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  1. biga
  2. ba nolunkulu— bald
  3. ingombe imai— cow
  4. izhulwa— frog
  5. kantabwa— flea
  6. ibende— rat
  7. wa— fall
  8. inchinga— vein
  9. zwilichini— how much
  10. kuba nezhala— hungry; be hungry
  11. zose— every
  12. fumbamwe— nine
  13. bana— have
  14. izina— name
  15. chimilo— nose
  16. benga— hate
  17. inzila— path (road, trail; not street)
  18. uncheche— baby
  19. bezha— carve, work with wood
  20. iwhulu— wool
  21. nda— leave; go
  22. chilopa— liver
  23. chikokola— elbow
  24. inhiba— well
  25. Mejameja— January
  26. lema— heavy
  27. idenga— roof; sky
  28. tuma— send
  29. cheka— have diarrhea
  30. buhwa— grass
  31. igumbu— grave
  32. komeswa— dried
  33. nyolopa— wet, become
  34. umbengi— enemy
  35. amai bakulwana— maternal aunt
  36. vuna; vunika— break
  37. ibhapilo— wing
  38. leba— say
  39. nia— defecate (shit)
  40. kugundujana— contest
  41. zhilo— yesterday
  42. izana— hundred
  43. chulu— ant hill
  44. bhaya— pierce
  45. ibo— they
  46. ingulube— pig
  47. unwha— thorn
  48. umbisana— boy
  49. chiselele— honey badger
  50. iwi— You
  51. zhilo awujakandibona— yesterday you did not see me
  52. imbizho— horn (of bull etc.)
  53. imbwa— dog
  54. inhema— rhinoceros
  55. zhililika— perspire
  56. tenga— buy
  57. punga— blow
  58. kakuku— chicken
  59. imvumba— wildebeest
  60. ibhatuko
  61. mai— female
  62. chigongovi— ankle
  63. imbeyu— seed
  64. nji— many
  65. indimi— languages
  66. unhulume— man (adult male human)
  67. ibhofu— blind
  68. bona— see
  69. lalana— copulate (have sex with)
  70. nyolo— wet
  71. guta— be satisfied
  72. bukula— bark
  73. ibeba— mouse; mice
  74. puma— blunt (knife)
  75. swika— arrive
  76. lila— cry
  77. ingweshazho— cheetah(s)
  78. ununa— younger sister; younger brother
  79. bhakala— kick
  80. shanunamwe— six
  81. bhika— cook
  82. untambiliko— ladder
  83. bwatilila— lie (in ambush)
  84. bashe— chief
  85. kululuma— have fever
  86. untundo— urine
  87. ikamu; chisanga— comb
  88. unzekulu— grandchild
  89. bupempele— cowardice
  90. unji— root (botanics)
  91. galapasi— sit down
  92. vumbika— bury
  93. swibhilila— cloudy
  94. ilulamilo— right
  95. choto— hearth, cooking pit/fire
  96. seka— laugh
  97. yokwo— there
  98. untebuji— priest
  99. mabeba— mice
  100. igwembele— path
  101. ichokomende— true (not false)
  102. idombo— rock
  103. inyoka— snake
  104. chinono— slow
  105. ibhande— bark (of tree)
  106. unkaji— wife
  107. ishato— python
  108. unkulwana— elderly
  109. kova— then
  110. chidumbu— dead body
  111. mweni— owner
  112. lutyo— fear
  113. chija— save
  114. makumimashanunatatu— eighty
  115. chamhembe— south
  116. bubata— spots
  117. unkazwaji— elder sister; sister
  118. isimba— strong
  119. inhulu— hat
  120. chikwalala— crow
  121. biliswa— boiled
  122. poni— where
  123. fupi— short
  124. izhamu— breasts (female)
  125. bukuse— feather(s) (large, not down)
  126. kuba namasimba— powerful
  127. unkulu— elder brother; brother
  128. sala— remain
  129. iye— he
  130. bukulugulu— greatness
  131. indalama— gold
  132. bupazwi— greed
  133. makumimatatu— thirty
  134. ivula— water; rains
  135. umpepo— wind; air
  136. moto— fire; firewood
  137. bupombwe— adultery
  138. zhula— open
  139. unhu— person (individual human)
  140. undwaji— a sick person, patient
  141. kuti— that
  142. chilevu— chin
  143. kubola— rotten
  144. fuma— rich
  145. kulwana— huge; big
  146. bwatisa— hidden, be
  147. undimi— farmer
  148. kuba nemimba— pregnant
  149. lukuta— fence
  150. bumenyu— ant
  151. umbhiki— cook
  152. taboka— Thank You
  153. peja— finish
  154. banejibwa— have cold
  155. nhuwija— sniff
  156. mwa— drink
  157. tyisa— frighten
  158. londota
  159. fema— breathe
  160. mweji wasim— full moon
  161. ini— what?; why?
  162. izhisho— eye
  163. mwe— other
  164. busangu— loose immoral behaviour
  165. ishumba— lion
  166. ndichakupaimali— I will give you the money
  167. ipulazi— farm
  168. ishaku— ghost
  169. ihanga— guinea fowl(s)
  170. igumi— ten
  171. ihakakavu— pangolin
  172. mapato— buttocks
  173. kana— if
  174. bumililo— west
  175. busi— smoke (of fire)
  176. iluba— flower
  177. manikila— narrow
  178. inyuchi— bee
  179. wha— hear
  180. mazanamashanunabili— seven hundred
  181. lwizi— river
  182. pi— which
  183. inkunzi— bull
  184. katamuka— frightened
  185. bwato— boat
  186. ndikubweni— I see you
  187. igajishaba— red ants
  188. inhelela— orphan
  189. busiku— night; at night
  190. bili— two; both
  191. bupenyu— life.
  192. mweji— moon; month
  193. butulu— poison
  194. ingumba— house
  195. dikimula— have hiccups
  196. ngwina— enter
  197. mane— no
  198. biga— put
  199. bhwinya— wink, blink
  200. ilota— ash(es)
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