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Bemba words and phrases beginning with U

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This page lists the 119 words and 18 phrases beginning with U in the Bemba community dictionary. Each entry has its own page with its full meaning and example sentence. This data is openly available at no cost for language preservation and research, with attribution to LanguageKnow. You can return to the home page or browse all languages at any time.

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119 words and 18 phrases — 137 entries in total.

Words (119)

U (119)

Ubowa (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Mushrooms

Ubukali (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Anger

Ubukwebo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Trade

Ubulalo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Bridge

ubulanda (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

sadness

Ubulungami (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

righteousness, fairness, justice

Ubulwele (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Sickness

Ubunga (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Flour

Ubusaka (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Cleanliness

Ubushiku (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Night

Ubusuma (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

goodness

Ubwaca (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Dawn

Ubwato (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Boat

Ukubelenga (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To read

Ukuboko (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Arm

Ukubutuka (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To run

Ukucapa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wash clothes

ukucenjela (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be clever

Ukucetekela (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To trust

Ukucinda (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To dance

Ukufika (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To arrive

Ukufina (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be heavy

Ukufitama (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be dark or black

ukufulwa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be angry

Ukufuma (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To leave / To come from

Ukufunda (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To teach

Ukufwaya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To want

Ukukaana (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to refuse, to deny

ukukaba (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be hot

Ukukaka (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To tie

Ukukalipa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be angry

Ukukana (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to refuse

Ukukonka (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to follow

Ukukosoka (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to recover

Ukukula (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to grow

Ukulanda (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To speak

Ukulemba (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To write

ukulepa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be tall

Ukulila (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to cry

Ukulinda (Bemba) Verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wait

Ukulipila (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To pay

Ukulolesha (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To look at

Ukulu (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Leg

Ukulya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To eat

Ukunaya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To stir (specifically nshima)

Ukunina (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To board

Ukunwa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To drink

Ukupalamina (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To draw near

Ukupata (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to hate, to dislike strongly

Ukupeela (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To give

Ukupenda (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To count

Ukupola (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to heal

Ukuposa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to throw

Ukuputula (Bemba) Verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To cut

Ukupya (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be cooked, ripe, or boiled

Ukusamba (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To wash

Ukusambilila (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To learn

ukusansamuka (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be cheerful

Ukusenda (Bemba) Verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To carry

Ukusendama (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to sleep

Ukushana (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To dance

Ukushintanya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To exchange

Ukushipa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To be brave

Ukushita (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To buy

Ukushitila (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To shop for

Ukushitisha (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To sell

Ukusobola (Bemba) Verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To choose

Ukutalipa (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be tall or long

Ukutandala (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To visit

Ukutema (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To cut / To chop

Ukutemwa (Bemba) Verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To love

Ukuteya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To play

ukutiina (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to fear

ukutontola (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be cold

Ukutontonkanya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To think

Ukutuntulu (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

wholeness

Ukutwi (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Ear

Ukutwishika (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To doubt

ukuumina (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be dry

Ukuwamya (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To clean

Ukuyanguka (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be light or easy

Ukwafwa (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To help

Ukwanshika (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To spread out (like a mat or bed)

Ukwenda (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To walk

Ukwensha (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To drive

Ukwikala (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To sit, to stay, to live

Ukwimba (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To sing

Ukwingila (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To enter

Ukwipa (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be bad or ugly

Ukwipipa (Bemba) verb (stative) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

to be short

Ukwipusha (Bemba) verb AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

To ask

Ulucelo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Morning

Ulukasa (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Foot

Ulukungu (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Dust

Ulupili (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Mountain

Ulupwa (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Family

Ulusuba (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Dry season

Ulutanda (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Star

Ulwendo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Journey

Umubili (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Body

Umukalamba (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Elder

Umukate (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Bread

Umukoshi (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

neck

Umulimo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Task

Umumana (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

River

Umuntu (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Person

Umusami (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Pillow

Umushili (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Soil

Umusonko (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Tax

Umusumba (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

City

Umutenge (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Roof

Umuti (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Medicine

Umutima (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Heart

Umutondo (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Day after tomorrow

Umutwe (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Head

Umwaice (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Youngster

Umwaka (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Year

Umwela (Bemba) noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Wind

Umweshi (Bemba) Noun AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Moon or Month

Phrases (18)

Ubowa nabumena. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Mushrooms have sprouted.

Ulemona shani? (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

What do you think?

Uli ne myaka inga? (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

How old are you?

Uli ne nsansa? (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Are you happy?

Umulungu usuma. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

Have a good week.

Umutwe ulenkalipa. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

I have a headache.

Umwaka upya nauisa. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

The new year has come.

Umweshi wapwa. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

The month has ended.

Uyu muntu musuma. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

This person is good.

Uyu mutengo nauuma. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

This price is too high.

Uyu mwaice alipipa. (Bemba) AI-checked — awaiting native speaker review

This child is short.

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