CHINYANJA (CHICEWA) - ENGLISH DICTIONARY
[Pages:72]CHINYANJA (CHICEWA) - ENGLISH DICTIONARY
This dictionary was originally compiled by the late Father Jan Vermeullen of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in 1979 and published with the following introduction:
"This dictionary has been prepared to help people trying to learn Chinyanja (Chicewa). It has been kept as simple as possible, endeavouring to give only the more commonly used words.
This is just a trial run to fill the need for such a book while waiting for a revised edition of the D.C. Scott - A. Hetherwick "Dictionary of the Nyanja Language", or possibly a completely new one which may now be in preparation at the University of Zambia or the University of Malawi.....
Your comments and suggestions are welcome.
Mission L.C. P.O. Box 8076, Lusaka"
We thank those who are helping in this project to revise Father Vermuellen's dictionary, especially Miss Agnes Tikili-Banda who has put the dictionary on disc. As before comments and suggestions are welcome.
Father Charles Searson SJ Luwisha House, P.O. Box 35391, Lusaka, Zambia. Telephone: 00- 260-1-29.16.06 June 4th, 1999
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A
Ai Amba Ani Anthu Asamula Asilikali Ati Atsa Apa A Azimu
A short form of iai to begin.[see - yamba]. what? What kind? What sort? people. to yawn. [see - yasamula]. soldiers isn't it? Don`t you? (asking for consent) [see also: Eti? Wati?]. to kindle, to light. here. there. the spirits of the dead.
Ba Ba Badisa Badili Badwira Bafuta Bala Bala Bambo Bango Bangula Banja Basela
Basi Bata Baya Befu Bemberezi
B
To steal. [see Kubera]. A verb tense infix indicating the time during which stg is being done To be born (as to time). a relay, someone replacing another. born (as to place). white Calico or thin white linen. to give birth, to produce (used of people, plants, animals). a wound or an ulcer. [see Mabala and cironda]. Father, Sir, Master. Reeds. Matete (Ns). to roar (Lion), to shout. Family, Relatives.(Li ndi Banja - he has got a Wife and Children). a little extra gift you give to customer who has bought goods from you. that`s all, that`s enough, its enough. calm (no noise). to stab, pierce (with a spear or any sharp instrument). being out of breath (cifuwa ca Befu Asthma). mud wash .
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Bere
Breast.
Bereka
to bear, to produce to have a child, to give birth, to
carry a child on your back.
Biliwila
to be green (as new grass).
Bingu
roar of thunder, noise of rapids, earthquake.
Birimankhwe Chameleon.
Bisa
To hide something. [see - Bisya].
Bisala
to hide oneself.[see - Bisyala].
Bodza
a lie. - Bodza = its a lie!
Nena Bodza = to tell a lie.
Cita bodza = to tell a lie. [see Nama = to tell a lie].
Boma
Fort, Government Offices, The Government (Administration).
Bondo
Knee.
Bongo-Bongo Brain.
Boola
to pierce, to drill a hole through.[see - Doola].
Bovu
cheeks [see -Masaya].
Buluzi
Lizard.
Bunda
(pl. Maunda) young bird. young Pigeons, the young of large bird. [see
- Liunda].
Busa
to herd, to drive together.
Busa
place for flock to rest or eat.
Buthu
a little girl who has not yet reached puberty.
Buula
to groan.
Bvaka
to clothe someone, to provide or give clothing. [see -Bveka].
Bvala
to put on clothes or to wear.
Bveka
to clothe someone: to provide or to give clothing. [see - Bvaka].
Bvika
to thatch.
Bviika
to dip, to put in water, to steep, to soak in water.
Bvina
to dance.
Bvumbala
to take out or to overturn.
Bvomera
to agree, to accept, to say "yes".[see - Bvomereza & Bvomekeza].
Bvula
to take off clothes or to undress.
Bvulala
to be wounded or to be hurt.
Bvulaza
to hurt someone seriously or badly.
Bvuma
to give assent, to consent, to take up the chorus (when singing or tell-
ing a story). - Ku Bvuma - to give consent to something.
Bvumbwe
wild cat.
Bvumbwa
to be wet with rain.
Bvunda
to be rotten [see - Vunda].
Bvundikila
to cover or to put a lid on.
Bvundula
to stir up.
Bvundukula
to uncover or to take lid off [see - Vundukula].
