This is a part of a bigger set of pages about amabizomuntu namabizonto.
| verb (isiqu in bold) | ibizomuntu | ibizonto |
| ukulahla > throw away, cast away; throw down, hurl down > abandon, forsake, desert > lose > decide against, give judgement against > bury > waste words or actions | alikho | ilahle cinder, piece of coal or charcoal |
| ukulala > lie down, rest > sleep > pass the night > have sex with someone > lose flavour; become flat or insipid > lie fallow; pass a season without fertilization > be plentiful, abundant > be dull, heavy-headed, slow-witted | isilali a traveler or lodger for the night isilaleli a listener, someone lying in wait an audience (in plural) umlaleli a listener | ulala edge, outskirts of a forest umlala vertebral ligament on either side of the neck ilalamanzi an aquatic animal umlalamvubu thick fog lying over rivers and marshes in the morning umlalaziko food or drink left over from the day before a constantly postponed court-case umlalela slumber, a dormant state a layer covering something umlalelo an ambush umlaliso a narcotic or sleeping drug isilalo an old sore place causing lameness and pain a feeling of resentment that cannot easily be shaken |
| ukulamula > make peace between contending parties; separate fighters > mediate > give help, go to the rescue | umlamuli a mediator umlamuleli an advocate, helper or rescuer | umlamulo mediation help at a critical moment ulamulelo mediation rescue, aid, help |
| ukulanda > narrate, tell a story > follow up, trace, pursue > trace descent > fetch > resemble, take after someone > conform to, adhere to | umlanda a brother-in-law, from the husband’s perspective isilandi a narrator umlandi a narrator umlandeli a follower a disciple | ilanda a cattle-egret ubulanda the in-laws, from the husband’s perspective future life or provisions for dependants after death isilando narrative umlando history isilandelo a recitation a verbatim account of something isilandiso a predicative in grammar umlandeliselo abusive language hurled at someone as ‘the last word’ a missile |
| ukulawula > joke, make fun > mention, speak loudly about someone > tell a dream > marshal an army > control something or someone | isilawuli a joker, a jester umlawuli a marshal a controller | alikho |
| ukulawuza > to gossip, chatter > to joke, make fun > to flatter | isilawuzeli a flatterer | isilawuzelo flattery |
| ukulayeza > to give a message > to give instructions | alikho | umlayezo a message an instruction |
| ukulaza > become stale, lose freshness > be delayed, held over, postponed or adjourned > to have light, scattered, fleecy clouds > to fly in the wind | umlazakazi a person who walks rapidly, with quick light steps ulazane a person who walks rapidly, with quick, light step | amalaza a milking isilaza flat, stale beer ulaza cream umlaza whey any long, extended or stratified thing the Milky Way umlazela food that has become stale |
| ukulenga > hang suspended > dangle | umlengisi the hangman | ulengalenga a dangling or hanging ilenge a deep precipice ulengelenge endless, drawn-out matter continuous persecution isilengiso a hook for hanging a scaffold a gallows umlengiso a necklace |
| ukulibala > escape from memory > cause the memory to fail > delay, loiter, waste time | isilibazi a loiterer umlibazisi an interrupter a time-waster a distraction from sorrow | ubulibazi idleness, laziness loitering isilibaziso cause of delay interruption delay pastime, toy, amusement |
| ukulila > mourn, lament, wail, weep | umliliseli a lamenter a poet | isililiso a cause of mourning isililo mourning, lamentation, wailing |
| ukulima > plough, hoe, dig up the soil > farm, cultivate, grow crops | umlimi a farmer | ilima communal field indima plot of ground for cultivation portion of work for someone to perform standard, class isilimela ploughing time, early spring Pleiades constellation umlimela a large group of fields isilimo agriculture a cultivated crop or vegetable umlimo cultivation, growth of cultivated crops |
| ukulinda > guard, keep watch, look after > wait for, watch for, expect > be of average height or size | isilinda an invalid an old, decrepit person isilindamthombo a stay-at-home person umlindamthombo a stay-at-home person isilindankosi the king’s body-guard umlindankosi the king’s body-guard umlindi watchman, sentinel, guard umlindisango a gate-keeper | umlindansimu scarecrow umlindashoba a deep bottomless pit an abyss isilindishoba deep abyss, bottomless pit umlindelo expectation isilindo watch-hut, watch-tower umlindo a guarding, a watching |
| ukulinga > try, attempt > test, attempt, coax > perform magic, do tricks | umlinganiseli a sympathetic person umlingani a partner umlinganisi surveyor, one who measures umlingi tempter umlingisi imitator, mimic | isilinganiselo consideration for others sympathetic attitude amalinganiso trials indinganiso measure, standard for guidance isilinganiso measure, weight, scale instrument for measuring or weighing umlinganiso fitting, measuring exemplar isilingo temptation, test, trial umlingo unusual, strange, awe-inspiring or magical performance trickery, conjuring, magic |
| ukuloba > tattoo, draw figures, carve patterns > write | umlobeli correspondent umlobi writer, scribe, author | alikho |
| ukulobola > supplement a marriage by the handing over of goods or of an agreed number of cattle (or money in lieu thereof) on the part of the bridegroom’s people to the father or guardian of the bride | umloboli one who passes ilobolo to his bride’s father umlobokazi young, newly married wife umlotsholwa one for whom ilobolo is paid over | ilobolo goods, cattle or money handed over by the bridegroom’s people to the father or guardian of the bride |
| ukuloya > bewitch, hypnotise | umloyi a witch, wizard one who practises witchcraft | iloyi misfortune, harm malediction poison iloyo misfortune, harm umloyo an uncanny being, an imp |
| ukuluba > desire, covet, long for | alikho | iluba desire, inclination, longing |
| ukululeka > put straight, straighten > advise, counsel, guide | umluleki adviser, counsellor | isiluleko advice, counsel, direction |
| ukuluma > bite > suffer a sharp pain in the abdomen > itch | alikho | isilumeko a spasm of pain a gnawing pain isilumelo share, portion isilumo a painful menstruation chronic stomach pain |
| ukulumba > do wonders, perform conjuring tricks > make inventions > practise witchcraft > concoct, fabircate, invent stories, tell lies | umlumbi a wonder-worker, wizard, magician, trickster inventor umlumbikazana a trickster | umlumbaniso confusion of issues misapplication coalescence of vowels ilumbelo fabrication, lie, concoction disease of unknown cause ilumbo wonderful performance, wizardry, magic a great invention a downright lie a disease of unknown origin |
| ukulunga > be in order, be fit, be correct, be as it should > get prepared, get ready > be morally good or righteous | umlungisi repairer, renovator reformer | ilungelo a right a privilege amalungiselelo arrangements preparations isilungo virtue |
| ukulutha > make a fool of someone, mislead, take advantage of someone > hypnotize, deprive of reasoning power, drug, render helpless, demoralize | ilutha a cunning, misleading person, who makes a fool of another umlutha imbecile, fool, idiot or one lacking in the characteristics of a human being isiluthi someone who makes people silly umluthi a hypnotizer, drugger, or one who demoralises other umlutho an imbecile, fool or idiot | umlutho idiocy, mental derangement hypnotism, drugging |
| ukulwa > to fight | isilwi fighter quarrelsome person | alikho |
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