in those read over a much wider area than the use of x and j has proved where 8 and z remain unchanged before i, parts those therefore been decided to use 8 and z only, and a difficulty it has letters is softened before i they will be naturally parts where the sound of these they remain unchanged they will be prosoftened in pronunciation, and where nounced as written. j. ^. , , s of the Dictionary and Appendix, This may cause some difficulty in the use under in the Dictionary, and as simba under since 8iml)a appears as ximba uniformity is of small moment, compared S in the Appendix but that lack of of a permanent form at the earliest with the importance of the attainment productions. date, and the wider usefulness of our literary possible in the preface to the Grammar of 1887, the frequent
elision of final
For reasons noted and initial vowels in Kongo has not been made in this Appendix, forms used. that there might be no obscurity as to the actual in order the comparative compactness of Kongo and It may be of interest to note expression of ideas. For this English, in the number of words used in the words and letters used in Kongo and English in the ist Epistle to purpose' the in the Kongo version there the Corinthians, 13th chapter, have been counted ish Revised Version there are 274 in the E" are 289 words, and 1209 letters
;
;
.
words, and
On page
in 1624.
xi.
Bernardo Maria de Cannecattim, author of the Bunda above was "the first work printed in the Kongo and we may be most probably correct in saying that it was the printed in any of the Bantu languages. The Rev. G. R. Macphail, who was minister of the Presbyterian Scotland in Lisbon, very kindly arranged to have the work copied
hand.
It is
Grammar
language,"
first
work
Church of for me by
a Catechism
in
Portuguese and Kongo interlinear. Two copies are in and one in the Library of the Propaganda in
translation was made "by the order of Mattheus Cardoso," is still in use in the schools in Madeira, as a standard Catechism it was written by Marcos Jorge, S.J. The Portuguese-Kongo work has been very carefully studied, and is a very words interesting work, affording evidence of the early usage of certain special which we find current to-day. It is a creditable production, showing that a good vocabulary has been acquired. There is a liberal admixture of Coast and Mbamba words, suggesting that the early missionaries had picked up the
language on the Coast, and carried up the Coast influence with them this is noticeable in the employment of CU (ku) as a prefix to the Infinitive Noun. and n are hopelessly as ii, ki as qui ; the nasals is always written as b ; er confounded, and often omitted or written as in old Portuguese with But, after all, it affords no evidence of any change in the language. the vowel The main points are true to Kongo but where there are differences, it is impossible to determine how much is due to a mixture of the Coast and other
;
PREFACE
dialects,
vii
and how much to an imperfect knowledge of the language. It is White-man's Kongo, and sometimes the words are awkwardly spelt. The N of Nzambi ampungu, God^ never appears on the name itself, but is often found on the end of the preceding word dian Zambi ampungu. It is interesting to find untotela (p. 39) used for majesty^ so that Ntotela is not simply a dynastic name of the present kings. Anquissi (-aukisi, fetish) is used for holy, sacredj and even uquissi {fetish nature) for divinity (p. 30) This is a very objectionable use of nkisi, /^//j//. The words in use for the " Holy Faith of the Church of Rome " are " Canca auquissi yanzua muquissi acuna Roma" (p. 85). Canca is nkanka, devotion, faithfulness, and, for want of a better word, was strained by these early missionaries into that use this explains the ex" Dingamena muna nkanka a Nzambi ampungu," continue in pression the Faith of God; so f^ish devotion was used for Holy Faith. Yanzua muquissi is ya nzo ankisi, of the fetish house (nzo ^^.tlIli^i^ the grave also) this is the only translation used for the Holy Church (of Rome), not the building called a "church," but the Church of the Saints. So we find " The Holy Faith of the Church of Rome " thus translated, to the mystification of the " The fetish devotion of the fetish house of at Rome " native mind Baptism is always spoken of then, and by the priests to-day, as dia mungua, to eat salt; the placing of a little salt in the mouth of the infant, with the words, "ye are the salt {/"^the earth," being part of the ceremony of Baptism according to the Romish iftmal. Ecussuilu [ekuswilu, t/ie place of rubbing on, or smearing (from kusu, to rub on or smear)^ is the equivalent of Purgatory. Nsambu is used for grace, favour, as it is still by us and much of the " religious terminology," as to-day used, is found in this old book only it has been necessary to make a discreet selection. However, the work is certainly creditable for those far-off times, when viewed with a kindly eye, even in these days in which we have learned to value a greater accuracy. My thanks are due to the Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society, for undertaking the expense of publication of this Appendix, as they did that of
certainly
!
:
May the work be found helpful to all who seek to make known in Kongo the Gospel of the Grace of God, and to extend the Kingdom of Righteousness and
Peace.
W.
H. B.
Wathen
APPENDIX
TO
ENGLISH-KONGO DICTIONARY.
Abandon (as of no use), r/./., tengola. Abandonment, n., luyambulu, lo
;
Abundant,
be,
v.i.,
a.,
-avomo.
selalala,
luvunzanisu,
lo
;
bwembwena,
lo;
be-
see tengola,
lutengolo, Appendix.
sama, tuta. make, v.L, seleleka, beseka. Abuse, vJ., duvula, duka. ., luduvuku, 10 luduku,
;
10
lue,
pi. 6.
one's
profession
12.
or
craft,
7t.,
umfuzi,
zadi,
6.
(quickness) in
learning,
nlevo, 4. in obscene language, vX, bukalala. (misuse), v.t, pitakesa. Abusive toward, be, v.t, duka.
n.,
zadi-
Abyss,
n.,
mbilu,
2.
Abject, become,
Accent,
v.l, boloka.
n.,
nsiamu,
v.,
2.
Able
Accept
as true,
sia
to,
fwanwa, Kongo-
omu matu.
Eng. Appendix,
Acceptable,
adj.,
-edienga.
10.
totama.
to,
According
App.
adv.,
muna owu
is, n.,
?)
;
wa.
;
be,
kiudi, 5
used verbally to... about, v., nanga ...ye, App. I finished about ten on the spot, yananga mana ye tezo kia ekumi vana fulu.
mwana
(i)
;
Above
nkundambanda-
4.
.,
Ache
(of the
n.,
head
Abundance,
of
Acidity,
nsa, 2 (Bako)
ngani,
2.
wingi, 12
;
ebidi, 8
wokela, 9 everything,
pututa.
bidi, 6
vomo,
6.
have,
v.,
vwama,
Acquit, v., kangula. Action, n., evangu, 8. Active, be very, v.L, tumpa-tumpa. Adapt, v.t., sobola.
3
Add-Alm
Add,
v.t.,
722
kundika
bandika.
v.,
further, v.,
to, v.t.,
v.,
bangumuna,
(5),
sia
kimlaanguniuna
tot a.
Addition
buwa
ter, .,
nswangu,
4-
Address
Agreed
Adhere
tatidila.
4.
Adjective,
mbaku,
-ambote, -abiza. twe lubasa! App. it is agreed to be, v.i., kwikana then, ozevo dikwikanini.
!
see
10.
;
AGREEMENT,/?.,nkaiigu, 4 ekangu, 8.
;
lusa-
Aid
in the prosecution of
prise, v.t.,
some
enter-
yakulula.
.,
ngyaku,
&
4.
angani (Bako).
;
Advancement, ., lunungununu, 10, ad. lunungunuku, 10, pass. Advantage (profit), n., luwete, 10
mfunii,
4
;
Ailment
see
also
vwa
cerning which we can ask no questions, only be conscious that there is something wrong,
funze,
6.
2.
Aim, the
chief,
6,
n.
see
etima,
8,
&
Adverse
Advise,
(hostile), a.,
-atantu.
vaki,
App.
nsakila, 4 (Bako). ta nsakila (Bako).
5.
v.t.,
kubikila.
Alarm
cry, n.,
Advocate, ., nzonzi, 2 (Bako), nkambakani, i & 4Adze, cut with, v., vaba. Affair (business), n., nkolo, 4Affect abilities, 7/., kuvaka. Affection, intense, .,liinziototo, 10.
(mutual),
.,
Alcohol,
n.,
kindakidi,
(6).
Alike, be,
v.i.,
totama, kwenda e
bambala
nzolani,
2.
;/.,
mbana,
A.iA.,prefix.
all- is
applied
to
;
some
adjectives to
make
it
a
as
see
zanuna
noun the
pressed by
All-wise
is
ex-
After,
App. App. after this or that or awhile, adv., oku se ntu. one after the other, a,, -andaildani.
zaini,
see also za,
&
Mpungu appHed
(2).
All
in
adv., e
ndandani.
conj.,
ziwa.
Again
(in
a discourse),
ye diaka
;
see v., vutukila Kongo-Eng. App. Agitate, v.t., tumpanisa. Agitated, be, v.i., tembela. Agony, n., mviangalu (4) a iitima(4). unspeakable, .,tema (6) kia nsongo.
not at all, ke dionso (7) dia...ko it does not move at all, ke kuna dionso dia nikuka ko.
all
male-
mba-lemba.
all sorts
Allude to,
Agree
(coincide), v.,
(6),
kwenda
e ba-
Nengolo,
I.
Mpu-
mbala
totama.
ngu-ngolo,
723
Alo-Anx
Along
(4)
Already, adv., see mpasi own, App. Alter (of a palaver or language only), v.i., bindama. Alternate, v.t., swanga, swanganisa.
v.i.,
kn nkayikwa.
baika maketo
Angry,
(Bako)
2.
see also
fwama(Bako)
(Bako), App.
cries out, .,
swangana.
arrangement, ?z.,nswangani,
which one
Alternately, adv., e nswangani. Although, coftj., kana vo, kana una vo, sia ele vo, knfwila own. .ko see also ndivo, App.
.
tfttn, 6.
altiiough
took
i
it,
knfwila
own mbongele
(even
kio ko.
Animal, huge, n., evwendengele, 8. Anise (?), ., mana-nsnsn, 6. Annoy, v.t., tnntanisa, tokeka. (pester) v.t., lakama. Annoyed, be, v.t., tnntana, tokama.
much,
V.
;
when),
conj.,
mnna wan
I
see also
fwama
(Bako)
&
or
scrubbed
would not come off, yalembi kio fnsnla, kansi ke ikatnkidi ko see -lembi, p.
it,
it
322.
baka efwema (Bako), App. Annoying, a., -anangi. Anoint with oil, v.t., lengola nwika mazi (pi. 7)Answer, make no, v.i., voloka. be unable to make an, tnngama.
Ant,
driver,
;/.,
ALWAYS...-ing, be,
v.
sama (=kwa-
nsalafn, 2 (Bako).
of, n.,
ma), lakama.
white, a variety
ndanlan,
2.
;
Amass,
v.,
Amazed,
v.t.,
knz^nge-
neka.
&
utter a cry,
kiololoka
n.,
Ambassador,
;
ntnmwa,
knlnlnka. 2 nkn;
(mushroom like), vava, 6 nknkn, 2. swarm of winged (perfect) ants, nknmbi, 2 (Bako). see also vnnga sama, App. " Ants' bread," a honey-combed
nest of
cultivation of fungus
in the nests
(.'')
found
Ambush, set an, v., kangaembaki(2). Amethyst, n., ametiste, 2. Among {before a pers. pron.), vava or vovo or vana (bena, &c.);
see -ina,
of white ants, or
Ant
App.
among them, vana bena. among us, vava twina. among you, vovo nwina. Anarchy, ., ntumpa-ntnmpa,
Ancestor,
n.,
Antelope,
(Bako).
Antiphon,
4.
n.
first
to lead
with the
v.,
an ti phonal
(4)-
nkuln,
a.,
i.
song,
8.
bonga
nkunga
Ancient
to
ancient very,
-anknln-nknmbi.
And
that, conj.,
ti.,
Anger,
Anxiety
nkenene,
nlnla,
mbi,
(care), n.,
songololo, 6
;
nsnmbi-nsnmbi, 2. Innznmbu;
8)
mansuva
10
5.
Anx-As
Anxious,
be, v.,
724
zan^inika or zanga(u-)
Approve
of, v.,
ludika
lunganisa
zanganana, yela e nsumbi (2). viangalwa or zinwa or lakukwa moyo (3) or ntima (4), ntima ^rmoyo (n-) viangala
ntima.
for,
,,
a mpava. crushed with pepper and kindungu, 5. Arc, Arch, n., ngumbu, 2.
nsungi
(2)
salt,
.,
Any, see wonso & una -ina, App. Apart, adv., e kikaka (5). (aside), e kingenga (2), kuna mpe-
Ardent, be, v.i., vela-vela. Arduous, a., -afuki. Are, n., are, meta akare 100.
Arise,
v.i.,
nga
(2).
zangumuka
(never used
(separate), e
from, prep.,
by an
e
inferior in reference to a
vaudi
superior),
(of a dispute), v., [e
muna.
Apostle,
.,
mpaka
(2) zi-]
ntumwa,
('),
lekama.
6.
Apostrophe
Apparel,
.,
.,
nienie,
6.
Arm,
to
see
vwatwa,
Appear
for a
tema.
arms over the chest and clasp one's shoulders, ta nkondobela (2) (Bako), zinga
cross the
moment
(come
sun,
moon, or
muna nzingaluka
(2) a.
v.t.,
Appearance,
2,
., zizi,
nsampu,
Arouse and
App.
8.
dikumuna.
and run away,
5.
altered, ., ekitu,
Appetite (taste),
luntati, 10
n.,
kinzola-nzola,
(to one's
Arrange,
(fix),-?/.,
v.,
Application, close
;
work),
6,
n.,
sungididi,
to
Apply
one's
self closely
v.,
(one's
in
work),
sia...o
luntati (10)
muna.
together according to
size, height,
or sungididi (6). as a brake or against the surface (of something revolving), v.t. kakidila. Appoint (fix), v., sikinisa (Bako),
taka, takanisa. (set right straight), v., ludika. be arranged, as above, v., lulama.
or quality,
v.,
Arrangement
konka
(with),
;
make
an,
v.,
konkota, sikana.
appointed
to a
sila.
(tell off
dio (yo)
bakonkele
(by), a.,
v.t.,
duty,
dio yo nengandi, they arranged it with so and so. Arrogant, be (arrogate great things
to one's
self),
to a duty),
suma.
e
v.,
kumvalala,
n.,
lumbu kia
nsumbi, mbi, 2.
;
nsumbi-nsu-
6.
be
yela e swengenia or
v.t.,
nsumbi. Appropriate,
(fitting), a.,
lamuna.
-ansongi.
lumpeso, to. As for, conj., vo i, ngavo, ngavo i. as if, as though, conj., ne banza vo. as often as you (he, &c.) like, kiekiele kaka.
(725
As, continued. as soon as, a^7/., Tina...kaka
As-Att
ifiast),
ovo...kaka
as
well,
(//.)
adv.,
well,
kumosi
oyandi
he
goes
as
o-kwenda
kumosi.
as well, as well as, conj., i after the demonstrative pronoun in what-
Assistance, continued. lulumuna, lundumuna, twalakesa see K.-Eng. App. Assume the government, yala e nkuwu (2), see nkuwu, App. airs, t/., kukdndidika. (some very great work), z/./.,kuvkka,
;
vakama, vampama. become responsible for, v., yekama. Assumption, n., kuvaka, 9.
aya bekwenda, oyu i Nlemvo. As well as we who are here, aya we bought i yeto tuna vava
;
Assurance
su, 10.
(guarantee),
.,
lusikidi-
Astonishment (dumbfounded),
luzengeneko,
utter cries
of,
.,
those knives on our market, and those hoes (which you hold) as
10.
v.,
kululuka, kiolo-
tusumbidi e mbele zina vana ezandu dieto, ezo i nsengO I cannot come, for I am too busy, and these visitors have come as well, kilendi kwiza ko e kuma e salu kingi ngina kiau, ezi i zau nzenza
well,
;
loka.
Astounded, be, vd., sivika, kumba. be very, kuzengeneka {refl), zenganana, yenganana. Astray, go, v., tungiana, zieziana.
to
lead,
send,
tungianisa, ziezia.,
nisa.
ezi zizidi.
ntungianu,4.
as well as,
musungula
At
all,
adv.,
wonso
noun).
at all,
(a hill or tree), v., tota,
first,
Ascend, go up
wonso.
adv.,
kuma.
(as
vana kintete,
vana
smoke),
.,
fotomoka,
to, v.,
fita.
ntete, e ntete.
once, adv.,
Ashes, reduce
komona, bo-
mona.
Aside
(apart), adv., e kikaka (5), e kingenga (5), kuna mpenga (2), va beko (6). Ask to come, v., susumuna, vuku-
kikilu;
App.
at
once
is
reduplicated verb,
once, bonga-bonga.
take at
lula.
Askew,
a.,
adv.,
nzungu
(4).
v.t.,
sia...o
luntati
10).
n.,
;
Attachment,
kalala, 6
;
Asparagus,
nsende, 2 & 1 1 nsende-nsende, 2. Assemble, v.t., lunganisa. (of people only), vd., lungwa, kuta. (of things only), vd., kuta.
10.
Attack in force, vd., bundamena. Attempt to do something, well knowing it to be hopeless, vd., kuflanunga, fianungina. Attend [(listen) to a matter], vd.,
vivila.
Assembly, n., lukutakanu, 10. Assiduous, be, vd., see persevere,App. Assistance, n., nsadisa, 2 luambu,
;
10.
Attention, give,
v.,
v.,
teka
is
matu
(9).
;
render,
vana
luambu.
vd.^
heard, v.
withhold, in crisis,
filakesa,
pakumuna, App.
Att-Bea
726)
Bare,
a.,
Attentive, a., -anzoko-zoko. Audit, vJ., visa. Auditor, ., mpisa, 2. Authority, ., olodi, 2 (P. ordem). delegated, n., wiswa, 6 wisiswa, 6.
;
-ampenza, -ankulungunzu.
-angidinginza. seswa, 6.
evela,
8.
;
(dreary), a.,
place,
71.,
small,
n.,
Bareness,
n.,
seswa, 6
nkulungu-
(over),
kiyekwa
(kia)
;
6.
12.
vuna
ntalu
(2).
(Solongo).
to be,
/z.,
mve-
see
K.-Eng. App.
2
;
nsilu,
nsidi-
kwa,
upon,
2.
dikumuka.
Basin,
Aware,
make,
be, v.,
v.t.,
lubuka.
n.,
kila,
Basket
2.
of fan
palm
leaves, ., nteva,
(Bako)
kiavu,
'
5.
valanga,
6.
6.
Axle
''"
^^^*^' ^
need
air,
7i.,
senze,
(a
lu-
Bat
(small), n.,
mvinde,
11
&
2.
Bath, take a vapour or steam, v., bukamena e futwa (6). Bauhinia, a species of, large yellow flower, ndemba - lemba, 2
;
mundemba,
Babe, innocent, nsa (4).
;/,,
2.
wanzio
(12)
wa
B.C. (before
Christ), V.K.,
(diavita
indef.
Kristu).
Be,
to, v.,
-eka
{defective, pres.
kiswa, 5 kisedia, 5. Back to back, adv., lunima-nima. Backwards, adv., lunima-nima. Bad, be or become, v.t., yiva. very, a., -andudi (bitter). Bag, with a running string sewn into and around its neck, n., kimpodi, 5. Bale, n., mfuna, 4. Ban, n., kandu, 6; see K.-Eng. App.
?/.,
;
Babyhood,
690
& ka
wa,
&-ina, App.
who
is,
was,
etc.,
see also
-ina
all
vo, App.
Beads
full
nzimbu
(pi. 2)
za-
Beak,
Bear
interj., tewa make a, v., xia e tewa. Bank, along the, muna (&c.) nlambu a nlambu lunseka-lunseka. bank of earth, n., ekunkwa, 8.
!
Bang
to
nsodia, 2. mind, v., sia oku ntima (4). (endure) v.t., siamina. patiently, stoically, v., zozoka,
n.,
in
zizila, viyidila.
she
who
v.t.,
bore,
muti
(pi.
;
miuti),
3.
5.
Beard
Beat,
(long), n.,
papa, 6
kievo,
Baptism,
see
n.,pass.,
mvubwa,
2.
v.i.,
wulama
muna.
cruelly, severely, v.t.,
Bar,
n.,
mbmdi,
727)
Begin, continued.
begin crying,
v.,
Bea-Bet
Beat,
with,
contitiued.
seloka
dila
;/.,
(9).
first
;
thing),
mba*
(with a stick),
kwangula.
kenga.
v.,
make, kekola.
eba-
from
and
tuka kuna
esemo.
Beguile,
t/./.,
vukika.
ye ebandu.
now that), wau vo, wau kina or kinana vo, wau kadi. Beckon, v.t., labisa (Bako). Becoming, ., -ansongi.
(since,
Behave, Behind,
be
left
v.,
sikila.
adv.,
v.,
sa-
didila.
Being,
n.,
be, v.,
it is,
Belated,
2 (Kib.)
5.
;
yididilwa, bwiti-
dilwa.
basa,
Bedstead,
mbuka,
;
6 (Bako)
fine
kingembo,
also others of
.,
metalHc colour,
yunga,
Belief (creed), ft., kwikizi, 6. Believe (a person), v.t., kwikidila. see think, zaya, & nkanka, App. Believed, be (of a matter), v.i., kwikana.
cause to be,
v.t.,
Befall, z/., vaika. have befall one, v., vaikilwa. Befitting, be, v.i.^ songa.
it is,
Beloved,
one
a.,
a
4.
ntima
Bend,
v.t.,
(4).
betela kiki.
(in time), adv.^ e
specially, n.,
ntambuki,
&
Before
nkete, preceditig the predicate^ which should be in the subj. mood, a?id 07ily used where the action is not yet performed j before you sit down, tie the goat, e
e
koza.
yizika.
10.
;
down,
v.i.,
v.t.,
nko-
kuna ntu
Bereaved,
yet... not), adv.,
be, v.,
fwilwa, kala
ku
(while as
wau
;
or
of,
fwidi.
person,
una
ke...ko,
vava
ke...ko,
&
4. 6.
2.
Bereavement,
fwidi,
ntangwa
Beg
I
ko.
(beseech),
v.,
wondelela.
Beriberi (?), n., mpimbu, Beryl, n., beril, 2. Beseech, v., wondelela.
muti, 3
(pi.
Begin,
Beside, adv., see as well, App. Best, do one's very, v., babanisa, vangalela he did his best in building it, obabanisi yo tunga. Bet, ., ntela, 2.
;
Bet-Blu
Betray
into
difficulties, vJ.,
(728)
sinda-
Bitterness, continued.
of speech or feeling, ., lunkuln, 10.
lulumuna.
Black,
only of the
see
girl),
., -afio.
Betrothed
n. (used
2.
v.i.^
nzitikila,
also vaza,
feel
it
(2).
2.
Better, become,
under voza,
Blackness,
excessive,
n.,
;/.,
ndombola,
nziu, 2
;
App.
much, 7/., mona e lo (6). would be better or best to..., see wete-fiole ( 2), or wete-wete, or mpasi, App.
1
Blame,
.,
(rather),
deke, vezi.
Blend
(combine),
v.t.^
lumba.
;
kati, App,
zaua.
Beware
interj.^
makono
Bless, vd., sambula. (as God, not invoke a blessing), v. vana e nsambn (2) see saknmuna, App. Blessed, be, v., sambuka.
;
blessed one,
(12
u-)
(i)
., nsambuki, nsambu.
i,
nkwa
&
App.
Bid
Big,
(tell), v.t.,
samwina.
;
Blessing, an invocation of a, ;/., lusambu, 10 lutaulwilu, 10 lukandwilu, 10; .f^^ kandwila, App.
;
invoke,
see
utter,
pronounce,
it is
^'./.,
also
Bigger,
& utiangi, App. become, in size, 7az*., tuntuka e ntela (2). (stout, great), -atonga. (of pigs only)^ ., -antongo. Bigness (corpulence), n., tonga, 6. Bird, young, //,, nswidi, 4 (Bako).
Birth
(a being born), n.,
one
ebaya dimosi
kika
kiau ekulu.
Block
the view,
7/./.,
meso
(Pl- 7).
from his
birth,
nkakidiswa, 2. App.
in by, be,
7^.,
Blocked
z/.,
bambamena.
tuka diandi.
(a
Blow
(a fire)
7/.Z.,
lemona, lemuna.
along,
out (distend),
8.
tuva, tividika.
the wind),
7/./.,
Birthright,
Bishop,
liiT, .,
.,
over or
6.
down
(of
vitumuna.
;
vasina, 6
little, .,
bela, 6
tente,
2.
up
the
(as
least
nsunungina,
fula.
(slice), ., sele, 6.
manner
in
Bite,
za,
off
a large piece,
a.,
vwengo-
mona, vwengona.
Bitter, excessively,
kiolo, adv.
e kiokiolo, e
struck, ., ewanda, 8. Blunt, ., -ambufu-bufu. Bluntness, ;/., bufu-bufu, 12. Bluster (in speech), 7/., vulumukina.
Bitterness,
.,
nlula,
2.
4.
t/./.,
excessive, ., nkio,
pekomoka, vekomoka.
; ;
729
Boa-Bri
(of a tree only),
.,
Boast, n., lusanu, 10. Boasting, habit of, n., esemba, 8. Body, dead (of an animal), n., fwila, 6. Bogie, n., kakungu, 9 ngobodi, 2. Boil, v., fukusa (Bako), bila (Bake).
;
Branch
ta,
(Bako).
small, kola,
6.
branch out a second time {i.e. to put out a branch from a branch), t/.,
tekola.
to pieces, vJ.,
v.i.,
bombomona. bombomoka.
kabuka.
;
Bold,
be, v.,
Boldly
ka
Bread,
(3)
a kiakala
(5).
;/.,
the chief,
kwa
Break
in
mfumu.
Boldness,
n.,
(check),
mu,
Bolt
12
unkabu, 12 nkabu, 2.
ungya-
a law,
n.,
nkakilwa, bangula e
fight), v.,
2.
nkuwu
(2)
j^^nkuwii,App.
out (of a free
;
(bar), n.,
Bond
(covenant),
[nkindu
(2)
nka-
ngu,
(tie), n.,
4.
kangwa,
v.t.,
duduna,
uwayi,
bayi,
a.,
12.
a vow,
2
v.,
fumba
App.
e ndofi
(2).
Border
Bored,
of a
cloth,
.,
(P.
Breakfast,
take, v.,
mina
e ete (S)
bainha).
in
see ete,
many
v.,
places,
-azoko-
zoko.
be (wearied),
sukwa
moyo
(3)
tantwa
mpasi
(2 pi.).
Breathe
(3)
into, v.t.,
v.,
fulumwina.
kuma
mongo
mumbidi,
3 (Solongo).
Borne by many,
difficulty, n.,
a.,
dima. -ansompa.
.,
& 4.
luamba, 10. Boulder, ., ngengele (2) a etadi. Boundary, n., mwingilu, 3 nke;
ndelo, 2
nsilu, 4
luiku,
10.
2.
Bounds
of moderation,
v.t.,
.,
ngingu,
Bow
down,
yizika.
8
see
Bridegroom,
;
.,
K.-Eng. App.
(8).
5.
(so-called
mona
5
mafula
;
Bowl,
Boy,
.,
lumpinu, 10
kila,
.,
kiusi,
(Bako).
Bridesmaid,
Brief,
.,
;
n.,
ndumbizi,
2.
Briefly
it
mbo
(Solongo).
was arranged
kana mengi,
Bri-But
730)
Bundle, Burden,
efunda, 8. enatn, 8 zitu, Burial, ., zikwa, 6. Burn, v.t., yisa (Bako). fiercely, v.i., lekoka.
.,
.,
;
Briefly, continued. vuya aka, dikubamene vo; see also story, App.
6.
Bright
(giving light),
-antemo.
be very,
dazzling,
v.i.,
kengomoka.
up, to
ashes,
v.,
bomona, fumfula,
Brightness,
., elezi-lezi, 8.
v.i.,
fumpula.
., sezi, pi. 6.
bomoka, boma.
roar,
t/./.,
mpu
(2).
Bring up
or up from tumbulula. to perfection, see perfect, App. up again (some old affair), 2/./., ziotola, not tcsed of or to one^s
to the surface
%>.,
vika. kitima. Burning fiercely, a., -anyuyi. be burning to (anxious), 7/., viangaIwa or zinwa moyo (3) or
(set fire to), v.t.,
up with a
the dead,
ntima
(longing)
(3)
;
(4)
moyo or ntima
lakukwa
(u-)
viangala or zina.
7/.,
moyo
see
K.-Eng. App.
betters;
(foster),
yangumuna.
Briophyllum
(Bako).
Burnt, be (consumed by fire), z'.z., ya (Bako). up to ashes, be, t/.z., bomoka,boma. Burrow, n., nduzu, 4-
10 (Bako)
luyukia-yukia, 10
Bush
(jungle), .,
to,
7/.,
mfuta,
4.
relapse
futa.
profession),
n.,
Broken
Brokerage,
mbata,
n.,
wesomoka. mboko, 2.
;
Brother
sex only),
(something to be attended to), nkolo, 4. (work in one's profession), mfunu, 4 he brought them a good deal
of business,
swelling),
v.t.,
mfunu wingi
;
ka-
batwasidi.
pressure
of,
Brushwood,
nziezie, 4
10
;
nkunku, 2 (Bako). Brute, brutal fellow, n., mbangadi, I & 4 mbangazi, i & 4
nganzu, 2
;
lunzumbulu,
busy,
nzieta, 4 am very
;
nziezie
.,
wingi
;
ngina
K.-Eng.
wan.
one's
first,
bangazi,
6.
vaki, 6
4.
see
Bubble
fluids),
v.,
App.
pressure
of,
bwadinga. Build, n., kanda, 12 they are both of the same build, yau ewole kanda umosi the build of one who comes early to maturity,
;
nziezie,
Bustard, n., nkunda-ngongo, 2. Bustle (rush), ?z., ngungula-ngungula, 2. Busy, be very, 7/./., zuwana.
kanda wa mvudi
VTilu-vulu
(6).
(4)
or
wa
2
Busybody,
.,
nyakami,
&
4.
Building
Bulky,
be,
material,
.,
ntungu,
{sing, otily).
v.i.,
yilalala.
kaka
I
render,
Bump
do not as you
.,
like,
but as
only).
like,
fungu-
dia, 6.
731
But-Cas
(in
But, continued.
(except), see
Capital
trade),
6.
.,
lusalu,
10
kuta,
in slaves, w.,
kuta,
6,
i
Butcher,
Buttress, Iwa,
.,
.,
mwekwa,
;
nsiku2.
2 (Bako)
nsiamu,
kutula.
& 4 muntu
;
Buy
up,
(a slave only),
z/./.,
z/./.,
Care
nkaa-
(anxiety), ., songololo, 6.
kita.
jackal),
(business),
lunzumbulu,
.,
10.
white-breasted,
nkodi
(2)
nkwata.
By
sunga-sunga, 6. done without any attempt at care, a., -afwatiku -fwatiku. be full of care, v.i., zumbuluka. of, take good, v., kenga, keya. (look after something alive or lunga-lunja, movable), v.^ yenga-yenga. Careful (against), be very, v., ku(concern),
Cage,
., see
nkulubu, App.
(the true),
^/.,
kenka
ngongo
4.
\refl.
(muna)].
Calabar bean
(2)
antela.
8.
Careless, a., -ankwalu. manner, in a, adv., nkwalu. which involves great loss, ., nsoki see K.-Eng. (4) a mbwanzi (2) App.
;
muna
ki-
(2)
(Bako).
to
(blundering), n., nsansansalu, 2 see sansala. Cargo, n., enatu, 8. Carpenter, ., mbangu (2) a nti (4).
;
Carelessness
Carried on
v.,
industriously,
be,
v.i.,
(something
be
brought),
liniziana.
bokelesa. (name), v., yika. out (to a duty), v., suma. over (names, items, &c.), tangu-
Carry away
&c.), v.,
(as
flood,
crowd,
twalakesa, kukumuna,
v.t.,
vitumuna.
(an infant) in a sling,
zembeka.
muna.
out loudly,
v.,
kaluluka.
upon upon
upon,
on industriously, v.t., finizieka. on the head without holding, nata e ntentela (2).
wo-
wombesa.
ndelela.
make a
(visit), v.,
kangadila.
something very heavy, v., kaba. take up and carry away at once, v.t.,
kikula.
Calm, be, 7/., vuvama. Camel, ., samo (Fr. chameau). Camcensia maxima (bot.), ., mfundangavu, 4-
Carte blanche,
misa
have, vd,,
{i-efi).
allow,
v.t.,
kuta-
kutamina
{refl^.
Camp
(regular resting-place
vellers), .,
for
tra-
Carve
Case
to
(sculpture), vJ.,
sema.
eboko,
8.
Candle, ., nkengwa, 2. Cannibal, ., mundia-wantu, 3. Canoe, ., bwatu (Bako, pi. matu), 13. Cape (headland), ., nkonko, 2 (Solongo),
in case that,
or in case of
(lest), cotij.^
-nkwa.
(if
perhaps),
;
ekunkwa,
8.
vo
see
-nkwa, App.
Cas-Cha
'
132
Casing, ., ngumbu, 2. permanent, of leather, &c.,.,kasu, 6. Cassava leaves, and a dish prepared from them, ., nsaki, 2. small field of, ., ntembelela, 2. Cassia fistula, ?i., nsazu, 4. Cast (into an abyss), v.t., nengona. one's self upon one's face, v.^ bukalala.
Ceaseless, ., -ankwamu. Ceaselessness, ., kwaminini, 6. Cell, ., see esangala, 8, App. Censure, v., semba. ., lusembo, 10. Centi- (metre, &c.)= x 100, senti(meta,
etc.).
Castrate, Cat-fish
v.t.,
nwata
(Bako).
(siluroid),
long-headed
;
Centime, ., sentime, 2. Centipede, mwalala, 3. Centre, n., ndunda, 2 the centre of the town, ndunda a evata.
,
;
dole, 6.
the very,
line
(of
n.,
ediongi,
8.
Catch
(seize), v.t,, yimba. and carry away, v., kukula. by cunning or treachery, v.t.^
river,
n.,
munga-
nga,
lo-
wela.
v.i.^ kankalakana, konkalakana. catch hold of, v.t., kwata, dima. in great numbers (of fish), v., fu-
Ceremonious, a., -afuka. Ceremony, ft., fuka, 6. perform a, v., vanga e fuka.
Certain, be ko he
;
(not
is
fail),
v.,
ke lembi
mbi kwenda
it is
muna.
in
yamu
(of),
z/.,
vumbula
(pi. 6).
ludi.
(evident), see also laya,
(muna).
sight
of,
App.
7/./.,mona e kelezi
a certain,
a.,
up
(of
up
in one's
(13).
yaka
v.t.,
zunu
kokeka.
(with a
hook or
be, get,
snare),
form, and prefixed with the article of its class-, a certain man, muntu omosi. Certainly (by all means), adv., kiau tu nki. (surely), j^^ mpandi & lembwa, App.
Cattle,
;z.,twezi, 6 (Bako).
Certainty,
baika
10.
n.,
ziku, 6
lusikidisu,
facts),
n.,
Caught,
become,
vd.,
(sure
knowledge of the
6.
;
visa,
somehow,
sprung,
v.,
and
fwa
cannot fumbi, 6.
be
e
be caught sight
kelezi
of, v.i.,
moneka
;
Certificate, ., visa, 6 lusikidisu,6. Certify (formally), v.t., visa; see K.-Eng. App.
(pi. 6).
;
Chafe
ebandu, 8
8.
(soreness),
n.,
n.,
5
nlamu,
;
4.
Cause,
n.,
bila, 6
8
;
eya-
Chaff,
v.,
kieya,
(Bako).
(Bako)
bietula,
ndu,
elonda,
pi. 5
kiaki {with the appl. form), e bila ye ebandu. (origin), n., ntondo, 2. Cautious, be very (against), 7/., kufor this, e bila
Chain
kingoyongo,
kenka
[re/l.,
(muna)].
;
Cave, ., nzimba, 2 nduka, 4. Cavity, n., see esangala, 8, App. great, kompodia, 6, wompodia, Cease, z/., voza.
6.
733
Cha-Chu
(brake),
.,
Challenge,
gun
continued.
Check
(4)
nkakilwa,
2.
fired as, .,
nzongO
zumbi,
a 8U-
7A,
kakila, kakidila.
.,
6.
2/.,
kala yo
Check, v.t., ningika, kindika. Cheek, a swollen, ;z., eyititi, 8. Chewed refuse, ., nkamvi, 4. Chicken, little, ., susubwila, 6
kinsusubwila, Child, ., lezi, 6.
little,
5.
kala ye ntangwa
e
baka
(2).
ntangwa, vwa
nzila
give
a,
7/.,
bala-bala, 6
5
(Bako)
;
ki-
rn wana-mwana,
kingyana-
Change
(alteration), ., ekitu, 8.
ngyana,
5.
kitumuna.
n.^
.,
mwana
;
appearance),
soba-SOba,
2.
6.
a toko
(6).
(of food), .,
mbingu,
only begotten,
v.i.,
k(of
bindama.
,
n., kialati, 5 this is only child, kialati kiame kiki; these are the only two
my
ntima(4). or opinion, &c., v.i vilula. CHANGED, be (for the bad), in opinion, character, & heart, t/.z., biondo-
children
have had,
eyayi
yalati yame. {If there were others^ but they are dead, this word cannot be used.)
yau ayole
6.
Chapter (in a book), ekono, 8. Charge not to, to, 7/., kanikina.
(before judges),
z/.,
Chilliness, n.., ezizima, 8. Chilly, ., -ezizima. Chin, n., zevo, 6 (Bako). Chip, ., vasina, 6. Choice, allow free, t/., kutamisa.
Choose
(select), 7/,/,
dimbuna,
ta.
funda.
Chord
(5)
(load), ., zitu, 6.
of,
place
in, v.,
sia e
kiyekwa
of,
luenze,
sengele,
10.
6.
2.
person
?r
care), v.,
ngandu,
8.
mi, evula,
do, koka-titi, 6.
Chase
.,
(those
fleeing
in
war),
Chorus
Chasm
elongi,
8.
or choral answer in antiphonal song, ?z., nyaku, 4. to sing, 7/., yakulula, yakula. Christian, ., Nkristu, i. a., -ankristu.
see ziku,
App.
Chatterbox, ., nkwa (i) lungwedi (10), lumbwambokoso, 10. Cheap, be, v., fwika (Bako), fika.
Christianity, n., kikristu, 5. Chronicles, /z., lusansu, 10. Chrysalis, ., kintekwa, 5 (Bako)
kinketa,
5
(Bako).
z/.z.,
teka
nga-
2.
;
Church
(building), .,
(2)
esambilu, 8
tekela e ngangu.
nzo
a Nzambi.
; ;
Chu-Clo
Church,
continued.
C734
Clear,
be,
v.i.,
kia.
Churlishness, nkumfu,
n.,
nkumfu,
lu-
make, v.t, kiesa. be (as crystal), v.i., yedima. be (manifest), t/.z., senzama. make, v.t., senzeka.
off, v.i.^
10,
vula.
Cinnamon,
nelle).
?/.,
some one
;
to pass).
Circle, n., zongolo, 6 nkongolozi, 2. Circuitous, be, v.i., viongoloka, viotakana, viondoloka, kondoloka, zieta. Circumcise, v.t., yotesa. Circumcised, be, v.i., yota. Circumcision, ., usewa, 12. Circumspect, be, v., kukenka {refl). Civilization, n., see ngwizani, 2, App.
;
sila e nzila (2) why did you not clear the road for me 1 adieyi
olembele kunsidila e
the throat,
v.,
nzila.
kekomona.
ditomene
kusenga.
it
is
quite
ludi.
clear,
diambu yamu
Clamour,
.,
miangu.,
Clearing, make a good wide, vj.. venzomona. Clearly, clearly evidenced, adv.^ e
pwa-meso
visible, adv., e
(in
(6).
Clan, ., ezimi, 8. Clang, ., tietiekele, pi. 6. Clanging, a., -angenge. Clanship, ., uzimi, 12. Clap the hands before beginning
speak,
(of the
v.,
kimona-meso.
vana mpe-
to
kamika
totola.
.,
luenga, luengoloka.
I
efufu,
clap thus,
prise),
&
;
4.
;
v.,
bunda
vuba
;
e efufu.
or sur-
he clapped
Cleverness, n., lue, pi. 6 luenga, 9 ndwenga, pi. 2 diela, 7. Click iuterj., kwaka twe
;
!
his
hands with
lukofi.
surprise, OVUbi-
Climb,
v.t.,
kuma,
tota.
di
Clapping (noise), ??., toto, 6. Clasp the hands over the head, t/., ta kintanda (Bako), zinga e kintanda (5). Class (of men or society), .,nzangi, 2. Clay, pottery, n., luwumba, 10.
mixture of clay with palm- wine, see
Clod, ., ebwengelekete, 8. Close together, adv., e kimfini (5). up (as a wound), v., vinduka. Closeness, n., kimfinangani, 5
;
Clean,
mfinangani, 2 mfini, 2. (stuffiness), n., ndnkutila, 2. Cloth, see also ndembi-nona, App. of fine texture, n., nlaya, 4. house or duster, ., evuya, 8. loin cloth, having a fringe on its
lower edge, n., pamba, 6. old or rough to wear at one's work,
n.,
koka,
6.
kusuna.
Cleaning
velvet
brocade
(native
cloth)
as
.,
(735
CLO-COKf
continued.
Clo TH,
co7itinued.
.,
Come,
2 (P.
white baft,
mpanu,
panno). lenga, 6.
(of
sunshine after
dulness),
v.^
it
was
ezalu,
8.
Clothing, n., vwatwa, 6. Cluu, (kill with a club), v.t., T)ola. Clumsy, ., -ansansansalu. Cluster (group), ., ekutu, 8 ekutukutu, 8 ekuti, 8 kuti-kuti,6. Clutch, v.t., fiantikina. Coalesce, v.i., vukana. Coat, ?/., ekutuwa, 8.
;
kula
diambu
(7).
7/.,
to the surface,
up again,
tongO-
moka, tnmbuluka.
to one's senses or
self, 7/., vunguka, vungukilwa, kumona, kuzaya.
to
the
surface of
the earth,
v.i.^
Coco yam (Taro, Colocasea ?), mvindi (4) a elanga ('8), mvindi mia malanga).
Cogitate, v., lamba, dikula. Coil (of ntaku wire), ., sasa, 6. Coincide, 7/.,kweiida e bambala
.,
(pi.
bangumuka.
together (of persons only),
7/./.,
lu-
ngwa.
violently (of
wind or
rain),
t/.z*.,
vi-
kuka.
(6).
v.^
Cold
rt.,
(chilliness),
pi. 6.
ezizima, 8
todi,
vinduka.
Comfort
(peace of mind),
;
?z.,
lufi-
fiauzi, 12.
meal,
2.
sense
of,
.,
tolola.
Comforter
mind),
;
(restorer
n.,
Command,
also
Colour,
lose,
n.^ see
nziu
.,
&
lo,
App.
kanikina.
Yi^2b,/cllowed by
its object^
7/.Z.,
seboka, pukuka.
matter,
(tell to),
pi. 6.
Colouring
dima,
otherwise
.,
vova must
be used in-
Column
(of
cloud
5.
or
8.
smoke),
stead.
kintungila,
(pillar), .,
elunzi,
(row),
;/.,
nlonga,
4.
v.t.,
;
Come
first
thing), n.,
2.
ngyatiku,
sanisa.
to one's charge,
yekeka.
.,
^^Hn crowds, v.i., nietoka, niotoka. ^^Bi a great crowd, v.i.^ buka. ^^ito one's mind or head, yimamuna
Commission mbata,
(fee),
2.
mboko,
in,
7/.,
Common, have
or possess
2.
le-
^^B
ntima
(4).
j^^Bave come
yimwa
kibeni
see also
muna
into view,
ntima.
seloka.
7/.,
mpasi, App.
v.i.,
Commotion,
tomboloka.
z/.z.,
.,
pita-pita,
pi. 6.
out (of
new
leaves),
(of sun,
moon and
stars),
se-
loka.
(of the stars), v.,
deka.
COM-CON
COMMUNION, COMMUNITY,
Companion,
(736)
^^^^^^i
5.
J
)
ki-
Conclude,
I
continued.
;
ntwadi,
.,
mpwa,
(Bako)
see
under yefula.
a, v.t,,
?:'./.,
come
to a,
solola.
kinkwa,
5
;
(end), ., nsilu, 4-
unkwa,
ntwadi,
(on the way),
12
12.
kintwadi,
u-
Concord, t/., wawaiia. ., ngwawani, 2. Conduct, by force, ?/./., Cone, n.^ ekunkwa, 8.
filakesa.
as
a,
adv.^ e kibale.
nkangalu,
v.t.,
4.
Confide, t/.z., fiata (P. confiar). Confidence, n.., vuvu, 6 lufiatu, see also nka10 (P. confiar) nka, App.
;
;
Compare
together,
tezanisa,
of,
baseless,
kiememe,
v.,
5.
fwaninika.
Comparison, standard
nonga,
nonga.
6.
v.^
nonga-
make a comparison,
Compel,
?/.,
sia e nonga-
bunda e vuvu (6). mutual, bundana e vuvu. Conflagration, a great, ??., nkitimu, 4place, impose,
Conform
(6)
to,
z/.,
kala
fwani-fwani
nwengena.
to, z/.A,
ye.
_
Complain
App.
yidimina.
see
to
2,
new
conditions,
minuka.
Complaisancy,
.,
ngemba,
Complete
v.t.,
kunkuka,
vangama.
kunkula.
(of term, quantity), n.^
4-
Confusion,
in,
n.,
vwangalakesa. evwanga, 8
;
ntia-
Completion
mpioto,
2.
nlungu,
rush along
&c.), v.^
vindana.
n.,
Compose
(a speech, poetry,
Ekongo
dia-
yinda.
Composed
bwa.
(calm), be,
ntima
(4,
u-)
Congratulate, v., lufiaulwisu, 10 vana lukofi, 10. Congratulation, n., lukofi, 10. Conjunction (^r^w.),.,kangilwa, 6. Conquer, v.L, tufakesa. Conquered, be, v.i., tufakana.
;
was
under compulsion,
yasilu.
ku mfunka
Conscience, ., ntona, pi. 2. Consciousness, recover, 7/., vunguka, vungukilwa, kumona, kuzaya.
Concave,
to be,
v.i.,
kompoka, ko-
foka,
vompoka.
Consider
carefully,
v.,
lamba,
other,
di-
kula, vimpita.
?y.,
Concern
(anxious),
.,
sunga-su-
fiauzi, 12
lu-
10.
fiauku,
10.
Conclude,
z/./.,
fula.
Console,
7/./.,
wondeleka.
737
CON-COR
f: Constant,
a.,
-ankwamu.
(unremitting),
t/./.,
be constant in
iinizieka.
Conversant, be well, t/., via, via e mpila (2), biluka. Converse with, v.i.^ yambila yo
(Bako).
Constantly,
be, ta,
w.,
sama, lakama.
2.
Constipation,
mfinga,
Construct
Consult,
(of
many
materials), vJ.,
tudika.
r/.z'.,
(10)
lua
vetama
;
(lay
their
vilula
ntima.
be, v.,
Converted,
vilnkwa
(Bako).
t/.z.,
Cook
be
sufficiently,
?/./.,
and
then,
baveta-
Cooked,
be,
t/.z.,
ya
mene bavumbukidi.
Contain, v. Kongos do not say what a thing contains^ but rather where the things are, or what things are in it this case contains nails, e nkele yayi nsonso zina mo.
\
Cooking, cleverness
velezieka, 6. make such dishes,
7/.,
velezieka^
Contempt,
.,
lutunu, 10 (Bako)
;
luvezo, 10
lutialu, 10.
Copper, ., ngambaka, 2. Copulate, v., zoma. (of animals), v., vukula. Copy, v.t., tanginina, tangununa.
to
Contentment,
fiauzi, 12.
;/.,
lufiauku,
10
Contentious
a
fellow, .,
(2).
nganga
(2)
mpaka
Continually, to... (do, &c.), v., lakama, sama; olakamene kwenda, he went continually.
Cord,
n.,
mfumvu,
palm
2.
Continue
doggedly,
to follow,
7/./.,
landidila,
plaited (of
frondlets, &c.),
;z..
lakama.
v.i.,
dokalala, finizieka.
t/.z.,
long at
(a place),
zingila.
Core
kingudi,
(pi.
5,
Corn, very
soft green, .,
.,
ntwenia,
6)
4.
(grain generally),
ma
ya
v.t.,
kanga
ekangu.
4.
Contradict (deny), v.t., vakula nkalu (4). Contrary, be (of the wind), v.
vakika.
of a sheet, &c.,
[e
nsambu,
2.
Corpse,
n., see
deceased, App.
tembwa
act
(6) ki-]
tala.
contrary to advice,
kuzuka
malongi (pi. 8). Contribute, t/., kuba. Contribution, ., ekau, 8. Control, beyond all, a., -atununu. be, v.i., tununuka.
proper,
.,
mpila
pattern or
gauge,
(in
a.,
-anongastyle,
nonga.
tlTUU, 6
v.,
be well under,
lutunu, tuna.
;
10.
Correctness
Corrugation,
manner,
.,
speech, &c.),
kosi,
6.
a, n.,
e lo
(6).
Cor-Cro
Corrupt,
se couHttued.
(4)
738
Craft,
n.,
ekondeka,
7.
ekoneka, 8
mbi
of persons or bi (12)
diela,
of things; yivisa.
Craftily,
-anwodi.
act,z/.,
teka
;/.,
ngangu
2.
(2).
Corruptible
(perishing),^.,
Craftsman,
Crag, a
a good,
n.,
mfuzi,
be, v., wolakana. Corruption, n.^ uwolezia, 12. Cost (altogether), v., kota muna;
beetling,
lunengananu,
after
sitting
9.
10.
Cramp and
stiffness
;/.,
a
in
long while,
a
forest, n.,
for, n.,
suka-suka,
4.
muna
?/.,
Craving
mad,
kinzola-nzola,
;
5^
eketo, 8
Count
carelessly, v.t,
at
by turning up samba.
diau.
v.,
shapeless
some
n., n.,
Countenance,
., zizi, 6.
Creation,
esemo,
Country
the whole,
(a
town),
evinza,
n.,
8.
malongo,
;
pi.
Credit
;
e kipodi,
see
trust,
Courage, .,Tinkabu, 12 ungyamu, 12 nkabu, 2. Courageous, be, v., kabuka. Court, before an open, adv., ova
etenda-nkongolo.
(of a king),
App.
Creed, Creek,
n.,
n.,
kwikizi,
6.
mwidila,
3 (Bako)
nsu-
lu, 4.
open
a, see
lelelwa,
6,
Creeper, thorny, n., ewole, 8 ewele, 8. Cretonne, any cloth of floral design
;
in
many
8.
Crew
4.
of a ship, one
mumpa-
2.
and
the latter in
kinzenze,
5.
Crime, be
(4).
nata
(2).
nkanu
and
with
close together, to
avoid confusion
capital,
nata e mpanda
a terrible crime which can never be atoned for, n., mungadu, 3 (P. ?
kanga
ekangu,
peccado
.?)
nkangu, 4. Cover, n., fukwa, 6. imperfectly, v., see vunga, App. Covering, outer, n., ngumbu, 2. Crack ijtterj., balanganza kwaka twe
!
very great, see ngungu, App. Crisp, be hard and, v.i., balalala.
make,
v.t.,
badidika.
viotakana,
zu-
ngumuka.
(as a road, fence, &c.), a.,
mouth, ndu-
ngununa,
in the lip, n.,
2.
make,
nsivu-sivu, 2. between the fingers or toes, ., nsingu (2) a nzi (2). Cracking of twigs by an animal in
in the skin
Crookedness (of disposition), ., nkumfu, 4 see also nya, App. Crop, n., nkumbu, 4.
;
the
*'
bush,"
., tie-tie, 6.
Cross
kambika.
(739)
Cross-examine, v., kunka. Cross-eyed, make, v.t., vididika o
rneso
be,
(pi. 7)-
Cro-Cut
Cry, continued.
out aloud in song,
v.,
yengoloka.
meso (ma-)
vilalala.
Cross-piece or line, ., nkayikwa, Cross- WISE, adv., ku nkayikwa. Crow, v.i., kuba.
Cube,
Crowd
around
(throng)
about
(one),
z/.A,
zadila.
(of a great crowd),
7/./.,
fi-
neka, 8 (generally pi.) diela, 7. false, which fails entirely in its pur;
pose,
v.t.,
7/./.,
;
;/.,
ngangu
(2)
zezala
(Z)
jS.tamena.
longomoka.
8.
12.
a great, ., bidi, 6
ebidi,
mob), ekutu,
8
;
ekutu-kutu,
ekuti, 8
kuti-
elundilu,
8.
something),
ko-
together, go,
.,
Crown,
Currency, n., nzimbu, 2. The oldest currency we can hear of was a mat of palm-fibre cloth. lusambu (n & 2), 6x1 inch. generally made up in bundles of 10. They still linger in use to the north of Matadi. They were replaced about 1830 by red glass olive beads, mbembe, 2, which
nzimbu,
prevail.
3.
2,
dinga,
6,
which
.,
still
Current,
Curse,
n.,
strong,
mwalu,
;
nlaza, 4 (Bako) ndaza, 2 see sibu, 6, & kandu, 6, App. Cursed (infamous), ., -asungu.
Crush,
v.t.,
tufakesa.
Curvature, amount
of,
.,enunga,
3.
8.
Curve
(winding),
n.,
mongola,
the knee
Cushion
to support
.,
when
2
and make a mess, v.t., tufuna. into pulp, v.t., nianzuna, niasnna.
squatting,
;
nsikinwa,
Crushed
with
.,
nkiku,
;
4.
vaki,
6.
boko,
to, v.,
v.t.,
6.
Customary,
dila
(9).
a.,
kibeni
customary
12.
begin
seloka
loka.
loudly,
Customs
t^toll),
.,
vaku,
(with
v.t.,
noise), 7/.z.,vodiana,
Cut
at,
make a
fell),
sword
or
large knife),
saka.
kaluluka.
(hew,
viva.
Cut-Dea
Cut, continued.
740
Dark,
continued.
or small pieces (of cassava only), a., -awele-wele. make a small cut, venzona.
in short
vasnna.
off (trim),
kumpa, kumpika.
ku-] lakama or (ku-) bwitaor bwitalala bubalala. be in the dark about (a matter), z/.z., yididilwa. in the (concerning a matter), oku
;
of
bubidi
(6).
nguna.
(surgically), v., see seola,
App,
5.
made
in the opera-
Darken, v.t.., bwitidika. Darkened, be, z/.z., bwitalala. Darkening, a, ;z,, ndombola, 2. Darkness (blackness), /z., ndombola, 2.
hair, v.y
deka
7/./.,
nsuki
(2).
(mental or actual),
(obscurity),
n.,
.,
bubidi,
-
6.
lumvungia
precious
mvu-
zuna.
(8).
ngia,
10.
Darling,
rt.,
71.
(very
;
thing),
7.
knmpa, kumpika.
t^./.,
up up
(a carcase of meat),
teta.
Dash
(bound)
7/./.,
at, v.t.,
vulumukina.
z/.z.,
&c., kela.
against,
2.
wula muna.
be,
(wound),
.
.,
ndwadi,
Dashed
against,
wulama
n., se, 6.
muna. Daughter, .,
(i)
see
wuta, App.
?z.,
daughter or son-in-law,
mwana
2
;
nkie-
Dabble
(as
a duck
in the
mud), vJ.,
wunzulula.
adv.,
oku kukwi-
Dance, a pause and change in a, ;?., ekuma, 8. Danger, n., sumbu (Bako), 6 vonza,
;
upon which
no market,
lenga, 6
vangu,
6.
lumbu
e
(6)
be
in, v.,
sumbuka
(Bako),
mona
Dare
-avangu, -alenga, -avonza. to, v., kabuka (followed by the infinitive noun) dares he to enter in ? nga kabuka keka;
Daylight, ;z., Dazzling, a., e sezi {adv.). Deacon, zz., selo, 6. Dead, be quite, v., fumbuka.
cold and, vola.
(a
euphemism), budika.
from
all
buka
not to dare
.
.
kota
to, v.,
the,
-z/.z.,
futumuka
who
(Bako).
ke
vwa OWU wa
Deaf,
to
see also
pupu, App.
is,
?z.,
;
ko,
;
subj.
arguments, one
to mention,
vwidi OWU kanikuna ko. he ventured z/., kabula to go and tell it to the chief, wele dio kabula kwa mfumu.
;
pukidi-matu, 6
mosi ye. Death, the cause of, zz., lufwa, 10. sudden, zz., lufwa (10^ luakanku
ntintu,
4.
Dark
grow, or be,
z/.,
[kuma
(9)
741
Dea-Dep
continued.
of,
;/.,
Death,
continued.
;/.,
Defence,
6.
violent,
sungu,
speech in defence
vovelo,
6.
Debauch,
Deca-
mvunda, 4.
;
mvunda a dia.
x 10
(metre,
<S:c.)
deka-
Defend, v.t., kangula. Defer, v.t., vengekela. the day (&c. ), lambula e lumbu (&c. ).
Deficit, S Defile, v.t., safula, bolola.
;
(nieta, &c.).
Decant, z/./., longolola. Decayed, something, n.^ wolezia, 6. Deceased, the, ., it is not proper to
mention the name of one recently dead, atidto avoid it the following are used: mpasi, 2 (the trouble) ; ezina, 8 (the name), ist class nouns, treated as
'
'
Defilement, n., nsafu, 4 esafu, 8. Define (explain), v.t., sasuna. Deflower, v., tetela. Defraud, v.t., tekela e ngangu (2). Degrade, v.t., see bolola, App.
kunkula. no small degree, ke -andwelo, ke vevi ko. Dejection of spirits, ;/., zowalala, 9. Delay, v.t., kindika, ningika.
(of persons only),
mpasi,
ezina
4.
(0 'zina)
also
Degree,
in
mfu
(Bako),
Deceit, ., luvunginiku, 10; luvuki, 10. Deceitfully, act, v.i., teka e nga-
ngu
(2).
Deceitfulness, n., umpuki, 12. Deceive, v,t., vukika, vunginika. Deceived, be, v., vukama, vunganana.
pi.
ezi-
is
very, n.,
Deception
&c.).
(feigning) .,kuviiiiina,9.
Deci- (metre,
&:c.)=to
to
desi-(nieta,
Deliver
Decide (come
ntima
(4).
decision),
v.,
yambukwa
a case in court (" find
moyo
"), v.t.,
(3)
or
(protect), v., kankana. Deliverer, n., kangi, 6. Delude, v., vukika, vunginika. Deluded, be, v., vukama, vunga-
nana.
solola.
Demanded
to a, v.,
of one, to have it, v., zolelwa it was demanded of him by the chief, i kazolelwa
;
2.
kwa mfumu.
App.
mpiku,
2,
Demijohn,
small, n.,
nzanda,
v.,
4.
Declare
officially, v.,
a.,
teleka.
Decomposing,
Decrease
Decreased, a., Deed, ., evangu, 8. Deface, v., bandula. Defect, ., twangu, 6. Defence, make a (by concocting some excuse), v., vala mabu-
sia e ye-
Deny,
far
v.,
vakula
v.i.,
nkalu
(4).
vekomoka.
Depend (upon), v., sia e fika (6) ye kamba (6) muna, sia or bunda e vuvu (6).
Dependable,
a.,
ngwa
prepare
a,
(pi. 8)
or e
mpiku
(2).
-afika ye
kamba,
lamba
mabungwa
or
e mpiku. make a defence (in a court), v., songa e y electa (pi. 5), lit. to show the
Depose,
v.t.,
kunkula.
Depress (the spirits), v., zoweleka. Depressed in spirits, be, z/., zowalala.
true facts.
Dep-Dig
742
Depression of spirits, n.^ zowalala, 9. Derange, v., vwalangasa (Bako). Derangement, n., mpioto, 2 mpi;
Determined
(to),
be very,
v., sift
1
tiku-mpitiku, aku, 4-
ntiaku-nti2 {si7ig.
bilungi, 2 (Angola.?)
see
Descendants,
only).
.,
mbongo,
also nkadi,
A pp.
nkanka, App.
piantula.
v.t.,
Devotedness,
v.i.,
., see
Deserve,
Desire,
.,
fwanukina,
2.
fwa-
Devour
greedily,
nukwa.
nzola,
earnestly, intensely,
v.,
lekokelwa
Diadem, n., kolowa, 2 (P. coroa). Diarrhcea, severe, n., nsi^nene, 2. Die, v. Can euphemism used of
great people),
yekama
nima
ac-
a kiandu.
natural death (of one's
cord), not
own
v.,
by
violence,
ku-
(for
something, longing),
10
;
n.,
luema,
;
evelema,
/?.,
8.
(after), intense,
elemena, 8 (dia)
;
singa.
v.,
eketo, 8 (dia)
nlekoko
;
(4)
suddenly,
kankuka.
luswaswanu,
to
a moyo
(3)
of one's heart,
11.,
baba, 6. etima, 8
Difference
nsi
(8).
(2)
the, n.,
they
the
a ntima
passionately,
(4)2/./.,
carefully explained
me
ketokela
;
difference,
Desired
zolesela
nga
batomene luswaswanu.
;
kunsothere
is
him
to go,
(indefinite),nswaswaili, 2
difference,
nswaswaui ina
v.i.,
ko.
Different, be
guage
;
(of a palaver
or lan;
only),
bindama
;
-asombe a solitary town, evata diasombe. Despair, v.i., moyo (3, u-) zeza. Despise, v.t., veza, bembola. Destitute, a., -ansukami (pi. asu(solitary, of places only), ^.,
their e
language
is
different,
ndinga au ibindamene
different
the
assumes a
aspect,
diambu
se
dibindama.
<3;.,
kami).
Destroy, v.t.^ bunga, fwasa. (make an end of), 7/., funka. (spoil), v.t., bwangalakesa.
(scatter about),
v.t.,
Destroyed
utterly, be,
.,
detailed account),
to the surface),
tetomona.
(give the details, items),
t/.,
funta.
tangu-
muna. Detect in the very act (of), v.^ vumbula (muna). Determination, have a strong, z/., kanama.
to
root and all together, vJ., sebola. Digest, v., bululwisa. Digested, be, v.i., bululuka. Digestion, ., mbululuka, 2 lubu;
lulwisu,
chefia).
10.
n.^
Dignified bearing,
maintain,
v.,
tifu,
(P.
do something bad,
nkasi,
2.
v.^
sulama.
fierce, n.,
tifuka
[per/, -ini).
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DiL-DlS
Diligence,
didi,
.,
6.
kiakasa,
sungi-
Discover, continued.
one's self (leave a hiding-place),
v.^
kus^nga.
Discovered
soloka ye.
luntati
(10).
Dimpled, be, z/./,, kompoka, kolboka. Dip (as a morsel in the gravy), v.^
vungila. (with a quick movement),
v.t.,
zaba.
Discussion, yaya.
v.t.,
2/./.,
Direct
(of
some
Disentangle (something
tandula.
hitched),
v.i., fila,
malu
abatu.
Direction,
.,
nsongi, 2
he
is
gone
Disesteem, v., savula, bembola. n., nsavu, 4. Disfigure, v., bandula. Disgrace, n., luvungu, 10; lutu-
in the direction of
my town,klina
mbuku,
10.
nsongi a evata diame kele. in which one's head lay when lying down, ., mfilu (2) a ntu (4). of the feet, ndambilu (2) a malu (9). Dirty, become (tarnish, grimed), va., vesoka.
a.,
Dishearten, v., vonda ntima (4). Disheartened, be, v.i., fuwa ntima (4).
\x\,v.t.,
fwilwa...o ntima.
;
-eveso.
dirty
Dishonour,
and
spoil, v.t.^
make
bandula,
bolola.
n., nsavu, 4 lutumbuku, 10. Disinter, v., vundumuna. Dislike, for some fault or defect, v.t.^
see
munga-
twanga.
Disliked, be strongly (in consequence of wrong committed), v., sumu*^
App.
Disannul a covenant, v., kangula e ekangu (8). Disappear, v.i., pumuka, vempoka,
lala.
slowly,
v.i.,
fear),.,kinkenda, 5;
v.t.^
komoka.
be, v., tionga,
Disappointed,
kafa-
tengola.
lala, ntima (4 n-) kafalala. Disappointment, n., lukonananu (10) lua ntima (4). Disarrange, v., tiangalakesa.
Disobedience,
nganzi,
.,
bukdlo, 12 (Bako)
2.
(regardlessness), nlandu, 4.
Disobedient
ndu.
(regardless),
a.,
-anla-
nlongoki, i & 4. v., longakesa. Discipline (chastening), ., elongi, 8. Disclose, inadvertently, v.L, sundakesa, lutakesa. Discontinue a habit which was once frequent, v., kenga. Discover (find), v.t., dimbula, ziDisciple,
;/.,
Disorder
(derangement),
;
n.,
mpiti'
;
v.t.,
vwalangasa (Bako).
-evwanga.
in, a.,
mbula.
(invent),
v.t.,
semona, selomona,
n., ntumpa-ntumpa, 4. Disparagement, n., nsavu, 4. Dispensation (regime), ;/., esansu, 8. Disperse (of crowds, clouds, &c.), 7/./.,
(anarchy),
solomona.
vula.
Dis-Dow
Disperse,
cofitinued.
744
hollow^
v.t.,
ntiaku-ntiaku (4)Dispirited, be, v., luwa ntima see also kufianunga, A pp.
bwanguna.
(4);
up something which
is
very small to
v.,
the
place
kankana.
Divided, be (in a state of division), v., bulana. Division (mathematical), n., lukayanisa, 10 lukayilu, 10.
;
lufa.
Dispute, love
to start a, v.,
of, n.^
nzekani,
2.
(a separation), n.,
mpambula,
?z.,
2.
(wrangle),
7a,
??.,
Divisor
12,
in arithmetic,
vaudi,
6.
4.
Disregard,
App.
umpavuludia,
10, n.
nziezie,
(contempt) lutialu,
(put
utterly, v.t.,
as
wait v. aux., vuna vuna dingama lift it up a trifle, vuna kio zangula. one likes with, z/., see zanuna &
;
little,
zanu, App.
at once,
z/./.,
nzengenga, 2. utterly, v.t., zengeneka. Dissembler, ?/., kuvunina, i. Dissoluteness, ., yingalu, pi. Dissuade, v., kulula.
utter, .,
clearly, v.t.,
vanga-vanga. tumbula.
;
5.
do much, exceedingly, repeatedly, z/., he treated him vangulula repeatedly in manner which would destroy all kindly feeling,
Distend (blow
Distended,
something,
be,
.,
out), v.t.,
tuva, tuvi-
umvangulwidioma
for
ma
z/),
dika, tividika.
z/.z.,
tuvalala.
tuvala, 6. tuvalala,
v.t.,
totola.
z/.A,
9.
slowly, gently,
lelemba.
^
tumbula.
that which
tumbula vova (9) or e ndinga (2). write, v.t., tumbula soneka (9). Distort (make crooked), v.t.^ viongolola,
bad only v.t., sula. thoroughly well, v., vangalala ye, vangalela do this work thoroughly, toma vangalala ye salu kiaki or toma vangalela
is
;
e salu kiaki.
is all
ngumuna.
Distorted,
viongoloka, viotakana, viotama, zungube,
that
can do
for you, i
didi.
muka.
Distract, v., vukula. Distress, to, z/./., zubana, kendalala, kandidika ntima (4). (worry), v.t., funtuna. Distressed, be very, z/.z., kendalala,
Dodge
about,
v.i.^
vezozioka.
Doer, n., see mumpanga, App. Dome, ji., ngumba, 2. Done, be, v.i., salama, saluka. Donkey, ., ebuluku, 8 (P. burro).
Double up
(as
with
pain
in
the
ntima
(4,
u-) kandalala.
fumbalala. Doubt, no, adv., e kieleka kiau. Dowry paid for a wife, ., nzimbu
stomach),
v.i.,
Disturbance
(riot),
?z.,
nsonsa
(4)
(pi.
2)
or
(4)
mbiya
(sing.
2)
or
yo niku-niku
(4).
nkanda
a longo.
745
Dra-Ear
the
(4)
Drag
about,
v.t.,
tuluza.
Drunkenness,
.,
after-efifects
of,
heavily,
i/./'.,
sindama.
;
mvunda
v.,
a nua.
ngobodi, 2 kakiingu, 9. zembeleka. Draught (drunk), //., ndua, 2. (of air), mwalu (3) a kiozi (5). DRA.W aside (a curtain, &c.), v.t.^
//.,
Dragon,
Drape,
Dry
v.t.,
kavisa. koya. very, adv., e koyo. be (as paint, mud, gum, &c., of films only), v., babalala.
(a corpse), v.t.,
be hard and,
vungumuna.
away,
(a
off (in
numbers),
t/./.,
kokela.
liquids), v.i.^
Dumbfounded,
Dung,
n.,
uyi, 12
n.,
12.
kutalala draw (water), something with which to, ., tekwa, 6. Drawer, n. (a shelf under a native
v.i.,
.
of birds,
Dusty
Duty,
state,
ndukutu.
one's
first, n.,
bed),
Dread, ., 5. Drear, a., -angidinginza. Drift with the current, t/.z., bebwa
(Osolongo).
mvaka, 4kiongomena,
8.
v.t.,
in swallowing,
E,
Each,
a., konso, konto (Bako) they came each man with his gun, bezidi konso muntu yo ta
;
Drip
fluids),
v.^
zelomoka.
Drive
in
(cause to pierce),
v.t.^
su-
mika.
into a corner,
v.t.^
wandi.
vakika. woman's word when
Eagerness
ngula,
(excitement),
5.
.,
kia-
drive
out (a
angry),
v.t.
longomona
will
fear,
;/.,
nzala
(2)
Driven
Drove,
about,
there, adv., e
?/.,
bemba,
a fiwonga. Eagle, ., nkunku, 2 vungn, 6 kavungn, 9. Ear, .,kutu, 8 (pi. makutu), (Bako). ears ready to hear, wa (9) kwanzo;
Drum,
ko-zoko.
things were esemo, 8. Earnest, n., ngyeleka, 2. about, be very, n., kuzika, siamisa. be (diligent), vd., sungama, sia e sungididi (6) or swiswi (6) ^r luntati (10).
created), n.,
(intent) grow, be, 7/., vela-vela. be (whole-hearted), sia e etima
Drummer,
.,
Drunk
and
furious,
kingoma, 5. become
very,
v.i.,
wuyana.
Drunkard,
VU
(7)
n.,
kolwa
(6)
kia mala-
(pi. 8),
(Bako).
bwe
12,
kia malavu Cph 8). Drunken madness, ., uwuya, man, ., nkwa nkolwa (2).
(8).
adv.^
Ear-End
Earnestness
didi, 6
;
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(diligence), .,
sungi10.
Egg, continued.
eggs spoken
plant, ., lezo, 6.
of,
swiswi, 6
luntati,
(10)
(2)
and stop
;
laying),
8.
vidiza, 8 (Kib.)
evilanu,
lua
nzakama
the,;
ki-
nsukulu,
Earwig,
., mwelele, 3. East, n.^ lunene, 10. Eat, v.t., puta. without having washed the hands,
Elbow
one's
(2),
Elect
1
(the
selected), .,
App. ndimbuki,
\
1
&
4.
Ebb
kwenda,
preacher),
ki-
see
zengo,
6,
App.
or, conj.^ ke mpela ko. Elsewhere, adv.., e kikaka. Emaciated, be, v.i., kamuka,
Else,
kava.j
Economy,
rt.,
-ankalati.
n.^
Emaciation,
nkalati,
2.
brink,
mfumfula,
;
4.
(of a precipice), .,
lunenganaim,
4.
v.i.,
kwenda
or kwiza
10
mfumfula,
za,-
nanana.
rough, of broken
n.,
wood or
6.
torn cloth,
zavuti,
Edged, two, a., -a meno mole. Edging of a cloth, bayi, 2 (P. bainha).
to put on an, v., bombola. Edible, a., -andia. Edification, n., {act.) luvangameso,
ngangala, yilama. see also e ntayi, App. Emerald, ., emeraude, 2. Emigrant, n., ntangu, 2. Emigrate, v.i.., tanguka. Emotion, ., vengenene, 6. Emphasize strongly, v.., kuzika. Emptiness, ., mpenza, 2 vela, Empty, ., -ampenza, -avela.
e
;
6.
be
left, v.i.,
sadila.
10
{pass.)
Edify,
v.t.,
luvangamu, vangamesa.
10.
leave,
v.t.,
sadisa.
for
Enclosure
Educate, v.t., sansa. Educated, be well, t/.z., lumbuluka. Education, ;z.,lusansu, 10; iisansa,2.
(teaching), ndonga, 2. Eel, ., nsomvi, 4 nsonzi, 4. Effect, ., kumu, 6. Effective, effectual, ., -akumu.
;
&c., ., saku,
Encumbered
mena.
by, to be,
bamba-
End,
of,
.,
nsilu, 4
an,
App.
make
7/.,
funka.
nsambu,
2.
Effeminacy,
Efficacy,
??.,
.,
zeze, 12
6.
uzeze,
Endeavour
one's
{refl).
(to
do something beyond
v.t..,
kumu,
10.
power),
kuvaka
Effulgence
lutemo,
earnestly, to
v.i..,
siamanana.
EGG,.,diki(pl.meki),7(Kib.);etadi,8.
(word sometimes used for fowl's eggs, lest the hen should hear her
moyo ke
usuki.
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End-Eve
.,
ENDURANCE.brave,
zizi, 6.
.,
viyidila, 9;
5.
Epilepsy,
nkisi
(4)
a teke (Bake)
all
nsansi, 4
(fits
of
kinds).
lack
of, .,
kiangula,
Endure
(bear), v.t.,
patiently,
bravely,
zi-
zila, viyidila.
(persist),
7/.z.,
Epileptic fit, to have, or be liable to, v., yela nkisi (4) a teke (6). Epiphytic plant growing on the nsafu, n., kinkundila, 5. Equally (of division), adv e bula,
zindalala.
kati.
(ast), zingila.
Erect,
z/.,
tuba.
& throwing the chest out, or bowed, be very, v.i., manganana, minganana.
slowly,
v.i.,
rmove
put out,
Energetic, be very, v.i.^ tumpatumpa. Energy, n., telamiana, 9 (ability to briskly) see also nkonzo, App. (go), ., sakala-sakala, pi. 6, ngungula-ngungula, 2. (potential), ., nkuma, 4 mfunka, 4.
;
;
Erode
kuma. komoka.
n.,
;
vilwa, 12
2.
mpi-
lakeno, 2
mpilwa,
Eruption
.,
mpeke-
veke,
v.,
sia e
mfunka
2.
(2).
(active), .,
mfunka,
Escape, allow to, or to have escape from one, v., kutisa. allow to, v., vukisa.
secretly, v.i.,
(slip
Engagement (occupation),
-angelezo. Englishman, n., Ngelezo,
a.^
?z.,
vaki,6.
bubumuka.
English,
2.
., mkkina, 2 (P. machina). Engrave, v.t.^ vosa. Engrossed in, be, t/., sia. .0 moyo (3). Enjoin strictly, v.t.^ kanikina. Enlarge, v.t. (a thing which has been
.
Engine,
Establish securely, v.t., sidika. Esteem, n., ntondo, 4. Estranged, be, v.i., kuvava.
vudisa
his house,
Enormous
.,
kietree,
Estrangement, .,umpavuludia, 12. Eternal, a., -a koko yakuna, -a mvu ya mvu, ke -suki. Eternally, adv., yakwele mvu. Eunuch, n., nzimba, 2. Euphemism, n., senswa, 6. speak in, v., vova muna senswa. Evanescent, be, v.i., sunsumina.
E^^^^^^' Evasiveness,
^
Enough,
n.,
mavenga,
pi. 8.
App.
Evasive answers, give, v., ziezianisa. Even, adv., utu (Bako), ele, tu even
;
even
2.
Enter
v.,
if or when, conj., kana nkutu or vo, kana una, wau nkutu or vo, kufwila owu...ko,
kuniiinga
vova
ele vo,
vova
ele
;
vo
i
see
Entertain
Entice,
v.,
a hope,
v.,
sia e
vuvu (6).
(2).
also
muna
leba.
sia...e
wau
mbebe
5
;
even
even
if
kinzieta,
nzi-
okwenda
(supposing),
kana una,
vo.
EvE-Exc
Even,
continued.
in
748
Example,
that case, e
continued.
;
even then or
kana
nza-
sisa, 6
he made an example
etoka, 8
Exceed (have, do more), v.t., beta. Exceeding (great), a., -ansita ex;
.,
-etoka, -anzauza.
a.^
ceedingly sweet,
nsita.
zenza kwa-
-elalangoma.
Eventually,
{future).
adv.,
oku kukwiziwa
Excellency,
App.
&
eta,
Ever,
for,
adv.,
ever,
Except,
conj.,
see also
&
a.,
mvu
;
this
ya mvu,
-a
koko ya kuna
lekwa
;
everlasting life, moyo ke usuki. Every, a., konto (Bako), konso. Everything, n., wadiwonso.
(abstract),
wonso,
12.
Evidence,
kiaki kaka kikatuka any one except Lutu and Ntoni, konso muntu, Lutu yo Ntoii aka bakatuka. Excess, n., nsundidi, 2; nsavu, 4; see also tununu, App. a., see -ansuwa, App.
of one's due,
in, a.,
App.
make,
v.t.,
-evudidila.
kiesa.
zevudidila.
-ansita, -ansuva.
pi. 2,
n., see
nsita,
4,
&
ebiki, 8
Exact
(correct to pattern),
a.,
-ano-
App. Exchange, in, adv., e nsobani (2). to give in, v., vanae nsobani.
&
mbiki,
nga-nonga.
Exactly
nga
Exalt, to, Exalted,
the same,
in
exactly the
same way,
(6).
adv., e
nonga-no-
make a
kala ye kiangula
(5).
2/./.,kundidika, tundidika.
be,
v.,
lala.
Examine,
iuily,
gently,
be (with pleasure), vd., pialuzioka. Excitement (of impatience), n., kiangula, 5. Excommunicate, v.t., dila e kandu see kandu, App. (6)
;
fragile, v.,
wunza.
kandu,
;
6,
Excrement,
wiyi,
n.,
uyi,
12
yi,
12
Example
give an,
(instance), n.,
v.,
6.
12.
Excuse,
n.,
ebungwa,
8
8.
mpiku,
{see
K.-Eng. App.)
{see
vewa,
eveko,
(artifice),
evunzaevunza, App.)
;
;
(warnmg,
pattern),
n.,
elongi,
8;
lumpeso,
10.
749
Exc-Fai
continued.
Exposure,
mabnngwa
lain"ba
or
mpenza,
?'./.,
2.
Expound
mabnExtend,
clearly,
senzeka.
v.t.,
nannmnna.
Inngidisa. Iniku,
10.
ngwa
or e
mpikn.
(apply) to
all, 7/./.,
Extent
8.
(limit), .,
Execution, place
of,
;/.,
etetelo,
Executor
Exhort,
of a will,
v.,
masiln, wondelela.
.,
pi. 8.
Extort money
7/.,
Extra,
lo.
a.,
Exhortation, n., Inwondelelo, Exodus, ., Invaiku, lo. Expand, v.i., sanzana. Expanse, n.., esanzamn, 8.
Extract (as a tooth), 7/./., kongona. Extraordinary, a., -avava. Extremity (farthest point), ., nsiln,
4
;
nsukisiln,
2.
4.
yaya,
6.
sia e
mpnngu-
vana
yaya.
).
vnvn
Expectation, great, n., mpnngnvnvn, 2. Expedient, be, v., songa. Expense, 7t., mfwiln, 4. Explain, v.i., sasnna. thoroughly (make plain), 7/./., senzeka.
(state clearly), v.,
(6).
nsala
(2)
a siwa
2 (Bako).
samnna
peka
Face,
.,
mbunzn,
2.
Explanation,
6.
.,
nsansnmnna,
of,
oku
(&c.) luse
(2) a.
mpitn Ibaka,
iill,
oku
(&c.)
ndose
(2)
(countenance),
to
fall
., zizi, 6.
(intentionally),
sxplanation
is
(pi. 7),
mambnka-bnka
to one's,
(pi. 7)-
(proverb).
Explode
Explore
Expose
much
(in
the
yinda.
pwa-meso
(spy), v.t.,
senga.
seboka,pukuka,
(track out),
tongonona.
7/./.,
(lay bare),
vnnuna.
facts,
2/.,
sebola, pukula.
v.,
^K
see
Fail,
fail
lakwa
he failed to do
it,
^P^one's
kns^nga
{refill.
to view,
senzeka.
olakilu kio vanga. in rendering expected help in a crisis, v., sindakesa, filakesa,
Fai-Fel
(7SO)
t/.z.,
Faint
(indistinct), be,
7/.Z.,
vilalala.
(weak),
leboka.
kala
aye-
Faith
see also
fwani-fwani
4,
(6)
ye.
?z.,
keeping
in the fashion,
see
Faithful,
(devoted),
nge-yenge,
App.
v.t.,
siami-
-ankanka.
(reliable),
-akwikizi, -avuvu.
(reliability), n.,
Faithfulness
kizi, 12.
Fasten
nkanka,
2.
let, v.i.^
pita.
(devotion),
n.^
Fall by accident, be
let, v.t.,
sunuka.
loosely
(upon),
v.t.,
&c.),
zeyeleka.
zeyalala.
sununa.
Fastened
loosely, be,
v.i.,
v.t.,
ziatidila.
\
against or
down upon, z/.z., wulama. wudika. short of (the mark or aim), vd.^ funga muna.
cause
to,
7/./.,
ziatidika.
v.i.,
(upon), be,
ziatalala.
v.i.,
siololoka.
at
or into,
v.t,,
fungila (mnna)
Father
n.,
diafungila
upon,
v.t.,
muna
maza,
it
fell
nkomba,
2.
bwidila (Bako).
face (intentionally),
7/.,
upon
one's
Fault, find, t/., semba, sia e tumbu (6). (flaw, failing), ;z.,tumbu, 6 twangu. Fault-finding, ?t., manguna-wuna,
;
bukalala.
pi. 7.
Fallow,
10
lie, ?7.z.,
futa.
;/.,
Favour
;
of,
be
;
in
Falsehood (falsity),
;
filakesa
favour, e
tembwa kitufilakese.
vuni,
Family
(matriarchal, a
.,
sub-division
of a clan),
vumu, 6
(2)
the head
of,
ngudi
vumu.
(stock), .,
kuna,
12.
kuna
Favourite, n., ntambuki, i & 4a., -antambuki. Fear, n., boma, 12 (Bako) kiongomena, 5. (cowardly), n., unkuta, 12. v., mona unkuta. great, n., swengenia, 6 (choking
;
apprehension),
lose fear,
v.,
see
zanuna
8l
zanu,
nsoso,
see
4.
App.
Far
better, adv..,
wete-fiole
(12)
;
(12),
wete-wete
K.-Eng.
Feather (oars), v., tialumuna maza muna nkafi. Feathering of an arrow, n., etita,
8
;
go or come (there
implied
at
is
a grumble
v..,
vezo,
6.
the
distance),
Fee, doctor's,
n.,
kwezi,
6.
lakata.
far-off lands,
n..,
malongo,
pi. S.
4.
adv..,
malk.
kia-
Farewell
(in
letter), interj.,
mbote
Fashion
ekio.
v.,
(habit, nature), .,
kanana. minu,
Feeding-ground, n., madilu, pi. 8. Feeling (emotion), n., vengenene, 6. Feign, v.i., kukita {rejl). Fellow, n., mpwa, 2 (Bako) see also
;
6.
751
Fel-Fir
SLLOwsHip,
12
;
7/.,
kintwadi,
finish
to, v.t.^
Female
sex, the, .,
kento,
6.
2.
kwezika
of),
(Bako).
see
RN, lycopodium,
n.,
nzonzanga,
CH away
kela.
FfeiE,
n.,
(in
7/.,
funka,
epele,
8. 2.
in, n.,
Finished
to have,
kunkuka.
Fe'iish,
.,
mpandu,
powder
see
5
z/.,
koka, App.
(Zombo).
bundle, the
mfula,
2.
Fire,
the
n.,
kioto,
shot,
first
tuba
fire
e lole (6).
point at which
;
eso-
kingoyongo,
6.
5.
nso,
set on,
8.
tumpa
4.
tiya kuna.
.,
Firewood
free,
v.,
mfwiba,
Fight,
to
fnkindu the
first
.,
shot in
a, n., lole, 6.
ewombolo,
8.
to
fire, v.,
tuba
e lole.
v.,
(twigs), ., vuliilu, 6.
kankana.
;
Fireworks,
mba).
see
n..,
mbomba,
2 (P. bo-
bulana (Bako).
Firm,
App.
lungila.
Fill,
v.t.,
.,
-aziku.
v.i.,
also zala,
(completely),
up up
(a hole), v.t.,
(something)
Iwisa.
kala
siamitina, sidika.
stand,
v.i.,
be (very
tight),
Filled
up, be (as a hole), v.i.^ langalakana. Film, ., mbolo, 2 mbabala, 2. Filthiness, ., nsafu, 4 esafu, 8. Filthy, make, z/./., safula.
; ;
Firmly,
adv., e
ngwi
(2),
tele
(pi. 6),
e kekete.
6.
Firmness,
First,
n.,
kekete,
first
at, in
the
place, adv.,
oku
rALLY,
adv.,
oku nsuka
VO
i
(4)
see
^^^tekelela, App.
first,
maka.
adv.,
tuka kuna
(2)
out
Fine
Find,
v.t.,
ziongola.
v.t.,
tuka
zimbula, selofruits,
(9).
;
(discover),
mona, solomona.
(beautiful), a.,
very (of
-ankeko. -anlaya.
go or
handsome young man, ., mvoyongo (4) etoko (8). young woman, ., mvoyongo a ndu-
mba
(2).
;
see also
under kala
mo, App.
Fis-Foo
Fish, small,
nlulu,
dead,
n.,
752
kinsiedi,
(Bako)
6
;
Flow,
continued.
v.,
4
5
(Bako)
;
vadi,
ze-
kimpadi,
&
floating
8.
n.^
etidi,
zelo-
a siluroid
(mud
fish
nzombo
App.
be
in the, v.,
v.,
Fit
(of
be,
Flutter,
Fly,
v. I.,
9.
make
vuwika.
7/./.,
together (accurately),
well, v.i.,
toteka.
Foam
Fog,
fululuka.
vuwama.
lufwanu,
10.
v.,
.,
mbunge,
4.
Fitness,
??.,
Fold
siki-
Fix
(appoint,
name
;
a day),
nisa (Bako)
as
konkota, kuma,
.,
how
Follow after
the fashion,
eagerly,
v.,
v.t.,
tatidila.
kwenda e
n.,
elambi-la-
tukama.
mbi.
the habit of so doing,
(make
be
elambi-la-
be, silama.
in a, v.i.^
mbi,
next
8.
through,
v.i.,
tungama. bindamwa.
immediately after
to), v.t.,
(at
once or be
1
landakana.
a.,
very tightly, v.t., kwitika. Fixed very tightly, be, v.i., kwitama.
(by), a.,
J "
-anda\
-esika-sika (yo).
n.,
Flange,
nkakilwa,
2.
