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Tumbuka Dictionary — MW

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This page lists every public Tumbuka entry in the LanguageKnow community dictionary. It currently lists 97 words and 0 phrases. 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.

Tumbuka (MW)

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97 words and 0 phrases — 97 entries in total.

Newest Tumbuka words

Words (97)

A (3)

amba (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to begin

anula (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

take down

ata (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to create

B (6)

baba (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to give birth

bana (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

children

bele (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

breast

bira (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to sink

boma (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

a walled enclosure

bulu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

donkey

C (2)

cima (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to prophesy

cimasa (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

eczema

D (2)

dada (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

father

dazi (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

sun

E (2)

Efeso (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Ephesus

enda (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to walk

G (2)

gona (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to lie down

gula (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to buy

I (5)

iba (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to steal

ine (Tumbuka) pron Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

I

inu (Tumbuka) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

your

ise (Tumbuka) pron Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

we

Israele (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Israel

J (2)

jira (Tumbuka) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

ignorant

Juni (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

June

K (11)

kama (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to squeeze

kansa (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

cancer

kasi (Tumbuka) particle Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

question marker

katundu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

possessions

koma (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to kill

kota (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to warm oneself in the sun

ku- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Class 15 noun prefix

kura (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to grow

kuru (Tumbuka) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

big

kuvina (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to dance

kuya (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to go

L (6)

lenga (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to create

li (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to be

Lilongwe (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

capital city of Malawi

lipa (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to pay

lota (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to dream

Luka (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Luke

M (15)

maji (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

water

makutu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

ears

Malaŵi (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Malawi

mama (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

mother

Mande (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Monday

maso (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

eyes

mbuzi (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

goat

Mika (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Micah

mino (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

teeth

mitu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

heads

moto (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

fire

moza (Tumbuka) num Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

one

mutu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

head

mwaka (Tumbuka) adv Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

long ago

mwezi (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

moon

N (8)

n- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Class 9 noun prefix.

na- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

I (recent past)

nayi (Tumbuka) num Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

four

ngoma (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

maize

njala (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

famine

nkhukutemwa (Tumbuka) phrase Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

I love you

Nyasaland (Tumbuka) name Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

a former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa; modern Malawi

nyumba (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

house

O (3)

oca (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to burn

ose (Tumbuka) det Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

all

ota (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to warm oneself

P (3)

pa- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Class 16 noun prefix

panga (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to make

pya (Tumbuka) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

new

R (2)

ruta (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to go

Rute (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Ruth

S (4)

seka (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

laugh

sima (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

nshima

sumu (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

song

suru (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

milk

T (8)

tako (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

buttock

tanta (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to cross a stream

tatu (Tumbuka) num Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

three

teta (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to lie

ti- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

we

tondo (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

small edible bush rat

towa (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to be beautiful

tulo (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

sleep

U (3)

u- (Tumbuka) prefix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

you (singular)

usiku (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

night

uta (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

bow

V (1)

vina (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

dance

W (2)

wa (Tumbuka) particle Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Class 1 inflected form of -a.

woko (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

hand

Y (2)

ya (Tumbuka) verb Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

to go

yeni (Tumbuka) adj Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

strange

Z (1)

zina (Tumbuka) noun Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

name

# (4)

-ana (Tumbuka) suffix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

reciprocal suffix

-i (Tumbuka) suffix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

agent noun suffix

-je (Tumbuka) suffix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

negative suffix

-ve (Tumbuka) suffix Adapted from English Wiktionary — awaiting native speaker review

Suffix that negates the verb

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