Bvuta Bvutana Bvutika Bvuto Bvuula Bwalo Bwanji Bwato Bwebweta Bwenzi
Bwera Bwereka Bwerekana Bwerera Bwererana Bweretsa
Bwereza Bweza Bwinja Bwino
Bwinoko Bwinopo Bzola
4 to be difficult, to trouble, to worry, to bring difficulties. to quarrel. to be poor or to live in poverty. trouble,problame, difficulty. to take out of the water. yard, ground around, courtyard, court. How are you? how? What about (this or that). Boat. to babble, to stutter, to rave, to be delirious. (1) (n) Friend. (2) (adv.) ought, should be, if only ( used in the second part of a conditional sentence). to come. - Bwera ndi - to bring, to come with. to borrow ot to lend. to borrow or to lend to one another. to return or to come back. to come back together again. lit. to make come; to cause, to order (a book), to bring, to go and get, to fetch. to repeat or to do again. to give back, to send back. pl.mainja, a deserted place, an uninhabited or deserted village. (adv) well, carefully, gently, later, in good time. Ku Cita Bwino Bwino - to be accurate. a bit better or rather well.[see Bwinopo]. to chew cud. to pass through. [see Pyola].
C
Celela Cha
Chabe Chaka Chakudya Chala Chamba
Chambu
to start off early in the morning. [see - Lawila or Lawilila]. (1) to give a name, to be ripe (fruit), to pluck(fruit). (2) to set a trap.
useless. Nothing, only, just. Year or feast.
something to eat or food. finger or toe. (1) Indian hemp. (2) dance (any) Medicine for protecting gardens, camp, and house.
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Chambuyo
backwards.
Changu
diligence. - cita cangu, to be diligent.
Chanza
palm of your hand. -Gwirana canza, to shake hands.
Chapa
to wash clothes.
Chaulere
gift (freely given).
Che
possessive stem: his, hers, its.[see - Ke].
Chedwa
to delay, to be late, to linger.
Cheka
to cut, to slice, to saw, to cut across.
Chembere
old woman.A married woman with children. [see - Ncembere].
Chenjera
to be clever, to be cunning.
Chenjerera
to outwit.
Chenjeretsa
to ask for too high a price, to steal. To want to appear
too clever in front of others.
Chenjeza
lit. to make clever, to warn in advance, to give good advice.
Chepa
to be small, to be few in number, little, to be too few.
Chepetsa
to diminish,to make small. [see - Kudzichepetsa].
Cheuka
turn around.
Chete
adv. quietly, quiet, still.
Cheza
to converse, to talk to, to chat to, to visit.
Cezela
to visit. - Cezela usiku = to spend the whole night (doing something:
e.g. dancing, drinking. travelling etc,etc.,)
Chezima
to shine, to gleam, to glitter.[see - Cezimira].
Chedwa
(1) to be called, to be named so and so.
(2) to be late.
Cheru
attention. - Chita Cheru = to pay attention (to)
Uzivelala = to pay attention to.
Chidindo
a stamp seal or a date stamp.
Chire
the bush [see - thengo].
Chimwa
to do wrong or to sin.[see - cimwa].
Chinga
Fence or enclose with a fence.
Cholakwa
fault or mistake.
Chula
(1) to pronounce, to mention, or to say.
(2) to lance, to open a boil.
Chibade
cranium, head, hard rind of a gourd.
Chibayo
Pneumonia, Pleurisy.
Chibonga
a club with a head or knobkerry.
Chiboo
a hole, in cloth or wood.
Chibuma
a clod of earth.
Chibvomezi
noise of an earthquake, of a crowd or of dancing.
Chibvundikiro lid of a pot or container.
Chibwana
childishness or childhood.
Chibwano
chin.
Chibwebwe
stuttering, babbling or stammering.
Chibwenzi
friendship - pen pala Cibwenzi.
Chida
weapon.
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Chidani Chidule
Chidulo
Chiduka Chidutswa Chifukwa
Chifuwa Chifwamba Chigamba Chigawo Chigololo Chigumula
Chigwa Chigayo Chikaso Chikasu
Chikho Chikhulupililo Chikole Chikoba Chikondi Chikope Chikumbumtima Chikunu Chikwakwa
Chikwanje Chikwati Chilakolako Chilala Chilankhulo
Chilayo Chilema Chilimwe Chilombo Chilumba Chimake
hatred. briefly or with brevity. Njira ya cidule = (Kanjira aka ne ka shorti ) a short cut. salt made from burnt ashes used in the same way as Bicarbonate of Soda. a broken piece (of brick) or its broken. a bit cut or broken off something. because. - Chifukwa ca = because of.