Follows,
sekima.
as, adv.,
Flash
Flat,
(as lightning),
a.,
-z/.z.,-
zaya vo or sia vo or vova vo or vo. Fomented, be, v.z., futwa. Fond of, be very, but have no chance
of getting,
7/.,
muna
'
lalwa.
Food,
see also
mbela-mbela, mbele.,
Flax,
.,
kela.
(generally), food-stuffs,
Flimsy
edia,
8.
touch,
etampala,
;
8.
Flinch, v.t., sunsumuka. Flock, ., ekuti, 8 kuti-kuti, 6 ekutu, 8 ekutu-kutu, 8. Flourish, v., sakumuka. (of plants, &c.), v., tokomoka.
;
a tasty stuff to eat with one's bread or kwanga, n., dilwa, 6. stuff wrapped in a leaf for roasting,
.,
evumba,
;
8.
;
Fool,
n.,
ezengenene, 8
ezeze,
8.
nzengelen.,
;
vwa, 4
(to
be
in
excellent
condition), to-
mbana.
Flow
down,
-z/.z.,
voloma.
dudu, 6 tunga, 6
fellow,
(a great
6 dunga, 6
mama,
yidi, 6
a foolish
in
through
7/.,
during a storm,
hulk of a fellow), n ebubulu, 8 ebobolo, 8. (who does not consider the result of
;
his
actions),
;
.,
mvutwa,
i
edunia, 8
(slovenly),
fwamfumuka.
mvilwa, mvoni, 4,
&
4.
753
Foo-Fri
v.,
^OOL, continued.
'useless fellow), n.,
Foster,
mfwanti,
2.
child,
;/.,
(witless), evoso, S. "OOLISH (of things), a., -azowa. (of a person), -ezowa. (senseless), a -a llVOSO. become, be, zeboka.
,
Foul,
7/.,
safula.
Foulness,
nsafu, 4
n.,
esafu,
sidika.
8.
Found
talk,
;;.,
mambu ma
(of persons),
mazengele
Foundation,
lay,
7/./.,
'"cot
nkubilwa, 4. nsidikwa,
;
2.
kuba.
vana ekolo
,
.
lines, to
mark
(10).
out,
7/./.,
sema
lufu-
(8) dia.
''OR since,
1
.
lu
Founded,
be,
v.i.,
silama.
(?),
'bRASMUCHas,h^'?/-'^^^^^^a^O
or kinana vo, wau vo. "ORBEAR, 7/., veza or landula or vu-
Fowls, disease
10 (Bako.)
of
;
n., 4.
luwumi,
mata,
;/.,
Fracture
2,
(of bones),
see ntoloki,
kula
mambu
(the
(pi. 7).
fORBEARANCE
violence,
4.
lulumuna,
4-
nkonzo,
2.
App. Fragile, a thing which is very, n.y bekenge, 6. Fragment, n., ebembele, 8 tente, 6. Frail, a thing which is very, ?/., b3kenge, 6. Frailty, ;/., ubekenge, 12. Framework, ;/., vangala, 6. Franc, n., frank, 2. Frank, be perfectly (in conversation, &c., keeping nothing back), v.,
;
Forced, be (obliged), v., nwengwa. Forefather, ;z., nkulu, i. Forehead, middle of the, ., nkuta (2) aluse (10). Foreigner, ;z., ntangu, 2.
Foremost man
nsongi
(2)
in
caravan,
(2).
.,
a nzila
Forewarned,
lubuka.
be, v.,
luka, lukiswa,
10.
(4) a ntima. Free, be (not under restrictions), 7/., vevoka, vevokwa, vevokelwa. a., -amvevoki. Freedom, n., vevoka, 9. from all obstruction and difficulties, 71.^ nkolomona, 2.
w.,
tenda Frankness,
ntima
(4).
ntendo
7/.,
vana
Forge, furnace hollow in, ;z., luvu, Forget, v., vilwa. completely, v., zietakanwa.
for the
nkanda
(4)
a basia
(2).
time being,
a.,
v.t.,
yididilwa.
Forgetful,
-ampilakeno.
Freely (generously), adv.^ kuna mvevo (4). French, a., -afwalansa. Frenchman, ;z., Mfwalansa, 4Frenzy, be seized moka.
with,
t/.z.,
Form
zengoat),
7/.,
fwaniswa, 6. (reduce to some form), v.t., sema. Forte (in music), ., nzangu, 2. Fortitude, n. see findu, 6, App.
(likeness),
,
7/.,
ke-
Friend,
.,
3C
Fri-Gen
Friendliness (as opposed
n.,
754
to enmity),
Furtherance,
.
;/.,
lunungununu,
;
10
ungudi,
12.
{aet.).
Fury,
keza
(9)
mona
(5).
v.i.,
(of
orQ kinkenda
and run awa)-, Fringe, n., zamba,
6.
dikumuka.
se ntu.
From, see also wa, App. commencing from, tuka vana. which is from, adj.^ -akwa kwa
this present
is
G.
Gain
Gall,
(that
which
n.,
is
gained or
2.
ac\
quired),
mbaku,
ntu
2
2.
(4).
n.,
nsumba-ndudi,
round the house
kiala,
5.
2 (Bako.).
ismg. only).
Garden
;/.,
in
a town,
mpelo,
Garrulosity,
n.,
mpova
(2)
anzo-
(9)
kwa-
Fulfil,
e
v.t.,
Fulfilled,
be, v.,
lunganisa. lungana,
4.
Gash,
n.,
ndwadi,
2.
kwenda
v.,
kuma
danda.
grown, be,
v.i.,
vangama.
see
wonzolola, totolola. large fruit, v.t., konga. together, v.t., kutisa, kunga.
ofpeople,7/./.,
adv., e
(2)
;
ndibwa
see also
U^^^_
)
yo
n.,
mbwi
of things,
v.t.,
nda, App.
Gathering,
kutu,8
n.,
;
ekutu, 8
;
ekutu6.
Fulness,
Fun, ., make fun, v., ta kieya. Function, great public, ;/., nkungi,
ekuti,8
n.,
2.
kuti-kuti,
Gauge
6
4.
(standard),
;
nonga-nonga,
set
as
mbandu,
a, v.,
sia
e nonga-nonga.
(6)
Gaze
at, v.,
tadikila.
fixedly,
v.t.,
tala e tenia
(6),
or
etondo,
8.
which destroys
sia
tuku-
the palm-tree,
.,
bwakuku,
sickness,
6.
;/.,
luwutuku,
style
10.
Fur
on the tongue
lenzi, 8 (Bako.);
a.,
in
^<?^
general use,
a.,
kibeni
elenzi, App.
general
a,
of
dress,
Furious,
be,
7/.,
-ayezi.
(8).
mpwata
Generation,
kia
(a making), 100, \
kibeni.
;/.,
fuluta yo makasi
;/.,
mbandu,
nguta,
2.
6. 2.
2.
Furlong,
Furnish,
mavwata
(a bringing forth),
kilometa.
mpanga,
tandu,
;/., ;/.,
vambula. to or with, v., vambwila. Further, go, v.i., nungunuka. (ina discourse), conJ.,YQ diaka diaka.
v.,
(epoch),
n.,
Generosity,
(prodigal),
mvevo, 4nlungu-lungu, 4
dia kaya.
esQ-nzu
(8)
755
Gi:n-G(>
Generous
(12)
;
person,
;/.,
nkwa
(i)
zayi
(4).
Gist
j^6'zayi,
adi'.,
App.
Generously,
Gfnesis,
71.,
kuna mvevo
8.
;
(of a matter), ;/., mflkn, 2. Give, vd., va {perf., vene), vanika. a chance, opportunity, scope, z'.,
etuku,
2
8.
abundance
to, v.,
to another,
vd.,
ntona, pi. 2. Gentile, n., Nzenza, 2. Gentle, be, 7'.i., lembalala. make, v.t., lembeleka. by gentle means, adv., kuna
natural,
//.,
zeolola.
one's self
kusia muna.
yekola.
more), given up
up (hand
(never
over), v.,
to... any
kenga
u-
they
have
killing
witches,
?;.,
ungo-
2.
Gently,
do,
7>.t.,
Genuine
(pure),
fu kia vonda e ndoki he has given up telling lies, okengele ko vuna kwandi. as of no further use, vd., tengola. (waste on one), bunga (used only in complaint when a thing is not given); you did not give
zizole.
me
anything, ko.
kumbungidi
ma
nkutu
muna wanda,
out
of,
3.
zeloka.
vd.,
Glare
vangama, kukolela
.
fiercely
on
well,
muna
ireji:).
^
together,
up, vd.,
%>.,
wizana.
telamiana.
a.,
;
zangumuka.
v.,
up quickly,
-ambakidi
himself,
kidi.
their portions
were
for
is very frail, ., belengenze, 6. Gleam, vd., sekima, yedima. Gleaming, a., -elezi-lezi, -ansemi. Glitter, v., niania.
whatever each
could
get
Go
v.,
Giant, ;/.,ndiaiigula, 4 nkwa ntela (4) anda. Gift, ., ekabu, 8. given at betrothal or engagement of
a labourer, 7/.,nzitikila, 2. given in the full expectation of ample
returns,
not go into
cal),
my
kuviangila
mu
nzo ame
ko.
evongo,
gift,
8.
give such a
see also
sia e evongo.
away, in a rage, vd., bubumuka. away, never to return, ?/., langala. away unobserved, v., vialuka. backwards and forwards, v., kidibila. crowding, v., longomoka (an angry
word).
,
Gird,
?/./.,
(energy),
;/.,
sakala-sakala,
2.
pi.
Girder
(iron), n.,
mwangu,
3.
ngungula-ngungula,
about
in all directions (as
;
Girdle, //.,.y^6'mbama & mbuti, App. Girl, a little, n., dumbalala, 6 kindumbalala,5 {women^s words) kindumba - ndumba, 5 du;
one searchlost),
7'./.
ing
for
something
zungana.
away
far
wunguka.
mbelele,
6,
away,
vekomoka.
Go-Gre
Go,
conli?iued.
756)
Govern,
air,
z/.,
for a
change of
(6).
v.i.,
kiesa 6 zn-
nga
in
Government,
kokomoka.
tapu-
established, see
nku-
a mass,
&
nin-
tuta, kumbulula. a little way from, v.l, vengomoka. off accidentally (of a gun), va.,
nkumbi,
Grace,
and
eta, App.
Tjubumuka.
out quickly, v., vayizieka. over to the other side or party,
z/.z.,
Graft
v.t.,
see dikila
zungumuka, tekomoka.
go and return quickly, v.i., laka. round to the other side, v., zeloka.
(start), v.i.,
londola.
to meet, v.,
to stool,
up,
v.,
Grain ('generally), ;/., ma (pi. 6) ya mbwaza. Grammar, ;/., nkiku (4) mia ndinga. Grammatical (correct), a., -akosi. Gramme, n., grame, 2. Grandchild born to one, have a,
7'.,
tekola.
sky),
v.i.,
pe-
Grandparent, a ekunda
great-great,
?z.,
great, .,
(8).
nkaka
(2)
Grass
venda.
(the
God
God-father,
ese dia
;
mungwa
with a long,
soft,
8.
downy
hair),
and lemba,
efwatakala,
2 (Bako.).
2.
n.,
ndula, 2
ntu-
good, adv., kiamakulu {luith they have the applied form) gone for good, bendele kiama-
see
imder
;/.,
kimbulu,
see
App.
Grave
of great hunter,
4,
nkalaApp.
kulu.
(profit),
.,
menga,
luwete, 10
;
App.
see
ke dikuit
temporary,
;/.,
ngunga,
2,
mvanga luwete
do him any good.
(sound),
a.,
ko,
will not
Gravity ^r weight
of something tend-
-avimpi.
one's
(possessions),
pi.
n.,
Goods,
pi.
all
being
placed in
position,
;?.,
salangani,
6
;
sa,la,Tigaiiu,
pi. 6.
fwalangani,
n.,
possessed,
lusalu,
10.
Goodwill, n., luyayidilu, 10. Gore, v., tulangesa. Gorge, n., mvonzi, 4. Gorgeous (bright), be, v., kengomoka. Gorilla, ., masika, pi. 13.
Gossip, ., lalabu, 6. a woman who spends her time gossiping,
vweto, 6. Great, a.,-apoto (Osolongo),-aiikofo, ankomfo, -ambafu, -atonga; see also huge, App.
(arduous),
a.,
-afuki.
-ambudangi.
(of trees
&
things
-ambondo-ngolo,
ngolo.
nkento
(i)
ne
mumu
yam una.
Gourd,
wild, n., esalala, 8.
grow or be very or too, v.i.^ vanganana. how, see under wingi, App. make, vanginika, nenevesa (KilD.).
757)
(]re-Han
4
;
Great, continued.
one,
profound respect as chief of all), kinene, s kinene-a-nza, 5. one [of children, cubs, <S:c. (wana)],
the
(a
title
of
mangu-
Grunt
Guard
(as a pig),
kwinga.
fululuka.
projection),
.,
with vexation,
v.,
(protecting
2.
efwenka-fwenka, 8. Gkeater, become (in wealth or dignity), 7/./., tunduka. Gkeed, ., kwilu, 9 (Bako.) evudilueba, 10 ukabu, 8. dila, 8
;
nkakilwa,
(watch), n., mayingila, pi. 8. Guilty, be (bear the guilt), v., nata
masumu
(2).
(8).
mpanda
nkanu
G:^EEi)Y person,
Greek,
a.,
ekabu, -akingrekia.
;/.,
8.
nata
language
kia,
&
5.
customs,
yisu,
6.
;/.,
kingre-
(4).
Greenness,
n.,
Greens (vegetables), ;/., mvudi, 4. Greet with news, see under ekaya,
App.
larger
size,
;/.,
ngoma,
2 (Bako.).
Gush
out, v.i.,
fwamfumuka.
Greeting,
(a
;/.,
ekaya, 8 emiangana,
;
8 (of women).
H.
Habit
(nature),
n.,
ngana, 2 {active, of women). Grief, ;/., see nkondo-nkondo, App. Grieve greatly, v.t., kendeleka, kandidika ntima, 4 zubanisa. Grieved, be, v.i., kendalala, ntima (4 U-) kandalala or yanduka
;
butukulu,
;
(Bako.)
wutukilwa, 6
wutu-
kilu,
6.
one who has the habit of, ., see ;/rt'^r mwisi, App. Hack (cut with a blunt instrument),
v.,
or timvuka; ndunzi (2, i-) tiukwa; zubana, tiukwa ntima (4). Grime, ;/., nkuku, 2. Grimed, a., e kuku {advl.).
fuba.
the
chest,
n..
Half
on some-
Grind down,
(rub)
v.t.,
kwankuna.
fwenka.
v.,
hard on,
(as
?/./.,
Grip,
v.t.,
fiantikina.
Halt,
fu-
v.i.,
kindama.
Groan
nduluka.
Hammer, n., nkonko, 2. Hammock, be swung or supported in or get into a, zembama muna
wanda(i3).
get out of
a,
adv.,
omu mbetela
Group,
.,
;
(2)
zeioka.
Hand,
over,
to
v., see
or length,
vulu-
v.i.,
tuntuluka.
see
Grown
up, be,
v.i.,
vangama;
v.t., yekola. hold up the hand for silence or to cause to retire, babidila. remain long on hand, v., kunda. Handbook of, n., mpitu ye nsengo
tmder kala mo, App. Grumble, v.i., yidima, vunguta, lola, funduluka.
also
(pi. 2)
za
;/.,
Handle,
of knife,
of a cup,
n.,
ekonge,
8.
nyini, 4 (Bako.).
Han-Hea
Hands,
the imposition
(2)
of,
758
n.^
ngya;
Harvest,
Hassock,
continued.
mbika
(9)
see
mpava
2,
see
2.
nsikinwa,
Appi
\
yambika
4.
moko.
ndezi,
Handsome,
person,
?/.,
a.,
-ankeko.
%>.i.,
Haste,
in great, adv.,
nzalala.
nkenga,
flags,
Hang
tightly, to,
ziatalala.
v.t.^
fiil,
>
(curtains,
&c.),
zeinbe-
Hasty
a.,
thoughtlessness,
zz.,
nkwalui4.
leka.
v.i.^
-ankwalu.
zembalala.
(one's head),
t/./.,
adv.,
nkwalu.
vd.,
down
boleka
v.i.^
(o
Hatch,
lalamena.
Hate
bo-
fiercely,
&
determine
evil, z'.i^y
kanama.
and
plot against
one another,
8.
down to the ground (of drapery), t/.z., yulumuka. down (of branches), v.i., votalala. Happen (take place), ?'., vaika see
;
kanana.
under ya, App. since, vinga what has happened since in the town ? nkia mambu mavingidi oko evata ? have happen to one, v.^ vaikilwa. Happiness, ;/., lufiauku, 10 fiauzi,
also
;
;
v., kunda, kumbama. Have, see under kala ye, App. in,
7/., -iniwa {passive ^/-ina). \ have to (be obliged to), v., nwe-
to
ngwa, fwanukwa;
see
also
12.
under must, App. Havoc of, make, 77./., fwantakesa. Hazard, v., kaya. Head man (of a party, leading man),
in
ntu, 4a discourse,
n.,
zz.,
ekono,
8.
Hard,
a.,
-ankulungunzu
(2).
and warped, be, t/.z., balalala. make, v.t., badidika. and dry, be, ?/., koya.
very, adv.^ e koyo.
Headland, Headlong,
to
ekunkwa,
8.
headforemost,
adv.,
Hp:adman
a.,
zz.,
munsi-
-aka-
nda, 3
ekota, 8
kapita, 2
(P. capitao).
a.^
to explain or understand,
-ampi-
Headship,
zz.,
kuluntu,
12.
4.
mpita.
(of water),
.,
7/.,
-ansinzi.
see
Hardly..., App.
under lendakesa,
2.
Healing (act), zz., nwuku, Health, restored, n., lo, 6. Healthy, a., -avimpi.
person,
n.,
mvimpi,
&
4.
Hardness,
of water,
?z.,
nkulungunzu,
2.
Heap
7Z.,
of dust or rubbish,
ntumba
(4)
;z.,
nsinzl,
fitika.
Harmonize,
v.t.,
vd.,
totama.
;/.,
vomona.
to,
z/.,
toteka.
(accord),
Hear,
willingness
matu
ngwilu,
(9)
Harmony
be
in, ^.,
ngwawani,
2.
manzoko-zoko.
wawana.
Hearing,
the sense
of,
z/.,
2.
be very,
v.,
vimpakana. bandama.
759
Hea-Hig
Held
muna
iaint heart
any
vo.
lose,
pursuit),
ntima
(4)
-ampesec
by the extreme end, be, v.i.y zananana. back, be, 7'./., vakama, simbininwa, tatama. Hell, ;/.,mbilu, 2 (bottomless pit).
Hellish (which
will
bring a
man
to
fuwa
aha
hell), a.,
-asungu.
v.t.>
into
(any work,
(Src),
put,
?'.,
sia
Help, see also tinder aid, App. any one to pick up his load,
twikila.
n.,
moyo
set
(3)
or
ntima
on,
(4).
7'.,
one's
heart
sia-.-G
luambu,
?'./.,
10.
render,
slight
vana
fail
in a crisis,
to,
lundumuna,
lakesa.
in trouble, v.,
dikiimnka. (wholeheartedness), ;/., etima, 8 see K.-Eng. App. with the whole, kuna nsi a ntima (4).
(4,
ntima
n-)
kankana.
Helpless,
Hem
Heat,
;/.,
yo,
pi. 6.
nteleki,
3 (pi. min-).
7/.,
&
4.
teleka.
(i
kayenge, 9, & kayengele, 9 (Bako.) kays, 9 kapemo, 9 kapeko, 9. Heavily burden ^rload, 7/./., bimuna.
Heaven,
highest,
;/.,
Herballst, mbangi
&
4)
Herd,
;/.,bemba, 6
ekutu,
kutu,
kuti,
6.
ekuti,
i
burdened, be,
?'./.,
bimuka.
;
Here
and
there, adv.,
nko
nko.
adv.,
Heaviness,
2,
;/.,
nzu, 2
here,
App.
Heavy
with sleep, be, v., kala e nzu yo tulu (10). heavy to drag or move, be, v.i.^ sindama.
render,
v.t.,
;/.,
Heresy
Hesitate,
ntima
(Bako.) or
to (shrink from),
sindika.
Ibri,
i.
nsusidi
(2).
Hebrf:w,
Hesitation,
5.
n., 9.
dingu-dingu, 6
ko-
language
&
customs, kiyibri,
;
koma,
Hiccup,
v.i.,
Hectare, ;/., ektare, 2 are, 100. Hecto- (metre, &c.)= x 100; ekto(meta,
<S:c.).
sikula.
Hidden,
ki.
a.,
-akinswekamena, -aswe-
Hedge
of thick bushes,
n.,
kanka,
6.
be, v.i.,
vilama.
Hide,
v.i.,
swama
7/./.,
(Bako.).
(put away),
velekela.
//.,
mbandu,
2 (Bako.).
above another or of a horizontal beam above a given point ijiot the measure of anything perpendicular), n., ngengo, 2. the proper, usual height, see zengo, 6, App.
(passive),
eswekan.,
(of
price),
ba-
-ambangadi.
,
of the forehead, a
-alundalala.
up, be or stand,
v.,
tundalala, ku-
ndalala.
HiG-Hou
Highest,
7/.,
760
yengele, 9 (Bako.)
;
&. kakaye, 9; kapemo, 9 kapeko, 9 the bird went far away up into the sky, e nuni yele muna kaye.
kayenge,
9,
Hole,
continued.
\
make a round,
very deep,
;/.,
v.t.,
ziongola.
j
mbilu,
2.
7/./.,
Hollow, be
ka.
rt.,
vomjo-
Highway,
Hill,
flat
;/.,
nkwala,
of, u.,
2. 8.
-akoboka, -avompoka.
;z.,
top
esela,
Homage,
Hindered from (something) by, be, 1/., bambamena. Hindrance, u., eveko, 8 ezingu, 8.
;
6.
to
which have to be observied in approaching a great chief, fuka, 6. perform such ceremonies, vanj^a
&c.,
e fuka.
Hire
(labourers,
&c.),
'^.,
sumba
(Bako.), soneka.
(things), sompa. Hired, ., -ansompa. History, n., lusansu,
the king,
to
10.
bwa
nzula
e nsi
(pi. 4)-l
mark a
doing,
ii
\
tenda
(2).
Hit
with something-,
7/.,
bafa.
homage
i i
Hitch
Hoe,
voteka (muna).
large, broad,
Home,
2.
remain, stay
7/.,
kuuda.
;
strike with,
Honey,
v.f.,
niosi, 2 (Bako.)
bwiti,
up the
12 (Bako.).
Hoist
Honour
(exalt),
v.t.,
kundidika,
tundidika.
Hold
simbinina, tatidila.
Honoured,
Hope,
zz.,
be,
t/.z.,
kundalala, tu-
ndalala, zita.
lufiatu, 10 (P. confiar).
on very
lala
App.
baseless,
kiememe,
kiememe.
5.
7/.,
out from the body (as a fowl her wings on a very hot day), z'J.,
tiakidila. out resolutely,
foolishly,
sia e
Hope
v.t'.,
against hope,|
false,
J
^^^ ^^^:^
bamba.
(as a disease),
Hopes,
^^
take thorough,
z'.z.
nsi a vuvu.
live in
Horizon,
care, v.,
Horn,
fiba, 6.
(2
&
11).
Horrible
zz.,
trouble,
suffering),
;
(hollow),
in the
;z.,
kimpolokoso,
river, n.,
6.
;
5.
tma, 6 horrible sufferin tema kia mpasi. Horrid, a., -ansisi, -angemi. Horror, zz., nkitimu (4) a ntima
(4)
;
bed of a
//.,
zanga, 8
nsisi,
2.
(Bako.)
in
zinga,
the earth,
kobodia, 6
ko-
sun),
tz.,
sanu-
bonga,
wood,
.,
6.
Hour,
House,
zz.,
ntangwa,
keep
6.
2.
esasa,
8.
built to
zz.,
fetish
or charm
in,
vela,
zz.,
evongona,
8.
house
cloth,
evuya,
8.
76i
Hou-Ima
;/.,
^OUSE, continued.
(family), ., for shelter,
Hurry,
along
4 (Bako.).
4.
estlta, 8.
force,
7/./.,
by
sindakesa,
lulu-
filakesa,
lundumuna,
without walls,
tie
nduka,
muna.
be
in
in,
7/.,
a great hurry,
(4).
bimba.
Hlow
many ?
are
ififcf.
pron.,
(;/.)]
;
ekwa,
I'lo^v
8 [a
what number
left ?
many
Husband, n., see nkama, 4, App Hush-money, see evunza, App. Hut, ;z., sudi, 6.
Hypocrisy, Hypocrite,
n.,
ekwa
disidi
ekwa-ekwa. very, see biza & mbote, App. However, adv., see mpasi owu oku mpe, App. Hoyden, ;/., nkwa kindumba, 5.
each,
n.,
kuviinina, kuvfinina,
9.
i.
&
I.
.
JUGE,
a., see
also great.
animal, ;/.,evwendengele (8) dia for its age (of children, cubs, eSrc),
w.,
Ichneumon (herpestes),
2.
;/.,
mfwenge,
8.
efwenka-fwenka
(8)
dia
Idea
(intention),
71.,
ekani,
2.
(thought),
ngindu,
ntiti, 4-
(whim),
n.,
class
kiolo,
;
woman's mbofongo, 4
(a
;
sing.
ya mpungi
Identification, means
ziki-
-ambofongo.
Idle
mbombo-ngolo, 4. a., -ambombo-ngolo. luMAN, a., -awuntu. lUMANiTY (human nature), ;/., WU(of wood),
iuMiLiTY,
uwuntu, 12. lulembamu, 10. iUNCHBACK, ;?., kingunda, 5. iUNGER, which seems insatiable,
ntu, 12
;
nsumi, App. <:^;?y., vozevo see also under kana VO kala, & ova, App. as if, cojij., ne banza vo. even if, conj., vova ele vo ^r vova
talk, see lender
;/.,
ele vo.
if
;/.,
not, conj.,
ke mpela ko.
(8).
perfect, .,
dio-dio,
in
6.
one suffering from, ndio-dio, 4. the morning, supposed to be caused by a new secretion of
saliva,
;/.,
Ignorance (darkness), ;/., bubidi, 6. in, adv., oku bubidi. Ignorant about a matter, be, v.i..
yididilwa.
person,
;/.,
ete
(8)
dia
(3,
ewawa.
u-)
mvilwa,
&
4. 3.
iUNGRY,
be,
7/.,
moya
;
ma
(2),
(Bako.)
see
fwavilwa e nzala
iUNT,
rat,
8.
one who is (uneducated), muluzu, I LL, be very, 7/., ke kala biza ko. Illegal, a., -ansi (2) a nkuwu (2). thing, ., nlongo, 4.
JUNTING
ekonde-
ka, 8
Illuminating, n. {act.), ntema, 2. Illumination, n., lutemo, 10. Image, reflected, ;/., see tunguminn, 6, & nkangazi, 4, App.
IiMA-lND
762
nsemi, (i & 4) a teke (6). Imagine, v., kala diau what did he imagine, adieyi kakedi diau. (think), see also under zaya, App. Imitate, vJ., tanginina, tangununa. Imitated, be, 7ki., tangunuka. Imitating, habit of, ;/., tanginini, 6. Imitation (copy), n., tanginina, 6. act of, ., ntanginina, 2.
of,
IMAGES, maker
or
n.,
mvadi
(i
&
4)
Importunity, ;/., ntala, pl. 2. Impose hands, v., see yambika (a moko (9), App. Imposition of hands, n., ngyambiia see yambika,. (2) a moko (9) App.
;
lembwa
1|b-
vungl2.
Immature, be, v.t., ke yeboka ko. Immediately, adv., mu or vovo or vana fulu, vovo van see also
;
U7tder
mu
to
(i
mu), App.
the
also
expressed by
verb,
reduplicated
take
immediately,
l)onga-l3onga.
{followi7ig a verb), adi
'.,
died immediately
kilu.
Imprint, 7/., kweza, kwezeka. n., kwezo, 6. Impropriety, ;/., eyanga, 8 see also tununu, 6, App. commit an, v., bula e eyanga. Impudence, n., mfiandu, 2 ntia; ;
Immense
Immerse,
mvuna, 2. Inadvertently,
wise act,
v.,
do,
say, disclose a
zaba.
lutakana, sunda-
kana.
pi.
5
;
n.,
diambu
(7).
2.
Incandescence,
lembi
(9)
fwa; because
of his immortality,
muna
dia-
mbu
Incite, vd.,
yangumuna.
tama
Impart
Incontinence, n., yingalu, pl. 5. Increase, vd., tuntuka, ^^r rt/j-c- vaza,
App.
(add to), vd., yikula. (grow greater), vd., saka.
(in height,
kindama.
was given to one, vd., kawulula. Impatience, //., mpiaviana (2) a ntima (4), mpiaviani, 2 esuta,
part of something which
;
tuntu-
8; kiangula,
5.
(in
Impede,
?/./.,
Imply
that,
coiij.,
see
in water), v.y
mpangu, App.
Importance, great, n., luvanginiku, 10 luvangananu, 10. Important, a., -abindama. grow, be, vd., vanganana.
;
futuluka.
Increasingly, go on,
vaza.
I'd.,
see ujider
Indeed
(by
all
tu nki, at
clause.
head of the
make,
vd.,
vanginika.
be,
v.,
Importunate,
(pl. 2).
sia e ntala
763
Ind-Ins
., ke -ina mu kuma (6) -alembwa e kuma inno;
Independence
NDiCATK,
7'.,
(holding
12.
aloof),
.,
Innocent,
ko,
umpavuludia,
pecially, v., ta.
zikinisa.
ziki-ziki, 6.
iCATiON, Indicative,
;/.,
a.,
-aziki-ziki.
Indifference (holding aloof), ;/., umpavuludia, 12. Indifferent, be, ?'., kuvava {rej!.). (disregardful), be, ?'./., kumvalala.
Indiscreetly, do, 7/., swatakesa. Indiscretion, ;/., nswatakesa, 2.
be,
7',/.,
ko, le-
Inquire
v.t.,
yandala. tongo;
person,
;/.,
ntongolozi, 2
i.
nembu-
mba-kalutwa,
fu-
vilalala,
IjNDisTiNCT, fuka. [
INDIVIDUAL,
'
;/.,
mbana,
;/.,
,pL
amba-
na. Indivisibility,
iNDivisiHLY,
ad7'., e
7/.,
kide-kide, 5. kide-kide.
INQUISITIVENESS, ., UntOUgOlOzi, 12. habit of, luntongolozi, lo. Insatiability, ;/., kinzola-nzola, 5. Inseparability (of two or more separate things), n., kide-kide, 5.
kala ye evuku-
WDUCEiMENT,
lofifer as an,
n.,
7'.,
Industrious, be, finizieka. Inequality, ;/., ntuka, 4 ntula, 4. Infamous (cursed), a., -asungu. Infancy, n., kiswa, 5. Infirmity, ;/., eyovoka, 8. Inflate, 7'. A, tuva, tuvula, tividika.
Insist very strongly upon, v., kuzika,. siamisa. Insolence, n., lutiangu, 10 ntiangu, 2 nduvu, 4 ntiamvuna, 2 etingu, 8 {ge7ie7'ally pi.)
; ; ; ;
\.
lutiu,
io.
Insolently,
Inspect,
v.t.,
treat, v.t.,
tiakidila.
Inform,
v.,
sunzula
(e
diambu,
7).
formation
as to the sickness or
etamba,
8.
oku kukiele. formed, be well, v., lumbuluka biluka, via, via e mpila (2). furiated, be, 7/.Z., zengomoka. HERiT, v., vwa e efwafwa, 8 see efwafwa, App.
;
lay a, senga. Inspector (spy), n., nsengi, 2. Inspire, v.t., fulumwina, vumwina. Instance, ;/., nona,6 pwa-meso, 6. give an, v., sia e nona. for, co7tj., kasika. Instantly, adv., sec immediately^ App. Instead of, conj., ke mu...ko; see also kaka, App. Instinct, ;/., ntona, pi. 2.
;
Instruct,
ing,
(5).
tambika
be,
v.t.,
v.t.,
kinganga
(real property),
7/.,
vingila.
n.,
Instructed,
see
heritance
efwafwa,
luka.
(birthright),
8,
thoroughly,
App.
.,
itiated, be well,
via,
lumbu-
v.y
NITIATIVE
in,
take the,
;/.,
tomona.
12.
12.
;/.,
balu,
dima,
pi. 6.
INT-JUD
764
NTEGRITY
n.,
(correctness of manner),
;
kosi, 6
;z.,
nsongi,
;
2.
Intellect,
nyindu, 4
intelligence
diela,
of
7-
Irksome
(annoying),
.,
-anangi.
Intelligence (some
perfect
thing),
somein
kiundu,
(scent
hunting).
Intense
(eager),
to grow,
v.i.^
vela.,
;
Item
{passive), n., nkafi, 4 {geny. sing.). (point), n., ekono, 8 see dso
;
vela.
Intensity
(of love
;
or longing),
;
S:
nkungulu,
ebiki, 8
mlDiki, 4
elusu, 8
esunga,
8.
Intention,
one
n.^
who
;/.,
of
another,
7/./,,
konda. Intercourse,
zani,
2,
ngwi-
App.
(strong),
with, have,
v.,
Interdiction
person,
nganga
the,
7az.,
va-
Jealousy {as above), n., nsongo, pi. Jerk off, v.t, zaznna.
n., kieya, 5 (Bako.). ta kieya. Jet, v., sianzuka.
Jest,
7/.,
deprive
lose
of, v.,
its, 7/.,
(4).
lose one's,
v.,
tukumukwa, fuwa
w.,
ntima
(on
loan),
mazuka,
t/.,
pi.
only.
Interested
in,
(3).
be much,
sia...o
Jewel, Jewelry, ;/., nkembo, 2. Jigger which has not penetrated, n., nkanza, 2. which has been in some time, ntnnga, 2 ntanda, 4.
;
moyo
Jilt,
.,
v.t.,
tiala.
Interior, the far, ., ediongi, 8. Interjection, ., tatu, 6. Interspace, ;/., mposoko, 2 Interval, mpwasila, 2. Intestine, ;/., ekati, 8, App. Intimate terms, be on the most, see yambana, App. INTREAT, 7/., dodokcla, wondelela. Invent, v.t., semona, solomona, selomona. Investigate, v., longota. (trace out), v.t.^ tongonona. Investigation, //., ndongota, 2.
\ \
-z/.,
ntiangu-ntiangu, 2. of, ;;. untiangu-ntiangu, 12. Joint (in the limbs), ., mboko, 2. Joke, ., kieya, 5 (Bako.). v., ta kieya.
Jilting, habit
in
running,
v.i.,
vi-
Journey
Joy,
;/.,
about,
v.,
kiba(Bako.) beba
(Bako.).
kienzi,
(Bako.);
ekembo,
8.
(Nkembo
heart.)
causes
ekembo
in the
habit of careful,
10.
;/.,
luntongolozi,
2.
Judge,
.,
?/./.,
fundisa.
i
mfundisi,
&
4.
Investigaior,
Invisible, be,
;z.,
7/./.,
ndongoti, vilama.
765
Jud-Lac
.,
Kick,
v.,
kinkala,
5 (Bako.).
;
zaya
mpalu-
v.,
mbula (2)
(a).
bala or
JLDC.MENT [process of
(ac/i've)], n.,
(I
r
Kill in great numbers, v.t., fnmnna. Kilo- (metre, &c.) = x 1,000 kilo;
I give, v.t.,
solola, sia e
;/.,
nzengo
2.
(2).
(meta, &c.).
I (in
a law court),
w.,
nzengo,
2.
Kilometre,
n.,
kilometa,
ma-
j(of a judge),
mpiku,
vwata
|
546I.
2.
a, v.,
Kind
action, n.,
(sort), n.,
lembamiana.
;
(start),
z/.z".,
kitumuka.
of generally,
of
some
4.
kind
of
there,
kimwene mo
a.,
mfuta,
8.
great patch
left
ebeshel-
mbia,
left
kinds,
-a
10.
2.
miza
by the
ter to
fires
and affording
.,
Kindliness,
luyayidilu,
game,
2.
tumbu,
6.
7/.,
Kindly
feeling, n.,
;/.,
ngemba,
(2)
last season,
Kindness,
see
ungndi,
12,
App.
nkunku,
Junior,
n., see
(motherly),
pi. 2,
ngemba
;
a ngudi
12.
nsakila,
App.
(Bako.)
walakazi,
v.t.,
;/,,
& i...aka,
Kindness, show,
yayidila.
App.
(proper), a., -akosi, -ansongi.
King
or
like,
(in cards),
Knave
under
vika,
in, v.,
(in
cards), n.,
ekonde, 8
(P.
just as if
adv.
see
conde).
vanga, and
to... just... only,
not,
v.
App.
\
aux.
see
App.
^K
lu-
I
(maintain)
(anything) along,
v.t.,
pala.
K.
a,
z/.,
over backwards,
v.t.,
manguna, ma<S:c.),
kuna.
vela-vela.
up
sama, kwama, kwaminina, lakama. clear (of), kuvava (muna). on at, keep on trying, v., vanamiana,
v.,
kewona.
ekolo,
8,
Knot,
n., see
App.
vampamiana.
(reserve, put aside),
2/.,
L.
velekela.
tintila.
proudly to one's
self, v.i.,
well, in
good condition
Key,
and order, simbinina. mwivi, 3 (Bako.). note (in music), ;/,, ekanda,
v.,
Lack
8.
is
lacking,
Lad- Leg
Lad,
of
., lezi,
766
Lay, continued.
down (something
dika.
great), v.,
buli-
ntoko,
10.
hold
of, v.t.,
vwila.
v.,
Ladder,
;/.,
wash
&
sungEL.
tombokelo, 6. Lady-bird, ;/., kumbi-kumbi, Laity, one of the, ;/., nsonzolo, Lamb, ., meme-meme, 6.
waste,
v.t.,
;/.,
fwantakesa.
Layer,
'
mbandu,
6.
tenso,
kunda,
zaj
Lame
person,
;/.,
fwa-mboko,
6.
?/./.,
in layers, adv., e
mbandu-mbandu.
2.
;/.,
Lament,
Lamp,
.,
with gesticulations,
of thatch,
n.,
ntembe,
12.
zana.
Layman
(uninitiated),
nsonzolo,
2.
,
nkengwa, 2. Landscape (fine view), n., tunda, 6. Language, abusive, bad, ;/., luduvuku,
10.
Lead,
off,
Lap
Large,
see great,
App.
Larynx,
by
5.
fair
v.t.,
ko-
kela.
Lash,
vJ.,
zwabula, vizula.
w.,
Leader
;
(stripe),
nzila,
mvibu, 4
singing,
ntozi,
2.
nsila,
4-
Leading man,
4.
;/.,
ntu,
4.
whip,
;/.,
nzila,
Leak
out
fast, vd.,
fwamfumnka.
v.,
Lashed,
Last,
7/.Z.,
vilnmuka.
adv.,
ku-
at,
oku nsuka,
oku
nsuka a ntu;
App.
(in the future),
j^t'v?/j-^mbangi,
many
only), vd.^
.1
wunguka.
(a thing)
ziwa.
(remain),
v.i.,
one,
zingila.
one's
yambika.
a time), sonsoka.
work
(for
constantly, sonsozioka.
the (of persons), ;/., nsuka, 4. the last cup of wine in a calabash.
.,
Leaven,
n.,
vd., funisa.
12.
funa,
nsi,
2,
parallel
of,
;/.,
nka-
after a
2.
Laugh
at, v.t.,
kiekielela.
heartily,
7/,,yemba
(pi.
makaka
10),
Leeward,
to,
adv.,
(6).
ku ntala
(2)
^rtusevo
diekomoka.
scornful,
v.t..
tembwa
didila.
Left behind bv
Law
of nature,
;z.,
details of (statutes),
out,
Lawlessness,
(utter
n.,
nmpumbulu,
n.,
12.
disorder),
4.
ntumpa-ntu-
empty, be, v., sadila. be (of something which one wished to keep secret or hidden of things only), vd., beleleka.
;
mpa,
Lay
kakidila.
nkuwu
(2).
767
Len-Loa
to (compare),
(&c.).
T'./.,
^H ^^B)e ^f
Liken
a ntn,
tezanisa yo
(a),
oku kwakwiziwa.
length,
t'./.,
Liking
Limit,
(for),
.,
nlaku
;
ele-
irregular
swa1
mena
in
(dia), 8.
ndana.
fruit,
//.,
wandu,
6.
&
Less
12.
Limp, be,
z'.,
?'./.,
grow, be,
make,
Let,
7'.,
?'./.,
zewoka, tukuka.
Line
8.
(row),
;/.,
mbangu, 4
place
in
nlolo,
line,
4.
take
one's
v.y
Lesson (warning),
(imperative), see
off, free, v.,
elongi,
yika
leka.
arrange,
mbangu.
ndonge-
v.t.,
kialumuna.
in
out (rent),
sompeka.
6.
up (be arranged
line), v.i.,
kia-
tumuka.
(cord) for clothes,
;/.,
ezalu,
8.
Liable
for,
be, v.,
lama.
giving
Linen,
n.,
Liberality,
ruinous,
away
esanzu (8) dia kaya, nlungu-lungu, 4. Liberty, be at, ?/., vevoka, vevokwa, vevokelwa. Lie, v.t., vunginika.
everything
possessed,
habit
face
Listen
an animal), befo, 6. wete! ( = wa + ete, Bako.). carefully, ?/., teka or kelesa matu
(of
!
.
(9)v.t.,
to,
widikila
(Bako.), wila,
of
telling
;/.,
anything
(2)
but the
v.i.,
vivila.
to be troublesome to, v.,
truth,
mpova
a ndambu.
tekesa
matu
(9).
kayama.
face
(of
Life,
moya,
fulumunu,
6.
e length of,
;?.,
anner
L'
of,
//.,
ezinga, kadilu, 6
sela.
8.
;
(one's
opponent
7/./.,
11.,
off the
nkala, 2. ground in
Live by (make a
kila.
luxuriously,
v.t.,
living by),
v.,
vulu-
wrestling),
pututa, vwama.
;
LiGAMExN'T,
IJHT
(not
light,
.,
Live
stock,
;/.,
twelezi, 6
twezi, 6
(Bako.).
ntemo,
;/.,
candle),
nkengwa,
Living by, make a, v., vulukila. means of getting a, ;/., mpulukilu, 2. Lizard, ;/., ndiasala, 4 (Bako.) ndi,
give light
Load
enatu,
5.
6.
(mpasi) only],^?., -ezala. -ampevo. Likely, be very, ?'., nanga he was very likely right, onanga lunga.
(not heavy),
;
[of affliction
;/.,
elenzi
Lob-Lou
Lobster,
n.,
(4).
768
nkosa, 4;
nkosa a
mbu
meso
(;)
Locate, v., kuma. Lodge, v.i., wunda. Lodging, ;/., leko, 6. Log, ;z., see mpombolo, App. Lone, ., see lonely. Loneliness, n., kinzunga, 5 sombe, 6 lunzungulu, 10. Lonely, ;/. (of places only), -asombe,
;
ketoka.
fiercely,
angrily, v.,
tuvula or vu(6).
lumuna
fixedly, v.i.,
forward
to, v.i.,
at,
longingly
lengokelwa or
or
yengola.. .0
lengukilwa
Long
meso
past),
;/.
(pi. 7).
kaago.
out
up,
interj.,
makono
7)-
vana kavengelele.
7/.,
well at,
tadidila.
be
(tarry),
7/.,
zinguluka.
;
Looked
for,
tantama
v.,
&
Loose
v.,
App.
(intensely),
zinwa or laku(3)
;
kwa
App.
(in
;
moyo
(8).
see
K.-Eng.
e
ketokela,
fwila
ebaba
leva.
zeyalala.
length), be,
become, grow,
z/.z.,
Loquacity,
n.,
lumpintula, 10
lue-
tola, 10.
make,
v.t.,
levesa.
a.,
Lordship
-antulela.
Lose
(in
App.
& thin, a.,
energy or power to say ^rdo. tionga. gambling, war, &c,), vd., yela.
all v.,
Longer,
I
vd.,
yelwa.
ko;
nlaku
(4,
U-)
will
Longing,
to
diaka ko. ;/., nlekoko (4) a moyo evelema, 8 eluema, 8. (3) be able to do something which one cannot or must not do, n.,
;
;
ma
he has lost the taste for palm-wine, nlaku audi a malavu usakidi.
;
saka
Loss
(in trade),
;/.,
nkuluki,
2.
2.
(a losing),
suffer, v.,
of,
nkulukwa,
tiki-tiki, 6.
to
fwilwa. fwidilwa.
v.,
sala e
Longingly at, to look, v., lengokeIwa or yengola meso (pi. 7). Longitude, also a parallel of, .,
ntongeka,
2.
be at a loss to know how to do or make something, v., yitakiana. Lost, be or get, vd., vianda. be lost and wandering, v., vuvana.
(disappear), be,
v.,
v.,
lala.
Long-suffering
paying no heed to violence, annoyance, &c.). n., nlandu, 4 mvuku, 4. be, v., landula, lazula.
(the
;
hopelessly, be,
langala.
(P.
Lot, ofa,
mundu a
lot,
mundo,
the
world).
Look
tadikila.
monga,Tia,na.
what a App.
see
biza
&
mbote,
blank,
tungama,
Loud
-abakuka.
769
Lou-Man
continued.
cuts
'^UDLY, to speak,
v.,
bakula
e ndi-
Make,
little
nga
(2).
(build, style), .,
in,
7/.,
tonda, App.
12.
2.
a.,
kanda, nwata.
,,
12.
I' Loved,
rotherly,
ungndi,
(manner of making),
one's self out
to
be,
v.i.^
ebangu, 8. kukita
-anta-
{refl),
kikitula
{refl.).
mbuki.
Low down,
balula
omu mbetela
Lower
a nsi
(2).
rods,
ntaku.
quickly,
v., vangizieka. up one's mind, 7/., yambukwa
bufa.
2/.,
Lowering, be
[kuma
(9)
Lubricate, -v., Lubricated, be, v., lelomoka, lelema. Luck (good), ., zumbi, 6. Lump, ., ebungela, 8 ebwengele;
way
(to allow
to pass),
7/.,
sila e nzila
kete,
left in
8.
nlomba,
4,
;
the
population
(///.,
all
mbumba,
4.
Lunch, n., mbela-mbela, 2. Lupus exedens, 7i., matamba, Lure, v., volela.
.,
neko,
pi. 8.
10.
7/./.,
bear against,
tongeneka.
8
;
volela,
7t.,
6. 8.
eketo,
Into-
^after, v.t.,
ketokela.
v.,
Man,
see also
mbana, App.
n.^
IusT,
(any one),
(10).
mwena...o longo
v.,
of importance or position,
mwl-
uxuRY,
live
in,
vwama, pu-
tuta.
2.
Mangrove
ngo).
tree, .,
mwema,
3 (Solo-
M.
Machine,
.,
Manhood
ma-
mkkina,
(P.
root
china).
Made,
be, v.i.^
up (not
real), a.,
salama. -ansoka.
Manner,
(style)
Magistrate, ., mungwizi, 3. Maiden, young, ., dumbelele, 6 see also mwenze, App. Maintain in good condition, v.t.^ simbinina.
;
ndata,
Mantis,
.,
;
lunkunza-mbuku,
;
10
(Kib.)
Make,
v.t.,
sadika.
Manure
mvuku,
2.
3D
Man- Men
770
Many
7/.,
kwe-
Mean,
continued,
mpangu, App.
2.
have, kwendelelwa.
Meaning,
n.,
nsosa,
because (there were) so many, see wingi, App. very many, see e ke ye kingi, App.
Means
(ability),
ndenda,
to
2 his
every
one according
andi.
(of obtaining), n.,
means.
mpwilu,
l)a-
to
kilu,
6.
taken by a caravan,
nkolo-
by
all
mona, make a,
nzila
2.
Meanwhile,
kolomona, tenda e
wau
(during); the
v.,
(2).
Measles
(of
wo-
disa,
7.
Measure
8.
or marked
a cry of surprise),
v.i.^
ku4
;
mabetomona
.,
(pi. 8).
nkumbi,
nkungulu,
4.
Mash, Mask,
v.t.^
vota.
;
ngobodi, 2 from ngobodi, something which inspires awe, on account of its size.
.,
.,
Mediate, v., Mediator, n., nzonzi, 2 (Bako.) nkambakani, i & 4. Medicinal bark and roots, to search
for, collect, v.,
mabetomona. kamhakana.
banga.
Mass
(lump),
mbumba,
.,
;
4.
;
one who
ebidi,
8.
;
collects, n.,
mbangi,
kaya. nkayi,
i
&
4.
4.
(great number),
bidi, 6
ngengele, 2 5 huge mass of rock, a boulder. kiengele kia etadi (8) see also under nkingu, App. Massiveness, 71., silu, pi. 6.
;
huge, kiengele,
one who
collects, n.,
&
Medicine, bundle of
;
ebunda, 8 see also mfula, App. Meditate, n., vimpita, lamba, di(fetish), n.,
knla.
Master
nku-
Meek,
be, v.,
n.,
4.
lembalala.
nku,
salu kia
is
nkimku
person,
nlembami,
v.,
&
nlealso
kiki, this
the
work of a
as
ka,
master-hand.
Meet, go
same make
to,
kamba;
see
Mat,
circular, of the
batidila, App.
Meeting,
n.,
Melt
down,
v.t.,
(metals),
v.i.,
v.t.,
Matter
10.
(to talk
about),
.,
lusangu,
zeloka, zunzuka.
of the body,
n.,
Member
n., see
n.,
kikwa,
10.
6.
under nkumbi & nkungula, App. Mature, be, v.i., yeboka, kola. Maturity (puberty), ., etuluka, 8.
most important,
Memorial,
lubanzilu,
Memory,
mem-
5.
Mbadi
cloth,
twelve sheets
2.
of,
n.,
mbondo,
Mean
person,
.,
mbaba,
4.
; ;
771
Men-Mor
object,
z/./.,
MENTION,
v.t.^
suma
Miss the
or
tikumuka.
very much,
7/.,
mona
nzuwa
2.
(4)
ntuka
.,
(4),
sundakesa,
Missionary,
Mist,
.,
ntumwa,
4.
;
lutakesa. item by item, v.t., tangumuna. Mess (play with one's food), v., zeba.
mbunge,
nekwe-
kwendelela. kwendelesa.
v.t.,
send
a, v.,
sia e
mbaku, 4. ntumwa.
bright, such as tin,
5.
lu-
Metal, a hard,
mba.
Mixed
in
with,,
be,
v.i.,
lumbana
;
(Fr.
see
meta,
lita, stere,
&
mill-,
senti-,
desi-,
muna. Mixture^ n., nsangu, 4 nswangu, 4,. App. Moderate, be, v.i., tuna. Moderation, n., tunu, 6
10.
see
also
lutunu,
deka-, ekto-, kilo-, miria, &c. Mica, tiny scales of, n., ekwa (8) dia
exercise,
lose
v.i.,
tuna.
nzazi
(2).
all, v.i.,
Midday, nlungu (4) a ntangwa elunga (8) dia ntangwa. Middle (centre), ?i., ndunda, 2.
MiLLI- (metre, &c.) = yJ^o) (meta, &c.). Mind (intellect), ., nyindu, 4.
(intelligence), n., diela, 7.
(2),
in,
adv., e
l^lili-
Mole
(the animal),
//.,
Moment,
mbumbulu, 2. vana or
7t.,
Money
sia
lent
on
interest,
n.,
zuka,
6.
bear
in,
v.t.,
sungamena,
oku
a piece of money,
II.
mpanza,
&
.,
ntima
(4).
have one's mind at rest, v., (4, U-) bwa or kuluka. set, v.t., bwisa or kulula (3) or mbundu (2).
moyo moyo
Monster
evwendengele dia
also huge,
pig,
see
App.
a monster of a
make up
(4).
one's
mind
(decide), v.,
kubika,
yambukwa
ntima
n.,
make up
one's
sia e
2,
Mbula-mazi-mbii
month)
;
fish
Minded, be
kuzolela.
,,
difole
4,
Nkombe Mambunyi-mambu3,
Minute
(point
8.
discussion),
nyi;
;
5,
Kufulu (budding);
(small rains)
;
6,
ekono,
Minoka
v.,
7,
Nto;
Miserable,
(4
be,
kafalala,
ntima
u-)
kafalala,
bobalala
(Bako.).
lukendeleko, 10, Misery, ., nkangu (4) a ntima (4). Misfortune, ,, ndaza, 2 nlaza, 4
.,
;
condition,
Mbangala. Moon, n., ngonda, 2 (Bako.). More and more, to..., z/., tuntulula
13,
(Bako.).
{the
object
being the
action),
MoR-Mus
More, continued. nungunuka;
;
772
Much
see
more,
much
less,
see
ozevo
?/.,
also
vaza,
App. they loved him more and more, batuntulwidi kunzola; it became more and
sa-
the habit of
mfwidi-mfwidi
v.t.,
(I
am
4.
dead).
sunda, suva, luta he was stronger than his companion, oyandi obetele o nkwa andi e ngolo. put, v.t., kundikila, kudikila. than, adv., ke mu...ko. Morning star, n., ntetembwa (2) a
beta,
;
have, do,
Muddy
Multiplier, n., fokwelwa, 6. Multiply, v., fokola. the number of times multiplied, '??., mfoko, 2 6 times 20, mfoko 6 za20.
;
Multitude
12
;
(great number),.,wingi,
;
ebidi, 8
bidi, 6.
7t.,
it
was morn-
Murderous
Mud-fish,
nature,
n.,
umpondi, ngola-maza, 2.
12.
Morsel
(bit), n.,
6.
Murmur,
-amfwila.
7t.,
v.t.,
vunguta;
ft.,
see
also
(fragrant),
nkesona,
mutter, App.
MUSACEA
strelitzia (bot.),
;
zeke, 6
the side of
zieke, 6
see
K.-Eng. App.
Muscular
pad
fellow, n.,
7.
kingundu,
;1
dingundu,
(P.
Mortuary,
n.,
ngamela,
(as at the
camera).
Mushroom,
(10).
?t.,
ngudi,
Must,
I
v. anx.,
walakazi,
v.t.,
12.
kamika
Mould
into
some form,
3.
sema.
kala ye ekami (8) see kamika, App. must go, ekami ngina diau
;
;
Moulding, a
mbuti,
(projection), n.,
mungungu10.
dia kwenda.
see also
of pottery, the
manner
of,
of, n.,
mba,
2.
the operation
luwumbilu,
Mound,
slight,
raised
by a certain
kimpa-
nda-ngongo,
5.
Moustache,
a cylinder,
Mouthful,
n.,
nsanza, nkanzika, 4.
n.,
v.i.,
2.
give
it
to
him,
yakumvana
kio
you
will
in utero), v.i.,
dukula.
wanua tu
kokomoka.
sonsola.
up and down (as grass, &c., when a rat is making its way under it, v., tunduka.
to
it,
not...
you
must not
sell
m
;
MUT-NiC
(aside), adv.^
Mute
(grammatical),
{adv.).
a,
ku mfondti
Near
knna mpenza
(5).
(2).
Mutilation,
luseoko, lo {pass.)
{act.).
self, v.i.,
Nearly,
very, fianzi^
nga
the plate
luseolo, lo
Mutter
la.
to one's
(Bako.), yidima,lola,
vnngnita fundulu-
was nearly broken, fianzi^ nga elonga diwndikidi. Nearness, ., kimfinangani, 5 ki;
mfini,
10,000,
5.
-afwatiku-fwatiku.
h.,
miria- (meta, &c.). MvRRH, ., mor, 2 (Heb. mor). Mvstery, ., mfundu, 2 kimpindi, kimbinda, 5 (something 5
;
;
Necessity,
nkondwa,
2
;
2.
Neck,
.,
nsingu,
ft.,
nkingn,
4;
(Bako,).
Necklace,
nsanga,
" locked up
the explanation
").
of a
mystery,
n.,
Need
diambu
long, a,
a.,
diongo, 6t nznbe in great, v., mona wa (4) or ntuka (4). Needy, ., -ansukami (pi. asukami). Neighbourhood, 71., mvivu, 4 zu(of beads), n., dita, 6
of,
'r
nga,
6.
N.
Naked,
in
a.,
Nerve, nervous
nzo,
2,
energy, .
see
nko-
App,
a naked
of a tooth,
,,
nsnnungu,
2.
of,
n.^
kia-
nkulungn;
Name
(mention),
v.,
tola (Bako.)
(2)
ngula, 5. Nervous, be (impatient), v., kala ye kiangula, 5. Nervousness, ., kiangula, 5. Nest of twigs, ;/., kialwa, 5.
or esu-
Nettle,
ft.,
vidi, 6
dinsiensia,
7.
mbu
after
v.t.,
(8).
Never
family,
(fix), 7/.,
nluku,
4.
named
-esika-sika (yo).
yakwele mvu. Nevertheless, cofij.yQ kana nkutu, nkaya-kaya. New^., -amona (strange), a., -ampimpita. News, ft., kinsamu, 5.
(report),
nsangu,
ft.,
2 sing,
second-hand,
nsangU
(2)
za-
Nation,
n., see
vula, 6
zula,
6,
App.
a.,
nkambwa.
concerning the sickness or death of or some disaster which has befallen a relative, ft., etamba, 8. wonderful, ft., diambu (7) dia kinsamuna, the explanation of
Natural
(to
(as
human
a.,
being),
-awuntu, -akiwuntu.
a tree or plant),
-a
mumbene-
na
(3).
Nature
(inborn),
;
(Bako.)
n.,
Navel, protruding,
w.,
minu, 6. ekumba,
App.
Next
8.
landakana.
Nibble,
n.
;
kela.
;/.,
Ndembo
mystery, language
5,
of,
Nickname,
kela.
nkumbu
I2)
anso-
see kizengi,
'NiG-NUR
Night,
in
774
the middle of the, adv.
Not, continued.
see -ediki,
App.
be or sit up all night, x/., kielwa. No, inter pe. j.^ no little, no small, a., ke -andwelo. Noble (exalted), be, kundalala, tundalala.
mfumu
the box as
Note
rush),
n.^
especially,
7/.,
ta.
v.t..,
Noise
at
(bustle,
ngungula4.
pi.
sil e
ngungula, 2. an incantation,
n.,
dimbu
.,
(6),
nsangu,
;
Nothing,
bring
n.,
clamour,
lokoso, 10
biaula,
nkatu,
vela,
6.
5(Bako.).
expressive of wonder,
.,
ekumbu,
eyokosa,
8.
come
for
a great noise,
n.
see
8,
to,
App.
(loud), of
ngofwiU.
v.l.
Notice
of,
diki,
made when
or
at
the
4.
Notwithstanding,
conj., i
conj.,
kana
nkutu, nkaya-kaya.
make make
make
2/.,
ta
lozi.
v.,
dituka.
a thundering, dudula, tutula.
n.^
fikuna,
nsonsa, 4. make such, 2/., sia nsonsa. Noised abroad, be, v.i., kumba, yaya. Nonsense, n., ungolokoso, 12 ungongolokoso, 12 mavamba,
;
of something moving,
Nourishment
pl. 8.
which food immfiku, 2. Now see (what has become of it), see now, conj. see kasi OWU, App. indeed or at length, conj., wau i
(that
parts), n.,
;
Nor,
conj.,
bosi.
that, conj.,
vo,
or kinana
3.
saw
it,
NsAFU
kernel,
moua
North,
n.,
Nucleus,
(P. norte).
note,
Nudge
inside
nsute,
2.
;
ngula.
see also
Not,
under sa, App. was or is. ..he (&c.) not; see biza & mbote, App. not a 'itw^ a., ke -andwelo. when two negative sentences are
joined by as though, just as if, as if, the second particle of negation appears 07ily once., ayid
that at the end of the combined sentences; do not treat me as
if I
vangu,
v.t.,
6.
Nullify,
bwangalakesa, pa71.,
;
Number,
;
a great,
ebidi, 8
bidi,
see also e
ke ye
Numerous,
Nursing
a.,
-ankangu.
luayi,
10.
bwembena, besama.
v.,
sling, n.,
chief,
ku-
zembama muna
(775
X7RSING, continued.
take out of or set
lola.
Nur-Omi
v.,
Obstruct,
kakidika.
.,
down from
kasn,
6.
a,
ze-
Obstruction,
.,
XuT
(for
a bolt),
freedom from
...in,
all, n.^
kaku, 6. nkoldmona,
an,
2.
place
as
kakidika...
7/./.,
o.
Oath, take
ndofi
an,
(2),
?/.,
beside,
bata6.
bindumuka
2.
;
bindumuka.
ngwilu,
//.,
vaki,
n.,
Occur
see
(happen),
v.,
v.,
vaika.
;
be, vd.,
fwanukwa
to
one,
it
also must,
App.
occurred
him
to
see
whether the thing was there, diyimini muna ntima audi edi dia tala vo e lekwa kikedi ko.
Ocean,
comma7id).
Odd
Object, the chief, ., etima, 8. Obligation, n.., ekami, 8. be under great, ^., bindakana.
miuwu). ntuka, 4. a., -antula, -antuka, -answangani. (of no particular use), <3., -ansuwa. Odds and evens, the game of, n.^ mpweso, 4 see mpinzi, nsibi.,
muwu,
n.,
3 (pi.
number,
ntula, 4
zole-
di,
App.
games,
p. 493.
Iwa
(be
because
ntaku,
e
e
we had
to
give
the
Odour, emit a delightful, 7/., tombana. give out an, v., vumbana.
kuma
to,
twazolelo
7/.,
Of
vana
be or
I
ntaku.
feel
obliged
kamika,
;
kala ye ekami
(8),
nwengwa
-akwa Nsafu of Kimbanda, Nsafu akwa Kimbanda; the chiefs of Ewombe, a mfumu
;
am
zakwa Ewombe.
{before
a pers. pron.\
see
-ina {pre-
ceded by a
also
locative')^
App.
see
nda.
be much,
7/.,
bindakana.
App. Offence (something wrong or improper), n.^ eyanga. commit an, t/., bula e eyanga.
(Bako.),
take, v., baka e efwema (8). Offensive (stinking) condition, adv.^ e
in a,
mwa,
Obstinacy,
App.
.,
lufutu,
4
;
10
nkumfu,
see also
kinkani,
bokoto
(pi. 6).
Offspring,
I
n.^
wutwa,
nwutuki,
&4.
ekwe.
-z/./.,
Oh
which
Old &
kuva.
person,
nenunu,
4.
4.
findu,
6.
Obstinate heedlessness
and warning,
(indifferent to
.,
all),
-z/.z.,
to
advice
6.
tree, ., olive, 2
ze-
tibingi,
kumvalala.
tona, 2 zethan).
(P.
azeitona
Heb.
Obstinately, hold on
v.,
(perseveringly),
Omission,
.,
zindalala.
Omitted,
see
On-Own
On,
see also
776
mwa, App.
Orator,
n.,
ngw^lele-ngw^nze,
n.,
2.
(3)
Once
or kaka, with the emph, de?n. pron. j ^z/y^kiamakuluwz//^ the applied form J I tell you once for all, i nsamwina aka yiyi isamwini or ivovesele wo kiafor all, adv.^ i...aka
Orchid
(van?)
to go, v.t.,
mwenzi
amputu.
Order
tuma.
4.
I
makulu.
at once, adv.^ i
precedence,
n.,
ndandaiii,
order,
mil
also expressed
2.
have been once, but not now, see -adi, V. defective, App. One above the other, ., -ankundakiani, -ankundieka, -ambandito
z/.,
Ordinances
pi.
(regulations), n.,
mina,
ordinary dress,
eka.
nkundakiani, e mbandieka, nkundieka. after the other, ., -andandani. adv., e ndandani. Only, conj., nloiigo(=mpasi, p. 354).
adv., e
kibeni. Ore, hard piece of iron, which presents the appearance of furnace
slag, n.,
mpwata
ekongwankela,
8.
a.,
-ampivi.
.,
a.,
Origin,
n.,
see
child, ., kialati, 5.
semona.
-a miasi.
Onyx,
Open,
(in
onis,
2.
-a
mwasi
v.,
(3), pi.
an open
state), adv.,
mwasi.
(the mouth),
yasuna.
Bako.)
ta e
Opinion, edi or e diambu (7) -ina this is my opinion, i diau diau didi ngina diau; what is his opinion ? nkia diambu kena diau ? our opinion is different, edi tuna diau diaka;
mpadi (2). Other, a., -ankaka (Bako.). Otherwise, conj., ke mpela ko; come at once otherwise it will be too late, wizidila, ke mpela ko e ntangwa isaka. Otter, as large as a water rat, white
belly, flat tail, n.,
ka. (judgment of the mind), ;/., nzengo, 2 Opinionated, be very, v., bamba. Opportunity, give an, v., vana or sila e uzila (2). have an, v., baka e ntangwa (2) vwa e nzila (2). Oppose, v.t., see palana, App. the wishes of (another), v., sia e
lungola-ngo-
la, 10.
Ought,
Oval,
be,
v.,
see
an,
n.,
4.
swatumuka, sungumuka. make, v., sungumuna, swatumuna. Overhaul, v.t., satulula, sandulula. Overreach, v.t., sunda, sundidila,
luta, lutidila.
Opposition, place
Overshadow, v.t., yitalela. Overwhelmed, be, vd., finangeswa. Own, of one's, a., -akuvwila he has a knife of his own, wina ye
;
Or, or
else, conj.,
ke mpela ko.
nlalanza, 4 (P. la-
Orange
tree, n.,
Owner,
ranja).
house,
vwa-nzo.
Pac-Pat
Part, continued.
(allotted), w.,
P.
Pacify,
t/./.,
kwa, 6. kikwa,
t/./.,
6,
App.
(slice), ., sele, 6.
wondeleka.
7/./.,
Partake
(2)
of (eat),
dia.
e
I^vCK closely,
I'ADDiNCx, .,
bandila.
(have a share
in),
kala
ntwadi
mfwadu, 4 (l"- fardo). P.EDOBAPTisT, ., mundemba-wana, see lemba mwana, App. 3 Page, where a passage may be found,
;
muna.
bonga or
7a,
tambula
Partial, be
(in
kunku
(6).
judgment),
kusia
n.,
ezikila, 8
evika,
8.
Pain
(terrible), .,
ntima
(4),
I'AINED in the
ntima
J'AiNS, take,
(4).
I'AIR
(of
vana esambu dimosi. Partisan, ., kamba, 6. Partition, ., yaka (6) kiansungi, ngumbu, 2. Partner, ., mbale, 2. Partnership of women, n., kindumbi,
in,
which
kindumbizi,
5.
mate),
n.,
kialwa,
5.
adv.,
kindumbi,
kindu-
Palaver-place, in a town, n., eboko, ntanda-ndembo, 4 mba8 zi (2) a ekongo. Pale, become, v.i., seboka, pukuka. Paleness, 7i., seswa, 6. Palm, fruit of mpusu, etombe, & date palm, ., nkulu, 2.
; ;
mbizi.
enter into,
vanga
v.,
enter into,
Pass, allow
to, v.,
sila e nzila
by or round
avoiding
loka.
midrib of
leaf, n.^
.,
1 1
keke,
2
6.
;
spect or disgust),
lusie1
kengo-
of leaflet,
nsiele,
siensiele, 6
&
lusiensie,
<?r
across (a space),
of disci-
&2.
large, of
oil, .,
Raphia
vinifera,
ebanga,
;
8.
see ze-
should be again
tona, App.).
wine, old
repeated
see
zinga
ebu
(8),
&
sour, .,
is
wine, which
App.
12
hours old,
malavu
ma-
nswa.
Pant,
v.L, lakala,
womba
sakasa. ekono, 8.
{reji.).
2.
Paragraph, n., Parallax, n., zumbulu, 6. Parallel, be, singamena kumosi. of latitude, ., nkambiku, 2.
of longitude,
mumpumpu,
3.
ntongeka,
n.,
2.
Parallelogram,
Paralyse,
v.t.,
ba,
6.
Passes, make, v. ; see mika, App. Passion, n., eketo, 8. (emotion), ., vengenene, 6 (sing.
only).
n., efwenka, 8. nduta, 2. Past, the remote, ., kavengelele, 9 ngodia-ngodia, 2. Pasturage, ., madilu, pi. 8. Pat playfully, v.t., wanda ntayi (4).
vola.
overmastering,
n.,
Passover,
Paramour,
.,
nkembi, 4;
mwa-
mbizi, 3 (Mbamba).
Parchment,
Part,
.,
;/.,
ngungu,
2.
bela,
6.
Pat-Per
Patch
Path,
of cultivated ground, small,
6. 4.
778)
v.,
lua,
n.,
nzia-zia,
path,
a direct
nzila
(2)
to hang things, ., nketekwa, 2. Penal, a., see -ansi a nkuwu (2), App. Pendulous, be (of the breast), vd.,
abatn.
bokola.
Patience,
n., (4)
luku
(3).
nlekoko a ntima
(4)
(4)
kiangula,
v.,
People, great number of, n. see zelele, 6, App. Perdition, ., lufwasu, 10. Perfect, bring to perfection {ofplans,
;
(perseverance),
.,
luzindalalu, 10.
la-
Patient
ntima
(4)
nkuka.
(in prime), (in
zikuka.
style), a.,
idiom or
-akosi.
;
mba;
Perfection,
App.
be
at, v.u,
n.,
eziku, 8
see
zikuka,
(design, figure),
n.,
n.,
(make),
6.
zikuka, kunkuka.
in
bring
Perforated
many
places
a.,
(style), .,
mpwa,
-azoko-zoko.
Pause,
ft.,
Perfume, something
emitting
a, v.,
Paw,
buba,
6,
6.
Pay
of a blacksmith or doctor,
n.,
dinsunga-nsunga, 7Perhaps, ?<fi-^<^ verbally, to... perhaps, nanga...ye (&c.) I may buy it
;
kwezi,
a passing
visit
^r call,
v.,
vitamena.
perhaps to-morrow, ndanga kio sumba yo mbazi he was perhaps right, onanga lunga.
;
money,
n.,
7/.,
zamba.
;
possible to be,
kala vo
perhaps
vo,
it
;
it is
perhaps possible
that, also
ungudi,
again,
12 {see
K.-Eng.
App.).
conj.
see
make peace
make,
v.t.,
vutula
ungudi.
;
&
(kala)
own
pi.
diakalanga,
vonza, 6
(Bako.).
&:c.,
sia e
ngemba
(pi. 2)
sia
ungudi; see also nwika nsangalavwa (4), App. (nsa-). of mind, n., fiauzi, 12 nkuluku or
;
lenga,
;
vangu, 6
be
in,
sumbu, 6
su-
Peak
(of
10.
lomba
Period
Perish,
(epoch),
v.i.,
n.,
sungi,
6.
kufwila.
2.
Peritoneum, n., luvungu, 10. Perjure one's self, v., fumba e ndofi
(2).
Peep
head appearing,
v.l,
lumbalala.
vJ.,
Permanent,
Permission,
be,
v.,
v.i.,
zingila.
2
;
Peer
(into,
over,
under, &c.),
ngyambu,
kia-
dionga.
mbu,
5.
; ;
779
'er-Pla
.,
Permission, continued.
give, 7A,
Perversitv,
lufutu, 10 (Bako.)
vana
wiki. P RpLEX, v., kindakesa, finangesa, yitakesa. P :rplexed, be, v.i., kindakana, finangeswa, yitakiana. P :rsecute, 7/./., futuna (Bako.), funtnna, banganisa. P :rsecuted, 7/./., be, futuka (Bako ),
ndomba,
Philosopher, ., ndongoti, 2. Phylactery, n., nkinda, 2. Pick out (select), v., ta, dimbuna.
out (maize),
7/.,
su-
bwenia.
of double or extra
Piece of
;
cloth
luzi;
swiswi, 6
su6.
small), .,
App. nkesona,
vasina,
tente,
6.
;
kwaminini,
(slice), sele,
lumemo,
;
10.
entire,
sungama,
(2)
or fulula
zitalala, va-
ekulu.
(entire, of cloth,
braid,
&c.),
w..
mfofeka,
Pieces, in or
it is
4.
we
will
ebembele,
8.
adv., e bela-bela
bela-bela.
Pierce
with,
(into), v.i.,
7/./.,
sumama
(muna).
2
vd.,
kwamanana.
sumika, someka.
;
in following, in (a
Pigeon
moka.
Persistence,
n., 10.
2/.,
ntala,
pi. 2
luzi-
on,
7/.,
kundakesa.
.,
ndalalu,
Pillar
see persevere.
of cloud,
etuti
(8)
dia ki5.
Persistent,
in one's
be,
own opinion, to be very, v.i.^ bamba. Person, n., mbana, i (pi. ambana).
young person whose name you forget or do not wish others to
hear,
n.^
wooden),
.,
nkindi,
(Bako.).
to sit on, n.,
mfwadu,
4 (P- fardo).
4.
2.
v.t.^
to,
be, v., kwikidisa. Persuasive, a., -anlebo. Persuasiveness, n., nlebo, 4Pertinacity, n.y see kinkani, App. Pervade, v.i.^ see zala, App. Perversion (act), ., lubiondomono,
Persuaded,
Pitch, highest or lowest, ;/., see zengo, 6, App. (slope) of a roof, &c., n., nknnka, 4Pitiableness, n., lukendeleko, 10. Place, v.t., knma, sikidika. apart, separate, n., beko, 6. in a separate, vabeko.
before,
7/./.,
tumbika.
is
of-
10
lubendomono,
10.
lalu, 6.
Pla-Pok
Place, continued. the end or point
780)
Plateau, long
stretch of,
.,
ekombe,
against
(some-
8.
thing), -t/./., tutika. good, ^., kiudi, 5 (Bako.). a heavy weight upon, v.t.^ nieteka.
in full view, v.t.^
Platen, of a press, ., koni, 6. Plaything, ., see sakesa, 6, App. Please, if you, do, dodokolo di- (aku,
&c.).
senzeka.
is
8.
in a
Pleasure,
w.,
ekombo,
ifi
ewete
ehoko,
6.
6.
{generally used
4.
the plural
level, n.^
nlela-nlela,
(seat), n.,
fongo,
see
take,
v.i.^
vinga, App.
(things) in a
Plod
on,
z/./.,
zindalala, dokalala,
bembeka.
v.t.,
together,
fitika.
is
Plodding,
to
;
patient
azizi.
8.
disposition,
.,
be
ntima (4)
Plot,
n.,
ezikila, 8
evi-
ekani,
?7.,
ka, 8
against,
is, nzeye dio evika diandi. where highway robbery was committed, fumbi, 6.
of ground,
efwe,
;
8.
Pluck,
all),
adv.^
nko
.,
nko.
4.
8.
Plain,
nlela-nlela,
alluvial,
ebwila,
z/./.,
nkabu, 2 unkabn, 12. close ofif by the stalk, v.t.., kongona. (large fruit), v.t.^ konga. (small things), kongona, zonzona,
;?.,
(clear), be,
kia.
zotona.
make,
v.t.,
kiesa.
Plumed tuft, ., yondo, 6 bondo, 6. Plunge the head into water, v.t.^ bo;
2.
teka.
plant used
11.
;
in
native
Plural,
(2).
in the, adv., e
nknndikwa
medicine,
4,
see
nsangalavwa,
tree,
App.
Plush,
2.
n.,
mbumbnlu,
cut
2.
Point to anything,
(headland),
longo)
(highest),
;
a, v.t.,
sonsona.
2
nkunda-nkunda,
-
non
fruit
bearing
on account
;z.,
of
4.
n.,
nkonko,
8.
(So-
sterility
or sex,
nlomba,
ekunkwa,
(planted), n.,
self-sown,
?z.,
nkuna, 2, n. ekunda, 8.
transplanting),
.,
.,
lusangidika,
at, v.,
;
10.
of importance, arrive
zikula.
a single,
., zo, 6.
see
under
8.
(seedlings
for
mpuza, 2, sing. only. Plantain, the last hand on a bunch, ., zangama, 6. Plantain eater, the blue, n.^ ntoyo,
2 mnndanda, 3. Plantation prepared, but
;
ekono,
out specially,
v.t.,
zikinisa.
not yet
(P.
planted,
.,
nsaya,
//.,
2.
Plate
(slab or sheet),
baya, 6
(of punctuation), ., ekuminu, 8. Pointed, be, v.i., sonsoka. Poison of a snake, &c., n., manga, 4. for fish, n., bumi, 12 (Bako.). Poke out (protrude), v.i., zonzomoka. with the end of something long, v.^
taboa).
tnkika, tutika.
78i
Pol-Pre
continued.
?/./.,
Pole,
n.,
ezita, 8
see
K.-Eng. App.
Pour,
north pole, ezita dia note, south pole, ezita dia sud.
out (decant),
out (of
longolola.
7/./.,
much
only),
vongoka.
Policeman, ., nkawu, 2. Pollute, v., safula. Pollution, ;/., nsafu, 4 esafu, 8. Polypus, n., mbadi, 2. Pool left by the fall of a river, .,
;
2.
Power
4.
zinga, 6 ezi;
to
command,
.,
olodi(P. ordem),
2.
Powerful (man
(pi.
or nation),
.,
-a-
Poor,
.,
-a
nsnkami
asukami),
-amputu.
(commiserating),
7/.,
tatila.
lusanisu,
lusanisinu,
;
Port,
esenselo,
(allotted),
8.
;/.,
10
lukembeso, 10
lusense-
Portion
kwa,
6.
8.
z'./.,
(birthright), .,
(integral),
7i.,
efwafwa, kikwa, 6.
(share), n.,
see
Position
Possess,
or post),
n.^
esiku,
v.,
wa
(Bako.).
in common, v.^ lendana. Possessions, n., lusalu, 10. in slaves, kuta, 6. all one's, ., salangani, pi. 6 langanu, pi. 6. Possible, be, v.u, lendakana.
Preach, v., teleka. Preacher, ., nteleki, & 4. Preaching, n., nteleko, 4 nteleka, 2. Precious thing, very, ., lengezia, 6. Precipice (having sides slightly slopi
;
ing, n.,
lunenge-nenge,
10.
4.
10.
edge, of lunengananu,
;
sa-
Precipitancy,
.,
nzalala,
in,
Post
vumu
(6)
kianunguka.
v.i.,
kulwa,
2 (Bako.);
mwekwa,3.
(position), ., esiku, 8.
vidika,
kuzengela.
lambula bungwa, 6.
v.,
lumbu
(6).
Premature, be, v.i., ke yeboka. ko. Prepare (arrange), v., kumpa, ludika.
for the reception of a guest,
(large, of
mottled ware),
kubi-
kompo.,
Pottery, which
very
frail,
be-
Prepared,
Pounce
vangizieka. lulama. (made) quickly, z/.z., vangaziana. Preposition, n., va-ku-mu, 14.
-z^.,
(12).
t/.z.,
yimba.
Pound
same time in one mortar (of two or more people), v.t.^ bandana. Pour down, t/.z., voloma. forth, ?7./,, bungula.
at the
made
for
purpose of insulting,
2.
.,
mpadi,
(for
mpadi.
v.
(gush) forth,
z/.z.,
fwamfumuka.
zamba.
Pre-Pro
Presently,
adv.^
782
oku
se ntn.
v.t.,
Preserve from
mfiku
(4).
n.,
eniemo,
8.
kwezi,
v.t.^
6. 6.
/?.,
kaminwa,
buy thus, v., sumba have a thing sold tekelwa mfiku. Pride, n., mvwania, 2.
intoxication
to
??.,
8.
be in, ., zikuka. Print, v.t., kweza, kwezeka. (something printed), n., kwezo, 6. Printer, n., nkwezi, i & 4. Prison, n., pelezo, 2 (P. prisao or
prezo).
Pretence
dia.
of,
make,
^.,
Private,
v.,
a.,
-abeko.
adv., e
(2),
kuvunginika, kuvukika, kukita irefi.). Pretender, n., kuvunina, i. Pretentiousness, ?z., knvaka, 9 kumvalala, 9. Pretext, n., lumpeso, 10. Prevaricate, t/./., kwenkona. Prevent, 7/./., kutula; he prevented
Pretend,
in (aside),
kineenga
(5),
mpenga
Privately,
adv.,
kuna beko
Proclaim,
leka,
v.t.,
teleka.
n.,
Proclamation,
2.
nteleko, 4
nte-
my
kwe-
Procrastinate, v.t., sia e lele (6). Procurable, be, v., bongakana ("getable
able
"),
(by standing in front to stop any one) from going somewhere, ?/.,
kesela.
able"),
").
Prevented, be
(muna).
kana.
adv., e
nkete preceding
price
n.,
kayakana. nlungu-lungu, 4. Profane, v.t., zengeneka. a., -anzengenga. Profanity, n., nzengenga, 2. Profession (boast), n., lusanu, 10. (trade), n., nkono, 4. Professional man, n., mfuzi, 2. Proficient, be thoroughly, v.i., lu(leaves only),
n.,
Prodigality,
of, v.,
ta or
10.
?/.,
vuna
at
esumbu
v.,
(8),
loaning
or
investments),
only,
2
;
any or a high,
n.,
kula.
8,
mazuka,
(in trade), n.,
8, pi.
buying,
esumbu,
ndandu,
ebunda-
vumu, 8. Prognathous,
e
bangidika
nta-
lu
(2).
nka-
783
Pro-Pur
be,
v.i.,
IROMiNENT,
be,
v.i.,
lundalala, tn-
Protruded,
spathe,
from
hole
or
see
ndalala, zundalala. make, v.t., lundidika, &c. ROMISE (of good or bad),
longomoka,
.,
nka-
nikinu,
mise,
.,
4-
K.-Eng. App. a., -alundalala. (of the ears), a., -apakalala. Protuberant, be (of forehead,
Protruding,
lips,
&c.), 2
z/.,
bumvalala.
7/./.,
Promontory, n., nkonko, ngo) ekunkwa, 8. Pronoun, ., nkumbi, 2. Pronounce, v., fokola. Pronunciation, n., mfoko,
;
(Solo-
PiiouD & reserved, be, fumina, tintila. Proudly, walk or go, vunia-vunia (pi.
fumana,
e
z/.,
kwenda
6).
2.
Prove
(prov-
(demonstrate),
z/.,
sia e yeleka
(pl. 5).
Provide
kuvkvila
^m ^H ^H
^^L
^
ing), 2.
{reji:).
circumstantial,
clear
.,
ntunguluzi,
2.
&
unmistakeable,
mona-meso
^^pROFER,
v., ludika. songa. (correct), a., -avimpila, -akosi. make, or of proper length, by cutting off a piece, z/., kumpika,
prove to be true,
be,
v.i.,
vambula. vambwila. Provocation (active), n., luseko, 10. Provoke, v.t., tutisa e ekudi (8). Provoked much, be, ntima (4,
(furnish), n.,
to,
-z/.z'.,
u-) or
Prying
kumpa.
Property,
-ansongi. lusalu, 10. in slaves, ., kuta, 6J
(right),
<2.,
.,
Sa-
.,
8.
all one's, .,
salangani,
sala-
nganu, pi. 6. Prophesy, v.t., sakula. Propitiate a fetish for breaking some restriction, v.t.^ see fulula,
App. Propitiation (means
ka,
n.,
6.
Public property, to be used by any one, a., -evwanga. Publicity, ., mpenza, 2 evwangi, mvenene, 4. 8
; ;
Publicly, adv., e or
;
ku
(&c.)
mpe-
of), .,
lembe-
nza see also ova etenda, App. Publish widely, v.t., sanzanisa. Pucker, v.t., kutidika.
v.i.,
Propriety
(correctness of manner),
6.
kutalala.
a high position (perv.t.,
kosi,
(rectitude), n.,
nsongi,
sons only),
kunkula.
in),
Proscribed, ., see -ansi a nkuwu (2) App. Prosper, v.i., vangama. Prostitute, ., mputa, 2 (P. puta). Protect, v., kankana. Protection of, to assume the, v.,
konkolola. Protector, ., kangi, 6. Protrude, v.L, lundalala, tundalala, zundalala, duka.
(of a point),
z/.z.,
sumuna.
into,
v.t.,
Pulp,
crush
nianzuna,
2.
Pumpkin, a small
dia,
2.
variety
of, .,
nsu*
Pupil,
.,
of eye,
.,
Pure
(genuine),
see
under ya,
2.
zonzomoka.
lanzuka.
App.
Purple
(the colour),
?/.,
mpilu,
'UR-QUI
784
Purpose
nu,
(determination),
n.,
ekani,
8
;
8.
Put, continued.
the legs,
together,
(of
v., fila
v.t.,
(raison d'etre), .,
4-
evangu,
;
mfu;
malu
(pi. 9).
fitika, tota.
bila, 6 ., ebandu, 8 eyandu, 8 elonda, 8. for what purpose, e elonda, e eyandu, e ebandu. some great thing given or done for
(reason),
;
many
v.i.,
parts), v.t.^
v.t.,
tudika.
in
good order,
be,
lumpika.
lumpama.
order,
7/.,
ment or
fwatika.
fwatika-
a purpose,
n.^
mpongo,
see
K.-Eng. App.
Purposeless
fwila.
-ango-
up with (an inconvenience, &c.), v.t.^ vukula. upon a man's shoulder (the load he
IS
Purslain,
lu.
??.,
madia
(pi. 9)
ma
nguv.t.^
to carry),
v.t.^
Iwlkila.
Putrid, something,
(of things
in
n.^
wolezia,
6.
Push on
motion),
vitumuna.
on well with,
7/./.,
ki-
totola.
v.t.,
Put
aside, to keep,
.,
velekela.
6.
something,
velekela,
(of
something which one has), v.t., vengeka. something which comes in one's way or is apart from one), v.t.^
(of
way
QQuake,
7/.,
dedema.
vengomona.
back again
vJ.,
langa.
be,
v.t.^
langama.
down
(of
many
things
only),
v.t.^
Qualify {gram>i, v., yikula. Quantity, a great, n., ebidi, 8 bidi, vomo, 6 see ndibwa, 2, 6
; ; ;
vindakesa.
(ofsomethinggreat),7/./.,bubidika.
further apart,
in a position, in a
in
v.t.^
7/.,
App.
Quarrelsomeness
ya,
12.
(great), n.,
uwu2 (P.
tavula. sikidika.
2/.,
Queen
v.t.^
(in
cards), n.,
harlot).
all,
mputa,
see also
handy
nzeka.
position,
bembeka.
se-
puta,
a prominent position,
fire), v.,
Question, beyond
App.
lay a,
be, v.,
into (the
fumpa. lambula
Quick
e
in
making or preparing,
(ye);
lumbu
vangamiana
be
quick
vangamiana
on the
out (extinguish),
temper,
mvi
Quickly,
see
K.-Eng. App.
(nso-
mfunka
only),
(2).
mvi).
adv., e
ntinu yo nswalu,
(ye),
lulumuna, lundu-
muna.
plenty,
v.t.,
kipalu. do or prepare,
do, go, &c.,
tudidika.
z/.z.,
in plenty, be,
tulalala.
v.,
vika {aux.
;
v).
see
soon, Eng.-K.
also vika,
App.
go
v.t.^ fila.
some
part of body),
785
Qui-Rea
continued.
(in
continued.
Range,
is
IUICKLY,a to do
thing quickly
also
ex-
long range
guns),
<z.,
-antunta,
-antwala.
zadi,
6.
(still),
7'./.,
kiatunda;
Quiet, be
Rascal,
;/.,
baza, 6
tuzu, 6
tS-
down,
7'./.,
ma,
6.
