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kituba words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muklisto | Christian |
| mwa fyoti | un petit peu; ça va un peu |
| mu ke na kimbevo | I am sick |
| mwana ya kento | girl |
| mwana ya bakala | boy |
| dibuundu | assembly |
| kuluntu, mukengi | diacre |
| musyoni | missionary |
| muvungi | pastor |
| mukengi | elder, guard, sentinel |
| kisadisi | deacon, employer, |
| bakala | husband |
| kento | wife |
| mwana ya munu | my child |
| Yinzo ya Nzambi | Church, house of God |
| lusambulu | prayer |
| kisika | place, milieu |
| bisika nyonso | everywhere |
| kisika ya kulala | dortoir |
| kisika ya nkaka | elsewhere, another place |
| nkaka, (kaka) | other, else |
| muntu ya nkaka | someone else |
| kaka | only |
| kasi | but |
| kana | if |
| kukanga | to close |
| kufungula | to open |
| kusambila | to pray |
| kusakumuna | to bless |
| kusadisa | to help |
| kunwa | to drink |
| kudya | to eat |
| kukembila | to adore, to glorify |
| banzimbu | songs |
| kuyimba | to sing |
| disumu | sin |
| masumu | sins |
| kusumuka | to sin |
| kuzonza | to speak (chat) |
| kutuba | to say, to talk |
| kusala | to work, to do |
| Mufundi | Accuser, plaintiff |
| bola (kubola) | To rot, to soak |
| Mvula ya ndolo | Torrential rain, flood |
| Ndolo | Rainy season ☔ |
| kukwenda | To go |
| kubatika, kubadika | to begin |
| kubanda | to begin, to start, to set off, from |
| kubanda ntangu yayi | from now on |
| kubanda na zulu tii na yinsi | from top to bottom |
| kutambula | to walk |
| kuyoka | to burn |
| kulamba | to prepare, to cook |
| kulambila | to prepare food for.., to prepare food in or with the help of something |
| kulambisa | to ask or order a dish |
| kunanguna | to lift, to raise |
| kunanguna diboko | to raise a hand, or arm |
| kunanguna makulu | to walk more quickly, to lift one's feet |
| kulokota | to gather |
| kuyidika | to arrange, to make, to build, to craft |
| kuvanga | to create (from nothing) |
| kutelama | to raise oneself, to stand up |
| beno telama | stand up |
| kuyimina | to forbid someone something |
| kusonika | to write |
| kudila | to cry |
| kuvutuka | to return, to come back |
| kuvutukila | to return to go back |
| kuvwanda | to sit, to be (past tense) |
| kusweka | to hide (syn) |
| kubumba | to hide, to mask, to hide away |
| kubumbama | to be hidden, to be protected |
| kuteka | to sell, to dip (water) |
| tekila na | before (something) |
| kutekisa | to sell, liquidate, to retail |
| kulunda | to guard |
| kulonga | to counsel, to teach, to reason |
| kulongisa | to teach, to educate, to instruct |
| kulala | to sleep |
| kuladisa, kulalisa | to put to sleep, to put to bed |
| kusonga | to indicate |
| kusongisa | to show |
| kulakisa | to show something to someone, to reveal, to demonstrate |
| kuluta, kulutila | to pass, to surpass, to augment |
| kulutisa | to let pass, to make pass, to transmit |
| kubwa | to fall |
| kubwisa | to drop or cause to fall |
| kudika | to give (something) to eat, feed |
| kudikila | to feed (in place of ..) |
| kunwika | to give to drink, (breast feed) |
| kunwikisa | to give a drink, make (someone) drink |
| kunwikila | to give a drink (in place of...) |
| kusonikila | to write for |
| kukanga | to close, to attach |
| kukangila | to attach (for or in place of someone) |
| kulonguka | to learn (to be taught) |
| kukangama | to be attached |
| kulosa | to throw |
| kulosuka | to fall (to be thrown) |
| kuyunduka | to be fed |
| kuzola | to love, to want, to desire |
| kuzolama | to be loved, to be wanted |
| kuwisa | convince, persuade, to make understand |
| kuwisana | to agree, to understand one another |
| kututa | to pile, to hit |
| kututana | to be hit |
| kubika | to leave, to desert |
| kubikana | to stay |
| bikana mbote | stay well (good-bye to the one staying) |
| kwenda mbote | go well (good-bye to the one leaving) |
| kubuta | to give birth to |
| kubutana | to be born |
| kuyokana | to be burned |
| kutala | to see, to observe |
| kutalana | to be seen |
| kupesa | to give |
| kupesana | to be given |
| kunwana | to fight |
| kunwanina | to defend |
| kunata | to carry, to take |
| kunatisa | to carry for someone |
| kuyimina | to refuse, to forbid |
| kuvumina | to respect |