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Rukwangali |
English |
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aderesi |
address |
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alfabeti |
alphabet |
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amburansa |
ambulance |
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apa |
while |
|
baikisa |
jacket |
|
-boyora |
bump |
|
buke |
book |
|
buke |
book |
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-dameka |
aloud |
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-dana |
act |
|
-daya |
bang |
|
dika |
put sticks
into holes to build a house |
|
-dina |
beat (to win) |
|
-dipaga |
break |
|
dira |
aeroplane |
|
divenda |
vaccinate |
|
dogoroka |
die |
|
-dona |
bad |
|
dopa |
fail |
|
dopi |
brick |
|
duka |
run |
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-dukagana |
about (direction) |
|
edende |
bottle |
|
edomate |
tamato |
|
eforo |
woman |
|
efumano |
honour |
|
ehampuruko |
birth |
|
ehauto |
car |
|
ehemere |
bucket |
|
ehemere |
basket |
|
eho lyoramba |
bulb |
|
ehudo |
bark (of a
dog) |
|
ekovi |
cabbage |
|
ekuva |
axe |
|
elapi |
rag |
|
-elike |
alone |
|
elitatano |
argument |
|
embimbidi |
butterfly |
|
enoto |
ash |
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epakerombili |
attention |
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epuro |
faith
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epuro |
faith,
question |
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epuro eli
lyange |
this faith
of minen |
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epwizumuko |
break (short
rest) |
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etameko |
beginning |
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etarase |
matrass |
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etungo |
building |
|
eturumuko |
behaviour |
|
etuwa |
car |
|
ezana |
floodplain |
|
farama |
farm |
|
foroko |
fork |
|
gava |
give |
|
-guru |
above |
|
-guru |
air |
|
gwana |
find |
|
gwana |
find |
|
-gwederera |
add |
|
-hamena kwa- |
belong |
|
-handuka |
angry |
|
hanga |
bullet |
|
hara |
to love |
|
hasa |
better |
|
-hehera |
borrow |
|
hema |
shirt |
|
hema
zosikadi |
blouse |
|
hena |
also |
|
hena |
again |
|
hepeka |
mistreat |
|
-hesera |
breath |
|
hinka |
ink |
|
-homokera |
attack |
|
honde |
blood |
|
-huma |
bite |
|
ka |
been (have
you been?) |
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kalinga |
ring |
|
kana |
pot, can |
|
kanderera |
pray |
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-kanga |
bake |
|
kapare |
airport |
|
kapi |
aren't |
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-kara |
to be |
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-kara |
become |
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-kara po- |
busy |
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katafura |
potato |
|
katemba |
basin |
|
-katji |
between |
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-katji |
among |
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kavemba |
blade |
|
kazupwira |
bit |
|
ketambo |
back (of the
body) |
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ko- |
by |
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kofi |
coffee |
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kombisa |
kitchen |
|
komeho |
before |
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-kondjasana |
against |
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konhi |
bottom |
|
konhi |
below |
|
konyima |
after
(place) |
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kora |
strong |
|
koreka |
strengthen |
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Kudumogona |
April |
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kuna |
are |
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-kundurukida |
around |
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kuwoko |
arm |
|
kwafa |
help, assist |
|
-limburura |
answer |
|
liva |
belt |
|
makunde |
bean |
|
makwedi |
months |
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mandaha |
monday |
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matako |
bottom (of
body) |
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mbalisa |
bath
(container) |
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mbambi |
Duiker |
|
mbandi |
button |
|
mbanga |
bank |
|
mbanga |
bench |
|
mbara |
ball |
|
mbara |
ball |
|
mbaroka |
Black Mamba |
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mbasikora |
bicycle |
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mbere |
knife |
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mbesa |
bus |
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mbete |
bed |
|
mbindakano |
south |
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-mbombo |
brown |
|
mboroto |
bread |
|
mboroto |
bread |
|
mbroto |
bread |
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mbudi esi
zongwa |
this good
news |
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mburu |
boer |
|
mburukwe |
trouser |
|
mbuta |
butter |
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milyona |
million |
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momu-momu |
almost |
|
mongurangura |
in the
morning |
|
morwa |
because |
|
morwa |
as |
|
mponyo |
accident |
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msorodati |
soldier |
|
mtoroki |
translator |
|
mudani |
actress |
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muduni |
bushman |
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muheke |
beach |
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muinyo |
alive |
|
mukeke |
baby |
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mulihako |
breakfast |
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mumati |
boy |
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mumbya |
brother |
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munasipundi |
chairperson |
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mungura |
tomorrow |
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murungu |
beak |
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musere |
bangle |
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musere |
bracelet |
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mutayi |
branch |
|
mutji |
medicine |
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mutungi |
builder |
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muzogo |
north |
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-mwe |
an |
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mwenyo |
life |
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mzuhwa |
lunch |
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na- |
and |
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nainkora |
hyena |
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nakauke |
a little,
slowly |
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nakunye |
both |
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nare |
already |
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narunye |
always |
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narunye
kwafa nge |