., ntwanga, 2. untwanga, 12.
lembalala.
unscrupulous,
Rascality,
//.,
Rashly,
do,
v.,
R.
Race
(breed).
;/.,
;nswa-
takesa,
2.
kuna,
12.
Rat
;/.
;
hunting,
//.,
esaku,
8.
Rather,
adv., vezi.
nzimbakani,
race,
2,
the
kaka
^S:
mpasi,
nzimbaka-
App.
than, adv., ke mu...ko. Ravage, v., fwantakesa. Ravine, ;/., mvonzi, 4. Raw, without previously cooking, adv., e nse (2), e mbisu (2). condition, yisu, 6
;
Rage,
kiezi,
;
in a, adv.,
nlula.
Rags,
in
rags
&
tatters,
-anlanzi-
nlanzi.
nse,
2.
Raid
for slaves,
7/./.,
bnnda.
(12).
to, v.,
via
tangumuna.
;
mamwanga-mwanga,
;
Readiness,
to
//.,
lululamu, 10
luku2.
(Bako.)
pl. 7
manyanga-nya;
bamu,
do a kind
be,
10.
nga,
(Bako.)
mfwefo, 4
action, n.,
ngemba,
(Bako.).
to be constantly threatening to rain
Ready,
7/./.,
lulama.
ntima
to
(4).
again clearing up a little, v.i. [ezuln (8, di-) or kuma (9, ku-)] yinda. very heavy, /?., mvumbi, 4.
&
ready
vevolwela
go
ntifor
ma; he was
kungea ntima
Raining, cease, ?/./., kauka. Raise a price excessively, ?/., bangidika e ntalu (2).
mvevo
v.,
(4)
Rear
(bring up),
tongonona, ku-
bakula or zangula or siamisa e ndinga (2). up upon some support, 7/., kundiv.,
the voice,
bulula.
Reason,
n.,
bila, 6
;
eyandu,
;
eba-
kila.
Ram
v.f.,
ko-
elonda, 8 ebungu, 8. for this,e bila kiaki, eyandu diadi, elonda diadi, e bila ye ebandu.
ndu, 8
mangesa.
tightly, 7A, diatidila.
for what,
wa
eyandu,
11.,
iS:c.
&
sunsa,
2
;
explanation,
mpitu
2.
(2)
yo
Range
(of a throw),
//.,
6.
2.
nsengo
for
(4).
71.,
of a weapon, ntunta,
ntwala,
coming,
ngizilu,
3E
Rea-Rel
.R ASON,
i<:
(786)
Reference to, in, see -ina omu, App. Reflection, n., kita, 5 (Bako.) nkangazi, 4Refresh kd in body, be, 7/., nitu (2 i-) sakumuka; moyo (3, u-) vu;
continued.
fm- .going,
for what,
ngyendelo,
2.
wa
edi.
is
that,
ina
ntangwa
kina or kinana vo. it cannot have happened without some reason see diambu, App. Reasoning, the power of, //., nyindu,
;
tula.
after thirst, in
nitu
(3,
(2, i-)
vola.
mind,
moyo
U-)
4'
{with appl.form).
badila.
v.,
Regular,
a.,
kibeni
.,
the
pi. 3. full
regular
Regulations,
mina,
Rehearse
a matter with
detail
Recklessness,
takesa,
2
thoughtless,
;
nswanswatakani, 2.
;/,,
Reckon,
Reclalm,
v.t.,
7'./.,
dikula.
vukulula.
tona, toneua.
'
from the beginning to the end, kumbulula, tapntuta. Relations, to have the most intimate, see yambana, App.
f Recollilct,
^'''^'''^'='
U/./.,
)
Relationship, ;/., see also under ndia (4) mosi, & wutnkiana
yo, App.
Recollection,
very distinct,
a, .,
lubanzu,
5.
10.
;z.,
kienze,
2.
kiandi,
(pi.
akia-
ndo,
4.
Reconcile, v.t., bakanisa. Reconciled, be, v.i., bakana. Reconciliation, ., lubakanisu, 10 (rt^A) lubakanu, 10 {pass.).
;
Relax
one's
severity, vd.,
buwa
ntima (4). Relaxation, take, v., volesa ntima (if mental) or e to (6) or
e nitu (2)
(if
Recover
7'.,
(from a
fit
of drunkenness),
physical),
(2, i-)
vungumuna
(pi. 8).
7a/.,
nzieta
(4)
have
some,
///.
v.,
malavu
(get well),
to cool
nitu down.
vola,
vuka
(Bako.), vatu-
Release
muka.
(revive), v.i.,
Reliauli:,
vatumuka.
{active),
;/.,
Red, be or
Redemption
lukulu, 10
2
a., afika ye kamba, -elzIku, -akwikizi, -avuvu. person, ;/., nkwa (1) ziku. Reliaiulitv, ;/.,ziku,6 ;kwikizi, 12.
nkuka, 2 Redness, brilliant, n., lo, pi. 6. Reed, small round, /z., nsaku-saku,
2
nkulwa, kulwa, 9.
2
;
12.
Relinquishment,
;/.,
luyambuln,
10.
10; luvunzanisn,
&
1 1
ndebela,
II.
&
1 1
nsie-
sie, 2
&
weaver's (the stick which takes the place of this in native looms),
Relucjance, n., kiongomena, 5. Reluctant, be, v., kala ye or sia e kiongomena (5).
to
move, &c.,
(upon),
be, vd.,
v.,
sindama.
(6)
Rely
item, vd.,
sia e fika
ye
e
tangu-
kamba
vuvu
(6)
(muna)
bunda
muna.
(6).
787
Rem-Ret
continued.
6.
8.
Lemain long
7'.,
(at
a place also
last),
Resemblance,
exact,
;;.,
zingila.
di-
nonga-nonga,
;/.,
Reserve
(proud),
a,
?'.,
etinti,
maintain
tintila,
fumana,
fumina.
:kmainder,
//.,
nsadidila,
2.
Reside
Resi(;n,
(for
7'./.,
a time),
v.,
wunda.
:kmark (upon something said), ;;., ndandu, 2 see reply, App. make such a, 7/., landa. Remarks, scornful, ., lutiangu, 10.
;
yekola.
Resignation (of mind), n., nkululu (4) or nlekoko (4) a inoyo (3).
Resin, a very inflammable, //., elengo, 8. Resist (an attack, &c.), 7/./., kakidila.
v.i.^
7'.A, tona, tonena. (something forgotten), 7'./., bakula. cause to, v., bakulwisa.
Remind,
.,
v.t.,
bambula
little
2.
moyo
(3).
Remnant
Remorse,
(few or a
remaining),
Resolutely, to hold out, v.i., bamba. Resolution (intention), n., ekani, 8. to make a very strong, 7'., sia e ekami (8). Respect of persons, ;/., mandangi,
pi. 7-
nsodiodio,
;/.,
lubanzu,
10.
7/./.,
Respected,
ta(exalted),
be,
v.i.,
7/./.,
zita.
Remove
soft,
sticky stuff,
kundalala, tunda-
mpula.
lala.
v.i.,
nungunukina
7/./.,
^ENT
(let
out on hire),
sompeka.
(hire), v,t.,
sompa.
v.t.^
Repeat
(e
(an instruction),
kunka
diambu,
7).
7/.,
over
&
over again,
landulula.
sia e
mbebe.
., mbebe, kiyekwa, 5.
2.
Repent, v.i., vilukwa ntima (4). Repetition, ;;., nkumbuluka, 2. Reply, ;/., ndandu, 2 he could make no reply to what I said to him, kavwidi dio ndandu ko edi imvovese.
;
Responsibility,
(charge), .,
on
Rest,
others,
mavenga,
vo
i
pi. 8.
maka.
//.,
Resting-place
eboko,
8.
travellers,
in antiphonal song,
.,
7/./.,
yakulula.
nyaku, 4. room for, 7/./., zengeneka, yengeneka, tungika. Report to, v.t., samwina. (reputation), evil, n., lutumbuku,
leave no
10.
n., mpiaviana (2) a ntima (4), mpiaviani, 2. Restored to health &: vigour, be, 7'./., sakumuka.
Restlessness,
Restrain,
7/./.,
kindika,
{passive),
;
ningika,
dingika.
good,
a
Resurrection
lufutumu10.
man
nkwa
(i)
ki, 10 (Bako.)
lufuluku,
Retail
sell,
(copy), ., nkutubandu, 2. Repudiate, 7/./., vakula nkalu (4). Require, 7/., zolesela. Rescued, be, v.i., vuka (Bako.). Resemblance,;/., fwani-fwani, 6.
Reproduction
nzongela
7/.,
zongela.
(liquids), adv., e
sell, v.,
mbukwila
(2).
(3).
bukwila.
(flesh), adv., e
sell,
7'.,
mbakila
bakila.
Ret-Rol
788
Right,
it
cojitinued.
all right,
adv., e vie
(pi. 6).
(pi. 8).
will
Retain
be in the
"),
nunga
a.,
(Bako.).
(correct,
proper),
-ansongi,
7/./.,
-akosi, -avimpila.
hand
a.,
side of anything,
n.,
nene, 12
of,
the
forehead),
to
the right
hand
side
kuna
Return,
7/.Z.,
-alunene, -anene.
t/.z.,
laka.
Returning some
the
same day, e mputuki. Reveal, v.t., sengomona, selola. Revelation, n. {ad.), lusengomono,
10.
(/rti^j-.),
on the, adv., kuna lunene. and proper, to do what is, 7>., tomesa. a right to, ., nsongi, 2 {with the you verb in the applied form) have no right to enter my house, kuna ya nsongi a kotela muna nzo ame ko. Righteousness (in actions), ;/., nso;
lusengomoko,
adv.,
10.
Revengeful
Reversed,
feelings, n.,
lutima,
10.
lunima-nima.
12.
good and bad are the opposites of each other, yo wete yo bi lunima-nima. Revive (restore to vigour and life),
v.t.,
Rigid, a., -antintibidi. Rigidity, n., ntintibidi, 4Ring (as a bell), v., kuba. (circle), n., zongolo,6 nkongolozi, 2.
;
sakumuna.
v.i.,
(recover),
muka.
(some old question),
ziatola
betters.
;
yangumuna,
ndambi, 2. ornamental, metal, ngondo, 2. Ripe, be, v., yeboka, kola. Rise (as leavened dough), 7/./., funa. from (a seat), v., telama vana.
(finger, &c.), n.,
deka.
Revolution, be in mu zuwana.
kala
tongomoka, tu-
mbuluka.
zuwana.
v.i.,
Revolve
(in
rapidly,
v.i.,
7a/.,
zala.
a perpendicular position),
Risk,
v.,
kaya.
nimba.
Cin opposite directions as wheels in
contact,
endless
bands, &c.),
vd., volozioka.
Road, a broad, n., mvulela, 4to make a mark on the ground to show the road taken (to help stragglers), v., tenda e nzila (2).
point where
2
Reward,
v.,
n.,
nsendo,
4-
roads
6.
branch,
.,
senda.
bunda-mpambu,
vutudi,
6.
(return), n.,
Roam
vema.
&
volongonzo, 6
10. 12.
Roar,
?i.,
ekumbu,
8.
Riches,
n.,
lusalu,
(richness), n.,
umvwama,
Ridicule (laugh at), v.t., kiekielela. Ridiculous, become, be, vd., tumpalala.
Rock
Roll,
(not detached
rocks),
;/.,
nse-
nzele,
a-
Right,
any parcel or
packet
done
(789)
continued, iLL, up shape
in
Rol-Rus
as a
roll,
;/.,
mu-
ngonga,
3-
Roof,
;/.,
mwanzu,
App.
Root
(origin, base),
8,
Rudely, to enter, 7/.,kuniunga [refl.). Rudeness, see tununu, 6, App. Rudiment, //., ezuku, 8. Rule, general (grammar, &c.), .,
nkiku,
4.
(regulations),
7/.,
mina,
i
pi. 3.
yaba.
?'.,
v.t.,
boselela.
mfumvu,
2.
Ruler,
.,
nyazi,
&
4.
with maggots,
tete,
;;.,
(one in authority),
;/.,
mungwizi,
3.
Rummage
/;.,
(search),
vd.,
satulula,
Ro TATION
(turn),
6.
sandulula.
Rotten, something,
n.,
Run,
at
7/.,
kwaka, toteka.
v.,
vani-
(escape secretly),
7/./.,
bubumuka.
Round (around), adv., e kinzieta, muna nzinguluka (2). about, prep., muna nzinguluka a.
about,
be,
v.,
down
(of
(of liquids),
t/.z.,
voloma.
something
fast,
7/.,
viongoloka, viota-
very
kana.
zongolo, 6. make a, v., ziongola. the trunk (of a true), ku
hole,
;/.,
Running
power,
vumu
(6)
they (4) a ntinu raced together, i.e., tried their running powers, batezanini
10.
Rouse,
up,
(stir
passion, &c.),
v.,
tumpa-
tumpa.
in all directions, v.,
along,
T/.z.,
tumpa. zikumuka.
t/.z*.,
Routed
Row,
to
n.,
utterly, be,
t/.z,,
;
tufakana.
v.,
mbangu,
take one's
yika
all in
mbangu.
in
put
a row,
v.,
kialumuna,
ngungula-ngungula, 2. wind or rain, t/.z'., vikuka. Rustle (as the jungle when a man or large animal forces his way
(flow),
;z.,
violently, of
through
(as
it), v.,
fofota.
when
it
puku-
hard on
(grind), v.t.,
(foolish
fwenka.
;/.,
Rubbish
nti,
talk, v.,
talk),
mambu
ma mazengele
2.
ngonde, mfwa-
tiswa, pukuta. and sway about as the branches of a tree (when animals are moving about in them), t/.z., vwa-
mvwana.
see
folokosa.
7/./.,
Rude,
be,
tununuka, App.
Sad-Sco
790
Sardonyx,
Satan,
n.,
sardonis,
2.
n. (the adversary),
Mbeni,
2,
s.
Sad, be or look, v.L, kafalala, kotama. make, v.t., kafidika, koteka.
(distressing), very,^?.,-alukendalalu.
Satan.
Satisfaction
of,
//.,
after a
nzengele,
7/./.,
Satisfied, be,
sanana,.
sunanana, da-
adv., e Tikiti-nkiti
Satisfy, v.t., suninika, dasidika. Satyriasis, ;/., lonzo, 10. Savage, a., -ayezi (pi. 5). Saviour, ;/., kangi, 6.
nsangu-nsangu.
Sawdust,
Say,
v.,
;/.,
vesona ya
nti, pi. 6.
VUka (Bako.), VOdoka. a., afika ye kamba. Safety (from danger), ;/., luvnvamu,
10.
to one's betters.
(security),
fika
(6)
ye
kamba
(6).
said
Nlemvo,
will
Sag, v., fumbalala. cause to, make, fumbidika. Said, it is, see wa ele nkutu.
have nothing
v.i.,
self.
3.
ze-
7/./., see tua, App. -atompodia. Salutation, ., ekaya, 8 emiangana, 8 (of women). Salute with a blessing, 7/./., sambula.
muna
without,
kutu
(9).
v.t.,
ziotolola,
not used of or to ones betters. that is to say, i sia VO, i sia zaya
vo.
Salvation
Same,
see
{act\
n.,
luvukusu,
10
(Bako).
also a-,
&
okumosi,
oku mpe.
time, wau...
same
oku mpe.
In the
v.t., vovesa, samwina, zingwila. Scamp, ;/., baza,, 6 tuzu, 6 tma, 6. Scarce, a., -ampava. Scarcely... to, v.t., see under lendakesa, App.
to,
just
same way, just the same, okumosi, e de (6). the same with (ya, ye or)
adv.,
Scarecrow,
Scatter,
nisa.
n.,
sisa, 6.
tenda-
yo...
una nkutu
under una.
see
K.-Eng. App.
of shot,
7/./.,
baza.
Scattered
;
condition, in a, adv.,
(4),
mwangu
kifar
mwangani
numbers,
(4).
and wide
7'.,
in great
be.
(Bako.).
sanzana.
?'./.,
Sand-martin, ., volo, 6. Sandstone, ., etadi (8) dia esenge. Sapphire, n., safire, 2. Sarcastic manner, ;/.,nsendomona, 2. to speak in a, v., vova e nsendomona (2), sendomona. Sard, ;/., sardi, 2.
Scent
(hunting term),
n.,
tendana. kiundu, 5.
(natural to
badila;
VOvesa, App.
L
Scout,
;/.,
791
Sco-Ski
;
LDiNG, HCOLDIN*
//., lubalumukmu, 10. Scope to, give, ?'., sila e nzila (2). Scorn, ., lutunu, 10 (Hako.). 7/./., ttma (Bako.), vweza (liako.),
6.
//.,
;/.,
ntiangu,
2.
-amfundu,
senga, laya.
(pi. 6).
diambu, 7). Secretly, ^^7'., ku mfundu (2), ku bubidi (6), ku kinsweki (5), kuna beko (6).
Sect,
.,
Section
built *>/
made
Scratch,
with
kikwa, 5. Secure, be, stand, 7/./., kindama. be very', 7'./., silama, kuzama.
in sections),
(e
nzala).
(the surface),
kwanza (Bake),
6.
;
(mark), ,, kwalati,
Securely,
;
aek/.,
ngi
(2)
ngwi
Screen, w., ngumbu, 2 kubu, 6 nkakidiswa, 2. from, v./., kika (0 meso, pi. 7). Scream, 7/./., yabala, yayakiana.
(2)
e tele
(pi. 6).
Security, paid
decision
is
2.
into court
before a
given,
//.,
ntela,
nkiedi,
(sureness),
(6).
Scrupulously
to
avoid
anything
;/.,
fika
(6)
ye
kamba
Sedate,
be, v.i.,
fumina, fumana.
u.,
Sediment
(muddy),
ebo,
8.
Scum, ., ebo, 8. Scurrilous, a., see -esutu & -a usutu. Sea, n., mtwu, 3 (pi miuwu). Search, far and wide in all directions, 7/./., veyana.
road or track), 7'./., tota. (overhaul, examine), 7>., sanda (Zom(for a
mvunzu,
2.
Seduce, 7/./., biondomona, bendomona, biangumuna, away a man's wife as a set off
against a debt be owes,
see lender pela,
7'.,
pela;
A pp.
bo) sata.
(rummage),
liila.
7/./.,
satulula, sandu-
See
(find), v.t.,
7/.,
ziongola.
e
plainly,
mona
mpenza
(2).
Searching, a, ;/., mpava, 2. Season, n., see sungi, 6, A pp. (for certain things), //., mbingu,
early rainy,
time),
for
/i.,
Seed, ;/., mbongo, 2 {sing. only). husk unbroken but empty through
2.
atrophy,
;/.,
ebefele,
8.
kianzu,
(sowing-
game,
10.
S:c.,
a close,
//.,
lukandu,
hot,
nsungi
(2)
unhealthy,
.,
tua muna.
Seedlings (for transplanting), //., mpuza, 2 {sing. only). Seeing, that^ conj.., wau kina vo,wau kinana vo. Seek, 7/./., sanda (Zombo), sata. Segment, of anything made up of segments, ;/., kikwa, 6.
Seize, 7aA, yimba. by force, with violence, upon,
7/./.,
Second,
7/./.,
bumba.
bwidila (Bako.).
Sel-Sha
Seldom,
adv.,
792)
Set, cofttinued. in a position, vd., sikidika.
I
tutu
(6)
kiatunda-
nganl.
vololola.
\
sikalala, dongalala.
v.,
Settle
j
(fix),
konkota, kuma,
si-
lack
of,
;;.,
yingalu,
pi. 5.
|
kana.
(a matter), v., lekola.
I
Self-sown,
., -amakunda, -akimbenena. Selfishness, n., mvula, 4Sell, at a low (price), v.t., bufa.
;/.,
Settled, be
vd.,
(fixed), a.,
koba.
-esika-sika.
'
Selvedge,
bayi
Severe, be, towards, v., ziatalala. become very (of a disease), v.Ly
[e
landesa.
kimbevo
;
(5
ki-)]
koleka.
v.t.,
tuma.
(Bako.)
kukolela, kuluka.
10.
in charge of some one, ?'./., twika. a messenger, v., sia e utumwa (2). (things),
7/.,
fidisa.
up very
far
away,
v.i.,
pemona, pu(2),
12.
2.
Sexual
intercourse
together,
have,,
muna.
Senior, ;;., Seniority,
see
;z.,
vd.,
vukana.
nkuluntu
kuluntu,
App.
Shackle
diela,
7-
ki5
mpewa,
(Bako.).
(Bako.),
kita,
so, 12.
Sentence,
(of
n.,
nlolo,
n.,
42.
a judge),
7/.,
nzengo,
give,
sia e nzengo.
Shadow,
Shaggy,
muna).
jt.,
see shade,
App.
Separate,
be, vd.,
put,
a.,
-akikaka.
(from), adv., e
vaudi
(6,
Shake
vauka (muna).
7/./.,
to
(6,
ki-)
or
make,
vaula (muna).
;/.,
Separated
kikaka. vaudi, 6. Separately, ^rt'T/., vabeko, e kikaka. each, e kikaka-kikaka, -mosi-mosi (kimosi-kimosi, &c.).
position, in a, adv.^ e
of grain,
portion,
Shaking,
lela,
;/.,
ezakamu,
ntembe-
2.
Shame,
.,
lunsoni-nsoni,
10.
Separation, ;/., mpambula, 2. Servant, ?/., ntaudi, 2 lezi, 6. Set (before others), v.t., tumbika.
;
with, adv.,
(disgrace),
kuna
;/.,
lunsoni-nsoni.
10.
luvungu,
8. 2.
Shamefully
Shank,
Shape,
//.,
71.,
treat, vd.,
tiakidila.
be, V. mid.,
(construct),
tumbama.
7'.A,
ekolo,
tudika.
mpwa,
Share
(allotted),
?/.,
kwa,
6.
be,
7/.Z.,
silama.
tumbikila.
wulula.
one's heart upon, see desire, p. 55. in order (arrange), v., kumpika,
Sharp,
(portion),
a.,
8.
see tua,
App.
793
Sha-Sii.
continued.
to
HAlTERED
inoka.
to atoms, be,
t>.,
weso-
Shreds,
torn
shreds,
kibakilu
Shave
bela-bela.
kers or beard),
tenda o luvasudi,6
;
Shrine Shrink
(heathen),
;/.,
vela," 6.
from,
(2).
7/.,
susa,
be,
mona
e nsu-
2 (Bako.);
sidi
6.
Shrunken
in,
v.i.,
kompoka,
bungula. Shelf, n., kianga, 5. Shelter (of boughs or grass), // lembeka, 6. (screen), ;/., nkakidiswa, 2. Sheriff, one whose duty it is to demand the execution of a murderer,
77.,
kofoka, vompoka, wotoka. Shudder, v., to (6, ki-) or ntima (4, u-) kitima, kankamwa e nitu
(2), titila.
n.,
ewawa,
in
8.
Shut
or up by, be,
v.,
bambamena^
;/.,
Shuttle-stick, weaver's,
2
;
adorga,
;/.,
mbamba,
of
mpu-
munongo,
(Zombo).
12.
nga,
2.
Shyness on
out
Shift
aside,
vengomona
countered),
umbiu
Sick of
(a thing),
tukumu-
kwa.
Side, on every, adv., anizid, anazie^
the other,
;?.,
vengama, vengomoka.
mpiluka,
2.
Shin, ;;., ekolo, 8. Shine, as a spark or as a small point of light, 7'., deka. [be bright, of the daylight (kuma)], 7A, tendoka.
brightly,
v.t.,
Sift,
7/./.,
tika.
7/./.,
;/.,
Sight
(seeing),
mbweno,
2.
catch sight
(pl. 6).
of, 7/./.,
mona
e kelezi
e kelezi^
yedima, semenena.
?'.,
teka.
elezi-
be caught,
a great,
;/.,
7/./.,
moneka
;
Shining
Shiver,
mona-meso, 6
5.
kimona-
meso,
in sight of
lezi.
7'.,
ma-
mbonani
e
Shoot
(spring up),
a,
7'.,
send up
wuta
Short, cut
only,
in short pieces, of
a.,
(spectacle), see nkungi, App. Signs (by which dumb persons make themselves understood), mfu-
-awele-wele.
make
short
work of
(a thing), va.,
nua
(4).
fudila muna kufi (12). hot, a good, ;a, nkwa (i) sunsa
(6)
;
malangula
(pi. 9).
houli) (if), see tinder kana vo kala, App. Hour, 7/./., loka. //., boko, 6.
at derisively, v.t.,
a dead, ., eyidingingi, 8. put to (leave without a reply), 7/./. tungika, mongeneka. Silent, be perfectly, 7/./., dikalala.
be,
v.i.,
tungama, monganana.
kumbulwila.
ningama.
make, 7/./., kindika, ningika. remain (unable ^r unwilling to speak or reply), monganana, tunga-
Show
how,
make
up,
show
7'./.,
for
it,
v.t.^
totola.
see
to,
venzomona, App.
adv., e bela-bela;
it
ma.
is
Shreds,
Silver
coin,
;/.,
palata,
2 (P.
prata).
Sim-Smi
Simpleton,
Sin,
.,
//.,
794
mvudi-a-ngungTi,
4.
see,
P- 392.
contagious, see
kinsa-
against,
(guilt),
7/.,
;/.,
sumuka. esumu, 8.
sin),
;/.,
6.
;
(unpardonable
(P.
mungadu,
kadi,
peccado?).
that), coiij.,
as,
Since (now
that
conj.^
wau
(forasmuch
vo,
seeing
vo.
that),
wau kina
(4).
wau kinana
ntendo
o?-
Slab, ;/., baya, 6 (P. taboa) babu, 6. Slag, piece of furnace, //., ekongwankela, 8. Slaked, to have one's thirst, 7/., utima (4 U-) bwita. Slave, ., muwayi, i see also ntau;
Sincerity,
(4)
a ntima
;
di.
Sing a chorus
v.t.^ see
in
yakulula
at a grave of a great man, yinda, App. loudly, 7'., yengoloka. to the music of some instrument, z'., vovelela e esikilu (8).
ode
Slavery, ., wayi, 12 uwayi, 12. Sleep heavily, fall into a heavy sleep, v., wondoka or wonanana yo
;
sec
v.t.,
vonda
Single, a., a- prejixcd to the secondary form ^mosi he carried all in a single day, onete yawonso muna lumbu akimosi.
;
pi.
{in
negative
sentences
only)^
a.,
Sleeper, railway, ;/., nzadilwa, 4Sleeping-place, ;/., leko, 6. Sleepless, be, v., kayiwa or kawa
wonso
meso
Slice,
(pi. 7).
;/.,
diambu
5.
Sleeplessness,
iikawa-meBo,
4.
wonso.
., sele, 6.
Singular
(number),
a.,
;/.,
kimosi,
in the, adv., e
kimosi.
load,
?'.,
(strange),
Sink
to the
Sling, netted, in which a calabash is carried, ?/,, nselwa, 4. Slip away, v.i., sunuka. Slope of a roof, &c., ., nkunka, 4. a steep dangerous, ;/., ngengo, 2.
utterly (overwhelmed),
sinka.
v.i.^
Sip up
(last
drops
left in
a vessel),
wunzulula. Sister {used by or of the opposite sex only), //., nsanga, 2. Sit carelessly so as to expose one's self, v.i., venanana, vananana.
in council, v.,
Slow, a., -akomboka. Slowly, go, v., komboka. wear away, 7/./., komoka. Small, a., -abuzie (Bako.).
be, grow, v.,
keva.
-awele-wele.
vwanda
mfulu
(2).
v.t., lalamena. up all night, v., kielwa. up late, 7/./., yididilwa, tougamena. Situation, fine, //., kiudi, 5 (Bako,). Skewer, ;/., nsomo, 2.
(on eggs),
Smell,
;;.,
mufu, 3
;
Skill,
;/.,
ndwenga,
;/,,
2 {generally pi).
(professional),
umfuzi,
I2.
at,
;/.,
miufu). the sense of, n., ndukana, 2 ndu^ kuta, 2. Smite with something great or with
sickness,
strike,
7/.,
done
buma
see
also
-afwatiku-fwatiku.
App.
795
S mi-Sou
(only), a.,
Smithy,
lO.
.,
Invu, lo (Bako.)
?'./.,
lunga,
o
Sole
-ampivi.
fita, fita
Snack
!
of food
n.,
eaten before
meal-
Solitariness (of places only), /;., kinzunga, 5 sombe, 6. Solitary (of places only), ^/.,"-a8omb, -akinzunga.
;
mbela-mbela, 2. Snap inicrj., twe, balanganza. (of something small), 7'./., twengona. in two, v.f., kendona. the finger & thumb, ?'., sika kindokela (5, 13ako.), sika e kinsansa (5).
time,
in two,
7'./.,
tS:
(drear), a.,
-angidi-nginza.
Some,
see
wonso, App.
minguna.
in
day or time or other, (uh>., e tandn mvu wonso, oku kukwiziwa. one whose name one docs not care to mention (if a young man), //., netoko, i. thing as above, salamesa, 6. Son, see also wuta, App.
pull
snap zuzuna.
two,
dnduiia,
v.,
Soon
okn
with violence,
vuzu...,
swena, sweta.
be,
soon after he went, ntu oku se ntu, wele kwandi. to, 7'., sa, 7'. aux. we siiall soon go, tusa kwenda.
se
; ;
(when disgusted with a nasty smell), v.i., vunguzioka. Snore, v., sa ngozi (Bako.). Snoring, //., ngozi, 2 (Bako.). Snuff, 7'., sweta, swena. So, to be, 7/., -ina una, kala una are you so foolish ? nga uzowa
;
7/.,
vuka
(Bako.
Sooner Soothe
bonda
(i
(Bako.),
&
4)
a mpa-
2.
is
it
so that, edi
it,
kamba vo
J
so you bought
did you
edi
Sore,
;/.,
vanda mbenza, 2.
mpandu.
kwayala. ma mbala,
?'./.,
(pi. 7)
only,
if.
mbala,
wingi,
ingi,
2.
to say or speak, i
Sorrow, n., nienge, 4. Sorrowfully, adv., kuna nkendankenda {with applied form of
the verb).
Soft, be (as of fine textures), 7'., lelema. and green (of corn), a., -antwenia. be (limp, not stiff), 7a, tukuka.
(tender, fragile),
thing,
;/.,
Sort, Soul,
;/.,
mpwa,
2.
;
vumwinu,
6.
-etwenga. etwenga.
a.,
Sound
7'./.,
(that
;/.,
mpuku-vuku,
,
be
in
a soft
&
sticky condition,
in
water,
7'./.,
of something moving,
make
the hands,
v.,
such,
7'.,
4.
in
tu-
(a trumpet),
7/.Z.,
7/./.,
tianta.
(giving a ringing sound),
ntoto
(4)
andia.
8.
Sounding
a.,
Soldier,
w.,
ebamba-ngolo,
-angenge.
Sou-Spo
796)
ezuku,
2. 8,
Source
App.
Spent
in vain, a.,
-angofwila.
(cause),
ntondo,
Sourness, w.,iisa, 2(Bako.); ngani, 2. South, ;/., sud, 2 (Fr. sud). Sow. self-sown, a., -amakunda, -akimbenena.
Sphere, ;/., bulungunzu, 6. Spherical, a., -abulungunzu. Spike made of sharpened pieces of mbasa buried in the ground.
point upwards, to pierce
feet of trespassers
the
in gardens.
;?.
Spare
(save), v.t.,
vukisa.
Spill,
&c., n.,
v.t.,
esomba,
8,
(protect),
kankana.
vongomona, vongola.
pongola.
Spin
sia...e
diambu
(7).
7/./.,
balata.
;
munu,
vovesa,
;
(Bako.)
wuvumwinu.
;
badila
vJ.,
see also
App.
highly
of,
12.
sensemeka.
v.t.^
&
a.,
characteristics, n.,
5-
kimwanda.
-a
insolently
about,
tiala, tia-
nguna.
in very low tones,
of, v.t.,
7/.,
-amwanda, -akimwanda,
tola (Bako.),
7/.,
umwanda.
Spiritually, adv., e kimwanda (5). Spirt, v.t., tialumuna. mete (pL Spit upon, v.t., vuma
8).
of or about,
or to
over
ofte's betters).
&
above.
privately, secretly, in a whisper
7/./.,
Spite,
n.,
to.
against, have,
in spite of
in
all,
longesela.
nkaya-kaya.
that
sarcastically, v.l,
sendomona, vova
(2).
spite
of the
conj.y
nsendomona
v.t.,
kufwila owu...ko.
scornfully,
tianguna.
Splash about
v.,
(as water
when
carried),
wish
had been
(e
left
unsaid).
Splendour,
Spoil
sela.
;/.,
elezi-lezi,
v.t.,
8.
(destroy),
fwasa, vonde-
kesa
without
out),
diambu,
7).
care
&
propriety
(blurt
tempa.
ngwelele-ngwe2. 2.
Speaker,
nze,
great, n.,
Species,
;/.,
mpwa,
bandula. v.t., pangalakesa, bwangalakesa. Spoiled, become (tarnished), 7/./., vesoka. be (so that it cannot come to completion <7rperfection), v., funga.
(mar),
v.,
(nullify),
Speech
in defence of,
ji.,
vovelo,
6.
hasty, careless,
elegant,
mambu mankwalu.
mae
adv.,
Sponge, tt., sipanzi, 2 (Eng.). Spoon, ., zawulu, 6 (Bako. =zalu). (of metal), n., ngutu, 2.
Spot,
n.,
proper, grammatical,
ekeya,
8.
mbu makosi.
Speechless (dumbfounded),
(place), fulu, 6.
on
the, adv.,
vana or VOVO
fulu,
mome
be, v.,
(6).
fwa
mome.
v.t.,
vovo
Spend
lavishly,
pututa.
found,
.,
ezikila,
8.
797
Spr-Sta
in,
8.
;/.,
Spread
about, be (scattered), t/./., tendangiana. abroad, ? ./., sanzanisa. v.i.^ sanzana. from one to the other, ?'./., yalangana. out in great numbers, 7/., sanzana.
ekondeka, 8
Stammer,
Stand,
.,
7'.,
kokoma.
6.
zangikilwa,
some one
to pass),
(occupy
cause
much
to,
?/./.,
space),
?/./.,
yala-
ngana.
yalangesa. (of things which had been heaped together), v.t., bungula.
widely,
z/./.,
knndalala.
the
point
long),
still, v.i.,
against
7/./.,
(of
sojnething
balumuna.
a.,
tutika.
Spreading
be, 7A,
(of a tree),
-anyevi.
kindama, ningama.
yeva. Spring suddenly at, t/./., vulumukina. up (as seedlings), </., tomboloka, teka. in abundance, vasumuka.
kindika, ningika. be at a loss (because of), takama (mnna), vakama (muna). & wonder, the right hand under chin or on the side of the face,
to, v.t.,
cause
attitude of perplexity,
in frightened perplexity
fumana.
Sputter &
siosia.
frizzle
in
cooking,
7/.,
&
appre-
hension,
(place),
v.i.,
7'./.,
zumbalala.
Spy,
//.,
n.t.,
sikidika.
Squander,
sikalala.
(of comparison),
2
;
Standard
ndu,
;/.,
mba8.
nonga-nonga,
;/.,
6.
.,
(2)
esiku,
7/./.,
see londola,
.,
rt.,
a dispute,
v.i. (of
7/.,
v.,
leka e
7'./.,
mpaka
(2).
many
people),
ba-
(originate),
mona, soka.
v.t.,
7/./.,
Squeak Squeal
(as
(as
a mouse), a pig),
kienga.
(of
a ship, &c.),
7/./.,
nengoka.
kwinga,
v.t.,
up and rush
off, 7a/.,
dikumuka.
7/./,,
winga.
kitu-
Squeeze through
fiunununa.
a small hole,
muka.
Startle,
7/./.,
dikumuna.
v.i.,
Squirrel,
Squirt,
Stab,
v.,
n.,
8.
ebala, 8
ngondo,
Startled &
Starve,
v.i.,
run, be,
ekasa,
7/./.,
zika ye nzala
e nzala.
State a
7/.,
Stadium (Greek
100, \
mavwata,
(pi. 5),
kia kilometa.
kiesa.
Stationary, be, v.i., kindama. Stature, ;/., utiangi, 2. Statute.s, ., mina, pi. 3.
1
Sta-S'ir
Stay,
(for
t/.?.,
798
kindama.
Still, continued.
alive,
nangu,
v.t.,
4-
-'.t.,
kindika.
(support), n.,
nsimMninu,
(Bako.)-
2.
Steal,
yemba
Stealthily go, move, ?'., koniboka. Steering (of a ship), the, 7;., ebindiku,
8.
of,
nsoso,
4-
Stinginess,
manner
6. Step, //., Steps, ;/., sikada, 2 (P. escada); tombokelo, ^ tombokelwa, 6. Stere, n., stere, 2 meta mosi akube. Sterile, see nzimba & nlomba, App. Stick far out, and only be held by the
;
; ;
., bwimi, 12 (Bako.). Stingy person, n., mbaba, 4. Stinking condition, in a, adv., e bokoto (pi. 6). Stir (move), v.i., sonsola.
extreme end,
in
?'./.,
(cause to pierce),
someka.
(one's
head a
little
?'./.,
or hole),
ziungasa (Bako.). up (rouse), v., yangumuna. Stirred, be, v.i., ziungana (Bako.). Stitch of basting, Jt., esumpu, 8. Stock (breed), n., kuna, 12. parent or common stock from which all have sprung, n., nzimba(a pot), v.t.,
out (protrude),
vJ.y
protrude,
App.
to (retain),
(persist),
v.f.^
?'.,
kani, 2. remain long in stock, v., kunda. ku, Stocks, n., nsuku, 2 (Bako.)
;
tatidila.
6.
!
lakama, landidila;
07'
Stomach
Stone,
used
v.,
(of rat
8.
or
dikiti,
(a statement
idea),
v.t.,
selo-
zuka
mokena.
upon a
stick or spike,
to death,
by sticking
7'./.,
soineka, sumika.
for crushing pepper, &:c., on another stone, ;/., nsindulu, 2 (Bako.); nikinwa, 6 nsindu, 2.
;
Stiff,
a.,
-antintibidi.
to
6,
Stop,
n.,
v.i.,
kindama, ningama.
kindika, ningika.
Stiffener
padi,
a parcel,
see padi-
cause
to, v.t.^
App.
;/.,
Stiffness
(rigidity),
ntintibidi,
4-
Stile, ., sumbuka, 6. see Still, adv., yanginu, yakinu also yet, p. 243 & App. (however), adv., see mpasi OWU. &.
;
wunda. n., ekuminu, 8. Stopping without, adv., ntusu (4). Storm, ?i., tembo, 6 (Bako.).
for a while,
v.i.,
(of punctuation),
Story,
to
n.,
lusansu,
10.
make
la
watu.
in the
mwana
circum-
(there
was no change
kaka; still there ke vakedi kaka ma kiamoyo una kina ko he was still in the house, wakedi kaka muna nzo.
stances), adv.,
was nothing
alive,
-atonga. yeva. Stow closely, v.t., bandila. Straight, a., -ansingingi, -ansinini.
a.,
Stout,
be,
v.i.,
singanana.
singinika.
kini
v.
defective,
still
make,
v.t.,
per/,
only;
some are
at
down
kimbo-
the water,
799
Str-Sub
n. a short narrow grass jungle, which
S'lK A
(J
1 ,
continticii.
Strip,
strip
of
the
earth,
nutima
e kimbo-
nga-nsi.
on, over, &c., adv.,
nsingamu
(4).
has remained untouched after a great bush-fire, swa, 6 sWanga, 6. long ditto, nlanga, 4.
;
nzungu
babatu,
;
2.
vuzumuna
his
they stripped
pit,
7'.,
him of
clolh,
bamvuzu4-
sonsa.
mwini
course),
a.^
nlele.
;
Stripe,
n.,
mvibu, 4
nzila,
Strive
;
one's utmost,
v.i.,
v.,
seneta.
Straigh TNESS,
nini,
4.
71.,
nsingingi, 4
nsi-
hard,
to
siamanana, vama.
Si RANGE,
-ampimpita a strange affair, diambu diampimpita. Jiow strange indeed, kadi tu, se diakaka.
a.,
;
(something beyond one's power), v.t., kuvaka. together in hot discussion, 7'., bambana, zekana. Stroke (mark), ;/., kwalati, 6.
do
Stroll
j
I
about,
be,
v.,
beba
(Bako.),
kiba
this is
very (?;;/.,
it is
S iRANGER,
see
(Bako.),
Strong,
I
Strangle,
(artifice),
v.t.,
7/.,
fiontona.
STRA'i'AGE^i,
by, ad7\,
mana,
man, a
very,
ekabu,
vavi, 6
mpami,
ekoneka,
2.
-abakuka.
v.t.,
(careful circumventing),;/.,
Struggle
together,
kankana.
7/.,
8 {j^eitcrnlly pL).
Stratum,
Si RAY,
vanama
2.
(ye\ zekana
(ye).
(physical),
^potential),
nkuma,
4.
;
mfunka, 4
see
K.-Eng.
App.
(essence of meat, herbs, &c.),
mwei
.,
-ano-
SiRiFE, ;/., nzekani, 2, Strike, v.t., kafa. (as a clock), v., kuba. a blow with, 7'./., zuba, venza,
one who
;
is
utterly,
n.
&
a.,
sec fool,
v.i.,
Stutter,
Style,
I
kokoma.
4.
;/.,
mvila,
vama.
a hoe, vaba. a heavy blow, v.t., tiama. with (a stick or blunt instrument),
; I
(build),
(of
8. 8.
of writing,
Subject,
j
start
esoneka, or refer to
(7).
a,
nikuna e
diambu
I
Subjection
10.
(lowliness),
lusakalalu,
wanda
ntayi
be absolutely
in, v.,
bosalala.
^5UB-SUR
800
Subjects
sing.
?/.,
nsa,
4,
10.
Submission, a goat presented in token of, ., nkombo (2) a maboko see -eboko, App. (pi. 8) Submit (treat for peace), vana e nkombo a maboko. Subsequent, see nsukinina, App.
;
v.t.y
nunguna
kesa.
mvungu
(4),
yi-
care,
7/.,
Supporters
Suppose,
v.,
(of
a king),
n.,
lelelwa,6.
;
Subside
when it caves in), v.i., wotomoka. Substance, //., see mfiku, App. Subterfuge, ;/., ebungwa, 8 mpi(of earth
;
(if)
kala or -ina diau wiiat did he suppose adieyi kakedi diau? conj., kana vo kala, w///z /he
.?
ku, make a
to
2.
subj.
mood
tSr*
in reference to
t/ie
(to
past
indicative
mood for
the
excuse),
lamba
of,
7/.z.,
make
use
Successful,
be,
Succour,
render,
;/.,
v.,
Such,
in
see
such a
thing, e
ma kina una.
ngyemo, 2. 71., lufwa
Suppose I had gone, would he have seen me ? kana VO kala ngyenda, nga mona kadi kumbona e ? (I,&c.), suppose, owu diakalanga; I supsee also mpangU, App. pose that he is going, owu
future.
;
&
Sudden
Sue
wingi, App.
n.,
Suckling,
nku.
Sure
(10)
(dependable),
a.,
-aziku, -afika
death,
luaka(to
(10).
ye kamba.
be believed, trusted),
kizi.
to, v.,
a.,
-akwi-
lomba
luve
10.
Suffice
all, 7>.i.,
lungila.
see
be sure
ke lembi ko.
e
under
n.,
kuzika, siamisa. kieleka kiau; see also lembwa & mpandi, App. Surface, of water only, n., nkandavery,
v.t.,
make
Surely,
adv.,
kanda,
&^c., is
4.
Suggest
5^^^^'
(a
matter),
v.t.,
selomona,
The water,
to
solomona.
\ v.i., funakana. Sullen, be, ) Sulphur, n., see elengo, App.
,
mentioned,
vana ntandu
ally sufficient.
The
is
surface of
expressed
itself
Sum
up
(total),
(add), v.,
by saying that
\\\Q ^xo\\x\<l
was
SO-
wet,
ntoto
level, v.t.,
ukedi e
v.t.,
mvutu.
make
10.
a smooth
kumba.
scratch the
Sunken
with a hoe,
buka.
10;
Superfluity,
}" nsavu,
4,
Surliness, mfu,
;/.,
lunkumfu,
nku-
4-
Supply
to,
(furnish), v.,
vambula.
Surpass
vanda-
vambwila.
lala, vatalala.
8oi
SUR-TAL
(appropriate),
7/./.,
Surpass, continued.
exceedingly,
dila.
v.t.,
Take
sundidila, lutibeta.
lo.
v.t.,
lamnna.
by
force,
bumba.
(have,
do more),
of,
?/.,
v.t.^
lunga.
in things put into the
sun to
air or
warm, yanuna.
a large piece (of something),
v.t.^
mvivu,
4.
Surroundings
Survey,
7/./.,
(environment),
;
.,
5.
yengomona.
very
little
iizinguluka, 2
kinzieta,
at
a time,
7/,/.,
debola,
Swallow
dekola.
v.t.^
much,
kiubula, kiutula.
tuta,
Swallowed up, be, v.i., sinka. Swamp (muddy place), ntabala, 4. Sway (about as water when carried),
//.,
much
6.
7/.,
dukinga, dukunga.
.,
Swaying,
ntembelela,
2.
duka.
see lalllla,
falsely, v.,
fumba
e ndofi
(2).
it
App. was
t/.A,
Sweet,
be,
t/.z.,
see tua,
App.
7
encased
lengesokola. up and carry
or
embedded),
at
Sweetheart,
zia, 6.
.,
diabonda,
4.
away
7/./.,
once without
Sweetness,
;/.,
nzenzo,
Swell up
thing dried,
kiknla. up & carry on or through some enterprise or take up some refrain or song, yakulula. one who does so, ;/., ngyaku, 2
;
remark,
Swerve,
Swim,
tikumuka.
7/.,
v.i.,
loba.
(as a fish),
beba
(Bako.),
kiba
long,
7/./.,
(Bako.).
j
rope,
snake,
&;c.),
langnmuna.
up with, v., kusia muna. upon oneself, 7/.z., yakama.
v.t.,
tantilwa...e
see also
IV
^^
yambana,
Talent,
;z.,
lue,
pi.
6;
ndwenga,
;z,,
App.
pi. 2.
Sympathy, ;/., see under ngyambani & yambana, App. Synagogue, ;z., esambilu, 8 (dia
Ayuda).
Talent
(biblical weight),
talanta,
(ezitu dia
vimpa ya
tadi).
*
Tablet,
;?.,
malaza,
pi, 8.
T.
babn,
6.
7/./.,
pi.
mawulumuna,
of, v.t.,
favourably
sanisa.
Tack
Tail
(in
sewing),
sumpa.
bwasumuna,
7/.,
folokosa.
a.,
Talkative
(full
of chatter),
-ampi-
3 F
Tal-The
Talkative,
di.
co7itiniied.
802
child, w.,
mpintudi,
I
ntuludi,
&
Tease, v.l, tuntanisa. Tell, to, v.t., samwina, ta (Bako.). all the details minutely, 7/./., tapututa, kumbulula. off to a duty, 7/., suma. Temperance, n., volo, 6 tunn, 6.
;
Temperate, be, v., vololoka, tuna. Tempt, 7/., tambidila see nkanu, p.
;
380.
Tall
person,
.,
etiangi,
tall,
8.
straight tree, or
thin
man,
n.,
ndiokololo,
4-
&
Tempted, be (to do something which one knows to be wrong), v.i.^ vungidilwa see K. App. Tender, soft, ., -etwenga.
;
fruit, ;/., nsakabadi, 2. nsakabadi, 4Tame, be, v., lembalala. Tan leather, 7/., tovola nkanda (4). Tantalization, //., nsondi, 2 (Bako.). Tantalize, 7/., ta nsondi (Bako.)
Tamarind
tree,
thing,
.,
etwenga,
8.
mercy,
;/.,
ngemba
;
(2)
angudi,
12.
(Bako.)
walakazi,
Tenderly,
touch, handle (when examining something very fragile or painful), v., wimza.
tekela e ngengo
(2).
Tap,
w.,
kakilwa,
;
6.
n.,
4-
Tarnished
8
appearance,
pi. 6.
Terms
of peace,
.,
mpanga
(2)
kuku,
v.,
nngndi
with,
?),
7/.,
(12).
become,
a.,
vesoka.
be on good (agree
-eveso.
mvindi
Terrible,
what a
a.,
-ansisi.
something,
;/.,
tema,
6.
!
Tarry
(be long),
v.,
zinguluka.
terrible thing
(4)
interj.,
nki-
(stay),
wunda.
timu
Terror,
Test,
.,
;/.,
nsisi, 2.
;
ngana
Taste
(for), .,
(ye).
5.
ntonto, 2
ntonta
;/.,
(a test-
ing), 2.
nlaku, 4
(a).
2.
Testament
8
(will),
;
(covenant),
4.
ekangu,
delicious, n.,
ngwenzo,
nkangu,
(a tasting),
ngyeleka,
2.
a very
little, 7/./.,
leveta.
watery),
?/.,
Testis,
Than,
rather than, more than, adv., kemu...ko. Thanks, ;z., matondo, pi. 8 ntondo,
;
4.
Taught
Tax,
w.,
kuna matondo.
vaku,
well,
12.
That,
Teach
7/./.,
visa.
That
^^^
mpangu
or sia
is
to say,
or
samuna
kisamuna
vovo
a piece,
v.,
zazuna.
fill
one's eyes,
7/.,
Then
(next,
after
that), conj.,
mba
;
ki-)
yengela.
(Bako.),
mbangi
(Bako.)
8o3
The-Thk
v.,
[EN, continued.
Think,
bala.
mbangi
after
mbengi
App. an interrogation^
see VO,
App.
ele
{impatient),
utu
;
vele, ele
{as
go then
wenda
about (puzzle over), v., vimpita. (have an idea that), v., eki, with the 1 Poss. pron. in class 7 sing. thought that I should tind it,. eki diame, yasolola kio.
;
(suppose,
adi/., see i,
diau
App,
luaka mu-
na lumhu
then too, conj.
,
ina.
e
kala or -ina. do you think adieyi wina diau? he thought that they were here, edi kakedi diau vo kwaku ina.
believe),
;
what
'i
diaka mpe.
us go then, ozevo
over,
v.t.,
dikula.
ozevo se
se
let
There
twenda kweto.
,
make such a present or to render such a service or do such a kindness, v., fumbila. too much of (a thing) to dispose of
too
little of... to
it
(to so
&
so), v.,
fumba.
n.,
with or without the addition of ya, ye or yo after it; see also under i, App.; there
to the verb,
Thinness
Thirst,
(emaciation),
n.,
kodi-kodi,
(8)
nkalati, 2. 6 (Bako.),
are
at
kwina
dia
?z.,
maza
nui-
Therefore, co7ij., dianu vo, diau vo. The appl. form is not required ( when diau & dianu are thus
combi7ied
which
to
seems
5.
insatiable,
nui,
have slaked
(4,
with
VO.)
bila
U-)
mbomongo,
4.
.,
a.,
-ambomongo.
thickly,
v.t.,
Thongs
of skin
n.,
together,
Thorough
do
Thigh, ., ebunda (8) dia kulu (9). Thimble, n., mpu (2) a nlembo (4). Thin, a., -akasa (Bako.), -ankalati. be or become, v.i., kava, kamuka,
pala.
THOROUGHLY(clearly),^t/.,epeka(6).
(well), v.,
toma
{aux.
v.).
ngingu
Though,
padisa,
conf,
kufwila owu...ko,
make,
v.t.,
kavisa, ka-
kana
vo,
kana una
;
muna.
smear on a thin coat or thinly, v.t., vianga. thin stick of a thing, mbiengele, 2 oh, what thin sticks of legs kuna k wa mbiengele za malu
vo
see also
own okwenda
ne banza vo.
n.,
Thought
(purpose),
ekani,
8.
Thing
(material),
;/.,
very precious,
7t.,
Things of no use, n., mfwantakani, 2. the many things (one saw or has to
attend
to),
mambu, nkama
Thoughtlessness, utter, n., see under ntu ukula, &c., App. Thousand, n., efunda, 8. Threat, n., nkanikinu, 4. Threaten, v.t., sisisa. Threshold, ;/., mfietoto, 4 (Bako.)
nsiekolo, 4 (Bako.).
ya nsambu a mbumba.
Thr-Too
Thrill,
n.,
n.,
804
ewawa,
8.
5.
Time, continued.
then,
{lit.,
Throne, Throng,
;/.,
kiandu,
adv.,
leka
temona
waking).
v.,
zadila, fitama.
after sleeping
&
ntuti,
4-
Throw,
laka. down (something heavy), z/., jniva. <lo\vn (on the ground or into water),
v.t.,
v.,
lakika.
(epoch), n., snngi, 6. time spent in being, kalu, 6. in staying temporarily or visiting, ena.ngu, 8. spent in delay, mazinga, pi. 8.
far away,
&
miss,
out the
nsumbi4.
v..
Tire
of a wheel,
n.,
nkunkula,
Tired,
grow
(of
something),
snkwa
mpasi(pl.
;
up (mpanza
&
casting), v.,
tended,
v.i.,
tikumuka.
sote, 6.
Thrust
in
Toddle
about,
v.,
kankata.
(5),
Thunder
Thus,
Together,
(all at
adv., e kibale
sa-
ngi(i2).
dudula, tutula,
di-
mankoka-
sia vo or
sia vo.
ngo. all put together, adv., e bundu, 6. Toil, v., futuka (Bako.), funtuka.
Tick, jungle,
;/.,
kasa, 8 (Bako.)
6.
nkuba,
Tie,
n.,
dKt.,
2.
kangwa,
v.t.,
mfuntu, 4. funtuka or lengana (ye), sia e mfunka [(2) nmna]. Toll (customs), n., vaku, 12,
n.,
(at), v.t.,
kuta.
(of a bell),
v.i.,
kuba.
river,
firmly,
for
volola.
round one as a
kanga
pay,
mbuti
(4).
Tied
up, adv.^
up,
nkangu
;
he sent
tied
white,
thus
because
it
is
too
otwikidi kio
tenso, 6
firm,
Tier,
;/.,
nkangu. kunda, 6.
sure),
t/.,
white
Tighten (make
zika.
the
ku?>-,,
too
(of
little,
girding
one's
cloth),
too long, high, deep, -la. too short, -kufi. too new, -va.
ngi
(2),
ngwi
.,
(2),
Time
(in
or number of mbuluka, 2.
times 20,
times,
nku2
;
v.,
fwa
fwa
App.
muhiplication), mfoko,
mfoko 6 za
20.
be, v.,
after
some
time,
some time
elapsed,
8o5
Too-Tri
'OOTH, front (incisor), /;., dinu (7) diansevi. which protrudes beyond the lips, ;/., esunia, 8. a second row of teeth in either the upper or lower jaw, //., ntudi, 2
(liako.).
Tradition, n., esansn, 8. Train up (a child), v.t., kubulula, tongonona. Trajec'iorv of a bullet, ., zengo, 6.
Trample
upon,
v.t.,
funta.
Top
of
esela,
8.
Tranquillity, ;/., luvuvamu, 10. Transfiguration, ;/., ekitu, 8. Transformed, be, v.i., see somoka,
App.
kuna
mbata
{si/tj^.
2) a.
Transgress,
v.,
kuzuka
[e
elongi
8.
i
on the, acii'., vana or kuna mbata. one on the top of the other, adv., e
(8), &c.].
5t
4.
to another,
to one,
be or have transmitted
topaze,
2.
Torment,
nisa.
plants
for, .,
mpu-
be
in, va.,
bangala, bangalala.
;
za,
2.
Tormentor,
Tortuous,
be, v.,
.,
-ampiolo.
Trap, n., see mpombolo, eniemo, App. good fortune in catching with, n., etambu, 8. the touch or trigger of a trap, n y ntetebeswa, 2.
viotakana.
v.t.,
make,
7)
viotakesa.
in,
.,
songokwa
Torture,
;
v.t.,
landa
mambu
App.
(pi.
Travel
about,
v.,
beba(Bako.), kiba
(Bako.).
directions, be,
kimbangumuna,
;z.,
nto-
Tread
Treat
upon,
v.t.,
funta.
10.
ta,
Treasure,
in
ji.,
lusalu,
Touch
of a trap,
some one
vana
fool,
nkombo
kitula e
a maboko. inhumanly or as a
(2)
yidi, sangila.
Tough,
and almost unfit to be eaten, v.u, kuva. Tower, ji., nzo (2) ezulu. Town, ;z., bwala, 13 (Nsundi). Trace to its source, v.t., tongonona.
the barest (vestige),
(2).
n.,
tree,
4.
elengo,
8.
n.,
nsunungina
Track
mvwa4.
vwa,
(path), .,
mvwamvwila, 4 nzia-zia, 4.
nkono,
4.
Treeless (bare), a., -angidinginza. Trembling, n., luzakamu, 10; ezakamu, 8. (of delight or fear), ., epupupu, ?. Trespass (transgression), ;/., ekuzuka,
8.
Trade,
.,
Trial,
4.
n.,
ntonto,
ntonta,
2 (try-
ing).
Tri-Tyr
Triangle, n., konko-tatu, Tribute, ;/., vaku, 12.
6.
806
is,
n.,
nkwa
ziku
(6).
Trigger
2.
(of a trap),
;/.,
ntetebeswa,
(devoted),
nkwa nkanka
v.i.,
(2).
Trim,
?/./.,
kumpa.
2/./.,
Try
4.
(a case),
fundisa.
leveta.
(a lamp),
kolela.
see
of, v.t.,
Triumph,
App.
,,
nsangunia,
lines
of,
nwana.
Tropics, the
zengo,
6,
to
Trouble
(danger & difficulty), n., lenga, pi. 6 vangu, pi. 6. have a great deal of, 7/./., futuka
;
before
tuwa
(Bako.),
funtuka.
tuwidi).
give,^./.,futuna(Bako.),fuiituiia,
lembi or lembelo;
tokeka, tuntanisa.
be
get
induce,
v..
kuza.
difficult),
a.,
Iwa.
into (a
derisive,
2/.z'.,
scornful
ex-
pression),
kiema, laka.
kendalala,
(4).
Troubled, be tiukwa
(sad), v.i.,
Tuck up one's cloth, v.t., vena. Tuft (of hair), n., yondo, 6 bondo,
;
ntima
6.
Tumor,
.,
kingengele,
5.
ntima
;
(u-)
zanganana or
kangama
ntima
make,
vJ.,
(4).
zangananwa
ntima. -ampasi, -alenga,
Tune with, be in, v.i., wawana. Turkey (bird), n., mpilu, 2. Turn aside, vA., tikumuka see also vitakana & vitakesa, App.
;
zanginika
a.,
v.i.^
Troublesome,
-avangu.
(annoying),
a.,
vilukila.
v.,
lamba,
di-
-anangi.
kula.
puzzle over,
v.,
vimpita.
soil,
v.i.^
indeed true
funta.
(in rotation), n., tete, 6.
leka vo.
Trumpet,
any
round,
v.t.,
nkoko, 4. mouth of a, ?z., nsanza, 2. Trunk (of tree), ;/., evimbu, 8. Trust, ., vuvu, 6 Infiatu, 10 (P. confiar); .f^t' also nkanka, App.
bend,
;
see p. 448.
Turns
Twig,
(in
a task), take,
6.
tambu-
lula.
;/.,
vuya,
(of
^.,
bunda
vuvu
(6),
liata
(P.
confiar).
(entrusted),
;/.,
mbebe,
5
;
2.
an eye), v.i., meso (8) -layiswa; in the twinkling of an eye, meso tulayiswa. Twist aside, be twisted, v.i., zungu-
Twinkling
mutually,
v.^
bundana e vuvu.
to take any-
person,
;
n.,
mbai
&
mbangazi,
& 4.
date
fixed,
of
settlement has
if
been
paid
&
the
amount
is
charged.
; ;
8o7
Udd-Upr
Unhappy,
Uddhr, ., yeni, 6. Unadulterated, a.,
App.
ntima
(4,
see
under ya,
u)
a.,
-ampi-
mpita.
//.,
Ugly
person,
;/.,
mi,
4.
Ulcer,
8.
which destroys
;/.,
the
nose
Uninitiated person, w., nsonzolo, 2. who has not been initiated into some mystery or rite, vinga, 6. Unintentionally, adv., e nswalala
(2).
{lupus exedens)^
pi. 8.
matamba,
Unitedly
healthy appearance,
(12).
(together), adv.,
sangi
12.
to
assume a
v.i.,
zituka.
cord,
//.,
Unity
luayi,
v.i.,
;
(all
intermixed),
see lelelwa,
n.,
.,
sangi,
i
Umbilical
10.
Universe,
App.
Unable to,
to go,
be,
bindamwa,
be unable
Unjust
a.,
person,
mvilwa,
&
4-
lembakana
Unbeliever,
la,
3.
;/.,
shall
-avilwa.
long,
a.,
mbindamwa
kwenda. mundembi-kwiki-
Unknown,
Unlawful,
sec -ansi
Unbending (rigid), a., -antintibidi. Uncared for (not in charge of any nyambi (4). one), adv., Uncertain (untrustworthy), a., ke -bundwanga vuvu ko.
Unclean,
render,
a.,
Unobserved,
under kala, p. 2 8 7. slip away, t'./., vialuka. Unobstructed (of a course), a., -ankolomona.
see also
-aiisafu,-alembi velela.
v.y
safula.
;
Uncle anness, ., nsafu, 4 esafu, 8. Unconcern, ;/., umpavuludia, 12. Unconscious, be, become, v., fwa e
ngambu,
2.
Unprincipled person, n., mvilwa, I &4. Unripe (of plantain & bananas &
fruit
ing), a.,
fruit,
?t.,
efuba.
Unconsciousness, ., ngambu, 2. Uncontrollable, a., -atununu. be, v.i., tununuka. Uncork, v.t., kavula, samuna. Undeniable, to be, v., ke vanakana nkalu ko, ke kalakana ko.
Unscrupulous
I
&
12.
Understand
tonena.
(have
it
(recognise),
v.t.,
tona,
Unsold, remain, v.i., funta. Until, adv., yasumbate; see sualso under yavana, mbate
;
App.
one),
?/./.,
dawn upon
vu-
ngula.
Undertake to do, v.i., lama. Undo work which had been accomv.t., pangalakesa, bwangalakesa. Unfair, rt.,ke -ansongi ko, -alembwa
Untrustworthy, a., ke -bundwanga vuvu ko. Unusual (extraordinary), a., -avava. Unwell, be, v., yela.
be very, ke kala biza ko yo yela
I
plished,
that day, e
biza ko yo
2.
e nsongi.
Unfruitful
mba,
4.
plant or tree,
//,,
nlo-
Uprightness,
.,
nsongi,
(correctness), kosi, 6.
Urg-Vir
808
Urge
ineffectually, v.t.^
kuza.
Vault
one not
v.t.^
etekola,
8,
App.
sindikila.
2.
Urinate,
v.,
susa.
(garden produce),
mpati
{si7ig. 2) a,
nsengo.
ndandu,
7/.,
2.
be of no further,
for the first time,
see
7/./.,
2,
App.
fanka. it was of no use, coiij,^ nkaya-kaya. Used to, to be or become, v.i.^ yukwa; he was well used to French, oyukilu kikilu e kifwalansa.
up,
v.i.,
Verge
ezikila,
8.
;
Useful,
Useless,
it is
.,
.,
-amfunii.
see -a
Vertigo, ?/., nzieta, 4 nziezie, 4Very, be, ) ^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^ j^^^^^ Very, how, S much (in no small degree), adv., ke
vevi ko.
Nzambi, App.
Vestibule, Vexation,
smg.).
;/.,
mvita,
nkafi,
4-
n.,
{generally
kuva.
dress,
Viceroy, Victory,
get the,
n., .,
v.,
nkumbi,
2.
2.
nsundidi,
lunga [be
in the right
;
right)]
see also
View
to
of,
block the,
v.,
kika.
have an unobstructed,
mona
mpenza
Vigour,
Vaccinate, Vacillate,
7/./.,
(2).
n.,
telamiana, 9
briskly),
(ability to
nwata.
(4,
move
u-)
v.,
ntima
tintama
kokomesa
Vacillation,
n.,
ntima.
kokoma,
6.
9.
Vacuum,
;/.,
vela,
13 (Nsundi)
n.,
ntwanga,
Vagina, ,, nkenza, 2 (Bako.). Vain, a., -avela. fellow, ?/., mfwanti, 2. all was in vain (in spite of all), conj., nkaya-kaya. in (all to no purpose), adv., e ngOfwila.
Villany,
;/.,
untwanga,
;/.,
12.
12.
Violence
(force),
balu,
2.
man
of, n.,
mfunia,
Valley, broad
&
flat, n.,
evoka,
a.,
8.
Valuable
-amba-
ngadi.
by unwarranted, adv., ye nkumbi yo lulendo. Violently, come, go, rush, of wind or rain, v.i'., vikuka. Virgin, ;/., mwenze, 3 ndnmba a mwenze (pi. -a mienze) see
;
mwenze, App.
a.,
-amwenze.
;/.,
Vapour
Vase,
;/.,
bath,
n.,
futwa,
6.
6.
Virginity,
5.
kindumba amwenze,
bungwa,
(809)
Vis-Wea
continued.
^^^sciD
Want,
2.
;
nzuwa (4) badly (miss), v., mona or ntuka (4). very much, v.t., ziotola. but not have any chance of ol)taining, v., lS,lwa.
(seek),
7/./.,
kangadila,
sanda (Zombo).
v.,
nkangalu,
(received),
4.
Warm,
nkanga-
be
;
(of persons),
yanga-
Visitation
dilu, 4-
.,
lala
Void,
;/.,
a.,
-avela.
6.
used also of warm^ fine weather in the rainy seasons [kuma (9) ku-] it is warm and
;
vela,
fine
to-day,
unu
kuma
zolela.
Warning
(2).
(example),
;
;/.,
elongi, 8 (to
teach)
Voyage
(by ship),
n.,
nsauka,
2.
Warped,
Was,
to be, v.,
kandalala.
;
were, luider to be
App.
w.
Wad,
;z.,
Wash
very thoroughly,
7/./.,
venza.
mbusia,
Waft
up,
and lay out the dead, 7/., sunga. Wasp, mason, //., mbulu-ntente, 2. Waste away (as in sickness), v.i.y
pala.
lay,
7/.,
funka.
7/./.,
2.
(squander),
n.
fumba.
a.,
Wail (making
Waken,
Wale,
vJ.,
a great noise),
vo-
a sheer waste,
;z.,
diana, wodiana.
Wasted,
(Bako.).
wasteful,
ngofwila, 2. -angofwila.
tadikila.
pi. 8.
katumuna
;
Watch
(look
//.,
at), v.,
n.,
Walk
(guard),
mayingila,
7/./.,
kiba
;
kondelela.
(Bako.),
vema
(Bako.)
be-
Watcher, watchman,
Water-lily,
n.,
n.,
nkawu,
8.
2.
elanga,
pi.
weed,
.,
maladi,
12.
(Bako.)
vJ.,
langi,
Water-mark,
v.t.,
high or low,
;;.,
see
noiselessly,
nianza, nienza.
walk,
;
be unable
(12,
to
Bako.)
n.,
all-plate,
zengo, 6, App. Way of approach, ;/., mwalu, 3. to have one's way, 7/., kutamina.
a long
leave or
yaka
(6).
'ander about, v., vuvuta. (prowl), vema, lasa. Wanderer, ., ntungianu, 4. Wandering, aimless, ., tungianu,
12.
nzila
(2).
make, force a
way
(through),
7'.,
teta e nzila (2) (muna). what a way to, kuna kwa mpila a what a remarkable way they
built
it
Want,
want
7t.,
kondwa,
nkondwa,
2.
too
to lay
v.,
an egg or to go to vilwa.
stool,
Weak,
a.,
-atontolo.
Wea-Whi
Weak,
be,
8io)
continued.
?/.,
Weak
person r thing,
3
l^^^^^gj
S
Weakling,
;
What, continued. kuna kwa nzo or kadi kuna kwa nzo inter, pron., nabwe (Bako.). Whatever, j)r^;z., kana.
!
tu,
tontolo,
;/.,
6.
;
thing,
kana lekwa.
;/.,
Weakness,
6
;
utontolo, 12
8.
yoyelo,
Wheel,
tire
lungungu,
;
10.
eyovoka,
;
of a wheel
Weal,
Wear
mvibu, 4. komoka. Wearied, be, v.i., lewoka, leoka, leuka, zewoka, tova, yova.
w., nzila, 4 slowly away,
v.i.,
which the
applied,
;/.,
Wearisome, be, v., tukumuka. Weary, grow (of something), 7/., lukwa moyo (3) tantwa e mpasi (pi. 2) tukumukwa.
; ;
nkunkula, 4. Wheeze, ?/./., twengenia, swengenia. When...(/'/;;z^) had passed, adv., baka muna...i bosi when three days had passed they
;
found him,
tatu,
i
bosi bansolwele.
Weather,
hot,
;/.,
,
kala,
6.
(while), adv..,
wau.
Weep
bitterly, v.i
bokomoka, boko-
Whenever
you
ye dilu. vosona or vongola e kinsanga (5). Weigh, 7/./., mika. an anchor, 7/., vola e mbwa (2). (a matter), 7/,, lamba, mika.
profusely,
7/./.,
moka
kiekiele
like,
Wherefore,
Weight,
/z.,
nzu,
2.
(massiveness),
;/.,
silu, pi. 6.
dead weight,
n.^ see
nsinsi,
2,
n.^
Welcome
gladly,
of or
8.
by women,
App. emi-
conj.^ diau vo, dianu VO {no appliedform needed)., vo mona owu. Whether... or, conj., okala VO...OVO. even, co7ij., kana una, kana una VO, kana nkutu. While, adv., una, wau, wau ki-
(kolo understood)
while the
angana,
7/./.,
men
for
slept,
wau kilele
wantu.
sakidila.
a while
oku ku-
(receive well),
toma tambula.
;
Well
as possible, do as, t/., babahe built it as nisa ye (&c.) well as he possibly could, obabanisi yo tuiiga. do well (act properly), v.i.^ tomesa. found, be, 7/./., koba. done! wawete! j^^-awete, K.-Eng., App. now, conj.., see mpangu, App. then, conj.^ we kansi.
;;.,
derivative notm
the
predicate,
thus
little
a few minutes, bele dia kiN.B.yVb article ndia-ndia. is used before the diminutive.
for
West,
lumonso,
&c.)
10.
is,
What
muna
nziezie, 4.
(of
air
something
vikuka.
kinziongololo,
5
App.
a
tu,
Whirlpool,
(Bako.).
//.,
kadi
!
Whirlwind,
Whispering,
viziku,
.,
kimbonga,
5.
also nki-
the sound
pi. 6.
of, ;/.,
viziku-
ngu, App.
oh,
what a house
Sir
W HI-Won
?/./.,
Whistle,
w.,
miozi,
pi.
3 (Bako.).
WiLTER,
tukuka.
7>.i.,
to whistle,
v., to,
e miozi.
Win (in gambling), vola. Wind the loose end of one's loin-cloth
round the waist, 7/./, kamina or vinda nlele (4). about, v.i., binduzioka. strong, ;/., tembo, 6 (Bako.).
wind among the branches of ?'./., pukuta. wooden, ., nsiya, 2. Whole, the, ., mviml)a, folloiving
(as
trees),
Winding,
be,
7a/.,
a.,
-ampiolo.
Wholeheartkdness,
App.
., see
etima,
etita,
2.
8.
(diligence), Bungididi, 6.
Window,
(4).
n.,
mbonani,
(readiness),
mvevo
adv., e
Wholesale,
Whooping
cough,
n.,
kivunda,
!
5.
Why?
inter. pron.,
;
inierj.,
anki is anki olueke that is why, adiK, e nkete nki or e bila kiaki {with the appl.
!
wa
WiNE-PREss, ;/., ekaminu nyo (2). Wire, ., nzwenge, 2. Wish, n., nzola, 2.
(craving, taste),
;/,,
(8)
dia vi-
kinzola-nzola,
5.
Wishful, be zinwa
form).
S:
App.
Widen,
Wife,
the
v.i.,
sanzana.
Witch-doctor, be
App.
;/.,
instructed in the
of, v.t.,
2, see
first
nkama,
4,
art
and mystery
from
irefi.).
yilwa.
man
marries,
nkaza
Withdraw
ngesa
society, v.,
kuke-
(i)
a toko
(6).
unobserved,
Wither,
v.i.,
Wild
Wile
(fierce), a.,
//.,
WiLDNESs,
kiezi,
//.,
& dry up, v.i., wuminina. Without, see ya, App. Wits, u., mamoni, pi. 8.
have one's wits about one, v., yanza (Bako.), luenga. keep your wits about you, velesavelesa e ngangu zeno; see velesa, App.
(pretext),
lumpeso,
pi. 7.
10.
(stratagem),
mana,
4.
Will
(all in
due
co\.us),futi(re, aux.
v.,
singa.
;/.,
strong,
kuzolela,
n.,
9.
tatu,
6.
//.,
a young,
(testament),
(one's
nkanda
;
efwa
(8).
mwana
(r)
nkento-nkento, a nkento.
;
own inclination, way), kiakankamba, 5 they have left him entirely to his own will, bavwidi kunyambwila e kiakankamba. Willed, be strong, 7/., kuzolela.
Willing, be
(ready),
(4).
,
Womankind,
;;., kento, 6 womankind and mankind (the whole population) were assembled, e
kwau.
Wonder,
v.,
a,
;/.,
nkumbi,
nku-
v.,
vevola
ntima
ntima.
willing be, to
?'.,
vevolwela
ngulu, 4. lembi-0 sivika; I wonder much that you went, ndembi yo sivika e ngyenda wele.
WON-YOK
Wonder,
at, v.,
8 12
cotitimced.
Would
v.i.,
that
conj.,
kumuna.
cry
see
of,
kala or kele vo
kululuka,
to
flit, indef.
to utter a
kumba.
what
vuvana, App. whether, v., badika vo kana; he wondered whether he will come, obadikidi vo kana okwiza; we wonder whether he is alive. tubadikanga vo kana wina The simple ejaculation una.
,
God
interj.,
Nzambi
kadi.
v.i.,
under mbula, App. Wound, n., ndwadi, 2 (cut). Woven entire throughout, n., -ankuhave
to, see
also
ba.
Wrangle,
v.,
zekana, bambana.
pangalakesa. fwantakesa.
man),
6.
n.,
wa
Wretch (bad
6
;
baza, 6
tuzu^
wonder
him,
whether
catch
wa
of
8
;
tema,
mbaka.
Wood,
nsola, App.
Wretched, become, v.i., boloka. Wretchedness, n., nkangu (4) ntima (4)
a.
decayed
piece
woodwork,
n.,
Wriggle
votana.
niongota^.
ewombolo,
house,
this is a rotten
v.i.,
ewombolo dia nzo diadi. Woodpecker, n., mbobo (2) a nti (4). Woof, ;z., nkayikwa, 2.
Work,
hard,
v.t.,
sadika.
4.
tumbula
v.i.,
n.,
mfuntu,
Writhe
(as eels),
hard and as well as possible at, z'.. vangalela. have a great deal of hard, z/.z"., futuka (Bako.), fnntuka. quickly, briskly, v.t., salamiana. have the trouble of work in the
sun,
v.,
Writing,
-asungu, App. (for nothing), a., -ankatu. Wrongfully should be used adjectivally e
:
wmtiwa
mwini
v.t.,
(3).
to suffer wrongfully,
mona-
Working
be,
v.i.,
lumpika.
;/.,
mpasi zankatu.
Inmpama.
skilled, clever,
Workman,
2,
mfuzi,
App.
be, v.i.,
Worried,
be,
v.i.,
Y.
tuntana, tokama.
through having
many
duties,
zumbuluka.
tuntanisa, tokeka.
//.,
Worry,
v.t.,
(of business),
lunznmbulu,
see
10.
Worse, become,
also vaza,
v.i.,
under voza
8.
Yeast, n., ebo, 8. Yell, v.i., kaluluka, yabala. Yet, to be, v., kini, v. defective, perf. only they have not yet come, ke bakini kwiza ko they are yet in the house, bakini knna
;
App.
of,
//.,
nzo.
Worship,
place
esambilu,
5.
Worth,
;/.,
kimbalu,
v.,
vevokwa
adv., yanginu, yakinu; see oku mpe, App. not yet, adv., yakinu ke...ko ka... ete ko (Bako.).
(still),
;
watu.
fwanukina.
fwanwa, App.
Yield Yoke,
(fruit), v.t.,
va
6.
{perf vene).
n.,
vangu,
8i3
You-Zea
fine, handsome, ., mvoyongo (4) a etoko. l^young woman, mvoyongo a ndumba. Youngest, the, ., see nsakila, pi. 2,
>UNG man,
Zeal,
fululu, 6
(passion), eketo,
App.
(child), a.,
(wholehcartedness), etima,
8.
-ansuka.
;/.,
Zealous,
toko, 6. of age,
be,
?'.,
sia e sungididi or
Youth
(youthfulness),
15
of about
or
16 years
10.
luntoko-toko,
sia...e
etima
(8).
2.
Face
to
face,
adv.^
mambonani
(pl. 7).
Catch, v., sec also batidila, App. Champion, ;/., ebamba-ngolo, 8. CHASiM, n., ngengengo, 2. Cheat, vJ., vunina.
{luith
future time 07ily) from age to age (for ever) yamu mvu ya
Commence,
Decimal,
w.,
7/./.,
toteka.
2.
mvu.
desima,
Lack
work or duty,
display such luck,
n., lele, 6.
v.,
sia e lele.
APPENDIX
TO
KONGO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
N.B.
The sign + indicates that the word already appears in the Dictionary,
follows
is
it.
a-, continued.
the
same
muna mvu
miau amimosi,
verysame
P' 573years.
during those
used
to
introduce a noun
It is really the
in
apposition.
an adjectival clause : Nlemvo wa ese andi (w' es' andi) a Kikudi, Nlemvo, the father of
Kikudi; e diambu diadi diambote kikilu, dia ngiza andi, it is a very good thing, his coming
;
noun
ticles following
adi
i
Sing.
Pi.
ona tunina
lukiilu, lua
Person
I.
tu
luloloko lua
by
whom we
II.
nu
require
The yd pers.
;
sing,
and pi.
ary numerals in the singular, one and the same, a single zvhe?t expressing surprise, muna
;
lumbu akimosi,
in the
;
same
and in
that case
that given on
amamosi
man mawa
no such particle ; adi i fwa, I was dead adi u muntu ambote, you were once a good man adi mpofo, he was once blind adi tu akwa umvwama, we were once rich adi nu mfumu za nsi, you were once the chiefs of the country adi abundu, they were once slaves e nzila eyina adi nzila a Mboma, that used to be the road to Mboma e nsi zau ezole adi nsi zimosi, those two countries were once one (united).
;
Adi-Bad
adi
becomes
8i6)
Ana,
conti7iued.
defective verb
by
lumbu
past
tense, and so serves as an alternative of the verb " to be " in predicating a condition once
Anazie, adv.,
see anizie,
;
App.
only used in
all
Anga,
^^/{/'.^nga
it is
has,
had
interrogative se?itences.
The pre-
Anizie, adv.,
all
round, on
sides
Anki,
ifiterj.,
we were
friends
he
Are,
is
-adi
is
an are, 100 sq. metres. -awa mosi, see a-, App. 2iW0W0, dem. and rel. pron., cl. i,pl.,
2, n.,
ind
pos.
einph.,
those,
those
and
is
;
translated by
should,
would
before
Ba,
6,
71.,
he died.
Aka,
adv., see
patchwork
Ba,
to
6, n. (Bako.),
(2r^
sting.
-akwa,
of,
when referring
locality.
a town
;
ba-, subj.
obj.pro7io7n.,
J,
or
Jizu akwa Nazaret, Jesus of Nazareth aleke akwa Kindinga, the Kindinga
children nkento akwa Ngombe, the Ngombe woman.
;
pi., cl.
they
Grammar.
an intense desire. fwa e baba, to be intensely desirous., Babanisa, v., to do well, to do one's'
Baba,
6,
7t.,
very best
is
toma babanisa
v/ell.
.'),
vova, speak
Babatu,
2,
n.
(P.
colourec
strips
cloth.
is
Babidika,
v.t.,
ploy
it is
it
every
or 6 words.
No
meaning can
cause people to abstain from approaching. Babu, 6, n., a flat piece, a slab, a
silence or to
tablet.
more than a bad habit. Una tulneke ana kun' evat' ana, twele ana ku
is little
and
Babula,
v.t.,
to roast.
,
Badika vo kana
whether
;
v.,
to
wonder
obadikidi vo
(8i7
Badika vo kana, continued. kana wele, he wondered whether he was gone.
Badila, v.t., to scold, speak angrily rebuke strongly.
to,
liAD-IiAN-
Baika,
v.i.
become
caught.
a middle voice t^/'baka, to catch (as taika does of teka, to sell). E nkombo ame ihaikidi kwa ngo, my goat has been caught by a leopard,
Balula, continued. ekwa obalwidi ? how much doyou make it Balumuna, t/./., to spread out. Bamba, ?'., to hold out resolutely,, to be very persistent in one's opinion, be very opinionated. Bambamena, ?/./., to be encumbered, hindered (from something), to be shut in or up, blocked, prevented by something or some
.''
circumstance.
haika maketo, to get angry, haika nkole, to get captured. Baka e ntangwa (2), v., to have an
opportunity.
Bambana,
v.
recip.,
to
discuss
to-
baka muna...
Bambisisisa,
v.t.,
cans,
of
bambato
re-
had passed,
mena.
Bambukwa
member.
moyo
moyo
(3),
^.,
found him.
Bambnla
Banda,
v.t.
(3), v.t., to
remind.
Baka,
6, n.,
(Bako.)=wanda.
^'./.-fto
(to
a book).
7/.,
Bandama,
Bandama, Bandama,
Bandana,
be very hard of
Bakana,
hearing.
t/./.,
to begin, to
mony, concord and peace, be on good terms. Bakana, v.^ to catch up the other (when one is following to catch up someone) okalokala babakanini, at length the other one caught up.
;
v.i.^
at the
same time
only
{spoken
people).
of
Bakila, Bakilu,
?/./.,
6,
;/.,
a means of obtaining,
Bandika, v.t., to put on the add further. Bandila, v.t., to stow, pack
closely^
skill,
Bakula
ndinga
(2),
7/.,
to
speak
e
is
bandu a toko
Bakwila,
Bala,
v.t.,
v.t.,
to think.
(5), v.t.^ to
71.
what you would style a young man. Banduka, v.i., to be tired of yabakunlonganga aka^ nduka
kena,
he
kick.
am
6,
(Bako.), a child.
Banga,
!
Balanganza
(as of
interj.,
snap
crack
walls
a trigger).
+a
house
made
of the
mid
Balu,
bain, adv.^ by violence, force. Balula, v.t., to reason, discuss point by point also to bring out a
;
kuna
heftce
banga came
to
total of, to
make an amount
of;
be the name for plank houses on the coast, or any attempt at imitation of them by the natives.
3G
Ban-Bes
Bangala,
v.i.^
8i8
to be excessively high
Baya, continued.
piece (not of wood, which would
(of a price).
Bangala, Bangalala,
hell).
vJ., to
be tormented,
tortured
in
(in
torment,
Bayi,
2, n. (P.
Banganisa,
Bangazi,
6,
torture.
n.,
a tyrannical, brutal
to torment, torture.
(2), v.,
fellow, a tyrant.
Bangidika,
v.t.,
bayi a kindele, the selvedge. Baza, v.i., to scatter (of shot). Baza, v.t., to scold. Baza, 6, n., a very bad person, a scoundrel, scamp, rascal, wretch,
brute.
Bangidika
Bangika,
ntalu
to
to raise
price excessively.
v.t.,
Beba
torture,
(Bako.),
v.i.,
to
walk about,
stroll,
torment,
swim
{as
persecute.
Bangumuka,
v.i.,
come
to the sur-
Bebwa,
Befo,
6,
v.i.
the current.
;/.,
Bangumuka, Bangumuna,
As
it
7/./.,
a
6,
Bekenge,
n.,
radical, utter,
this
is
fragile,
easily
very delicate.
Beko,
6, n.,
safe, place.
kuna beko,
se
"bangumuna
mbi
(4),
of persons,
vaheko,
-abeko,
Bela,
6, n.,
aside, separately.
adj., apart,
private, secret,
safe.
"bangumuna
(
I )
se
mote
(3)
or
muntu
a part, piece.
(6),
ambote, ofpersons, or lekwa kiambote, of a thing, to bring about a great change for the
good, greatly improve.
e bela-bela
pieces,
adv., in pieces, to
;
to
shreds
it
kibakilu e
bela-bela,
is
torn to pieces.
Bangumuna,
sum.
v.t.,
to
add
Belengenze, 6, ;/., something of pottery ware or glass which is very fragile, too slightly made.
if,
as
Bemba, 6, Bemheka,
were.
;/.
Basia
(P. basia), 2,
vana
nkanda
.^atakesa,
to place in a handy where things are well to hand, heiice where any one can get at or take them. Bemhela, v.t., walk or stroll about. Bembola, v.t., to despise, disesteem,
position,
...more.
disrespect.
Batakesa, v.t, to get, acquire, procure some more. Batalala, -z/.+to be low and spreadbe squat. Batidila, v.t., to go at the proper time and catch or meet (not at any chance time).
ing, to
Bendomoka,
for bad.
Bendomona,
v.t.,
to
make
crooked,
beryl.
Baya,
6,
(P.
Besama,
8i9)
Bes-Bok
continued.
Beseka, t/./., to cause to abound. Seta, v.t., to exceed, surpass, do more (in giving, working, &c.), have
more.
Betela, i betela kiki, it is befitting, becoming, this accords.
Bindakana (kwa);
obliged, to
(to), be much have some matter or business which "one feels under obligation to give prior
great obligations
attention.
-abindama,
ible.
a.,
important, indispens-
Biandungula,
hydrogen,
6,
;/.,
sulphuretted
offensive
very
to
eructation.
&c., of a palaver or
;
Biangumuna,
a\v:iy,
v.t.,
seduce, draw
language only
ndinga au
is
man's
ibindamene,
different,
i.e.,
their language
is
Biaula,//.
row.
scure; e
diambu se dibindama,
takes
the palaver
pect.
different
Bidi,
6,
Bidikita,
interj.,
Bindamwa,
to
men.
Bietula,//.
Bila,
6,
71.,
5, n.
v.i., to be in be unable to
to
Bindumuka,
>
v.,
to
take
oath,
so that.
Bindumuka
Binduzioka,
e ndofi
to
(2),
an
to swear.
v.i.,
wind about.
reason.
Biondomoka, 7'./.=beiidomoka, App. Biondomona, 7'./.=bendomona, App. Bita, 2, n. (P. bento, /loly), a mark of
of a cross.
Biza,
(Bako.), to boil.
/2X
(fcC^j
ke biza ko, what a lot there was, &c. e nti, ke biza ko, what
!
(<S:c.),
=
;
ye or
yo), to
know
well
how
(to=yo), be well up (in=yo) obilukidi ye Kifwalansa, he was well up in French. Biluluka, v.t., to be or turn red. Bilungi, 2, jt. (Angola), the devil.