Chifukwa cace = the reason for it. Chifukwa ciani? = why? for what reason? chest, a cold or a chest trouble. a person who steals, a bandit, a thief.[see Kawalala]. a patch. a part. [see - Gawa]. improper sexual conduct or adultery. (1) a flood,(water rising over its banks). (2) Retrenchment. a valley. grinding mill. yellow color of ginger. Ginger root. Cikasu - yellow, the colour of ginger.[see - Cikaso]. gourd or cup ( Chalice). trust, belief or faith [see - khulupililia]. something given as a pledge.[see- Mkole]. hide of an animal. Love. eyelids.[see - Kakope]. memory or rememberance. Rape or abduction. sickle, reaping-hook, the long hook-knife used as a grass cutter, a slasher. - (plur) Zikwakwa. a large-bladed knife. wedding. [see - Ukwati - marriage]. extreme desire. drought, famine, destruction of food. language. Lankhula - to speak.[see -Yankhula and Ciyankhulo]. Vows. a deformity, a maiming. the dry season. a dangerous animal, a wild animal. an island. a sheath.
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Chimalo
Chimanga Chimbala Chimbudzi
Chhimbwira
Chimera Chimbwi Chimtali Chimodzi-modzi Chimwa Chimwemwe Chinamwail
Chindoko Ching`aning`ani Chingwe Chinjiriza Chinkhwa Chinsinsi Chinthu Chinyalala Chinyontho Chipala Chipali Chipanda Chipande Chipangano
Chipasu-pasu Chipata Chipatso Chipere Chipewa Chiphuphu Chipinda Chiponde Chipongwe Chipsepse Chipsera
or Malowolo (Lobola) Brideprice or Bridewealth. Used by the Angoni People of Eastern Province. Maize or corn.[see - Miliss]. cold nsima (Yogoneka). (1) Pit latrine. (2) the central tuft of the grass roof on a round hut. a person who is not able to children; a woman who is barren or a man who can not be Father.[see - Chumba or Gomwa]. malt, sprouted maize. (Year). (Ns) a hyena. [see - Fisi]. dance at wedding for girls. like, the same as. to do wrong or to sin.[see - Macimo] joy or happiness. the dance or ceremony of initiation at puberty. Usually for girls and sometimes also for boys. Syphillis. flash of lightning, glitter, sheen.[see -`nganing`ani] rope, string, or line. to protect, to shelter, to reinforce. bread.(made from dried bananas). a secret. a thing, matter.[see - Kanthu] rubbish, straw, weeds. [see - Mauzu]. moisture [see - mnyontho]. a blacksmith`s forge. having more than one wife; bigamy or polygamy. the beer gourd. wooden spoon (large) an agreement, a contract. Pangana = to agree with one another, to make contract. desolation, destruction.[see - Pasula] a gate, a gorge, a gap. a fruit. a skin disease,eruption of the skin. [see - Phere] hat.[see cisoti]. a bribe. partition, room, bedroom. mashed food mostly peanut butter. rudeness, insolence. tail (fish) sometimes also fins. the scar of an old wound.
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Chipsero
a broom.[see - Cipsyero]
Chipululu
desert, a deserted or desolate place.
Cipupa
wall.
Ciputu
the stump of a buch of grass.
Chira
to recover, to be cured, to feel better after an illness
Chiritsa
to cure, to make recovery .[see - Ciza]
Chirikiza
to support,to help to assist, to prop up.
Chisa
a nest, a bird`s nest.
Chisamba
a dance for women with thier first pregnancy.
Chisagu
cold.
chisoni
sorrow, pity, mercy.
chisoti
hat. [see Chipewa].
Chiswe
white ants (collective singular).
Chita
to make, to do.
chita mantha - to be afraid.
Chita Ulesi - to be lazy.
Chiterere
a dance by women.
Chitedze
a kind of broad bean, buffalo-bean.
Chitepo
large leaf (pl.- Matepo or Zitepo).
Chitete
a kind of basket.
Chithaphwi
a pond.
Chithunzi
picture, a shadow.[see Chithunzi-thunzi andMthunzi].
Chitsanzo
an example, a model to follow or imitate.
Chitsenko
door.
Chitsime
a well for water.
Chitsononko an empty maize cob.
Chitsulo
Iron or any tool or instrument made of iron.
Chitumwa
a kind of preventive medicine, a charm against sickness.
Chitungu
sweat (pl.)Tukhuta Nchito yokhetsa Tukhuta.
Kutukhuta = to sweat.
Chiuno
waist, small of the back, loins.
Chiuta
God. also Cauta, Mphambe, Mulungu.
Chiwala
a large grasshopper. pl. Ziwala.
Chiwalo
a limb, a part of the body.
Chiwanda
an evil spirit( of a dead ancestor,usually) or a ghost.
Chiwerewere harlotry, wnadering about from one sexual partner to another.
Chiweto
domestic animal.
Chiwewe
rabies, madness in a dog or cat.
Chiwiya
a household vessel or utensil.
Chiwongo
clan name such as Phiri, Banda, Mbewe,Sakala Mvula.
(or) totem name used mostly by the tribes which migrated from South
Africa in the 18 th Century. Also used for dowry.
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