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Kituba Nouns
Kituba | English |
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bakala | husband |
banzimbu | songs |
bisika nyonso | everywhere |
bwala | village |
dibuundu | assembly |
dikabu, makabu | gift(s), present(s), gifts of the Holy Spirit |
dikanda, makanda | family, clan(s) |
diki/(ba)maki | egg/eggs |
dikutu, makutu | ear(s) |
disumu | sin |
kento | wife |
kikapu | chapter |
kilele, bilele | material, clothing |
kilokola | hour, session (meeting) |
kilombi | the one who asks, requester |
kimwangisi | destroyer, demolisher |
kimwangisi-nsangu | journalist |
kisadisi | deacon, employer, |
kisika | place, milieu |
kisika ya kulala | dormitory |
kisika ya nkaka | elsewhere, another place |
kizyeti | voyager |
kuluntu, mukengi | diacre |
kutala kyadi | to have pity on |
kyadi | pity, compassion, mercy, sadness, melancholy |
kyadi/mawa/mawete | sadness, pity |
lulendo, lunangu | pride |
lusalusu, lusadusu | aid, help, assistance |
lusambulu | prayer |
mambu | word, message, problem (proposition) |
Mambu ya Nzambi | Word of God |
mansukina | end, conclusion, epilogue |
masumu | sins |
mavimpi mbote | good health |
mayangi/kiyengi/kyese/kilengi/nsayi | joy, enchantment |
mayela | intelligence, strategy, ruse |
mazono | yesterday |
mazusi | (day)before yesterday |
mbala, bambala | time(s) |
mbangululu (mbangudulu) | definition, signification, in other words |
mbasi | tomorrow |
mbungu | metal or wood cup |
mbungu ya Nzambi | chalice (catholic) |
minkayulu ya Mpeve ya Longo | gifts of the Holy Spirit |
Mufundi | Accuser, plaintiff |
mukanda, mikanda | letter, document, paper(s), book |
mukengi | elder, guard, sentinel |
muklisto | Christian |
mulele | a cloth, pagne |
mulonga | line, verse |
munkayulu, minkayulu | gift(s), offering(s) |
muntu ya nkaka | someone else |
musyoni | missionary |
muvungi, mumvungi/mivungi, mimvungi | pastor, shepherd/shepherds |
mvita, bamvita | combat, combats |
Mvula ya ndolo | Torrential rain, flood |
mwana ya bakala | boy |
mwana ya kento | girl |
mwana ya munu | my child |
ndinga | voice, language, The Word |
Ndolo | Rainy season , or 2nd half of rainy season |
ngayi-ngayi | oseille |
nsangu, mazabusu/bansangu | announcements, news |
nsatu | need, hunger |
nzila, (mulonga) | way, path, (verse, line) |
nzyetolo | journey, voyage |
pesa mayangi | to enchant |
vwanda na mayangi | to be happy |
yina | that one |
Yinzo ya Nzambi | Church, house of God |
kilombi ya balabala | beggar |