...not
ke kikedi biza ko
it
was,
Bimba
(e nzo),
v.,
gether horizontal
of a house.
bamboo
laths
what a great thing it was. ke kala or -ina biza ko yo yela, to be very ill ^r unwell kakedi biza ko yo yela, he was very far from well how ill he was. Bobalala, v.i. (Bako.)=zowalala.
;
only).
Boko,
6, .,
cry, shout.
BOK-BUK
Bokola,
v.i.,
820
to
be pendulous, hang
(of the breasts).
v.i.^
down low
Bokomoka ye
terly.
dilu,
to
weep
bit-
Bu, contmited. his house on the understanding that he would do the same for me.
bu-, prefix applied by the Bakonc^o to
bokoto
a very offen-
nouns
classes
dr'
it.
concording words of
sing,
Bolama, v.i.^
upon its or one's head or hang head downwards, hang down. Boleka, v.t., to stand (a thing) head downwards or upon its head.
to stand
7/.z.-f to
and
pi.
13
sing.
bu (Bako.)=owu or wau.
Buba,
v.i.
(Bako.)=bufa (App.)
vd..,
Bubalala,
to
lie
(of
something
Boloka,
Bolola,
become
filthy, abject,
great).
wretched.
7/.
Bubalala,
v.i..,
to be dark, benighted,
A 4- defile, degrade.
ignorant.
(Bako.) bama. v.i.^ to burn, be burnt also to be well cooked, not burnt or underdone. Bombola, v.t.^ to put on an edging. Bomona, v.t., to bum up, burn to
;
ig-
Oku
bubidi, adv.^ in the dark (concerning a matter), without knowledge, in secrecy, secretly, covertly.
ashes.
Bonda
Bondo,
v. (Bako,), to
6, .,
soothe (a child).
tuft.
a plumed
Bubidika, v.t., to put or lay down (of something great). Bubidika, v.t., to darken, render dark,
benighted, ignorant.
Bosalala,
v.i..,
to be absolutely in sub-
jection,
Bubika,
v.t.,
to
hand.
Boselela,
one
in sitting
v.i.,
on the ground.
escape secretly,
Bubumuka,
to run
to
away without letting any one know of one's intentions so as to avoid some evil.
Bosi,
i
adv..,
bosi se,
now
at length,
now
at last.
Boteka,
v.t..,
to plunge the
head into
water.
Botoka, v.t. (Mboma) =katuka, p. 290. Bu, 6, ., a service rendered which is to be repaid in kind thus if a friend helps a woman to hoe an acre of ground, she owes a debt
;
Budidisa, vd., to frustrate. Budikila, v.i., to be about to do or accomplish, but have something come to prevent it, be frustrated mvovo ubudikidi, (I was going to say so, but) something occurred to prevent
;
the expression.
Budikila, vd., to have the water flow in through the walls during a storm e nzo ame ibudikidi,the water is coming into my house. Bufa, vJ., to lower (a price), to sell at a low (price),
;
come and do a bit of hoeing in my field to-day, I will do the same for you anTinu,
Bufu-bufu,
12,
;;.,
bluntness.
Buka,
with
e disli
diandi dibukidi
other day
andi
e.
(821
ika muna,
^'.^,
BUK-BUW
to flow from.
in
Buka, Buka,
v.i.^
to
come
a great crowd.
v.t.^
Bukalala,
v.i.^
to cast oneself
fall
one's face, to
against,
to
club together
(intentionally),
be turned face
for,
unite
for
(some purpose),
?'.,
or mouth (of a jug, &C.) downwards. Bukalala, v.t. (Bako.), to make use of obscene execrations. Bukamena, vJ.^ to envelop, enshroud
(as darkness, ignorance, &c.).
attack in force.
Bundana
e
vuvu
(6),
to
have mu-
bundu
(6),
Bundukina,
a
e
v.i.,
bukamena
Bukidika,
futwa
to put
('6),
to take
or through.
bundukutu,
state.
down
face or
(a
tum-
Bundumuka,
v.i.,
to
be diffused
v.,
(of
Bukolo,
12,
//,,
an odour).
to cause
itself.
offence.
Z/./.+ destroy.
12, n.
v.t.
(Bako.)=:nya, App.
Bulana,
ties.
not give
v.t.^
me
anything (waste a
Bululula,
to divide
up again.
thing on me).
Buma,
v.t.^ to smite or strike with something great or sickness umbumini o yela, he smote
what
shed
him with
sickness.
or seize by force. grope about (in the dark or as a blind man). Bumi, 12, n. (Bako.), fish poison =
v.t.^
Bumba,
to take
Bungula,
v.t.-\-\o
pour
forth,
Bumbula,
zaz.,
to
forth.
Bungwa, 6, ., a vase, jar, pot. Buni (Bako.), conj., then, well buni twenda kweto, let
then.
then
us go
to be protuberant (of
Bunda, 6,
a partnership in trapping. leka e bunda (yo), v., to enter into such a partnership (with).
;/.,
Bunda,
v.t.^
to
make a
(6),
z/.,
slave raid, to
Bunda
vuvu
to
impose con-
walk or use one's legs at all. fwa busa, to be unable to walk, to be very backward in walking. Butika nua (4), v., to be silenced. Butukulu, 6, ., a sphere, anything
n. (Bako.), inability to
fidence, trust.
spherical.
Butukulu,
6, n.
untrustworthy.
6,
;/.,
Bunda - mpambu,
Buwa
ntima
hardness,
(4), v.i., to
quarrelsomeness,
BUW-DIA!
822
Buwa
Buzie,
ntima, continued.
sternness,
severity,
become
agreeable.
12,
n.
Debola,
v.t.,
being too small. -abuzie, a. (Bako.), small, too small. Bwakuku, 6, ., the fungus of dry rot,
also
time.
to
be jerked.
to jerk.
that which
destroys
the
palm-tree.
dekameta deca-
Bwala,
13, n.
Bwanduka,
7/.z.=baiiduka.
v.t.^
to
come
Bwangalakesa,
stars, shine as
der useless,
nullify, spoil,
wreck.
di-
Bwanguna,
v.t.,
to cut off
a piece,
light.
7/. + to take a very little (of anything) at a time. Dekozioka, v.i., to be constantly
Dekola,
Bwasumuna,
Bwazi,
12,
Jt.
v.t.,
to talk
on endlessly,
nibbled.
se dekozioka, the feeling of cramp, weakness, &c., in the legs after a long sickness is thus expressed the legs are being nibbled. Desi-, the tenth part of the standards
:
expatiate.
malu
(Bako.)=wazi. Bwe, 6, 71., one who falls. bwe kia malavu (8//.), a wretched
drunkard, a slave to drink.
v.i.,
Bwembwena,
bers,
to
abound,
of measurement
{e.g.,
desimeta
plentiful.
= decimetre = yo
upon,
of a metre;.
Desima,
di-, see
2, n.,
a decimal,
note at
commencement
of E,
Bwimi,
Bwita,
12,
;/.
(Bako.),
meanness,
App.
-^-^ formative prefix of the reflexive
stinginess.
v.i.
form
u-) bwita, to
in all tenses.
ntima
(4,
have one's
thirst slaked.
Bwitalala, v.i., to be darkened, become, made dark. Bwiti, 12, n. (Bako.), honey. Bwitidika, v.t., to darken, make dark. Bwitidilwa, v.i., to be benighted, belated.
see tinder
is
A. (my) opinion,
Bwivi,
12,
;/.
(Bako.)^wivi.
vo bakama
thought
caught.
that
tubakama, we we should be
didi,
D.
Danda,
v.i.,
edi
to
be
to
full.
Dandisa,
v.t.,
fill.
Dasanana,
ated.
v.i.,
to
be
satisfied,
sati-
(in
823)
Dikalala,
7/./.,
DiA-DiN
to
taka
mpe,
continued.
in
be
in
discourse),
fect silence
&
stillness,
secondly,
used
lies
nant.
suspiciously
tively,
interroga-
what then
all this ?
what
Dikaya, 7, n., old & sour palm wine. Diki {pi. meki), 7, ;/. (Kib.),an egg.
Dikila,
^'./.,
behind
a
is
of the verb
the
(of
(my)
is
the tree,
7iot
scion
see
dika, App.).
diambu
didi
ngina dian,
ludi,
it
this
Dikita,
7/./.,
to
run
something
calculate,
my
e
opinion.
is
great).
diambu yamu
clear,
it is
quite
Dikula,
7',/.,
to
reckon,
all
deed
true.
it
Dikulula,
7/./.,
walekela, a respectful preamble for the commencement of an address. landa mambu {j)l. 7), ^., to torture.
graft in again
see dika,
Dikumuka,
v.i.,
to start
App. up or off,
start,
(4,
be
startled.
mambu, nkama ya nsambu a mbumba, the countless things. kosi, kutatu ova kati e diambu
;
ntima
u-)
dikumuka,
a slight
spasm
dina ko (proverb), there must be some reason for all this ///. one & three, but there is something between. Dianu VO, conj., therefore. ( The ap;
be the result of being mentioned by some one far away). Dikumuna, v.t.^ to startle &: cause to run, waken with a start.
Dilwa,
6,
n.,
meat or vegetable.
Dima,
pi. 6,
;;.,
stain,
dye, colouring
matter, ink.
Diatidila,
v.,
to
ram
tightly (by
any
means).
Diawa
Dia-yuma,
ton.
Dima, 7/./., to catch hold of. Dima, 7/./., borrow at interest. Dimbu, 6, ;/. sia e dimbu, 7'., to take note
(mentally).
of
Dimbuna,
Dimisa,
v.t.,
to choose, select.
(Bako.)-=diya. Didima, v.i., to thunder, make a thundering noise. Diekomoka, v.i., to laugh heartily. cleverness, cunning, Diela, 7, n., sense intelligence, mind.
Diba,
6, n.
v.t.,
lend at interest.
(5) (Kib.),
7/.,
Dimuna kintodi
to kill
pour the blood of a human victim over a corpse. Dindusu, 7,;/. (Bako.), lumps in farin-
&
aceous food. Ding^ka, v.t., to restrain, keep still, delay, check, impede, stop. Ding^ndu, 7, ;/., a muscular fellow, also a species of hornet which
does not sting
Dinsiensia,
7,
(?)
Dika,
7/./.,
of the
;
verb
n.
(P. licen?a),
per-
see dikila,
App.
mission, excuse
me
Din-Ebo
Dinsunga-nsunga,
oil, Slc.
824
E.
e-,
Dio-dio,
6,
;i.,
in-
the
Bakongo
&
satiable.
Dionga,
Dionso,
7>J.,
peer
(into,
over,
between Matadi
&
Lukunga
;
it
under, &c.).
7,
u.,
bit,
is often replaced by dievata, vata, divata. Ebala, 8, n., a large squirrel having a striped back, eyes large, tail slightly bushy, white belly. Ebamba-ngolo, 8, n., a brave, a champion, a warrior.
Ebanda,
8, n.,
Dituka,
7AZ.,
to
make a
noise as of a
free fight.
nkindu
(2, i-)
{Seldom tcsed) see bila & eyandu. Eyandu is a far more cojHinon form.
Ebanga,
!
!
8,
n.,
Do
inierj.,
pray you
(-aku,
to
raphia
boo."
vinifera
beseech you.
Dodokolo
Dokalala,
di-
&c.),
if
(you)
EbangU,
8, n.,
way or
mak-
please.
?'./.,
ing things.
be persistent
in,
to
Ebantiku,
continue doggedly.
Dokama,
Dole,
e
6,
71.
v.t.,
to begin,
commence.
8, ;/., the point from which something was commenced. Ebefele, 8, ;/., a seed husk, unbroken but empty through atrophy.
dudulu
living creatures
Ebembele, Ebembia,
Ebese,
Ebidi,
8, n., 8,
a piece, fragment.
n.,
left
great
patch
of
Duduna, v.t..^ to pull & snap in two. Duka, v.t.., to be exceedingly abusive,
execrate strongly, swear
at.
jungle
S, .,
unburnt.
frondlets, &c.).
8, n., an abundance, a great crowd, quantity, number, mass,
Duka,
7'.z'.,
nua
Duku,
(4)
aduka,
.,
n.,
a prognathous
jaw.
a small drum having a diaphragm on each end, & played during the wailing for
6,
Ebiki,
8, .,
ceeding
for),
greatness
(of
(of
desire
intensity
longing or
the dead.
Dukula,
v.i..,
to
move
a
utero).
a sense of the exceeding greatness of something, hetice inlove), the radical idea beitig
Dumbalala, Dumbelele,
6, .,
girl,
young mai-
tense
desire
for
it
muna
den.
to
fly,
Dumuka,
v.i.,
jump.
through drink or
Dungiana,
v.i.,
to be in a stupid con-
Ebindika,
dition, either
or steering.
severe sickness.
living in
;
also
Ebindiku, 8, n., locking, steering; ebindiku dia nzaza ke diambu diandwelo ko, the steering of a ship is no small matter.
Ebo,
8,
;/.,
825
Ebo-Efw
Ebo, continued.
cream, yeast.
Ebobolo,
Eboko,
8, .,
Edia, continued. edia dia nsi eto diakaka, the food of our country is different. -edienga, a.^ acceptable, much to be
desired.
in
is
quiet.
in
fuku
(13)
wediki,
the
still
-eboko,
hush of night, when all are hushed very late at night, in the middle of the night.
;
tombe
v.,
(6)
kiediki,
still,
hushed,
vana
Ebolo,
nkombo a maboko,
to
darkness.
Edilu,
Ebu,
8,
8, ;/. {generally pi.), a feeding ground, a place where people or animals feed.
zinga e ebu,
?'., to pass over some breach of discipline or wrong, in hope that it will not be again committed, with the intention that should it recur, this previous case should be punished.
Edimbu,
8,
w.+a
viscid
mass
(as of
Ediongi,
8,
;/.,
interior.
Edunia,
8,
;z.,
Ebu
(Bako.) = owu.
8, .,
Efingidikiti,
8,
Ebubulu,
an unripe or blighted
nsizi or
a great hulk of a fellow. -ebubulu, a., foolish, stupid, Ebumba, 8, ;/. = ebuiida, App. Ebumbu (8) dia ebumbu, n., perfect
ignorance.
Efongo, 8, ;/., a flat place. Efuba, 8, n., the green fruit of a tree, the fruit of which reddens when ripe, an unripe fruit of such
tree.
Efubu
;
(8)
dia
munse
(3)
.,
a soft
Ebunda,
a bundle of "medicine " (fetish) see mfula, App. Ebunda (8) dia kulu (9),??., the thigh.
8,
;/.,
mona
Efuluta,
mafula,
8, n.,
v.,
to be regular as
oneself
Efunda,
Efuta,
8,
8, n. -f
dle of 1,000
;z.,
ment
as
sum or
kuma
price paid.
v.,
vala
mabungwa,
to
make an
story
excuse, to concoct
in excuse, to
some
make a
.,
defence.
Ebwe (Bako.)=aweyi.
Ebwengelekete,
8,
clod,
lump,
Ebwese,
8, ;/-,
one of 3
i?r
4 rows of
laths
Ebwila,
Edia,
8, .,
an
alluvial plain.
stuff,
8, n., that which comes to one by birthright, inheritance, portion (not necessarily coming through the death of another). vwa e efwafwa, v., to inherit. Efwatakala, 8, n., a species of grass, the blades of which are covered with a long, soft down. Efwe, 8, ;/., a plot of ground. Efweke, 8, n., one who is utterly
Efwafwa,
8, .,
food
food generally.
stupid.
Efw-Eko
Efwema,
8,
;/.
826
Ekasa,
Ekati,
8, ?z
a squirrel.
the inward parts, the in-
annoyance, anger.
8,
;/.,
baka efwema, v., to take offence, be offended, become angry. Efwenka, 8, ;?., friction, intense irritation,
terior of the
whole body,
intes-
tines, bowels.
Ekau,
an overmastering passion,
malignity, malice, bitter hate, sia e efwenka, ?'., to be in a state of friction, to feel maliciously
tribution.
Ekaya, 8, ;z., a greeting, salutation. ekaya -kika dia..., to greet with the news that... ekaya ba;
Efwenka-fwenka,
nkikidi dia mwana andi OVUtukidi, they greeted him with the news that his boy had
returned.
Efwese-fwese
(8)
dia
n.,
loose
Ekembo,
8,
;/.,
(earth or sand).
experience,
nkembo ekembo is
;
disimakananga
tungwa ya
the condition
which makes
after,
it
nzo ko, you cannot set the uprights of a house in this loose
sand.
Eketo,
8, n.,
an intense desire
lust,
mad
pres. indef. indie,
craving after,
;
passion,
-eka
V.
dcf.,
only
zeal
eketo dia
is
maza kena
(Bako.), to be.
dian, he
mad
for water.
kuna
Ekitu,
8,
7/.,
metamorphosis, change,
trict,
Ekabu, Ekabu,
8,
many
Ekobe,
8,
;/.,
man
Ekoka,
8,
8, n.
son.
fwa
//.,
e ekoka,
?'.,
be unable to
in learning
Ekabu,
8,
man
of
immense
Ekolo,
walk, very
to walk.
8,
;/.,
backward
strength.
Ekalamanga,
Ekami,
8,
?/.,
vana ekolo
only).
an obligation
;
to,
a ne-
or at the
of (of persons
cessity
obliged to go.
sia e
ekami
(dia), v., to
(to),
be very
very
determined
make a
(to).
Ekombe,
8, .,
strong resolution
teau or ridge.
Ekaminu, 8, ;/., a pressing place, ekaminu dia vinyo, a wine press. Ekanda, 8, ;;., the key-note in music. EkangU, 8, //., a covenant, agreement,
bond.
Ekomongo,
Ekonde,
8,
dyspnoea, painful
breathing.
8, n. (P.
(in cards).
Ekani,
sia
e
8,
.,
ekani,
v.,
to
plot,
devise
) )
8, n.
(S:c.
against.
Ekongo diangani,
8,
?/.,
Congo
(827
Eko-Em".
8, .,
Ekongo diangani,
continued.
Elambi-lambi,
the unrcasoninj;
fashion
Free State, Atat Ind^endant du Congo. mwisi Ekongo diangani, an inhabitant of the Congo Free
State.
8, n., a piece of furnace slag or hard pieces of iron ore which present the appearance of furnace slag. Ekono, 8, ;;., a point reached in a discussion, one item out of many to be touched upon, a head in a discourse or debate, a chapter in a book, a paragraph.
following the
or ex-
example
like
of
others,
following
Ekongwankela,
sheep through a gap. e elambi-lambi, to follow the fashion, do what we see others do, whether good, bad or indifferent to follow like sheep through a gap. Elambu, 8, w., a feast. Elanga, 8, ., a large, broad hoe. Elalangoma, 8, ;/., a flat thing or
kwenda
place.
Ekova, 8, ;/. (Mpa.), the navel. EktO- (Fr. hecto), loo of the standards of measurement {e.g. ektometa = hectometre, = loo
metres).
a., flat,
Ele=tu
(the particle),
sec p. 433
&
App.
-ele, />erf. of
Ekulu,
8,
;/.,
kwenda,
to go.
Elei,
3,
//.
king
(in cards).
Ekumba, Ekumbu,
8,
;/.,
a protruding navel.
noise, roar, roaring of
Eleko,
8,
a chord of music.
The
of the
8, .,
names
waves.
Ekuminu,
Ekunda,
cal,
8,
a stop, a point of
mi',
do',
sol,
punctuation.
8, n.,
chord luenze,
:
common
10.
6.
2.
a self-sown plant.
sengele,
Ekunkwa,
ware
Ekuti,
8,., cone,
something coni-
ngandu,
8.
mi, evula,
do, koka-titi, 6.
cape, promontory.
-x
;/.,
8,
a group, gathercluster,
flock,
Ekutu, I Ekutu-kutu, J
ing,
Elemba,
8, .,
the
charm
referred to
herd, crowd.
Ekutuwa, 8, Ekuzuka, 8,
n.,
n.,
Ekwa,
8, .,
under lemba, App. ese dia elemba, the man who is to be regarded as the father of one who has been initiated into
the doctor of elemba. Elembe, S,n. About or until the years 1860-1865, elembe was a word which filled all who heard it with fear. The cry of "elembe edio" would stop a caravan of traders, & make them submit to capture or death without a struggle. It
as folleft ?
ekwa
disidi,
how many
inter,
are
ekwa-ekwa,
pron.^
how
many each ?
Ekwa
Ekwe,
(8)
dia nzazi
(2),
?;.,
tiny scales
of mica.
interj.,
oh
I
oh that
{regret)
kio,
that
had bought
it^
.s|?e,p-5ickness.
Ele-Eni
Elembe, continued.
828
no one understands & everyone believes in so the cry of elembe paralysed the hearers,
;
Elongi, continued. been bereaved, after some 4 or 5 days have elapsed, the
friends
meet
to
console
him,
vana
e elongi.
They render
&.
is
prevented
difficult
all resistance.
It
understand why the word had such an effect, but so notorious is it that the time
to
when it became the means of much wrong &; abuse is spoken of as the tandu kia elembe.
Such crazes are not uncommon kiyoka, kinyambi, App. Elemena, 8, //., a great desire, liking
see
thanks that he has so far recovered from his grief as to come out of his house to receive them he then returns thanks to them for bringing wine, &
;
coming
house
to fetch
&
adding, ntondele
kwame own
am
you
or
taste.
wa Nkadi-ampemba,
have done, but not
for
what the
Elengo,
8, w.
+ the
adversary, the devil, has done. ElongO, 8, n. -+- the place in the
" bush " where a " mystery " or
"rite"
is
has a very powerful smell when burnt, & burns fiercely Jiejtce as an equivaletit for sulIt
natives affirm
Elu(Bako.) = olu.
phur, brimstone.
Elenzi, 8, //., the loathing of food after over-feeding {see lenza) see
;
Eluema, Elunga,
Elusa,
8, 8,
;/.,
;/.,
desire, longing.
zenith.
also lenzi,
App.
Eleza,
8,
;/.,
a lazy fellow.
brightness,
-eleza,
a.^ lazy.
.,
Elezi-lezi,
8, ., brilliance,
so greediness.
splendour.
-elezi-lezi,
a.,
Elusu,
8, .,
splendour, brilliant.
Elolo
dia mputu, ., custard or sweet apple. Elonda, 8, ., reason, purpose, cause. for what reason or e elonda, why purpose ? because, for the reason that. i elonda didi(wzM appl.form), this is why, this is the reason, this
(8)
.?
Ema
wits,
sense,
genius,
is
how
8,
;/.,
it is.
Emu
;
(Bako.)=omu.
8, n.,
Elongi,
a lesson, example, warning, discipline, chastening bansidi se elongi, they made an example of him.
e
Enangu,
Enatu,
staying.
8,
;;.,
vana
elongi,
v.^
to
comfort,
Endu (Bako.)=oyu.
Eniemo,
8, .,
console.
When
a trap,
in
which a log
(829)
Eniemo, continued. of wood falls athwart the animal also a press. Enunga, 8, ;/., the amount to which a
;
Eni-Esi
spring
is
bent or of a curve.
trembling (of delight
Epele,
8, w., fete.
Ese, continued. it is preceded by a or an apostrophe ; the final e is elided before a (Sr e. Kw' es^ ame, to my father o s' eto, our father. // is nearly always a ist class
;
Epiipiipu,
8,
/;.,
noun
e tata
s'
!
on p. 271.
or
fear).
//.,
father
Esafu,
8,
-esafu,
^.,
disgusting, obscene.
ame, my father. yo mwana, father & son. se wabula, the father is dead, wele kwa tata, he is gope to
yo
se
Esaku,
8, ., rat
hunting.
father.
Esalala,
8, .,
Esambilu,
Esangala,
8,
When
ese
is
followed by
it is
ati adj.
or
adjectival clause^
treated as
being that
.
it
is
something ex-
a noun of the Zth class; ese diambote, a good father, ese dia elemba, n. When a person has completed his initiation
into the ndembo mystery, the doctor appoints some man to be
terior,
inside^
cell.
;/.,
considered
his father,
who
is
Esansu, 8
matter handed
to another.
called
ese dia
})';
elemba (god-
father
see
lemba, App.
ngwa,
es'
audi a
mumungwa, n.,
;
a god-father or
mother
see
mungwa, lemba
App.
Esela,
8,
;/.,
mwana,
hill.
Esanzamu, 8, ., an expanse. Esanzu (8) dia kaya, ., a liberality which ruins, by giving away
everything possessed. Esasa, 8, n.^ a large hole in the interior. Esasala, 8, ;/.
the
flat
top of a
Esemba, Esemo,
8, .,
kala e esasala, to be
heavy),
light (not
cre-
Ese,
8, n.
is
the
the very
in
English i.e.^ where it would be proper to use papa, tata is used papa & tata are used in addressing, not with possessive pronouns (my father, not my papa), they are used in speaking of the father (papa is coming). Ese must be used where father & son are contrasted. A Kongo slave speaks of his master as his father yery often. The initial % is dropped, unless
;
began.
Esenselo,
8,
//.,
a port.
fixed,
Esewa,
8, n.,
named
Esikilu,
8,
.,
a drum
of globular
shape
funerals
(cavalry),
played
at
&
state occasions.
Esiku,
8, .,
Eso-Ete
Esoki,
8,
830
.=iisoki[(4), p. 392.
Etamba,
Esoneka,
8,
?/.,
a style or manner of
writing.
Esonso, 8, ;/., the point at which fire was applied in setting anything on fire also a small patch of .fire, as when jungle is burning each little straggling patch of fire is an esonsO.
;
Etambu,
8,
;?,,
good fortune
in catch-
&
snares.
Etampala,
8,
;/.,
Etanda, 8, ;/., circular mats of the same make as the native baskets.
Esumbu,
sia e
8, n.,
the price.
7/.,
esumbu,
for.
;/.,
to
name a
7/.,
price,
Ete,
8,
ft.,
the saliva.
v., to
ta or vuna e esumbu,
gain
to bar-
mina
e ete,
take breakfast,
break the
a stitch of basting.
see elusa,
saliva,
fast (z>.,
swallow the
for
Esumpu,
Esunga, Esungi,
8, 8, 8,
which has
the
so long
in
;/., ;f.,
been
like
only thing
the
mouth).
many
Esunia,
8, .,
colours
on a
coloured
ground.
a tooth which protrudes
lips,
beyond the
tache.
also
mous-
Esuta, 8, ;?., a hurry. kala kuna esuta, to be in a hurry. ku esuta kena, he is in a hurry. Esutu, 8, ., the uncircumcised organ, -esutu, uncircumcised (of the organ, also very bad not individuals) indeed (a most indignant &
;
minu-ete, 6, ., breakfast, ete dia ewawa, hunger in the morning, supposed to be caused by a new secretion of saliva. Ete, an imperative particle giving ejnphasis to a comma)idj wenda ete, go then. When the Etekola, 8, ., a vault. grave is dug for a man of some position, it is customary to dig a vault or recess in the side at Into this the body the bottom.
.
is
placed, to avoid
its
sinking
when
fillin<;
abominable
&
useless.
Eswekameno,
Eta,
interj.^
8, ., a place of hiding. a particle implyitig great respect^ your honour, excellency, majesty tufiaukidi eta, we much obliged (to your are
;
imagined that
itself.
this is
due
of the grave
Etekwa, ovinda
aza
{proverb),
grace).
ingeta==inga eta,
lord.
i.e.
so,
my
O bracken if you send up your new frond (like a closed fist) in the season when the jungle is burnt, what will be
left for
is
(it
Etadi,
8,
;r.
+a
stone, also
a secret
the
first
rains
.-'
i.e.,
it
that
now
her eggs were being talked of. etadi (8) dia esenge, ., sandstone.
fire).
Etenda,
831
Ete-Evo
sij^ht
of
all,
in
roll in
the dust,
court,
an before an assembled
multitude.
//.,
Evanga,
8,
;;.,
L^
(2),
Evanga
Evangu,
.^lony.
is
dia nsi
8,
;r.,
Etiangi,
8, .,
tall fellow.
that which
action.
done or
Etima,
8, .,
the great
aim or
object,
made, a deed,
the thing most desired, the desire of one's heart, the subject
Evanga,
Eveko,
8, .,
of revengeful feelings
zeal.
thing.
nkwa
etima, one who has set or sets his heart on something, one who is much in earnest,
(
I )
Evela,
8, ;/.-|-a
Evelema,
8,
;/.,
Evendwa,
etima,
error.
8,
;/.
(Solongo), mistake,
t^r
sia...e
make
Evene,
8, ., 8,
nakedness.
n.,
Evengwa,
an omission, some-
to
be
much
in earnest,
thing or
make up
one's mind to seek or do most diligently. Etingu, 8 {generally p I.) ;/., insolence. Etinti, 8, ., proud reserve. Etita, 8, ., the feathering of an arrow,
Etoka,
8,
;/,,
an even number,
even.
-etoka,
a.^
Etompolo, 8, n. = etampala, App. Etondo, 8, ;/,, a fungus mass growing under the ground. Etu(Bako.) = otU& etO. Etuku, 8, ;/. + the book of Genesis. Etuluka, 8, ;/., maturity, puberty,
marriageable age (of either sex). Etwenga, 8, ;/., a soft, tender thing
not yet properly hard or mature.
is
or to be omitted or excepted aleke awonso, Bukusu evengwa all the boys but or except Bukusu. ) 8, ;/., a dull, dirty, tarnished Eveso, appearance. Evesoka, j Evika, 8, ;/., a place where any one at anything is to be surely found nzeye die evika diandi, 1 know where he is always. Evilanu, 8, ., bird's ^gg, &. sometimes used of fowl's eggs, lest the fowl should hear her eggs spoken of, & stop laying.
,
;
Evilukilu
(8)
.,
oppor-
Evinza,
.,
cultivated country,
which
part
/ience
where
there
are
i.e.,
farms,
the country,
away
Evamba, 8, n. mavamba, pl.^ nonsense. Evamba, 8, ;/., a small edible mushroom, growing in great abundance, which the people never venture to pluck until they have
valley.
mbevo a
Evolo,
8, n.
evola, a paralytic.
adv.,
;
mavolo,
in
peace,
safely,
quietly
unu
mwana
olele
slept
Evo-Eyi
Evolo, conti7med.
quietly
;
832)
Ewanda,
in
8,
;/.,
the
manner of striking.
thrill,
wenda mavolo, go
Ewawa,
Ewete
8, n.,
a shudder,
peace.
ete dia
ewawa,
see ete,
App.
in
the
pi.
EvongO, 8, ;/., something given, expended or employed in the full expectation of ample returns. Evongona, 8, ??., a hole of large area,
not necessarily deep
large ulcer.
;
{generally
used
a very
Evoso, 8, 7z., a foolish, witless fellow. Evudidila, 8, ;/., greed, avarice, that which makes a man exact more than is his due. nzimbu zevudidila, money taken
in excess of one's due.
mawete), 8, ?z., pleasure, that which is the source of wete. Wete is the experience, ewete the condition which makes it possible; see ekembo, App. Ewole, 8, ;/., a thorny creeper.
Ewombolo,
piece
8,
n.,
a decayed, rotten
house,
of
wood-work,
a rotten house.
8,
7t.,
Ewonzo,
in-
medicine enclosed
in
Ewu
an ivory horn giving the
(Bako.)=owu.
8,
71.
Evula,
8, n.,
Ewulumuna,
note of
"mi"
mawulumuna
Ewuta,
e
8,
;/.,
;
{pi.),
endless
talk,
Evuin"ba, 8, n.^ food stuff wrapped up in a leaf, &c., for roasting. Evunza-, with a noun suffixed^ an excuse or something to prevent
a bearing, a bringing
mwana audi, diantete, she brought forth her child, her first bearing
forth
owutidi
ewuta
the
8,
;
what
is
{i.e.,
first
7t.,
suffixed.
Ewutuka,
cumbrance.
evunza-vewa, an
giving.
excuse for
not
born tuka ewutuka diandi, from his birth. Eyandu, 8, //., reason, cause, purpose see ebandu, App.
;
wa eyandu ? why }
son?
for
Evuya,
8, .,
cloth, duster.
Eyanga,
8, ?/.,
Evwanga,
8,
71.,
thing which
sive,
-evwanga, a.^ in confusion, disorder. -evwanga, a., public property, to be taken & used by any one. Evwangi, 8, ;/., publicity, the presence of a crowd, an unwelcome crowd or company, -evwangi, ., in great numbers, too many, Evwendengele, 8, ;/., a monster, a
very large specimen (of animals
only).
an
offence.
mbula
Eyangidi,
eyanga,
8,
;/.
;/.,
to
commit
sweet
such an offence.
(Mboma),
potato.
Eyatiku,
8,
;/.,
beginning
made.
matter
in
Eyaya,
8,
?/.,
versation,
every
one's mouth.
Eyidingingi,
8,
;/.,
a dead silence.
833
Eyi-Fii>
Eyititi,
8, w.,
a swollen cheek.
,
Ezita, continued.
Eyokosa dia 8, ;/., a great sound of eyokosa dia mazu, a eyokosa dia dilu, great noise
;
;
made
in its
point
from
which
Eyovoka,
8,
8,
;/.,
Ezakamu,
-ezala,
a.t light,
tion only).
whorl of grass of which it is made eccentrates, an axle, axis, the pole of any spherical body, the top & bottom points of an e^g, &c,, the north or south pole
(of the earth), the point on the back part of the top of the head from which the hair also a reseems to radiate
;
ngangu
its
(2)
cunning, which
purpose.
71.,
Ezalu,
8,
wall-plate
way
refusal
or
which
hang
clothes,
clothes-horse.
opportunity
for
treating
an has
been given.
Eziya,
8,
?t.,
marked
to
the
exact
pool
left
length, as a measure.
Ezeze,
Eziezie,
8,
;/.,
an effeminate, useless,
n.
Ezizima,
8,
;/.,
ness.
{gen.
pi.).,
bewilder-
-ezizima,
a.,
Ezu,
8, n.
v.,
to
make a
pre-
Ezuka,
8, n.
anything
may be
surely found,
tthe
ku,
particular page,
to
verse or
stanza
made may be
8, .,
the prime of
see
perfec-
tion,
arrival at perfection,
;
ma-
turity
zikuka, App.
;
Ezimi, Ezina,
a clan see zimi, App. name. nkwa ezina diambote, a man of good report, having a good name.
8,
;/.,
8,
?/.,
Fianungina,
v.t.,
to
try,
make an
i, ., the deceased, thus avoiding the mention of the name; see deceased, App. Ezinga, 8, w., the length of (a man's)
ezina,
Fiata,
v.i.
(P. confiar),
to confide,
trust.
Piaulwisa,
Fiauzi, 12,
ness,
I
v., n.,
to congratulate.
life.
mazinga,
Ezingii,
consolation.
Elba,
6, .,
delay, hindrance.
antelope.
Ezita,
8,
Fidisa,
v.t.,
send
(things).
3H
FlE-FUK
Pienza, v.t.^ to finish off good finish. Fika, v.i., to be cheap.
well,
834
Finta,
'
add a
2/./.,
body
Pika
(6)
ye
kamba
kamba,
(6),
sureness,
itch).
security, safety,
Finuna,
^.,
-afika ye
dependable,
Finzula,
(Bako.)=funzula.
blackness.
to fast, to
sure, safe.
io,pL
(6)
6, n.,
sia e fika ye
to
kamba
(muna),
7'.,
depend (upon).
?/./.,
Fionkonona,
2/./.,
go with-
Pikuna,
Pila,
2/./.,
out food.
some
Fiontona,
Fiota,
Pita,
v.i.,
v./., to
strangle.
to be,
grow
black.
malu
legs.
v.i.
(8, di-) fita,
elaka
hurry along, to con-
Pilakesa,
v.t.^ to
ing,
throat, as
when strong
liquor
is
or favourable
(of the
wind), to blow from the stern, be with to fail to help, withhold assistance in a crisis, to hang back & let others bear the brunt of a struggle e tembwa
;
-f
to
smoke,
Pita mwisi (3), ) make a smoke. Pitama, v.i., to throng, crowd around
(of a great crowd).
Filavu,
15, n.^
little
wine.
to
put,
Fimpulula,
v.t.^
to diligently or re-
peatedly investigate.
Piunununa,
troubled,
v.L, to squeeze
through
v.i.,
to
be
a small hole.
harassed, burdened.
Pindu,
6,
;/.,
or to abandon an enterprise until absolutely forced, & perhaps not even then, dogged obstinacy, a combinatioii of scorn of authority, force or danger, & pure
yield, exert oneself
Pokola,
2/.
+ to
letters together
and pronounce.
Fokwelwa,
6, n.,
the multiplier.
courage.
v., to hold sePingitina, Fingituna(Bako.), f curely, firm. Piniziana, v.i., to be assiduously plied, to be industriously carried on, be persevered in. Pinizieka, v., to be assiduous, con^
Fonga
Fongo,
mfulu
(2), v.,
,
to sit in coun-
cil.
6, n.,
a seat, place.
to
Potomoka,
Frank, Pudila
v.i.,
ascend
(as smoke).
2, .,
a franc.
kufi (12),
v.,
muna
to
make
short
work of a
thing.
stant,
industrious,
persevering
in
{i.e.,
to
come
fail,
to
hausted,
cluded.
835
FOk-Fun
continued.
Paka,
9,
//.,
Fumana,
Fukamena,
to kneel
down
to,
to intreat, beseech.
perplexity,
boil.
Fumba,
v.t.,
to think too
it
much
away
of (a
(to so
J'ukwa,
v.^
thing) to give
Fukwa,
&
Fumba,
so).
v.t.,
to waste, squander, be
of.
Fula, v.L, to blow (with the breath). Fula, 7/./. + to finish, bring to an end,
conclude.
prodigal
fumba
ndofi
(2),
v.,
to
falsely,
perjure oneself,
swear break
Pulu, Fulu,
6,
;/.
(Bako.), a flower.
place, spot.
)
>
a vow.
6, //.-i-a
Fumbalala,
spot, at
mu fulu,
vana
fulu,
Fumbi, 6, n., the place where highway robbery or murder was committed also an ambuscade
;
to propitiate a
restric-
fwa
some broken
is
or reinstate it. strewn on the ground, the fetish image or bundle is held over it, a few words are spoken, the powder is then fired, and as the smoke
tion
(konko)
Gunpowder
be caught (of a caught in some way so that it cannot be sprung, or of a noose which is caught and cannot draw tight & catch
v.,
e fumbi,
to
trap which
is
it is
set).
little
Fumbila,
to
^.^.,
to think too
of...
clears
off,
the whistle
fetish
is
(mbablown.
make
mbi) of the
This is supposed to restore the broken charm by propitiation, forgiveness being obtained from
Fumuua,
v.t.,
great
numbers or catch
I
^^K
the
charm-principle
without
Funa, v.t.-\-X.o leaven, be leavened. Funa, 12, w., leaven. Funakana, v.i., to be sullen, to sulk,
to observe a sullen silence.
Pululu,
perseverance,
steady
plodding.
Funda,
v.t.,
Fululuka, V.I., to grunt with vexation. Fululuka, v.i., to foam (as the sea).
judges)
theft.
Fulumunu,
Fulumwina,
into.
6,
n.
(Bako.),
see
fulu-
mwinu
(App).
^./.,
Fundisa,
to inspire, breathe
Funduluka,
deeply
to
groan
in spirit).
(as
one
its
moved
v.i.,
^Fulumwinu,
6, w.,
the
spirit, soul,
the
to
Funduluka,
to
swell
up to
^^
^__
which
lives
within us
the body.
and imparts
fill.
life
Fulusa,
v.t.
(Bako.), to
to
make a
re;
fuss about.
Fumana,
v.i.,
be proud and
also to
FUN-FWA
Funga,
836
7'./., to be or become abortive, not to arrive at perfection 01' full attainment or completion, to fall short (of the mark or aim), be abandoned, not worth com-
Futumuka,
Futwa, Futwa,
v.i.,
v.i.
the dead.
to
be fomented.
6,
;/.,
a vapour bath.
bukamena
Fuzi,
pletion,
be spoiled, of no further use to be neither one thing nor the other, hence be spoiled as of under-cooked plantain, &c., which cannot afterwards have the cooking comto
;
(6) v.i., to
be intensely
v.,
fwa
mu
ke
meso
{pi.
7),
to
pleted.
actually
7/.,
seen,
come
be too
be under
little,
Fungudia,
6,
actual observation.
protrudes.
fwa
of, finish
(12), v., to
fwa
nene
tulu
sleep.
(12), v., to
be too many,
too large.
end.
fwa
turn over the surface
soil, to
(10), v., to
be
in a
dead
Funta,
v.i.-\-\o
of the
ing,
dig up by scratch-
Fwa-mboko,
person lame n., a 6, through stiffness in the joints. -afwalansa, a., French. Fwama (Bako.), v.i., seldom used but in the perfect (-fweme), to be
angry.
sale
publicly),
to
Funtuka,
v.i.
{per/, -ini), to
have a
op-
moya (4, u-) fwama, to be hungry. Fwamfumuka, v.i, to flow out copiously (from a hole or wound),
to pour,
gush
to
funtuka ye
salu,
v.i.,
to
toil,
work
Fwaneswa,
fit,
v.i.,
be
fit,
be found
hard, have
one's work.
much
trouble over
be made
6,
fit.
Fwani-fwani,
style,
;/.,
same fashion or
to
Funtuna,
Funze,
6,
v.f.,
resemblance.
distress, persecute.
adopt
any ailment of babyhood concerning which one can ask no questions, only be conscious that there is something wrong,
?/.,.
of,
conform
to.
to
compare
to
together.
v.i.,
sink to the
Futa,
become bush or jungle again, to lie fallow, to become desolate (of an abandoned
v.i.^
Fwantama,
bent,
v.i.
(Bako.), to bend, be
place), be abandoned. Futalala, z'./.=yindalala, p. 474. Futidika, 7^/.=yindidika, p. 474. Futuka, v.i. (Bako.), to have a great deal of trouble, work, be op-
bowed down. Fwantakesa, v.t., to destroy, devastate, lay waste, make havoc
of.
Fwantika,
v.i.
(Bako.), to bend,
bow
down.
pressed, persecuted.
de-
Futumuna,
-z/.Z-XBako.), to raise
life
from
again.
(S37
FWA-I
Fwanukwa,
,
7\/.,
to deserve,
have as
to have to, be obliged to, must, to have nothing left for it but to... .Fwanwa, vj'., to be able to, worthy to.
T/ie
G.
Grame,
2,
;/.
difference
between
lies
fwana
(Fr.
gramme), a gramme.
and fwanwa
in the fact
I.
dem. verbal particle, that is why, then, that is when, then it is
that
;
entirely in
something ab-
normal in the matter referred to; kifwene kio nata ko, I cannot
carry
it
at all J
muna
diadi
it
katutuhe sent
(on
;
account
of
my
mini,
us
;
weakness) kifweno kio nata ko, I cannot carry it (for such as I am may not touch such things). Fwasa, z/./., to destroy, spoil, render
useless.
///.
was that he
emi
i
;
Fwatika,
v.t.,
fwatika-fwatika, to put together without any attempt at arrangement or order. -afwitaku-fwatiku, a., done without any attempt at order, care, skill
or neatness. -z/./. + rub ^r grind hard on. -fwete, aux. V. r/^+may be able to
were ropes oyu i Kumpaya, and Kumpaya was there. toward the end of a sentence this
combination is best rendered by aya as well, as well as, too
;
Fwenka,
bekwenda, oyu iNlemvo, these will go and Nlemvo as well aya i yeto tuna vava, as well as we who are here.
;
i before
lowed by
said...
;
wau
i
i
(yau)
wau,
ingeta,
yandi wau,
Fwidi, 6, ;/., a bereavement, kala kufwidi, v., to be in great sorrow of bereavement, to be bereaved ku fwidi kingi kena, he has sustained a great loss, Fwidilwa, ?/., to be a loser of, suffer loss of, be bereaved of. Pwika, v.i. (Bako.), to be cheap. Fwila e baba (6), v.t., to be intensely
;
.aka or kaka, 2uith the dem. pron. emph., once for all i mpova aka yiyi mpovele, I speak once for all. i...aka, with an infinitive noun bei luaka tween, to be just... aka, he had just arrived. -ina, V. defective, {passive, -iniwa
;
;
to be,
Gram.,
p. 690,
and Gram-
for.
matical Appendix.
-inB,{or kala) diau, to think, imagine,
Pwila,
6, ,,
suppose
diau VO
PwUwa,
v.i.,
be bereaved.
I-Kad
~\S\Z,
(^3S)
-ingi, cojitinued.
preceded by a locative is translated by the equivaleiit of the locative a?id of the pronominal
to the vej-b ;
spoke that
wingi, &
so white
yo pemba o that
;
prefx
ke vakedi
muntu vana bena ozeye wo ko, there was not a man ainong
thein or
i
-iniwa, passive of -ina, to have in {o7ie or //), to have (in) ndioyo winiwa e ekela, he who has the bullet in him.
izi, izidi, see
kwiza.
therefore
came
to
you;
di-
nkondo dimosi vana mena divwidi "bwaka, one of the plantains {among them) Avas ripe. None of the tenses of kala are
used in this way, only this presetit teitse irregtclar
tised,
J.
Je-
& ji-,
see under zie- & zi- in this Appendix, but also je- & ji in
verb -ina
is
the sentence.
-ina
omn
to
;
mnna,
e
about, in refer-
tuwidi
reports
see
nsangu zingi
in
K.
Ka,
defective aitx, verb (Bako.) equivalent to the verb to be.
zina
many
}'ou
;
kala
to
muna,
so, such,
App.
-ina
una or wan,
hke
is
be
eating.
that, thus
ma kina una,
a thing which
are
such a thing
thus)
e
?
?
;
{lit.
nga
Ka...ko
-aka,
of ne-
una
then
is
gatio7i
= 'ke..,'k.O,
not.
was, &c.,
e
mwaka-mwaka-hin
various places.
divers
or
to say
tumwene
Kaba,
v.t.,
to carry
something very
heavy.
Kabuka,
by Kikudi
&
me.
dare to
I7i this
sentence the
ku
of
kuna
buka
Kabula, Kabula,
to
v.t.
enter then
of
above., to
cause to be
tell,
bold.
v.t..,
to dare to mention,
ye
(&c.)
...
wingi,
in
such
a
;
speak boldly without fear wele dio kabula kwa mfumu, he went and told it
tell,
;
manner or way, so, so that ye ntunga o wingi betunganga, e nzo zau zinga kikilu, they build in such a way that their houses last long yo vova wingi bavovele and so
; ,
Kadi,
conj.,
wau
now
that, since.
kadi kala or kele YOwith subj. fut. indef, would that kadi tu, kuna kwa co?zj., oh
!
839)
Kakalala muna,
v.i.,
Kad-Kal
to
block up,
in.
o?-
ridicule)
obstruct, be
e
an obstruction
see e
kadi tu, kuna kwa ntakuka, oh what a jump. kadi tn, se diakaka, how strange
!
kamba-ka-
how very
strange
<?/
kala),
v.+
ikubakadila se mfumu, I will be adieyi a chief over them dikadila wau ? why will it be
to,
;
&c.
to place against (the 3 surface of something revolving, as the tool, &c., against a grind-
motion to stop
it),
to place
like that
Kadilu,
6,
.,a
manner
<S:c,).
of
life
(habits,
(an attack).
customs,
Kakilwa, Kaku, 6,
6, .,
.,
a tap. a barrier,
something
;
obstruc-
displeased,
ill
at
ease, often
miserable, disappointed,
KakungU,
Kala, ala,
6,
;/.,
9,
n.,
used with ntima, o ntima andi Tlkafalele, he is unhappy in his mind. Kafidika, v.i., to make sad, sadden, render miserable, unhappy. kafidika o ntima (4), to displease
(one's heart).
rible monster.
v., to be.
There
is
a past tense
(there
was no change
;
of kala, bearing the prefix e instead of 2i it implies time less remote than that in a twekala, we were 1)6kedi, they were.
{indef.
; ;
;
& perf)
in the circumstances)
wakedi
still
v.,
to
be very
kaka muna
in the
nzo, he was
house.
v., to
think, sup-
kaka
often
brings out a
strong contrast,
;
kunwandi
ko, unsadisa kaka,"do not beat him, but help him or help him
rather.
adieyi kakedi diau, what did he think 1 kala kumosi ye, v., to be on good terms with, have dealings with, have intercourse with.
pose, imagine
;
kaka
or
aka
is
often to be rendered
to, it being regarded as the only possible circumstance that ; kwenda kaka kekwenda, he must go ke nu(///. he will only go) vangi luzolo lueno ko, oluame
;
but as
will,
ment kala kwa tuma katumini, it is because he was sent, -kala mo, will be... when (it) is finished, when grown up e nzo yayi yabiza kikilu ikala mo, this will be a splendid house
;
;
vcvvcio.
only.
this
child
will
be
very
in
bad
se diakaka, this
is
very strange,
how
singular.
(a busi-
840
e
)
Kal-Kan
JKala, continued.
ness), to give one's consent
kamba-kamba,
many.
v.,
adv.,
borne
by
and
co-operation.
Kambakana,
Kamika,
to mediate,
go be-
owu
diakalanga, adv., perhaps it may be that, when it was once very likely, but now most uncertain;
parties.
OWU
diakalanga
must
obliged
(do
to.
something),
{pi. 7), n., to
feel
may come.
kala ye,
the
Kamika
Bakongo always
ex-
meno
v.t.,
clench
the teeth.
press the verb " to have " with kala ye, 7tot as on p. 286. In
Kamina,
Kongo proper kala ye does not imply possession, but only beingwith,
to wind the end of one's round the waist instead of having it loose over the
cloth
and
kamina
kamina
cloth.
luketo
nlele
n.,
(10)
^r
vumu
(6),
of a7iother or others ; nkia ntaku tukedi zau ? what rods had we (of our own) ? nkia ntaku zikedi yeto, what rods did we have with us ? (not our own). This latter sentence amotig the
the object
the property
gird up the
Kaminwa,
ing.
6,
Kamuka,
Kana,
v.i.,
ated.
co7tJ.,
Bakongo would imi)ly that they were ours. The usage of -ina ye is ide?itical.
ticle
zeye
kwame ko kana
zina mo,
I
nsusu
Xala
v.,
to return.
;
kwa
as to
there
do not know
okala VO...OVO, C07iJ., whether... or konso lekwa, okala vo masa, OVO ma kiaka, anything whether corn or anything else.
vele
Kalakana,
Kalala,
v.,
to be deniable.
vovo vasilu vo (///. whether many or only a twig so it was arranged that), so, to
state things briefly,
it
6, .,
asparagus.
was
ar-
Xalsedone, 2, Jt., chalcedony. Kalu, 6, ., the length of time spent at, time during which one was Xalu, 6, n., a place to live or be at or
ranged that kana, prono^ninal = konso, each, who or whichever babongele, kana nleke, mbele mosi, each boy took a knife.
;
in,
Xaluluka,
conj., nevertheless,
notwithstanding,
Xalumba,
Kamama,
to
a hare. be obligatory.
is
it
vo,
so that.? edi
even then or in that case, even if or though, suppose that it is so, whether even. kana una, conj., even if, even when, even while, whether even. kana una vo, conj., although, even
if.
6, ., see
v.t,,
fika,
App.
to
n.,
6,
in negative
is used.
partisan.
kana una vo
841
Kan-Kan
continued.
Kana,
continued.
\a\.^.^ followed
Kandu,
by the sub-
kana VO
junctive
the past^
munication on any one who should dare to do so and so. dila e kandu, 7a, to pronounce a sentence of excommunication upon
should
;
mwana
//.,
kana vo kala twiza had we come. Kanama, v.^ to form the most determined
resolution, be
to
conj.^
vo,
tive
in ajftrmaclauses-^
if.
most deevil
termined,
determine
Kanamwa,
v.i.^ to be the subject of most determined resolution or to have such made against
Kanga
kanga
nkangu
e
(4)
or e
v.,
ekangu
an
(8), v., to
make a
(2),
covenant.
to set
mbaki
one.
Xanana,
Kanana,
Kanda,
v.^
to hate
&
plot against
one another.
t/.z.,
visit
to bid
each other
fare-
on.
well.
12,
;
.,
tern
v.i.,
they
build.
are
both
of
the
same
or
kanda wa mvudi-mvudi
(4)
wa
vulu-vulu (6), ,, the build of one who comes early to maturity. Kandalala, v.i.^ to be dry & warped,
bent back.
(4, u-) kabe troubled (congealed) in one's mind, to be annoyed, provoked, kangamwa ntima (4) or moyo (3), z/., to be much provoked in one's
U-) or
ntima
ngama,
v., to
mind
Kangi,
6,
{lit.
to
ntima
(4,
tector.
grieved, distressed.
Xandidika,
bend back.
Xandu,
a ban, interdiction, excommunication, sentence of excommunication. The most solemn form of promulgation of a law or cursing is that pronounced at the junction of 2 roads and confirmed by rubbing the mouth in the dust and striking the knees with one's hands. No one dare run the risk of the curse which must follow the breaking of a law thus made.
6,
Kangi, 6, ;/., he who ties. Kangilwa, 6, ., a conjunction. Kangula, v.t., to defend, protect,
let
off,
to
curse,
innocent.
e ekangu (8), v., to disannul a covenant (ekangu) (///. to unbind a bond). Kangwa, 6, n., a bond, tie, binder. Kanika, v.t., to cause a strong deter-
Kangula
mination.
Kanikina,
v.t.,
dia e kandu,
7/.,
to interdict with
Kanka, 6, .+ hedge of thick bushes. Kankalakana, v.i., catch the foot &
stumble.
of excom-
Kankamwa
nitu
(2),
7/.,
to shudder.
; ;
Kan-Ke
Kankana,
v.t.,
(:842
to
deliver,
protect,
Katuka,
from danger.
v.i., to be excepted, -katuka, p.^ excepted e lekwa kiaki kaka kikatuka, this
;
Kankana,
v.t.,
to divide
up (among
is
among
thin,
Kavengelele,
9, n.,
long ago.
vana kavengelele,
Kavisa,
v.t..,
ever
so
long
make
thin, also to
dry
Kansi or we kansi,
Kawa,
Kapita,
2, n.
pass, of
v.t.^
kaya
see
also ka-
yiwa,
(P. capitao), the
A pp.
to share out to an-
head-
Kawulula,
man
Kare, 2,;z.
-akare,
of a caravan.
(Fr. carre), a
a. (Fr.
square {math.).
carre), square.
what one has to another only of that which has been given to
other, impart, give part of
;
Kasa,
8,
11.
one.
-akasa,
a.
Kasi
<?r
had slipped
sia tatu
to
be sleep-
from
z>.,
the
memory ;
kasi tanu, put 3, I mean 5 made a mistake, when I I said 3 it should have been 5 kasi nani wizidi? who was it
;
Kayama,
Kaye,
7/./.,
on
one's back.
9, .,
that
came
i.e. I
forget
who
it
was.
up in the sky e nuni wele muna kay^, the bird went far away up in the sky.
far
kasi own,
now, see what has and now, see now, there now, now you see, but now. When kasi OWU is tised., the idea is always present that it is too late or no use now kasi own e ntangwa isakidi,
conj..,
become
of
it
Kayiwa,
v.,
vided, distributed.
Kayiwa
less.
meso
7/.,
to
be sleep-
but
now
it is
too late.
Kasika, conj.., for instance. Kasu, 6, ?/., a (leather, &c.) casing permanently fastened upon anything
;
English.
day.
for
mvu
ke mvu,
of,
;
Kati,
9, .,-}-half.
in the midst,
ever (age by age). ke mu...ko, cotij., instead than, than, more than
rather
sadisa,
between sia kio oku kati, oku nzo a Ponde, oku nzo a
Bukusu, put
it
in the middle,
&:
mu badila ko, help, rather than scold. ke mu kisia ko vo, not as though it were that. e ke ye kingi (///. few &, many),
ke
(843
Ke, co7itimied.
Ke-Ki-
Kenga, continued.
or
takes the {objective)
its
object after it
before
pronoun of men-
Keke, 6, Kekete,
e
w.,
6,
mid-rib of palm,
;z.
+ firmness,
with firmness, firmly,
firm.
beautifi.il,
kekete,
firm.
ad%>.^
Kengoloka,
it,
through
v.i.,
fear, respect
or dis-
gust).
ornamental,
be
well
Kengomoka,
geous.
to
adorned.
Kekola, v.t., to adorn. Kele VO, cojij.^ with the su/?j. fut. indef., would that kele VO twenda, would that we had
Kengomona,
v.,
to
make
clean (white
&
Kento,
shining).
6, w.,
;
gone.
sex
{pi.
(///.
Kelesa o
matu
9), n.,
to listen
attentively
make a
funnel
of one's ears),
e kelezi,
adv.
e kelezi,
v.t.^
Kesela,
to catch sight
v., to
mona
of.
front
to
moneka
e kelezi,
v.t.,
to
be caught
sight of.
strain.
(Bako.),
to
going somewhere. Keti, conj. (Bako.), a particle prefaced to a question or stateme/it as to which the speaker wishes to express ignorance. Kete nani obongelekio? Who took it.^ (I have not an idea as to who
it
was.)
v.i.,
Kemona,
v.,
snivel
&
fret
(as
Ketoka,
to
be passionately de-
child).
Ketokela,
ate
ta/*.,
to entertain a passionfor,
desire
long
for,
lust,
after.
Kendeleka,
v.f.^
to
distress,
grieve
Ketola,
-t/./.,
greatly.
sire,
Kendoka, ?/./., to.be broken, snap. Kendona, v.t.^ to break, snap in two. Kenenoka, 7/.z'. + to be disgusted. Kenga, v.t., to look well after, take good care of. Kenga, t/., to be beautiful. Kenga, ?'., never to... any more, to give up (an old habit) bavwidi kenga kio e fa kia vonda e ndoki, they no longer kill v;itches = they have given up killing witches. Okengele kio vuna kwandi, he has given up telling lies. (Kenga generally
;
Keva,
v.
+ io be
v.t.^
small.
-akeva,
a.,
size.
Kewona,
Keya,
ki-.
to
knock up
(a
small
S:c.).
to
look well
of.
after,
take
good care
use of the diminuthe eleventh derivative noun, see " while," App.
mwisi ki-, a prefix by which to form the name of a party from the name of the leader or person who ^ives the name to it.
Ki-KiA
Keya, continued. esi ki-Makitu, Makitu's
ki-, appeai'ing as
(
844)
Kiakankamba,
party.
continued.
to
;
a prefix^ &^c., luithoiit the mention of any noun of the ^th or 6th classes, either reor
still
God to do with us kadi i kiakanka mba kiandi kiki, for this wa^ his good pleasure. Kiakasa, 5, 71., diligence.
selves
up
as
He
will
jnore frequently to
e kia-kia,
yavaKiala,
na kiavunguka
(the time of) the
ki-.
5, ;/.,
in a town.
The
to
prefix-
Kialati,
5, n.,
kialati
only
kiame
child
;
kiki, this
is
my
yame, these
children
kiandi,
his
relative
akiau,
have had.
If
there
their relatives.
were
negative combined with the emph. dem. verbal particle i. I am or was not. r^X-^formative prefix of reflexive form
in
also
line,
set in
a row.
nest of twigs.
tenses
Kialwa, Kialwa,
5, .,
eki
diandi,
an
elliptic
expressioit
a pair or brace of such animals or birds which mate & do not breed promiscuously, as
5, n.,
Kiamakulu,
Hia (=ke+i+a),
kia-...ko, neg.
am
I
not oi or from.
ist pers. sing.
pref
adv., with the applied form, never adjectivally {when not at the end of a sente?ice the
article e
applied to adjs.,
&c.)
;
am
may
precede
all.
it),
for
omono kianene
be
am
not great.
for
Kia,
v.i.-{-\.o
good.
to
mpovele wo kiamakulu,
said so
once for
all.
ofutidi zo e
,
kiamakulu kakatuka
zandi, he paid
for all, to get out
sia
oku kukiele,
.,
v.,
to
give
the
muna mpasi
for
fullest information.
them once
ekio,
!
Kiakala, 5, male
mankind, males, the as a class ; lungisa e kento ye kiakala, assemble all the population (///.
sex,
all
of his trouble.
Kiambote
i^iterj.,
farewell (in a
letter)
here
are
my
best
wishes
Kiambu,
5, n.
{from yambula),
per-
mission.
(1624)
(f.
In Doutrina Christa
Kiakala, 5, ., bravery. songa mwika a kiakala, to evidence bravery. Kiakala, 5, ., the genitals (male).
kiambu
n.,
sacrament
crown,
89).
5,
Kiandu,
throne,
the
when used
king, the
in the sense
all
^ the
{i.e.
Kiakankamba,
or
will
5,
n.,
one's
own way
;
head of
authority
or good pleasure
se
&
government.
it
the crown
the
I
Kiandu, continued.
king)
;
(845
Kiekielela,
v.t.,
KlA-KlK
to laugh at, ridicule,
yekama,
deride, chaff.
App. Kianga, 5, n. (Mbamba), a shelf. Kiangula, 5> '^-^ impatience, eagerness, the inability to rest quietly
until
Kiekwa,
something
(to,
is
accomplished,
kia),
anxiety
to
for,
anxiety
5, 7/.=kiyekwa, App. Kieleka, 5, ;/. e kieleka kiau, adv., surely, truly, without or no doubt. e kieleka kiau, i yandi yuyu, no doubt it is he. sia e yeleka (;>/.), v., to demon-
strate,
all
songa
or
yeleka
{J>1.
5),
7/.,
give the
to
be excited,
Kianzu,
make
7/.,
Kielwa,
to
to
a defence. be or sit up
all
night,
one.
Kiatumuka,
be arranged in a
Eiema,
Kiatnmuna, v.t.. to arrange in a line. Kiau tu nki, adv. at the commenceDient of the sentence^ yes or no indeed, certainly, by all means kiau tu nki, wenda, go, by all
^
;
Kiememe,
baseless,
only
to
be
disap-
pointed.
sia e
kiememe,
7/.,
to hope, as above.
means.
Kibale,
5, n.,
syllable.
;>
Kiengele, 5, ^/., a mass. kiengele kia etadi (8), a huge mass of rock, a boulder, kiengele kia nti (4), an enormous
tree.
Kienze,
5, n., a vivid impression, a very distinct recollection, something indelible from the me-
mpwata
Kib.wanga,
Kide-kide,
mory.
Kienzi, 5, n. (Bako.)=kiese, p. 296. Kiesa, v.t., to make clear, plain, evident, to state clearly, plainly.
recognition, earnest.
inseparability, indi-
visibility (of 2
or more separate
al-
things).
Kievo, Kieya,
5, n., 5,
n.
chaff,
jest, fun.
ways together,
indivisibly.
;
ta kieya, to joke,jest,makefun,chaff.
^K ^H
^ffi.diambu,
5,
;/.,
a small matter
omu
re-
Kiezi,
5, n.,
^H'
^Ki
with wth derivative nouns & of water, wild, fierce. ayezi {pi. form), a., wild, savage,
-akiezi,
fierce, furious.
Kika
Kika,
(0
meso,//.
7), v-t.,
to block the
Kkiele .......
ekaya -kika
dia...
see
tinder
ekaya, App.
KiK-KiM
Kikaka,
6, n.,a. being apart, separate, -akikaka, a., separate, detached e kikaka, adv., in a separate con-
Kimbonga,
conti?iued.
;
nutima
e ki-
dition,
in
separation,
apart,
Kimbulu,
&.
5,
.,
small
succulent
places,
aside, elsewhere,
grass, growing in
damp
good
for stock.
5, n.,
Kimbwatakala,
a small
a
little
bottle.
persons ; muna with things. Kikilu, adv. {after a verb), at once, immediately OVaikidi kikilu
;
Kimeme-meme,
lamb.
5,
71.,
sheep, a
out at
nar-
Kiko,
5, n.,
&
only).
my
mother-
Kimfinga, 5, 7i., a casing of knitted or " French knitted " string work with which to repair something broken " French knitting."
;
Kimfini,
Christianity.
5,
n.,
nearness,
close
closeness,
Kikristu,
5, n.,
together.
Kikwa,
5,
n.,
together,
e kimfitu
adv.,
headlong, head
member of the
body.
foremost.
Kila,
5, n.,
a basin, bowl.
ta or
,
bwa
Kilembi.
long.
muna
kilembi (wa, &c.) what (Sic.) do not hear, &c.), is that muna kilembi wa vo wele, I do not hear that he has
(I,
;
Kimfumbi,
Kimona.
5,
n. (Bako.),
murderous
muna kimona,
is
what
(I,
&c.) see
that
5,
a kilo or kilogramme,
Kimona-meso,
meae
tacle,
wonderful vision.
clear
surement
{e.g.
kilometa= kilo-
kimona-meso,
clearly visible,
&
plain
Kimbalu, 5, n., value, work. muna kimbalu, adv., by calculation. muna kimbalu (kwiza ke.
before one
as in actual vision,
as in a vision, in a vision.
e kimosi, adv., in the singular.
kwiza), what
that
(I,
&:c.)
;
think
I
is
(he
will
come)
think
Kimpa, 5, 71., patterns, device, design. Kimpadi, 5, ., a short, black, thick, bony fish. Kimpadi, 5, n. (Bako.)=mpadi. Kimpanda-ngongo, 5, ., the slight
mound
raised
by a
certain
Kimbembe,
of
5,
^z.-fa small
a.,
-akimbenena,
itself. 5,
Kimpanga-nkanu,
his keeper.
5, ;/.,
a shackle by
fastened to
which a prisoner
n.,
is
Kimbinda,
Kimpewa,
Kimpindi,
-able,
5, n.
5,
(Bako.), shade.
a mystery.
Kimbonga,
e
a whirlwind.
847
KlM-KlN5,
Ximpodi,
conlinued.
Kindnkulu,
.,
the
fruit
of
string
sewn
into
&
around
its
neck.
Kindumba,
(Bako.), shade.
w.,
5,
5, n.
Kimpozi,
5, n.
nkwa kindumba,
girl,
a hoyden, a fast
character,
Kimpuka,
a cunning, wicked
to
girl of loose
fellow,
wickedness.
5, w.,
little girl
{a
Ximpungi,
\
5,
woman's woni).
Kindumbi,
Kindumbizi,
e
Kimungwizi,
Kimvunze,
w.,
governorship, a
position of authority.
5, ;/
,
kindumbi
does not build a nest of its own, Colour, but lays in old nests. black, with white markings on
breast.
providing a part.
Kindundu, Kindungu,
5, ;/., 5,
loan at interest.
w.,
compound of
Ximwanda,
5, ?/.,
Kinene, Kinene-anza,
fore
) 5, .,
title
profound
a., spiritual.
respect, as chief of
&
there-
odv.^ spiritually,
from
e
applied only to
Ntotela,
Xina
VO,
the king.
kingenga,
vate.
wau kina
since,
now
that,
forasmuch answer is
vo.
the real
Kingengele,
5, w.,
a tumour.
the
"fork" or any
io\:
in-
vo.
perplex, confound.
.strument
prisoner.
the fastening of a
alcohol.
still,
Kingrekia,
5, w.,
Kindama,
v.i.^
to stand
immov-
&:
customs.
5,
;/.,
be stationary,
still,
Kingumba,
Kingunda,
a wild,
reckless,
lawless fellow.
5, n., a hunchback, deformed person. Kingnindu, 5, n., a very strong fellow, very muscular man.
Xindika,
v.t.^
to cause to stand
still,
be
silent,
remain immovable,
idokela,
5, n. (5),
firm, secure,
impede,
to place
lika e kindokela
7/.,
the
the
left
thumb
finger
at the
base of
are
still
at
little
and clap
right
the
act
palm of the
of
respect
on hand, an
it
ke bakini kwiza
when a
great
ko, they have not yet come. Kinkala, 5, ., a kick. tua e kinkala, v.^ to kick. Kinkani, 5, ;/., the most remorseless pertinacity & obstinacy in maintaining one's point, plan, carry-
kindokela (Bako.),
to
snap the
ing
out one's
revenge
or in
finger
&
thumb.
making
&
Kin-Kin
Kinsweki. kuna kinsweki,
secretly.
getting the
Jicnce the
utmost out of
that
it,
adv.,
privately,,
economy
makes
the most of things, cuts the cloth to the best advantage, &c.
Kinketa, 5, n. (Bako.), chrysahs. Kinkonzo, 5, ;z. + ugliness. Kinkundila, 5, //., an epiphytic plant growing on the nsafu. Kinkwa, 5, n., fellowship, companionship
] ?/.,
to
clasp
the
hands
Kintanta,
5, ;z.,
inability to
do as one
mona
Kinsampala,
5, ??,
a contagious skin
?)
to
helpless, unable to
disease (a lepra
commencing
Kintekwa,
-akintete,
5, n.
(Bako.), chrysalis.
a., first,
of the
first
first.
time,
down
into ulcers.
vana kintete,
adv., at
Kinsamu, 5, ., news, intelligence. Kinsamuna, 5, n. mwana a kinsamuna kakala mpasi ko (Proverb), to: make
a long story short,
Kintwadi,
ship.
5,
/z.-f
communion, com-
-akinsamuna,
adj.,
unknown before,
long a mystery.
Kinyambi,
from
5,
;z.
diambu
(7)
diakinsamnna, won-
there appeared in
derful news, astonishing intelligence, the information of something surprising which was never heard of before, the explanation
m.an caught a
fish,
and was
;
proceeding to
kill
it
the fish
or clearing up of a mystery.
v.,
to
weep
Kinsansa,
5, //.
sika e kinsansa,
finger
v.^
to
snap the
&
thumb.
a light green grass-
Kinsia-mazi, hopper
fat ").
5, n.,
(i*)
Kinsiedi,
at
begged him not to kill it, for any one drinking water which came from its mouth {or in which it had remained for any time) would never die by fair means or from natural causes ; only by witchcraft could their death be accompHshed. This water was hawked about the country and believed in very thoroughly by great numbers even in San Salvador itself. It really promised very little, when
the firm native belief in witchcraft
is
night (edible).
Kinsiedi,
5,
n. (Bako.),
a small black
remembered
great
it
was,
fish.
nevertheless, a
5, w.,
success
Kinsukulu,
as a
means
When it
Kinsusubwila,
fowl.
5,
.,
a very small
hidden,
con-
-akinswekamena,
cealed, secret.
.,
kiyoka (App.)
849
KiN-Kiv
Kinyenge,
} )
Kmyengese,
5,
5 ^'
;,.
(Bako.), sand.
.,
Kitima, Kitima,
7/./.,
to
bum
up with a
roar.
hard
zenze,
tin solder.
//.,
5,
a cricket (small),
that
shake (with cold, fear or horror), to (6) or ntima (4) is geticrally menv.t.,
to shudder,
insects
rally.
of
species gene-
tioncd.
Kitumnka,
v.i., to undergo a radical change (of heart, not of outward shape). Kitumnka, v.i., to start, jump with
fonga
pai7i,
Kinziongololo,
pool.
(Bako.), a whirl-
Kitumuna,
Kinbi,
5,
fright or shock. ?/., to bring about a change (of heart, not of outward form).
n. (Bako.),
v.i.,
Kinzola-nzola,
5, .,
insatiability, ap-
petite,
haste
(for),
craving
a/so
Kinbula,
an insatiable person.
5,
Kinznnga,
.,solitariness, loneliness.
a.,
-akinzunga,
e kiokiolo, e kiolo,
1
an axe. swallow whole or (of liquids) with one gulp. Kiudi, 5, ., one who is accursed ongeye u kiudi, you are cursed.
to
;
ing alone.
(pi. 7),
fine
situation.
bitter
nlongo una
is
Kiumbu,
Kiundu,
5, n. 5,
(P.
chumbo),
lead.
wina
Kiolo,
5, n.,
n.,
a scent (a hunting
excessively bitter.
a
some
intelli-
huge
to utter a cry of sur-
very
imperfect
gence of something.
Kiusi,
5,
Kiololoka,
vj'.,
n. (Bako.),
a boy, lad.
Kivova.
kuna), what
that
Kiongomena,
5,
n.,
reluctance, fear,
&c.)
say
is
(he
is
dread, shrinking.
there).
v.,
kalaye or sia
Kioto,
kiongomena,
be
reluctant, &c.
5, n. (Zombo), lire. Kipalu, adv., quickly. Kipodi, 5, n. kipodi, ad?/., on trust, on
Kivunda, Kiwa.
5, n.,
whooping cough.
,
muna kiwa what (I, &c.) hear is that muna kiwa vo wele,
;
hear that he
(kia),
5,
is
gone.
Ie
Kita, Kita,
on account, without interest being chargeable until date to take anything e kipodi implies that
credit,
;
Kiyekwa
.,
charge
v.,
(of),^
authority (over).
to
be
sq
kiyekwa
charge
n.,
of,
kia,
v.,
to
place-
and
if
the article
is
paid
make
responsible
for
then,
no
usury
will
be
for.
charged.
Kiyibri,
5,
the
Hebrew language
pay a
visit to.
Kiswa,
5, u.,
babyhood.
&
Kiyila,
customs.
to visit,
n.,
z/.Z-j-to
5,
;/.,
buy
up.
v.t.,
5,
something appearing so
Kiyitu,
vividly to the
mind
that
it is
as
relations live.
though
Kiyoka,
5,
n.
31
KiY-Kiz
Kiyoka, co7itiniied. some natives
850
Kiyowa-nkiila,
of
cotitmiied.
all
Luanda
(?)
camwood
Kizengi,
5,
?/.,
came
so festal an occasion).
and the
town
exer-
which every
then every
the language of the mystery (p. 506). The vocabulary is but small, and very feeble as a sample of ingenuity some examples arc given below. Where there no special word, the ordinary Kongo word is preceded by
Ndembo
one
fully believes, if
were destroyed, and no more made, there would be no more death or suffering. Far and wide the most strenuous efforts were made to accomplish
fetish
ke diambu ko m"batukwenda appears thics: ke ne diambulwa ne ko ne kiayi kia nengundu yalala tukwenda ne ngyalala.
added
;
zi
country, rob-
bery and murder were rife, travelling impossible (see elembe), the strong chiefs raided & enslaved at pleasure.
They
sug-
nemavuzi, a
fowl.
or one who attempts murder must be put to death, no matter of what rank or for what cause, even in self-defence all raids & violence to be punished by
;
nemionzi, an arm or
vegetables, greens.
uninitiated
&
in-
system of
village
nkuwu,
accept-
Village
after
nentoko,
finery.
ed these
burned their fetishes, and adopted the system of nkuwu; even Ntosuggestions,
nenzwanga, meat.
neputu,
fire.
tela, in
to
bow
to public opinion,
although
vador.
kiyoka never entered San SalThe time of this dawning of a golden age, as they expected, is called the tandu
nesansilu, a house. nevodia, a month. nevonda, a gun, knife, stick or any instrument of murder.
ngunguka,
to depart, leave.
kia nkuwu.
&:
Note
also
elembe
Ziyowa-nklila,
wamba,
water.
zonongwa, yesterday.
851
KOB-KOM
Eoba, Koba,
6,
;/.
(Bako.), a
to
lip.
7'./.,
be thoroughly estabfurnished,
well
to return or
send
lished,
set
settled,
or receive with
much
respect,
up,
well
found,
(as
get
a
;
tliorough hold
a disease)
twatoma koba muna Kifwawell up in yela kukobele, the disease has taken a thorough
with the palms of the hands uppermost, kwalu probably from the Mbamba
lansa,
we were
French
hold.
&
for ever.
Kodi-kodi,
6, n.
(Bako.), thirst.
Kokoma,
v.i.,
to
stutter,
stammer,
in
Kofoka,
in,
v.i.,
to
be indented, battered
have an impediment
speech, also the mind)
;
one's
(of
concave.
a.,
to
vacillate
-akofoka,
Koka,
wear
at one's work.
ntima audi ukokoma kaka, his mind vacillates, now inclined this way, now that. Kokoma, 9, ., hesitation, vacillation,
stuttering.
Koka,
7/.Z.
-f-to
be quit of a business
to
have finished some important matter or work, also to come to be released out, be knocked out (of a tooth), (as a flower when fall to withered) antu, koka meno, what a dense surging crowd one's teeth knocked (///. people
or
palaver,
;
Kokomesa
late,
ntima
(4),
v.,
to vacilin one's
Kokomoka,
Kokosi,
v.i.,
to
move
heavily
&
;
slowly, to
6, .,
go
in
a mass.
out).
Kokama,
Kokama,
v.i.
(Bako.), to
become preg-
Kola,
6, n.,
nant.
v.i.,
to
be caught, ensnared,
(Bako.)
be broken off easily by the hand. Kole, adv., in the second place.
entrapped.
ngingu
v.i.
Kokanisa,
Koka-titi,
6,
v.t.
= komba
Koleka,
(Bako.), App.
hold
an ivory horn giving the note of lower " do " in the chord to which they are set. Okeka, r/./.-f to catch (with a hook
;/.,
7.'.
severe
muna
Kolela,
v.t.,
nitu audi,
became very
great.
to trim (a lamp),
knock
Kolowa,
2,
;/.
(P.
coroa), a crown,
diadem.
Kolwa
(6)
kia malavu
{pi.
8),
n.
okela,
seductive promises.
ard.
Koko, 9, 11. yala o moko, v., to hand or receive upon the open palms of the hands, an attitude of great or due respect. vutula or twika or tambula yo
Komangesa,
v.t.,
to
Komba,
v.t. (Bako.), to clean a child which has made a mess. Dka, v.i., to go, come, very slowly or stealthily.
KOM-KUB
(852
-akomboka, p.^ slow. Komboloka, vd., to be shrunken in (of the abdomen of an emaciated
person).
Konto (Bako.)= konso. Kota (muna), v.i.,io cost (altogether) zikotele muna ntaku tanu,
they
cost
five
ntaku
kwa
cost?
Komoka,
v.i.,
to rot
& swarm
with
kikotele?
what did
it
maggots.
mu kwa
to slowly
Komoka,
Komoka, Komona, Komona,
v.i.^
wear away,
how much
to
Kotama,
Koteka,
Kosi,
6,
v.i.,
to
to
be sad.
erode.
v.t.,
71.,
make
sad.
Kompodia,
6,
;/.,
a pot-hole, a great
cavity.
Kompola, v.t.^ to render concave. Kompoloka, 7/./.=: komboloka, App. Kona, v.t.^ to scrape off (something
which has been daubed on or
has adhered).
manner,
-akosi,
a.,
style
or diction.
cor-
rect,
in
good
grammar
and
to
6),
be hard
&
dry.
&
hard
to the
&
another's intentions.
Krisolite,
2,
ti.,
chrysolite.
Kondeka,
v.^
to stalk
Kondelela, 7/./.+to
purpose).
Krisoprase,
2, n.,
chrysoprase.
Koneka,
Koni,
6,
v.t.^
to compress, press.
.,
pressure
(dynamic
or
or other press.
Ku, 6, ;/., stocks, fetters. oku mpe, still, however, yet, at the same time, in estimating pros. &^ cons.; edi mbenze vo i yandi, kansi oku mpe, ke mpolo andi ko, 1 think that it
is
Konka
he, but
still it is
rangement
bakonkele dio yo
mfumu
ranged
town.
it
Konko-tatu, 6, n., a triangle. Konkolola, ?'./., to take under one's protection, to assume the care of, to take charge (as an orphan, helpless or destitute person).
wau...oku mpe, while. ..at the same time "wau nzolele kio sumba, oku mpe kina ya nzimbu ko, while I want to buy it, at the same time I have no money.
;
Kuba,
v.i., toll,
edingi-
dingi
ekoko
diame dikubi-
Konkota, v.t.^ to fix, settle, appoint. konkota e lumbu (6), to fix the day. Konso, rt.+each, every. konso is frequently followed by yo (&c.), as below, the yo not being translated in English konso mnntu ye mbele andi, every
;
Kuba,
v.t.,
tribution.
Kuba,
v.t., to begin to build a house, put in the mainposl, the first sticks or stones, lay the foun-
dation.
Kube,
2,
71.
man
his knife.
-akube,
a.,
cubic.
(853)
Kubika,
?'./., to prepare a decision in a court, to consider a sentence,
KUB-KUM
6, w.,
Kuku,
a small hoe.
.,
Kuku,//.
6,
come
ter),
to decision, to
make up
judge.
7/,/.,
Kubikila,
kala e kuku ye mvindu,.?'., to be grimed with dirt. Kukula, v.t.y to catch and carry away.
commend. kakutukubikila
Knbulula,
v.t.,
Kukumuna,
twasoneka,
he
v.t.,
to carry
away
(as
flood or crowd).
advised us to write.
to bring up, train
up
to be ambitious,
position above
life.
(as a child).
I
Kula,
TA/.-fto
price.
buy
at a high or
any
knowing
Kufwila,
it
to
be hopeless.
die of one's
Kulaka, Kulkkasa,
v.
rejl.^
to
way
violently
V. rcjl., to
own
above idea, to
perish, to
be dead & beyond all hope, to be utterly destroyed & of no further use, to become
useless,
take a thorough hold a disease). Kulula, 7/./.-hto urge one not to carry
Kuluka,
v.i,-\-\.o
(of
to
come
to
nothing,
Kululuka,
der,
v.i.,
to
be very much
as-
not losing
no-
marvel, also to
make
sight (allowing to
become
I^H
of the
fact
that
if;
in spite
noise expressive of the above. Kuluntu, 6 & 12, n., headship, seniority,
although,
I^H I^B
though, even
kufwila OWU
Kuluta,
v.t.,
?/./.-!-
^^^ ^^F
^^B
^^ft
insamunwini wo ko, although I told him so kufwila OWU kena ko vo mwana ame, al;
Kuma,
Kuma,
e
ke kala
mu kuma ko
v., to
kuma,
v.t.,
or lembwa be innocent.
to breathe
Kuma,
^^Bnifwila wau
ko,
co?iJ.,
to ascend, climb.
notwith-
kuma
Kuma,
7'./.,
mongo a fwa,
to pause.
9, sing.,
^^B
^^^K
standing that,
ting what
still,
not forget-
^^F
Kumatele,
^H
^*
^JLukengesa,
society.
v.
tion or of the
7'cjl.,
Kukenka,
to
keep
far from,
be very
Kukita,
V. rejl.^ to
make
oneself out
(to be).
pretend
Kukolela,
well
refl.,
:
whether good or bad). Kumba, 7/./.-fto plane or make a smooth level surface. at, to be always Kumbama, generally found at. Kumbi, 6, n., one who has been
report,
initiated
farewell
;
the
KuM-Kus
Kumbi,
6,
(854
n.
(Bako.)
= madiuka
Kundakana,
crossed.
v.i.,
to
lie
across,
be
(App.).
Kumbi-kumM,
Kumbulula,
all
6,., a lady-bird.
Kundakesa,
v.t.,
to place
;
v.t.,
another, to cross
pile on.
ginning
t&
go carefully through
to
Kundalala,
Kumbulwila,
risively
&
refl.,
roar
to
laughter.
v.i., to stand or appear high up above others to tower, be lofty, exalted, great, very noble, honoured.
;
Kumona,
v.
come
to
one's
Kundidika,
v.t.,
to
make
great, noble,
Kumosi (kuma
the
understood), adv., in
Kundika,
v.t.,
to put more,
Kundikila,
v.t.,
to raise
support.
as well,
Kunga,
v.t.,
to gather together.
v.t.
Kungendela,
have dealintercourse, be on friendly
(&c.), to
pers.),
{applied
form of
isf
kala kumosi yo
ings,
\LweYi^2i,
terms with.
Kungizila,
za,
v.t.
kwi-
with prefix
71.,
si?tg.),
Kumpa,
\vJ.
+ to
set right,
make
proper
Kungu,
6,
Kumpika,/
length
;
proper
or
of
Kuniunga,
v. refl., to
to cut neatly.
without leave.
Kumu,
6,
91.,
Kunka
(e
diambu),
v.t.,
an
it
sult, effect.
instruction to
is
make
sure that
-akumu,
understood.
v.i.,
v.i.,
to
Kunkuka,
to get,
from some
dethroned,
dicate.
muna
Kunkuka,
fect,
bwa yo kunkuka,
(///.
rounded by dangers
to fall
amid
v.t.,
to
make
arrogant,
&
to totter
to
iS:
fall).
render
stoical, obsti-
v.i.,
be complete, per-
nate.
quite finished.
Kuna,
-a
12, .,
family, race.
kuna wambote,
Kunkula, v.i., to take, push, pull, down from some high position, to order to come down, dethrone, depose, degrade
{used
(in
ridi-
ifi
kuna kwa
!
Kunkula,
Kusakidika,
v. refl., to
humble
one's
moderate or
to
Kunda,
v.i.,
to
make
;
one's
to
home,
fre-
haunt
Kusaula
Kusemba, Kus^mba,
yo, v.
refl.,
be
angry
with.
v. refl., to scold one's self. v. refl., to boast, brag.
a building).
855
Kus-KUY
continued.
&c.,
Kus^nga,
v.
refi.^
to
reveal, expose
Kuvaka,
carry,
something beyond
to
affect
one's
power),
great
preten-
ditomene kusenga
clear that
vo
it is
very
set
abilities.
Kuvaka,
to,
9,
;/.,
assumption,
Kusia muna,
one's
v, re/l., to give or
tiousness.
self
to
devote one's
v., to
Kuvalala,
v.i.
see
kumvalala, App.
up with.
Kuvava,
judgment).
Kuta, Euta,
v.t.,
to
tie.
take one's self off, withdraw, to leave as one avoiding observation, also to be estranged, indifferent, distant,
v. rejl., to
6, n.,
sum
of one's belongings,
property,
&
have nothing to do (with to keep clear of. Kuvavila, v. refi.^ provide or care for
to
= muiia),
self.
other
effects
which
may be
one's
realised.
Kuvidika, 7AA=kumvidika.
Kutalala, v.i., to be drawn into folds or puckers, to pucker up. Kutamina, v. rejl., to be allowed to have one's way, do, choose, &c., as one will, to have free course,
carte blanche.
Kuvukika,
Kuvula,
v.
rejl.,
to deceive one's
self, to
pretend.
V. rejl., to
throw something
throw something
to deceive one's
huge
Kuvumuna,
Kuvungika,
self,
to
Kutamisa,
i !
v. rejl.^ to
v. rejl.,
to pretend.
i,
Kuvunina,
in
bler,
.,
a hypocrite, dissemto
Kutidika,
I
v.t.,
to
draw together
folds or puckers, to
\
pucker up.
be
'
Kuti-kuti, 6, n.^ a crowd, herd, flock, group, cluster. Kutisa, v.t.^ to gather (things) together.
Kutisa, vJ.^ to allow to escape, have escape from one.
Kuvunina,
-akuvwila,
9, .,
a.,
hypocrisy, deception.
(&c.)
;
of his
own, be-
kena ya longing to himself mbele akuvwila ko, he has no knife of his own.
Kutn,
8, ;/.,//.
makutu
(Bako.), an
Kuwdmba,
v.
refl..,
to
go
stealthily,
ear.
iutn, 9, n.
matu ma mpu
Bia
(2),
brim of a
take
in,
hat.
omu matu,
v.t. {the
v., to
accept
without attracting attention, to come, get away, pass go, through, out or in, without with, uninterfered being
scathed, unhurt, safely, safe
as true, believe.
&
Utula,
I
^P
sound
wele ayiwombi, he
prevented
v.t.^
my
going.
(a slave only).
