Browse Kalanga words: I

• ibo
  they
• i chaba
  nation; tribe
• ichaba
  nation; tribe
• ichili
  living person; well-off person
• i chili
  living person; well-off person
• i chinyi
  mischievous person; a spendthrift; someone who wastes
• ichinyi
  mischievous person; a spendthrift; someone who wastes
• icho
  it (class 7)
• ichuu
  stew; well cooked food
• i chuu
  stew; well cooked food
• idzedzi
  these
• ifano
  physical likeness; resemblances, particularly of individuals
• i fano
  physical likeness; resemblances, particularly of individuals
• ifuba
  chest;a cough; phlegm
• i fuba
  chest;a cough; phlegm
• igogu
  this
• i kaka
  desert
• ikaka
  desert
• ikale
  measure; amount; a scale
• i kale
  measure; amount; a scale
• i kamba
  back of the body
• ikamba
  back of the body
• i kara
  share, of a plough
• ikara
  share, of a plough
• i kayi
  example
• ikayi
  example
• ikepe
  ship
• i kepe
  ship
• i kero
  pair of scissors
• ikero
  pair of scissors
• i kete
  skirt
• ikete
  skirt
• i keyi
  yoke-pin
• ikeyi
  yoke-pin
• ikhuwa
  English language
• i khuwa
  English language
• iko
  there (suffix)
• i koka
  blackjack; grass that sticks on to clothes
• ikoka
  blackjack; grass that sticks on to clothes
• i kokola
  elbow
• ikokola
  elbow
• i kombo
  navel; belly button
• ikombo
  navel; belly button
• i kongo
  clitoris
• ikongo
  clitoris
• ikonsi
  scone
• i konsi
  scone
• i kontiri
  tar
• ikontiri
  tar
• i konyana
  insect
• ikonyana
  insect
• i kopelo
  safety pin
• ikopelo
  safety pin
• ikotsikara
  donkey cart
• i kotsikara
  donkey cart
• i kowa
  weakling; sickling
• ikowa
  weakling; sickling
• ikuba
  chaff from grain; someone useless
• i kuba
  chaff from grain; someone useless
• ikukulo
  scraper, used on pots
• i kukulo
  scraper, used on pots
• i kulu
  impetigo; ringworm
• ikulu
  impetigo; ringworm
• i kungululu
  reel of thread
• ikungululu
  reel of thread
• i kunyana
  twig
• ikunyana
  twig
• i kupu
  water container
• ikupu
  water container
• ikuta
  motorbike
• i kuta
  motorbike
• ikuyu
  water bottle; large container used for carrying water or liquid
• i kuyu
  water bottle; large container used for carrying water or liquid
• ikwama
  purse
• i kwama
  purse
• ikwashi
  squash
• i kwashi
  squash
• ikwata
  group of people
• i kwata
  group of people
• i kwele
  school
• ikwele
  school
• ikweno
  there
• ikweya
  square or platform
• i kweya
  square or platform
• ila
  abstain from certain practices
• i laughed so hard
  i laughed so hard
• imi
  I; me
• ingwe
  you (pl.); you
• ingwi
  you (pl.)
