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njotnznjoo (amri)come (command)
n-kiwakni niniwhat is it
nkinirakanmmtoto wa binti ambaye hakuolewaillegitimate child of an unmarried girl
n-kya hanueleni kama (sis., ni kama hapa)looks like (lit., it's like here)N-kya hanu areenda kurikora.Ni kama anataka kulifanya.Looks like he wants to do it.
nkyombyowakndichothis thing (emphatic)n- -o
-nonkatnz-barikibless
-nuonykionyeshi cha karibu (k.m., huyu, hawa, hii, haya, n.k.)this, theseomuntu unu;mtu huyu;this personbhinubhunuenuganukinurinuinukunuunu
-núwakamba-which, thateribhaga rinú;muda ambao;the time whichenúhanúrinú
-nuguratnz-puuza, -dharauignore, disregard
-nukuratnz1-sema kwa sautispeak loudly2-angua kicheko (yaani, -cheka kwa sauti kubwa)guffaw, laugh loudly3-piga kitu kwa nguvubash
-nuratnz-nenepabe fat
-nurevum-nonofatty
nuubhehoingkwa herigoodbye
nuujetnznjoo (amri)come (singular command form)-ja
-nuunatnz1-tumbua, -kamua (jipu kwa pembe)drain (a boil on the skin with a horn)2-umika (yaani, -fyonza sumu kwenye damu kwa pembe)suck out (poison in the blood with a horn)
-nuuratnz-vua nguo (katika hali ya hasira)take off clothing (in a fit of anger)
-nwanatnz-noga (kwa chakula)be delicious, be tasty
-nʼyatnz1-nya (yaani, -toa haja kubwa)defecate, poop2-taga (mayai)lay (eggs)Enkoko eranʼya amagi.Kuku anataga mayai.The chicken is laying eggs.
nyaauingnyau (yaani, mlio wa paka)meow (i.e., sound a cat makes)
nyabharonmaina ya jiwe linalotoa rangi ya kijivutype of stone (that produces a gray color)
nyabhurebhevumfulanicertain, specificokusabha okukora engʼana nyabhurebhe;kuomba kufanya jambo fulani;to ask to do a specific task
nyabhuribhaginyabhuribanmkunda madoa (aina ya njiwa pori)speckled pigeon
nyabhutamaginyabhutamanmaina ya swilatype of spitting cobra
nyabhuterereganyabhuterere nmkonokonosnail
nyabhwihwanmsehemu ya mahari kwa ajili ya wajombaportion of the brideprice for the maternal uncles