black ox
tshu.
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Black people
Batema.
Suggest a correctionBlack person
Ntema.
Suggest a correctionblack quarter
tjarotsane (Nya.); tjirotswani (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionblack vulture
gola.
Suggest a correctionblack vultures
makola.
Suggest a correctionblackbird
whudzululu.
Suggest a correctionblackish goat
ng’olwana.
Suggest a correctionblame
swola.
Suggest a correctionblanket
ngubo.
Suggest a correctionblankets
dzingubo.
Suggest a correctionblaze
pfuta.
Suggest a correctionblend
puhikila (Nya.); pushikila (Lil.); alt. puhuka (Nya.); pukusha (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionbless (to)
yitila mhahhambuya.
Suggest a correctionblind
1. bhofu (unable to see). 2. mbalilo (curtain blinds).
Suggest a correctionblind eye
nghopo.
Suggest a correctionblind people
mapofu.
Suggest a correctionblind person
bhofu.
Suggest a correctionblindness
bupofu.
Suggest a correctionblink
bonya.
Suggest a correctionblink (as of an eye)
bonya.
Suggest a correctionblister beetles
dundila-bazwele.
Suggest a correctionblisters
matungutungu.
Suggest a correctionblock view
sitila.
Suggest a correctionblood
1. malopa (red body fluid). 2. lopa (genes).
Suggest a correctionblood-cupper
tjilumiki.
Suggest a correctionblood drop
lopa (see also blood and gene).
Suggest a correctionblood relative
lutshinga.
Suggest a correctionblouse
bhulawuzi.
Suggest a correctionblow fire
pfutidza (Nya.); thutidza (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionblow nose
femha (Nya.); fepha (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionblow off
fuula (not to be confused with fula: graze).
Suggest a correctionblue
-lubuwa (kulubuwa, ilubuwa, tjilubuwa; gulubuwa).
Suggest a correctionblue bush
n'hangule (Nya.); nshangule (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionblue-headed agama
gulumbgwe (Nya.); bhulubgwe (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionblurt out
padzamuka.
Suggest a correctionblush
habapala (Nya.); shabapala (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionboat
nghoro; kepe (coloq.) (see also ship); nnghoro.
Suggest a correctionboats
migoro.
Suggest a correctionbody
mbili.
Suggest a correctionbody cream
mafuta.
Suggest a correctionbody lotion
tjihholo (Nya.); tjizholo (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionboil
hapayila.
Suggest a correctionboil (cause to boil)
tutumisa.
Suggest a correctionboil dry
pkhwila (Nya.); khwila (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionboil long
hapayila (Nya.); shapaila (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionboil milk
nyawusa.
Suggest a correctionboil over
tutuma.
Suggest a correctionboiled malt
n'hiqo (Nya.); nshito (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionbolt
mmuru.
Suggest a correctionbolts
mimmuru.
Suggest a correctionbomb
1. bhombu (n). 2. bhomba (v.).
Suggest a correctionbone
fupa.
Suggest a correctionbone marrow
mongo.
Suggest a correctionbonnet
bhonethi.
Suggest a correctionbonus
mbhasela.
Suggest a correctionbook
n. 1. lukwalo (n.). 2. bhuku (coloq.). 3. bigisa (e.g. to reserve hotel accommodation).
Suggest a correctionbooks
whalo (see also letter); mabhuku (coloq.).
Suggest a correctionboot (a shoe)
bhutshi.
Suggest a correctionboots
hangu (Nya.); shangu (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionThis is a draft edition for public comment and correction. Entry wording and dialect labels follow The Bulilima-Mangwe Institute of Technology Comprehensive Bilingual English-TjiKalanga Quick Reference Dictionary (PDF edition). © Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo 2026.