• ingwi (pl), ingwe(pl. polite)
  you
• ing’wi
  you (pl)
• ini
  what
• i no tothola
  cold (drink)
• invilopo
  an envelop
• ipakupaku
  cobra snake
• i pakupaku
  cobra snake
• ipaneri
  wench; spanner
• i paneri
  wench; spanner
• i pani
  span, as of oxen
• ipani
  span, as of oxen
• ipapa
  right here; here
• ipatela
  hospital
• i patela
  hospital
• i pato
  anus
• ipato
  anus
• i peiti
  type of syringe used to give enema
• ipeiti
  type of syringe used to give enema
• i pelete
  reader for beginners
• ipelete
  reader for beginners
• ipesu
  hare’s tail; goat’s tail
• i pesu
  hare’s tail; goat’s tail
• i phiri
  secret; confidential matter
• iphiri
  secret; confidential matter
• ipi
  which (cl.9)
• i pikiri
  nail
• ipikiri
  nail
• i piti
  speed
• ipiti
  speed
• i poko
  spoke, as on the wheel of a bicycle
• ipoko
  spoke, as on the wheel of a bicycle
• iponchi
  sponge
• i ponchi
  sponge
• iponi
  mirror
• i poni
  mirror
• iporo
  rail; railway line
• i poro
  rail; railway line
• i puku
  ghost
• ipuku
  ghost
• i pule
  cooked red beans
• ipule
  cooked red beans
• ipungu
  an eagle
• i pungu
  an eagle
• i pura
  low stool
• ipura
  low stool
• iribadza
  cause to faint; apply anasthesia; cause to faint
• iribala
  faint
• isa
  take to; take something to someone; take to
• isechana
  small basket
• i sechana
  small basket
• iseche
  basket
• i seche
  basket
• iseko
  laughter
• i seko
  laughter
• i shudzi
  lewd person
• ishudzi
  lewd person
• isikalala
  wooden torch; a burning piece of wood
• i sikalala
  wooden torch; a burning piece of wood
• isipa
  soap
• i sipa
  soap
• issue being discussed
  issue being discussed
• iswi
  we; us
• iswino
  filter, the type used for straining traditional beer
• i swino
  filter, the type used for straining traditional beer
• ita
  do
• i tachi
  starch
• itachi
  starch
• i tamba-pHou
  creeper plant that bears white thorns
• itambapHou
  creeper plant that bears white thorns
• i tanda
  endearment, used to refer to a young girl
• itanda
  endearment, used to refer to a young girl
• itapa
  wedding ceremony
• i tapa
  wedding ceremony
• itarada
  street
• i tarada
  street
• itatalala
  argumentative person
• i tatalala
  argumentative person
• iteechani
  station
• i teechani
  station
• i teme
  calabash
• iteme
  calabash
• itempa
  stamp
• i tempa
  stamp
• itendeleki
  wanderer
• i tendeleki
  wanderer
• itete
  spoilt child
• i tete
  spoilt child
• ithibo
  lid
• i thibo
  lid
• ithuiwa
  domestic animal
• i thuiwa
  domestic animal
• ithumba
  goat whose kid has died
• i thumba
  goat whose kid has died
• ithunya
  flower
• i thunya
  flower
• ithusi
  small black beetle that bores dry wood or poles
• i thusi
  small black beetle that bores dry wood or poles
• ithuwa
  pinnacle; the top of a hut or house
• i thuwa
  pinnacle; the top of a hut or house
• i tibili
  pedal, as of a bike
• itibili
  pedal, as of a bike
• i tiko
  occiput; back of the head
• itiko
  occiput; back of the head
• itilo
  table
• i tiraiki
  strike
• itiraiki
  strike
• i tofu
  stove
• itofu
  stove
• i tole
  small child or a toddler
• itole
  small child or a toddler
• itombgana
  small hill
• i tombgana
  small hill
• i toropo
  thong or halter that passes between two yoke pins
• itoropo
  thong or halter that passes between two yoke pins
• i toyi
  thing in the eye; an impurity in food
• itoyi
  thing in the eye; an impurity in food
• i tshitshino
  heel of one’s foot or shoe
• itshitshino
  heel of one’s foot or shoe
• i tshururu
  untalented person
• itshururu
  untalented person
• i tshwantsho
  picture; image
• itshwantsho
  picture; image
• i tswiriri
  talented person
• itswiriri
  talented person
• i tundu
  type of basket used during harvesting time
• itundu
  type of basket used during harvesting time
• i tutujani
  corn cricket
• itutujani
  corn cricket
• it’ina
  brick
• i t’ina
  brick
• it’wilo
  chair
• i t’wilo
  chair
• iwe
  you (s.)
• i xwabha
  dried animal product
• ixwabha
  dried animal product
• i xweto
  loop in a rope
• ixweto
  loop in a rope
• iye
  he; she
• iyeje
  that one, over there
• iyejee
  that one, far away
• iyeyi
  this one, nearest me; thi
• iyo
  yours
• izela
  sleep