help me
always |
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ncugu |
ankle |
|
ndangi |
thanks |
|
ndorongo |
goal |
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-nene |
big |
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nge |
Scorpion |
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ngenzo |
bell |
|
ngesefa |
business |
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ngesi |
such |
|
ngeso |
such |
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nginga |
bat (animal) |
|
ngosina |
such |
|
ngoso |
such |
|
nguwo |
blanket |
|
nkango |
word |
|
nkango |
word |
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nkenye |
any |
|
nkenye esi |
anything |
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nkenye esi |
anybody |
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nkenye tupu |
anywhere |
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nkera
|
yesterday |
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nkororo |
whitebreasted cormorant |
|
nkutji |
dove |
|
nkwe |
grey lourie |
|
nkwedi |
month |
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nombu |
reed |
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nomfugo |
Leonotis
nepetifolia |
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nomvhura |
age |
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nonapa |
to be
childish |
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-nonga |
aim |
|
nontere |
along |
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nontere |
bank (along
the river) |
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nsako |
bag |
|
nsigwe |
orphan |
|
nsima |
baboon |
|
nsima |
monkey |
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ntende |
Cucumis
metuliferus |
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ntundi |
hour |
|
ntwedu |
bull |
|
nye |
now |
|
nye |
but |
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-nye |
all |
|
nyiki |
bee |
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-nyima |
back |
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-nyima |
behind |
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-nyima |
after |
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-nyongeka |
bend |
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-nzi |
amount |
|
nzimbu |
hatchet |
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nzimbu
sonene |
small
hatchet |
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nzugo |
house |
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nzugo
zokurara |
bedroom |
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paka |
to put |
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-patanesa |
argue |
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-peke |
another |
|
-pepa |
blow |
|
pepi |
beside |
|
pinduka |
to wake up |
|
-pinduka |
awake |
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-pira mo |
away (not
here) |
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-pira po |
absent |
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po- |
at |
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-pulisa ko |
agree |
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-pulisira |
allow |
|
puma |
to raise |
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-pura |
believe |
|
-pura |
ask |
|
randa |
to buy |
|
-randa |
buy |
|
-rara |
asleep |
|
rekera |
say goodbye |
|
-reta |
bring |
|
rupasa |
bowl |
|
rutu |
body |
|
ruveze |
time |
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-setuka |
backwards |
|
siapura |
apple |
|
sibanana |
banana |
|
sicukuma |
basket |
|
sidira |
bird |
|
sihwa |
bush |
|
-sika |
arrive |
|
sikombeso |
broom |
|
sikombo |
goat |
|
sikorama |
animal |
|
sikoramagona |
buck |
|
sikorongo |
cage |
|
sikutji |
arrow |
|
sikwitiso |
brush |
|
simbungu |
hyena |
|
simpandi |
bunch |
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sindongi |
donkey |
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sindongi |
donkey |
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sineguru |
blue |
|
singuru |
pig |
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siningu |
porcupine |
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sinthu esi |
this bad
person |
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sintunga |
fish basket |
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sintunga |
fish corral |
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sinyanga |
living room |
|
sipeko |
box |
|
sipika |
hyena |
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siponga |
accident |
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sipundi |
chair |
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sipundi
sokuzegamenena |
armchair |
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sipururu |
plough |
|
siranda |
bead |
|
siruwo |
time |
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sisampamema |
european
swallow |
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sisupa |
bone |
|
sitafura |
table |
|
sitafuratjango |
blackboard |
|
sitare |
block |
|
sitemuno |
bud |
|
sitenguko |
afternoon |
|
situngu |
bundle |
|
siupuka |
ant |
|
siuro |
bat (to hit
a ball) |
|
sivera |
file |
|
sivike |
week |
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sivike |
week |
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Siwogedi |
August |
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sizogeneno |
bathroom |
|
-sovagani |
black |
|
-su |
blunt |
|
sure
zovanona |
Primary
School |
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ta wiza |
he is coming |
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tambura |
receive |
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-tameka |
begin |
|
tamwisa |
to pay |
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tani zi |
I am going |
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tanko! |
wait |
|
-teka |
broken |
|
tengura |
return |
|
-tereka |
boil |
|
-tjira woma |
afraid |
|
toka |
to set |
|
tokwera |
spend the
evening |
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-toona |
to beat |
|
tumbura |
call |
|
tunda |
to originate
from |
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-tunda
mukota |
bleed |
|
-tunda po |
away |
|
tunga |
live |
|
-tunga |
build |
|
-tura kumwe |
add |
|
-turumuka |
behave |
|
twara |
take away |
|
-twera |
burn |
|
-twika |
blind |
|
ukurona |
age |
|
upumezuva |
east |
|
upumezuva |
east |
|
uro |
bed |
|
uro |
bed |
|
ururu |
bitter |
|
usimba |
Dialium
engleranum |
|
uta wonkanza |
bow |
|
utokera |
west |
|
utokero |
west |
|
uvera |
sickness |
|
vakwetetu |
friends |
|
vareka |
start, begin |
|
vera |
to be sick |
|
-vetanga |
bounce |
|
-vhura |
able |
|
-vindakana |
across |
|
-wa |
beautiful |
|
-wa po unene |
best |
|
wato |
boat |
|
yiha yo- |
about |
|
yirwanangana |
battle |
|
yizura |
bark (of a
tree) |
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-zegeka |
against (space) |
|
zera |
bright |
|
zi |
to go away |
|
zigida |
call |
|
zinygona |
aunt |
|
zoga |
wash |
|
-zogana |
bath |
|
zuhwara |
spend the
day |
|
zumbura |
to supply
with food |
|
-zuni |
rich |
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