Kuyekola,
up.
v.
refl.,
to
give
oneself
to effect
Tltula,
to
buy
Kutwa, ^'.z., to escape (from peril). Kuva, -z/.z.+to be very tough, tough unfit to be eaten, hence old WSjm
useless.
v. refi.^ to
Kuyekola (muna),
v. rejl.,
& &
Kuyenda,
attempt or assume
strive,
v.
Kuvaka,
When
the prefix
ku
is
applied to the
do, make.
KUY-KWE
Kuyenda,
za,
coiitinued.
856
Kwa,
rules as kuyi-
cofitinued.
a.,
follotvs the
same
-akwa kwa,
from
which
is
(&c.) from,
kwa
is
When
the prefix
ku
applied to
Kwa-
kwiza, the restdtant form is kuyiza, iS^c. Kungiza, to come to me kuyiza, to come to you {sing.) kunyiza, to come to him or her kutuyiza, to come to us kunuyiza, to come to you {pi.) kubayiza, kwayiza or kwahayiza, to
; ;
applied to adjectives.^ thou art not kwambote ko, thou art not good.
Kwa,
see
!
under
kuma
(p. 312).
!
Kwaka
Kwaka,
interj.,
click
crack
scratch
v..,
run.
v.i.,
Kwakidila,
come
to them.
Its conjugation
Kwakumuka,
v.i.,
on
any other verb having y for its initial, which has received the prcf. ku, kuyinga, to drive
is like
endlessly.
Kwala (Mbamba),
Kwalati,6,
w.,
Kwalu,
see ujider
koko, App.
to persist in, be
Kwamananana,
Kwaminini,
6,
v.i.,
kiambi
Kuza,
plaint has
come
7aA, to urge
to me. or exhort us to no
continuousness,
ceaselessness,
unceasing
per-
purpose.
formance
to
of,
perseverance.
the shew-
Kuzaya,
self
v.
refl.,
come
to
one's
or
senses,
recover
con-
sciousness.
Kuzengela,
Kuzengeneka,
vel.
v.
refl.,
Kuzika,
v.t.,
to
make
Kwangula, v., to beat (with a stick). Kwankuna, v.t., to grind down. Kwanza, v.t. (Bako.), to scratch graze, wound the surface. Kwata, v.t., catch, catch hold of.
Kwatika,
v.i.,
nail).
Kwaya,
v.i.,
to talk constantly.
Kwempa
(=ve-
mpa).
strong
will.
Kuzolela,
9, n.,
Kuzuka
e elongi (8) or
(Jcc,
7/.,
nkanikinu
tide).
v., to
ac-
(4),
to act contrary to
Kwendelela,
Kwa,
6,
.,
share.
-akwa,
.,
go hurriedly or (of things) get bundled in, get in by mistake. Kwendelela, v., to go in abundance
v.i.,
to
Nsafu akwa Kimbanda, Nsafu of Kimbanda a mfumu zakwa Ewombe, the chief of Ewombe.
clan, &c.)
;
(of things).
Kwendelelwa,
in
dance.
857)
Ewilu,
9, n.
Kwe-Lak
(Makuta), greed, greedito blaze.
ness.
Kwenkona,
Kweza, Kwezeka,
\
v.t.^
to prevaricate. to
Kwima,
v.i.,
v.t.,
Kwina
I
Kwitama,
mark,
print,
make an
impression.
Kwezi,
Kwezi,
6, .,
quisite
6,
for
a doctor's fee, the perpay of a blacksmith. w., a machine or apparatus impressing or printing, a
&
to be firm, immovable, or tied firmly. Kwitika, v.t.., to fix or tie or fasten firmly, immovably. Kwiyi- {or kuyi), prefix applied to verbs in the formation of the reflexive form J SOnga, to show
fi.xed
printing press.
Kwezika,
well,
v.t.
(Bako.),
to
finish
off
Kwezo,
6, .,
kwiyisonga, to show one's self. Kwiziwa, v. oku kukwiziwa-t-some day, eventually, all in
due course.
something imprinted.
Kwikana,
to
be believed (of a
is
ozevo dikwikanini,it
then.
agreed
-ala, a.
Kwikanisa,
lieved,
vJ., to cause to
be be-
mala (malongo
Laba,
?/./.,
understood), a far
or
plait
loosely,
Kwikaziana,
Kwikidila,
son).
v., to
making the
apart.
coils
or plaits far
to agree together.
v.t.,
to
believe
(a
per-
Labisa,
v.t.
(Bako.), to beckon.
Xwikidisa,
j
v.t.
caitsa-
form
which
de-
Labula, v. (Bako.), to steal. Laka, v.t.., to throw. Laka, v.i.., to get into great trouble. Laka, v.i.., go & return quickly. Lakala, vd., to pant. Laka-laka, 6, ;?., thirst.
rendered in an
Lakama,
to
v.t..,
to continue
or persist
in
a thing
vd..,
^ so
constantly.
mean to cause to believe, i.e. to convince or to be one with those who believe, i.e. be con;
Lakama,
to be thrown, cast
down.
kuma(9, ku-) lakama, to grow dark. Lakata, vd.., to go or come ever so far
{there is
vinced.
a (^rujnblc implied at
\ .,
j
that
which
in
is
the distajice).
believed, belief,
faith,
religion
that
something
n..,
Lakika, vd.., to throw down (on to the ground or into water). Laknkwa moyo (3) or ntima, v., to
be inflamed, burning, longing
intensely,
evidence of truth.
12,
Kwikizi,
trustworthy nature,
reliability,
intensely
anxious,
faithfulness,
worthi-
&
confidence.
Used in the appliedform (lakukilwa) where the object is named, &> takes its
desirous to have.
Lak-Lek
Lakukilwa
for,
858
moyo (3), 7/., to long be possessed of a consuming passion for, also to be longed for by (kwa). Lala, ^'.^., to be lost, disappear. Lalabu, 6, ., a gossip.
to
Landula,
ing.
Landulula,
v.t..,
to repeat over
&
over
again.
to
Langala, v.t.., to be lost hopelessly, to be gone or go away never to return ofwidi olangele kwandi^ he is dead & gone for ever. Langi, 12, n., water-weed.
;
Lalu,
6,
n.,
-alasala,
)
a. (P.
where food
Lalula,
v.t.^
surface
If dust
&
v.t.., to rake out (an ember Lava, Lavula, \ only) from the fire. Laya, 7A-f to wink nga olele e ? laya kelaya kwandi, is he well he
;
.?
winks,
rubbish is taken off the top of the heap, leaving the sand &
earth, this
he is well alive e diambu laya dilaya, it is (was) only too or perfectly evident (///. the matter winks, is livingi.e.
;
before
one).,
it
is
quite certain,
beyond
all
question.
Lalwa, ^., to want very much, but not have any chance of obtaining. Lama, v.t., to be or become responsible, liable for.
Laya,
v.t.,
inspect, survey..
Lamba,
v.t.^
to cogitate, thoroughly
Layisa, v.t., to cause to wink, hence to do anything so quickly as to be unobserved undayisi meso, he did it so quickly that I did
;
not observe
it.
a matter
in
Layiswa,
v.i.
meso -layiswa,
happen
;
to
have
(a
thing)
Lambakesa,
to count carelessly.
(6), v.,
in
the twinkling of an
Lambula
Lamuna,
lumbu
to defer or
postpone or put
v.t..,
to "stick to a thing,"
eye meso tulayiswa, in the twinkling of an eye (of our eyes), instantaneously.
Landa
mambu
{ph
7), v.t..,
to tor-
ture, to treat in
an exceedingly
Lazula, -z/./.^landula, see p. 319 & App. Leba, v.t., to smear on thickly. Lebangana, v.i., to be weak. Leboka, v.i., to be thickly smeared (of
grease, mud, &c.). Leka, v. i leka ke zaya diambu ko, ntala ku fula, kulombele (nkanda), I had not the least idea of anything of the kind or was in perfect
cruel manner.
Landakana,
v.t..,
to follow
up
at
once
(otherwise
to follow
next
to.
Landesa,
to
send after or behind, send following banlandese nkunzi, they sent an embassy
T/./.-j-to
;
ignorance of
arrived
;
it
all,
when a
sleep,
(letter)
///. it
was
to follow
him
up.
look
darkened
(a letter).
(8 59
Leka, continued.
time,
Lfk-Lem
continued.
heyice
all
Lemba,
elapsed
some time
(2),
&
or spells of sorcery,
soothe,
i.e.
to
then
to
remove
pain
Leka
mpaka
v,i.
v., to start
a dis-
&
annoyance,
to
&
pute or questioning.
quiet,
civilize
Lekama,
e
also pro-
mpaka
(2, zi-)
lekama, a question
influence or
evil
charm
to
avoid
unto or be&:c.
a.\\
+oku
kwalekela,
to,
individual.
excellency,
majesty,
oku
kwalekeia Ndompetelo, to the honourable Ndompetelo ova diambu oku walekela e Ntotela e Ntiini Enekongo, may
;
The charm
lemba
e ekesa
thus conferred
is
called elemba.
(8), v.,
to place a sol-
it
need have no
possibility of
fear, for
by
it
all
kizolele
that
harm or danger is removed. The nganga e elemba takes palm wine in a wooden plate or bowl, dips his
touches the with the front, the back & then the front of his fingers, & tells him never to look behind ^renter a house, but go straight away to the war.
fingers
into
it
&
do not wish
Lekelela,
for.
v.t.^
lips
of the
soldier
forward
to,
hope
Leko, Leko,
6,
?/.,
6, .
Lekoka, L6koka,
Lekola,
v.i.,
%>.,
burn
fiercely.
lemba
all
sunga
(6),
7/.,
to
charm away
of
p. 321.
v.t..,
6'.,
danger or
possibilities
danger.
L6koIa,
ele, 6,
lemba
mwana
;
(i), v.,
to christen
p. 321.
;/;,
in one's
a child this ceremony among the people before the return of Romish priests to San Salvador
in
1
of duty, procrastination.
Cielela,
hold upon the hands or support gently with great care. bear up upon the hands.
v.t..,
than a fetish ceremony, &; only used in the case of lombo children {see lombo, App.). The
jelelwa,
6,
;?.,
nganga
rounding, "entourage."
mba
lips.
e ekesa, only
it is
applied
be
to
soft
& smooth
(as of
fine textures).
A man
&
is
or
woman
stands
lelemba,
v.t.,
do slowly,
gently,
by,
delicately.
ezillu
(way-to-heaven-father),
Lemba,
all
v..,
who
Lem-Lok
Lemba,
continued.
860
Lenga,
Lembakana,
v.i.^
to
be unable
to.
6, /?., a cloth worn over the breasts or over another good cloth to keep it clean, a pinafore, apron.
., a work apron. danger, trouble, diffi-
Lembalala, j^.z'., to be patient, gentle, meek, quiet, tame. Lembamiana, 7/., to be kind & gentle
to
culty.
each other.
-alenga,
., difficult,
trying, trouble-
some, dangerous.
Lengana
with
have a
Lembekelwa,
Lembeleka,
quiet
a means of pro-
one knows how to accomplish. Lengezia, 6, ;/., a very beautiful, precious thing, hence darling, sweetheart.
pitiation.
t/./.,
to
make
gentle, to
Lembi
down, soothe. wonder ndembi yo sivika e ngyenda wele, I wonder much that you
-0 sivika, v., to
;
Lengola,
v.t.^
to anoint with
v.i.^
oil.
Lengomoka,
the
to roll
about from
great
went.
chief
Lenzi,
60
a-j
8, n.
on the tongue
in sickness
I r-ji
see
Leuka,
lembelo
p.
I
lewoka,
Lsmbwa, used in
696
;
the perfect
{from la, length), to be, become, grow long. Levesa, v.t.^ to make long. Leveta, v.t.^ to taste a very little, try
v.t.
Leva,
Lembwa,
must
le-
the flavour
of.
have
or
be
wenda kaka
ina,
Lewoka,
vd.^ to
be limp,
faint,
weared,
muna
nzila
ozevo,
will
;
mbwa otoma ko
that road,
e
luaka, go in
reach
and you
girl,
servant,
re-
lembwa
Lezo,
surely 'he
kavidisi yo, has or must have lost the road ;> lembwa fwa kefwa, he will surely die
surely
I will
nzila vidisa
6,
Melongena).
Lino,
Lita,
2,
2,
;z.,
a
71.,
litre.
be with you. Lenda kwandi, he is or was able is or was he able Lendakana, v.i.^ to be possible. Lendakesa, 7/./., to render possible.
.'*
Lo, pi.
;
6,
excessive redness,
bril-
Lo,
6,
;/.,
convalescence,
restored
health.
mona
Loba, Loba,
ke lendakesa ko, to hardly, scarcely... kulendakesa wo vanga ko, you would scarcely do that. Lendana, 7/., to possess each other's goods, to have things in common.
;
restored to feel
vd., to
v.i.^
much
better.
swim.
to fight.
Loka,
vd.,
to
call,
shout,
cry,
wail
loudly.
86i
LOK-LUB
Loka, continued. loka e mbila (2), to call. Lokoso, 10, //., noise, clamour. Lokota, 7'., to seek, want, a very offensive expression nki okwiza lokota, what do you want? what are you on the prowl after ?
;
Lola,
Lole,
v.i.,
6, n.,
the
first
?'.,
shot in a fight.
to
fire
tuba
e lole,
the
first
v.i., to come out of or be protruded from a hole or spathe, nsed only of something long issuing from a hole, as the iongne of a snake, a -parasitic worm front the body or the pision rod of an engine, something of life or rnotion. Longota, v., to investigate, to endeavour earnestly to know or
Longomoka,
shot.
obtain.
If
a pregnant
woman
Lowela,
Lozi,
10,
v.t.,
to catch
by cunning or
the
treachery,
n.,
or snakes, or that her unborn child told her where she could find hidden treasure, she knows that the child is a Lombo, an incarnation of a water-fairy. They
are supposed to be able to give
a noise
made when
new moon
appears, at the
birtli
tri-
ta
lu-,
subjective
and
objective
luck to any
so,
still
thwart
tenses (Bako.).
Lombo or
refuse
them a them
Lua,
6,
on the head. Snakes are fond of water, and are considered to have relations with fairies {hence the inference from a dream about snakes), and a snake may never be killed in a house in which a Lombo was bom, and in consequence such houses are sometimes infested with snakes. See also lemba mwana, App.
jondola,
go,
v.i.,
luaka
muna lumbu
10,
n.,
ina
(&c.), adv.,
Luamba,
a water-bottle
for
travelling or campaigning.
Luambu,
vana
Luayi,
cour, support.
luambu,
10, .,
v.,
to render help,
succour, &c.
a nursing-sling.
10,
n.,
Lubakanisu,
the causing to
to start
off";
;
to begin to
i.e.
go
londola= londoka = to
come
into a state of
harmony
&
concord, reconciliation.
jLongakesa,
learn,
to instruct, cause to
make
a pupil or disciple
of, to disciple.
Lubangalu,
Lubanzilu,
10, n.,
torment.
^Longesela,
speak privately, secretly, in a whisper to longesela muna kutu (9), 7/., to say
z/./.-f-to
Lubanzu,
10,
;^.,
memory,
10, n.,
10,
recollection,
remorse.
to lust after (any
Longo,
10, n.
mwena
one).
longo,
v.i.,
7/.,
Lubiangumunu, Lubiondomono,
seduction.
seduction.
.,
perversion,
;Longoka,
to
be instructed, taught,
Lubuka,
7/./.=luka, to be aware, p.
learn.
328.
LUR-LUF
Lubula,
7/./.,
862
to warn.
Lufutumuki,
tion {passive).
Lufwa,
10, .-|-all about the death, the cause of death, reason for
diambu yamu
clear,
it is
ludi,
it
is
quite
very certain.
es-
Ludika,
v.t.
tabhsh order
govern,
right,
or government,
;
manage
also to con-
Lufwalakazi, 10, ., the name of the fetish which is supposed to remove the curse of widowhood. kota lufwalakazi, v., to be placed under its spell.
Luduku, Luduvuku,
Lue,//.
When
ji
6, .,
ability.
clever, talented.
Luema,
Luenze,
10, .,
a.,
a desire, longing.
-aluenia,
sickening, disgusting.
., .an
ivory horn giving the note of upper " mi " {or 3rd) in the chord to which they are
10,
set.
Lnetola,
10,
.,
loquacity,
endless
light talk.
Lufa,
v.t.^
reaved seeks the doctor of lufwalakazi. The doctor gives the bereaved a raw Q.gg, and the bereaved enters his house, and never sees the sun for six days. He may only go outside at night. He sleeps on a palmbasket (ntete). At dawn of the seventh day the relatives of the deceased (nzadi) come to fetch the bereaved out of the house men if a man, women if a woman. If a man, for instance, he is conducted, with the basket he slept upon, to a stream where
;
thing expelled.
there
content-
is
plenty of water.
One
Lufiankn,
10,
.,
comfort,
ment, gratification, happiness. Lufiaulwisu, 10, n., the cause or causing of peace of mind.
Lufiatu,
10, n. {frojn
of the relatives throws his basket into the stream, scrapes his
P. confiar), con-
Lufuma,
Lufundisilu, 10 {passive), judgment, the process of being judged. {active applied), a process by which
to judge.
Lufundisu,
10, .,
judgment
{active),
tongue with a knife, thoroughly shaves him and pares his nails, then makes three little cuts on his arm, and then seizes the bereaved by the neck and dips him three times thoroughly under the water (sukula mfwidi). He then returns to the town two fowls are killed, a cock and a hen. The relatives of the deceased partake, the men of
the cock, the
not a bone
lost
;
baka (0 muntu)
lufunzuku, v., to be disgusted with (any one), be highly displeased or vexed with
(any one).
10,
11.
palm-wine
is
brought, and
oil
sun-
Lufutu,
carefully gathered
in
and placed
versity.
(863
Lufwalakazi, continued. at the foot of a young palm-tree.
LUF-LUM
Lukofl, continued.
vuba
lukofi,
7/.,
to clap in thanks,
The doctor then calls all present who have never been bereaved of cither husband or wife (according to the sex) to tread in the ground over the buritd bones. He then places a konko
(prohibition), that
congratulation or surprise.
Lukombo,
out
10,
.,
lateral curve
wooden
1 1
Lukuba,
&
2, .,
&c. a pillow.
Lukudilu,
who
from
to
this
tread in
a palm-nut, or anything
it,
made
Lukufi,
until a child
the
individual.
be born To break
Lukulu,
10, .,
as-
would
reavement.
then placed
sembly.
Lukwa,
to
7/./.,
to
be
named
after, also
the
calabash
have named
n.
after one.
head worn
in the necklace of
and three cloths of blackened palm fibre cloth (mbadi) are hung in his waist
the bereaved,
;
Lulama,
t/.?.,
be
set
in
order,
the doctor's fee, say 50 strings of beads =about half the price
prepared,
ready, arranged,
humility.
be
governed, managed.
of a fowl, and a calabash of palm-wine, is then paid, and thanks duly rendered to the doctor. The evil spell is broken, and the bereaved okotele
Lulembamu,
Lulondolo,
going.
10, .,
10, .,
means of coming or
readiness, prepared-
Lululamu,
10, .,
ness, orderliness.
lufwalakazi.
Lulumuna,
v.t.,
hold assistance in a
to
hang back
&
let
others bear
;
extent, boundary.
after (any one), to
also
to
name
ukandu,
10, .,
game or
ukandwilu,
fish.
10, .,
a blessing, ndwila).
ukaya,
10, n.
vana
t/.,
wiki,
dividing
ukayanisu,
up.
pitiableness,
miserable
commix adulterations with nkia ndumba olumba e nteke a wumba, how do you mix the pottery clay.? ke nulumbi mvindu yingi muna nkweza uutekanga ko, do not put dirt in the rubber you sell. Lumbalala, v,i.y to peep out of a hole, door,&c., just thehead appearing. Lumbana (muna), z/./., to be mixed
v.t.,
Lumba,
to
mix up
together,
condition.
(in with).
.,
-alukendalalu,
tressing,
Lumbidika,
&c., a
v.t.^
much
be deplored.
little
way
out of a door
Lukofi,
10, .,
a clap, as below.
or hole).
LUM-LUN
Lumljulnka,
v.i.^
to
be thoroughly
Lunganisa, Lunganisa,
Lungidisa,
vd., to
fulfil.
cated, well-informed.
gether.
vd.,
to
cause to go
sufficient for
all
al'.
Lumbwa-mbokoso,
Lumonso,
lo, ?/.-i-the
., left,
lo,
n.,
chatter-
round,
make
all,
apply to
make
of universal
all.
application, extend to
-alumonso,
western.
Lumpama,
set
vA.^ to
in
ranged.
Lumpeso,
lo, .,
an excuse, pretext,
adv.^
Lungila, vd., to suffice for (all), br enough for, to fill a measure, ti go into every part or room, to leave no part untouched. Lungola-ngola, lo, ?/., a small otter having a white belly & flat tail.
kuna lumpeso,
on some ex-
Lungumvi-ngumvi,
tion with pride.
lo,
.,
intoxica-
Lu^gungu,
Ltingwa,
lo,
;?.,
a wheel.
z/.z.,
to
come
together, as-
everything into
place.
semble.
Lumpintula,
Lumpinu, lo, n.^ a bowl, basin. Lumvungia-mvungia, lo, ;/., darkness, that of which we are conscious when there is an utter
absence of
e
light.
(6),
Lunianga, ii & 8, 7?., grass lunima, adv., behind. Lunima-nima, adv., back
sition,
;
(generic;.
to
back^
lunda-lunda
quickly.
adv.^
running
to rush
Lunkulu,
v.,
abominable
kwenda
lunda-lunda,
z'.z.,
along.
Lundalala,
to protrude, stick
up
cruel,
abominable^
churlish-
minently.
Lunkumfu,
a.,
-alundalala,
protruding,
to rush.
high
ness.
Lunkunza-mbuku,
Lunkunza-nkonzo,
mantis.
10,
;/.
(Kib.),
^
Lundangana,
v.i.^
10, n. (Bako.),
Lundidika, v.t.^ to make up into a hump, to c^use to protrude. Lundumuna, 2/./.=lulumuna (App.). Lunene, lo, ?/., the east.
-alunene, right, eastern.
Lunseka,
10, n.,
a.,
a slope, slant.
sloping, slanting.
-alunseka,
Lunseka,
10, n.,
verge.
Lunengananu,
to
guard, take
something movable). Lungana, vd., to be fulfilled. nanga lungana vo, v.^ to be perhaps
Lunsunga-nkombo,
a mantis.
10,
n.
(Makuta),
Lunsoni-nsoni, 10, n., shame. kuna lunsoni-nsoni, adv., shame. Luntati, 10, ;/. {from tata, to
with
stick),
(865
Luntati, continued. great attachment, desire to be always with some one beloved (as a child to its mother, not wishing to be for a minute even
separate),
LUN-LUT
10, .,
Luseko,
provocation, irritation,
persistent
annoyance
{active).
close
application,
Lusembo, 10, u., blame, censure. Lusengomono, 10, //., a revelation, the book of the Revelation. Lusensemeko, 10, n., praise, exaltation.
Luseoko,
)
10,
n.
{pass.),
concision,
Luntoko-ntoko, Luntoko-toko,
age.
lo,//.,
a lad of about
15 c;r 16 years of
Luntongolozi,
careful
10,
?/.,
the
habit
of
investigation,
inquisi-
Lunungunuku, Lunungununu,
seoka, App. Luseolo, 10, n. {act.), as above, 11 Sc 2, n., the mid-rib Lusiensie, of leaflet of a palm. Lusiensiele, \ Lusikidisu, 10, n., that which places a matter beyond question, a
piece of flesh
;
see
Lusoka,
10, n.,
cracked
by
first
tense affection.
Luuzumbulu,
see
worry, the
;
burden of
palm spathes mixed with resin, and then putting little binders of mvuyi across the crack,
then inserting the ends into the
zumbuluka, App.
10,
state.
n.,
Limzimgulu, orphan
Lusalu,
10,
n.,
loneliness,
an
tunga
capital,
lusoka,
n.,
v., to
mend
thus.
fall
property,
an
accidental
tree.
possessed, possessions.
Lnsambu,
a benediction, a blessing invoked or pronounced. Lusambu, 1 1 & 2, n., a mat of palm fibre cloth 6x1 inch, used as a currency in times past ; they still linger in use to the north of Matadi. jUSandululu, 10, ;/., an examination,
10,
n.,
nganga who
(2)
professes
be
able to
Luswaswanu,
Luta,
v.t.-\-to
10, n.,
difference (between).
overreach.
to
Lutakana,
v.z.,
go
tion or pass
direc-
other-
nsangidika,
mit,
10, n.,
sum-
peak
10,
(of mountain).
Lutakesa,
at
^angn,
^
;/.,
something to talk
about.
intended.
lutakesa
thing
WSanisu, Lusanisinu,
good
n.,
report.
had intended
Lusansu, Lusansu,
10, 10,
?z.-f-
education.
history,
story,
the
chronicles.
Lusanu,
10,
.+ profession,
10, n.,
boast.
Lusatululu,
examination.
Lutemo,
3K
LUT-LUZ
Lutengolo,
tion
lo,
n.^
866
abandonment of
Luvwezo,
10, n.
Luwandu,
Luwete,
10, .,
of mottled ware.
10, n., profit,
;
needed
Lutialu,
tengola).
contempt, disregard. Lutiangu, lo, ??., insolence, a scornful remark. Lutidila, 7/./., to surpass exceedingly,
lo, .,
to over-reach.
ke dikumvanga luwete ko, it will not do him any good, no real advantage will accrue to him by it. Luwondeleko, 10, ;?., soothing influadvantage
ence, pacification, consolation.
Lutima,
10, n.,
revengeful feelings.
Luwondelelo,
10, .,
exhortation.
Luwumba,
sema
10, n.,
pottery clay.
v., to work up some form.
Lutongeneko,
Lutoteko,
10, ., spite,
malice.
luwumba,
10, n.
10, n.,
Lutumbuku,
Lutumu,
Lutunu,
Luwumi,
(Bako.), a disease of
fowls.
Luwutuku,
logy.
10, .,
pedigree, genea
tion.
Luwutuluku,
10, n.,
new
birth, re-
Lnvaiku, 10, ., the Exodus. Luvanda, 10, ?z. tenda luvanda, v., to shave the
scalp entirely (not the beard or
generation (passive).
Luyambulu,
Luyayidilu,
will,
10,
n.,
abandonment,
goodin
whiskers).
cordiality,
heartiness
Luvangameso,
ive.
10,
;z.,
edification {act-
behaviour.
Luyenzenze,
10, n., edification
10, n.,
a.,
a slope, a
slant,
Luvangamu,
sive).
{pas-
-aluyenzenze,
sloping, slanting.
Luyindulu,
)
10,
?/.,
Luvangananu, Luvanginiku,
Luvanza,
Luve,
10,
1 1
;/.
10,
.,
great import-
thought, thought,
process of a means of
(Bako.), the
life,"
ance, overwhelm-
remembering, remembrance.
ing greatness.
Luyuki,
a.
10, n.
& 2, n.,
v.,
piece of money.
lomba
Luviluku,
luve,
Luzakamu,
Lnzalu,
10, n.,
trembling.
10, n.,
conversion.
Luzengeneko,
Lnziatalalu, Luzindalala,
10,
;/.,
dumbfounded
Luvimba,
bulk
10,
is
Luvu,
10, n.,
persistence, ob-
forge.
(Bako.) a smithy.
5-""'
Luvukiku,
}.o,., deceit.
3
Luzolo,
liuvukusu, 10
n. (Bako.), salvation.
10, ., deceit,
endurance. 10, .+ kindly feeling, benevofeeling towards, lence, right A^nce faithfulness in service or
friendship
;
Luvunginiku,
falsehood.
a/so,
great desire,
will.
XuvungU, Xuvungu,
shame.
and so
aim, purpose,
the peritoneum.
nkwa
luzolo, one
who
possesses
Xuvuvamu,
peace.
loved
&
trusted.
867
Ma-Maj
//.
7,
f^-
Mana,
+ stratagem,
ruse,
M.
ma {pL
6)
ya mbwaza,
{pi
.,
com, grain
adv.^ with
roundabout ways of accomplishing an end or getting what is wanted, hence merchandise, barter, &c.,
i.e.
(generally).
the things
o mabetomona
sia
8),
a man had
traders.
to get
overflowing measure,
to obtain the
mabetomona,
7a, to
measure
Made,
ku mana,
ruse.
adv.,
by stratagem, by a
ma
(P. Deus),
would
died)
;
to
God
God
(I
How much
it
rather would
also
rather,
have
Mana-nsusu, 6, ;/.-f anise (?) Mandangi, pi. 7, ., respect of persons, undue bias to the prejudice
of justice.
would be better to. Madiuka,//. 8, ;/., a man engaged by a sterile husband to beget chilsooner,
mandiatani
crowding
&
Manga,
Manga,
Mafwila,//. 8(Bako.}=liifwalakazi, App. -a maziezie, see eziezie, App. Jttakina, 2, n. (P. machina), an engine, machine. Makono! ititerj.^ look out! beware! keep your wits about you.
&c.
4, n. (Bako.),
moko,
see p. 504.
Manganana,
v.i.-\-to be very erect throw the chest well out (to be erect but bowed) strutting pigeons are said to manga-
&
-amakunda,
Maladi,
a.,
self-sown.
nana.
pi. 8, n. (Bako.),
tmalemba-lemba,
well,
right.
Manguna-wuna,
ing,
pi. 7, ., fault-find-
grumbling.
adv.,
all
comfortably, quietly,
mankoka-ngo,
(///.
together
;
as
if
to
drag a leopard)
JttalongO, pi.
8,
;?.,
nwenda
all
mankoka-ngo, go
{pi.
7)>
tant lands.
together.
mambonani
JKambu.
la
...
{pi.
7)?
mantalani
face.
^^-j face
to
face, in sight of
each other.
Mantinwa,
;
6, .,
something by which
pi. 7, n. (Bako.),
to
mount.
Manyanga-nyanga,
fine rain.
under-
Masa
{pi. 7)
ma
Mbala,
;/.,
sorghum.
Ngombe. lambuka-buka
one's face,
{pi.
y),
adv.,
on
imfukama
{pi. 7),
adv., kneeling,
will.
on the knees.
Mamwanga - mwanga,
(Bako.), fine rain.
pi.
7,
masona,
to
know how
&
write.
Mana^
aux.-\-\.o
be
all.
luse
all
Matamba,^/.
8, n,,
lupus exedens, a
lumene
kunsumamwa kwa
pierced
Matondo,//.
8, .,
thanks.
Mat^Mba
Xatondo, continued. kia matondo, thanks,
will
868
Mbadi, continued.
all
is
right,
it
sila
mbadi kumosi,
?/.,
to
put
be or
is well, it
a good
together in juxtaposition.
thing.
Matwakanga,
Matwakangwa
Mavasa-vasa,
child
W8,friend.
(Bako.),
n..,
poor fellow vo
;
pi. 8,
nickname of a
with teeth.
Mavenga,
responsibility
upon
the
of avoiding
or discovery of
others
Mbakami,
Mbaki,
&
4, n.,
a captive.
wrong-doing or detection.
2, n.,
Mavu,^/.
dia
7, n.,
earth.
?/.,
mavu,
e mbaki, to set an ambush. -ambaki, a., captive. -ambakidi, a., every one getting what he can e kunku yau yambakidi, their portions were what;
kanga
to menstruate regularly.
Mayingila, pi.
8,
;/.,
a watch, a guard.
mbakila,
4,
2,
Mazengele
mambu
Mba,
e
C071J.
Mbaku, Mbaku,
an
adjective.
;z.
+ gain,
that
which
is
"rubbish."
(Bako.)=m"bangi, App.
adv.
mba
ye,
dark
&c.,
with
(darkness,
is
gained or obtained. Mbaku, 4, 71., ambassador, (honoured) messenger. Mbala, si7t_g: 2, n., sorghum, i.e. masa
full
;
of (that which
makes dark)
dina e
esukn diame
;
part-
mwisi, my room is quite dark with smoke muna nzo mwina e mba ye tombe, it is perfectly dark in
mba yo
companion, mate.
Mbama,
the house
quite
full
///.
the house
is
of darkness.
Mbaba,
4, n., a'
mean,
stingy, grudg-
accomplished by the mponda, but something extra, a girdle for show. Mbamba, 2, ., an officer whose duty
being
ordinary
it is
ing person.
to
demand
(pi.
the execution of
MbaM,
vana
a murderer, a
sheriff.
Mbana,
i,
n.
ambana), person,
mbabu,
2, .,
v.^
to bribe, give
man,
a bribe.
Ml)al)ula,
btibery.
-ambandakiani,
e
a.,
7 one
adv., I
above
-ambaTjula,
.,
given as a bribe.
mbandakiani
(2),
or on top
2,
i
71.,
of the other.
&
4, .,
a hard man.
a node, a
Mbandamu,
2, .,
the
commencement,
2,
.,
2,
beginning.
breaking down of
thunder
of
to
(the effects
are
attributed
mbandann).
869
Mba-Mbi
mbandieka
(2), a.,
adv.,
"j
-ambandieka,
Mbelekela, continued.
many
well
friends
come
to visit
&
the other.
may
Mbandu,
2, .,
a copy, example to be
ment, &c.).
fear that her husband, with his hospitable nature, will not take enough food to pro-
Mbandu,
e
2,
;/.,
eration.
mbandu-mbandu,
2,
?t.
extra
and hide an be
Jttbandu,
(Bako.), a barrel of
lbs.).
pow-
der (20
Mbandu, Mbanga,
2,
ft.
sons).
2, ;z.,
Mbengo-mbengo, .,
a
testis.
a.,
-ambangadi,
of exceedingly high
Mbangadi,
JSIbangazi,
tal
i i
& &
4, 4,
n.,
tyrant,
tyrannical, bru-
Mbenza,
Mbetela,
2,
?z.,
fi.
a sore,
ulcer.
man, powerful & cruel man. Mbangi(Bako.), a^/?7., that, after I afterwards, then, i mbangi, j
next,
i
2,
omu mbetela a
near the
nsi
(2),
;
low down
ground
matuti
nsi
mbangi tu
length
last.
;
verb in
the narrative
i
at last, at
kwiza, so
Mbangu
.
(2)
a kinkutu
(4), n.,
tai-
unu, the clouds are low down on the ground to-day. Mbi, 4, //., the evil one, a bad person. Mbidi, 2, n.+2i certain number, a number. When used without any emphasis or article it implies
a.
lor.
mbangu a nti
Mbangu,
yika
4, n.,
a carpenter.
into the
line.
with
;
a row,
line.
certain
mbangu,
(2)
v., to fall
line, to
a nkanu
i.e.)
emphasised,
v.,
many
days.
is
(to
mbidi,
a.
neces-
referred
great,
fine;
kuna
kwa mbidi
fine child
!
a mwana, what a
court,
to
open the
ebe,
care
ia e
for,
n.,
if
lost,
serious
result,
conse-
2, n.,
see
nkiambiembie,
n.,
2,
a thin
;
quences would
responsibility.
a great
stick of a thing
skewer or mbiengele za
mbebe,
v., to
make responsible
of.
leave in charge
2, n.,
malu, thin sticks of legs. Mbiki, 4> ^/.=ebiki, App. Mbilu, 2, 11., a very deep hole, chasm,
pit
Mbela-mbela,
Mbelekela,
windings about.
Mbi-Mbu
Mbingu,
e
2, .,
870
mbote, continued.
la, to
season
be very unwell
yela,
kakedi
very
mbisu
(2),
mbote ko yo
ill
how
cooked or green
without
he was.
previously cooking.
Mbiya
(2)
for a wife.
Mbo, adv.
Mbobo
(2)
a nti
(4), n.,
a woodpecker.
bedstead.
retail (liquids).
Mbofongo, 4, //., a huge thing. -ambofongo, a., huge. Mboki, 2, ;/. (Bako.), mate,
mbula ye mbasa.
(Proverb) e di-
fellow,
ambu
diadi e
mbula ye mbamatter
;
Mboki, I
sa ina, that
calls,
requires
is
a herald.
further explanation
sufficiently clear.
that
not
MboM,
Mboko, Mboko,
Mbula,
ing, telling,
icsed to
;
im-
Mbobola,
2,
baby, one
who has
baby-like habits.
Mbomba, Mbombe,
2, n. (P.
2,
;?.,
bomba), fireworks.
v.,
vanga e mbombe,
to
make
fire
&
resultant ashes.
ply a necessity or urgency edi kabenze vo mbula kenda, he thought that he would have to go unsamwina vo mbula kasumba yo kaka, tell him that he must buy it. Mbulu-ntente, 2, ;/. (Bako.), a mason
;
Mbombo-ngolo,
4,
71.,
a huge tree or
wasp.
thing of wood.
Mbumba,
4,
n.,
Mbomongo,
4,
n.,
something very or
singularly thick.
secret.
n.,
a mole,
he7ice also
velvet, plush.
12
sheets of
mbadi
seed,
Mbundukutu
smoke.
(2)
a mwisi
(3),
;/.,
cloth.
Mbongo,
Mbota,
2,
2,
;/.
Mbunduna,
-j-a
descendants.
.+the
stick
used in weav-
4,
n.,
mist,
fog,
mistiness, indis-
Mbote,
2,
;?.,
which
is right.
Mbungu, 2,
ke mbote ko, what a lot there were, &c. e wantu, ke mbote ko, what a lot of people there were. ke kala or -ina mbote ko yo (&c.), followed by an infinitive or ab;
combed
found
cultivation of fungus
(.?)
in nests of
white ants.
stract noun,
how
very... was...
not; mwana kakedi mbote ko ye kiese ? was not the child happy ? ke kala or ina mbote ko yo ye-
girdle,
the breasts.
kanga
mbuti,
round one
as a girdle.
871
Muu-Mfu
4,
;/.,
Mbuyu-buyu,
lessness.
4, n.,
Mfofeka,
an entire piece
(of
Mbwadi,
i, ?/.,
man
Ambari
of the islands
ley Pool.
&
shores of Stan-
Mfoko, Mfokp,
2, .,
pronunciation.
2, .,
tiplied.
Mbweno,
e
2,
;/.,
power
to see.
mbwi
(2), adi>.^
quite full
it
ozadisi
full.
Mfokola, 2, ., the fold of one cloth above the girdle (often used as a pocket), a folding over, a
multiplication.
yo
mbwi, he filled
quite
a lamb.
free-born,
Hfoto,
4,
?z.,
the crashing
made by a
<7r
jungle.
mwana
(i)
a menga,
7,
Mfu,
4,
71.
noble.
avoidi7ig
n.
7ianie.
the
7)tentio7i
of the
Meno,/^/. ^dinii,
Mezi (Mbamba),
Mfiaulwisi,
Mfiba, Mfiba,
11",
rt?z/.=vezi,
4, .,
App.
-amfuba, -., unripe (of plantain & bananas & fruit which reddens on ripening). Mfula, 2, ., the powder (cam-wood
powder, pepper, crushed ironstone, ochre, &c.) in a bundle of
&
a comforter,
size.
a calabash of medium
a small antelope's horn, as of the nsesi or nsa. Mfielani (P. fiel [>/. fieis] de Deus),
4,
??.,
Mfumfula,
plate.
heap of stones to mark the spot where a murder was committed, a cursed or unlucky place.
Mfietoto,
4, n.
Mfumvu,
Mfunda,
(Bako.), threshold.
a cord, rope. a muscular pad, as at the base of the thumb, heel or the gluteus max.
2,
;/.,
j?>/.
2,
;z.,
Mfiku,
4,
Mfunda-ngavu,
sumba
mfiku, v., to buy at a ridiculously low price (as a gift). tekelwa mfiku, to have (a thing) sold to one at a very low price. 2, ., nourishment, that which
ministers to
life
Mfundisi,
&
7t.,
4, .,
Mfundu,
4,
&
strength
case
oyandi una
it
yo
to
Ifiku,substance,
matter).
mfundu, he
is
who has
substantiality,
the
gist
(of
be tried, or if the judge^ he has the trial of the case. Mfundu, 2, ., a secret, something not known or incomprehensible.
-amfundu,
a.^
secret.
adv.., secretly,
ku mfundu,
hidden,
the
direction
tScc.)
;
towards was or
mute (grammatical). mfundu za Nzambi. All living creatures which have not the gift of
prived of
the place
where the (head, &c.) lay. Mfingitunu, 2, n. (Bako.), something with which to support the knee
when
squatting.
speech are supposed to be deit, that they may preserve God's secrets, hena\ the dumbness, "mfundu za Nzambi bena zau."
Mfu-Min
Mfundu,
2, n.
872
{generally
pl\
signs or
Mfwantakani,
rubbish.
2,
/?.,
useless things,
&
the animal
Mfwanti,
Mfwefo,
2,
?z.,
make themselves
(8),
un-
fellow.
4,
71.
derstood.
Mfune
(2)
evamba
(?)
.,
a species
Mfwene,
2,
w.,
of heron
befitting
Mfunia,
2, n.^
Mfwenge,
pestes
2,
ichneumon
{Her-
he
).
man
a.,
of violence.
-amfunia,
violent,
raiding, freebooting,
burn-
Mfwidi,
strength, force, power,
{potejttial).
&
4,
71.,
Mfunka,
4,
;z.,
bereaved.
compulsion
sukula
force,
mfunka,
energy
2,
.,
strength,
;
{active)
I
ku mfunka
yasilu,
pelled,
under luf walakazi, App. Mfwidi-mfwidi, 2, n., the habit of making a great fuss of a sligh;
ailment.
sia e
mfunka
toil
or
-amfwila,
a.,
work hard (at, muna). something Mfuntakani, )2, 71., Mfuntalakani, i crushed, trodden
upon, a crushing, trampling.
fatal.
Mfwilu,
-dk^oS.,
4,
71.
{si7tg.
ge7ierally),
ex-
pense, disbursements.
pro7t.
Mfuntu,
4, .,
hard work,
4-
toil,
severe
Mi,
4,
labour.
Mfunu,
4,
7/.
work
in one's profes-
Miangu, pi. 3, 7/. -h clamour, noise. Mika, v.t., to weigh, to try or ascertain the weight.
sion, business,
transactions,
see also
Mika,
v.t.,
to
make
signs
&
passes
(in
vwa
of
-amfunu,
Mfuta,
4,
a.,
to
spoil
another's
luck
useful.
71.,
ge7ierally, 77ot
i7tdicated).
used of a portio7i
Mfuta,
Mfuzi,
2,
7Z.,
desolation of a deserted
place.
2,
7/.,
a labourer, a workman,
gambling) by making a line in front of an opponent or passing a luvanza under the armpits & tread of the feet or into the mouth. Mikuka, v.i., to be weighed. Mili- (Fr. milli-), a thousandth part of the standards of measure-
especially
craft,
ment
Mina,
pi. 3,
{e.g.
milimeta
of"
milli-
metre =yoVo
7i.,
a metre).
details
of his craft.
'
regulations, statutes,
mfuzi a ntambu, a good trapper. mfuzi a ntungu, a good builder. mfuzi a lamba, a professional cook.
4,
71.
ordinances,
law.
the
of
Mfwadu,
(P. fardo),
cloth
or
leather
a case of to prevent
pillow
Minganana, see manganana, App. Minguna, v.t., to break, snap in two. Minu, 6, 71., custom, fashion, condition,
damage
Mfwalansa,
man.
i
to anything, a
normal
law of
state,
nature,
to sit upon,
habit,
nature,
natural
i
law
vo
mbizi za maza,
873
Min-Mpa
Hinu,
continued.
maza, as
to the fishes,
it is
their
be swallowed, also disappear from sight (over the crest of a hill or beyond the horizon), Jttinuka ye, ?/., to acquire a fashion, conform to a new condition
7/./.
Jlmuka,
+ to
Mosi, continued. bearing the secondary prefixes {series 3, p. 518), and again prefixed with a, the same, the identical, the like salu akimosi, the same worth mankondo amamosi, the same plantains.
;
Moya, Moyo,
ovwidi Kongo,
llinute,
minuka
he
has
kisi ye become a
thorough Kongo in every way. 2, ., a minute. Miria- (Fr. myria-), io,ooo of the standards of measurement {e.g. miria-meta = myriametre =
10,000 metres).
(Bako.)=moyo. also ntima, App., of which it is often a synonym. yambukwa moyo, to make up one's mind, come to a decision.
3, n.
3,
., see
Mozi,
miozi, pi. ta miozi,
3,
;/.
(Rako.), a whistle.
v. (Bako.), to whistle.
-a miza ya miza, a., of many kinds but very good, of various good
kinds.
Mpadi, 2, n. {from pala). ta e mpadi, 2/., to ridicule another on account of real or assumed
poverty
;
to
provoke another by
ostentatious display.
adv..,
mome
(6),
speechless, struck
Mpalu,
2, ?z.-f-goad.
2,
;/.,
Mpambani,
;
a separating, a
di-
Jiloiia,
to
be transparent, clear
Mpambula,
etadi diadi mona dimona, this stone is transparent, -amona, a.., new. Mona-meso, 6, w., a great sight, spectacle,
ration,
zaya e mpambula
be a judge
(of).
(a),
v.,
to be
(wonderful)
is
vision,
that
;
which
plain
S:
evident
also
Mpami,
2, ;^,
a strong man.
Monganana,
to
v.i.,
to
be unable or
reply,
unwilling to
make any
to
silent.
sorcery.
look
blank,
be put to
Mpanga,
2, ;z.,
silence, to
keep
Mpangilu,
2, .,
a verb. an adverb.
introducing an exsuppose, that is to
ongeneka,
v.t,,
to leave
one with-
MpangU,
conj..,
introducing a question.,
;
well,
now
that
to silence.
planation,
3, n.,
ongola
{pi.
miongola),
curves
say,
(labyrinthine).
a.,
would
that
;
-amoni,
clear, transparent.
would
that
Mor,
2, n.
dimbu
superior; wiza
muna lumbu
i
wansunga.
-mosi in the secondary form., prefixed with the article of its class
is
sambanu, come in 6
to-day.
mpangu
unu,
equivalent to
a certain
Mpanu,
;
2, n.
(P.
muntu
(cloth).
Mpanza,
Mpasi,
&
1,
2, .,
trouble.
Mpa-Mpi
Mpasi,
co7ttiniced.
(874)
Mpedi, co7iHnued.
see pela ampela, App. Mpeke-veke, 2, ?z., an eruption on the
;
&
deal
of trouble
him).
{lit.
we saw
ear.
-ampela,
a.,
by seduction as a
debt
;
set-off
against
see
mpedi
&
pela, App.
longo luampela, a
Mpasi
.
isin.
(2),
;z,,
dinary
ko,
i
common an
,
or-
mpasi muntu
one
of the
{pi.
mpasi wantu),
people
;
common
I
ki
1
marriage by seduction as above. Mpela, ke mpela ko, conj., if not, otherwizidila ke wise, or else, or mpela ko e ntangwa isaka,
;
mfumu
am
si
mpasi muntu,
come
be too Mpelezieka,
at
once or else
?z.,
it
will
am
only one
;
late.
2,
common people a mpawantu bawidi ovo wizidi, the common people heard that
of the
the
manner
of
maklittle
out of
he was come
a mpasi
esi
Mpelo,
2, ;/.-!- fruit
(generic).
Mpenga, 2, ;z., the immediate vicinity. kuna mpenga, adv., beside, near,
close at hand, aside.
Mpasi,
a^/2^.
+ rather,
is
better,
;
it
would
Mpenza,
2,
n.,
exposure,
bareness,
be better to
wish rather
OWU
tuzolele
nakedness,
ness.
publicity,
empti-
-ampenza,
public,
a..,
Mpasi OWU,
same
adv.^ however,
at the
open
uncon-
already; e
mfumu, tukangala
;
e or
kweto mpasi owu tumwene e ekembo, we are going, sir still, we have much enjoyed ourselves
;
se
nkwenda kwame
mona
mpenza.
to
have an un-
ingeta mpasi owu ndangini ko e lumbu atanu, I must go, thank you already I have been
;
here
5
;?.,
days.
Mpava,
2,
a searching, a hunting
for.
Mpesa, 2, ?z.=mpavala. -ampevo, a., light, not heavy. ntima (4) ampevo, n., a disposition which soon abandons any pursuit,
a faint heart.
(4),
\
harvested.
-ampava, ., rare, scarce. Mpe...mpe, conj.^ both... and ozevo, ndiona okwenda mpe, yo ona mpe olembi kwenda, balungidi kwau, so that both
;
^^^
)
jj^.
patience, restlessness.
the
aspect put on a
are right, he
who
Mpedi,
I
stays.
&
lamba
mpiku,
v. {lit. to
cook an
875
Mpi-Mpu
Hpiku,
to
continued.
answer or excuse to be made or judgment to be delivered, to prepare a judgment. vala e mpiku, to work up, trump up an excuse or defence. Mpila, 2, ., an animal killed & burnt
in a bush-fire.
Mpolo, continued. vana mpolo, to one's face kalendi wo vova vana mpolo ame
;
tell
me
that to
my
as
face,
Mpombolo,
is
Mpila,
2,
;/.
2, n., a log of wood, such used to block the gates of pig-sties, also a trap in which a log of wood falls athwart the
way
animal.
what a remarkable way...; kuna kwa mpila a ntungu batungidi yo what a remark,
Mpongo,
able
way they
built
it
too
2, w., some great thing given or done for a purpose bansidi e mpongo a tusevo, they made him laugh much (to di;
What
vert
his
attention)
kabaka-
erratum.
-ampilakeno, a., forgetful. Mpilu, 2, ;/., a turkey. Mpilu, 2, ., a purple colour. Mpiluka, 2, ;/., a turning round to the
other side, conversion {pass.).
yidi e mpongo a mbongo, he gave them a great deal of cloth (as a trap for them). Mposoko, 2, ?/., an interspace. kuna or muna or vana mposoko, adv., between.
Mpova
(2)
a ndambu,
w.,
the habit of
telling
Mpiluka,
2, .,
vana
mpiluka a
Mpilwa,
2,
?t.,
anything but the truth, of putting people off with some false statement or promise.
a mistake.
Mpimbu,
ised
beri
2,
Mpoza, 2, ;/., a stoppage, ceasing. ye mpoza {pi. only), without accomovutukidi ye plishing (it)
;
mpoza zandi, he
returned withit.
(?)
out accomplishing
.,
-ampimpita,
new, strange, singular, unheard, very difficult to comprehend or know or explain. -ampiolo, a., crooked, winding, tortuous.
Mpu
(2)
a nlembo
(4), n.,
a thimble.
a means of getting
a living.
confusion, derangement,
Mpioto,
2, .,
Mpululu,
2, n.,
whydah
bird.
entanglement.
Mpunga,
2, .,
an
officer sent
by the
chiefs of a district, to
demand
Mpitu ye nsengo
reason
{pi. 2)
&
sole,
explanation
of
handbook of
-ampivi,
a.,
only of
its
kind,
Mpungu-, the All-. Mpungu-ngolo, 2, n., the Almighty. Mpungu-nkanka, 2, ;/., the Saviour, who has given us the greatest
example of devotion
sacrifice.
&
only.
self-
Mpola, 2, ., a pump. Mpolo, 2, n. ku mpolo, adv., by face ke tunzeye ku mpolo ko, we do not know him by face.
;
Mpu-Mun
Mpungu-,
sia e
continued,
876
Miiluzu, co7itinued.
mpungu-vuvu,
v.,
to
ex-
Mputa,
2, ti. (P. puta), a woman who has no husband (!), a prostitute, a whore also the queen
;
ignorance, in mental darkness, a heathen. mum- or mun-,//. mim- or min-, applied prefixes before the
by low Por-
tuguese).
is
-amputu, a., poor. e mputuki, adv.^ returning the same day wizidi e mputuki, he has
;
(highland) people,
-ft
mumbenena,
&c.),
-a
mimbene-
na), natural
(to
a tree, plant,
lEpuza
growing on.
3, n.
Mumbidi,
Mpuza,
a manner of uprooting. Mpwa, 2, ;/., a species, kind, sort, quaHty, style, description, form,
shape, pattern.
Mumpambala,
crew.
,
3, ., sailor,
one of the
mpwa,
2, wilh the possessive pronouns Prefixed by j (yame, &c.), a mate, companion, mpwa, 2 (Bako.), companion,
does
good.
mimpanga-mayi,
evil doers.
friend, mate.
Mumpumpu,
(or za),
Mpwasila,
2, n.,
interval, interspace,
muna
Mpweso,
(&c.)
mpwasila a
the
see
p.
a great long roadway,a clear passage, a long opening through , a broad avenue.
3, n.,
prep., between.
4,
;
Mumu,
of odds
locative.
i
71.,
game
&
evens games,
mpinzi,
App.,
493.
Mpwilu,
2,
;/.,
a means of obtaining.
yamuna, a spends her time gossipping in every house. mun-, see mum-, App.
nkento ne
mumu
woman who
mpwilu a nsambu,
grace.
a means
of
Muna,
locative.
,
mu-, pi. mi-, pre/, applied before the 7iames of 7nany places havi7ig a
7tasal i7iitial to de7tote the people
what (I, &c.) is. The verbs vova, mona, wa, a7id nia7iy
others are suffixed to the above,
muna ki
of
the
place.
Mingombe
=Ngombe
Mu,
i
people.
locative.
mu, adv., immediately, at once una inyuvwidi e nzila, i mu kandwekele, when I asked him
;
muna kiwa, mbazi keluaka, what I hear is that tomorrow he will arrive see also kimona, kivova, kilembi, kiwa, kimbalu, App. Mundanda, 3, ., a blue plantain eater. Mundemba, 3, ., a species of Bau///z^j
;
the
way, he at once
is it
cut
me
hinia
(?),
(with a knife).
Mundemba-wana,
ke mu...e?
(&c.)not... .^ke
mu
christens
baptist
;
children,
see
toma
Mufu,
3,
71.
e?
is it
not nice?
lemba
mwana,
{pi.
miufu)=muku.
mulu,
App.
Miiluzu
{pi.
miuluzu, from
Mundembi
or
3,
7i.,
sweet wort), 3, ;/., one who is uneducated, whose powers have not been developed, who is in
who
fails to
unbeliever,
believe.
mundembi-kwikila, an
one who does not
877)
MuN-Mvi
3,
Mundu,
a
2, n, (P.
lot,
mundo,
the world),
Munongo,
Munsinda,
n.
(Zombo), a weaver's
shuttle stick.
3, ., a headman of a gang or caravan.
tity (of)
or number (oQ.
3,
//.,
Mungadu
(P.? peccado?),
sin,
an
can
a terrible never be
Munsula,
3,
?/.,
Munganga,
3, w.,
App. munsula-mayi, 3, ., the doer of that which is very bad, an evilsee sula,
doer.
Muntantabadi,
3,
;/.,
persistent
Mungania,
a disagreeable individual who always opposes the suggestions of another j^^nya, App. Mungonga, 3, ;/., a roll, any packet, parcel done up in shape as a
3, .,
;
worrier, tormentor.
sungu
Muntu,
(6)
terrible death
I, ;/.
.,
roll.
Mungumbuti,
3,
n.,
prominent
(to be) past hope, (to have) no hope of recovery, (to be) no longer a living being, but practically to
Musungula,
+ nor.
Muti
{pi.
miuti),
3,
.,
she
who
bore,
Mungwa,
3,
n.,
salt.
Part of
the
he who
begetter.
ceremony of baptism in the Romish Church consists of placing salt in the mouth of
the candidate with the words,
Mvaka,
4, .,
bed, a drawer
"ye
This impartation of
the native
Mvandi
{\
&
4)
a mpandu
(2), n.,
strik-
sorcerer.
hence
since
ceremony, (Doutrina
before
Christa),
&
certainly
that time
dia
mungwa,
v., to
be baptized
Church of
Rome. Mungwizi, 3,
one
Mvevo,
.,
4,
^i",
generosity, ungrudging
who
nature.
kuna
mvevo,
freely,
Munkia,
3, n.
mvevo a ntima
dawn
,
ready
will-
minkia,
pi.
of day, daylight.
ingness.
Munkondwa
wisdom.
-amvevoki,
a.,
re-
strictions, free.
Mviangalu
(4)
., ter-
rible pain,
Munkonko,
a
3, .,
MviM,
Mvila, Mvila, Mvilu,
4, ., stripe, lash,
4, n.,
2,
;/.,
tasty
the
into
small
branches are
stems.
made
pipe
pedigree.
2, .,
a convert.
Mvi-MWA
Mvilwa,
I
(878
&
4, n.^
an
unjust, unprin-
cipled,
unscrupulous
person
also
Mvudiangungu, continued. know what he is doing one who does something which will
;
fool.
be
or
j[)re-
bitterly regretted
see ngfu-
ngu, App.
Mvuku,
2, n., the smell, scent {of a person only), the odour natural
tini
will
mviml)a nsumba
the
entire
kio,
;
to
any one.
4,
Ji.,
nzo
Mvuku,
forbearance, long-suf-
mvimba,
house.
fering.
This is probably an adverbial usage of mvimba (as a whole), although there is no article. Mvimpi, I & 4, ., a healthy person,
Mvuku,
Mvula,
2,
.,
manure composed
of
self-seeking,
to
the
determination
please
sound health. Mvinde, 1 1 & 2, ;z., a small bat. Mvindi (4) a elanga (8) {pi. mvindi mia malanga), a Colocasia,
is
one who
in
one's self
& do
as one likes.
nkwa mvula, a selfish person. Mvulela, 4, ;?., a broad road. Mvumbi, 4, n., an exceedingly heavy
rain.
coco, taro.
2, n.^ 4,
;;.,
an asking.
a petition,
that for
Mvunda,
feit
is
4, n.,
or debauch.
dia, the results of over-
4, n.,
which one
is
mvunda a
waiting.
feeding.
Mvingu,
4, n.,
that which
given in
else,
i.e.
mvunda a
place
also he
of
something
which comes
in the place of
it
Mvunga-vunga,
e
who
replaces another.
Jdvinzu, 4, ., a tree the wood of which is very hard, & which is not touched by borers & white ants. Mvita, 4, n., a hall, vestibule. Mvivu, 4, ??., the surrounding country, the neighbourhood. Mvoni, 4, ;/., a slovenly fool. Mvonzi, 4, ., a deep gully, ravine,
(deep) valley, gorge.
mvunga-vunga,
very early.
n.
dawn,
Mvungu, 4, nunguna
mvungu,
v.,
to
give
Mvoyongo
;/.,
(4)
a fine
Mvunzu, 2, n., muddy sediment. Mvutwa, 4j ii- = mvudiangungu, App. Mvuvu, 4, +a pipe, tube. Mvwania, 2, n., pride. the track of Mvwa-vwa, 4, Mvwamvwila, ] a great beast.
;/. )
;/.,
or woman.
Mwa,
adv., eternally, for
locative,
on,
of,
from
{before
Mvu,
4,
;/.
yakwele mvu,
ever,
.
used
e
mwa esi
country
mpaka, on
the
-a
mvu ya mvu,
eternal.
4,
;/.,
everlasting,
the
tax.
they
the
Mvudi,
mwaka-mwaka,
Mwalala,
3, n.,
adv., in divers
or
eaten as
various places.
a centipede.
Mvudi-mvudi, 4, Mvudiangungu,
;/,,
see
7i.,
kanda, App.
a simpleton,
4,
ignorant man,
made
879
MWA-Mwi
mwasi (3)
{pi.
Mwalu,
continued.
-a
-a miasi),
a.,
open.
mwalu a
air).
kiozi
3
(5),
a draught (of
-amwasi, mwasi, adv., open. Mwebele, 3, ., a weak person or thing. Mwekwa, 3, ., a strong post on the
outside of the wall of a house,
to prevent
it
Mwambizi,
;/.
(Mbamba), a para-
mour, mistress.
Mwana,
i, //.
a buttress.
(12), .,
mwana
a longo
daughtergirl,
Mwelele,
3,
;/.,
earwig.
the essence, essential
juice
(of
in-law.
Mwema,
;?.+a
3,
n.,
mwana
oil,
strength,
meat,
vegetables, herbs,
S:c.).
Mwana-kazi,
kazi.
n.
(Bako.)=mwalawana-ngudi),
Mwema, 3, n.
tree.
(Solongo), the
n.
mangrove
Mwana-ngudi,
brother.
{pi.
Hwenze,
3,
This
word
is
used
only),
indefinitely of
several brothers
of the question of comparative age^ also more indefinitely of those toivhom one is
regardless
one not having yet attained to maturity, hetice, maiden, virgin, pure, he7ice adopted for such as maintain purity eveji after maturity; see ndup.
/
closely con-
as
"brethren," in
the
mba, -amwenze,
'
369.
The word ngudi here refers more to the ideas associated with ungudi,
Christian
Church
-a
mwenze,
a., virgin.
Mwidila,
3, n.
(Bake), a creek,
gulf.
Mwina
that
than with a common mother, so it is quite proper to use of those with whom one feels con-
Mwingi,
a
3, n.,
one who
is
very great,
man
of importance or posi-
or children of the Heavenl}' so that the meafiing Father has become when thus used much widened from the primal idea of motherhood. It is
;
majesty,
actually in use
in native life
KLwanda,
App.
in
-amwanda,
spiritual
nature,
spiritual.
mwangani
App.
(4),
adv.=Q mwanga,
Mwangasa,
v.t.
(Bako.)=mwangagirder (iron).
nisa, p. 363.
one exceedingly great, a great one (a high title). fwa-mwingi, i, death is all-powerful, a name given to a daughter born after many children or see nsirelatives have died mote, App. one who is in the Mwisi (i) ki (///. a man of the habit of mwisi town where they ) kibaka makasi, one who is in the habit of losing his temper {lit. an inhabitant of Lose-your;
Mwangu,
3, ;z.-|-a
mwangu
sion.
(4),
adv., in
a scattered
before
man
of
the town
of or one
;
of
's
kala
mwangu,
3,
Ji.
-z/.,
to
be scattered,
.
dispersed.
mwisi
Makitu's
Mwanzu,
(Mboma),
roof.
Mwivi,
3, (Bako.;,
3 key.
Na-Nda.
880
(4),
become
liable
N.
-na, def.
V.J see ina, App. Naliwe, pro7i. inter. (Bako.), what? (=aweyi). Nanama, v.i., to be pulled tight, tense,
judgment.
strained.
Nanga, Nanga,
a,
(Bako.), a study.
orvQiy
likely
insects,
co7n-
the elephant,
likely he was right. dinanga lungana vo or dinanga kala vo, it is perhaps possible it may be perhaps that that dinanga kala vo kwiza kekwiza, it may be perhaps
;
;
engines,
binocular
Natu,
4, n., a small engagement fee paid to a doctor (of any kind) when he is called to a case.
v.t.,
Nanumuna,
to
stretch,
extend,
that he
may come,
draw out, to draw a bow. e nda yo (2), adv. {from danda), quite full of e nzo ina ina e nda yo wantu, the house is quite full
;
of people.
ndanga kio sumba yo mbazi, I may perhaps buy it to-morrow. Nanga, ^^1^55 jf ^ot, except.
)
-anda,
a.
mwanda,
Ndabu,
2, n.
(Bako.), eyelash.
Nangi,
)
")
-^
Ndamba,
perhaps,
f/ie
,
2,
a considering, a turning
; ,
Nanga,
con/.,
a/one
Nangi, j
marking
the above.
the
difference
from
-anangi,
a.,
noying.
lamba, App. | -andamba, a. (Bako.). su kiandamba, n., a mortar hollowed out in the side of a log
instead of the end.
Nangia-nangia,
about.
2,
;/.,
a being driven
Ndambilu
(2) a main (9), n., the place where one's feet lay when lying down, the direction of the feet.
2,
conj., see
nanga &
Ndambu,
n.,
the confection of
oil
nanga, App.
a stay, sojourn.
Nani, pron. Ti nani kwaku or nge nani ? who are you ? nani yo nani ? who were they ? [lit. who and who Y) what are their
a, prep.^ beside,
as
Ndandani,
names
"i
escort,
the other.
nata
be
masumu
guilty,
(8),
bear the
guilt,
one after the -andandani, a., other, followe ndandani, adv., / ing each other.
~)
, ;
88i
Nda-Ndo
Ndia, continued. luvila lua ndia mosi, the closest relationship, i.e. having one
mother.
Ndandu,
Ndata,
2,
., profit
in
trade, gain,
the
red-wood
feeder,
tree,
one who
speaking.
term of abuse.
a giant.
Ndaulau,
2,
Ndiala,
4, .
(Bako.), a lizard.
4, n.,
(
a variety of white
ant, ap-
Ndiangula,
Ndiasala,
4, n.
.,
Bako.), a lizard.
to overflowing.
full
of,
Ndibwa,
e
2,
which
fills
ndibwa
(2)
densely
full of.
Ndemba-lemba,
.,
Ndiki-diki, 2, motion.
.,
noise of
some com-
Ndimbuki,
Ndio-dio,
&
4, n.,
Ndembi - nona,
pattern
2,
.,
a baize cloth,
one whose
a
tall,
hunger
seems
Ndiokololo,
a
tall,
insatiable.
4, .,
upon
it.
straight tree,
Ndembo,
for
secret language
of,
see p. 506
thin
^
When
towns
Ndiona, andiona,
proii.,
cl.
empha-
Ndembo
she, &c.
i,
sing.,
2nd
that,
he who
she, &c.
Women's names, Mianza, Miezi, Maleko, Dima, Ndundu, Masamba, Mvemba, Mabwaka, Mbwaku comely, Mwisi,
;
rel.
pron.,
cl.
i,
sing.,
if
dark
but
says,
Bweto, Mai
Men's names, Lema, Kaloka, Lembanisa, Luyowa, Nkau if dark, Ekuluzu. one who has been initiated into the mystery, nganga, 2, n. one who has not, vanga, 6, n. Ndezi, 2, ?z.=nsikinwa, App.
lente.
;
muna
{lit.
Ndomba,
a petitioning, begging
begged
a.
for.
-andia,
.,
feeding, grazing.
Ndombola,
{act.).
2,
n.,
darkening,
ntoto
Ndonga,
2, .,
a weaver's shuttle
stick.
-andia,
a.,
edible.
.,
Ndia
(4)
mosi,
one
ma-
3L
Ndo-Nen
882
Ndongeleka, continued. vata mau amatanu mena e ndongeleka, those 5 towns are in a line or come one after the
other on the line of route.
Nduta,
2,
;/.,
over.
Nduvu,
4,
cruelty,
abominable,
Ndongota,
Ndongoti,
2,
.,
investigating, philo-
abominable,
sense).
Nduzu,
pher.
Ndua, Ndua,
2,
?2.,
4, ., a burrow, a hole (made by an animal). Ndwadi, 2, ., a wound, cut, gash. -andwelo, a. ke -andwelo, not a few, no little or
small.
draught.
Ndwenga,
tact.
Nduandu (Bako.)=ndioyu.
-andudi, rt;.+very bad, shocking. Nduka, 4, ., a hole in a hill side, a
cave.
Ndukana,
Ndukuta,
2, .,
the
manner or sense
of smelling.
2, .,
2,
Ne-, pre/., see p. 369. Nouns prefixed by ne- retain their original class, or become 1st classy nenunu, 4, an ancient nunu being a noun
;
Ndukutila,
ness.
.,
Nebidi,
2,
n.,
cane.
Ndula,
2, .,
2, is
young sprouting
.-|-a
grass.
Ndumba,
age
woman
until
of middle
often
gallantly
spoken
Nemavitu,
gate.
i,
n.,
ndumba,
Nembumba-kalutwa,
quisitive fellow,
i,
n.,
an
in-
who
will
allow
-andumba,
a.,
young
(of
women).
Ndumba,
2,
n.^
a mixing, blending,
gation
combining, adulterating.
Ndumbizi, 2, ., a bridesmaid, the bosom friend of a girl {only used of girls and young women).
Nemfilatu,
n.,
the
king's
most
Nemfimbi,
i,
n.
Ndumbu,
2,
??.,
name, searcher.
neric)^ incense.
Nempemba-ewungu,
bribes
case,
i,
one of a
Nduna
(Bako.)=ndiona.
2,
Ndunda,
.,
part.
& when
the case
is
de-
ndunda a
town.
cided the party which lost exposed his action, and, in consequence, the whole judgment fell upon him he has gathered
;
ndunda a nkoko,
well
main stream,
middle of the
Ndungianu,
the
2,
n..,
a stupid condition,
result
of drink or severe
also
Nene,
12,
;/.,
sickness,
one who
is
in
hand
that condition.
Ndungununa,
2,
??.,
a crack in the
Nene-mwingi,
App.
see
under mwingi,
(883
Nenevesa (Kib.), v.t., to make great. Nengi (Mba.), adv.^ then, afterwards. Nengoka, v.i.^ to start (of a ship), to
launch out into the deep, set sail, sail away.
Nen-Noe
continued.
Nganga,
who
is
al-
ways
raising objections.
;/.
Ngangu,
2,
ngangu ke nlongo
verb)^
ko,
vo mi-
Nengolo,
i,
.,
Nengona, v.t.^ to cast into an abyss or chasm or over a precipice. Nenkongo-a-mpanzu, i {sini;. only)^ one who performs on the funeral drum (esikilu).
Neniinu,
4, .,
should be wise.
Ngani,
2, n.
mfumu
(2)
ngani, a free
man
or
woman
-angani, a. -|- that which nobody has any right to interfere with, free, independent. Ekongo diangani, ., the Con^ Free State.
ancient.
Nga
before
a future tense implies that is to follow as a natural course; nga mbazi tukwenda, we shall go then tothe action
morrow
(of course).
i before
Ngani, 2, n.^ sourness, acidity. Nganzi, 2, ;/., unwillingness to comintumini, nganzi, kekwenda kwandi ko, I sent him, but he is disobedient he will not go.
ply,,
;
nga or nga
disobedience
kansi
nkwa
being considered as
to son-ie-
a natural consequence
Nganzu,
is
nga
nwavanga
didi,
;
you
wakombele vava
terday.
ought to have done this nga ezono, you ought to have swept here yes-
annual
Kgavo
;
co7ij.^
as for as for
but
ngavo
ngatu,
mono,
me t;rbut I.
Ngaluka,
2, .,
incandescence,, glow-
seties
when preceding a
2, n. (P. camara), the room or house in which a corpse is kept before interment. Ngandu, 2, ., an ivory horn giving the note of " sol," the 5th in the chord to which they are set. Nganga, 2, n.^ one who has been initiated into the ndembo or any other mystery one who has had one of the infectious diseases, and can therefore nurse any one suffering from it.
Ngamela,
ki kasundidi
ko,
ngatu
mfumu andi, a pupil is not greater than his teacher or a servant than his master kuvo;
vi
do not
thing.
lie
or steal any-
nganga
(2)
a mpaka
(2), .,
a con-
Nge-Ngu
Ngemlia, continued.
action,
feeling,
884
complaisancy,
hence,
kindly
to inspire
awe or
friendliness,
friendship, &c.
sia e
ngemba,
v.,
to
make peace
n.
lor friendsiiip,
ngemba a ngudi,
2,
(Rako.),
motherly love, tender affection, great kindliness, tender mercy. -angenge, a., sounding, giving forth a ringing sound,
Ngengele,
2,
;/.
the eye.
Ngodi, 2, A(.=ngongo, p. 374. ngodi ame, I do not want to ngodi is more a child's word than ngongo. Ngodia-ngodia, 2, /z. -(-the remote past. Ngofwila, 2, n., something done all to no purpose, a waste (of energy, money, &c.), something not wanted, of no use. -angofwila, a., wasted, of no use,
;
spent
in
vain,
not
wanted,
e ngofwila, adv.,
all in vain.
all to
no purpose,
Ngoma,
powder).
-angomba,
the height of one plane
a.,
not
timid,
not
shy,
Ngengo,
2,
It.,
tame.
horizontal
beam,
&c.,
above
the
Ngonda, Ngondo,
2, n.
2,
11.,
some
given
point,
itof
hairs on yellow-skinned
on
tail.
Ngengo,
2, n.,
Ngongo
(2)
antela,
2, n.,
n..
Calabar bean.
Ngonzekela,
a collection.
Ngengengo,
e
2, n.,
a chasm.
firmly,
se-
ngi
(2),
adv., tightly,
curely.
-angOVO, a., for nothing, for no purpose or reward or reason. Ngozi, 2, n. (Bako.), a snoring. sa ngozi (Bako.), to snore.
-angidinginza,
Ngizilu,
for
2,
n.,
a.,
desolate, solitary,
Nguba,
dia e
2, .
coming.
2,
n., limit,
NgingU,
bound, not anyout, but the boundary of what is right or intended, the bounds of moderathing
marked
without fear or anxiety, to be in peaceful circumstances. Ngndi (2) a longO (12), n., the mother(Proverb), to eat
tion.
ngingu
something of
sufficient
thickness
also a
&
strength to prove
;
Ngobodi,
something huge, terribly great, something which inspires awe on account of its
2,
dome, arch,
arc.
size,
lous monster, a
mask
to
wear
2, n., a vault for temporary or special interment. NgungU, 2, ?^ -I- parchment. NgungU, 2, n., a very great crime or
Ng^nga,
(885
Ngu-Niu
v.i.,
NgungU,
conitnued.
consejioise,
Niania, Nianza,
v.i.,
to
go,
come or walk
into pulp,
noiselessly.
Ngungula-ngungula,
Ngutu,
2, .,
2,
.,
Ngwawani,
.,
concord,
accord,
Nianzuna, ) v.t., to crush to pulp. Niasuna, \ Nienge, 4, n-, sorrow. Niengomoka, v.i., to rot to
Nienie,
6, .,
pieces.
harmony,
apostrophe
(').
instruments).
Nienza, 7/.z.=niaiiza (App.). Nieta, v. (Bako.), to crush or mash against the side of the cooking
pot.
Nietama,
(supposed to
be
per-
v.i., to be pressed under a heavy weight. Nieteka, v.t., to place a heavy weight
upon.
ngwi
(2),
Nietoka,
v.i.,
to
.,
come
in
crowds.
curely.
Nikinwa,
the sense of hearing.
n.,
Ngwilu, 2, Ngwizani,
to
n.,
2,
the stone
willingness to listen
;
other stone.
each other & be reasonable a state of law & order, civilization, friendly intercourse.
Niku-niku (4), , see nsonsa, App. Nikuna, 7/./. + start (a subject); wau
onikwini e diambu diadi, since you have started or mentioned this subject
Ngyadi,
2, ., fetus,
embryo.
Ngyaku,
2, .,
Ngyambani,
2, n.,
Nima, 2, ??. + lee, shelter. Nimba, v., to doze. manimba, pi. 9, ., sleep-sickness. Nimba, I'.t., to revolve rapidly, perpendicularly only.
&
friendly
even
to a
community
of goods almost
mu
the
Ninga, 6, n., a long thin kwanga. Ningika, v.t., to stop, delay, check, keep still or silent, restrain, impede.
Niokoka,
(2)
Ngyambika
a moko
of
(9),
.,
laying on
position of
hands,
;
the
im-
ance.
hands
see
yambika,
Niokona,
v.i.,
to put
or bring
plenti-^
App.
fully.
2, n., 2,
Ngyambu,
Ngyatiku,
permission.
Niongota,
v.i.,
to wriggle
and crawl
.,
a commencement,
(as maggots).
beginning.
Ngyeleka, 2, ., a taste, an earnest, something given as an earnest of more to follov/ all in due
course.
Nitu,
body
;
nitu
Ngyemo,
2, n.,
a suckling.
the reason for going.
)
Ngyendelo,
2, .,
^^
)
'
^ ^^^
flesh.
Niu-Nka
Niukutu, continued. ye niukutu yo nta,
886
.,
very sour.
(10),
.,
money
Bfiunguta, v.L (Bako.), to wriggle & crawl (as maggots). Itkabu, 2, .+courage, pluck. Nkadi, 2, ., a demon, devil, a fiendish person,
wana
(i
pi.)
2^
nkanda a
ese, chil-
dren of one father but various mothers, i.e. the children of the man's matrimonial speculations.
nkia nkadi inete ko, what in the d took him there ? what wretched influence induced him
to
a, prep..,
on
go there
n.
a prohibition.
a visitation
(re-
Nkafi,
4,
n.,
-ankaka,
a.
Nkaka
(2)
a ekunda(8),
2,
a great-
grandparent.
same
direction, but
on
no-
Nkakidiswa,
or
n.^
a screen, shield
different
business, having
shelter,
something
which
Nkangalu,
brake,
4,
n.,
company,
com-
Nkakilu,
2, ;z,,
a guard, flange.
n.,
panionship.
Nkakilwa,
2,
;
check,
ratchet
parent.
see
/?.,
Nkakuludia, .2,
., visit (paid).
.,
one who
travels.
^,-l-a reflected
Nkangu,
4,
4, n.^
Nkala-menga,
where
off his
head
.,
at death,
Nk,lati,
2, .,
thinness, emaciation,
thin,
nkangu,
locked
;
adv.^
tied
up,
bound,
-ankalati,
emaciated.
in high position.
??.,
twika kio
tied
Nkama,
4,
;?.,
send
it
up
nkangu, ngyele yo
I
iLsedbtct. of those
wana
found
soner.
it
nkangu,
locked.
a.,
went
&
Nkambakani,
Nkambakani,
&
4,
a mediator,
lying
a go-between,
2, ,,
-ankangu,
tied up,
bound,
pri-
many things
a parallel of
-ankangu,
lati-
.,
Nkambiku,
2,
;?.,
Nkangu
Nkani,
2,
(4)
-,
misery,
tude, latitude.
wretchedness.
,,
intentions.
-ankani,
tissue
.,
Nkamvi,
any kind which has been chewed and the goodness extracted, chewed re4, ,.,
of
Nkanikinu,
threat,
command,
instruction,
fuse.
sia
(P. basia),
nkanda efwa
ment.
will, testa-
promise or threat, to take a vow, command, order. Nkanka, 2, .-f devotedness, devotion {in that sense., not worship)., selfabandonment in the cause of
887)
Nkaya-kaya,
continued.
Nka-Nke
faithfulness
{in
that
nevertheless, in spite of
all,
all
sia e
nkanka,
2, .,
7/.,
to
display such
devotion.
Nkanka,
was in vain, it was of no use. e nkaya-kaya, adv.^ in rain, fruitlessly, to no purpose. Nkayikwa, 2, a cross-piece, cross,
trust.
line,
-ankayikwa,
cross,
a.,
lying
at
cross-wise,
thwart,
right
angles
This
is
the solution of
the
difficulty
ku nkayikwa,
the length.
adv.^
cross- wise,
Nkayi-niini,
2,
.,
strained
a jackal, living much on the ground, & is a great ratter. Nkeka (2) a mfinda, ., a thistle growing in the woods.
Nkenda,
2,
n
or
Nkanza,
2, n.
(Bako.), a jigger
which
kuna nkenda
kuna nkendathe
nkenda, with
regretfully.
apHied fortn
.,
thongs of skin or
determination.
to con(to
Nkasi,
2, ., fierce
71.
.
Nkata, 2, wanda.
one
Nkengezi,
2,
n.
(Bako.),
climbing
.0
moko mu nkata,
;
wizidi wa-
grass.
4, .,
nda
mfumu
moko mu
nkata, he came
-ankatu,
<2.
&
told
the
Nkengwa,
wrongfully.
+ for nothing,
.,
.,
powerful,
strong
2, ., a light, lamp, native candle of arachids or croton nuts threaded on a stick. Nkenonoka, 2, ., abhorrence, loath-
ing.
.,
powerful.
4,
.,
Nkento
sleeplessness,
(i)
ansona,
w.,
a widow
{i.e.
Nkawa-meso,
woman
solitary, bereft).
night watchings.
Nkawu,
watcher,
Nkaya-kaya,
co7ij.^
notwithstanding,
Nkento-nkento, 2, ;/., ayoung woman. Nkenza, 2, n. (Bako.), the vagina. Nkesona, 2, ;/., a piece broken off, a crumb, bit.
Nke-Nki
Nketa,
4, ., folds of skin in emaciated or very fat people. e nkete, adv.^ with subj.fiit. indef. and only used where the action is not yet performed, before, pre-
Nkielelo, continued.
ntetembwa
star,
(2)
a nkielelo, daystar.
morning
n.^
Nkiku,
4,
regular
way
of doing
things,
established
custom,
vious
to,
no account... before. There is something very emphatic, eveti imperative^ wheft nkete is used. nkete ofonga, okanga e e nkombo, before you sit down
tie
Nkikwa,
2,
n.,
a thing to intercept
with.
nkikwa a tulu
Nkinda,
2,
the goat.
nkete nki ? why, for what reason ? (///. what was before as a reason
or cause
?)
a breast-plate. a being strong, strengthening also the charms worn to protect from evil, a
(6),
.,
;
phylactery.
nkinda
that part of anyis
Nketekelo,
2,
n.,
thing which
between two
&
ensure
its
prosperity.
A
is
fe-
&
drawn
tish
mere piece
wood
until
dumb-bell.
Nketekwa,
to
hang
The
image
this portion
of
the
Doutrina
called the
nkinda
(strength),
iketekelo
as
it
in the
nki-
kiketekelo)
or^
nda.
would be
Nkinda-nkinda,
Nkindi,
4, n.
4,
n.,
an uncertain,
go,
wooden
hatig.
pillow.
Nki.
Nkingu,
adv.,
2,
n.,
kiau tu nki,
anki,
interj.,
by
all
means,
certainly, indeed.
expressions
of
wonderment ;
interj.);
he
is
Nkiamtiembie,
n.
plant
and
;
fellow like
Nkidibita, 4, wood.
Nkiedi,
2, .
a great piece of
fire-
this too
(I
that you
would
have
known
+ money
dawn.
before decision
given, a wager,
a bet.
Nkielelo,
2, n.,
Nkio, Nkisi
2, n.,
excessive bitterness.
(Bako.),
n.,
(4)
fits.
a teke
epileptic
889
Nki-Nku
2,
;/.
Nkitimisu
Nkitimu,
(4)
a ntima
(4), .,
a hor-
Nkondobela,
above.
(Bako.)=nkondo
flagration.
Nkitimu
a
(4)
a ntima
a horror,
!
ta nkondobela = zinga nkondo. Nkondo-nkondo, 4, ., the crossing of the arms over the chest through
grief, bitterness
of
spirit, grief.
Nkondwa,
2,
.,
deficiency,
is
deficit,
a ntima kikilu wekala what a terrible thing it was nkiti nkiti nsangu-nsangn, adv.^
!
!
that which
lacking, a being
Nkongolo,
2, .,
see
etenda-nkongolo
circle.
safe
&
sound.
(App.).
Nko.
i
Nkongolozi,
i
2, .,
a ring,
nko
&
there
another, here
& there, in
.,
various
white-
Nkodi
(2)
ankwata,
great, big.
a point, promontory, cape, headland. Nkono, 4, w., the source of one's income, business, trade, occupa2,
Nkonko,
n.
(Solongo),
breasted buzzard.
tion, profession.
-ankofo,
.,
Nkonzo,
2,
n.^
Nkoko,
Nkolo,
&
and
energy,
which makes
the muscles
4, .,
an
2,
affair to
be attended
all
to,
business.
.,
life^
Nkolomona,
freedom from
difficulties
;
a nerve
kena ya nkonzo ya
obstruction
&
also
marks made
at the junction of
two roads to show which road the caravan takes. -ankolomona, a., straightforward,
unobstructed (of a course).
Also a
fetish
image supposed
to re-
store
strength to a
paralysed
part
Nkolwa,
2, n.
nkwa nkolwa,
Nkomba,
(at
2, n.,
a drunken man.
a wedding).
2, .,
Nkosa,4, L,., lobster. Nkosa a mbu, Nkosa, 4, n., a very old man. Nkoyo, 2, n., a 20-lb. barrel
der.
of pow-
Nkombe,
a whistling noise
hill
made
to
set-
Nkristn,
i,
.,
a Christian,
Christian.
tick.
chmbing a
or in
-ankristu,
a..
ting
ta e
Nkuba,
2,
;/.,
a grass
-ankuba,
a.,
sound.
entire.
-ankomfo = ankofo. Nkonda (2) a koko (9), ., the hollow of the bent arm (in which children are often nursed)
;
Nkubilwa, 4, n., the foundation or what corresponds to it in a Konj^o house^ the main stakes
of a building.
osidi
i
mwana
arm.
4, n.
-ankufi,
a.
vanknfl va tadila
(Proverb),
it is
makinu
him
that
;
well for
Nkondo,
zinga
nkondo,
to cross the
arms
&
clasp one's
he tried that little trick on me if he had treated any one else so he would have learnt a lesson {lit. it is on a short (small)
Nku-Nku
Nkubilwa,
place
dance).
continued.
that
890)
Nkumbi,
practises
2,
.,
a viceroy, governor,
representative,
one
ambassador, pronoun.
Nkuka, Nkuku,
2, n.y
redemption {mid.
v.).
2, .,
a mushroom-shaped nest
adv.,
of white ants.
by by unbakutu-
Nkuku,
Nkula,
2, .,
grime.
4, n.,
course.
Nkulu, I, 7Z.+a patriarch. -ankulu-nkumbi, a., very ancient. Nkulu, 2, n., redemption {passive). Nkulu, 2, ?/., fruit (like a fir cone) of
mpusu,
lule-
&
in
date palm.
Nkulubu,
2,
;?.,
a basket
or cage
which pigeons or small animals can be carried. e nkuluki, adv., returning some other day wele e nkuluki, he has gone, and will not return for a day or two. Nkuluki, 2, ;/., a loss, that which is
(small)
;
diau didi
this is the
Nkumbu, Nkumbu,
2, . 4, n.,
+a
2,
a crop.
;/.,
Nkumbuluka,
number
a repetition, a
of times.
wilfulness, obstinacy,
or accounts).
(4),
Nkumfu,
4, .,
Nkuluku
n.,
(4)
stubbornness,
perverseness,
surliness,
crookedness,
ishness.
churl-
mind.
a losing, a loss.
n.,
hard,
-ankulungunzu, hard.
4, n.,
nakedness, bare-
Nkuminu, 2, ., a pause. Nkuna, 2, ;^.-f-a plant (planted). Nkuna, 2, ., a planting, a sowing. Nkunda, 2, ;/., home.
e
nkundakiani
(2),
adv.,
one above
the other,
-ankulungunzu, a., naked, bare. Nkuluntu, 2, n.y one of the chief of the elders, an ancient man, a
senator, governor.
other.
Nkunda-ngongo,
2, n.
(Bako.), a large
?
There are two nouns nkuluntu; one has a light nasal itiitial,
Nkunda-nkunda,
e
2, n.,
an epiphytic
one above or on top of
and
belongs to the
2nd
c^ass.
class,
nkundieka
(2),
a.,
adv.^
the other
a heavy nasal
\st
initial,
-ankundieka,
e
and ind
is
of the
The
in-
the other.
class
noun
itnplies
an
nkundikwa
4, .,
(2),
dividual much more old and honourable than him of the 1st class noun. Nkulwa, 2, ., redemption {passive).
Nkungi,
Nkuma,
4,
n.,
strength
(physical),
energy,
sio7i
the
largely
Nkumbi,
Nkungulu,
891
Nku-Nkw
continued.
continued.
i
Nkuwu,
mbuta a nkungnlu,
restored,
meanwhile
violence
reigned,
unka,
4,
//.,
roof.
yala e nkuwu, to spread the nkuwu, to assume the government, yala -nkuwu, a fine spreading
tree,
2, w.,
-ansi a
nkuwu,
a.,
unlawful, pro-
(Bako.)
nganzu
when used
&c.,
(App.).
