Chizigula - English


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Vispanish (Chispanish)NG4Spanish dialectsVispanish va mwe duniya ni tafauti.Spanish dialects in the world are different.Vispanish va mwe duniya vilekana.Spanish dialects in the world differ.
visuse (chisuse)NG4scorpionsVisuse si vino.Here are some scorpions.Vino ni visuse.These are scorpions.Visuse vi hanoThe scorpions are here.Visuse vi meso.The scorpions are alive.Visuse vina mivulo i sumo.Scorpions have stingers that are poisonous.
Visuwahili (Chisuwahili)NG4Swahili dialectsVisuwahili ni vingi mwe Afrika mashariki .There are many Swahili dialects in east Africa.Afrika mashariki Visuwahili vake ni vingi.The Swahili dialects of East Africa are many.
vitabu (chitabu)NG41QuransVitabu va Chislamu na vitabu va Chikristo valetana.Qurans of Islam and Bibles of Christianity are similar.2Bibles3scripturesMbuli za Mnungu ziwandikiswa mwe vitabu.The words of God have been written a lot in the scriptures.Vitabu vino viwandikwa ni mauluma.These scriptures have been written by scholars.This noun normally refers to sacred books.
vitabu va Mnungu (chitabu cha Mnungu)NG4butterfliesVitabu va Mnungu vitogola zuwa.Butterflies like the sun.Viwave ni wazana wa vitabu va Mnungu.Caterpillars are babies of butterflies.Vitabu Mnungu ni vitana; haugambe nani viwave.Butterflies are beautiful; you couldn't say they were caterpillars.lit.: books of god
Vitaliyani (Chitaliyani)NG4Italian dialectsVitaliyani ni vingi mwe Italiya.There are many Italian dialects in Italy.
vitalo (chitalo)NG41aimsMaaskari yano yana vitalo vedi.Those soldiers have good aim(s).2sightsBundiki zino zina vitalo vedi.These guns have good sights.vitalo va bundikisights of guns3scopesVitalo va Marikani vidyamanywa vedi.Scopes from America are made well.
vitambala (chitambala)NG41handkerchiefsWegala vitambala va kuhangusiza ma mira.They're carrying handkerchiefs to wipe snot with.2napkins (cloth)Chinkhirize vitambala vihangusize mikono chinabina kudya.Get us napkins to wipe our hands when we finish eating.3ragsVitambala visira. Wanga usafishize mbwani nyumba yako?The rags are all gone. What do you want to clean your house with?4cloths5doiliesVitambala vino ni vedi va kudyereka mwe di kauchi.These doilies are good for putting on the couch.Kauchi dyangu sidisharaha vitambala vitatu.My couch, I decorated it with three doilies.6placematsSidyereka vitambala vitatu mwse meza.I put three placemats on the table.
vitambulisho (chitambulisho, kitambulisho)NG4identifications (IDs)Leteni vitambulisho (venyu)!Bring out (= show) your identifications.Nna vitambulisho va kwingiira mwe isi ino.I have identifications for entering in this country.
vitamina< ItNG51vitamin(s)Wakinamama wano wose ni wonkhwa; waungwa wadye hande za vitamina.All these dear ladies are suckled on; so they are supposed to eat food with vitamins.2nutritionMtama unakopoleswa, walawa i vitamina.When corn is threshed too much, the nutrition leaves out.3proteinHunde na nyama zina vitamina.Beans and meat have protein.
vitanga (chitanga)NG4reed matsKadaha kudyamanya vitanga.She knows how to make reed mats.
vitendera kaziNG4toolsKugundulisa na kubunisha vitendera kaza kwaleta maendleyo.Inventing and producing tools a lot brings progress.Mnasoma vedi ilimu ya hisabu na sayansi, namdahe kugundula vitendera kazi chi rahisiIf you study the disciplines of math and science well, you can invent tools easily.The singular of this noun is not used, only this plural form.
vitendo (chitendo)NG21deedsVitendo ivo Alshabhabhu wakudyamanya wantru si haki.The deeds that Al-Shabab do to people are not right.Mu washawairwa kwa sabu mwadyamanya vitendo vedi.You are forgiven ones because you're doing good deeds.Vitendo ivo Wazigula viwaluma. Those deeds hurt the Kiziguans.2actions3examplesKazi ino sihonyeswa kwa vitendo.This job I've been shown with examples.4verbsVitendo vahonyesa vintru vi kudyamanyika.Verbs indicate things that are happening.Vitendo ni vintru vikudyamanyika.Verbs are things that are happening.
