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wadyambedyambe (kadyambedyambe)NG7little thin peopleWavere wadyambedyambe waonekana wana hakiri nyingi kuliko wavere wakulu.Little thin women seem to be smarter than big women.
wadyane (mdyane)NG11widowsWavere wadyane wose waishi mwa magane.All the (women) widows are living in dormitories.A mavolontiya yasaidyia a wadyane.The volunteers are helping the widows.2widowersKaya ino ina madyane mbokolo chenda, wose nawo waunga msada.This town has nine hundred widows and widowers, and all of them need help.
wadyanja (mdyanja)NG1cunning (ones)Wabwanga wadya ni wadyanja wa hondo na kulinda.Those guys are cunning in war and hunting.Chaunga wolongozi wadyanja.We need cunning leaders.
wadyatwa (mdyatwa)NG1stepped on onesSuwe chi wadyatwa mwe isi ino.We are the ones stepped on in this country.Wadyatwa ni suwe.The ones stepped on are us.This term is normally used metaphorically.
wadyauzito (mdyauzito)NG1pregnant (women)Gola ino ni ya wadyauzito.This room is for pregnant women.Wavere wangu wose ni wadyauzito.All my wives are pregnant.
wadyeche (dyeche, njeche)QuantNG1/7few, a few (people)A watuhu wenkigwe i ndaga weza wadyeche. (Arbow: 9)The others that were given the message came [but] few.Waumuliso ni wadyeche mwe kaya ino.Midwives are few in this town.
wadyenda ugona (mdyenda ugona)NG11sleepwalkersWanangu waidi ni wadyenda ugona.Two of my kids are sleepwalkers.2belly crawlersMaaskari yangu ni wadyenda ugona wedi.My soldiers are good belly-crawlers.
wadyenda ulanga (mdyenda ulanga)NG1skywalkersWasawi ni wadyenda ulanga kama madyini.Witches are skywalkers like spirits.
wadyendadyi (mdyendadyi)NG1walkersSalimu na Famu ni wadyendadyi.Solomon and Famu are walkers.
wadyenderadyi (mdyenderadyi)NG1visitorsKweza wadyenderadyi dyero, nachigaluke tayari nawo.There are visitors coming today; let's get ready for them.
wadyenderwa (mdyenderwa)NG1visited onesSuwe chi wadyenderwa.We were ones visited.
wadyeni (mdyeni)NG11visitorsKavinda ntrembo na wakataga ugole wake kwa wadyeni wakwiza. (Arbow: 8)He hunted elephants and they were selling their ivory to visitors that came.Sidyenderwa ni wadyeni.I've been visited by visitors.2guestsWadyeni wangu siwaomoera hande.My guests, I've served them food.Wadyeni wagulo siwahudumiya miye.I was the one who served yesterday's guests.Wadyeni wangu waomoerwa hande.My guests've been served food.3touristsMiye na Aweso chiwahonyesanya i mbago a wadyeni.Me and Aweso showed the tourists the forest together.Wadyeni wakulawa kweise, wabasa kusinya haiwani.Tourists came from abroad; they came to look at animals.4strangersWagosi wadya wasinyika wadyeni, wavala suksi mwe zi nyuso.Those guys look like strangers; they're wearing stockings on [their] faces.5foreignersAlshababu wabwira wadyeni ni kulawa isi za kweise.Al-Shabab caught foreingers who were coming from outside of the country.Sirikali yetu ifakatisha wafungwa waidi wadyeni.Our govenment has let two foreign prisoners go.6newcomers, newbiesChaunga kuhalawiza wadyeni mo msanga wetu.We want to remove the newcomers from our land.Wadyeni wose washindwa kuhalawizwa mo msanga uno.All of the newcomers couldn't be removed from this land.
wadyera fitina (mdyera fitina)NG11troublemakersShamshi na Yasmini ni wadyera fitina.Shamshi and Yasmini are troublemakers.These are people who secretly get others to fight by doing things behind their backs.2instigatorsWadyera fitin waiha kuliko wasawi.Instigators are worse than witches.
wadyera mikaha (mdyera mikaha)NG1marriers (who marry others)Ko msigiti kuna wadyera mikaha wengi.At the mosque there are a lot of marriers.These are people who marry others like mullahs or priests.
wadyera miyayu (mdyera miyayu)NG1yawnersKaziye na Lugazo ni wadyera miyayu.Kaziye and Lugazo are yawners.Wadyera miyayu wose ni wazivu.All yawners are lazy.
wadyera rangi (mdyera rangi)NG11dyersWadyera rangi nachi wengi Kakuma.Many of us were dyers in Kakuma.2paintersChina wadyera rangi wabunifu mwe di shiraka dyetu.We have creative painters in our company.
wadyeradyi (mdyeradyi)NG11putters (ones who put something)2placersNyuwe mu wadyeradyi; suwe chi wasakanyadyi.You all are placers; we are pourers.
wadyeradyi adabu (mdyeradyi adabu)NG1punishersWazazi wangu ni wadyeradyi adabu.My parents are punishers.
wadyeradyi siyo (mdyera siyo)NG1burpersSalimu na Mhina ni wadyerdyi siyo.Solomom and Mhina are burpers.
wadyerwa adabu (mdyerwa adabu)NG11punished onesWano ni wadyerwa adabu.These [people] are punished ones.Maisha yetu yafanana na wadyerwa adabu.Our lives resemble punished ones' [lives].2disciplined ones
wadyeshi (kadyeshi)NG1soldier boysDhadhiri na Mwaliko ni wadyeshi.Dadiri and Mwaliko are soldier boys.
wadyibiywa (mdyibiywa)NG1answered onesBaruwa za wadyibiywa zidyereni mwe sanduku ino!The envelopes of the ones answered, put them in the chest!
wadyibuNG61necessityZuwa dyero ni kali; ni wadyibu nikagone he mpheho.Today the sun is fierce; it's a necessity that I go sleep in the shade.This noun is always singular; there is no plural.2obligationUnereka wana, wadyibu wako ni mbwani?When you give birth to children, what is your obligation?3dutyWadyibu wetu ni kutaga izi nyumba.Our duty is to sell the houses.
wadyibu (mdyibu)NG11respondentsWadyibu wose wapata mshahara wawo.All respondents got their pay.2repliers
Wadyido (Mdyido)NG1Jidos (clansmen or tribesmen)Wau na baba ni Wadyido.Grandma and grandpa are Jidos.