2, .,
of authorities^
a master of his pro-
couficils^
fession,
Nkuzuki,
&
4, .,
a transgressor.
kia
nkunku
4, n.^
kiki, this
is
the
Nkwa,
I,
n.
nkwa
Nkunkula,
liberal
of a grindstone
the tire of a
zayi (12), n.^ a generous, person (who knows how to make good use of his money).
before verbs.
-nkwa
the
tire is
applied.
unkwa
or
unkwa kala
if
vo, in
if
Nkusi, 4, n. (Bako.), a breaking of wind (downwards), ta nkusi, v., to break wind. Nkuta (2) a luse (10), ., the middle
of the forehead.
case that,
perhaps,
per-
-nkwa
and
but
it
becomes
the
implies possi-
Nkutu-bandu,
is
2, .,
something which
existent^
when
else,
ve-
seal.
nkwa
of
its
mwana
which
vo
Nkwala,
2,
;/.,
a channel, highway.
parent, &c.
nkanda a nkutu-bandu, a
book.
copy-
Nkuwu,
2,
.,
which
rity
Nkwalu,
4, .,
&
carelessness
action,
government, the ideal of proper government {see under kiyoka) kuna nsi eno ke kuna nkuwu ko, there is no established authority or government in your country. bangula e nkuwu, v., to break a law, commit a very serious offence. According to Kongo custom, when such an offence was committed anarchy prevailed until
;
&
-ankwalu,
a.,
how, thoughtless,
nkwalu,
with
and correctness.
-ankwamu,
Nkwezi, Nkwezi,
2,
i
continuous, constant,
frequent.
;?.,
&
4,
printer.
Nkweteso,
4, n.,
Nkwimu,
4, n.,
a blaze.
Nkw-Non
Nkwiya
Nlaka
(4)
892
walembi
spirit.
velela,
.,
an
Nlembami,
i,
?;.,
one who
is
gentle,
unclean
(4) a ntinu, n.^ power to run batezanisi nlaka a ntinu, they raced together, i.e. com-
4,
.,
hair growing on
the chest.
.,
a rich
man
also a
pared
powers,
each
other's
running
nlaka
a kwenda, n., power to go, the distance which can be traversed teza nlaka aku a kwenda, see how far you can
(4)
;
line,
row, a sentence.
Nlomba,
go-
Nlakazi, 4, ceous
of
.,
?)
not
bear
fruit
on account of
sterility
or
sex.
blue flower
life.
it is
very tenacious
ffor),
Nlaku,
4,
n.,
;
a great liking
taste
nlaku ke usaki, do
your liking carry you
use without abusing.
Nlongi, 4, ., teaching, doctrine. nlongo, <:^;{/'.=mpasi {co7if), App. Nlongoki, i & 4, n.., a pupil, disciple. Nlualua, 4, ., an ambassador.
not
too
let
far,
4,
Nluku,
4,
n.^
a family
name
derived
rela-
from
tive.
some ancestor or
Nlalanza,
tree.
(P. laranja),
orange Nlula,
4,
?/.,
Nlanda,
an unhealthy season (for people or cattle). The season of the heavy rains is
4,
,,
mood
wele
nlula, he went
fish.
away
in an angry mood. Nlulu, 4, 71. (Bako.), a small Nlungi, I & 4, ??., a keeper.
Nlungu,
4,
.,
completion, fulfilment,
n.,
call,
threat,
violence,
NlungU-lungU,
generosity.
4,
prodigality,
forbearance,
(z>2
long-
ngangu za nlungu-lungu,
a cun-
Nlaya,
4,
n.,
ning which fails to enable its possessor to keep his property, a foolish, false cunning which
fails entirely in its
-anlaya,
.,
purpose.
threads).
Nokwa,
7/./.,
to
menstruate {a euphe-
Nlaza, NlebO,
4, n. 4, n.,
(Bako.)=ndaza,
persuasiveness.
persuasive.
(3)
A pp.
-anlebo,
a.,
Nlekoko a moyo
or ntima (4), n., earnest desire, longing (fr. lekoka, to burn fiercely). Nlekoko (4) a moyo (3) or ntima (4),
n.,
e nona, v., take as an example, take for instance. sia e nona, to give an example. Nonga-nonga, 6, ., pattern, standard
bonga
patience, peace
l^koka, to
semblance.
be released).
Nlela-nlela,
place.
4,
n.,
-anonga-nonga,
a plain, a level
e
rect.
^.,
nonga-nonga,
(893
fonga-nonga, continued.
or gauge, exactly the same, in
exactly the
8ia...e
NON-NSA
,
;
Nsampu,2,;/ appearance, apparition untwasa mbazi mene yantala e nsampu, bring him to-morrow, that I may see 'what he is
like.
comparison with..., set... as a gauge utusidi nti wau e nonga-nonga, he gave us this
stick as the gauge.
Tote, 2, n. (P. norte), the north.
Nsanga,
the
2, .,
opposite
brother uses
vice-versd.
of a
sister
^
to
Nsa, Nsa,
4,
+ Church,
company
of the
Nsangalavwa,
used
4, .,
followers of Christ.
2, n.
in native
nua
nsangalavwa a ungudi,
acid sourness.
Nsadidila,
2,
//.,
remainder.
Nsafu,
4,
.,
uncleanness, foulness,
unclean, foul,
defiled,
lavwa, which is supposed to tame & civilize those who drink it, that no misunderstandings
-ansafu,
.,
may
tract
who
polluted, obscene.
drink
Nsakabadi, 4, n.^ tamarind tree. Nsakabadi, 2, ., tamarind fruit. Nsaki, 2, ;?., cassava leaves, hence also a dish prepared from them. Nsakila, 4, ;/., an alarm cry, an alarm
an
nwika
nsangalavwa,
i.e.
to
make
peace, to reconcile,
to cause
=mbwabwa,
p. 345.
ta nsakila, v., to raise an alarm. Nsakila, pi. 2, n.^ junior, youngest -^ the plural is used even when one person is spoken of; oyandi mpe nsakila zame, he, too,
is
Nsangu,
4,
.,
singing,
&
shouting) at an in-
cantation.
Nsangu, Nsangu,
4, >
2,
a mixture.
in the
sing..,
.,
a report,
history
;
my junior.
a siwa meso
2,
information,
{pi. 7), ., eye-
account,
Nsala
(2)
in the
pi..,
service.
Nsalafu, Nsalu, 4,
.,
harvest.
n.^
nsungi a nsalu,
harvest-time.
Nsamba-samba, 2, ,, a mane. Nsambu, pi. 2, ., grace (imparted). nkwa nsambu, one who is blessed,
fortunate.
safe
&
sound.
4,
n..,
Nsangunia,
{see
triumph, exultation
vana
nsambu,
2, .,
v.,
to bless, give
Nsansi,
4,
a blessing.
Nsansumuna,
Nsanu,
2, n.
explanation.
Nsambu,
handkerblessed,
cucumber.
chief or sheet.
Nsanza,
is
Nsambuki,
2, n.., the mouth of a trumpet, funnel or bell or any enlargement at the end of a cylinder.
2, .,
Nsampa,
4,
Nsasa,//.
dung
(of birds).
ship).
woods by
Nsauka, 2, Nsavu, 4,
.
w.,
+a
voyage (by
NSA-NSI
Nsavu,
continued.
also
894
Nsi, contiiiued.
heart, in the
bottom of one's
(4),
heart.
nsi
(2)
ntima
the
heart's
;
timation.
or wish
-ansavu,
ing.
a.^
disparaging, dishonour-
Nsaya,
Nse,
darling mwana ame a nsi a ntima, the child of my heart, my darhng child. Nsi-mote, a name given to a son born
;
2, n.^
raw condition.
after
many
;
children or relatives
mwingi
(fwa-
Nselwa,
Nsiamu,
Nsiau,
4,
2, .,
accent.
.,
a very
soft,
immature
Nsema,
all
root of manioc.
creatures.
Nsidikwa,
fetish
2,
n..,
a foundation, base,
;
Nsema,
Nsemi,
2, .,
i
the
&
town.
Nsende, Nsendo,
&
11,
\
*'
Nseiide-iise]ide,2,J
4,
.,
t^
Nsiekolo, 4, n. (Bako.), threshold. Nsienene, 2, ., severe diarrhoea, also a tuber possessing a highly
cathartic principle.
recompense, reward,
.,
payment.
Nsiesie,
2, .,
Nsendomona,
ner.
2,
a sarcastic manv., to
vova
Nsengi,
nsendomona,
;/.,
speak
Nsikinwa,
knee pad
2,
??.,
sarcastically.
2,
rest,
to
inspector, surveyor.
squatting.
an explanation as to to be see mpitn-ye-nsengo, App. Nsenzele, 4, /., rock, a stratum of rock {not a boulder)^ a rocky
NsengO,
4,
.,
Nsikulwa,
App.
Nsilu,
4,
2,
n.
(Bako.)=mwekwa,
termination,
ter-
.,
end,
point,
minal
clusion
boundary,
limit,
farthest point,
;
extremity, con-
nza yayi
nsilu
-ansevi,
a,
(7) mansevi, front teeth smihng teeth, i.e. the teeth which appear when one smiles). the last cup of Nsi, 2,
(///.
-i
+meno
&
secure.
Nsi,^/. 2 (Bako,),)
bash.
-ansi,
a.,
wine in a cala-
Nsimba-lusangu, 2, ., native brocaded velvet of palm frond now on the fibre, as woven
earthly.
Upper Kasai.
Nsimbinini,
2, n.,
2,
an
axle-tree.
Nsimbininu,
Nsindu,
4, .,
.,
a stay, fastener,
ligament.
immobility, lethargy.
895
Nsi-Nso
continued.
dndulu,
(Bako.), stone or n. 2, pebble used in cracking nuts or crushing pepper, arachis, &c.
(4),
Nsobwa,
nsingamu
Nsingingi,
adv.,
straight
on,
other
over, &c.
4, .,
straightness.
straight.
-ansingingi,
a.,
Nsingu
Nsinini,
(2)
a nzi
//.,
(2), n.,
a crack in the
straightness.
straight.
-ansinini,
a.,
Nsinsi,
2,
n.,
heaviness.
heaviness ezitu = comparative nsinsi = actual weight, whether great or little. Nsinzi, 2, ., that which imparts hard;
ing of the name." Nsodia, 2, n., a beak. Nsodiodio, 2, n., a few remaining, a remnant (after the greater part has gone away). -ansoka, a., made up, invented, not real and true. Nsoki (4) a mbwanzi (2), n., a careless, thoughtless action, which
involves great loss. A fly cannot eat a whole carcase, but settles on it for a moment, &
the whole soon decomposes.
ness
water.
to
water,
hardness
of
-ansokela,
a.,
play, chaffing.
-ansinzi,
maza
Nsioni,
4,
nkumbu
Nsola,
2,
(2)
n.,
ansokela, a nickname.
the
clearing
away
of
&
forest or
woods
(not jungle), to
thin.
make a farm
(esole).
-ansioni,
& thin,
long thin, as
Nsola, sing.
to
2, n.,
the felled
wood
cut
a
Nsisi,
tall,
make a farm,
2, n.,
as above.
2,
n.,
&
disgust), terror,
-ansisi,
a.,
Nsita,j>/. 2,
.+exceeding greatness,
&
malice
two plants bearing capsules covered with barbed thornlets, which adhere to any clothing material. Nsombo, 2, n., that which is obtained by sombola, which see, App.
Nsolokoto,
small
seed
Nsomo,
2, n.,
-ansompa,
a.,
Nsompani,
ing.
2,
which
is
superla-
tively desirable J it may therebe fore be good as well as bad, regarded as the equivalent of
Nsomvi,
4,
.-j-an
to
supposed
(i)
nkwa
kia
malice or
-ansita,
zeal,
according as the
excessive,
ntima
(4)
a kimfi
is
quick to
superlative
zenza kwansita,
exceedingly sweet.
Nsivu-sivu, 2, n., a crack in the lips. Nsiya, 2, ., a wooden whistle. Nsobani, 2, ., a mutual exchange, e nsobani (2), adv., in exchange. Nsobwa(2) a ezina(8),., the changing of the name. When it becomes
Nsonga,
2, n.,
ness of behaviour.
Nsongelo, 2, ., means (letters, &c.) of showing introduction, evidence. Nsongi (2) a diambu (7), .,the plaini.e. tiff or defendant (in a case)
;
Nso-Nsu
Nsongi,
C07ttimied.
896
-a
nsukami
[pi.
asukami),
that
a.,
poor,
who have
fore-
needy, destitute.
Nsukinina,
2,
n.,
which comes
;
nsongi (2) a nzila (2), .4-the most man in a caravan. kuna nsongi a nzila, to the
place.
something
front
subsequent
e ta-
Nsongi,
2,
;?.,
uprightness, righteous-
ness
of
conduct,
seemHness,
subsequent).
n.y
comeliness, propriety.
-ansongi,
a.^
the end (of something which has a beginning & an end, not two ends, as a
Nsongi,
2,
n.
piece of stick).
Nsongi,
Nsuku,
2, n.
(a)
Nsukulu
have
house.
no
right
to
enter
my
2, n.,
thing),
in the direction of
my
town.
a menga {pi. 7), n., the washing of the blood. When a ntekolo {see App.) is give?! as a wife in exchange for sojhc other fetnale member of the family, lest she should be treated or counted as a slave, some prese?tt is given to the husband to " wash her blood," i.e. to
(4)
NsongO, pi.
one's
2, n.,
jealousy as regards
make
her as a
full
member
of
the family,
slave element.
jealous.
Nsumbi, Nsumbi-nsumbi,
n.,
timidity,
anxiety,
appre-
Nsonsa,
4,
.,
the noise of
work or
stir,
hensiveness.
things being
moved
about,
yela e nsumbi,
v.,
to
be anxious,
bustle, a rustling.
apprehensive.
sia
nsonsa,
noise.
v., to
make such
n.,
Nsumba-ndudi,
bladder.
2, n.
nsonsa yo niku-niku,
ance,
riot.
disturb-
Nsumi, 4, n. nzenza okakanga e nua mia nsumi (Proverb), lit. a stranger, who as such has no special
busijtess,
nsumi ants=\d\Q
cupation
of
-ansonzolo,
a.,
/z.,
uninitiated, lay.
the unoccupied.
Nsonzolo,
2,
Nsunda,
2, n.,
the excelling.
twin.
Nsundidi,
the meaning, sense.
2, .,
surpassing character,
Nsosa, NSOSO,
2, n.,
4, .,
Nsildia,
2, n.,
Nsundungulu,
-ansungi,
a.
4, n.,
something hav-
yaka
the youngest, last (of
(6)
kiansungi,
2, n.,
n.,
a partition.
e
-ansuka,
a.,
Nsunungina,
the
persons).
least
little
nzevo
(897
Nsunungina, continued. zozo? nsunungina zina!
a beard
of one.
?
Nsu-Nta
4,
.,
Ntabala,
that
swamp,
marsh,
muddy
Ntala,
pi.
2,
place.
.,
there
is
just a trace
persistence, impor-
tunity.
2,
Nsunungu,
tooth.
+ the
nerve of a
sia e ntala,
v.,
to
be persistent,
adv.,
importunate.
a shrinking, hesitancy,
v.,
Nsusidi,
2, w.,
ntalala
(4)
yo ntuluzu
(4),
mona.-.e
Nsute, Nsuti,
2, n. 2,
71.
nsusidi,
to.
to
shrink
from, hesitate
-^
hyperaemic
App.
(6),
(Bako.),/
sweUing
in-
Ntalu
(4)
a sunga
n.,
the out-
-ansuva, Nsuvidi,
rt.
+ excessive.
Nsuwa,
/z.=nsundidi, App. something for which no place, duty or service is found. -ansuwa, rt. + odd, extra (something) which has not its appointed place, service or duty.
2, 4, .,
come, resultofatestof character. Ntambuki, i & 4, ., a favourite, pet, most favoured wife or child, one specially loved, -antambukijrt., favourite, best loved.
Ntanda, Ntanda,
4, n., 4,
india-rubber.
lumbu
Nswa,
2,
which there
.,
a.^
has beneath the skin. From the above becaicse the native traders brought back
.,
a jigger which
penetrated
-answa,
not
more than
12 hours
great
Nswa,
4, .,
authority, authorization,
right.
power,
Ntangu,
sting.
2, .,
2,
;/.,
lives in
that which
after
left
on one's plate
meal.
e
see
nka-
Nswangani,
e
alternation, alter-
nate arrangement.
nswangani,
one of one kind and one of another, odd of numbers. Nswangu, 4, n., a mixture, a foreign element brought in, an addition
of a very different character.
Ntatu,
a., secy.
cl.
ntatu,
4, n., (a)
&
Nswaswani,
Nswatakesa,
ness.
2,
n.,
difference, lack of
slave.
resemblance.
2,
wanda
rashness, heade
ntayi,
v., to
pat or strike
n.,
on the shoul-
Nswatata, 4, n., a long oval, oblong. Nswekelo, 4, ., a cupboard. Nswidi, 4, n. (Bako.), a young bird. swiku, 4, .+a wrinkle.
v., to
stand side by
3M
Nte- Nti
Ntekela, a man's name, implying that now that he is born the family which had become diminished will soon increase. Ntekolo, I, 72, + the children of slaves of the household are considered almost as children of the family^
Ntetebeswa,
Ntetedi,
4, n.,
2,
.,
the "touch" or
trigger of a trap.
a butcher.
To
call
any one ntetedi a ngulu would make him very vexed, for it is not a clean and honourable calling which smears one
with pig's blood.
and
-antela,
^.,
children.
ngongo
Ntela,
antela,
Calabar
-anti,
leaves.
a., wood. When the adj. is used of many things or wood generally, so that the products of more than one tree are con-
bean.
2, n.^
before a case
decided, a bet,
a wager.
Nteleki,
&
4, n.,
a herald, preacher.
sidered,
the
this
adj.
is
is
really
plural
is
seen
when
it
Ntema, 2, Ntembe,
n.,
1 1
rage
2, n.,
&
fury.
by yo to another adj. lekwa yatadi ye nti, iron & wooden things (not yo
coupled
;
&
2, .,
Ntembelela,
nti).
Ntiaku-ntiaku,
directions.
4, n.,
dispersal in all
swaying.
Ntembelela,
2,
n.,
of
sia
ntiaku-ntiaku,
or scatter in
2,
v.,
to
drive
cassava.
all directions.
n.,
Ntemo,
4,
n.,
Ntiangalakani,
directions.
confusion, the
good clear light {not the thing which causes the light, but the
light resulta?tt).
NtiangU,
2,
n.,
insolence,
scornful
-antemo, a., bright, giving light. ntendela, adv., retail by linear or superficial measurement.
,
Ntianguni,
mer.
i,
2,
&
4, n.,
one who
is
Ntendo
(4)
a ntima
(4),
n.,
perfect
&
truthfulness in a declaration or
conversation, a straightforward
v.,
to
be com-
mind
at rest.
fuwa
ntima,
to
be disheartened,
nata e ntentela, v., to carry on the head without holding, mungwa vana ntu angani, ntentela (Proverb), a load of salt on another's head is easily
other people's burdens cause us no suffering.
carried,
i.e.
VOnda
ntima, v,
deprive
to dishearten,
dispirit,
of
interest,
strength
e ntinu
&
courage.
adv., quickly.
yo nswalu,
a.,
Ntete.
Ntintibidi,
ntete, adv., at
first,
first.
4, ., rigidity, stiffness.
stiff,
vana or kuna
place.
-antintibidi,
rigid.
unbending,
e ntete-ntete, adv.^
in the first
Ntiobo,
2, n.
(Bako.),
an infant whost
(899
Nti-Ntu
Ntu, continued.
mother has not yet come out of the house in which she was
confined.
oku
forward, henceforth,
hencefor-
Ntiongo,
Ntiti,
4,
2, n.^
absence of
all
energy
notion, idea,
whim.
they had not
a while,
at
length, soon,
ntiti
presently.
wau
kuna ntu,
Prep.y
ahead
;
of,
in
front of,
later
Ntoloki, 2, bones,
fracture,
broken
preceding
in
time,
on,
yela e ntoloki,
a fracture.
to suffer
from
a.,
to
come
to
nganga
(3)
a ntoloki,
.,
a bonefirst-
setter.
muntu wizidl kuna ntu ame (in my dream), a man came to me.
a dream)
;
Ntomo(2)ambongo(i-/^.2),.
ntu
(4)
vana
;/.,
fruits.
(&c.)
the front,
(&c.).
2,
;/,,
instinct,
inherent
genius,
in front, before
them
knowledge,
inborn
oku nsuka a ntu, at last, at length. kuna ntu kukwiziwa, in the end,
at last (in the future).
mon
Ntondo,
4,
sense,
sense, understand-
ing, conscience.
.,
ntu ukula,
(Proverb),
malu mekwenda
utter
thoughtless-
mendation, praise. Ntondo, 2, ., the origin, source, commencement, that which brought
it
ness
lit.
head
go;
is
ukula,
ness
all
about.
2,
?z.,
Ntongeka,
a parallel of longi-
tude, longitude.
-antongo, a.^ big, great (of pigs o?ily). Ntongolozi, 2, ,, a curious, prying,
inquisitive individual
to
who wants
Ntudi,
2,
n. (Bako.),
a second row of
the
know
everything.
teeth
in
either
upper or
lower jaw,
Ntuka,
4,
n.,
his
;
ntongonona
a foster
child
trial.
made).
-antuka,
dia
a.,
Ntotela+J^^ remark under untotela, App. Ntoto (4) andia, ., good ^r productive soil.
excess.
mona
ntuka, v., to take the odd one. ntuka, to be at one's wit's end to know how to do or ar-
Ntozi,
in
Ntn,
4, .,
head
man.
range something, to be unable to make two engagements or purposes fit in together, to want badly, be in great need of, be in great difficulty for want of
Ntu-Nya
Ntuka,
continued.
900
Nua,
is
9,
.,
a
n.,
drink,
something
to
drink.
Nui-mii,
6,
thirst
which seems
Ntuku-tuku,
2,
n.
insatiable.
Nukuta,
v.t.,
to smell.
;
Nukwa,
Ntula, 4= ntuka, 4 (App.). Ntuluzi, I & 4, one who drags about, one who treats outrageously see "bunda-tuluza, App. Ntuluzu, 4, n.., see ntalala, App. Ntumba (4) a efuku (8), ., a dust or rubbish heap.
;
be vexed at or with badi dio nnkwa, they would have been vexed at it. Nunga, V. (Bako.)=lunga, p. 330. Nunguka, T/.z. + to hang down.
v., to
vumu
(6,
kia-)
nunguka,
(4), v.t.,
2/.,
to
Nunguna
to
mvungu
to give
///.
;
Ntumpa ntumpa,
Ntumwa,
2,
4,
n.,
anarchy, dis-
order, lawlessness.
sionary.
push on the water-bottle Ntotela vo, Twe lubasa yandi kibeni onungwini mvungu, Ntotela said, Agreed, he
!
sia e
ntimiwa,
?/.,
send a messen-
ger.
Nungunuka,
ther,
Ntunga, 2, ., a jigger. Ntungianu, 4, n., a wanderer, one who has gone astray, lost the road also an ignorant man, a
;
Nwata,
to
make
little
cuts
in,
fool.
vaccinate.
n.
Ntungu,
2,
nwata,
geld,
v.t.
(Bako.),
to
castrate,
material.
Ntunguluzi,
2,
.,
substantial
evi-
-anwe,
a.,
hearing, attentive.
v.t.,
v.i.,
Nwengena,
to compel, force.
Nwengwa,
to
to
be obliged, forced,
decomposing,
corruptible,
whelming evidence
the
truth
of
have
a.,
to.
-anwodi,
rotting,
becoming
perishing.
(in
corrupt,
Ntunta,
2, n.,
-antunta,
guns).
Nwole,
ntuSU
('4),
4, n., a couple, two {of persons or living creatures only). Nwondoko (4) a tulu {pi. 10), ., a
falling asleep.
Nwuku,
4, n.,
the healing.
4, n.,
Ntwala,
range of a weapon. kuna ntwala, adv., ahead. Ntwanga, 2, n., an unscrupulous rascal, one who would stick at nothing, a scoundrel, villain, one who can never be trusted. Ntwedi, I & 4, ., a breeder of stock. Ntwenia, 4, n., a very soft green corn, -antwenia, a., very soft & green (of
2, .,
&
offspring.
by another, crookednes of disposition yau ewole nya nkutu, they both disagree
;
they {lit. everything about both have the habit of "nya" or disagreeing with each other's
proposals).
corn).
Nyakami,
&
4, n.,
busybody.
90I
Nya-Nze
Nyaku,
in
4, .,
enterprise,
Nzala, continued.
nga
fia
kwenda,
there
was
antiphonal song.
i
Nyakuludi,
&
4,
.=ngyakii, App.
nyambi
(4),
eagerness to go and at the same time fear. Nzala, 2, w., a being full.
any one, having no one left or appointed to the care of it. Nyanzi, i, ?/., a Muyansi hence^ a
;
in
person from the Upper River, because all Upper River people are so called by the Kongos^ who
only
Nzambi,
e
&
,
2, n.
to
God
know
this nearest
Upper
-a
God, not
;
River tribe. Nyatiku, 4* the beginning, commencement. Nyazi, i & 4, ., a ruler, governor. Nyenge-yenge, 4> , the habit of doing what one sees others do, so that one may be like them, and not singular or behind the times also the idea that one can do anything that he sees another do, presump;
titi
ya Nzambi, mere
jungle
ma
thing.
Nzambu,
for
2,
money
&
tion
de-
of society.
termination
likes.
do
what one
-anyevi,
.,
stout.
4?
^-j
Nzangn,
a grumbling, mut-
2,
Nyidimu,
Nyindu,
4,
tering.
.,
Nzanza,
the power of thought,
to
2, w.,
an even number.
even (of numbers).
-anzanza,
.,
ability
think,
reasoning
intelligence,
Nzau,
2,
.,
power,
intellect,
the mind.
Nzayi
the handle of a
7),
Nyini,
4,
n. (Bako.),
knife.
-anyututn,
a.,
(a
garment) reaching
to the feet.
Nzaza, 2, ., a sprinkling. Nzekani, 2, n., striving in dispute, wordy war, disputation, love of
dispute, strife.
Nzengele,
fort,
2,
;z.,
the
sense of com-
Nzadilwa,
4,
.+a
railway sleeper.
(4), n.,
Nzakama
(2)
a ntoto
an earth-
also
lazy,
loafing,
quake.
Nzala, 2, n., hunger. zika ye nzala or vilwa e nzala, v., to be hungry, starve. nzala (2) a fiwonga, n., eagerness
Nzengenga,
of
2,
;z,,
utter regardlessness
the
value,
(of
importance
things),
;
or
prosee
sacredness
fanity,
utter
disrespect
&
yet fear
oku
nzala a flwo-
zengeneka, App.
NzE-Nzu
Nzengo,
2,
902
n.^
a sentence, judgment,
opinion, a price
Nzimbakani,
eluded
continued.
all
others,
and
from
the
own mind,
which whole
all
have
sprung,
race.
nzimbakani a uwnntu,
the whole
Nzeta,
2,
n.
(P. azeite
see zetona,
App.),
palm
oil.
muna nzinguluka
round about.
Nzitikila,
;
2^^
prep., around,
Nzia-zia,
4, .,
-anzie, adj.
2,
.,
a betrothed (used
girl).
gift,
only of the
Nzitikila,
2,
;z.,
the
an engagement
4, .,
of labourers.
enness,
;
Nziu,
2,
n.,
whirl
also
in
ness
any
Nzo
(2)
ezulu,
n.,
Nzoko-zoko,
4, n.^
;
rulosity
or attention, willinga.,
-anzoko-zoko,
matu
(9)
be-
wildered, in a whirl
am
nziezie very
hstening,
ears.
attentive,
receptive
mpova
(2)
anzoko-zoko, or vova
talk,
Nzikudi,
kwanzoko-zoko, endless
talkativeness.
apprenticeship, &c.
see zikula,
App.
Nzila,
Nzila,
4, .
2,
Nzola, Nzole,
2, .
+ wish,
desire.
4, .,
+a
,,
nity,
a way chance.
7/.,
an opportufor,
Nzolwa, Nzombo,
e
I, .,
2,
(.?)
;/.,
a siluroid
fish,
mud
meafern.
sila e nzila,
make a way
give
fish
nzongela
(dry
sure goods).
nzila a tadi
(12), n.^
a railroad.
Nzonzanga,
Nzonzi,
2, n.
2, .,
a lycopodium
Nzimba,
has ceased bearing or who has never borne a child, although long married used also of a man or animal in like condition, a castrated animal, a eunuch.
2,
n.,
woman who
(Bako.), a mediator in a
quarrel, an advocate.
Nzuka,
Nzula,
2, ., 4, n.
the
payment
at interest.
Nzimbakani,
2,
n.,
bwa
common
stock, that
which
in-
in
903
Nzu-Pal
fzumbimbi,
ness
4, .,
vousness, timidity
&
awkward-
in a strange house or under strange circumstances sec zumbalala, App. rzungu, 4, ;/.-fa being out of the
;
Padisa, v.t.^ to cause to kick or knock anything along. Padisa, v.t., to cause another to make a counter move or act in opposition see palana, App. Pakala, 6, ., something which flaps on the ground as a skirt or boots when one walks. Pakalala, 7/./., to be turned attentively
;
straight.
nzungu, -anzungu,
adv.^
a.^
curved,
bent,
as-
straight.
Nzuwa,
4,
.,
the
-apakalala,
ears).
/., great
protruding (of
need
of
something which
7/.,
lacking or missing.
Pakama,
Pakidika
t/.z.,
to
be
hemmed
up,
mona
want badly, miss very much, be in great need of, to be in great difficulties for want of.
to
2, n.,
nzuwa,
matu
(9), n., to
turn the
ear.
an attentive
Nzwenge,
wire.
Pakika,
v.t.,
to
hem
or drive into a
{pi. 9),
v.,
corner, to corner.
Pakumuna
to flap
matu
to
&
head, as goats
^ dogs
on the
often do
Oku,
see
under
n.
k.
when anything
ordem), authority,
Olodi,
2,
(P.
power
olodi
to
command
kwina
Pala,
heard,
i.e.
eject
it
ears.
v.t.,
to
along.
Onis,
2, .,
onyx.
Ovo, see under v. Owu, see under w. Ozevo se, adv.^ used with the present tense before the statement of so7nething which was just being
Sr^c), to
Pala,
v.i.,
become
thin, lean,
emaciated, to waste
(as in sickness).
ozevo se bedianga, they were just eating at the time ozevo se fuku, it was then night ozevo se twendi kweto, let us go then.
done, then, just
;
; ;
Palana,
v.i. recip., to
party with a like or counter move, to be always contrary & ready to oppose each other, to
palana yo,
be always at " loggerheads." to adopt the above attitude with ('any one).
Pa, 6, n., pattern, device, design. Padi-padi, 6, n. {generally pi\ two or more sticks fastened on each
side of a porter's load to stiffen
it.
Palanisa, v.t., to set people in the above attitude, to make a move oneself & so set some one else on the look out to do the like
ngwa
is
Pal-Sa
Palata,
2, n.
904
(P.
prata)+a
piece of
Pita-pita, pi.
6, n.,
a commotion, rush-
money. Pamba, 6, ., a short loin cloth having a fringe on its lower edge.
silver
ing about.
Pode
iJiterj. (P,
-apoto,
a.
Pamuka,
v.t.,
to
fly.
Pukidi-matu,
one who
is
deaf
fade,
Pangalakesa, v.f., to spoil, destroy or undo what has already been built, done, arranged, accomplished
;
Pukuka,
v.i.,
to
lose colour
to nullify.
Pata,
v.t.,
to
be delighted (because of
acquisition),
to extinguish, put out.
Pukuta, v.i., to sigh, whistle (as the wind among the branches of
the trees), rustle (as the leaves).
some great
Patika,
e
v.t.,
Pukutiswa,
v.i,,
Pumuna,
adv., thoroughly, clearly,
2/./".=
pemona, App.
peka
(6),
Pupu,
6, n.
knowledge.
matu
{pi. 9)
samuna
about.
not hear {lit. his ears are flaps of skin only, & as such of no
service for hearing).
6, n., one who is deaf to all arguments, &c. Puta, v.t., to eat, take too or very
tala e peka,
tinctly.
v.,
Pupulu,
to rush
Pekomoka,
v.i.,
&
bluster (as
Pela,
v.t.,
seduce away the wife of another man to make him pay a debt or as a set-ofF against the debt this by consent also
to
;
much. Pututa, v.t., take much, abundantly, expend live in luxury, to lavishly, to eat or live most
luxuriously.
of
the woman's
friends
see
Pwa-meso,
6,
n.,
that which
is
plain
ex-
&
Pem'oka, or
v.L, to
far
go up, be wafted up
(into the
men. pwa-meso,
with
away
sky or
(the
thing)
clearly
evi-
distance)
&
so disappear.
Pemona,
Perle,
v.t.,
to waft
up or far away.
2, n.,
pearl.
S,
v.t.,
Piantula,
Pita,
to
devour,
eat
up
Sa,
greedily.
v.t., tie
aux.
v.,
securely,
make
fast (by
tying).
sooner or later, to
presently
shall
;
...
soon or
Pitakesa, v.t., to put things to a wrong, unnatural use {use a chisel as a screwdriver), misuse,
abuse.
go
all
Sa
{pei'f. sidi),
aux.
found
in the
pres., perf.
1 v.i. -f
&^ past
which
it
teftses, it is
Pitakiana, Pitana,
to
be
in great
com-
motion, movement.
adds some
905
Sa-Sam
e kiese (6) {or makasi (8), &c.), to be full of joy {or
the
Sa, continued.
Sakiswa
dejito.
measure of an emphasis or
niteness, to
v.,
anger, &c.).
The negative particles are always used, for sa does not convey in itself any negative idea {as is the case with lembwa) ke
;
Saku,
6, n.-\- after
ground-nut har-
vest the nuts are dried in the sun in a saku, i.e. an enclosure
in the
town which
from fowls
is
generally
Ibasa
tion
wo samunwina mimtu
to
serve
it
&
animals.
any one.
There
is
no
Sakula,
7/./.
great chief
i.e.
is
much used
;
to
in the
same way as ta
)
eg. sa
of
speak as God.
mouthpiece
of
bit
it,
Sakumuka,
see
v.i.,
be refreshed, &c.
to
I would not hear of Sabi-sabi tu, such a thing. Sadidila, v.i., to be left behind by
be
be
re-
mistake.
nitu
(2, i-)
sakumuka,
to
re-
make, do, work. nki osadikanga e? what are you making 1 S&dila, v.i., to be left empty.
Sadika,
v.t.,
to
freshed in body.
Sakumuna,
v.t.,
to revive, restore to
Sfi.disa, v.t., to
leave or
make empty.
circumstances,
to to
Safire, 2, ., sapphire.
God
blesses, not
Safuka,
v.i.,
to
be
defiled, polluted,
foul,
unclean.
foul,
to
make a
cut at (with a
Salamesa, vJ., to make, do. Salamesa, 6, fi., something, the name of which you do not wish to
mention.
large knife).
Saka,
v.i.,
still
to increase,
be or become
;
Salamiana,
Salangani,
vd.,
to
work quickly
one's property,
effects, things.
woall
briskly.
(
nga
usakidi, he was
still
the
6, ., all
more or
life.
more
afraid.
Salanganu,
Salazi,
2,
goods,
Sakala-sakala,
Sakesa,
6, .,
n. (P.
ribbon.
a plaything, something
Saluka
{^nid. v.
of sala,
vd.), to
be
that
with.
may be
played or
v., to
trifled
done, wrought.
Salumuka, ?7.z.=walumuka,
p. 459-
kitula e sakesa,
thing
of,
make a playwith
;
Sama {perf
to trifle
baki-
twidi
trifled
name
Sakidila, v.t.-\-\.o welcome gladly. Sakisa, v., to put, give, take, do too
more kisama monanga kwame aka mpasi za kondanga aka ko, I do not
not any
;
want
to
much.
Sam-Sel
Samba,
906
v.t, to count sheets of mbadi or paper by holding fast one corner & turn up at one of the
Sanzana, continued.
widen, to be scattered
far
&
other corners.
something by n., mount. Sambuka, vA.^ to be happy, blessed, fortunate, to be the recipient of
Sambidilwa,
which
6,
wide or spread out in great numbers, be published abroad. Sanzanisa, v.t., to' spread abroad,
publish widely, declare abroad.
to
Sapalala, v.i., to be shaggy, hang ragged (of the hair). Sard, 2, n., sard. Sardonis, 2, n sardonyx, Sasa, 6, n., a coil (of ntaku wire).
,
Sambula,
first
v.t.,
Sasuna, v.t., to explain, show the meaning of, make plain, define.
Sata,
v.i.,
time.
v.t.^
for,
Sambula,
seek.
Satakana,
?/./.,
to
be
able
to
be
searched.
tusambwidi,
.,
we
Samo,
bless you.
Satulula,
a camel.
Sazi,
6,
2 (Fr.
chameau),
a cluster of small
white mushrooms.
sia vo
follows,
Se
Se
Se, 6,
is
+the
cuts
Samwina,
Sanda,
v.t.,
or report to, to bid, direct. v. (Zombo), to seek, search, look for, want, wish for, need
;
somelimes not translated; it still implies, however, the idea of a change in the state of things
might
se ke yavTitukidi diaka kwa yandi ko, it did not return to him again. Seboka, v.i., to become pale, fade, lose
colour.
Sandulula,
v.t.,
examine,
make an
Seboka,
Sdbola,
v.i., v.t.,
to
be dug up root
&
all.
examination.
to dig
up root
gleam
&
all to-
Sangi, 12, n., unity (all intermixed). sangi, adv., all together, unitedly,
together.
gether.
Sekima,
v.i.,
to flash,
(as light-
ning).
-asangi,
a., joint.
Sekonde,
shameSela,
Selo,
v.t.,
2, n.,
or an
to
arc).
lift
without the least respect or feeling. Sanisa, v.t., to be always talking about (favourably), praise, com-
opponent
off the
ground
Seloka,
v.i.,
in wrestling).
6, ;?.-|- deacon.
to
come
(9),
vealed, appear,
to
be praised by
all,
in
seloka
dila
to begin crying.
;
Sanuka,
Sanzana,
v.,
Selomoka, v.i., to be invented, &c. see selomona below. Selomokena, v.t., to persist in, stick
to (a statement
&c.).
?/./.
or idea), to be-
+ to
come attached
to.
907
Sel-Sia
6, .,
elomona,
v.t^
to
invent,
discover,
Seswa, kala
suggest
paleness.
e seswa, v., to be bare, pale.
;/.,
(a matter).
una,
reduce to some form or shape, to create, to form, mould, carve into shape, sculpture.
v./.,
to
Sezi, pi. 6,
-asezi,
dazzling brightness.
.,
bright
&
dazzling.
e sezi,
adv..,
dazzlingly bright.
sema
sema
o lufulu (lo), o
v.,
mark
t/.,
out the
lines of a foundation.
luwumba
clay.
(lo),
to
work
Sokoka,
v.i.,
to
come
up
thing in which
was encased
Semba, 2/.=tumba (to blame, &c.). Semenena, v.i.^ to shine very brightly,
intensely,
Semona,
?/./.,
or embedded), be stript of. Sokola, 7/./.-|-to take out of or strip off (something in which it is encased or embedded).
Sia, v.t.
nate.
Sendomona,
ally.
v.t.^
to
speak sarcastic-
sia e
diambu
(7),
v.,
to
speak
against.
to
Seneta,
v.i.^
sia e ziku
(6), v.,
to
make
v..,
sure.
sia
sia
moko {pi
moyo
with.
(3),
9),
to lay
hands
en-
Senga,
2/./.,
to spy, scout.
of.
Sengele,
6, n., an ivory horn giving the note of upper " do " in the
to
be
in,
much
grossed, interested
sia
taken up
Sengele,
chord to which they are set. 6, n.^ in the Doutrina Christa (1624) sengele = vicar. Sengele, 6, n. (Bako.), an axe.
oku ntima
mind.
(4),
v.,
to
bear
in
sia
wazi
false
wa nsi
a vuvu,
to raise
Sengola
up,
meso
lift
{pi.
7), v.t., to
look
up one's eyes.
vJ.-\-Xq reveal.
v.t..,
Sengomona, Sensemeka,
to
praise,
extol,
speak highly of. Sensemesa, z/./., causative of above. Senti- (Fr. centi-) a hundredth part of the standards of measurement
{e.g.
hopes \lit. to give one the (skin) complaint of hoping, i.e. to make one sick (fool) enough wazi wa unsidi to hope] nsi a vuvu kia futwa kwa yandi, he raised in me false hopes of being paid by him.
;
sia vo or
that
is,
sia
is
zaya vo,
cojij..,
senti-meta
of a metre).
.,
2,
centimetre
that
= TUo
Sentime,
franc.
a centime, y^o of a
equivalent to the following zaya dia sia vo or\ dia sia vo, because of, were it not that
Senzama,
v.i.^
to
be
(I)
must... (otherwise)
;
as
dia
kwenda
nkwenda
,
Senze,
6,
.+ basket
for things
v.t..,
of
very open
wau ko
work
Senzeka,
it
to place
in
will
be
am going
otherwise
ke sia ko
expound,
Seola,
v.t..,
make
sia vo, to the effect that, stating that, as herein set forth, as follows, that.
flesh
or skin, as in circumcision
or some operation.
SlA-SiN
Sia, continued.
(908
Silinda,
ko, even
kill
if
I
2, .,
cylinder.
kwame
Siamanana,
you would
not go.
hard, en-
otherwise
me
will
thing firm
siveness.
&
immovable, masfor-
v.i.,
to strive to
deavour earnestly,
firm, secure,
be strong,
Simakana,
v.i.,
to
be able to be
Siamikina, ) v.t., to make thoroughly Siamitina, \ firm, fast, secure. Siamina, 7'./., bear, endure, sustain. Siba-venda, interj.., may the curse be averted God forbid oh dear, no not a bit of it no indeed.
;
;
nga
him.
ko, there
is
no prohibiting
Sibil, 6,
n..,
invocation, but
Simba, v. ke mu simba edi dia vova ko, not to prevent you from making a or the remark, a polite form
used in interrupting a speaker or
in begging for the further indul-
the cursed
Sidika, Siena,
v.t..,
to set firmly,
fix,
establish,
make
v.
gence of the audience or reader; thus, I beg you to excuse my venturing to interrupt you, but or I beg you to allow
me
to
remark
v.t.,
further.
Let
me
Sika kindokela (5) (Bako.) or e kinsansa (5), ?/., to snap the finger & thumb. Sikada, 2, n. (P. escada), a ladder,
steps, staircase.
Simbinina,
to
keep or maintain
well in
good condition.
to hesitate,
Sikalala,
7/.z.
+ be set,
placed
(in
a po-
an inclination
but
still
sition), stand,
be stood,
to
do something
to
Sikana
hesitate.
fix, name. kia Konzo tusikanini yandi, we fixed Konzo with him as the
Simpika, v,t., to cause the above. Sinda muna ntima (4), v., to
ter
en-
day.
Sikidika,
(in
v.t.
-f to
set,
stand, place
a position).
to behave,
Sikila,
7/.,
conduct oneself.
Sindakesa, 7'.^.=twalakesa, App. Sindama, v.i., to be heavy, difficult, reluctant to move, drag heavily,
require a great deal of pulling. Sindanisa, T/./.^^twalakesa, App. Sindika, v.t., to render heavy, &c. see sindama, App. Sindikila, v.t., to worry, urge unpleasantly.
App.
Sikula,
T/.z.,
to hiccup.
Sikwa,
6, n.,
&c.) which
Sila, 6,
Sila e nzila
to stand aside
or
Sinduka,
to
make way or
allow some one to pass); to allow to pass, give a way to, give an
opportunity.
v.i., reversive of sindama, have the weight & difficulty removed so as to be easily drawn or moved, become less
heavy.
fixed, firm,
Silama,
v.i.,
to
be
founded,
Sindula,
v.t.,
reversive of sindika,
be
made
no
lon-
very secure.
909
Sin-Son
Singa,
?/./., to die slowly & without apparent cause (as of those who die of old age or blighted
plants).
Singa, aux.
V.
+ this auxiliary
by
the
all in
is
best
sombola
child
mwana
after
(i),
to obtain a
represented
due course." Singalakana, ?/./., to be opposite. Singamena kumosi, v., to be parallel. Singanana, v.i., to be straight.
Singinika,
Sinita,
z/.z.,
" Will
phrase,
requesting
God or
at
per-
v.t.,
to
straighten,
make
straight.
Someka,
v.t.,
to
stick
(something)
&c.,
to
Siuka,
v.i.y
upon a
stick,
spike,
by
lowed up,
Siololoka,
v.i.,
be very
full
of
fat.
Sipanzi,
Sisa,
2, n.
(Eng.), sponge.
Somoka
an
^
{perf.
somokene),
to
v.i.,
to
be
7/./.,
to
Sisa,
6,
n.,
transformed,
insect
transmigrate
crow.
Sisisa,
7/./.,
to threaten, to frighten.
Siwa,
6, n.,
that
which
is set,
arranged,
larval to the perfect state is said to somoka a man as he dies is said to somoka.
Soba-soba,
ance).
6,
n.,
Somona, 7/./. + to transform {see above). Sompa, v.t.-\-\.Q hire (things). Sompeka, z/./.-f to rent, let out. Sompoka, v.i., to be or get married
{used only of women).
Sonamena,
fated.
v.t.,
to
be appointed
to,
be
so-
Sonekena,
&c.).
v.t.-\-\.o
appoint to (a duty,
{or with)
my
knife.
Songa,
v.-\-io
be
+ to
find,
ent, befitting.
Songokwa,
to
start,
v., to
be
in travail with.
Solomona,
v.t.,
originate,
Songola,
up.
-z/./.-f-
to bring to a point,
sum
Sombe, 6, n., loneliness. -asombe, a., lonely, solitary, desolate, lone, remote from any
other
only)
;
(used in
ref.
i
to places
vasombe
twina, we
Songola, v.t., take pains (in work). Songololo, 6, n., care, worry, anxiety. Sono, 6, .-|- scripture. Sonsa, v.t., to straighten the sides of a pit or hole. Sonsozioka, v.i., to be constantly leaving one's work, much distracted.
Sombola,
v.t. (P. .?), to borrow from a stock which has been dedicated to a fetish or from the joint capital of a partnership, to be
surely repaid.
Sonsoka, v.i., to be pointed. Sonsoka, v.t., to leave one's work. Sonsoka, v.i., to be picked out, of grass awns.
; ;
Son-Sun
Sonsola, v.i.^ to move, stir, make any or the least movement. Sonsola, v.t., to cause distraction, cause one to leave one's work.
910
Sumba,
v.t.
only).
Sumbkte (=sumba
ate=P.
ate,
until), adv.-\-\xxi\JA.
Sonsona, Sonsona,
Sote,
6,
v.t.,
thing.
v.t.^
to pick the
awns of grass
a large frog. Stere, 2, /?., a stere or cubic metre. Su, 6, ., a piece of cloth of more than the ordinary length, a double piece, i.e. a piece of 12 fathoms
/?.,
Sumbuka, Sumbuka,
Sumika, Sumina,
6, ;?.-f a stile.
v.,
to
= someka,
App.
duty, &c.).
of
sewing.
mavwata
fathoms.
30, a
piece
of 30
Sumukwa,
Sud,
Sudi,
2, n.
shed ( = sa'ba). Sudika, v.t.., to cause a strong determination to do something bad see sula, &c., App. Suka, v., to end. ke -suki, a. {imnatural negative),
6, ., hut, shelter,
v., to be strongly disliked on account of a wrong or sin one has committed, to have (some one) angry with us, be in bad odour with, to have made ourselves offensive by our evil
actions.
Sumuna,
v.t.,
to pull out
in).
(something
endless,
eternal,
everlasting
satiated, satis-
moyo ke
eternal
life.
usuki,
endless
or
Sunda,
v., to stab.
(3),
v.t.-\-\o
vantage over.
v.,
to
grow
Sundakesa,
thing)
v.t.,
to
mention (some-
Sula,
v.t.,
to do, but it is
always
to be
is
understood that the action evil, <&-' will involve trouble. Sulama, v., to be most determined
Sundidila,
v.t.,
to
surpass
get
ex-
ceedingly,
(to
overreach,
an
do something which
is
bad).
&
Sulamwa, v,i., to have evil determined against one. Suma, v.t., to talk about, speak of,
tell off (to
Sunga-sunga,
(for
Sumama,
concern, 6, n., care, anxious thought (as of a mother over an absent child). sia e sunga-sunga, v., to think of with anxious concern.
v.i.,
Sungama,
to persevere, be ear-
mentioned, named, alluded to to be told off (to a duty, &c.), be called out (for a certain
service, &c.).
nest, zealous.
Sungamena,
Sungi,
6, n.,
Sumama,
v.i.,
to
stick
into,
pierce,
penetrate
(into).
-\-X.o bear in mind. a season, period, a time. If the season is specified, nsungi is used ; nsungi a nsaIwa, harvest time konso nti muua sungi kiandi, every tree
v.i
(9"
Sungnl, continued.
Sun-Tam
6, .-f-great fear, apprehension which causes a feeling as though one were stifled & one's could scarcely draw
Swengenia,
;
sungi twekala kuna Ekongo, the time when we were living in Kongo.
in
its
season
Sungididi,
6,
+ perseverance,
dih-
breath.
Iness
jBia
'
in
any pursuit.
0ia e sungididi
muna
salu <?rsia
Sungika,
v.t.
(Bako.), to straighten,
make
straight.
Ta,
fired as
T/./.-fto
to hell,
Ta, V. (Bako.), to say, tell. Ta, 6, n. [pi. bita(Bako.)], a branch. Tadidila, v.t., to observe carefully,
look well
at.
nzimbu zasungu,
hell.
.,
money
(ill
Tadikila,
for,
v.t.,
look
at.
watch, observe,
Sungubadi,
6,
.,
a persecutor, one
gaze
who
Taka,
v.t.,
to arrange.
v.i.,
noys.
Takama
(muna),
to be prevented
Sungula, v., to rebuke. Suninika, v.t., to satiate, satisfy. Sunsa, 6, ;z. + a range, the distance to which one can propel a missile
with the arm.
(because
of).
uma
(i2, -U-)
Takanisa,
unable to proceed. v.t., to arrange together with due attention to height, size or quahty, all of one kind
is
be evanescent.
v.t.,
together.
Sunsumisa,
to cause to appear,
Takula,
v.t.,
to induce a
man
to
to leave
as above.
his
to flinch.
chief
& town
become
Sunsumuka,
Sunuka,
Susa,
?7.
v.i.,
one's
own
to
+ to
v.i.,
slip
away, escape.
cherously.
T/.z.,
Takula,
v.t.,
Susubwila,
Swandana,
Swanga,
v.t.,
to
throw or hurl
far
kwa yau
2,
away.
Talanta,
v.t.,
n.,
talent
{biblical
Swatakesa,
to
do
rashly, without
weight).
v.i., to walk along catching hold of everything one passes, like a monkey or baby. Tambidila, v., to tempt see nkanu,
thought.
Tambala,
Swatumuna,
-asweki,
a.,
v.t.,
to
make or render
oval, oblong,
hidden, concealed.
to sniff, snuff.
Swena,
v.t.,
p. 380.
Tam-Tek
Tambika
.&c.
912
kinganga
(5),
v.,
to in-
Tapututa,
tell
v.,
go into
all
the details,
struct in
minutely.
v.t.,
Tatidila,
v.,
to stick to
(a
thing),
Tambulula,
task),
take turns
(in
adhere
to, retain.., in
possession;
earnestly
to
answer back
in anti-
follow after
eagerly,
phonal song.
endeavour
soft,
to acquire.
Tampula,
v.t, to
remove
sticky
Tatila, v
t.-\-\.o
make
a practice
of,
do
stuff.
constantly.
to
Tampwa,
of
v.i.^
be of the consistence
Tatu,
stiff
condition.
6, n., woe, anguish, that which causes one to cry out (tata). Tavula, v.t., to arrange with interven-
n.^
market place.
allow
Tandu,
6,
?i.
Te
tandu, adv.,
for
interj.,
v.i.,
bang
Teka,
to begin to spring
up
(as
the
first
seedlings of a sowing),
tandu
day
wonso, adv., some tandu mvu wonso vutuka kevutuka, some day
;
mvu
e
he7ice the v.
Teka,
v.i.,
Teka
aux. teka. come out as sunshine after dulness, shine forth. nkanu (4), v., to pretend that
to shine,
&
to
money
for the
violation
Tanginina,
Tanginina,
Tanginini,
v.t.,
to
like.
imitate,
copy,
make or do
6, n.,
Teka
ngangu
mafcu
e
(2),
v.i.,
to
act
a copy (produced),
craftily
or deceitfully, cheat.
(9), to
imitation.
6,
Teka
n.,
give
full
atten-
tion, to listen
very carefully.
(2),
v.,
Tekana
be
ngangu
to
cheat
Tangininwa,
6,
n.,
a thing to
one's
each other.
copied or imitated.
Tanguka,
town
v.i.,
to
leave
own
Teke, 6, yela
a
n.
nkisi
fit.
(4)
a teke,
v.,
to be
&
go to
live in another,
subject to epileptic
fits,
to
have
act
emigrate.
Tangumuna,
v.t.,
Tekela e ngangu
craftily
(2),
v.t.,
to
out from a
call
over,
re-
tail,
item.
Tangunuka,
to
or deceitfully towards, to defraud or try to cheat. Tekelela, v., to do, be, &c., first, long previously or before e diambu diadi diatekelela ka;
earnestly desire.
Tantwa
mpasi
(2), v.,
to
be
tired,
grow weary (of a thing), be bored; ke nutantwa mpasi za sinsa ko, do not grow weary
of trying.
Tantilwa
-atantu,
mpasi
(2), v., to
sympa-
thise with.
a., hostile,
branch a second time, branch from a branch, to have a grandchild born, to be a grandparent. Tekomoka, ^'.z.+to go over to the other side or party. Tekwa, 6, n., something with which to
Tekola,
v., to
i.e.
to put out a
adverse.
draw
water.
913
Tel-Tew
'elama,
v.i.^
to
be proclaimed.
Telama, v.t.-\-\.o rebel against. telama vana, v., get up or rise from
(a seat,
>S:c.).
Tenda, continued. tenda e nzila (2), 7/., to make a mark on the ground to how which
way the caravan has passed (to guide stragglers). Tendana, v.i.^ to be scattered, driven
in all directions.
vimpi
e tele
health
&
Tendangana
")
v.i.^
to scatter, spread
vigour.
in all directions.
curely.
directions.
Teleka,
z'./.4-to
appoint to (an
office),
proclaim,
make an
;
official
or
public announcement,
declare,
superficial
preach, herald
dianu bante-
dawn
kuma
why
;
Tema,
v.i., to shed, cast a light tiya tutemene vana tukedi, the fire shed a light where we
ke kwatendokele ko, the day had not dawned. Tengola, 7/./., to give up, abandon as
of no further use ; to dismiss,
release,
let
go, set
free,
give
were.
freedom
appear suddenly or una very bad person, a
also
Tema, Tdma,
v.i.^
to
observed.
6, n.^
Tenso, 6, Tensola,
n.^
v.t.^
brute
something great
used
;
&
upper part
of a
pile,
i.e.
all
template
that
(only
of
that
ments,
everything tensama,
morsel,
little
which is bad) tema kia nsongo, unspeakable agony. Tembela, z^.-i-to be in a great state of commotion, disturbed, agitated
(of a
see p. 428.
Tente,
Teta,
6, .,
bit,
piece.
7/./.,
to cut
up a carcase.
number
of people
or a
whole town).
Tembo,
6, .
teta e nzila (2), v., to break, force, make a way (through, muna). apTete, 6, n., a turn (in rotation) pointed time.
;
Tetela,
v.t.,
to cut the
tree, to
makeke
off a
Temona, v.t.,
to.
Temonwena,
aware,
v.t.^
to
inform,
make
to.
prepare it for tapping, leaving only the newest fronds to deflower (a virgin).
;
palm
make known,
v.,
put up
Tetomona,
v.t.,
to
give
detailed
Temoziana,
make each
Tempa,
v.t.,
other aware.
tetomona
Teva,
7/./.,
V..,
mvila
(2), v.,
explain a
to blurt out,
speak with-
out care
&
propriety.
Tenda, v.t., to cut. tenda e nsi (2), 7/., to mark a cross on the ground in doing homage. tenda ntima (4), v.^ to be perfectly frank, to keep nothing
back, be sincere.
Tewa,
Tewa
inter].,
bang
v., to
sia e tewa,
fire (a
make a
bang, to
gun).
3N
Tez-Tom
Tezanisa,
v.t.,
;
914
to
liken (to)
to
Tiakidika,
v.t,^
to
Tiki-tiki, continued.
the body (as a fowl her wings on a very hot day) or a cloth
Tikumuka,
t/.z.,
to
be thrown or
fly
worn
arms.
loosely
&
otherwise than was intended, to miss the mark (of the object), to
swerve
&
turn aside.
Tikumuna,
Tinina,
v.t.,
v.t., to
throw
&
miss.
for,
to run to {not
from),
with, &c.
Tintama,
re-
v.i.
Tiala,
^'./.,
to cease to
have any
ntima
to
(4,
gard for some one, to jilt, to speak insolently about. Tialumuna, v.t.^ to talk on endlessly,
expatiate.
vacillate, to feel
hesitate.
Tintila,
Tialumuna, 7/./., to spirt, squirt. Tiama, z/./'.-f-to strike a heavy blow. Tiamuka muna nlungu (4) or nzaza
(2), 7/., to be wrecked ntiamuka tatu yatiamuka muna nzaza, three times was I shipwrecked. Tiangalakesa, 27./.=tiakalakesa, p.
;
Tionga,
v.i.,
to lose
all
power
to ex-
429.
Titila,
")^./'.,to
Tianguna,
speak
u-
(from heat, sickness, &c.). v.i., to shake, shudder, shiver. Tiukwa ntima (4), ^., to be pained
in
Tianguna
diambu (7),
to
scornfully,
;
insolently,
blaspheme
upset.
ntiangwini or untiangwini
Tiuna=timvuna,
Tividika,
^. A
v.t.,
p. 429.
mamhu, he
spoke scornfully to
= tibidika,
give
App.
worry,
me. Tianta, v.i.^ to sound (of a trumpet). Tiantisa, v.t.^ to sound a trumpet. Tibalala, 2/./., to be inflated, blown out, distended {with liquid). Tibidika, 7/./., to inflate, blow out, distend {with liquid). Tibingi, 6, ., obstinate heedlessness
to advice
Tokeka,
Toko,
trouble,
annoy.
6, .,
youth, youthfulness.
nkaza
(i)
first
wife a
man
marries.
(i)
first
mwana
child
born to a man.
Tokomoka,
Tola,
v.t.
^.z.,
to flourish of plants,
&
warning.
trees, &^c.
Tie-tie, 6,
Toma,
v.t.,
another wife in
" bush."
the place
6, .,
of one
dead rather
Tietiekele, pi.
Tifu,
2,
71.
a clanging sound.
(P.
chefia?),
a dignified
bearing.
than return the nkama a longo with its accrued interest (usury). Tombana, v.i., to flourish, be in excellent condition.
Tifuka
{perf.
-ini), v.
{fr. above), to
Tombana,
Tombokelo,
v.i.,
to
emit a delightful
a ladder, a
odour.
\6,
.,
Tiki-tiki,
to
6, .,
means
Tombokelwa,/
steps.
of ascent, staircase,
(915
Tomboloka,
leaves).
v.i.,
Tom-Tow
v.t.,
to
spring
up
(as
(as
Tongonona,
foster.
to
bring up,
rear,
seedlings,
come out
new
wife
6 tonia
(6), ad7j.
Tomesa, Tomesa,
v.t.,
to
demand another
;
as above
7/./.
+ to
a.^
proper, to
is
right
&
in.
tala e tonia, ?/., to gaze fixedly. Tontolo, 6, ., a weak person, one without strength.
-atontolo, a., weak. Topaze, 2, n., topaz. Tota, v.i., to ache (of the head only). Tota, v.t. {mid. V. totoka), to search for (a road or track). Tota, v.t., to ascend, climb, go up. Tota, v.t. (mid. V. totama), to add,
Tomona,
7'./.
-atompodia,
Tona,
v.t.^
to
recognise,
remember,
perceive
(a
recollect,
know,
v.i.^
matter), understand.
Tonama muna,
to.
to
be appointed
of,
put together.
Totama,
v.i.,
to accord, harmonise,
be
to-
Tonda,
7/.A
+ to
approve
fit
with, consider
like,
be satisfied or sufficient,
alike.
Totama,
Toteka,
v.i;,
to
be added or put
esteem,
be pleased with,
gether.
v.t.,
with,
tanda &^ tonda Jigure in other Bantu languages for to love, its primary idea in Kongo lies
in
Toteka, Toteka,
v.i.,
to run.
to
tdtimately in a
match, to fit together, accord or alike, harmonise, to give an equivalent fofr, to compound by mutual exchange.
v.t.^
make
to
grateful
toteka
cross
longo
(10), v., to
arrange a
is
Toneka,
v.t.^
;
to
appoint to a duty,
marriage,
so that for a
nga
woman
back.
given another
given
buying the things for the station. Tonekena, v.t, to take note of, mark
(mentally), to exercise discern-
ment, judgment.
Totoka, v.i., to be commenced, also be well pushed (of a concern), be well under weigh. Totoka, v.i., to be searched for (of a road or track). Totola, 7/., to clap the hands before beginning to speak.
Totola, Totola,
stout.
Tongamena,
Tongeneka,
v.L, to sit
v.t.,
to
up late. have a
spite
say {a woman's word). do or accomplish much, make a good show, have plenty to show for it, push on well
v., to v., to
with.
Totolola,
v.t.,
Tongomoka,
face, to
v.i ,
Tovola
nkanda
to
tan
leather.
to
be
Towa,
traced out.
I
6, n., a small mess of clay mixed with palm wine, &c., for
Tongonona,
i^m
the
purposes
of
anointing.
Towa made
great hunter
at the grave of a
may be smeared
Tow-TUM
Towa,
continued.
(916)
Tukumuka,
to confer
v.i.,
to be wearisome, to
on
Toza,
v.t.^
all
comers
hunting
skill.
Tukumukwa,
thing)
v., to
be tired of (some(it)
and give
in,
up, to lose
(a
one's interest
thing).
be sick of
or hole.
Tu,
ad-iK
Tukuna,
v.-\-to
make
soft
by rubbing,
word,
v.,
to gaze, look
are going.
kansi tu,
Tua,
v.i.,
conj.,
but (regretfully or
sharp,
acid,
salt,
indignantly).
to
be
biting, sweet,
ing
to
Tulalala, v.i., to be put in plenty. tulalala ye, to have plenty put down to or on one. Tulama, t/.z. + to be set up, put together, constructed (of many
parts or materials).
ment).
tua muna,
ment).
tulu-
to
drag about.
to
many
parts or
Tufakana, T/.z.,
up,
to
to be crushed
smashed
utterly
be
to
conquered,
routed.
Tufakesa,
v.t.,
Tufuka
{perf -ini), v., to be crushed, squashed & make a mess. Tufuna, -z/./., to squash or crush &
to beat & drag about an inhuman manner. Tuma, v.t., to send alone (twika, to send in any one's charge) also to order, give an order or instructions to go, not a simple order; untumini vo kenda, he ordered him to go. Tumbama (vana), v. mid., to be or
bunda tuluza,
in
kwanga
Tumbika,
{pi. 6)
shew-bread.
adv.,
from the
v.t.,
or beginning.
from,
fore others).
tuka
V2iXL2i.,prep.,
commencing
Tumbikila,
set
v.t.,
from.
bantumbikidi
food before me.
v.-\-\.o
madia, they
Tukama,
be in a fix as to how to arrange something. Tukika (e diambu), v.t., to be in too great a haste and so fail, to be at a loss for a reply.
v., to
Tumbu,
sia e
to
tumbu,
6, n.,
speak against.
thick jungle
left
Tumbu,
by the
dis-
Tukika,
v.t.,
fires
(against),
Tumbula,
to
do
clearly,
tinctly,
make
plain, plainly.
(4),
Tukilwa,
of.
v.,
to
be the starting-point
adv., at
first,
tumbula
plainly.
nsamu
soneka
^m
to
tell
oku kutukilu,
while.
for
tumbula
tumbula
z/.-fto
(9), v.,
to write
distinctly.
Tukuka,
be
wither
limp.
(917)
TUM-TUN
v.t.,
mbnia,
Tundidika,
nent.
to exalt,
make promi-
one sleeping). mbulula, v.t.^ to bring up to the surface, bring up from the dead. Tumbulwila, v.t., to make aware of, warn, point out an evil ^/-danger. tnmpa, v.t to rush about in all direc^
Tunduka, Tunduka,
v.i.,
become greater
&
&
dignity).
move up & down because of some animal making its way under
to
it.
tions.
tumpa-tumpa,
active,
v.i.
to
be very
Tundula, Tundula,
v.t.,
to
lift
up
{as above).
v.i.,
to
about.
one sleeping).
Tumpa,
Tungama,
?'./. + to have nothing to say for oneself, to be left without a reply, to look blank, be
Tumpalala,
v.i.,
to
become
stupid,
in
fix.
Tungianu,
12, n.,
aimless wandering,
one's wits.
straying.
to sit
Tumpama,
down
v.i..,
down,
first
to
fall
in
a sitting posture, so
reach the
in
Tangika, v.t.-\-\.o leave one without a word to say for oneself, put
to silence,
reply.
to leave
without a
ground.
Tnmpana,
all
v.i..,
to
be tossed about
to
tungununu
tala
e
(6),
adv.
v.,
directions, agitated.
v.t.,
;
tungununu,
v.i.,
to
gaze
Tuinpidika,
render
stupid,
ridiculous
Tuntana,
to
be annoyed, worried,
&
Tmia,
ideas.
to
troubled.
within
Tuntanisa,
tease.
v.t.,
Tuntuka,
v.i.,
to increase,
be further
be bigger
Tuna
(Bako.),
v.t.,
to despise, scorn.
Tnndalala,
v.i.,
to stand
or be high
mistake,
(2), v.,
to
up, be prominent,
be exalted.
Tundangana,
v.i.,
to
make a
nkisi (4), v., to have tuntuka come under the (benignant) influence of a charm.
tuntuka
able to
350-
moko
be
p.
divine
moko
see
kosi,
;
susi
kole, tu-
kutatu,
kana
Tuntula,
T^./.
+ to
cause to increase.
(Proverb), do not
Tuntula
up an offence until it has happened a third time firstly, take it for an accident secondly,
;
tuntula
render,
bigger,
height,
able to divine
see p. 350.
for a
it
mistake
Tuntuluka,
higher,
v.i.,
grow,
get
(in
increase
price, &c.).
Tuntulula,
v.t.,
to cause to increase
and more.
Tun-Umf
Tunu,
6,
w,,
918
Tuzu,
Tununu,
6,
;z.,
insubordination, rude-
Twalakesa,
to betray into
diffi-
an over-stepping of the bounds of propriety, right, duty, &c., immoderation, excess, imness,
culties, to
and then
it,
propriety.
-atuminu,
fore
<.,
going
foolish,
beyond the
to
and thereunwild,
let
others bear
;
mad,
useless,
serviceable, immoderate,
insubordinate
below.
note tunuiiuka
the brunt of a struggle to hurry along by force, to carry away (as a crowd or flood). Twanga, v., to dislike, to think evil of,
find fault with.
Tununuka, v.i., to pass all bounds, become immoderate, to take liberties, become rude, insubordinate,
TwangU,
I
6,
;
?z.,
tum
kimwene
no
fault in
!
twangu
him.
!
ko,
uncontrollable, to take
find
advantage
of
kindness
note
and
Twe
tuna
Tuta,
?y.z.,
to
become
abundant
;
numerous,
plentiful,
matuti
interj.^ click snap sound of something breaking. twe lubasa {i.e. the frond rib goes I break the stick in token click of agreement), let it be so agreed
!
!
! ! !
Twengona,
Twezi,
6,
v.t. (fr.
71.
twe), to snap.
flocks,
(Bako.),
herds,
Tuta
nlembo
to touch
one
in
Twika,
v.t.,
to
send
in
any one's
Tutika,
v.t.,
(against),
charge (tuma, to send alone). Twikila, v.t., to help any one to pick up his load or to put it on him.
Twisa,
"z/.A
+ tomake
App.
place
the
end
of
something
see tua,
Tutisa e ekudi
voke.
(8), v.,
to irritate, pro-
u.
Ubekenge, Ukabu, 12,
Uleza,
12, ., frailty, fragility.
.,
Tuvala, 6, ., something distended or blown out. Tuvalala, 9, ??., distension. Tuvula, 7/., to blow out. meso {pi. 7), 7/./., to look tuvula
fiercely, angrily, glare.
avarice, greed.
Umfunia,
Umfuzi,
plundering.
12,
n.,
skill,
ability
in
profession or
creative
Tuwa
{perf. tuwidi),
v.t.,
to
i.e.
try to
craft.
catch or
kill
too soon,
before
Tuwa
{perf.
tuwilu),
v.i.^
to escape
Umfuzi wa
fula, great
ability
in
thus.
smith work.
919
Ump-Uve
Umpavuludia,
independence, unconcern, disregard, estrangement shown by an absence of all feeling, affection or care for those con12, .,
indifference,
to one's near-
&
dearest).
(2)
mpanga
peace.
a ungudi, terms of
cerned.
Unkitu,
murderous nature. wicked cunning, .,
12, .,
12, w.,
Umpondi,
Unkwa,
fellowship,
Umpuka,
ship.
craftiness.
Unkwa,
Unkwikizi,
stitutes
a person a
munkwi-
God, godly
fear.
kizi, religion.
Umputu,
Una.
12, .,
poverty.
nature.
Unlomba,
Umwanda,
Untiangu-ntiangu,
of jilting,
likes
the habit
in
&
changeableness whims.
12,
n.,
any
1
(thing)
of
the
Untongololi,
into,
inquisitiveness,
kind
kimbwene mo ma una
did not see anything
kina ko,
Untotela,
una
(1624)
whilst,
;
as. ..at
the
not a simple
una kekwendanga
Untwadi,
from
companionship, felbeing together with, community, communion. Untwanga, 12, n., unscrupulous ras2,
w.,
lowship,
the
cality, utter
untrustworthiness,
(yo,
jQ
the
or)
villainy.
same with
ye nzimbu
zandi una nkutu, za wivi, just the same with his money, it is by theft.. Unga, 12, n., continual disagreement on every point see nya, App.
.
indignant &"
scurrilous,
abusive
tervi),
utterly
abominable
&
useless.
TJngolokoso,
sense.
12,
n.,
gammon, non-
Ungomba,
he
quite a fine
full
kuna ungomba,
means. Iness, Ungongolokoso,
sense.
adv.,
by gentle
12, n.,
gammon, nonas
Ungudi,
12,
n.,
the
relationship
children
best
of
one
relations
UtO, 12, n., bodily nature. Utontolo, 12, ., weakness. UtU (Bako.), conj.., then (impatient), indeed, even=tu, vutu, App. XJveledi, 12, n., saintship, the being
a saint.
suminwa
Paul.
uveledi,
v.,
to
be
Ep. of
Uvo-Van
Uvoso,
12, .,
a.,
920
Vaki, continued.
culty, obstacle,
-a uvoso,
hindrance, the
tribute,
Uwolezia,
ness.
12,
n.,
corruption,
the
nature
of
corruption,
rotten-
Vaku,
12,
n.,
toll,
custom,
to
tax,
Uwuntu, Uwuya,
12, 12,
.=wuntu, App.
/z.,
Vakula
wild
refute.
nkalu
(4),
z/.,
deny,
drunken
madness,
refuse,
contradict,
repudiate,
fury,
quarrelsomeness,
recklessness, lawlessness.
Va-ku-mu,
2, .,
a combination of the
a
pre-
Uyakala,
12, n.,
ness.
mu vala,
Valanga,
clanship.
.,
long distance.
6,
n.,
Uzumbu,
12,
the desolation of a
a basket
a skull.
to
carry
deserted town.
Valanganza,
6, .,
V.
V
before a,
Varna,
the
is
vd..,
to
be strong.
&
Bapro;
Vambula, -z/.+to provide, furnish with. Vambwila, v.^ provide, to furnish okutuvambwila e nzo zina zi;
fwene, he
will furnish us
with
Vampamiana,
on
trying,
v.i.,
v.,
to persevere,
keep
Va
ova
also to
keep on.
to be
yield
is
(fruit).
Vanakana,
possible to be
(4), ^., to
used when another further hypothesis is advanced^ the foregoing beittg introduced by OVO. If, should, see i Ep. John i. 8
given, be giveable.
vanakana
niable.
nkalu
z/.z.,
be de-
Vanama
(ye),
to struggle (with
&
10.
Vadi, 6, ?/.=kimpadi, App. Vaika, v.i.-\-\.o come out, appear (from somewhere), arise (turn up), happen, befall. Vaikilwa, v.^ to have come upon one, to have befall one. Vakama, v.^ to be caught, held back.
e
keep on
at.
e/.,
Vanda
mpandu
t/.z.,
(2),
to practise
sorcery.
Vandalala,
to
surpass,
eclipse,
one can-
mpaka zabavakamene,
sible.
further
Vaki,
6, ,,
is
Vanga,
vd.-\-X.o
'
behave towards, do
hooked or hitched, i.e. one's first business, that which must have one's first attention, the first or main thing which one
has to do, the
first
to.
Vangala, 6, Vangalela,
well,
+ a framework.
thoroughly,
at
to do do one's best
v.t.,
or with.
duty, the
Vangama,
main point, the great thing to be aimed after, the chief diffi-
to
prosper,
well,
92F
Van-Vel
v.i.,
Vangama,
plete
continued.
Vatumuka,
or in
Vangamesa,
tive
7/./.,
Vaudi,
of above.
to
;
Vangamiana, making
be quick in if the or preparing subject is mentioned, it is preceded by yo (&c.) vangamiana ye salu kiaku, "look sharp" with your work.
;
vaudi
muna
separate
from,
separation from,
yo
is
used
with persons,
muna
of things.
Vauka (muna),
Vaula (muna),
Vava,
6,
n..,
v.i.,
to be separate,
great, be-
important,
to put separate,
absorb all the interest, leave no room for anything else. Vanganisa, 7/./.-j-to be in a great hurry with any one, impatient with one who is in one's way. Vangaziama, v.i.^ to be made or prepared quickly.
apart (from).
ant's
nest
(mushroom-
like).
Vava
ke...ko,
yet... not
d^/z/.,
;
before, while as
while as yet
before
I
came.
Vanginika,
Vangizieka,
v.t.^
to
make
great, im-
portant.
v.i..,
to do,
make
quickly
-avava, a., extraordinary, unusual. Vavi, 6, ., a man or beast of enormous strength, a Samson, a
Hercules.
or prepare something.
VangU, Vangu,
6, n.^
6,
n..,
a yoke, leash.
danger,
peril,
source of
trouble
&
annoyance, nuisance,
trying, trouble-
Vayizeka, v.i.., to go out quickly. Yaza, v.i.., to go on increasingly, become more & more great,
numerous,
receive
difficulty.
severe
or intense,
accessions
constant
some, dangerous. sia e vangu, 7/., to cause danger, &c., be a nuisance. Vangulnla (yo), t/.A, to do much^ exceedingly, many times, over
again.
v.i.
Vaza
is
the
reverse
of voza.
Vekomoka,
if,
2/.z.-f-to
be blown
away, de-
along.
kunoka i
is
Vekomoka,
part.
v.i.,
to
go
far
L
i'
kwina oku
if it is
ezulu,
it
;
just as
going to rain uvangilu toloka nima i kena, he is just as if his back was broken. y faningina, v,t., to run with one's I utmost speed.
I
Vela,
6, .,
kwa
-avela,
a.,
less.
Vela,
6,
n.-\-2ir\y
purpose
Vanzikwa,
Vasina,
6, .,
see elusu,
A pp.
or spring
image
Yela-vela,
tense,
6, .,
(heathen).
v.i.,
asumuka,
up
in
to shoot
grow
strong,
in-
abundance.
earnest,
be
ardenty
Vel-Vev
Vela-vela, continued.
922
Venzomona,
want
of a
ver, to
vd.,
to
;
make a good
hence, in a pala-
ntima
to
(4)
se uvela-vela, to
wide clearing
against,
to
show
matter.
vela-vela muna salu, to grow 07be earnest, active, zealous in one's work.
ete
e
(8) se
Venzona, vd., to make a small cut or wound. Vesoka, vd., to become vile, spoiled,
dirty, loose colour, tarnish.
mbele
Vesona,
6, n.,
to
bow
(the
them
again, to
consult,
ele vo.
hold
confer
a
;
consultation,
6,
;/.,
bavetamene
aside or hidden.
Velesa-velesa,
v.t.^
vela
^velangangu
Vete.
ke vete ko,
haps,
is it
conj.
+ W. may
be, per-
the case
ke vete ko
I
kwenda
cleverness in
makHttle
nkwenda, perhaps
Veve,
6, n.,
shall go.
nothings
Velezieka,
v.t.^
make such
dishes.
in
no small degree,
Vema,
vd. (Bako.)=kangala,
ha
in
the idea of
oyeno nusundidi
birds.
nuni ke vevi
Vempoka,
(as
vd., to
vanish,
mist).
disappear
smoke or
Vevoka,
?/./.
+ to
;
Vena ye, there are... at or on, &;c. Vengama, vd. = vengomoka, App.
Vengeka,
away, hide, somethi7ig which one has.
vd., put aside,
vd., to put aside, defer,
strictions, to
liberty
see
under vevokwa
of app.
below.
Vevokelwa,
mid.
v.i.
{pass,
of
Vengekela,
put
v., see
p.
629)=vevokwa,
off,
postpone.
only), passion,
which
see below.
Vengenene,
sire,
6, n. {sing,
Vevokwa,
-avengenene,
a.
to have restrictions removed, be no longer under restrictions, to have freedom, to have liberty granted {pass, of vd.,
makasi
(8)
mavengenene,
vd., to
fierce
anger.
vevoka mid. v., see p. 625) does not cotisider any existe7ice
;
Vengomoka,
on one gone a
be or go aside, way, be
from.
of restrictions ;
siders
to
vevokwa
con-
way
out
Vengomona,
side,
on one
vevokwa
one's
moyo
(3),
v.,
to con-
aside,
of
the
way
make up
Venza, Venza,
(something encountered). vd., to strike with, beat with. vd., to wash very thoroughly.
Vevola
"v--,
to be willing,
ready.
I
Vevolwela
willing,
923
Vev-Vil
Vidika,
v.t.,
ntima (4),
ready to to search far
{pi. 7),
?'.,
v.^
to
be
to impregnate.
v., to
Vidikwa (kwa),
be with child
Veyana,
all
v.i.^
&
wide, in
(by).
directions.
to forbear.
e vidiza,
8, .
(Kib.)=etadi, App.
Veza
mambu
n.
Vika, aux.
denly;
z/.-l-to
also
Iezo,
ia,
la e
kuna kwa ntukuka uvikidi tukuka, how quickly it withered up ovo mpikidi songa kaka
;
of a
fish.
ezozioka,
^'.^.,
to
dodge about.
be well taught
instructed
in
ntu if my head
,
\ v., to
Vikuka,
v.t.,
mpila
(2), J
or
before the
or trained
at.
via
via
ia e
masona
read
(8), to
know how
to
to
&
write.
(12),
blow hard, come or go violently (of wind ^r rain)Vila, v.t.-\-\.o finish off an edging
wind), rush,
properly.
unganga
be well
Vila,
6, .,
an animal killed
&
burnt
in a bush-fire.
Vilalala,
v.i.
meso
come or go away
away
secretly,
(7,
ma-) vilalala,
to be cross-
Vialuka,
7^./.,
to
eyed.
Vilama,
v.i.,
to
be hidden, not to be
appear.
to get lost.
visible, not to
to
v.t.,
Vilangesa, 7/./. -f-to make a mutual exchange, set one over against
the other.
or thinly.
Viangala,
v.t.
Vilukila,
v.t.,
moyo
_
(3,
U-) viangala,
viangalwa
(on),
ntima
(4)
or moyo,
Vilukwa
ntima
(4), v.i.,
to repent,
anxious
v.i.,
(to).
Viangama,
Viangila,
to
be thinly smeared
go or come {an angry word) kuviangila mu nzo ame ko, do not venture into my house (you rascal). Viangula, v.t.., to go carefully & stealthily to touch some one
-z/.,
to
Vilumuka,
Vilumuna,
Vilu-vilu,
v.i.,
to
be lashed, scarred
wale.
6,
changeableness,
fickleness.
(to call
at-
Vilwa, Vilwa,
283
make a mistake. a mistake, error, a forgetting ignorance, absence of knowledge, injustice, wrong.
v.i.,
to
12, n.,
&
Vididika
App. meso,
Vilwa,
v.t., to
v.i.,
to
want
to attend to a call
render cross-
eyed.
ViL-VO
Vilwa, continued. vilwa e nzala (2),
924
Visa, continued.
?/.,
to
be hungry.
tifying
signature
mid..,
or
seal,
Vimpakana,
to
z/.,
to hear imperfectly,
receipt, a visa.
be dull of hearing.
.
Vitakana,
leave
healthful.
v.
to
;
turn
e
aside,
+ health.
healthy,
;
the track
nkombo
sound, good
goat
Vimpita, 7/., think about, meditate. Vina, V. (Mpa)=wiiiikina, p. 461. Vinda nlele muna luketo (10), ?a, to wind the long loose end of one's cloth round the waist as
a girdle.
Vitakesa,
to
to
cause,
allow
is
or held
line
or track, as a htife in cutting something oiit or a goat driven or a hockey stick in playing
hockey.
Vindakesa,
(of
v.t.^
to put
down or
along
into
many
t/./.,
call in pass-
Vindana,
rush
Vitidila,
v.^ to
go or be the
all.
first
or
confusion, pell-mell.
front or before
(as
Vinduka,
to close
up
wound),
well
to-
Vitumuna,
be closed
up,
come
7/./.-fto push on with it, sweep away with it, carry away
Vinduna,
Vinga,
v.t..,
to cause to
come
also
gether as above.
t/.z.,
of the
to take place or
happen some-
wind).
B.C., before
happen nga nkia mambu mavingidi oko evata, what has happened since in the town. Vinga, 6, n.., a person uninitiated into
to
;
listen, attend to (a not a person). Viyidila, 7/,/. = zizila, p. 283 & App.
Vivila,
v.t.^
to
matter.,
Viziku-vizikn
Vizula,
7/./.,
{pi. 6),
the sound of
,
a mystery or Vingila,
6,
;/.,
rite.
whispering.
to beat with a lash
or
build a nest of
rods, scourge.
always
in old nests.
Vo,
conj..,
Vinzuka,
v.i.
(Bako.)
v.i.,
=
be
vunzuka,
winding,
circuitous,
used
sometimes
in
questions
P- 457.
when some
)
action
or
definite
re-
Viongoloka, Viotakana,
Viotakesa,
to
conclusion
must
result on
tortuous,
then
Viotama,
Visa,
7/./.,
see
to
viotakana.
thoroughly instruct, &c.
;
App. to place beyond all doubt as to skill, correctness or certainty (of facts), to
see via,
evata vo, ovo kuna mpatu? where does it come from, from the town or the farms ? vo i, con/'.., as for VO i mono mpankalu, as for me, I kwidi
;
audit,
to
officially
or formally
denied.
VO mona own,
conj.,
wherefore,
Visa,
6,
925
Vo-Vov
v.i.y
>,
conthnted.
Vololoka,
is to
to be firmly, securely
which
clusions).
Ovo used as a conj. p?eceded by a comma., or in equivalent an speaking by pause; see also pp. 310-311. OVO, when used with the future^ sugOVO, conj.^ that.
is
well
Vololola,
v.t.,
to tie
firmly, securely,
make
Voloma,
Volongonzo,
v.i.,
gests uficertainty^
perfect is
if
used, or
the framework of
&: in
position.
followed by se, the event, though yet future, is sure to take place in due course, when.
OVO wau, conj., if so, in that case, if it must be so, if needs be. Vodiana, v., to cry, wail, making a
great noise.
Vodoka,
Vodola,
vd., to
v.t.,
be
safe.
to render safe.
v.t.,
Vokeka (muna),
to hitch
(upon
or over), slip (over). Vola, ?/.?. + to win (in gambling). vola e mbwa (2), v., weigh
anchor.
Volozioka, v.i., to revolve (of endless bands in opposite directions, wheels in contact, &c.). Vomo, 6, n., abundance, plenty. -avomo, a., abundant, plentiful, great (of something made up of many things or of some matter or affair). Vomoka, v.i., to be abundant, plentiful, become great or serious through many accessions or
complications.
an
Vomona,
in
abund-
Vompoka,
have some
rest
///.
v.i.,
Vola,
v.,
to cool,
to
eyes),
men).
after exertion,
Vonda
Vongola
into a
kinsanga
(5), v.,
to
weep
some
a
mischief).
lure.
profusely.
Volela,
6, n.,
Volesa e to
(6)
take
some
is
by cutting
off
relaxation, mental if
ntima
Vosona
kinsanga
v.i.,
to
weep
(of
bitterly.
Votalala,
to
hang down
n.,
self-control,
command
branches).
Votana,
v.i.,
to writhe
&
wriggle as
moderation. Volo, 6, ., a sand-martin. Volo, ) 6, n., a. hole or chasm made by the subsidence of the Voloka, J
earth.
eels.
Voteka, vd., see vokeka, App. Voteleka, v.t., to cause to hang down. Vova, V.
i
Voloka,
vd., to tell
nobody (about an
(a
speak.
ele vo, even
of..
affair),
keep
self
thing)
close,
in
the
event
.even;
dark, to
exercise
silent.
make no
-
answer, to
control
&
be
VOV-VUL
926
Vova, continued. diau ovovele edio, as you say a somewhat evasive yet definite assent {e.g. Luke xxii. 70, &
;
Vudilwa, continued. a wood of its trees) una kavudilu, when (the crowd) had cleared off, when he was alone.
;
xxiii. 3).
Vuka,
to address
vd.^ to
free,
Vovelela,
v.t.^
or
call
upon
let
go
(a fetish)
or
tell it
one's wishes.
vuka
vovelela e esikilu (8), 2/., sing to a musical instrument. Vovelo, 6, ?z., a speech on another's or one's own behalf, a defence. Vovesa, v.t.^ to scold, speak angrily to. This word is to be distinguished from vovesa, to say
to,
free
get well.
Vuka,
V.
come
soon=vika,
pp.
447, 695.
Vukama,
Vukana,
de-
by
the
absence
;
of any kavove-
to
have sexual
inter-
course together.
senge aka mwana andi, he was always scolding\i\s child mwana kavovesenge aka andi mambu mambi, he was always saying bad things to his
;
Vukana,
Vukika,
Vukisa,
vd..,
guile,
humbug, gammon.
to spare, let
vd..,
go
free, let
off,
allow to escape.
T/./.-f-to
child.
1 adv..,
)
on the spot
at once.