vitezo (chitezo)NG4incensorsWaganga watumiya vitezo wakatibusa wantru.Traditional doctors use incensors to manifest possession (by a spirit) in people.Wavere wano waumiyiswa na vitezo.These women were smudged too much with incensors.
viti (chiti)NG41chairsViti vi kuhi? -- Vi hano. \ Si vinoWhere are the chairs.? -- They're here. \ They're right here (pointing).I viti sivivuza hamwenga.The chairs, I gathered them together.2seatsNdege ino ina viti mbokolo ntratu.This airplane has three hundred seats.Wata safari wose wekala mwe viti vao wangodya ndege.All of the travelers are sitting in their seats waiting for the plane.3stoolsViti vino vina matenga matatutatu.These stools have three legs each.4positionsWakulu wengi wakomana kwa sababu ya viti.Many leaders kill each other because of positions.See: mtaga(dyi) viti.
viti va bhasikili (chiti cha bhasikili)NG4bicycle seatsChaunga viti va bhaskili vidi.We need two bicycle seats
viti va wambari (chiti cha wambari)NG4stools with leather seatsChaunga viti va wambari vidi.We want two stools with stretched leather seats.Nawamba viti mbokolo va wambari mwe di siku.I'm stretching a hundred leather stools a day.These are four-legged stools with stretched leather seats.
vitimiri (chitimiri)NG4exorcism rituals (type of)Wasomali Bantu wa "Iowa" wavina vitimiri.The Somali Bantu of Iowa play (= do) "vitimiri" rituals.These are traditional rituals for exorcising persons possessed by spirits, using particular songs, dances and drum style. The people being exorcised wear white clothes decorated with lace.
VitnamuNG9VietnamMbuyangu we chi Vitnamu ni mdyadyi mbwa.My friend who is Vietnamese is a dog eater.Vitnamu itowana nkhando na Marikani mwaka wa alfu na mbokolo chenda na mirongo mtandatu na nne.Vietnam fought a war with Americans in the year nineteen sixty-four (1964).See: Chivitnamu, Mvitnamu.
vitombo (chitombo)NG41uddersVitombo va ngamira vashololeka.The udders of camels are dry-fryable.2teatsMbwa ina vitombo vingi.A dog has a lot of teats.
vitoromo (chitoromo)NG4sweet foodsWenkhigwa nkhande zina mwire sa ntrende, vitumbuwa na vitoromo vituhu. (Arbow: 8)They were given foods that were sweet like dates, balls of fried bread, and other sweet foods.
vituhu1QuantNG4other stuffMabhajiya yadyamanywa na nkhunde, riko, hawadyi na vituhu.Bean patties are made with beans, buillon, turmeric and other stuff.2AdvagainKaidi kweza kumbiro tuhu, wahamirana, wavunika vituhu. (Arbow)Second, came another group; they butted heads; [and then] they fled again.See: tuhu.3AdvdifferentlyMnala Wanankhucha wamzika vituhu Ha Mwigwa.Lady Wanankucha, they buried her differently at Kwamwigwa.
vituko (chituko)NG4weird stuffMwana yuno adyamanya vituko.This child has done some weird stuff.Malika ya siku zino yana vituko.Youths these days have (= do) weird stuff.Chitonga ana vituko vengi.Chitonga has a lot of weird stuff.
vitumbua ~ vitumbula ~ vitumbuwa (chitumbua)NG4frybreads, chunks of frybreadWenkhigwa nkhande zina mwire sa ntrende, vitumbua na vitoromo vituhu. (Arbow: 8)They were given foods that were delicious like dates, chunks of frybread, and others.Ni vedi, ero suwe chagombera vitumbuwa; ngalawa zino zita kuhi? (Arbow: 8)It's OK, but we are fighting over chunks of frybread; where are these ships going?Nakoka vitumbua.I'm frying chunks of frybread.Umwire we vitumbua ni zaidi.The sweetness of balls of sweet frybread is too much.These balls of frybread are normally sweet but don't have to be.
vitungulu (chitungulu)NG4onionsVitungulu vose vitalalwa kutanga.All the onions have been transplanted on the farm.Vitungulu venyu vasuka? -- Haa, vitungulu vasuka.Are your onions germinating? -- Yes, the onions are germinating.Kazinga vitungulu vino!Stir-fry these onions!