Vukula, Vukula,
distract.
vd..,
to put
up with (an
&c.),
to.
in-
immediately, instantly,
convenience,
disregard,
at the very
moment,
in the very
pay no attention
Voza,
v.i..,
to decrease in size,
num-
bers,
severity
or
intensity,
Vukula, 7/./., to copulate (of animals). Vukulula, vd., to take back something which one had given
away, reclaim.
Vula,
cording as such change may be good or bad. Voza is the reverse of vaza.
n.
larged), a
Vula,
vd., to
clear
off,
disperse (of
Voza, v.i.., to stop, cease. Vozevo, conj.., if, in the event, that. Vuba, 7/., to clap (the hands with surprise, &c.).
;
by,
make
lives
ovubndi lukofi, he
by,
at
mu ungema
by
clapped a clap. to kick up or along, v.t.., blow up (as gunpowder). Vudidi, 6, ;?., the habit or act of taking too much or very much. Vudidila, v.t.^ to take too much or very much. Vudilwa, vd.^ to have (things) remove or removed from (one), to have (the crowd) leave (of a place or person who was thronged), to be cleared (of clouds as the sky or of a place from a crowd or
kevulukilanga, he
palm-tapping.
Vubuna,
-avululu,
a.
{pi. 2)
ngangu
ning
false cunits
own
ends.
Vulumuka,
size
and
at,
stature.
vd., to to
start
Vulumukina,
rush
up and
at,
dash,
at.
bound
spring suddenly
Vulumukina,
v., to bluster,
speak so
as to frighten.
I
Vulumuna
Vulu-vulu, App.
(927
VUL-VUT
Vunga sama,
continued.
meso
6,
n.^
to look
see
under kanda,
make them
once,"
lose
wings
v.i.,
at
&
so be
easily caught.
7), v.^
to let
in
water wash-
Vunganana,
den.
to be foolishly hid-
Vunganana,
z/.,
vd., to
be deceived.
vuma
Vumana,
mete
?/.,
(8),
to spit upon.
to
respect,
fear
each
other.
Vumbana,
Vumlauka,
?/./,,
the
odour.
v.i..,
see also
vetama, App.
Vumbula,
&c.)
v.t.^
to suggestion of others.
Vungila,
vd., to dip (a
morsel
in the
tumvumbwidi
mwivi
gravy).
or
muna
n.^
Vunginika,
vd., to deceive, to
lie,
to
make
Vumu,
6,
from vumu,
a pretence that
come
to one's
self,
also
Vunginika,
that
it is
)
easily found.
v.,
ntu
(4)
Vunguka, Vungukilwa,
Vungula,
to
senses or
re-
family.
cover consciousness.
vd., to
have
(it)
dawn upon
the
comprehend.
Vuna,
Vungumuna,
curtain,
vd.,
to
draw aside a
or
obstacle
amount,
screen
previously
&c.)
few
which
the view.
obstructed
ngula,
lift it
up a
trifle.
vungumuna
v., to
Vuna, v.t., to bend (a bow). Vunda, v., to halt for rest, nkwa ntima avunda, one who
slow to anger.
)
ness.
is
Vunguta,
^.z.
to
murmur, speak
in
Vundanena, v.t., to hoe up the earth Vundena, round a plant. f Vundika, v.t., to place something
hard
it.
Vunguzioka,
vd., to sniff
&
be
dis-
&
Vuni, 12, n., falsity, falsehood. vunia-vunia {pi. 6), adv., (to go, come, walk, &c.) proudly erect.
^o cheat.
Vundumuna,
Vunga,
is
v.t.,
to disinter.
to
perfectly, because
when vunga
Vunuka,
up.
vd., to
be exposed, shown
used the thing used to cover with is small, &' not suffi,cie7it
to
Vununa,
VutU,
cover thoroughly.
(6), v.,
Vunga sama
(Bako.), to place
by women.
Vut-Wa
Vutudi,
6,
928
n.^
return,
recompense,
again
"bavu-
Vwamvwana,
v.i.^
to rustle
&
sway
reward.
to... over
about as the branches of a tree (when climbing animals & birds are moving about in them).
Vwanda
mfulu
(2),
v.^
to
sit
in
vutukila
over again.
wo
vova, say
moist.
it
council.
Vutula,
77./.,
become
moyo
(3,
(in body).
Vwata,9,
be
all
n.,
clothing
dia yo vwata,
Vuvana,
v.i.^
to
lost
&
wandering,
food
&
clothing
Vwatwa,
6, .,
something to wear,
{j)l.)
what Vuvanina,
it is
about.
apparel, dress,
to
;
clothes.
v.t.^
to
wonder as
said.
Vwavwaziana,
v.t..,
to
own
each
other (feelings).
VUVU,
6,
71.
Vweto,
trust,
6,
;?.,
l)unda e VUVU, to
fidence
in.
place con-
ing
perpendicularly,
as
of a
m position.
p.
Vuwama,
well.
v.i.,
to well
fit
befit, to
its
fit
as
fit
Vweza, Vwika,
Vwila,
v.t.
(Bako.)=veza,
to lay hold
447.
flag).
7/./. -f
to hoist (a sail
of,
or
cloths, &c., to
place,
v.t.,
get into
one's power.
to
Vuwika, Vuya, 6,
t/.A,
??.,
make a good
fit.
a small twig.
7a/.,
Vuzumuna,
W.
"W
often
stands in osolongo as an
mvuzumwini
stripped him.
nlele,
they
equivalent of
in
kisi-kongo.
sur-
Wa,
interj.,
prise.,
an exclamatio?i of
Vwa,
I,
n.,
astonishment, protestation
equivalent to
tion
the
surely, indeed,
Vwa mfunu
or use
tage out
will not
(4), v.,
for, to
of,
pected.
wa wa
nkutu
it
be of any use to me. Vwalangana, v.i., be deranged, thrown into disorder or confusion.
said indeed,
hearsay indeed,
in-
report already,
ele
i
mfumu
yandi bekunyikilanga
nkutu
se
Vwalangasa
Vwalangesa,
(Bako.),)
J
-z/./.,
to
de-
range,
disorder,
mix
con-
up, throw
fuse,
into
Vwama, v
akaka, it is said indeed that some call him chief wa ele nkutu edi katukanikini vondeswa [tuvondeswa, indeed
;
wa
(in
929
VVa-WeT
continued.
Wa,
continued.
Wau,
;
indignation)
wa nga
kielelca
kikilu vo nwavonda o mfumu eno e ? do you then indeed really mean to kill your
chief
?
;
am
wau
while
wau
kilele
slept.
wantu,
while the
men
Wa, an
wau kina
vo,
'
vo or kinana vo,
seeing that, since,
wau
now
iiicle
used much as i, but is relative rather than demonstrative^ who is, was, S:c., which is, are, it often appears before &c. Jizu a noun in apposition Kristu wa Mwana a Nzaml)i,
;
;
tw//'.,
forasmuch as, for, because wenda asadi e salu wau vo ifutidi, go & work then, now that I have ])aid you wau VO, ntel' audi ukufi, for he was
that,
;
is)
the
Son
I
too short.
i
ndivo,
that,
Wa,
notwithstanding
where.
Wadi,
6,
;/,,
even when, although, even though see sentence under wingi, App.
;
fish.
Wadiwonso,
of things,
every thing.
even when. okala VO kadi, i yandi wau, kwiza nkwiza, for, said he, I will come.
;
Wavo=wa
Wawana,
be
in
ovo.
Wandu,
Wanzio
Watu,
10
&
bush
&
fruit.
(12)
wa
nsa,
;/.,
an innocent
v.i.+to
babe.
ir6'///".
Wawanisa,
to set
in tune, har-
+ still,
edi
yet,
notwithstand,
monize.
Wayi,
12,
;/.,
slavery, bondage.
(2)
ovovanga
ngeye
'
Wazi
(12)
wansi
(3), n.,
a vuvu
(6)
or
moyo
I
,
my
friend, yet
you
my
goods.
I
false hopes,
Wau,
\adv.,
see
is
under uma.
The
sia
wazi
raise
owau, ] article
false hopes, to
it is used of man?ier, or some other time, or during; owau tuzeye, now we know wau kavovele, so he said.
;
hope against hope. kala yo wazi wansi a vuvu, to entertain false hopes, to hope
against hope.
We==wa+e
I
see
a.,
owau
bosi, conj.,
now
indeed,
now
;
-awele-wele,
pieces,
at length.
Wesomoka,
pieces.
wau
Wete
-awete,
wawete
well
done
good
When
30
Wet-Wo*^
"Wete, continued. the King of
930
Kongo
&c.,
is
pleased
with a
is
gift,
!
he exclaims
wawete &
taken up
a shout of
all
wawete
;
Wingi, continued. was that love, for God to take pity on men, even though they were wicked, He sends His Son
to save them.
Wisiswa,\6,
;/.,
a means of enforcing
Wiswa,
Wizana,
obedience, a delegated
authority.
wete-fiole
"\(i2),
adv.^
it
will
be a
wete-wete J
pity
if... not, it
would
to get
Wokela,
9, .,
wete-fiole
kwenda,
;
it
would be far better to go there is a threat or expected disaster implied whefi these words are
used.
something
rotten, de-
cayed, putrid.
Wombesa,
v.t.
2/./'.,
to carry safely
through
Widikila,
(Bako.)
winikina,
danger.
p. 461.
Wombo,
listen to, obey.
12,
;/.
Wila,
2^./.
+ to
;/,,
"Wompodia,
cavity.
6,
a pot-hole, a great
{pi. 10),
Wingi,
Wonanana yo
heavily.
tulu
2/,,
to sleep
ke bena ya owu havola dio ko ye mbizi wingi, they cannot draw it on account of the number of
fish.
;
wingi, what great, how great wingi, the great mambu things which, what great things. yo (&c.)...o wingi, so, so much that, so hard or well that, in such a manner that, by the abundance or greatness, be'
Woneneka yo tulu
Wondeleka,
Wondelela,
v.t.,
{pi.
id), v.t., to
soothe,
pacify,
console.
v.t., beseech, beg, entreat, urge strongly, exhort, urge to gentleness, kindness, goodness,
yo sala bavangidi mateva matatu miina Inmbu kimosi, they worked so hard
cause... so
;
many
wingi
basadidi
Wonso,
12,
;/.,
all
things, everything
;
that they
made
mats
in
one
e
wingi
dio tunta, because there were so many fish they were unable to drag
the net.
wonso following
the
7101171,
/;/
some,
7iega;
a single
;
mu
wingi... kwa,
e nzola
how
great. ..for;
ina
mu
wingi,
kwa
wantu e nkenda, i muna wau nkutu bena vo wantu ambi ndivo tuma ketuma Mwana andi keza kubavuluza, how gteat
Nzambi kafwa
thing
tandu
mvu
(931
Wonzolola,
little.
WoN-Wuv
continued.
pig, flesh
v,t.,
to
collect little
by
"Wumba,
&
&
the
Wotoka,
in,
t'./,,
to
be concave, shrunken
(of the
rotomoka,
earth
z/j'.+to subside
neither
;
when
it
caves
I
in).
owu,
owu diakalanga,
nda,
going.
I
suppose
that
owu
is
a konko (taboo) that may eat goat flesh any he may except the
Wuminina,
not
v.i.,
to dry to
up
(of things
he
liquids),
wither (of a
member).
wa...ko + not to be or have any means of
;
ke
vwa owu
able to
Wumunu,
App.
6,
//.
(Bako.)=vumwinu,
not to dare to
kavwidi owu
he dared
not
Wumwa
kanikuna
move,
ko,
Wudika (muna),
(against or
7'./.,
to cause to fall
mwini (3), 7/., be dried up by the sun, have all the trouble of working in the sun. Wunda, 7'./., to tarry, stay or remain
for a while, stop (at), reside (for
down
upon).
Wula,
7a/.,
to dash, hurl.
Wulama
or
(muna),
fall
vd., to
be dashed
upon),
Wunguka,
leave,
v.i.,
to depart,
go away,
or f/iings
(against or
down
a
of
many
-people
beat (against).
only.
Wumba,
12,
;/.
When
married
Wungulula,
7/,/. + to gather up & clear or take away {of anything^ bitt primarily of zvceds).
Wuntu,
12,
;/.,
human
human
nature,
humanhuman,
ity,
manhood.
a.^
-awuntu,
of
nature,
wumba
natural.
When woman
Wunzulula,
has a *' hand of plantain placed upon her head, & holds it with her right hand her left hand has a rope tied to
;
7/./'.+to sip up (a few drops of liquid left in a vessel), to dabble (as a duck in the mud).
9, n.,
9,
;/.,
man leads her by it, crythe doctor ing, Muntu nteka answers, Twasa e "boba kiokio yansumba kwame, nanga wuta kawuta. The man deit,
&:
Wuta, Wuta,
bearing.
sonnie, girlie, dear child, an affectionate way of addressing & sometimes of speaking of
;
mands
nza
be of the
nature
&
takes the
woman
he throws
saying,
the
away the
plantains,
Wutukilwa,
habit.
natural
condition or
katula e dinkondo diadi, dianu olembi wutila wau onatanga e dinkondo diadi
Me
cuts the
Wutwa, 6, n., offspring. Wuya, 6, 7/.=kimpumbulu, p. 298. Wuyana, 7'./., to become very drunk
_& furious,
from her hand, & an elam"bu (fetish feast) is prepared of fragments of goat ^
Y-Ya
932
Ya, continued.
and there is only a desire iv know whether it happened to lu performed. It may be used als<
in
in
(b)
in
thing
Ya-,
^prefix is added to the pass, pronotms ame, aku, andi, eto, eno, an, in the sense of fellow-,
one's special
is
the combination
i.e.
;
to
happen
often
indeclinable,
undergoes
and
no concord change
makangu
;
yame,my special
friend, friends
the further use of some, any, a certain, before the object; (a)
mwana
;
yeto,
our
playmate
di e
mpofo, OVO
if
ofidi-
muna
fall
hands.?
nga kumonanga ya
see
?
ma
ko e? do you not
anything
nga
e
?
kumonanga
are
therein
ya nsoni ko
you not
ya
is
also prefixed to
same way,
fellow;
ame ye
nkwa in the & is equivalent to nkwa salu yankwa ekesa yankwa ame,
ashamed of yourself ? vana ezandu nga osumbidi vo ye mbizi e ? did you (happen to) buy any meat on the market ?
(b)
my
fellow-servant
&
fellow-
saw there
soldier,
man
with a knife
mpandi
;
ya, with iinnatiiral negative^ without, but not nwadi kio vava
;
ya
kiaii
it,
ke nnmoni, you
shall
it.
seek
sanga nwabaka ye mbizi, you will be sure to catch some fish kimwene ko ya muntu wina ya mbele ko, I did not (happen
to)
Ya konso=konso.
ya placed between two words
peated sig7iijics that it
is
re-
genuine
sonal constructions,
&
unadulterated
malavu-ya;
quently untranslated;
and is frevena yo
happens
to
tiya-ya-
muntu,
be) a
there
;
is
{or
ya
much
love.
///
is
clearly i)}iplied
of the
ve?-b
when one
as
to
was not
precofia7iiici-
altogether ignorant
something unexit
happens,
chances.
933
Ya-Yau
moko
(9), v.,
Yambika
to
impose
consumed by
Yabala,
7'./.,
fire.
to
scream, shout,
yell,
Yaka,
^./.,
to
throw up the
mpanza
casting
Yambila,
7>d.
(Bako.)+to converse,
&
yaka
o
catch
them
Ijcforc
to talk with
them.
Yambukwa
(13), v.^ to
zunu
?'./.,
catch any
one's
self,
v.,
to
one up
in his
speech.
come
to a decision.
Yakama,
to take
upon
Yame,
e
see ya-,
to arrogate, to
be a busy-body.
;
Yamu,j?^;rA
yakinu Yakinu, adv. + yet, still nsonso zole ngina zau, I have
two nails. yakinu, followed
still
diambu yamu
it
was,
it
is
quite clear,
is
very certain.
by
a negative
from
wele tunta
day to day or day by day {fut.). Yana, dem. pron cl. i, pi., ^rd pos.
,
&
i i
yau yana,
yeno yana,
Yakulula,
v.t.,
to take
up
&
carry on
you are they, it is you who. Yandala, 7'./.-f to inquire about, after. Yandi, see ya-, App. Yangalala, vd.-\-\.o be fine & warm
[of
or through or
the
weather
(kuma
(9)
ku-)]
Yakwele mvu,
Yalangana,
other
;
negative never.
vd., to spread,
up,
rouse,
be comto
municated
from
one
the
there
grandfather
old
&
man
Yalangesa,
spread out.
Yambana,
be on the most intimate terms, have the closest relations see yambika, the inv., to
;
(sun).
Yanza,
v.i.,
to be clever,
;
have one's
is
al;
mwana ame
about.
mu
sorrow
Yasinte, Yaspe, 2,
2, n.,
Jacinth.
n.,
jasper.
Yasumbate,
to leave (a thing) not
adv., until
see
sumbate,
Yambika,
v.t.,
App.
in the
Yau,
see ya-,
App.
Vav-Yid
Yavana,
co/ij.
934
+ nnii\,
to the
end
that,
Yela,
7^./,+ to
be
sick,
sometimes mad'
to
so that.
not
out of one's
after,
mind or
;
be
mad
for
but
not
quite
artful
he
is
enough.
Yelwa,
yavana
in
until,
The
negative
is
Yemba
Yemba,
(Kib.),?'./., to copulate,
v.t.
(Bako.), to steal.
{pi. 8),
7'.,
Yemba
makaka
to laugh
commencement of the sentence; yavana kiayizidi ko kunyambula kakota ko, until I come, do not let him in (///. so long as I have not come or before
I
come).
be
full to
overflowing,
Yaya,
va.-\-to
be under discussion,
much
Yaya,
6, .,
talked about.
mansanga
'pi.
7,
ma-)
yengela
a cry of exultation. vana e yaya, to utter such a cry. Yayakiana, tJ., to cry, scream, squall
(as
muna meso
an
infant).
to
of
fat,
very
Yayisa,
7^/.,
to
general discussion
&
talk.
Yengoloka,
pre-
7^.,
to
Yeno, Yeno,
6, .,
udder.
see ya-,
App.
flow out slowly (as
Yedima,
?'./.,
Yenzomoka,
Yeto,
v.i.,
viscid licjuids).
see ya-, App. Yeva, 7/./.-|-grow stout. Yeza, 7/./.=veza, p. 447. -ayezi, ., see kiezi, App.
(5), ?'./.,
back in one's chair, a euphemism for to die, spoke?i of a great chief vo nuwa e pi-i iyekamene, if you listen, you will hear it (my
walking
clude,
staff)
i.e.
Yi,
-yi-,
12,
form
ku-.
in
Yidi,
6,
;/.,
a foolish person, a
fool,
something),
finis.
useless wight.
Yekama,
Yekola,
Yela,
v.^ to
be subject
<'./'.,
hand
kitula e yidi, to make a fool of, to treat as a fool, inhumanly. Yididika, 7/./., to render very bulky. Yididilwa, 7/., to have it grow dark
about one, be benighted, belated, to sit up late, to be benighted mentally, in the dark,
over, betray.
7/.Z.,
war or
disputes),
(935
Yididilwa, contimied. ignorant about (a matter), in a state of ignorance, to have (a matter) slip from one's mind, to forget (for the time being). Yidima, t/./., to grumble, mutter to
one's self
;
Yiu-YuN
8,
;/.
Yinga,
in pork.
Yingalu,
pi.
5,
habit of carrying
incontinency,
imlas-
moderation, dissoluteness,
civiousness.
or furnace).
Yisa, Yisu,
v.t.
Yidimiana, ?'./., to complain, grumble, one against the other. Yidimina, 7'./., to grumble, complain,
mutter one's dissatisfaction about or to (somebody else). Yika, T/.A, to rebuke, also to order,
give instructions
to.
burn.
6,
;/.,
greenness, rawness,
un-
cooked condition. Yitakiana, v.i.^ to be puzzled, at a loss to know how to do or understand something, to be
perplexed.
Yikesa,
z/.A,
to
support
in.
(a
matter),
Yitakianwa,
Yitalala,
to
7/./.,
to be the subject of
second, join
perplexity.
7'./., to be overshadowing, be lowering (of the weather). Yitalela, v.t., to overshadow, enshroud tombe kiyitalela e lekwa yawonso, darkness enshrouds everything. Yiva, 7'./., to be, become bad. Yivisa, 7/./., to vilify, make bad. Yizama, 7'./., to bend, bow down. Yizika, v.t., to bend, bow down. Yo^pl. 6, ;/., heat.
;
Yikilwa, Yikula,
Yilalala,
6,
;/.,
an
to
article {grant.).
v.t.,
add
to,
increase,
qualify {gram.).
v.i.,
to be very bulky.
Yilwa,
Yima
be instructed in the art & mystery of witch doctoring. muna ntima, v.t., to come into one's mind or head (of an idea), to occur to one diyimini
7'./.,
to
l^ft
it
came
to
into
^^v
^^Primwa muna
ntima,
v.,
have
seize,
^^^
Yondo, 6,;;., a plumed tuft, a tuft of hair. Yosona, v.t., to beat cruelly. Yovo (=yo ovo) y' ovo, conj., and
that.
Yinda,
be constantly threatening to rain & again clearing a little, be very uncertain (of the weather) explode very to
v.i.,
to
Yovona, v.t, to beat cruelly. Yoya, 7'.z.-fto be unable to do anything further, give way.
&
so
let
things
slowly
&
after
much
fizzing (of
(a
speech,
sing an
also to
ode at the grave of a great man who has been buried some time, begging for blessings in hunting, & presenting the nzabu a menga, p. 406 so to sing a psalm
;
Yoyelo, 6, ;/., weakness. Yukisa, v.t., to render accustomed to, to accustom. Yukwa, 7'., to be used to, accustomed
to.
Yulula,
v.t.
(Bako.)-vilula,
v.i.,
p. 448.
Yulumuka,
Yuna,
to
hang down
cl.
i
to the
ground
(of drapery).
sing., 2,rdpos.
or ode.
deJH.pron.,
Yinduziana,
?'./.,
to consider
one an-
other, to
used only after the i yandi verbal particle i, he yuna, it is he 1 mono yuna,
emphatic,
;
it
is I.
Yun-Zav
Yunga,
8,
;/.
(936)
(Bako.),
the
unicorn
Zamba,
coloured beetles.
Yutu,
6,
/?.,
a relative.
7/./.+ to
Yutumuka,
robe
wear a training
in great state, to
give a present, pay for performance, pay ferry or passage money. Zamba, 6, ;/., a fringe. Zananana, 2/./., to be held by the exv., to
& come
treme end,
also to
have a rough,
;z.,
irregular,
untrimmed edge.
Zangama,
6,
"hand"
of the
of plantain or
bananas on a
bunch
Za, dcf. aiix.v.,fiif. conseq.
after,
siibj.^
(the
to
do
past), to then
be
re-
kwa yau
vo,
Zangata,
v.f.,
&
spect),
Zangikilwa, Zanginika
a stand.
(4),
v.,
ntima
to
be
to
the market,
therefore :^bosi).
Jizu
Jesus
make anxious. Zangumuka, v.i.^ to rise, get up (a superior may use this to an inferior, but never vice versa). Zaninika, v.t.^ to hold just at the extreme end, to cause the edge to be rough. e zanu, 6, ;/., the complete absence of all fear or respect, insubor-
wafwa kaza
died
fuluka,
&
rose again.
Zaba,
v.t.^
at
tize.
Zadila,
v.t.^
to throng,
;/.,
crowd about.
Zadi-zadi,
6,
quickness, ability in
dination.
learning.
-nkwa
ntii
learner,
"baka or kitula e zanu, T/./'.=zanuna, App., but may be used with abstract nouns also to
;
thing
Zala,
^'.z.
in.
+to
inside
&
out
sunken boat),
pervades zala
all
pervade
muna,
stance
filled
vd.^ to
;
have no compunctions in reference to an animal which has used a track so often that it has no longer any suspicion or fear of it is said to kitula e nzila e zanu. Zanuna, v.t., to be no longer afraid
/
'
of,
'-
do as one
the cup.
rise (of the tide).
Zala,
T/.z.
+ to
An
is
evil or depreci-
always present
Zaluluka,
be filled up comsomething which pletely, of previously had been partly full. Zalulwisa, v.t.^ to fill up something which has been partly filled
v.i.^
to
ivhen
zanuna
Zavuna,
Zavuti,
v.t.,
to bite
&
tear.
6,
;/.,
already.
937
Zaw-Zev
v.t.,
Zawulu,
Zaya,
6,
n.
(Bako.), a
spoon (=
Zembeleka,
to drape,
hang
(cur-
zalu).
v. (to
it
Zenga
ntalu
fix
(2), v.,
to agree
upon
or
to
a price.
Zenganana,
that that
?/./., to be dumbfounded, have not a word to say for one's self, be astonished, as-
tounded.
sia, i sia o
Zenganana,
v.i.^
to
be treated with;
zaya
Zayi,
12,
;/.
vo,
& kisamuna,
App.
see ze-
nkwa
good sense
hence^ a generous
person, // being
assumed that
ngeneka, App. Zengeneka, v.t.^ to nonplus, to leave ...not a word to reply, to leave no room for reply, to dumbfound, astound.
generosity is wisdom.
a means of knowing. Zazana, v.i.^ to bewail, lament with gesticulations of grief, throwing
Zayilu,
6, n.,
Zengeneka,
?/./.,
least respect, to
be utterly
re-
up the hands
self about.
&
knocking one's
ZengO,
see
nzengenga, App.
Zatuna, z'Y. + to jerk off. Zazuna, ^./.= zatuna, p. 477 & App. Zeboka, 7/./., to become limp, flabby,
faint,
height (for
wearied,
weak
also to
proper or usual high or low water mark, pitch, highest or lowest pitch, line of limit in height or
.,
the
),
become
Zekana,
v.^
pute,
dispute,
wrangle,
Zengomoka,
Zeke,
6, .
= zieka,
n.^
App.
Zelele, 6,
proper elevation of a gun. v.i.^ to act madly, like a fool, to become infuriated, to be seized with a frenzy, be carried away, be beside one's
self.
Zenzomoka,
Zepka,
7AZ.,
7/.,
vd.^
to flow
out slowly
Zeloka, 7/., to dismount (from a hammock), to be put down from a nursing sling. Zeloka, v.i.^ to melt (of metals). Zelola, v.t.^ to melt (metals). Zelola, 2/./"., to take out or set down from (a nursing sling). Zelomona, 7/./.+ to melt down.
zeboka, App.
Zeolola,
to impart, give or
bestow
Zembalala,
(as a
T/.z.-fto
hang
helplessly
in
broken limb or
v.i.^
a place
of danger).
Zembama,
ported
in
ma zetona, olive oil. Zevo, 6, 71. (Bako.), the chin. ozevo weyi (at the end of the proposition) ///. what about ... then, how much more, much
mazi
;
less omono kwame ovo kilendi kota ko, ongeye ozevo weyi, if I may not enter, much 3 P
;
Zev-Zin
Zevo, continued.
less
(938
you
?)
{lit.
reliability
in
such
matters
then
hence^ chastity.
Zewoka, Zewuka,
Zeyalala, v.i., to be fastened loosely. Zeyeleka, v.t., to fasten loosely (tie,
nail, braid, &c.).
nkwa
sia e ziku,
to
make
sure.
-aziku,
a..,
Zeze, 12,
=uzeze
(P.
(App.).
ji.
is
Zikuka,
ac-
v.i..,
to
be at perfection, in
Ziaku,
2, n.
the prime of
?),
one who
cursed.
Ziatalala,
?/./.,
to
hang
closely, tightly,
to or from, hold on tightly, to be fastened (upon), to be severe, unsparing toward. Ziatidika, v.t., to fasten... (upon), to cause to be severe, &c., as
be perfect, in one's zenith, to have completed one's education, be very clever. Zikuka, 9, n., the prime of life, the
flower of one's age, perfection.
Zikula,
v.t.,
to
come
to the point or
above.
Ziatidila,
v.i.^
Zieke,
6, .,
bring
one's
to
perfection,
maturity,
know
thoroughly,
plans,
satisfull
branch from a subterraneous root-stock, and there It is no stem of any kind. bears a banana-like fruit full
of seed.
bring
factory
studies,
hopes, &c., to a
;
Zietakana,
v.i..,
to
be entirely
to
for-
gotten.
Zietakanwa,
v.i..,
recollection
forgotten.
of,
to
end e kifwalansa kiandi, he has perfected his French se tuzikula makani meto, let us now accomplish our plans ekoko diame dizikwidi kokola, my fowl is a full-blown
;
and ozikwidi
rooster
to
(is in full
crow).
Zieziana,
v.i..,
Zikumuka,
Zikwa, 6, Zimbula,
v.,
wander
Ziezianisa,
swers,
blindly. to
a whirlwind or wheel).
7t.,
v.t.,
burial, funeral.
to
find,
to
put
on
to
the
wrong
road.
v.t.,
find out,
dis-
track, to
cover.
Zika ye nzala
starve.
be hungry,
v.i.,
Zinaziana
Zindalala,
moyo
v.i.,
(3),
v.,
to
long
Zikamena
itnid.
of zikidila),
to
to
be
on,
persistent,
patiently
out,
plod
persevere,
means of
indicative,
identifi-
Zinga,
6, n.,
a hole or pool
left
by a
(as
-aziki-ziki,
adj.,
demonindicate,
strative.
Zikinisa,
v.t..,
to
specially
Zingila,
v.i.,
point out.
tinue,
endure, remain,
(at
remain
Zikn,
6,
+ reliability,
also faithful-
long
a place).
or remain alive in
zillga=to
live
939
ZiN-ZUM
Zingila, continued.
]
use
or without
wearing out
Zingnla e efundu
^^m
^^^B ^^^Iguluka,
6, ., load, burden, charge. Zitnka, t/./.-j-to assume a healthy appearance (of an ulcer). Zinngana, v.i. (Bako.), to be stirred,
Zitn,
as
twisted round.
Ziungasa,
-azizi, a.
v.t.
v.i.^
to twist round.
^^H
Zinwa
(a
tarry, live a
ntima
Zizi,
6,
(4) azizi,
a patient, plodding
moyo
for
(3),
v.,
to
,
be very
to
disposition.
., appearance, face, countenance.
wishful
or to
to
desire
for
ar-
earnestly
dently.
to,
long
Zizila,
v.-\-\.o
bear
stoically, patiently.
Ziola,
smooth out a crease. When a Kongo has been carrying a heavy weight for a long while, on arriving at a haltingplace he will lie on the ground to undergo an operation of "massage" or shampooing d,
v.t.,
to
Zo,
6, n.,
a single plant.
many
places.
Zolela,
6, n.
kuna
own free
zolela,
adv.,
will.
voluntarily,
of
mode J he gets a man to walk slowly up and down on his back as he lies, and to press all the muscles. This is ziola, ** to take out the creases." His head and upper part of the body is next bent back as far as possible, and all the "creases" being taken out,
la
Zolelwa,
to
ezono yazolelo
terday
Zolesela,
v.,
I
kwenda,
to
yes-
had
to go.
to
require,
desire
nnzolesele kenda, he wanted or required him to go. Zongela, v.t.., to sell retail (of dry
measure goods).
Zongolo, 6, n., a ring (circular mark), a round hole.
the
patient
feels
refreshed,
to find, see.
Zonzomoka,
best to
v.i.,
to
poke
out,
stick
Ziongola,
to
do one's
ig,
ascertain
somethi
mvesti-
gate, scrutinize.
Ziongola,
Ziotola,
Ziotola,
-z/./.,
to
v.t.^
z/./.,
to
of a point only. -azowa, a., fooHsh, absurd (of matters, &c., not people, which takes -ezowa). Zubana, t'.z., to be much distressed,
out, protrude,
old
Zudika,
Zllka,
v.,
to
cause to stand
quite
still.
6, .,
sum loaned on
8), v.,
interest,
Ziotolola,
v.t.,
to say over
and over
one's
a loan.
Znka
Zula,
matadi {pL
6, n.
to stone.
Zita,
v.i.,
to
be honoured, respected,
honourable.
Zitalala, 7/./.=zindalala, App.
lowing.
Zitu, 12, .
to stand quite
v.i.,
still.
to
stand
still
in
kubikila
zitn
(12), v., to
prepare
frightened perplexity
hension.
&
appre-
ZUM-ZWA
Zumbi,
6,
.,
940
luck,
good
fortune,
Zungana,
chance.
tions
to
Zumbidika,
still,
7/./.,
cause to stand
(as
as above.
6,
Zungumuka,
by one
in
v.i.-V\.o
twist aside, be
to the other
Zumbulu,
n.,
distorted,
go over
to
things seen
rapid
side
<?r
party.
motion, parallax.
Zuninika,
v.t.^
hang (something)
Zumbululu,
above.
6,
;?.,
intensive form of
down
Zunu,
13, .
(from).
Zumbuluka,
crazed
v.i.,
to
be
worried or
yaka
Zuwana,
zunu,
to catch
any one up
with
duties, to
in
in his speech.
?/./., to be going about, very busy, bustling about also to
;
the
fire,''
be
full
of
cares.
be rapidly revolving
to
mu
zu-
Zunanana,
Zundalala,
v.i.^
v.i.,
hang down
(from).
wana, adv.^
Zuzuna,
v.t.,
in rapid revolution.
be
to pull
&
break
(a rope
prominent.
or chain).
Zundidika,
v.t, caus.
of above.
district.
Zwabula,
Zunga,
6, n.^
the neighbourhood, a
or small thin
stick).
Butler
&
INSERTION.
Announce, ^./.,zangata,talalakesa. Announced, be, v.i., talalakiana. Annoyed, be, v.i., flsima.
Ants, a nest
of, .,
Enjoy, v.t., fwanda. Especially, adv., ng^tu. Except, prep., ngatu. Excessively, see yavana,
words.
in
late
ezunzu,
nsangi,
8.
Appearance,
w.,
tongameno,
6.
As
well
as,
see
in
late
Filth, to remove,
v.t.,
kokomona.
words.
Fold
of cloth
worn
tongona.
n.,
Grief, hopeless,
8)
;
manienge
{pi.
maniota
{pi. 8).
nzimbu
(2),
za
mfwanda
Helmia
bulbifera, ., esoko, 8.
v.t.,
Hold
If not,
up,
zangata.
conj.,
ngatu.
v.t.,
Interpret,
Carelessly, act, v.t., pampalakesa. Carry, v.t., kankula. Cave, ., mvungu, 4. Cloth, the long front fold of a, n.,
nkonzi,
a.
4.
saula.
Itch,
v.i.,
fisima.
Joint,
.,
eyiku,
8.
Knead,
v.t.,
kandula.
Combined with,/r^^,
Couple
mu nsangi
(2)
nzole,
Larynx, ., dinga-dinga, 6 (Bako.). Law, to break a, v., piampialakesa. Likeness, ;/., tongameno, 6. Listen eagerly, v., zakidika matu
ipl- 9).
Lounge
about,
v.,
sendomoka.
to die, v.,
a,
v.,
kankuka.
piampiala-
zangata.
Delight
Die
in
in
in, v.t.,
fwanda.
7/./.,
Muscle,
lalumuka,
n.,
ngumbe,
2.
great numbers,
lakumuka.
consequence of one's devotion,
Need
(have a use
for,
need
(4)
;
of),
?/.,
vwa
iikinzi
mfunu
(4).
vwa
kankuka.
3^1
Nor-Eyi
Nor,
conj.,
942
ngatu.
evens, the
Odds and
Opposite
Pair,
.,
game
of,
n.^
Stop, continued. at, make no further progress in what one is doing, v.t., kumina.
etoka, 8 (Bako.).
side, the, .,
S irength,
2.
.,
nasi,
4.
mpiluku,
mbwiswa
(4)
Taunt, v., landa mambu {pi. 7). Tell (relate), v., talalakesa. Thoughtlessly, act, v.t., pampala-
moyo
(3).
TlME
v.i.,
(in drill),
v.i.,
lalu-
mark kuma.
beat
(in music),
Together
a.
with, prep.,
mu nsangi (2)
dancing,
(2),
v.,
bala
tongona.
mbeka
2.
or
(4)-
nlamvu
(4),
Reverse
side, .,
mpiluku,
w.,
or
nkonzi
Shoulder,
5.
top of the,
kinsunsu,
Truthful
{pi-
person,
5).
n.,
nkwa
yeleka
Similarity,
2
(Bako.);kinsumbu, 5 (Bako.). Smegma preputii, ;/., womvo, 12. So, C071J., dianu vo, diau vo, ozevo.
for
one another),
Sorrow,
Uttermost,
words.
see
ngatu. yavana,
in
late
ngunda, 2. without hope, manienge, pi. 8 maniota, pi. 8. Spell (evil influence), ., mbaza, 2.
.,
Warm
-ankinzi-ampo-
tiny,
;/.,
no-
Watch
suspiciously,
v.t.,
Welcome,
?/.,
Stand
Yam, Helmia
Year by
year, adv.,
mvu ntente.
KONGO-ENGLISH.
Bala
e
mbeka
(2),
or
nlamvu
to toss
it is
or
nkonzi
(4), v.,
up
called
mbola
8,
(2).
Esaka-saka,
Esoko,
8,
.,
breathless
ima
its
patience.
n.,
Helmia
bulbifera,
Dianu
vo, conj.
conj.
+ so.
.,
Diau vo,
+ so.
the larynx.
that which sticks to
Dinga-dinga,*6 (Bako.),
Ekokola,
is
8,
n.,
the pot,
cooked.
When
the ekokola
tubers on its vine above the ground the wild variety is not good for food. Etoka, 8 (Bako.), ., the game of odds and evens. Eyiku, 8, ., a joint.
;
943
Ezu-Nka
2, .,
Ezunzu,
Fisima,
8, .,
a nest of ants.
Mbeka,
worn
v.i.^
in
to itch,
be troubled, anpleasure
is
used
noyed.
in reference to
much
adv,,
Fwanda,
in,
respected.)
to enjoy, take
;
v.t.^
delight in
ke fwandanga
ko, he does not
mbwiswa
Mfanu,
4,
;/.
(4)
a moyo
(3),
madia mandi
enjoy his food.
patiently.
vwa
for,
mfunu,
need of
;
7/. -I-
to
have a use
be of use,
Kandula,
ta/.,
?/./.,
to knead.
to die in
also^ to
Kankuka,
useful
mpwidi
I
lekwa kiaki
thing
Kankula,
Eieleka,
to carry.
5,
;;.
is
nkwa
yeleka {pl\ a
5, n.
Mfw^anda,
2,
n. bribe.
son.
nzimbu za mfwanda, a
(Bako.), small-pox.
Kinsumbu,
KinSTinsu,
der.
-
Monzi,
3, n.
2,
5, .,
Mpeko,
.,
ankinzi
ampololo,
v.t.,
a.,
warm
(of
side,
fluids).
Kokomona,
Eonda,
?/./.
-f-to
Kuma,
v.i.,
Mpiluku,
2, .,
site side.
motion).
Kuma,
7/./.,
to
mark time
to
(in drill), to
Kumana,
v.t.,
thing,
other,
not
to
give
Mvungu,
4, .,
a cave.
Mwalakazi,
Kumina,
v.t.^
to stop at,
making no
what one
is
+ one who evidences tender affection, as a mother towards her child (walakazi).
3, n.
further progress in
doing.
Nasi,
4, .,
strength.
unless,
if
Kusn,
6,
.=lTikusu
to
Ngatu,
(p. 328).
conj.^
;
not.
except,
Lakumiika,Y'z^-z.,
perish,
die
in
Ngfttu,
taunt.
conj., especially
after
tive,
nor
ngatu
;
a negangeye,
especially you.
sorrow,
hope-
Maniota,
less grief,
sorrow with-
kekwiza, perhaps he
out hope.
Mbadi,
2,
;/.,
things
pairs).
Ngumbe,
Ngunda,
2, .,
2, .,
a muscle.
sorrow.
to welcome.
Niengenena,
v.t.,
Nkamba,
4, n.
which
in
be
always
Nko-Zan
944
Nkonzi, 4, //., the fold of cloth (long) worn in front, Nkusu mingyende, adv., day by day. Nonono, 6, ?z., a small spot, amo7ig
Talalakesa,
late.
v.t.,
to announce,
tell, re-
Talalakiana,
v.i.,
to
be announced,
told, related.
number
of
to stand astride.
71.,
an
bring
appearance,
up,
rear,
Nsangi, 2, ;/., a mixture. mu nsangi a, prep., together with, combined with, as well as, and. Ntka, 4, ., a descendant. Nteka, 2, .=ntekela (p. 898). Ntente, 2, n. lumbu ntente, adv., day by day. mvu ntente, adv., year by year.
NtO, 2, 71., cruelty. ta e nto, v., to act cruelly. Nzole, 4, 71., a couple, two (of nouns or living of the 1st class,
creatures only).
similarity, likeness.
to
foster.
Vodia,//.
6, n.
v.,
langa
e vodia,
Wa-ya-wa,
pi.
6, ., (foreign
or
far-
offlands.
Womvo,
Yavana,
12,
;/.,
smegma
preputii.
adv., to
;
cessively
sion,
\xx\\\\...,
Pampalakesa,
v.t.,
to act
carelessly,
thoughtlessly.
Piampialakesa,
v.t.,
to
break a law,
me
can
no
make a
Saka,
Saula,
v.t.,
v.t.,
mistake.
Zakidika
to provoke. to interpret, translate.
matu
Sendomoka, v i.,
Sesoka,
z'.z.,
to lounge about.
fiercely.
up, announce,
to
bum
proclaim, declare.
t
A
PPENDIX
TO THE
946
pronounced as
houses, not
w before
ezole.
it,
which
is
it is
nzw
This principle is seen in other cases also, when a final before a word having a consonant initial ; thus
:
pronounced as
Mwana-zumba, a
bastardy
is
pronounced mwane-znmba.
e FINAL.
does not elide before a word having an initial e. The only exception to this rule are the monosyllables se, ne, nze, ke, ye, and e standing alone as a Particle, these do elide before a and e also the e final of eS8, a father, elides before the initial a and e of the Personal Pronouns.
final
;
anunu, asumuki, S' ekwendanga, N' esi nsi ame, N' akw' ame, K' akw' ame ko, K' evata diame ko,
S'
they are
now
old,
for se
S'
he
is goi7tj(,
se se
like 7ny
countrymen,
,,
anunu. asumuki. ekwendanga. ne esi nsi ame. ne akwa ame. ke akwa ame ko. ke evata diame ko.
Kw'
es'
andi,
kwa
ese andi.
-se FINAL.
is
some
districts,
when
fol-
lowed by an
initial
a or
for
ndose au.
munse ame.
e INITIAL.
is
it,
in
treating the
Noun
of which
the initial as a
:
Noun
'yakala (eyakala)
'zina (ezina)
:
the man.
the corpse, thus euphemistically spoken of final of konso, any (except the e of
esi),
after the
and
^mwisi, an
Konso Konso Mwisi Mwisi
itihabitant.
man
of the town.
'kanda
minal Particles
and n.
he, the dumb man. Oyandi 'baba Omono 'kesa diandi I, who am one of his you, young man. Nge 'toko my own town. Ediame 'vata
: :
:
Pers. Pron.
soldiers.
Pos. Pron.
our drum.
: :
947
your
:
ferry.
their pigeon.
for
fern.
Pronl. Parts.
Eadi u 'baba
I 'vata didi
:
initial
although
it
does
on your mat.
:
if
the town
is
burnt.
INITIAL.
the verb in the second and third pers. sing.) elides after the Demonstrative Pronominal Particle i and se.
initial (prefix to
mbazi why you must go to-morrow. Mfumu yandi kibeni i 'singa kwiza The Lord Himself shall come.
I 'kwendel' o
That
is
Owau se 'tinini Now he has run away. Owau se 'vovele wo Now you have said Owau se 'men' e mpasi Now you will have trouble.
it.
Yandi
'vitidi e
lekwa yawonsono
all things.
He was
final in
before
FINAL.
the Objective Pronouns, mio, kio, dio, fio (that
i),
is
to say, in those
compounded with
tion, e.
and Impatient
Interject
ki' e
1
buy
it
then
Unu
Shall
we
Nusolwele
?
.'*
it
Ozevo simbadi'
then
!
e!
it
does not
elide.
Ouata zo
'i
yo
Pronouns.
:
Y'
948
Euphonic Influence.
A further instance
found
in the
instead
word ofmenina.
of the remote euphonic influence noted on page 525 is menena, Apphed Form of -ina, to be, 3rd pers. pi. 8th class,
mankondo mama,
adieyi
menena
e
.?
mbwaki
(p.
Why
Its natural
524) into
menina
but the resultant e of the prefix me- causes a further change, and the second i becomes e, menena ; so that Euphonic law reduces ma-inina to menena. In some Bantu languages, such as Se-Chuana, the consonantal and other
far
in
Contractions.
There are a few well-known contracted words among the Bantu languages, such as nkento, a wo7najt, from nkazi ntu, or nkazi muntu, which is found as omukazendu in Herero (Damara-land). Nkuliintu, an elder, from nkulu-muntu, is another instance the irregular
;
for.
Nzo, a house, is found as ndaku in the language of the Bangala (Ba-iboko). Otherwise there is not much evidence of contraction in Kongo words. There are a few instances of such influence at work on reduplicated words thus, e kamba-kamba, borne by many, is found also as e kakamba. The Bakongo also often contract in the case of reduplicated numerals thus they will say ta-tatu instead of tatu-tatu, three each; and ZO-zole for zole; ;
zole,
spots, is
to
pick up.
THE NOUN.
Derivative Nouns.
[p. 533.]
The Twelfth
Form
of the
Derivative.
(luvangu)] meaning.
is
When
When
the Simple
Verb
[ltl.,.u
it is
active in
its
formed from the Applied Form of the Verb[lu...ilu (luvangilu)] passive meaning it may, however, be so formed to convey the idea of the Applied Form, and indicate a means of accomplishing.
is
the
Noun has a
Luvangu
the manufacture,
:
Luvangilu
the manufacture,
The Eleventh Derivative denotes a manner^ an act, a doing; Form, what it is miide for. The Twelfth Derivative, a process, or a purpose for which.
nth
Der.
i2th Der.
Luvangilu
which
Often
it is
it is
made
(the being
made
for).
is
used,
it
appears to be adopted as a convenient form to express the abstract idea of the general performance of the action indicated by the root. The eleventh would indicate a specific act the twelfth the act generally.
;
The Fifteenth
The
Prefixes ki-
Derivative.
sometimes by some word or clause in such case the Prefix is not applied to the qualifying word or clause. Thus, from mbuta a makesa, captain of soldiers, comes kimbuta a makesa, a captaincy of soldiers, not kimbuta kia makesa, which would mean
in the construction of this form, are
and u- used
necessarily applied to a
;
Compound Noun,
or to a
Noun
qualified
the captaincy
of soldiers
;
in
mbuta a makesa
is
the idea
which the ki- is to be applied, so mbuta- a-makesa is treated as a Compound Noun, and receives its Prefix accordingly. Any further qualifying word
receives the Prefix also.
'
The
Subject,
Compound Nouns."
950
Noun
leaf.
to
which
it is
applied.
a tiny
a tiny coat.
:
a tiny plantain.
The Twenty-first
Derivative.
This Derivative, which follows properly on the Seventh, is formed by adding ilu, elo, inu, or eno to the Verb Stem, according to its Conjugation. It expresses, not the thing which was the instrument of the performance of the action, as the Seventh does, but the means^ opportunity, circumstances, excuse, reason, manner, and method. This Derivative is a sixth class Noun.
Baka,
Vova,
to catch
to
Kwenda,
go
;
to say
bakilu, an opportunity or excuse for catching. yendelo, a reason for going. VOVelo, a chance or reason for saying.
Classification of Nouns.
thus,
from
nunu
first
(cl. 4),
class
become dn old man, comes, nenunu (cl. i Noun making its plural in anenunu,
Nouns
in
Reduplicated Nouns.
in the formation of the Diminutive forms, the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Derivatives, is explained on pages 535-537. Nouns are also reduplicated to give a partitive idea thus, mbele, a knife; mbele-
The Reduplication
of
Nouns
mbele, a knife
each.
ADJECTIVES.
On
page 563, under the word -nkwa, possessing, havings some sentences are
;
while they are useful for given illustrating the usage and concord of the word that purpose, they are inappropriate, for -nkwa is only used where the possession is an acquirement, or a changed condition, and not an original or normal
whose hair has was once of another colour but it is not correct to speak of black people as akwa ndombe, for that is their normal colour, and as there is no change in that respect, nkwa or akwa cannot be
condition or possession.
So that
it is
become grey
as
akwa mvu,
used.
and white-flowering
scarcely be
trees are
;
akwa
that should
a permanent or
Quantitative Adjectives.
[p. 564.]
-ingi, -ayingi.
When
Nouns
agree,
-ingi and ayingi are used intensively or emphatically without the they qualify, they take the Prefix proper to the Noun with which they
to that, the Article, in all but the
first class.
and prefaced
Class
2
Sing.
eyingi
eyayingi
Pltir.
5&6
ekingi ekiayingi
ejringi
7&8
edingi ediayingi
okwingi okwayingi
ezingi
ezayingi
Clas f
10
eyayingi
13
omengi omayingi
14
omengi omayingi
15
&
II
Sing
Plur.
oluingi oluayingi
owingi owayingi
owingi owayingi
owingi owayingi
ovingi
efingi
ovayingi
efiayingi
otwingi otwayingi
omengi omayingi
omwingi omwayingi
Konso ona obakidi eyingi: Any one who has obtained many.
{or
omengi)
things.
heard much.
all,
the
whole.
: :
: :
952
These Adjectives are derived from the root onso, and might perhaps be more properly written -au onso, as in the case of the other word for a//, -au ekuln.
All the things
:
onso.
This derivation accounts for an apparent irregularity in these Adjectives from onso for when used in the singular, as an equivalent of the whole^ only the Secondaiy Form is used.
;
E nzo yawonso [or yan eknln) nsongonia nkntn The whole house was nothing but driver ants (full of them). nti wawonso uwnmini: The whole tree is dry. The plural of the Secondary Form being identical with the plural
Primary Form,
this
of the
is
distinction
in
the plural
in
is
not noticeable
i, 2, 3,
it
only
Classes
first
and
4.
Form
;
two forms,
first class,
awonso, or yawonso
but
it
the
is
is
clearly
yau
wantu awonso
bazolele
kwenda:
:
Konso, any^
each^
is
root,
onso
being
a contraction of ku-onso.
its
prime sense
is,
mvwatn
The ordinary
kibeni
clothing.
Nwiza mnna lumbu kibeni kia nlongo: Come on the regular day for medicine.
This
is
I etona kibeni dia wivwa wan the normal colour of these mushrooms.
it is
When
Pronouns by own.
nzo andi kibeni mpe ividi His own house too is burnt.
nlele
Bakutumwini
ame kibeni
cloth.
There
is
is
Secondary Numerals, Demonstrative Form. Demonstrative Form of the Secondary Numerals from
its
made by
class) to the
::
953
is
Numeral,
in
English
thus
zole
Primary.
Secondary.
Nzo
Zizole
zambote zambote
:
Demonstrative.^^^^^^^^
Secondary.
\
zambote: C^^^
(.
ones.
initial,
;
When
vowels,
the Article
w
i.
is applied to Prefixes having a vowel or y, intervene between the Article and the Prefix
the Semi"U,
w before
and
before
+ imosi becomes
e+itatu o + utanu
eyimosi, eyitatu,
owutanu,
them, the
five.
Muna nkombo
zame, bonga
goats, take
zizole, ezizole
zakondwa
mpaka,
ke zau ko
From among my
two
Ke
tusolwele e lekwa
all
five
is
you mentioned.
also implied
by
this
Twele ye
We
Muna
evata edimosi mubwidi e diambu dia kutuliikisa: Something happened in a certain town to warn us.
dinkondo edimosi:
certain plantain.
makumole
mazunda mole ye nkama tatu za ngombe kafutiswa: The 2,300 cattle which he had to pay.
nzole.
There is another secondary form of the Numeral two, in the ist class, It is also used of living nzole, a couple, two J it is a noun of the 4th class.
creatures.
nzole
Two
[p. 572.]
Ye and yo
Numerals.
and thousands, are ye and Numeral following. The ye before the ma- and lu-, on pp. 572 and 573, are errata.
153 stones.
THE PRONOUN.
[p. 578.]
The
nasal,
first
m or n, in the
and
indicative
the
nasal.
nyambula, nwanda,
nlanda, nata,
I I
leave
strike
ngyambwidi, ngwende,
;
I left
I
struck
ngyambula, ngwanda,
;
that
that
I
I
I I
follow
ndende,
ndete,
followed
carried
;
ndanda,
ndata,
that
that
carry
I I
I
I
nsumba,
buy
nsumbidi,
bought
nsumba,
that
may leave, may strike. may follow. may carry, may buy.
In applying the Pronominal Prefix of the ist person singular to the Adjective (see p. 578), there are two forms in the Negative, kianene ko, and ki wanene ko, / am not great.
so also a;
and ke-, of the 3rd person singular, are used indiscriminately, and ka- but e- is also an alternative of be- in the 3rd person
;
so
is
a- of ba-.
;
It follows,
and
the
this is confusing,
and
it is
forms, ke-, ka-, be-, ba-, to avoid all obscurity, and especially so since 1 1 these forms are used much more widely through the country. is true that
ka-, Positive, is identical with the ka- of the Unnatural Negative (p. 607) but there is an accent on the latter ka-, which effectively distinguishes it.
Kavila, he perished
It is
kavila, that he
may
not perish.
necessary to choose between the forms in adopting a style, and the full forms are preferable for the above reasons they are, however, used indis;
criminately, in the
its
neighbourhood.
6-
OR
ka-.
page 647 it is noted that when a personal subject, or its pronoun, is m'entioned immediately before a Verb in the third person, the Pronominal ^?' (before a vowel) when the subject is not mentioned immediPrefix is ately before the Verb, and the Prefix is its only representative, ke-, e-, ka-, or
On
a-
is
used.
This
may
more precise
The
Prefix 0- or
w-
:: :
: : :: : :
(955
before an Objective
Pronominal
Prefix,
is,
;
for
convenience
in
treating the
e-,
Prefix in o
kait
or a-, are referred to as the Prefix in k. 1. When the Subject immediately precedes the Predicate, or even
is
when
is
muntu, ona bayikidi, ofwidi The man they mentioned is dead. Wina kwandi muna nzo andi:
When
is
is
Object
jective
further represented
Pronoun
Prefix, or
an Ob-
He He He He
tunga:
Mwana andi kezidi wukisa has come to have his child medically treated.
Kinkutu kiaku kewomalanga
He He
thought that
is
that, Sec).
He
to-morrow.
He
Where
wants to go to-day.
E kuma
kadi, o
Because he bought
my book.
house.
He
burnt his
own
killed his
When
the
Verb
is
preceded by
its
the Prefix
is
always in k.
956
Kwiza kekwiza
He
He
is
is
coming.
mbatu
He
4.
will sell
it
later
on
in the day.
&.C.,
The
nki, nkia,
kwa,
Aweyi kavovele ? What did he say ? Nki kasumbidi ? What has he bought ? Nkia muntu kabokele? What man did he call ?
is
When a Subjunctive Clause is brought in by VO or OVO, ^/laty or when it understand, the Prefix in k is used but when the Clause introduced is in the Indicative Mood, the Prefix in is used.
5.
;
Sttbjmictive.
Nzolele vo kenda
I
Tuvovele vo keza:
We
What we want
is
it
carefully,
Utulombele
He
Indicative.
Edi bavovele vo, okwenda mbazi: They said that he will go to-morrow.
Nzolele kala vo wenda, kansi owau e ntangwa isakidi: I wish that he had gone, but now it is too late.
We thought that
6.
he would carry
it
carefully.
is
The normal
position of
following
its
"
(unless some other Verb, and when it so appears, the Verb takes the Prefix in There are, however, some Adverbs which rule supervenes to the contrary). always precede their Verb, and when they are thus in their normal position, preceding the Verb, they also are followed by the Prefix in 0. The following are the Adverbs referred to : i bosi, deke, kasikila, kosi, kole, nanga, nangi,
There are other Adverbs which precede their Verb, and also cause it to They are as these induce the Prefix in k. assume the Applied Form follows : dian, diann, i dian, i diann, i, e kuma, i kuma kiki, nkia
;
: :
(957
kuma, ndu
mu mu
nkia
nki,
kuma and like combinations with bila, elonda, and eyamu nkia diambu, adieyi. The Adverbial Particles,' se, sa,
in
sanga, and singa, also require the Prefix in k. When any other Adverb precedes its Verb for emphasis, the Prefix applied to the Verb.
in
is
normal position.
rdverbs
Wele
He
Osumbidi yo o nnu
He
bought
it
to-day.
He
is
gone
to the house.
Ovangidi dio
muna diambu
it
dieto:
He
did
Ovene kio
kwa
it
yeto
He
gave
to us.
Dianu kayambulwidi
e ngolo zaudi:
That
it.
Hu
I
nkia
kuma
kend^le? did he go ?
kio
it.
:
why he bought
is
That
The Particles mentioned.
Sa kenda:
He
will
soon go.
Sanga kavutula wo
He
will
soon return
it.
(958)
Fuku
7.
kele
omu nkonda
noted in this Appendix, in the Syntax, under the " Attributes of the
Article," in
Subject The
Rule
when
preceding their Verb, and especially emphatic, take the Article in that case they take the Prefix in instead of that in k. The Adverbs in question are :
fuku,
e elelo.
mbanu,
nganu,
mbatu,
ngatu,
:
masika,
mbazi,
unu,
mbazi okwiza To-morrow he will come. fuku wele kuna evata diandi:
He
went by night
to his town.
When
an Adverbial Clause precedes its Verb for emphasis, the Prefix is no emphasis at all, the Prefix in is used.
in
Ngyenda
zingi kele:
He went often. Kuna nzo kele He went to the house. Vana etadi kafongele: He sat on the stone.
Muna diambu
He
He
is
Muna nlungu
went and
kele
vwanda
Kuna
gone
to the place
of.
Kwa
Ke lumbu
It is
kiantete ko,
first
Kalemba, kekungikanga vo
is
makangu mandi:
not the
calling
me
his friend.
ndunganisa
This
is
yiyi,
the
way
in
Nzambi, kalunganisi owu kavovele: which God has fulfilled what He said.
No
emphasis.
Kansi
muna diambu
But
for our
otondele:
things.
:
some
olele:
slept.
time he
959
The Verb
in
ozolele o kutuvana o nlele katusongele: The chief wishes to give us the cloth which he showed us. Bakatwidi e kiandu kina kafongele o nkento: They took away the chair on which the woman sat.
mfumu
I nsadisa kansadisi, o Mpukuta: This is the way in which Mpukuta helped me.
Bamvene
I
^^Kiployed.
They gave me
^^B
^^B
^^^ ^t^ ^HL
^Bm'
Nunyambula kenda:
Let him go.
Mbula kakota:
Let him enter.
Yambnla kateka
Let him eat
ir.
dia:
first.
^K
The
Kasi
own
but now...
:
Kimana, kinnmana so that, in order that. Knfwila own <7rwan...ko although, even if. Mpasi, mpasi own {dia not mpasi ovo) so long as, but only. Mpasi yavana nevertheless, all the same, even then, still, yet. Mnsnngnla, ngatn nor, neither {i.e. after a negative clause). Nanga, nangi, nangn: unless, if not, except. nlongo= mpasi.
:
:
Una
\
The
since, when, as, while, as or so soon as, after. Una...nna: as... so. Vava, ova {but not ovo) when, after, as or so soon as. Wan now that, since, when, as, while, as or so soon as. Wan kadi now that, because.
:
Ovo wan
:
if so, in
:
that case.
as... so.
before, so that.
other Conjunctions (so far as they have been at present obtained) are
0.
Knfwila
goes.
Kimana keza:
may come.
: :
::
(96o)
When
he buys
it.
Wau
kazolele kala,
wau kena:
he
is.
As he wanted
to be, so
Yavana kekwiza
Until he comes.
Una kavovele wo, oyambwidi e mpaka zandi: When he said that, he did not further object. Ngatu mwana ankazi kasunda o ngwa andi ankazi
Neither
is
Musungula kanusadisa:
Neither
he help you.
When
he arrives,
call
me.
Vava kasolwele kio, kiese kamwene When he found it, he was delighted. Yavana kavewa o nswa, kayenda ko
Until he had permission, he did not go.
Kufwila owu kafutidi e mfuka ko, o nzuka usidi Even if he paid the debt, the interest remains (unpaid).
After the other Conjunctions.
or
God
helps
me
well.
mfumu
mungwa:
Ovo
my
brother agrees to
it.
Ovo tukuntuma, okwenda: If we send him, he will go. Ovo otumini o nleke andi
If
ala vo
If
he had
ke diambu ko:
or stays,
was., &c.,
The Prefix in k is used after i bosi, after that^ then., and the next thing when the Verb follows it immediately, without any pause but when
;
there
is
is
used.
In the
first
(96i
case, the
)
matter introduced by i bosi simply follows on in the course of things, without any special importance, while in the latter case, i bosi commences a fresh sentence, or stage in the proceedings, and introduces a new" matter of
importance.
Toma kunsonga,
Show him
After pause.
carefully,
I bosi, otadidi e lekwa yawonso kavangidi In the next place he looked at all the things which he had made. I bosi, otombokele, wele kuna evata diandi: After this, he came up, and went to his town.
The next
I bosi, oynvwidi edi dia Mpongi: stage in the proceedings was this, he asked about Mpongi's
affair.
I bosi, okotele, o muntu akaka... After this, another man came in (and then...).
:
[p. 578.]
The Objective Pronominal Prefix of the nasal, m or n, in all moods and tenses.
person singular
is
to carry
me.
that he
may
carry me.
he carried me.
Pronominal Particles.
On
Noun
the top of page 579 there is a list of Pronominal Particles used when a stands in apposition to a Personal Pronoun ; the list has been deranged
in the printing,
Singular.
i.
Plural.
tu, twa,
tu
a. a.
II.
u.
nu, nwa,
nu
It is
The Emphatic Personal Pronouns, \wame, kwandi, kwau, &c., are idiomatically used with the Infinitive in the manner illustrated by the following sentences. The ist & 2nd persons singular and plural are perfectly normal in
their
employment, and the 3rd persons singular and plural also, in so far as but kwandi is used both in the singular and
;
(962
)
: :
plural in reference to inanimate objects, and the vegetable kingdom kwau never being used in reference to inanimate objects, only of living creatures.
;
He
Sometimes
too
is
to go,
We
Oyeno mpe fwa kweno konso lumbu: You too will die some day.
Kwandi.
Kwandi
is
is
used
in
English.
Nlemvo kwandi:
It is
only
Mbwa
Only a dog (supposed
to
right).
given on page 581. When the Personal Pronoun is brought for emphasis to the head of the sentence, the Preposition is still combined with a Pronoun after the Verb. These Pronouns are as follows
:
Person.
I.
Si?tgular.
Plural.
j
II.
yame yaku
yandi
Y2M
in all persons.
III.
J
:
Mono ketuka kiyanga yame He was just walking with me. 1 yandi kazolele nwana yandi
It is
with
him
that
he wants
to fight.
us.
///., It
I yeno kasanziana yau It was between you and him that there was such ill-feeling. was you with whom he entertained the mutual aversion (with you).
Interrogative Pronouns.
The
may appear
without the
weyi, &c. The Prefix a- adds force evidences a desire or need to know.
to the question,
and
(963)
making an inquiry as to the comparative size, &c., of several things, the and the question may then be framed as though the things were persons that is to say, Personal Pronouns and even Nouns rriay be used the Interrogative Pronoun proper to the Class of the things in the question
In
things are stated,
; ;
may
Vana vena
malonga mau amatanu, nani i mote or adieyi diwete ? Which is the most beautiful of those three plates? Andieyi or nki i nene, e nzo vo, ovo e kiandu kina mo? Which is the greater, the house or the chair which is in it ?
o
;
[p. 585.]
Demonstrative Pronouns.
POSITIONS.
The
are
Although, in English, there are only two Positions recognised by the Demonstratives, here and there ; this and that ; these
three Positions recognised.
ditid
Kongo
The
is
The Second
Position
:
is
is
person addressed
The Third Position regards that which is at a distance remote from both the speaker and the person addressed ekina, that; eyina, those; kuna, there.
:
[p.
587]
Emphatic Demonstratives.
awowo,
those, there is
Emphatic Forms, ist class, plural, 2nd position, beside an alternative form in use, awoyo.
The Emphatic Demonstratives used after the Particle i, given on page 589, have only the forms of the ist position tabulated, as the forms of the 2nd and
3rd positions are identical with those of the First Emphatics exception must be made, however, in the case of the ist class, which are as follows
;
:
Singular.
1st Position,
i i i
Plural.
2ud
3''^^
this is
that that
is
is
he he he
i i
ADVERBS.
[p. 606.]
Dianu,
diati.
Dianu, diau, i dianu, and i diau, for this reason, therefore, that is why, always require the Applied Form of the Verb which they modify but dianu VO and diau VO, therefore, so, are Conjunctions, and have no such influence.
;
Dianu wendela:
Go
Diau nzolele tungila e nzo akaka: That is why I wish to build another house.
kansi,
mbwene
muntu umpovese
:
vo,
Kwendi
I
ko; diana vo, kikwenda diaka ko should have gone, but I saw some one who told me not going any more.
to go, so
am
not
Tansadisa nsadisa
I
zingi, diau vo nzolele kansadisa owau: have often helped him, so I want him to help me now.
Adi.
,Adi, once, appears as an Adverb, as well as the root of the Auxiliary Verb
-adi.
Adi tu mfumu, kansi owau tu mpasi wantu We were chiefs, but now we are common people.
Kiamakulu.
Kiamakulu, for good, once for all, finally, definitely, requires the Applied Form of the Verb which it modifies, when it is emphatic, and figures as the
most important point of the remark
;
Form
of the Verb
in
a question, or a reply,
preceded by
its article e,
with
Nga osumbila
or otherwise.
Elo kadi, e kiamakulu nsumbila kio: Yes, I will buy it right out.
We
Tuteka kunsindikila kiamakulu, i bosi...: will first send him off for good, and then.... Ozevo nukwikididi dio kiamakulu e ? So you agreed to it definitely ?
64
(96s
Locative Adverbs.
When
mo;
Intransitive Verb,
is
emphatic.
to,
Wele ko
He
Fonga kafongele vo
He
sat
on
it.
Kizolele ko
I
kwenda ko
go there.
:
do not
vi^ant to
Knkoti
there.
Kuna
He
kasisidi kio:
left it
there.
THE PREPOSITION.
Locative Prepositions.
noted on page 609 that when the Locatives are used before a Noun expressing a living creature, kwa, or some combination of kwa with oku, kuna, &c., is the only form of Locative admissible this requires to be modified in the case of such Verbs as naturally take muna after them, as kwikila muna, to believe in; sia e VUVU muna, to rely on; yekeka muna, to throw the responsibility upon; dia e mpaku muna, to levy a tax upon; in such cases some form of muna is used, rather than kwa.
It is
;
eto ko:
muna Makitu
They
relied
basidi e
vuvu:
upon Makitu.
affair.
Bayekekele
They made me
Mu
On
Vana
is
esi nsi
bedilanga e mpaku:
same way.
mfumu wau
mat
kalele
They covered
,
as he slept.
The
any Article
when they immediately The forms are ku, va, mu, without of Position. The Objective Pronoun intervening these forms. The lengthened forms are admissible,
:
Eizolele kota mu nzo audi ko: I do not want to enter his house.
Do
I
not
sit
on
my
mat.
:
Kiele
ku evata ko
Ke mu diambu
dieto ko:
Kuvovela ku makasi ko
Do
(in anger).
Kala kuna
There remain.
These shortened forms very often appear when the Preposition follows immealso in a reply diately on the Verb, when there is no idea of position implied
\
(967)
to,
from
or
///
Locative
commences the
ciitence.
Obudidi zo
mu
nzimbu
for beads.
He exchanged them
fuku wele
mu
nkonda:
:
Eu
He
is
Mu
He
nkele kasidi
put
it
wo
in the box.
Prepositional Phrases.
Further Prepositional Phrases should be added to those given on page 612
;
among them
...ke..., ...by...,
yamu.
e
.ya.
.,
. .
.by.
horn. ..io...y ofpast time only. .to. ., offuture iijne only. ., from.
.
muna nzinguluka
'
a, round, in the
'
environment
of.
He
things.
>
)
yo
is
mnna
with
Lumbu ke lumbu
kezidi:
came day by day. Bemona wete yamu mvu ya mvu: They will be happy for ever (year by year).
Safongele
muna nzinguluka a
sat
nkisi
They
round the
fetish.
Sia kio e kikaka muna mbele zakaka: Put it apart from the other knives.
Nukala
but where
it is
Noun
Muna
The
found
Preposition will be Appendix, in the Syntax, under "The Attributes of the Subject." For an idiomatic use of ya, ye, yo, see page 932, under ya.
in this
Mu nsangi a. nsangi a implies in commixture with, together with, combined with, and hence becomes almost equivalent to the English ConjuncThe
Preposition
mu
tions, as
well
as,
and, also.
kiese:
joy.
: :
THE CONJUNCTION.
[p.
6 1 6.]
OVO,
z/,
when.
the Conjunction ovo, z/, when^ is used with the Present Indefinite tense, uncertainty is implied, it is then equivalent to if; but when it is used with the Perfect tense, or when it is followed by se, the event, though yet future, is sure
to take place in
When
due course
it is
he comes,
call
me.
me. me.
When
Ovo
se
he comes,
is
call
When
If
I
When
Ovo
will
come.
se beluaka,
When
they arrive,
Ovo olembi kunsamunwina, i maku momo: If you do not tell me, that will be your fault.
[p.
6 1 6.]
Vo, OVO,
that.
page 6i6 it is noted that vo is used as a Conjunction, equivalent to that^ after Verbs of ordering^ informing, saying, knowing, wishing, thinking, &.c. When vo is far separated from its Verb, it takes the Prefix of its Article, and becomes ovo, and is preceded by a comma (or the pause it represents).
On
Edi katusamunwini, yeto aleke, ovo, mbazi tukwenda What he told us boys was that we are going to-morrow. Wenda kunsamunwina kuna kimfundu-mfundu, ovo, yandi mvinganga Go and whisper to him that I am waiting for him.
Musungula.
as well
as,
when
it
and he
will also.
Ke ngeye
Not
ko,
musungula yandi:
certainly not he.
you,
and
(969)
Ngatu.
Ngitu
only.
is
used
in the
same way
Do
tell lies,
bele ko,
They
I
He
[p. 617.]
Una.
only used of past time.
Una
is
forfear
that^ in case
of ...ing,
FToma
in case that.
kanga
-nkwa kala
vo.
This Conjunction, when it takes the Prefixes proper to diambu (di-), uma (u-), or kuma (ki-), implies a probability existent if perhaps, if indeed, in the event of having, in case that, if it is so that.
;
you went
(as
you
say).
: :
: :
THE
The
Verbs
in
VERB.
in
Passive Voice.
Forms
in
aya have most of them a Passive Form iwa and yua, given on page 620.
Active.
awa, as
well as the
Passive.
;
bawa,
;
to
have the
tawa,
kawa,
be divided.
Zaya, to know, and laya, to wijtk, do not form their Passives with awa, but take zayiwa, and zayiia, and layiwa. Tima and va, to yield, bear (fruit), do not use the Passive for that which is yielded, the Active is used in such case va is never used in the Passive at all
;
;
but
yimwa
is
Many
tree.
E kiana
kieto
kiayimwa nguba
zingi
Our garden yielded a large crop of ground-nuts. E kiana kieto ke kivanga diaka ko Our garden no longer yields. nti wan ke nva diaka ko
This tree
will
irregularity, in that
It
is
of an Objective Pronominal performed with something which is the by the Objective Prefix, without his (&c.)
of ours to be
built.
which some
::
971
^^
E ntete mianuktitumiinwa kuna Ntampa: The bundles of yours which were seized at Ntampa. luse luandi lumene kunsumamwa kwa nsende
His brow was
all
to Nzinga.
621.]
The Middle
Intransitive
Voice.
Bangama
to
be roasted
sit in
in the sun.
to
:
mbadi
foot.
cloth.
to
go on
[p.
621.]
Voice.
The
in
Suffixes.
Active.
Examples.
Active.
Middle.
Middle.
-izieka
-idila
-aziama
vangizieka
tatidila
-amena
vangaziama tatamena
zikamena.
zikidila
[p.
627.]
is
i,
ne...i,
nze
nze.-.i, like.
;
Tunga,
to build
in this
manner
(like this).
Nani otungilanga
Who
Ke
is
wau:
this.
We
tulendi bakila nsusu wau ko: cannot catch a fowl like this.
Ne
Like
nzo
my
Ne luvuma
When
kevempokela
far
an Adverb which induces the Verb to assume the Applied Form is removed from the Verb by some intervening clause, the Adverb loses its influence, and the Verb assumes the Simple Form.
1 diau didi, ovo
Therefore,
if
mfumu
the chief
is
ozolele wo,
willing,
I
ntwika yo
send
it.
will
kuma
For
this
katulongela wo, tuzitaziananga reason, because he so taught us, we respect one another.
kiki,
wau
::
972
On page
Form
is
mfumu wabakilwa
The
It is
chief
:
E nsusu yabakilwa
The
fowl
mfumu:
for the chief.
was caught
E nsusu yambakilwa
The
In this
fowl was caught for him.
in
way
the Passive
by
[p. 631.]
a singular use of the Causative Form with many Verbs, by which the idea of assistance or fellowship is imparted, rather than an idea of causation the usage in no way precludes the use and sense of the ordinary Causative with the Verb. Thus from sala, to work, comes sadisa, to help in work, to
There
;
help (generally)
From
yela, to be sick,
comes yelesa,
to help in sickness,
i.e.
to
nurse ; as well
as yelesa, to
make
sick.
:
Didisa
to
:
Kembesa
Natisa Bakisa
So
that the Causative
: :
who
rejoice).
Form
[p. 634.]
used more often in Kongo than in English unavoidably present, it must be stated.
is
when
Ozolele
bundana yame
fight
He
The following forms
'mpie
wants to
with me.
ma :
Suffixes.
Reciprocal.
Examples.
Simple.
Reciprocal.
ela
elaziana
ena
ila
enaziana
ilaziana
ima
ina
imaziana imiana
inaziana
yidima
tanina
yidimiana
taninaziana
973
[p.
635.]
&c., takes
tewolola as
its
Repetitive
kaya,
kawulula,
to divide repeatedly.
. p.
6S2.] 6 The Reflexive Form. The Applied Form of the Reflexive sometimes conveys the idea of the permance of the action being the prelude to some other action to first... and
;
Ir
e.,
He
will
nkanu, i bosi nukunlonga e? Okuvolela commit some crime, and then you will teach him, eh
he has committed some crime, and then, and not until then, will you admonish him or you will wait for some crime of his to be the prelude to your instructing him properly.
you
Bakutungila vava nzanza wau, 1 bosi bavakulwisi wanta awonso They first built on this plateau, and then levied black-mail on all passers-by.
Bekusiimbila
They
will first
tiya twayingi, i bosi benwana e vita: buy a lot of powder, and then they will fight.
The Negative
Form
of the Reflexive
was or will be interrupted, or hindered, or not accomplished before something else happened did not... before, or will not... before.
implies that the action
;
E nsusu ke ikukokwela
You
///.,
ko,
walembi kumbona
;
^L ^^K
^^p ^^H ^B^ ^^m
will see
me
ofwidi:
there.
ntangwa
ivekele
We
^F
H^
K.
They
If the last
for their
Ke bayisumbila
did not buy
it,
kio ko, e
failed
;
nzimbu
zisukidi:
their
money
i.e..,
buy
it.
it
basumbila would have been used The Reflexive has also a Causative Form.
money
instead.
r
Among
Kuwomba
Kutonda
:
to get
:
away
safely.
Kuwombesa
Kutondesa
:
to
make
Reduplicated Verbs.
Verb Forms should be noted the Reduplicated Form it is,, referred to on page 687, with some remarks on its Conjugation. In some verbs it has an intensive sense, as from lunga, to take care of comes; lunga-lunga, to take great care of that the The more general idea imparted by the Reduplication is this action is or must be performed as quickly as possible, for a short time only, or in a short time, that is to say, with the least possible delay; it is an impatient expression, indicative of the fact that until the action is complete and finished^
the
;
:
3 S
974
)
mind
it
is
the Urgent
Form
of the Verb.
Thus we
have from
Lamba,
the Perfect Tenses.
to
cook
tunga-tunga, to build quickly. vova-VOva, to speak quickly, briefly. sumba-sumba, to buy quickly, at once. lamba-lamba, to cook at once or quickly.
in all but
Kia, to dawn
;
kia-kia-kia, to
dawn
quickly.
ta-ta-ta, to do at once.
wa-wa-wa,
moments,
in
at once, readily.
conjugation.
The
The Perfect Suffix twice. The Continuative Suffix once. The Objective Pronominal Prefix
:
(if
present)
is
kekutuvana-vananga he is giving us for a few moments. The Verbs kwiza and kwenda retain the Pronominal Prefixes on reduplication, in the
this is
Present Perfect Tenses, and in the Future Indefinite Subjunctive induced by the weakness of the stems, -iza and -enda. (See page 975.)
[p. 642.]
Perfect Active.
Bulangiana
Zolana Va,
to
bulangianini
zolanini
its
yield
{fruit).,
makes
light.,
Perfect in vene.
Kia,
to
dawn, grow
in kiele.
IN la
AND
na.
;
On
page 642 a
call
is
necessary to
termination
given with their Perfect Forms attention to the fact that these forms only result
list
of Suffixes
is
but
it
is
when
the
suffix,
and not
;
radical.
is
a suffix, it makes its Perfect according to the long table on page 642 but when the -ula is radical, it follows the rule of the Simple Verb thus, in kulula, the termination -ula is a suffix, which has been
the termination -ula
;
When
to the root kula; it therefore makes its Perfect in kulwidi; but in the case of bula, fula, kula, lula, sula, tula, vula, and wula, the -ula is part of the Verb, and since it is radical, the Perfect is formed as a regular Verb in U that is to say, by replacing the final a by -idi, the radical 1 becoming d before the i in the suffix. The Perfects, therefore, of these Verbs are budidi, fudidi, kudidi, ludidi, sudidi, tudidi, vudidi, and wudidi. Where the -ula
added
is
radical, the
clearly a suffix,
difficulty in
Verb must be dissyllabic when of more than two syllables it is for no roots have more than two syllables, so there is no
;
The same
applies to the
when
975
yadia-dia-dianga
yadia-dia-dianga
yadia-dia-dianga
wadia-dia-dianga
ndia-dia-dianga
yadidi-didinge
yadia-dia-dia
ndidi-didinge
yadia-dia-dia
ndia-dia-dianga
yadia-dia-dia
wadia-dia-dia
dia-dia-dianga
ndia-dia-dia
yadidi-didi
ndia-dia-dia
dia-dia-dia
dia-dia-dia
ndidi-didi
di
Iambi
yalambidi-lambidinge
ndambidi-lambidinge
a
cr
nlamba-lamba
nlamba-lambanga
yalamba-lambanga
ndambidi-lambidi
yalamba-lambanga
yalamba-lambanga
walamba-lambanga
ndamba-lambanga
yalamba-lamba
yalamba-lamba
ndamba-lamba
yalamba-lamba
lamba-lambanga
walamba-lamba
lamba-lamba
yalambidilamba-lamba
endanga
.a
cr
nkwenda-kwendanga
yakwenda-kwendanga
ngyenda-ngyendanga
yayenda-yendanga
yakwenda-kwenda
yayenda-yendanga
np^yenda-ngyenda
nkwenda-kwenda
yayenda-yenda
yayenda-yenda
yayele-yelenge
kwenda-kwenda
wenda-wendanga
ngyele-yelenge
wayenda-yenda
ngyele-ngyele
wenda-wenda
yayele-yele
enda-y
way
i o
nkwiza-kwiza
yayizidi-yizidinge ngizidi-ngizidinge
yakwiza-kwizanga
nkwiza-kwizanga
ngizidi-ngizidi
yayizidi-yizidi
yakwiza-kwiza
yayiza-yizanga
wayiza-yizanga
ngiza-ngizanga
yayiza-yizanga
kwiza-kwiza
yayiza-yiza
ngiza-ngiza
yayiza-yiza
wiza-wizanga
wayiza-yiza
e2
wiza-wiza
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
cont.
Remote Indef.
Conseq.
Indef.
Indef.
Perf.
Indef.
Perf.
g
E-i
Narrative
Pres.
Past
Future
1
Indicative
Subjunctive
Imperative
Infinitive
976)
radical,
the
Perfects
are
but
when
suffixes,
-wini,
Perfect.
Infinitive.
Perfect.
Kida
Kuna
Kola
kudidi kunini
kolele
kukula bakuna
sekola
kukwidi bakwini
sekwele
Kona
koneue
tokona
Infinitive Mood.
Infinitive
:
tokwene
The
the following sentences illustrate
to
be noted
them
Eyaka lumbu a nsala mpe bakama kwau: Some days cray-fish are caught also.
Elo kadi, e nsafu
Oyeno mpe kangama kweno konso lumbu: You too will be tied up some day.
Yau
The
The
It is
Infinitive
Form
is
used as a Gerund
:
714.
Kwiza nkwiza
idioms
:
am
coming.
luaka
On
On On
j v
tala muna nzo eto, kinga mwankatu: looking into our house, it was (empty) not there.
sinsa
When
If
tried to speak,
Tenses,
On
page 649
it
in
Kongo has no
future tense.
present.
the time or circumstances of the action are distinctly mentioned, and the action is represented as being then
Whenever
spoken
of,
Instead of saying
that
is
I come J
stated,
When
the action
is
actually in progress.
: :
: :
p.
the Continuous or Progressive
in
977
when the action is not actually some future time, the Simple Form only is used. In this way the Simple Form becomes practically Future while the form in -anga becomes Present Indefinite, or rather Indefinite but to do Present Progressive, and it might be simpler so to designate them This is borne out by the fact that when an Auxiliary so would be incorrect. Verb is used, the Verb assisted takes the suffix -anga, while the Auxiliary takes
is
Form
is
used
but
referred to
thus
Nzo
He
action
is
He
is
Yela
kekwama yelanga
is
He
common
to
constantly ailing.
most languages.
The
The Verb
is
no Continuous Form, and its Present Indefinite always used in the Simple Form. It is only used in reference to present time, never of the future the future being always expressed by the verb kala, which follows the rule of the Regular Verbs.
-ina, to be, has
tense
'
^
Here
I
Kwaku
kwaku nkala
I
will
remain
(be).
We are
very hungry.
Ewaku
When
it
Jr''
is
Continuative
Form may be
indeed, there
is
every
reason to regard the tense as one and identical, whether used of present time or of the future, the context alone making clear as to the time.
Ozevo,
e kiese
So then,
we
Ova ke wau
ko, e
If not
always be
ill.
it
follows that
to say,
is
therefore prac-
noted).
(978
wear, dress
the Perfect.
E niumbu
What
andi nani? andiona ofongele vana eteva dia mfumu: is the name of him who is sitting on the chiefs mat ?
if,
and a
;
contingent Verb
it is
a strong
way
it
out.
go they
una
or
may
follow.
:
Una
When
one
is
zavutukidi, zinkumbulwidi
The Present
used
in
Inusonamene mama:
I
Inutemonwene wau:
I
The Past
Tense.
The Past Indefinite or Perfect tenses, prefixed by -nga or nga i, are equivalent to ought to have, should have, the action being considered as a
natural consequence to something expressed or understood.
Nga
nwavanga
didi
You ought
to
When
i is
used
it is
more emphatic.
1
makes
the
time.
when stated, There is not a "yesterday tense" ; event to have been perfected and accomplished at a time not now to be regarded as present a Past Perfect has therefore to be used after ezono, or any
;
Ezono yayele
Yesterday
I
went.
979
Ezuzi zalueke:
following
sentence illustrates
another
idiomatic
use
of
the
Past
Wawidi wo,
elelo sa
katonda:
thank you."
He
///.,
will
to say "
(another time) he will have learned (heard) now, he will soon say
thank you."
I
that of an Indefinite Past
;
it) has also a usage other than be used of a future event to signify that the action must be performed, there can be no hesitation, or question about it.
it
The Narrative
may
Yakwenda
I
must
go.
Yakumvana
must give
I
kio:
it
to him.
Yalundumuka
must
run.
Wanua
You
The Negative
to fiot....
will
have
to drink
of this
mbangi tu
combination,
The
tense
is
also
used after
se
I
wau
in the
following idiomatic
Eansi wau
But now that
yakumbaka:
o
Wau yatemokwa
Now
happened in the prefix shows that
-ku-.
meso:
that
have
my
eyes open.
This construction expresses a present state the result of something which indefinite past. The first sentence having an Objective it is the Narrative tense by the presence of the tense prefix
prefer the Future Indefinite Subjunctive to in this respect they do not conform to the three
following rules.
(98o)
Yam"bula, mbula.
contracted form mbula, requires the Subjunctive Mood in the Verb which follows it, and the Future Consequent tense is that which is generally used. There is, however, a usage of the Present Indefinite Indicative
Yambula,
or
its
after
yambula which
kio:
kio
will
buy
it
or, let
me,
will
buy
it.
Mbula bakota:
Let them enter.
Kimana, kinumana.
Consequent Subjunctive
in
Kimana ke bamona
nzala:
may
go.
Inutumini nwenda:
I
Ngatu, musungula.
Infinitive Mood in a Verb following them, but when referring to future time the Future Consequent Subjunctive
may
will neither
Kisadisa ko, ngatu yavovesa diambu: help you nor say anything to you.
Katuminu ko, ngatu kenda: He was not sent, neither will he go.
[p. 691.]
Kala and
-ina, to
be.
The Verbs kala, and -ina or -na, to be, are used to express have. The combination of these Verbs with the Article, and
position ya, ye, yo,
the idea of to
and with the Personal Pronoun proper to the Noun, is noted on pages 286 and 840; it remains to be remarked that the difference between kala yo and kala When used with the Article, the is this possession is normal, and has been long continued j when used with ya, ye, or The use yo, the possession is an acquirement, and is not a normal condition. with -ina or -na is identical. The Article may be absent in accordance with The the rules noted later on in the Syntax, under " Attributes of the Subject Article," in this Appendix.
:
: :
(98i
Tuna
l)i
wingi
(To use yo
in this
have much evil in our hearts. case would imply that the evil was abnormal, and a
recent acquirement.)
We
He
so).
Ze bena meso ko
They have no
eyes.
lumbemba-mbemba
Kina ya nzimbu ko
I
it
has to be earned.)
and care
necessary in making them. Sometimes the Verb to have is expressed by the Verb
;
to be, followed by the Pronoun combined with the Preposition yo in this case no possesimplied, only that the articles mentioned happen to be with the
speaker.
to have.
What
things have
we
(do
we
possess)
What
things have
with us)
Nkombo
or,
we have
the
other plantains.
idiom
is
in constant use
among
Verb, to have.
[p. 690.]
Eala.
This Verb has a Past Tense Indefinite and Perfect bearing the prefix e as well as that in a they are in every way identical in meaning and time.
;
(982
we
were,
they were.
[p.
690.]
-na or -ina.
This Defective Verb does not take the Continuative Form, neither does it appear in any other tense than the Present Indefinite, and then always implies
present time
;
it
Passive,
Applied,
mwana
Adieyi kinina
wau
?
Why
is it
like that
When -ina is combined with an Objective prefix, the initial i is strengthened by y, as is the case with the weak-stemmed Verbs kwiza and kwenda, see page 654. Ubayina e wisa:
He
has authority over them.
makasi: Kansi owau tunuyina But now we are angry with you.
-eka.
-^
C'^ ^^^
found in the Present
The Bakongo
Indefinite
it
is
same way
as -ina,
Active.
-eka, to be.
Passive.
-ekwa,
to
have
in.
Applied.
Person.
2 3 2
Class.
I
-ekina, to be
for.
Singular.
Plural.
ngyeka
tweka
lueka
weka
keka yeka
beka
zeka
weka
kieka dieka
mieka
bieka
kweka
II
meka meka
tweka
10&
12
lueka
13
bweka weka
veka
fieka
bweka meka
14
15
mweka
dark outside.
Kolo kingi ku vula ngyeka: have been a long time on the station.
(983
mu luvambu
in this
lualu?
Why
These examples are
are
we
chain?
Bakongo.
The Auxiliary
-kini.
Verbs.
The
is
used
among
to,
the
Bakongo
it
is
found only
in the Past
is
equivalent
to be still...; to be yet...; to
is
now
in progress.,
and then...
; to first finish^
and
bosi...
-lembi, -lembele.
This Auxiliary
takes
i final
:
in other tenses
it
s*^
[[p.
694.]
Lenda.
the Auxiliary Verb lenda, can,
is
"-
-^
When
used
in
a Negative Clause in
is
used
Ke
We
He
[p. 695.]
cannot speak.
Mana.
also be rendered by, to be all....
Mana may
luse luandi
Nanga.
Nanga
is
equivalent
Onanga lunga
He
is
perhaps right.
Tunanga kwenda
Sa.
mbazi:
likely.
some time
or other, sooner
984
or later
to be
it is
going
to... all
in due course.,
to... soon
course ;
We
Sa,
shall
buy
it all
in
due course.
Sa
making
it is
{j>erf. -sidi).
is found in the Present Perfect and Past only used in a Negative statement, to which it adds some measure of an emphasis or definiteness, to take care not to. The Negative Particles are
its
Perfect in -sidi,
tenses,
itself
Ke
There
694.]
is
l)asa
wo samunwina muntu ko
it
They took
the emphasis,
[p.
to
any one.
Simba.
classed with the Auxiliary Verbs as on page 694, for it always takes the Article before the Infinitive which follows, and is an ordinary
Simba cannot be
at all.
Basimbidi
dila
They began
[p. 695.]
Vika.
rendered by, used
to, before., aforetime.,
Vika may be
previously.
Wavika kubasia e vuvu: He used to trust in them. Ovikidi nwana ndwana zingi:
He
[p.
696.]
is
Za
junctive, to do
to
do
then.,
then to proceed
to...
Bele
They went
market and
stirred
up a row.
Una
Kwiza
on page 698 to that should be added that where the Continuative Form is used it appears on the second Verb. In Dissyllables only the final a of the stem becomes i, and when the ConIn tinuous Form Suffix is added, it is -nge (as that applied in the Perfect). verbs of three or more syllables the final a of the stem is unchanged, and the
The
suffix is
-nga.
Wele avavinge:
He
Diatila
went seeking.
foot,
He went
(985
When a Verb in the Reflexive Form follows kwiza and kwenda in this manner, the Prefix ku- of the Reflexive Form does not appear, but instead the
Prefix yi-.
He went
THE INTERJECTION.
E.
used at the end of an interrogative sentence which has no Interrogative Pronouns or Adverbs (-eyi, nki, nkia,
Interrogative
Interjection e
is
The
nani) to mark
its
interrogative
character
it is
but
when such
Interrogative
not used.
e
?
Kwenda okwenda
Are you going ?
Nga
Is
otondele e? he grateful ?
Nani umbokele?
Who
When
a question
;
is
not repeated
questions.
neither
asked as an alternative to a previous question, the e is is it required after any but the first of a series of
Nga
kuzolele o
kwenda ko
kio,
ovo kulendi ko
?
Do
to go, or
kwa
?
wantu akaka?
What
shall
we
do, sell
it,
or throw
away, or give
it
to other people
ACCENT.
Nouns
in the Plural mill-,
in mu-,
Plural
miu-,
There are a few Nouns bearing in the Singular the Prefix mu-, which make because the Prefix mu- is a contraction of mu + U, u being
first letter
the
of the
Stem
for this
reason the
u of the
of the
>.,
Mu-f-ungola, mi-i-ungula.
When a Monosyllabic Adjective is triplicated for special emphasis, accentuated on the Prefix and Penult.
-anda, long
;
it
is
long.
-ampa, new
-anse, fresh
kiampampampa,
yansensense, very
very new.
fresh.
The Numeral
-ya, four.
The Cardinal Numeral -j2^^four^ takes its Accent on the Prefix immediately preceding the Stem when it has more than one syllable (nya, mkya).
Primary.
Secondary.
mkya
ttiya
kya
ziya
iya
memaya
tiya
is
mtiya
mtinya
-eya, the fourth,
weya
yeya kieya
dieya
veyk
fieya
kweya
lueyk
Perfect Continuous
:
Ofongel^nge
banatininge
in the
banatininge kastimbidinge comes in consequence of the rule at the foot of page 702, in which the distinction between the Perfect of the Simple and the Applied Forms is noted as indicated by an extra Accent on the Applied Form.
OfdngeUnge
The
extra accent
Simple.
Applied.
Obakidi
987
obakidi
988
other
Form
Suffixes
is
fl
n ch about .. for
Vangamenena
The
follows
Perfect Tenses
:
of the
Double Applied
Form
are
accentuated
as
Tudodokdlele Kasximbidididi
Kasaulwididi
Forms
The
zdlana.
Suffix
-ana
The
a,
zdlana, not
beyindusiananga
kitambukakananga
kifwkntalakananga kitikkalakananga bewasaziknanga bazdlknanga
benktananga ikonanananga
bkkanisinina bakanisi zolanina
zolanini {Perf. Applied)
Form
is
thus accentuated
kdkwizila
kayiyizidi
kukwendela
ktisumbila
bayiyenddle tuyisumbidi
kavvuluza.
that he
:
may
see you.
you.
you.
that that
we may help
I
that they
:
you.
This sharp accentuation of a Prefix occurs also in the 3rd person singular of
989)
Easumha,
this
and kasumba, that he may not sell. and kivila, that he should not perish.
As
some such
listinction is necessary.
negation by Accent
in Mpongwe is common in other Bantu languages ebekenda, he will go; ebekenda, he will not go
;
:amba, he speaks; ekamba, he does not speak. There are a few words which seem to be accentuated contrary
lies
:
to
the
Eleldnsi
E kakamba
:
Palkta
silver.
:
a chatterbox.
of tiny spots.
are all probably contracted or compound words. Elelensi, probably from elele-nsi the monosyllable nsi throwing its Accent back on the previous syllable, and the Accent on the first syllable of the root being lost.
;
They
E kakamba,
a contraction of e
kamba-kamba.
Lelemba, probably a contraction of lemba-lemba. Nkuluntu, from nkulu muntu, so nkulu-ntu, the monosyllable ntu throwing its Accent back on the previous syllable. Kuluntu, from the above,
Lumbwa-mbokoso
Palata, from the Portuguese pr^ta, hence palata. is probably thus accentuated for the sake of euphony, Nonono, a contraction of nono-nono, from nona, to pick up.
Circumflex.
final.
is
When
Why
The
roots
t.vo
Baka,
Bula, Bula,
to strike
to break.
bula,
to lance
an abscess.
Deka, Deka,
to cut
up small
d6ka, dka,
to ache. to shine.
990
Deka, Fuka,
Fula, Kita,
to crack.
to be forged
fuka,
;
to
come
to
to blow, forge to
fula.
to bring to
an end. an end.
buy
burn
kita.
a vivid impression.
to redeem. to be released (of a spring)
to mix.
Kula, Lekoka,
to drive
away
fiercely
;
to
kula, 16koka,
;
Lumba, Mbaku,
Mvudi,
to put
down
heavily
lumba.
gain
mbaku.
;
an ambassador.
greens.
a water buck
mvudi.
Mvuku,
Mvula, Nanga, Nangi, Nangu, Ngatn, Nkaka,
1
forbearance
rain
^
>
mvuku.
mvula. nanga,
;
manure.
selfishness.
unless, except
nangi.
/-
perhaps.
nangu.
presently
a manis
;
ngatu.
nkaka. nlekoko
nsala,
;
patience.
a cray-fish.
nsona.
padisa. -apala,
sala.
an orphan.
to cause a counter-move.
thin.
Padisa, Pala,
Sala,
Sadila,
work work
be
to be to
to
left.
for
sadila.
;
be broad.
Sadisa, Vila,
to help in
to to
lost
work
;
sadisa.
Vila,
;
make
broad.
off.
to finish to
Vilwa,
make a mistake
;
vilwa.
Vuka,
to copulate
vuka. vuka.
And
all
PUNCTUATION.
he
also to
Stops used
actual pauses,
pauses,
Very
clauses
Punctuation of a sentence should naturally represent it is more convenient speak of Commas, and other Stops, than to explain each time the and inflexions of voice which they indicate. little need be written as to the Punctuation in Kongo sentences and divide themselves so naturally that there is little or no difficulty in
in the
and
The Comma.
A Comma
sense.
is
Noun
in Apposition, to
preserve the
Makitu,
wa mfumu
a nsi
When
therefore
there
is
have a
Comma
it
becomes OVO
OVO,
that.,
should
of voice which
at the
a question contains several alternatives, the Note of Interrogation, and the it requires, come at the end of the first question, and not
;
when
comes
Nga diansongi
OVO
Is
it
vanga
vanga mayi;
e?
vonda.
?
to save a
life,
or to
991
: :
SYNTAX.
The
Subject.
compound nouns.
rules the sentence cipal
Noun
prin-
own
Noun.
E kimfumu
The
chieftainship of the
The Subject is ki- (mfumu-a-evata), and to this the Verb accords kinkatwilu but the Adjectival Phrase, a evata, agrees with its own Noun, mfumu, making mfumu a evata, chief of the tow7i; to this idea the Abstract Prefix ki- is added, which thereupon implies the chieftainship-of-the-tow)i [(chief-of;
the-town)-ship].
nsi olueke
Here the Noun mumpingila, the inheritor, is the Subject of the Verb, olueke this Subject is further extended by taking the Noun, efwa, as a Suffix, and this extension is further qualified by the Adjectival Phrase, dia kintinu a nsi, which agrees with the Noun, efwa, which it qualifies. This sentence therefore gives a double instance of such complication, for kintinu ansi=ki-l(ntinu-a-nsi) its component parts are ntinu-a-nsi, king-of-t he-country, which on receiving the Prefix ki-, implies the offtce-of-king-of-the-coutitry. The expression, kintinu kia nsi, is admissible, and implies the kingship oj the country J but in such a sentence as that given above the more correct idiom would be that therein used.
;
;
ngeye
their
kiyekelo (deliverership) of your clan from the hands of enemies, to you it is given.
Here the Subject is kimvuluzi, which is composed of mvuluzi-ekandadiaku, bearing the Prefix ki- the mvuluzi being further qualified by the Adjectival Phrase, a ekanda diaku, which agrees with mvuluzi so that it is really ki-(mvuluzi-a-ekanda-diaku), the office-flf-deliverer-of-your-country the Possessive Pronoun, diaku, of course concords with its Noun ekanda. A complicated construction results under these circumstances, but it is gram;
matically correct
Noun
and since the Verb yeka {or yekwa) requires the abstract it, there is no other way of expressing it.
E kimbuta a makesa kiandi kivika telekwa His captaincy of the soldiers will soon be announced.
'J92
F
Osiwa
e
993
He was
i.e.^
This construction
is
eenth
When
Derivative."
may
page 704
first
yo would be
mundele ye ngamba zandi zilueke: The white man and his carriers have arrived.
mfumu ya
The
chief
Mbongele nlele wasumbidi ezono took the cloth which you bought yesterday.
I
yau yiyi
nzo oyikidi:
This
is
compound attributes.
When two or more Attributes qualify one Noun, the subsequent Attributes (whenever possible) are coupled to the first Adjective by the Conjunction ye or If one of these yo, but as Nouns (abstract where possible), not as Adjectives.
subsequent Attributes
represents
it.
is
a participial idea
(in
Noun
The Quantitive
this
rule, as
also the
;
Numerals, the Possessive and Demonstrative Pronouns they precede all other Attributes, and are not followed
^w^
^^^B
^y
^^r
wantu alau yo
^L
^fe
^^B
Wild and bad people. Kadi nti am bote yo mfuiiu For it is a good useful wood.
Their aged and beloved
chief.
^f
994
Wana ame anzolwa yo zola My beloved and loving children, Makangu maku matatu mankulu ye vuvu:
Your three old and
trusted friends.
:
A bad
E nsusu
The
and
cruel
man,
Some
Attribute of an already qualified Noun, it follows on as an Adjective, just as an Adjective follows on after a Quantitive Adjective, Numeral, or Possessive, or
Demonstrative Pronoun.
we should not
it is
say,
Kongo do
omitted
in
The Conjunction
more
often
altogether inadmissible,
omitted in Kongo.
ampa:
cloth.
Mateva mame matatu ma mfubu mampwena mampa: My three new great pandanus mats.
Noun
A Noun
in
in Apposition.
In such case it be an Attribute to the Subject. is preceded by the Particle -a (which serves to introduce an Adjectival Clause, see pp. 561, 562), The Particle, in such case, receives the Secondary Prefix
Apposition
may
it
Jizu Kristu,
wa Mfumu
eto:
mfumu Makita, wa ntu a nsi: The chief Makitu, paramount chief of the country. E diambu diadi diambote kikilu, dia ngiza andi
It is
Ona tunina e nsundidi, ya lutufakeso lua atantu eto By whom we have the victory, the utter rout of our enemies. Muna diadi tunina ye nzimbu zampa, za frank ye sentime For this reason we have a new currency, francs and centimes.
There
is
when
the
Noun
it
more
as though
were
in
list.
In such case
Particle.
One
There
is
class of
Vena ye ma
kiesivi
995
ko,
nkwezo
in,
india-rubber.
The
The
Article.
all
for
convenience and comparison. 1. In a simple positive predication the Subject and Object take the Article proper to their Class. In a negative predication the Article is absent between the Particles of Negation (ke...ko), except in the cases noted under other rules.
My My
Tusaukidi
Nzadi o unu:
We crossed
Ke
tusaukidi Nzadi ko o
unu
We
E
nzo audi ke imene tungwa ko: His house is not finished building.
e
Bamvene
nkumbu
the
a Luvunina:
of Luvunina.
name
him a
Kuna
nsi eto ke
kwina mfinda ko
There are no
Muna
mfinda zeno ke
mwina ntemo ko
is
no Ught.
dole ko:
in that pond.
The
Article in
it
Kongo
;
gives
more or
Noun
no
it
indicates that
or
it
is
a case in point, or in
is
some way
well
known
absent,
and there
rule to
cause such absence, its absence specially marks the indefiniteness of the Noun ; This is in such case, in English we might use so7ne...or other, a?ty, one of.... There are specially the case after OVO, if, and in negative clauses generally. other rules for the presence or absence of the Article to be noted further on.
definite, or
In the case of Negative Clauses, the Article is present when the Noun is where the subject of conversation is a case in point it is absent in
;
a general remark. In the Imperative Negative, and Subjunctive Negative, the presence of the
Article indicates that, at the time in question, the contrary to
what
is
ordered
being done in such case the Adverbs, do, would often be used in English.
or suggested
is
;
as {you, &c.)
Umpana
Give
mbele:
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E lumbu
kiakina, ndonga
ampwena yanlandanga
:
Nga
Mbala did not buy a gun. mbele aku ina muna nzo e?
your knife in the house
"i
Is
Is
aku, ina muna nzo e? that a knife of yours which is in the house?
Nga mbele
Kizeye e lekwa kiaki mfunu ko: I do not know the use of this thing.
go.
Ovo
If
Ovo muntu okunsadila, mbula kandemvokela a man (any one) will work for me, let him obey me.
If the
Ovo
muntu man
e
If
okunsadila,
will
mbula kandemvokela
me,
Ovo
let him obey me. mbele ame ina muna nzo, twasa yo
work
is
for
my
knife
it.
Ovo mbele ame ina muna nzo, twasa yo If any knife of mine is in the house, bring it. Ovo mbele ina muna nzo, twasa yo
:
it.
Ovo Ovo
e
If
any of your
mind.
Wenda
tala ovo o
nzo nzo
Go and
the house.
Wenda
Go and
tala ovo
see whether
is in
the house.
Edi mbenze
is
in the house.
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My
brother bought
five
while.
Bonga
Take
nlele
wau, ovo
mbele yasumbidi
other cloth.
e nusimi
Do
vova
not forbid the speaking of other languages {there being a case in point).
Ke nuteleka e mioyo mieno ko Do not be so anxious. e nuteleka mioyo ko: Do not be anxious {generally).
Kufungi
Do
are).
Do
Kuvondi
mwana
ko:
Do
not
kill
e nutubi mbongo
Do Ke nutubi
e
zeno ko
Do
Kala vo kakufika
lumbu ko:
Had he
di katungidi
He
built
e kozo, e ngandu ke zadia e nkombo zandi: a stock-yard fence so that the crocodiles should not eat his goats {as they used to do).
He
Unkanikini vo kayambula o tunga e nzo ko ordered him not to stop the building of the house {but he
is
doing
so).
Unkanikini vo kayambula tunga nzo ko He ordered him not to stop building the house {neither has he done
so).
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Simple Negative.
Ke benatanga
They
They
3.
mpu
mfumu
ko:
(//
must belong
to
some one
else).
it
Noun commences
the sentence,
takes an Article.
If the reply is not
Noun
is
qualified
a sentence at all, but a Noun, it may take an Article by a Demonstrative Pronoun, or a Relative Clause.
if
the
Replies.
his knife
Nki What
Nki kelombanga? E mbele yayi: This knife. What is he asking for Aweyi? E kiandu kiaki: What t This chair.
.''
(2ualified by
a Relative Clause.
Nkia nzo? E nzo ina isongele: Which house ? The house which I showed
4.
you.
it
in
no Article before Reduplicated Partitive Nouns, unless the construction of the Verb to have, as in the third sentence.
is
There
is
used
Nubavana mbele-mbele:
Give them a knife each.
Tuna kweto
We
5.
The
Article
is
Title page.
MWELO A
"
ZAYI:
The
Heading.
Mavangu ma Ntumwa:
The Acts
of the Apostles.
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to be killed.
Mwana
j
andi
mpe
is to
osala:
stay.
v^ML ^^^V
v^M V^K
6.
Mvungudi otiama
The herdsman
end of the sentence,
to give
is
nkuni:
to fetch firewood.
is first mentioned or thrown prominence, it does not take an Article, I^P unless the Object is further represented by an Objective Pronoun after the *^ Verb, or when the Demonstrative Particle i precedes the Verb, which always happens under the above circumstances, when the Noun is qualified by a Demonstrative Pronoun.
to the
E kuma
kadi, o
Because he bought
my
book.
E kuma
Because
kadi,
it
was
my
I
He
is
E mponda
He
killed
man
IVt'^A
an
Objective
Pronoun as
well.
E kuma
kadi, e nganzu, ovo olembele yo yoka, evata diaku divia: Because your town will be burnt unless you burn a fire ring round it.
nlungu ame bakanini wo o yiya: They made up their minds to steal my canoe.
/ [
'ith
the Particle
i.
nlele
ame mpe
he took
kabongele:
And
and having
the Particle
i.
Aleke bezidi, o nkanda una oyikidi i bazolele The boys have come, they want the book which you spoke
of.
nzo yayi
ketunganga
He
is
: :
::
lOOO
sentence.
Tuzolele kio tala, e lekwa kiaku: We want to see it, that thing of yours.
Sumba nsumba
I
zo, e
nkombo
yaku:
Verb, or
will
Ke tumwene yo nkutu
We
7.
them
at all, those
boys of yours.
its
is
In a Negative statement,
when
placed
at the
end of the sentence, outside the Particles of Negation, it is represented by an Objective Pronoun after the Verb in such case the Object always takes
;
the Article.
He does not even want to build his own house. E nsusu aku, kimwene yo kwame ko
I
Ezaka ntangwa
Kizeye dio kwame ko, e diambu dina oyikidi: I do not know the matter you mention.
Kisumbanga
The
zo
I
kwame
ko, e
nkombo
za yela:
8.
Article
is
prefaced to the
is
Name
of a person,
when
it
;
stands as the
its
appears
an answer
Name
an
Article.
If
is
prefaced to the
Name,
instead of
and the
Name
follows after,
without any further Article, as though the Style or Title were part of the
Name.
my
boys.
ngwa ame
My
Nelamvu
Nelamvu wants
:: :
lOOI
Wele kwandi,
Lukelo:
Kwiza kekwiza,
Father
is
o Tata:
coming.
Bavangidi ne i kavovele, o Mfumu: They did as the Lord commanded. Kazeye tunga nzo ko, o Ngwa ankazi Uncle does not know how to build a house.
Wan
Now
kitekele o mwini, mpasi kemona o Tata: that the sun has come out, Father will suffer.
kio, o
Bakana?
it ?
:
How
will
Bakana carry
Bakayanini e mfundi kalambidi o Ponte They divided out the mfundi that Ponte cooked.
He
///
told us
an
ansiver.
Luvezo unsamunwini wo
Luvezo told me.
Ingeta, ezaka
Noun
is
it is used in the sense of to find., and has for its Object Clause indicating the state of things found, if the Subject of the Noun
Clause
is
the
Name
of a person, the
Name
in that
case the
Name Name
Noun
Clause, so the
Bele wana o Kikudi yau kevinganga: They went and found Kikudi waiting for them.
the Name of a Person, or a Style, or Title, is the actual Object of a does not take an Article, whatever its position in the sentence, not even when it precedes the Verb for any reason, nor in a Relative Clause. But when the Name, or Style, or Title, is represented by a Personal Pronoun, or by an Objective Pronominal Prefix on the Verb, the Name, &c., may be mentioned after the Clause or sentence in such case it takes an Article.
9.
When
it
Verb,
Basamunwini Luvezo
They
told
Luvezo
about
it.
How
Do
will
he carry Bakana?
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Nwenda
sadisa Situa:
help Situa.
Go and
Go and
Out of normal
position.
Ingeta,
mfumu Kikudi
besadisanga:
We
Relative Clause.
Bokela Ndomfunsu, ona ovwidi Baka: Call Ndomfunsu, who owns Baka.
Vana
kio Give
kwa
it
to Ewete,
who
is
helping Luvila.
Kadi yandi
Because
it
Tunzolele beni, o Ngwa ankazi Lotutala Of Uncle Lotutala we are very fond.
Wenda kunsusumuna,
Go and
10.
Mvemba:
call
Mvemba.
Article may appear before each of a man's Names, when more than mentioned, and the Name is the Subject of the Verb. It is more courtly so to do, but it is certainly a cumbersome form of speech, and may be dispensed
The
one
is
with.
Manwele
11.
Sometimes Animals,
dievwa umbakidi The jackal caught him. ngo ovovele vo The leopard said that
12.
The Names
Common
the
Names
of Persons.
13.
A Noun
in Apposition takes
no
I
Article.
One
thing
do not
eat,
mfundi.
::
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o nluta ko,
malonga ye yinkutu
plates
and
coats.
When
Noun
it
-akete, a Httle^few^
qualified by -ingi, much^ many ; or by -andwelo, or does not take the Article, unless the sentence is prefaced
by:1 i
e
e e
kiki
kadi
stating
takes an
The Noun qualified by -ingi, &:c., also takes an Article when further qualified by a Demonstrative Pronoun, or a Relative Clause, or when it occurs in a Relative Clause, or in a Clause commencing with wau, una, OVa, vava, yavana, kufwila owu...ko. Where -ingi would be translated by much of, or many of; and -andwelo, or -akete, by few of a little of its Noun takes the Article, and is followed by a
comma.
Nzau zingi zina muna mfinda zeto There are many elephants in our forests.
mbadi:
Nzo zakete zisidi kuua evata diandi: Few houses remain in his town.
Maza mengi mezidi muna nlungu Much water came into the canoe.
Reason,
dr'c.
E kuma,
e kwanga yakete kikilu isidi: Because there are very few kwanga left.
Why
E nguba E
Many
In a Relative Clause.
Awana
banete e ntaku zakete kaka, ke yau ko Not those who carried only a few rods.
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After wau,
dr^c.
Wau
Many of
&^c.
Many
E ngamba,
Many
15.
zingi zifwidi:
The strengthened
Article
is
is
form, -ayingi,
;
when the
Article
present
but -ingi
is
absent.
-ayingi has also this peculiarity, that when it qualifies the Subject of the Verb, the Subject takes an Article whether it would or not with -ingi but when it qualifies the Object, the Object only takes an Article when it would with -ingi see the above rides.
;
E nsangu
zayingi U-^^^^.
j
^^^ngana ^
is
spread abroad.
Many
They
Banzitisi luzitu luayingi Luzitu luingi banzitisi: respected him greatly (with great respect).
Nzo zingi zambote zividi: Many good houses have been burnt.
Qualifying the Subject.
E nzau
zayingi zina muna mfinda zeto There are many elephants in our forests.
maza mayingi mezidi muna nlungu: Much water came into the canoe.
Qualifying the Object.
Bantwese madia mayingi: They brought me much food. E mfumu zimfundidi mambu mayingi The chiefs charged him with many things.
Reason.
Why
E kuma,
nzo zayingi bazolele tunga: Because they want to build many houses.
E nguba zayingi, zina babakidi, ke zifwene ko The many ground-nuts which they obtained are not enough.
I0O5
After wau.
Wau
Now
1
that
6.
Before kwa,
how many
in the
but
when
kwa
is
Secondary Form
Article.
case
Sometimes, however, the Secondary Form is used as the Primary in that it does not take an Article, any more than the simple Primary Form in
true
Secondary Form and that used as a Primary When the Secondary Form is used with the Article, the Noun has been the subject of thought and conversation and the simple question is asked as to how many of them. When the Secondary Form is used as a Primary Form, without the Article, the Noun has not been mentioned or considered specially, and the question is rather, how many,
distinguish.
if
at
all.
Primary.
Nti kwa okesele? How many trees did you fell ? Nsonso kwa ovava? How many nails do you want ? Nkumbu kwa wele? How many times did you go 1
Secondary.
The eggs
maki mpe, makwa osumbidi? too, how many did you buy
E mfundi, zikwa nudianga muna lumbu? How many cassava puddings do you eat a day ?
When
the Secondary
Form is usedfor the Primary. Ntaku zikwa zisidi? How many ntaku are left.''
Nzo zikwa
zividi?
How many houses were burnt ? Maki makwa ozolele? How many eggs do you want ?
Kwa-ekwa and -kwa-ekwa, how many
Primary.
each, follow the
same
rule.
?
.''
How many
Seco7tdary.
E mfundi mpe, zikwa-ekwa nuzolele ? How many cassava puddings do you want, each of you ?
Secondary
Form usedfor the Primary. Maki mekwa-ekwa nulambidi? How many eggs have you boiled, each of you
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17.
In a Relative Clause
all
common Nouns
mbazl: teka e nkombo Obokele Mbandila, ona ozolele He called Mbandila, who wants to sell a goat to-morrow.
nene ko
no one (who
is)
Ana ke bazolanga
Ona, kifweno
lunda e nsiku miandi ko: Those who do not wish to keep his laws.
nata
I
Whose
shoes
am
sat.
Mana ke mena
Ona kavangidi
diambu ko
Who
Tufongele vana vakedi e ndonga: We sat down where the crowd was.
matadi ko
are.
We
muntu ko:
laid.
Kuna ke kwina
Not where
ntemo
there
is
kwau ko
no
i
light.
Kuna kulungidi
wantu
tukwenda:
We
muna mwina
e
tombe ko
is
do not
like to
go
darkness).
Kuna
nsi eto,
kuna ke kwina
mfinda ko, ke
kwau ko
Not
in our country,
forests.
Osisidi kio
He
left it
Muna
Where
In the following sentence the Negative Clause Clause which ends at the word mo.
be monanga wonga ko Those who hear of these things are not afraid.
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1
8.
Participle
may
initiate
a Relative Clause
in
Noun which
it
qualifies takes
an
Article.
wantu betunganga e nzo zau, ke bekwenda ko: The people who are building their houses need not go.
A Participle thus initiating a Relative Clause may agree with its own Object by " attraction," and the construction result which is noted at the foot of page " The Predi707, and is further explained in these notes on the Syntax, under Concord by Attraction " in such case the rule of the cate, Subjective Prefixes Relative Clause prevails, with the sole exception of the names of Persons, Styles, or Titles, which do not take the Article.
Nani okuntwasa
nsangu za
mambu mevova
ntima ame
heart loves.
se
?
aku?
Who
will
bring
me word
kizolele
Kina
That which
my
wantu ambi
of
bad men.
E nkombo
{this
ina ididi
m^vwa:
which ate the jackals.)
mambu mavova Nzambi Oyau kaka, ana bekwikilanga They only who believe the words which God spoke.
Nda kubasamwina mambu mampwena mkvangidi Nzambi: Go and tell them what great things God has done for you. Ne i wau uvovele mfumu
Just as the chief said.
kulele Mpukuta ke kwambote ko The place where Mpukuta sleeps is not a good one.
:
Kuna
Bansamunwini kuna kwayenda Ngudi-ankama They told me where Ngudi-ankama had gone. Tulueke muna evata muna mufwila Nsona:
We
Muna
came
into the
town
in
sapala
ankazi Nsompi:
built.
Nsompi
Lukelo:
Where Nkwezi Lukelo is. Kuna kwina mfumu: Where the chief is.
When
there
is
no " Concord by Attraction," and a Proper Noun stands as the Noun takes an Article.
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I bosi
toma kutusamunwina oma kevova o Kidudu And then tell us properly what Kidudu says. Utusongele oma katusonekene o Ntima-nsieme He showed us what Ntima-nsieme wrote to us. Kazolele kunsamunwina oma kavovele o mfumu ko He does not want to tell us what the chief said.
o
Twawa
Mfumu
for him.
That we may hear the great things which the Lord has done
may
i
In
Ana bena ye
It is
fu yayi
bemona
wonga
fear.
those
Konso muntu
ozolele o vioka
nulembi mwesa
to
mpasi
:
whom
Ana bewanga mo
those
who
A Noun
qualified
The
mind
;
A Noun
or when when the
;
when
it
by a Demonstrative Pronoun, or Relative Clause Numeral is combined with the Demonstrative Pronoun (see the
of page 573)
;
at the foot
;
or
when
that particular
Number
is
specially definite
or after
kwa, how many ; or in quoting some well-known instance or case in point. Where the Noun forms part of a clause in which the Verb is preceded by una, wau, vava, ova, ovo, yavana, kufwila owu...ko, it takes the Article, since
it is
always
definite.
Qualified by
Numeral ;
Iitdefinite.
Lumbu
We We
Tusumbidi
e
killed
Lumbu
In a Relative Clause.
tatu tulele
muna
nzila
on the road.
kimbundi kina
mavwata masambanu
We bought a
Muna
evata dina tulele e lumbu tatu In the town in which we slept three days.
e zenzo
tanu
five barrels.
Vana vena
Where
mbangi
zole
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Kizolele e
I
nkombo
zazi zau
atanu ko
five goats.
E nsusu
These
specially definite.
sixty ntaku.
E yandu nana
Not the
eight chairs
E lumbu
ekimosi
Ufwene vo
One of the days. Nutunga e nzo eyimosi You must build one of the houses. muntu mosi ofwa, ke mu wantu awonso ko
die than
all.
One
After kwa.
of the men.
wantu makumole
How many times can I divide 140 rods among twenty men Wantu kwa balenda nata mazitu mole? How many men can carry two loads (each) ?
Instance or case in point.
Nga
mbizi
zole,
ke zau ko zatekwa muna lutaku e Are not two fish sold for a rod
.-'
E nlungu
miole miakukwidi ezono, miakangwa e nkangwa mosi The two canoes which drifted away yesterday were tied in the same way.
&^c.
E ngonde nsambwadi
ova zavioka
:
E mvu miole una milungidi When the two years were up. Una kiviokele e lumbu tanu: When the five days were over.
A Noun
qualified
Article, except in
Relative Clause.
In a Relative Clause.
E ngamba
Those
carriers
malonga matatu-matatu zina zinete who have carried three plates each.
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20.
sessive
in
There is an idiom in which the Object of the Verb is qualified by a PosPronoun {adj.), and neither the Subject nor the Object takes an Article
;
always imphed that the Subject performs the action predicated himself, for himself, on his own account, not for any other. In this construction the Article is conspicuously absent from both Subject and Object, not even appearing as a Prefix to the Personal Pronouns.
such case
it is
My
With
e mbwa My brother sold his dogs on the Ngwa ankazi otunganga nzo
andi
Uncle
is
{With
Kadi Kikudi ovwidi nzo andi For Kikudi has his own house. Nata kayi kiaku
Take a
{With
Help yourself
cutlass for yourself
;
the Article
We
Mono nsumba mbizi ame: I will buy my own meat. Mpangi ame wele tiama nkuni zandi
My
brother
is
gone
to get his
own
firewood.
:
We
Mono mpwidi lekwa yame I own my own things. Ovo onata e vevo kiame, nata mpe vevo kiaku If you carry my umbrella, take one for yourself. Kunati madia maku ko Do not take food for yourself; With the Article Do not take your food).
(
21.
When
Common Noun
it
or a Relative Clause,
is qualified by a Demonstrative Pronoun {adj.), always takes the Article, whether in a Positive or
Negative Clause.
Qualified by a Demonstrative Pronoun.
Kisumba kwame
I
nkombo yayi ko
diambu diadi ko
this affair.
will
Kalendi sweka
He
cannot hide
Kolo kingi ke bamwene e ntetembwa ina ko They did not see that star for a long while.
ion
He
You have
Eusonekene
Tuyokele
e
ngamba
names
zazi
ko
We
I
Eikakilwa
will
yayi ko
Eivwidi
I
have no use
Ee
We
tuzolele o nlele una ulembi zinga ko ; do not like cloth which does not wear well,
Ee
We
tuvidisi e mbele ina watuvana ko did not lose the knife you gave us.
:
E nzo ina oyikidi yambote kikilu The house you mentioned is a fine one indeed,
Nsumbidi
I
e ngulu zina twamwene ezono have bought the pigs which we saw yesterday,
:
wan
that.
Eisnmba
I
will not
Eisumba
I
nkombo ina
oyikidi ko
will
22.
No
Article
Noun.
Nkia mnntu? What man Nkia ntangwa? What time 1 Nkia nkombo ifwidi?
.?
What
23. In
goat
is
dead
as^
as though^ the
an Article.
Nze yandi wele vava nzimbu As if he had gone to seek some beads.
:
Ne yeno nuvwidi mbele yayi nkinzi As though you had some need of this knife.
:
They entered
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24.
No
Article
is
little while),'
on page 8io.
Una bafongele kimfonga-mfonga When they had been sitting a little while.
25.
The
Article
is
always present
in
yavana,
to be.
wan
30.
wau, una, ova, vava, kadi, kufwila own...ko, with any Predicate but kala or ina,
See rule
Nzaml)i, wan kazolele kelelwa wantn e kimenga ko Since God does not desire human sacrifices.
The
Nzambi kazolele kelelwa wantn kimenga ko God does not desire human sacrifices.
Wan Wan
ke vena
is
knma ko
nsikn ko
Since there
no reason.
:
ke bena
Wan
ke babongele nkntn e ma ko, tnbayambwidi As they did not take anything, we let them go.
Una bamwene mnntn mnna nzo When they saw a {or the) man in the house. Una ke bamwene mnntn mnna nzo ko
When
they saw no one {or did not see the man) in the house.
Una
(///.
kafndidi nkntn
all
vova ko
Una
Une ke kiabwidi
Ova ke vamonekene
mnntn ko
e
Vava ke kiasemeno
Esi
nsi,
nza ko
e
yavana ke bayambwidi
vonda
ndoki ko
The
Aleke eto, kufwila own tnbalongele e fn yambote ko Our boys, although we taught them proper behaviour, Kufwila own kaleml)ele yambula e nsita zandi ko Although he did not give up his passion. tukau ko Yavana ke nukondelo nkntn So that you were lacking in no gift. wonga ubabakidi wantn awonso nsangn, una zalnaka, When the news arrived, all the people were seized with fear.
:
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No Article appears after the Conjunctions, 0V0,kaiLa, either^ or, neither, 26. nor ; ngatu, musungula, neither, nor, especially or certainly not. wiien they connect with a 7iegaiive clause or sentence neither is there any Article after When ovo, kana, ngatu, nanga, nangi, nangu, ngatu, nganu, except. musungula connect with a positive sentence, the Article is used.
;
Kukangala
ko,
Do
I
Kibasongele lulendo ko, ngatu kanga yitu yau did not behave proudly to them, nor tie up their relations.
Dimbu.
:
ozolele,
like,
Kunati nzimbu ko, ovo mbele, ovo nti, ngatu nkele Take neither money, nor a knife, nor staff, nor gun.
With Positive
Clauses.
:
o nlele wau, kana e mpu, ke diambu ko Whether this cloth, or the hat, it does not matter. Bonga konso nsusu ozolele, ovo e ekoko dina, ovo e nkento ina Take whichever fowl you like, either that cock or that hen.
27.
Kana
There
is
any of
the Locatives.
Mwisi a mfomo
Tobacco smoke.
Ntambi za wantu The footsteps of people. Nzo a mfumu The house of the chief. Wele kuna belo kiandi:
:
He
is
gone
Vana
Muna
nkele
In the box,
When
tive Prefix,
a Narrative commences with an Impersonal Verb bearing a Locano Article ever precedes the Noun, not even when it is qualified by
a Relative Clause.
unu Vakezi muntu vana ezandu There was a man at the market to-day. Kulueke Mundele kuna evata dieto There came a white man to our town.
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Vakala muntu wakala yo wana audi wole There was a man who had two sons.
however, the Impersonal Verb introduces a secondary incident into a In such is prefaced to the Noun in Positive sentences. case, some Conjunction is expressed or implied in English, and^ now, too, also
If,
Narrative, an Article
last,
&c.
:
Mwakala e ndonga a aleke muna nzo Now there was a crowd of boys in the house. Vamonekene o nkunzi a mfumu
: :
(After that) a
{Negative.)
These remarks only apply to cases where the Impersonal Verb introduces the and commences the sentence.
be, are used with or without the have {normally), the Noun which completes the Predicate takes or omits the Article in accordance with the general rules of the Article so also when these Verbs bear an Impersonal Prefix (Locative or
When
Verb
to
When these Verbs precede a Noun under any other circumstances than those above noted, they are never followed by an Article. When the Verb to be is understood, but not expressed, or where the Demonstrative Verbal Particle i (which is equivalent to the Verb to be in all its parts) precedes the Noun, and serves as the Verb to be; or after the Pronominal Particles i, U, tu, twa, nu, nwa {see page 579) or or after the Particles se, ne or nze when -ina is combined with VO (bena vo) the Noun following never takes an Article, not even in a Relative Clause, and so far overrides that far-reaching
;
rule.
With kala or
-ina, to
have {normally).
:
Wina kwandi moyo He is alive (with life). Awana bena meso mole
Those who have two
eyes.
E mbizi ina ke ina nkila ko That animal has no tail {negative clause).
: :: ::
: :
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Bearing a Locative
Prefix.
:
Bafongele vana vakedi o maza They sat down where there was water.
mbunzi ame
He
With kala and
is
gone
to the place
where
my
brother
is.
-ina, to be,
Mbula kakala aka nkaza ame: Let her continue to be my wife. Mbula kakala nkaza ame
:
Let her be
He
I
my wife. mfumu ko
chief.
:
Nzolele kukula, yakala mfumu ngani wish to redeem myself, that I may be free.
We
Then you
Wau
ngina
I
mfumu aku
your
chief.
Since
am
We
mbazi nkala nkwa aku To-morrow I shall be your companion. Kadi mfumu kena
:
Because he
is
chief.
The
He made
her
kinzu
We
I
moulded
it
Ikumvanga mvwama kikilu make him (to be) a very rich man. Adiejri bankitulwidi mbundu? Why have they made a slave of me (///. me to be E nkombo ke ilendi kituka ngulu ko
will
.''
a slave)
Ozengele
wo
it
He
cut
it
so that
stick.
:
Una ngyele kubatala, kinga wana aku ankazi! When I went to see them, they were your nephews
!
: ::
: :
:: :
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Tuwidi
We
was a
nsa,
Aleke yau awole, Bakana yo Mpongi The two boys are Bakana and Mpongi.
people are
all
my
children.
:
With
the Particles.
Kadi eyayi
For
this
i
is
Nga vo
As
I
mfumu
eto
mpanga tuvangidi
That
is
kio
it.
how we made
Konso ona ovanganga esumu i mbundu a esumu He who commits sin is the slave of sin. Kumoni o wonga ko, tu mpangi zaku Do not be so afraid, we are your brothers. yeno nu mfumu Ovo
If
you are
i
chiefs.
Ovo yeno
If
mfumu
chiefs.
Ovo yau
If
mfumu:
ngani
:
Ovutukidi se
mfumu
a bad boy.
ne nzo aku
me
Kina ne
I
i wantu akaka ko am not like other people. Wina nze mfumu eto He is like our chief.
A mfumu
The
chiefs
Owau se Now they are orphan children. Ana bena vo i mfumu zeto
Those who are our
chiefs.
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Relative sentence.
After an Auxiliary
Verb the
Infinitive
Noun never
takes an Article
Noun
After zola
it
is
Toma nata
Carry carefully.
You
will
Noun
Nani
Balutidi
ozolele
sumba kio?
it ?
Who
zola e
wishes to buy
mbika ke
mu
mbizi ko
They
kwenda
much
to go.
iti
the Article
combination with
other parts of speech, or members of the sentence^ are here given that all together, and thus afford better means of comparison.
31.
may
be
^^^/it,
^t/^ry,
always precedes
it
its
qualifies take
go.
kwandi
is
Any
stone will do
any stone
a stone).
The Secondary
as a Prefix.
its
Noun
The Personal Pronouns follow the rule of the Nouns as to the use of the They receive the Article as a Prefix when a Noun would have it, and dispense with it when it would be absent in a Noun.
33.
:: : :
[oi8
or before
take no Article prefix in a reply or in a kaka, and aka, only ; or after a Locative or after
;
;
or in a Negative Clause
see
With
Wau
You
Nani
Who
Nani ofilanga
e
kibeni
Who
raises objections
We
ourselves do so.
:
Nani ovntukidi ?
Mono kwame
?
Who
has returned
I.
Nani utumini ?
Yandi kibeni
Who sent you ? He himself. Nani i mfumn ? Ngeye i mfumn Who is chief.? You are the chief.
Curt assertion.
Mono i mfumu a evata I am the chief of the town. Yandi i nleke ame, untuma ovo ozolele wo He is my servant, send him if you like. Mono kwame i Mvungudi ambote I am the good Shepherd.
Before kaka.
dio
only
know
it.
After a Locative.
Ovene kio
kwa mono
it
He
gave
to
me.
To
After
i.
you.
Vo
mono
for
As
me.
:
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Bena ne
They
Ovovele nze
yeto
yandi
He
Jn a Negative Clause.
Eansi ke mono ko
But
After ngatu, nangn, or ovo.
it
is
not
I.
Ke yandi
mono
I.
Konso muntu nangu yandi Any one but he. Ovo ngeye, ovo yandi, ke diambu ko
:
it
The Personal Pronouns take the Article Prefix before the Demonstrative even without it, when comparisons, or contradistinctions are i, or being made also before mpe, too^ also, as well; or after musungnla, or ngatu, especially, in particular, when it connects with a Positive Clause,
Particle
;
is
absent.
Comparisons, ^'c.
leke
servants.
Oyeto
asnkami, ongeye
mvwama
my
We
(for
part) will.
Mpe,
dr'c.
Omono mpe, nzeye tanga I also know how to read. Oyau mpe bene ye ngangu
teach you.
esi belo
Nzolele
I
kiame
want
Oyeto awonso
mpe
tuzolele
quarter.
All of us too,
we wish
to dress well.
Musungula and ngatu after a Negative Clause. Ke vekwenda muntu ko, musungula ngeye
aleke ko, ngatu yandi did not see any boys, certainly not him.
:
No one Kimwene
35.
qualified
by -awonso,
all,
they do not
musungula,
especially, in
mpe,
: :
I020
We
He
will
want
Kekubavondesa
not put
ko,
yau awonso
Yeto awonso With us all.
all
of them to death.
.''
36. After e kuma, and such words stating or requiring a reason, the Personal Pronouns take the Article Prefix, unless the case is exceptional, or in that case the Article Prefix is kaka, only^ is expressed or understood
;
absent.
E kuma
Kadi
Exceptional.
oyeto,
kwiza tukwiza
With kaka.
Adverbs derived from Nouns, when not formed with the Locatives, or ya, this will be apparent from the on page 604. When such an Adverb is brought out of its normal position,
;
it
precedes
it,
the Article
is
dropped.
when they precede the Verb, when they are highly emphatic : nganu, luku, e mbanu, In the same way elelo. mbatu, ngatu, masika, mbazi, unu, the Locative Adverbs and Prepositions take the Article as a Prefix, when
The
may
specially emphatic,
E kuma
kadi,
nswalu kabamwene
:
Mbazi kekwiza
Plant
it
later
on
in the day.
ngovo
Kimfundu-mfundu kevovanga
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specially emphatic.
unu okwenda
This very day he
will go.
mbanu okwiza
He
will
be sure
to
come
:
presently.
fuku wele
He
Okoko
kena
He
is
Omuna tukunwaiia
There we
shall surely
meet him.
:
Ovava ke vau ko
Not
Locative Adverbs specially emphatic.
there.
kumwene ko
ke
is
?
1
Okwaku kwina
kwau ko
water.
:
Wenda nswalu
very gently.
kieleka:
39. After
kuma,
i
kuma
i,
kiki, e
dianu, diau,
diau didi,
nkia
kadi, such
words stating or requiring a reason, the Adverbs, malembe, and nswalu, e kieleka, take their Articles, when they assume their normal position following the Verbs they modify.
E kuma
kadi,
it
kwenda
was
nswalu, diampasi
go quickly.
Because
difficult to
I diau didi ndembele kio natina malembe That is why I did not carry it carefully.
Adieyi nuzolele dio kunsamunwina e kieleka wau? Why do you want to tell me truthfully about it now ?
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40.
ya, and, or with, may combine with it, and thus become, ya, ye, orjo, as
Article,
may
require
in so
doing
it
in those cases in
^,
ye ntaku, yo mungwa, yo malonga, ye nsonso, yo nkele mosi They carried rice, and salt, and plates, and nails, and one gun.
41. When the Conjunction and Preposition ya, ye, or yo, is used in a Negative Clause, the first time it occurs it does not combine with the Article, except in those cases in which a Noun would take it ; as in a Relative clause, &c., see the rules above. The second and any subsequent occurrences
Article.
We
Ke tuna ya
ko
We
I
have no
knife.
Ke
twizidi ya nkele ye mbele yo maswanga ko We have not come with guns and knives and spears.
Which were useless. muntu kena ye diambu ko killed a man who was innocent.
kina ye nzo ko
Wau
Now that I have no house. Una kakedi yo mwana ko When he had no child.
42.
qualified
by a Numeral.
:
Tukwenda ye mfumu
zole
We
shall
go with two
chiefs.
43. When ya, ye, or yo, are used before konso, whichever, any, &c., they agree with the Noun or Pronoun qualified by the konso.
Yo konso nti: And every tree. Ye konso nkombo And any goat. Yo konso ona And any one who
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used without an Article before the Names of Person^, when the is not a personal acquaintance it carries with it the Enghsh idea of, a certain, or some one na?ned.
Ya
is
Person
in
question
Bele ya Tezo They went with a certain Tezo. Vana ezandu dina bawananini ya Mpandu On that market they met with a person named Mpandu. I bosi bavambanini ya Ntoni Then they separated from (the man) Ntoni.
45.
Ya
is
pressed, or
used without combination with the Article, when surprise is exor astonishing circumstances are spoken of.
mfumu wekala ya nzimbu zingi The chief had a great deal of money. Ne yeno nwatuka ya moyo muna mafwa As if you had come back alive from the dead. Owau wina ya wana engi: Since you have many children. Bena ya kiese kingi They are very happy.
[p.7o8.]THE
POSITION OF ATTRIBUTES.
In the preceding consideration of the " Attributes of the Subject " there are given sentences which may serve to illustrate also the position of such attributes in the sentence ; there will be found also certain rules on pp. 708-9,
It
needs further
to
be noted that
in
come Numerals,
;
both
qualification
then the most characteristic, or important attribute then any further if there are more than one remaining, then -ampa, ^wy -ankulu, old; -ambote, good; -ambi, bad; and such qualifications rank last in mention.
;
E mbele aku
yayi:
E
malonga
nti
mame maya manti mampembe mampa mambote My four good new white wooden plates.
Eouso.
precedes the
Konso,
qualifies.
Noun
or
Pronoun which
it
The
other,
is
practically the
its
some more,
-aka precedes
its
Secondary Form of -akaka, so>ne, Noun, concording with it, and taking the
as a Prefix.
its
Noun
The
noun.
:
nsonso zakaka
nails.
Akaka
is
preferred with
Nouns
and precedes
;
its
it
Noun, unless it implies some more, or follows a Preposition follows its Noun.
in that
case
Akaka antu
wantu akaka balueke Some more people have come. Muna diambu dia wantu akaka
For the sake of other people.
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Otherwise -aka is generally to be translated by so vie ; -akaka, by other; -aka...-akaka or -aka... aka..., in comparisons, by some. ..other.
.
Emiaka
nti misavukidi,
trees
emiaka ke misavukidi ko
not.
Some
Kwame,
;
&c.
follow
immediately after the Predicate but an Objective Pronoun has precedence, if there be one when there is an Auxiliary (or Auxiliaries), it comes after the principal Verb. Bele kwan They have gone.
Kizolele
I
kwame kwenda ko
to go.
:
do not wish
Onete yo kwandi
He
Kizolele
I
carried
it.
mo kwame
soneka ko
do not wish
to write them.
Adieyi nnlembele vika zo natina kweno? Why did you not carry them off quickly 1
The
When
Predicate.
Pronoun
is
repeated.
Nunlanda yo knnlemvokela
Follow and obey him.
Bampavidi yo knnsolola They sought and found me. Nntoma knbakayisa yo knbatambnla
Greet them
well,
reception.
We
: :
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Infinitive
I
(///.
This
is
the going
failed to go.)
it.
Bansanrnnwini e mpaika kavikidi vaika They told me how soon he went out.
Kwenda kelembi kwenda He will not go. Sumba yadi kio snmba, kansi
I
it,
but
o
mbazi
We
shall
kwama,
It
is
sala and lastly, those of completeness, mana and vwa. probably correct that zola, to want, when followed by the Infinitive Noun without its Article, is an Auxiliary Verb it takes the precedence of all the Auxiliaries an Objective Pronoun, if there be one, immediately precedes
; ; ;
except when the Auxiliaries mana and vwa are employed ; ; these two Auxiliaries immediately precede the principal Verb, and the Obthe principal Verb
jective
12
-adi
4
Possibility.
7
(?)
9
""
Want.
Negative.
Certainty.
Potentiality.
Time.
Manner.
^,7,'f
zola
lemba
-lembi
kambwa
za singa sa
nanga lenda
-fwete
teka vika
vita
-ka,nini
toma
sala
-kini
EXAMPLES.
They
will
Baza nanga lenda vika toma kio vwa katnla then most probably be soon able to completely take
careful
it
away
in
manner.
:
Bazolele teka mana luaka They wish to arrive all of them (completely) Adieyi balembele kwama kwizila? Why do they not come constantly ? Bafwete vika luaka: They ought to be here very soon.
first.
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Awana balembi
Those who
will fail to g-o
Olenda toma dio soneka, ovo ozolele You can write it well, if you care to do
wo
so.
E nzimbn zame
All
my money
good orator would introduce thus the Verb bonga, and state what was done, and then repeat the statement, odidi zo, the whole interested part of the audience repeating the odidi ZO with him at the same time tiiis is a very effective style of harangue, the audience being in this way worked up into excitement and indignation, and thus the point is carried.)
;
complement
in
never the case, only Nouns or Adverbs (or Noun or Adverbial sometimes the Verb to be is transformed into the Verb Clauses) can so serve to have {to be with), to get over the difficulty. Unless an Adverb is preferable, a Noun or Noun Clause corresponding to the adjectival idea in English is used where the idea is participial, the Infinitive Noun serves to express it. In Relative Clauses the Particle vo follows immediately after the Verb to be, when a Noun is its complement.
Kongo
this is
Akwa umvwama
He
is
angry.
They
are very
happy
towards which
among them
are,
migrate from. When is mentioned, or the motion is viewed in both its aspects, from and towards, either the Applied Form must be used before the place or the Verbs kwenda, to go, or towards (the place from being omitted) kwiza, to come, must be made use of. Kulumuka, to descend to, refers to the place to which the descent is made, and the above rule must be adjusted
yaluka,
to
go away from, to leave; and the place from is of no moment, while the
katuka,
accordingly.
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They
will
come down
to the ground.
Bayalukidi kuna Ngombe a Ntumba, bele kuna Mputu-Kasongo They migrated from Ngombe a Ntumba to Mputu-Kasongo.
On page
is
correct as ideal
Grammar and
Syntax.
This idiom prevails even in the presence of a Relative Pronoun, which although the object, is emphatic, and takes the first place in the clause, as is
seen in the following sentences
:
Ona bafwilwa
He who
///. Him by whom they were Bamwene mpe ona batungila e nzo They saw him for whom they built the house.
died
for.
On page
may
nkele zaku yo makuba maku malueke Your boxes and bales have arrived.
Nguba ye kwa yambalu kikilu Ground-nuts and potatoes are exceedingly dear.
nzo zandi yo masole mandi mataikidi His houses and forest clearings are sold.
Mundele ye mbongo zandi wizidi The White-man and his goods have come. mfumu Makitu ya aleke audi wele kuna evata diaku The chief Makitu and his retainers have gone to your town.
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mfumu
Ekongo
King Leopold and a great crowd has come to see the things which came from the Kongo.
e ndinga audi The dead, and even the winds, obeyed his voice. Nangii olenda ye ndonga andi banwana ye esi evata dina
Perhaps he
is
able, with his party, to fight (that they should fight) with the
and
of
nwana.
Prefix proper to
Nouns (though singular in form) the Verb may wear the or the plural the Class and Number of the Collective Noun the Noun to which the Collective Noun refers or rather, the
; ;
Noun which
Nouns
Noun whether
are few.
expresses the individuals considered collectively in the Collective such Collective such Noun is expressed or understood
Ndonga yingi
A
Bemba kingi
(kia mbizi za maza) kibakamene {or zibakamene) A great shoal (of fish) was caught.
many Personal Nouns of various classes, may receive a Prefix of the ist Class, but in
ist
Noun must be
Class
(if
own
personification.
own Class the ist Class Article indicates the olueke, the chief has come ; here the 2nd Class Noun, mfumu, is brought into the ist Class and thus personified otherwise it is mbuta aku wizidi, your relative has come^ or, e mfumu ilueke.
with
its
mfumu
mbuta aku
izidi.
Tulundanga
We
o malongi batulongele o mase meto keep the teachings which our fathers taught us.
selo kiaku,
If
A mfumu
The
Animals,
trees,
and
things,
may be
thus personified,
if
moment supposed
thus personified.
to.
I030
When
in.
Una ke kiasumbiln
Wan
Now
kizidi o
mayela
mama
:
That
Concord by Attraction.
There is a singular idiom in Relative Sentences by which the Verb takes Subjective Prefix " by attraction " from the Noun immediately preceding
although
it is
its
it,
being actually the Object. It appears that the Subject in such sentences follows the Verb, rather than come between it and the Relative, and the Verb assumes the prefix proper to the word which immediately precedes it.
not really
its
Subject at
all,
E lekwa
The The
kina kizolele o
thing which
mwana ame
my
:
child wants.
my
707.
This is the explanation of the singular construction noted Further examples are here given
:
page
Bazikidi
They buried
the
mnntn ndiona ovondele e esi evata man who was killed by the towns-folk, or who killed Tnmwene e nkombo isnmbidi Kipati
:
them.
We
I
Ntambwidi
Batwese They brought
In the
e
us.
:
nkayi yasikidi
Makwekwe
Makwekwe
ezono
shot yesterday.
same way
there
may be an
Vana esambn diame divwende Kiantongona At my side sat Kiantongona. Knna Kindinga, evata diakete, diekala omaka makangn mame
At Kindinga, a small town, were some
friends of mine.
wiki
from.
: :
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or thing, the
is only performed by one particular Predicate concords with the Object. The Passive or
Middle Voice would appear to be more appropriate, but the Active is used and the Verb " by attraction " takes as its Subject the Subject of conversation.
Ezaka ntangwa wantu kwandi zituntanga nzaza Sometimes only men haul the barges. nlele, Mindele ukubanga
:
cloth.
E mvwatu,
E
Nouns
Nanga tukunlenda
Perhaps we
;
baka
shall
is no exception to the rule the Article before the Infinitive Noun shows that lenda is not serving as an Auxiliary, but as an ordinary Verb, and so receives the Objective prefix, which might appear with equal correctness on the Infinitive Noun, baka, thus
:
Nanga tulenda
Many Adverbs
*'
kumbaka.
Appendix
to the Syntax,
under
The
The
influence of
the Adverbs and Adverbial Clauses on the Pronominal prefix of the 3rd Person
singular
is
The
Pronoun
Subjective
Pronominal Prefixes."
Ne, nze.
Ne, and nze,
i
them, when they precede a Noun qualified by a Demonstrative or when they commence a clause indeed, wherever the verbal idea as though {it were), &^c., is to be implied.
after
Relative Pronoun, or
Kina ne
It is like (as
disu dia lulungu, dina dimenene though it were) a pepper seed, which grew.
:
Ne luvuma lua titi i kevempokela Like a flower of the grass he will disappear.
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Otherwise.
Particles of Negation.
two Negative sentences are joined by ne or nze, as though, Just as ./, ^^""'^^ '^^ ^' ""^''^''^'^ ^^^ ^^-^ Partick of Nega"^ ' do^fann. tion appears once only, and that at the end of the combined sentences.
When
"
Kumpangi diau adimosi ne ki mfumu eno ko Do not treat me as though I were not your chief.
Kunati
e nkele
Do
Do
ne banza vo ke izita ko
it
ki makangu maku ko me as though I were not your friend. Kufwila own ngina vo ki mfumu ko Not losing sight of the fact that I am not the chief.
not speak of
Kungika ne
The Locatives, ko, mo, vo, kuma, muma, and vuma, used
follow the rules
of
the
unkwa,
are really the Objective Pronouns proper to adverbially, but in the matter of position they Objective Pronoun (page 716). The
Conjunction
verbal to some extent in character, and follows the rules as to the position of the Auxiliaries (page 711).
lest, ,s
He
Kazolele ko kota ko
Unkwa mo wana ma
Lest that he should find something therein.
Mpe.
especially refers to the Verb, or to its Object, follows immediately after the Verb ; nothing can intervene but the Objective Pronoun but that also may follow the mpe; indeed, it is preferable for the sake of H-uphony, if for no other reason, that the Objective Pronoun should follow the
it
Mpe,
also, too,
when
dio
is
either
in Syntax.
Lukunga.
:
Tubamwene mpe
We
saw them
too.
: :: :
I033
When mpe
is
especially connected with the Subject, the mpe follows any Adjective qualifying the Noun ; but between the Adjectival Clause.
more
diaka ko
Mama mpe
These
bevanga
wo
We, too, like it. E nsusu zandi mpe, zina katwela, zabilama
His fowls,
too, that
the
mpe comes
after the
Subjective
mpe yuyu:
it is
He
I
too.
too.
refer to the
Subject
only Adjectives
may
When
follows the Subjective Personal Pronoun. Adverbs, and accordingly follow immediately after them, Verb.
Kunsimbi nkutu ko
We did
not see
it
at
all.
:
"Wenda dio nata diaka Go and carry it again. Sumba kaka masele mole Buy only two masele (fish). Besinsanga aka o kumbaka They are always trying to catch him. Akaka nkutu babayambwidi bakota They even allowed other people to enter.
:
::
: ::
1034
tuvovele
Verb.
On
nangu (perhaps), okalokala, e elelo, kwakwiziwa, and other variations of that Adverb based on kwiziwa, kwendewa, and tukwa. Other Adverbs may precede the Verb when specially emphatic.
kasikila, kosi, kole, nanga, nangi, e ntete, se, sa, sanga, singa, oku
I bosi
tukwenda
After that
elelo
out.
:
Owau
ntangwa ifwene
it is
Now
time.
The general rule given on page 607, to the effect that the Particles ot Negation include within them the clause to be negatived, needs only to be supplemented by the following remarks When the Verbs kala or -ina, to be^ are followed by the Particle VO, in such cases as those given below, or before combinations of the Locatives with -ina, the second Particle of Negation precedes the VO, or the Locative, as the case may be. The ko is sometimes heard at the end of the clause, but the rule above given is considered as more correct.
:
Wau
I
ke bena ko vo
Kisamunwini muntu ko vovo nwina tell one of you (///. any man among you). Ke mayikwanga nkutu ko vovo nwina Let them not even be mentioned among you.
: :
I035
first
state their
own
Subject,
if
there be a
Noun
or Pronoun as Subject
It is
then
mfumu
eto,
wau kekwenda ko, omono mpe kikwenda Since that our chief is not going, I will not go.
kwame ko
:
Mpongi, kufwila owu kele ko ko, kitwika kio ko Although Mpongi has gone there, I will not send it.
E mvu maknmaya una milungidi When the forty years were complete.
Nsona, ovo ozolele wo; or, Ovo ozolele wo, o Nsona
If
Nsona
likes.
Kipati,
or,
The
The
Object.
many
those which govern the Subject, especially those which concern the Attributes. The rules as to the presence or absence of the Article before the Object, will be found under " The Subject."
When
my
table
and
chair.
:
E mpu
Do
ye vevo ke nusiai kio ko not leave behind the hat and umbrella. yo mabindwa, o
E mini
Mvemba
by konso, each, every, and the Object by the Possessive Pronoun, the Object must be preceded by the
Verb
is
qualified
Preposition ya, ye, or yo, with. The same rule prevails in English in the It may be case of Intransitive Verbs, but not in the case of Transitives. objected, however, that Intransitive Verbs have no Object, some further exis therefore necessary. In English an Intransitive Verb in combination with a Preposition may To go is an Intransitive Verb, but by combination become a Transitive.
{to go-into),
it
:
its
synonym,
to enter.
So we say
in
English
They went
in every
man
: : :
1036
when the
subject of the
Verb
is
qualified
by each or every.
his
gun
his gun.
:
We
No
went away each of us with a new coat i.e. Each of us went-away-with a new coat.
is
such combination
in the
omitted, thus
his gun.
We
In
received each of us a
new
coat.
Kongo
is
the Preposition ya, ye, or yo, with., has to appear, whether the
Verb
Transitive or Intransitive,
when
the Subject
is
qualified
by konso, and
Bezidi kwau, konso muntu yo nkele andi They came each man with his gun.
Tukatukidi kweto, konso muntu oku twina ye kinkutu kiampa We went away each one of us with a new coat.
So
the
far the
with).
The
following sentences
show
Kongo idiom
Verb
:
muntu yo nkele andi They found each man his gun. Tutambwidi konso muntu oku twina ye kinkutu kiampa We received each of us a new coat.
Basolwele konso
In Kongo,
when such
orjo, with, must precede the Object and a Possessive Pronoun, or an Indefinite Article in always qualified in Kongo by the Possessive Pronoun.
is
Nutwasa konso muntu ye mbele andi Bring every man a knife. Nutala konso muntu yo mandi mambu
Each of you mind his own business. Basamunwini konso muntu ye mpangi andi Each man told his brother.
; ; ; ; ; ; ;;; ; ; ;;
; ;
;; ;
ERRATA.^
Under
the word
should be
About,
Ace,
adiei
waji, 12
;
adieyi.
wazi,
2 (P.
as).
Acquired, Admiration,
vua;
etondo, 8
;
vuwa.
tonda,
9.
3-
Adulterer,
munta
(3) e
zumba
munta-zumba,
Afterwards
(at length),
oku kwakwiji wa
-alundu vwiisa konko, 4 fuma, 4 wisawidi
;
oku kwakwiziwa.
-andundu. vwisa. konko, 6 fuma, wiyisawidi.
;
Albino, Amass,
a.,
Angle, Angry,
6.
Animal
birth).
(that
bukula
n. (the)
a.,
mbukulwilu
ntumu,
nzodi, 4
&
ntumwa,
ngangu, ne i, nze
2.
5.
kinzola-nzola,
2,
i.
As
(like),
//.
ediongololo.
wa
balansa nxindu, 4
nsuvila, 4
Pers.
I.
balanza.
;
nkindu,
2. 3.
ezu,
8.
omitted.
Pers.
;
I.
2.
the table
of
Pro-
; (
Sing.,
i,
Ti,
Sing., i
u,
a.
3.
nouns,
twa, nwa, a
PL, twa,
nwa,
1 The list of Errata on pp. 510-514 have been incorporated with this, in order that all This supersedes and cancels pp. the Errata may be together, and thus avoid confusion. 510-514. All corrections are made according to the spelling ;now adopted, by which J and Z are replaced by z and S. The length of this list is due chiefly to the fact that two-thirds of the work has been printed while the author was on the Kongo, or on his way out, which prevented the proper revision of the proofs the long blindness referred to in the Preface of 1886 having deranged the plans made, and caused special difficulties.
1037
; ; ; ; ;; ; ; ;; ; ; ;
; ; ;; ;; ,; ;; ; ; ;;
I038
Under
the
word
should be
Bee,
nyumbwila
nyoxi fukika
ngyumbwila.
niosi.
Jp ELATED,
Belong
to,
fukikwa.
vua; ebanda
vingila
vuwa kwa.
ebandu.
vinga.
vumisa
etonxi about in the wind (wind), v.i.^ kia;
;
vuma.
etonti.
Blow,
(wind).
Boast,
Boldness,
Box
(tin trunk),
Braid,
nsalaji, 2
n. (of
Branch,
tree).
tai;
tayi.
(as a tree).
tai(6);
Bravery,
kiakala
v.i.^
Break
(smash),
buka;
bundu, 6
dinga, 6
;
Bud, Bundle,
Burn
(scorch).
baba;
(be scorched),
(singe),
babama
vumpa, fumpa,
fumpa
kimbi,
vd.^
&
fumpula
omitted.
(be singed).
fumpuka
7
;
omitted.
5.
makomve.
boka.
Canoe,
boka ebwanda,
Care
for.
(concern).
nsungameno sungamena
to care
;
bwanda, 6. nsungamena.
see
Hke
think about
con-
cerned, be.
not to care
for,
to
do bad
be cared. do badly.
nku; mvwiyi
vangalakesa
nkuwu.
mvuyi. vangalakana muna. vwamvulwisa. luvambu, 2 & n
elawu.
tumbiila.
a snare),
vwamvula
luvambu,
elau;
10
Chain,
Chance,
Chastise,
tumba
wondelela, wonza
Cheer,
Chilly,
kulula
e todi.
moyo
(3).
ye todi
36, line 5,
Choke,
Christian,/. Cicada, Circumcise,
sweneswa munkwidi
kintendele yota;
swenesa.
munkwikizi.
kintendela.
yotesa.
Circumcised
Civet,
person,
esewa
mfuki,
2;
i.
;; ; ; ;; ,; ; ; ; ; ;;; ;; ; ; ; ;;
I039
Under
the
word
should be
Clan, Cleanse,
Climb
(a hill),
Close, nearly,
kilukeni; alukeni.
kianzisa.
Colour,
purple.
ndua;
(fall)
;
nduwa.
(of the teeth).
Come
out,
to one's self,
vunguka
niania kiniania ebwilu
vungukwa.
nienie.
omitted. omitted.
see
Comet,
ximba
abisa Jisu; viisa
Hold.
abiza.
Jizn.
visa.
omitted. omitted.
Cook
(well),
Corpulence, Corpulent,
person,
Courage, Court,
Craftiness,
kinkobe, 5. kiyakala.
omitted.
nkanu
nluba, 4 nsuvila, 4
;
unlnba,
omitted.
12.
Creek,
nsuku
Crew, Crow, Crown, Cunning,
asau, pi.
;
nsuku,
4.
Cut
(scratch across).
(obstruction).
kwalamnna;
nkaku, 4
;
kwalumuna.
nkaku,
longo,
2.
Dam
bukama
tongo,^/. 10;
bukamwa
10.
(0
meso).
savuka
(spoil).
savula.
Destroy
Detach,
vnnzalakesa,
kesa,
vunzaomitted.
vunzuna
samuna
-angeme; -angeme
yia;
Disobey
(transgress),
sununa
(provide), &c.
;
snmuna.
omitted.
Distribute, Divert,
banzula
bwela, 6
kelela;
lenga
etonxi
lengela.
etonti.
Drunk,
-ankwola
day;
-ankolwa.
(hazy) day.
Dull Each
Ease
day.
other, line 19,
(facility),
vulu za
nsazu, 2
;
vuluza. sazu, 6.
;;; ; ; ;; ; ; ;; ; ; ; ; ; ;
; ;; ; ;
; ;
1040
should be
Easy,
-ansazu
-asazu.
Eat
quickly,
vempa nsambu
,
Eloquence,
kimpovi
ebwilu, 8
;
ngangu
omitted.
;
(2)
za vova.
8.
Embouchure,
Engine,
makina, pi
sukwa
7/./.,
e ekudi.
fukumuka
fitika, zinga.
baba; lengalakana
lengalakesa
omitted.
lengoka.
lengola.
Execute
punishment.
a,
tumba
(spend)
;
tumbula.
(spend)
;
(grimace)
(grimace)
ndila,
ngwulumuka
ndila, 2
;
ngulumuka.
4.
mfumu una
nga;
ye
edie- 5
(
mfumu omonanga e
nga.
omitted.
edie-
show,
mona
nsau,
e edienga.
Feed,
omitted.
2.
Ferry-man, Feud,
First,
at,
nsau, I unzonji, 12
;
nzonzi,
2.
kulu
ekulu.
omitted.
07nitted.
;
place, in the.
boxi;
Flow
out,
volomoka
Flower,
mvuma,
(chase after),
;
mvuma,
&
11.
Follow
Gentle,
be.
Get
up up
samba
njitu,
I
;
Godfather,
nzitu,
2.
Gorge (chasm),
Gentle, make. Greek,
Guile,
nkengi lemba
Helini
nluba, 4 teta;
nkenge. lembeka.
mungrekia,
unluba,
tetoka.
12.
3.
6.
language, kingrekia,
Hatch,
He, Hilt,
konsoyo
konso ojm.
dinga.
;
dingwa
(pool).
Hole
ejinga, 8
zinga,
6.
However,
Humility, If only.
konso-u
nleka, 4
konso own.
unleka,
12.
mpaxi ou
mpasi owu.
;;; ; ;; ; ; ; ; ; ;; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;;
I04I
Under
the
word
should be
Jew,
mwixi Juda
nkanu, 4
Nyuda,
i.
lufundisu,
10.
tatama
tatamena.
Liberate
(give freedom) ,
kwendiwa tumha
umpuki,
sasala
12
;
kwendewa.
vana. yingalu, pi. 5. e esasala (8).
Licentiousness,
Light
Like, Lose,
Loss,
(not heavy),
let
him
do, &c.,
unyambula
vilakanwa, jimbalaka
,-
unyambwila.
omitted.
nwa;
mpilakanwa, lakanwa
za, twice;
njimba
,.
mpidisa.
a.
Lots,
Luck, Maize,
elau;
masa mamputu;
used before a noun
;
bulunga
nleka, 4
;
unleka,
omitted.
12.
2.
menemene, 6
ebwilu, 8
;
mene-mene,
ngyenda.
zola.
Mouth
of river.
ngienda
zolela
Konso
(provide), &c.
;
Konzo.
omitted.
2
nkanka,
porrete
ejinga, 8
nkanikinu,
espoleta.
4-
zinga,
6.
-asukami
in a crowd lukandu, 10; sansa
;
-ansukami;
-asukami.
out in a crowd. Tikandu, 2.
\st
CI. pi.
vambula.
bandakesa.
omitted.
other.
kwakanisa
lufiaulwisu
185, lined,
sengomona, bakula.
odia.
omitted.
Shell, cowry,
kidiambwa,
kiaki tezo
ki zuzu kulu
nkidiambwa,
ekiaki tezo. kizuzukulu.
2.
Tear
Test
off.
sansa; food;
vambula.
omitted.
(the heart).
Time, morning,
ntalwa menemene,
;
ntalu.
6
menemene,
omitted.
2.
nkwa
;; ; ; ; ;
;;
I042
should be
ekalu, 8
lungungu,
ID.
whenever
use the future subjunctive
;
indica-
kintumba a ezulu
Kongo-English.
kintumba
e ezulu.
A,
A-, subj.
pref.,
Bamfumu
imperfect
;
Ba(mfumu).
indefinite.
ana ke kwenda
bambale, betele
then a bundle person ; has
;
kwenda ana
-abakala.
ke.
bambala, betela.
bela.
Bo,
Dinga,
Ebolo,
-efuba,
them. beads.
organ.
is soft.
Ejina,
2;
factory
077iitted,
Ejinga,
eziya.
;
Ekubilu, Ekulu,
weaving
then.
factory.
them
(same)
(s'ame).
;
the time
Emu;
perf. of
time.
kwenda
go
071
the next
li7ie,
after the
word
a bush
;
ele.
the
fruit
of the lolo
(6),
bush.
Esewa,
Esofele,
a crimson
organ.
agafrao
fruit.
agafaro
Esutu,
Etadi,
person
organ.
mini
(7)
mini
(6).
Etaka, Etenta,
afieyi.
etaku.
e etenta
etenta.
15.
14;
to try a case, to hear,
Funda,
judge a case
accuse.
;
Fwemoka,
i-,
compressibility
compressible.
only.
077iitted.
when
I;
line
3,
Je,
je+i;
noisily
;
zi-i-e.
07tiitted.
to clasp the
hands over
;
to cross the
the head
the shoulder.
Kaka,
Kala, ke kala
kala; kede;
kaka.
kedi.
077iitted.
owu
ko,
^r
ya u
;; ; ; ; ; ;
I043
skouldbe
Under
the
word
line 18,
present present
;
future.
omitted.
page
,,
287, col.
5, ,, J, ,
2,
line
,j
8,
ngienda
as an aux. verb
;
ngyenda.
ouiitted.
,,
10,
13,
okalokala,
olueka koala;
,
oluaka.
okala.
Kandalala,
to
be grieved
lifte
,,
36,
,,
J,
2,
5,
14,
of
2,
J,
21,
kimona;
9; hard;
Kendengele, Keleketa,
Ki-,
(momw)
vara kukia
adze payment, wages, hire a bird (a lark?); one living kesa;
;
;
Kia, Kiakala,
Kiavu,
omitted.
a small hawk.
the liver (the organ).
keza.
kinkufu.
I,
I,
'
page
306, col.
line 27,
5,
ketutondanga
,
kututondanga.
307,
37>
kwendiwa;
ngienda
as a;
kwendewa.
ngyenda.
langu.
of.
;
311,
2,
J,
17
&30,
Langa,
Lengomoka,
Lengola, Loa,
comfortable catch
;
omitted.
fish.
Lomba,
Lufiaulwisu, Lukailu,
Lul-,
ntalu
(4)
joy, &c.
joy, &c.
collect
col. I,
page no,
line
I,
Lnmbuta,
contd.
>
omitted.
M-;
there
is
ma-.
Manga,
Maynkuta,
Mbadi, -ambimbi-imbi, Mbondo,
no notion of the
;
injection of a poison
omitted.
8.
6; mafuba, twice;
1000
10
;
mafubu. -ambimbimbi.
500.
5-
Mbu,
Mene,
Mete,
pi.
lubu
sing. lubu.
2.
6; &c.;
omitted.
(3)
Mfuka,
mundia
a mfuka
mundia-mfuka,
3.
; ;;; ; ; ;
; ;
; ;; ;
I044
Under
the
word
should be
bank;
konso yo zolele
omitted.
ampaya meno
irnivu
Mu,
Mula, -amvubi,
muwu.
mula.
;
greed
2
;
greedy.
e
363,
mwana
zumba
akiendantangwa Juda;
small white
Ndwa, Ng,
Nga,;2^^^^37r, -an^ani,
light nasal.
mwana
angani
mwana ngani.
ngulumuka.
ngyela.
omitted.
2.
Ngwalumuka, N^ele,
Nkandu, Nkankalakani, Nkenka,
-ankunza,
a close season
I
;
the
omitted.
-ankunzu.
^
strip of jungle.
,
Nkwala,
Nlangu, a
4.
nlan^;
serjar
gulf,
nlanga.
sarge.
N salaji,
Nsimuke,
Nsuvila,
nsununke.
bay
;
omitted.
Ntalwa,
Ntan^wa,
Ntekulo, Ntikavuki,
Ntokoji,
esaka
straight
;
1&4;
the sentence,
Nwengena,
Nyosi,
nxinga.,
neck
under nwenga.
niosi.
Nyukutu, Nyumbwila,
Ola,
niukutu.
ngyumbwila.
tatn;
etatu.
Sa,
ngienda
ejito
ngyenda.
ezitn.
Saka,
Salaji,
saraQa
V.J
sarge.
Samuijiana,
samnziana.
v.,
;
Samwina, Sukami,
Sansa,
-asukami
-asukami,//. d.
;
to provide, &c.
to
look
after,
care
for,
bring up.
Sulu
Ta,
(fish),
07nitted.
V. {line 20),
Mbwinga
mbwingina.
; ; ;; ;; ; ; ; ;
I04S
Under
the word
should b
Ta, i3,.,
nsosolo
nsolo.
Tampahana,
Tangidika,
nkunda, 9
the
sentence,
tampakana. nKunda, 4.
yandi...
Tekumuna,
following
tela.
struck,
under
bullet
Tembwa,
Tiya twa lukuti,
kikianga
although, &c.
;
kikiyanga.
omitted.
Toma,
Tombola, Tuka,
toma. ntombola.
luaka. an obscure disease, characterised by anasmia, & loss
of colour in the hair
iS:
Twavinga,
page
11
11
elephantiasis, &c.
skin.
439,
11
col. I,
11
linezi
wumu
wuwu.
wauna. mbwene.
vaka,
6, .,
11
11
23 ,
19
,
44O5
11
wauuna; mwene;
5;
&c.
6.
& meaning
omitted.
Vengomoka,
Vetoka,
&c..
Mwandavelela.
App. of 1894, p. 922, under vengomoka, &c. vetokele & vetokene.
to
&
vetoene
Vumbana,
Vumosi,
vnmbama.
vamosi
zayi,
inter].;
;
vnmosi
zayi.
is
bad
Kongo.
Vunguka Watu,
Wi, Wokela, Wundula,
"Winikina,
vnngnkwa
conj.
wiyi.
rii,tu.); (Mpa.)
;
(10, tn-).
omitted.
nsuga
get;
to
6,
nsnnga.
jet.
Xianzuka,
-xidi,
be put
n.j
to put.
6, n. (P.
Xika,
bexiga).
Yaku,
Yila,
adv.; to begin
(Mpa.)
prep.
;
omitted.
Yoyomoka,
Yundula, Zayua,
;>rt^^5oi,Mata,
;
yoyomona.
omitted.
zayiwa.
;
framboesia pian.
Ik
H
II 11 II
Evumbu,
Twavinga,
page
11
evumbudia
tumbala
evnmbn
see
dia.
505,
li^ie z?> )
502, oaths,
NdeJindanla
mbo.
; ;; ;;; ;; ;; ; ; ; ; ;; ; ; ;
I046
Grammar.
Page
Line
For
read
525
disu,
masu
disa,
530
535 538
541
31
zenzelwa
kindelele
masa. zengelwa.
43
5
kind^lelele.
21
alueka dinkindo
alueke.
542
543
26
10
down nu;
dinkondo. dawn.
mi. kutu.
utiya.
ezitu.
544 558
561
33
14
&
16 of note
kuta; ntiya
eyitu; kiadi asundidi zolo;
obsolete
;
18
20
kiaki.
30
33
563
osundidi.
zola.
4
24 37 26
I
omitted.
566
568
571
lumbu.
eyaka. osumbidi.
class
;
2nd
class
21
572
573
&
573
9
40
574 577
579
20 24
1st table
divwida ye before the prefixes yo. me, ma, & lu za. ya; yau emosi. zau emosi XIV., mau emole mwau emole. yau. nau; yanga. yangi;
;
Plural,
Sing.,
u
;
tu or twa.
u.
tn or twa
9 34 47
580
2
&
36
u mfumu.
kwaku, kwau.
nzolele.
omitted.
4
583
2
5
kwame
samba ku;
welo;
5th col.
omitted.
sumba.
ke.
586
588
41
15
wuna;
that person
;
wele. una.
this person.
589
592
persons
positions.
20
13
kwangi
by
593 605
25-9
30
I
kuma kuma
606 608
musungula kimani
kimoni.
; ;;
; ;
I047
read
Page
Line
For
614
19
kede;
kedi.
26
mpaxi ovo
vana; baku;
or;
mpasi
baka.
of.
is.
vo.
618
643 648
35 31
17
omitted.
40
Nej^. fut
was
conseq
{
653
&
660 690
691
cont. subj.
Narrative tense
4
16
kela;
bene
bena.
is
;
694 706
707 708
ximba
45
persons
when standing
as
44
18 13
12 to 47
ketungidi
katungidi.
Zwaki
ntinu see Appendix
e
loc.
;
Zwaki.
ntinu.
Syntax in
34
mbn.
Appendix of
Sorrow
-adi,
>
1894.
Kala,
manienge, _^/.
;
8.
omitted.
the
Kungendela,
Mankoka,
Mwa,
Nanga, Ngai,
Nienge5,
Nka,Tika,
mpaka
conj. ;
mankoka. mpaku.
adv.
past
;
indef.
joy.
a.
v.t.
Vanganisa,
INDEX.
Dictionary.
Diet.
&
Gram.
^
of 1887.
English-Kongo Kongo-English
245
8x5
Appendices.
main work
485 49i
94i
942
492
fishes, reptiles
Food
stuffs, trees,
plants
Kongo
Nobility, precedence
Oaths
Secret Societies, Guilds,
clubs
Prefix series
...,. ......
.
495 49^
5*^^
502
502
S^S
Ndembo, Nkimba,
circumcision,
506
S^^
.
Abbreviations used
5^8
Errata
S^o
Grammar.
The Alphabet Euphonic Law Change of Consonants
Ehsion and Contraction of Vowels
Preferences
Influence
518
521
....
.
522
522
945
524
525
948 948
949 949
526
The Noun
Derivative
528
Nouns Nouns
. .
528
539
54i
95
553
.
'553
95
555
The The
Article
Adjective
55^
557 538
1048
95^
Verbal Adjectives
Structure of Adjectives
1049
D ct. &
Participial Adjectives
Gram.
Appendix
of 1894-
of 1887.
....
. .
559
Comparison of Adjectives
Adjectival Clause
559 560
561
Quantitative Adjectives
564
567 576
951 952
954 954
955 962
576
577, 64 7,670
Prefif.
Pronominal Prefixes
3rd Pers. Sing.
in
or
Declension of Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
647 580
582
584 586
962
963
590
590
593 596
The Locatives
Table of Locatives
The Adverb
Locative
964
965
The
Preposition
Locatives
Prepositional Phrases
.
.
Verb Forms
The The The The The The The The The The
607 609 609 612 613 618 618 619 619 620 620
621
970
971 971
627 631
634
635 637 637 682
Reversive
Form Form
Form
in
-akana
Reflexive
Form
"
Reduplicated Verbs
Indefinite Verb Form The Continuative and
687
Suffixes
973 973
639
Perfect
....
Forms
641
644 645
974 978
I050
Diet.
&
Gram.
Appendi:
of 1894.
ofi87.
Mood.
General principle
Infinitive
The
Mood
;
Pronominal Prefixes
Subjective
Objective
.... ....
. .
645 646
976
The Negative
Tenses.
General principle
Indicative
Mood
Subjunctive
Imperative
Participles
Mood Mood
979
Table of Tenses The Conjugation of the Verb having a Subjective Pronominal Prefix only
.
.......
and kwenda, tago
. .
Kwiza,
Tonda,
to co7ne,
to
.656
.
love
.
to love you
Form
. .
.
973
.682
973
.
Comparative Table of Conjugation The Verb to be, kala and -ina to have -eka (Bako.) The Verbal Particle i The Auxiliary Verbs Kwiza and kwenda before another Verb
.
690
691
......
. . .
692 692
698
The
Interjection
699
701
.
^
984 986
987
991
Accent
Punctuation
.
Syntax.
The Subject
704
When
992
others by Conjunctions
.
704 704
705
705
993 993
A A
Pronoun
Locative Clause
706 706
......
.
707
706
&
indefiniteness
a Reply
Nouns
998
I05I
&
Appendix
of 1894.
.
5
6
7
Catalogue or Heading before emphatic Object Positive Negative before Names, &c., of Persons
in a
;
998
999 1000
1000
lOOI
when Subject
9
lO
.
....
. .
1002
II
12
13
names of Places
the
before a
14
15
when
1004
1005 1006 1007 1008
i6
before a
in
....
followed
by
kwa
17
i8
19
20
21
a Relative Clause initiated by a Participle prefaced by i before a Noun qualified by a numeral before a Noun qualified by a Pos. .
1008 lOIO
Relative Clause
lOIO
lOII
22
after
in
nkia
23 24
25
ion
1012
1012
Noun
....
by wau, &c
26
27 28
after certain
Conjunctions
1013 1013
29 30
31
....
.
Noun
Wi th
32
33
The
Adjective konso
....
.
34
35 36
1019
qualified
37 38
39
The Adverb
in
nswalu,
kikilu
after e
malembe,
&c.
.
kieleka,
102
kuma,
40
41
Preposition,
.
1022
1022
I052
D ict. &
Gram.
Appendix
of 1894.
of 1887.
42
43
before a before
before
Noun
.
qualified
by
Numeral.
44
45 Position of Attributes
1022
Konso names
1022
;
of Persons
idio-
matic use
1023
.
ya
of surprise
1023
708
1024
The
Predicate.
Concord with
its
Subject.
of a simple Verb
when coupled by yo
ovo
....
.
.
709 710
711
1025
when
1029 1029
.
Pronoun
711
after a
Conjunction of time
....
1030
711
711
1025
1026
to be
Complement
Verb
711
Verbs of restricted sense Concord by " attraction " Objective Pronominal Prefixes
Modifications of the Predicate
Particles of Negation
after ne, nze,
.
707
712
607
.
kufwila owu...ko
.
1032
712
713
&
Inferential
Adverbs
time
.
&
713
1032
mpe
nkutu, kaka, aka Adverbs which precede the Verb Particles of Negation Adverbial Clauses position of component parts
.
1032 1033
1034
607
715
'
1034 1034
1035
1035
Noun
....
.
715
715
715
1035
Pronominal Prefixes
Butler
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