sleep open-eyed
nkopehulo (Nya.); nkopeshulo (Lil.).
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sleeping place
buyizelo.
Suggest a correctionsleepy
tshumwayila; alt. tshomwayila.
Suggest a correctionslice
tjilayisi; alt. tjilayi.
Suggest a correctionslice(ing)
1. benda (e.g. of meat into biltong). 2. tjekelela (e.g. of bread into slices). 3. tjeka (e.g. of cutting yellow melons into dry slices [mpale]).
Suggest a correctionslicing
tjekelela (as in cutting bread into slices).
Suggest a correctionslide
swoba; swodzoloka.
Suggest a correctionslightly bitter
hababa (Nya.); shababa (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionslip
swodzoloka.
Suggest a correctionslippery liquid (as from okra)
dani or dang'a.
Suggest a correctionslosh
1. kabhukana (n.). 2. kabhungaya (v.).
Suggest a correctionslowness
bunono; bunya.
Suggest a correctionslowness (in doing something)
bunyolo.
Suggest a correctionslyness
tjenjelela-ntome.
Suggest a correctionsmall
tukununu.
Suggest a correctionsmall axe
hang'wana (Nya.); shakhwana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall baby
luhabana (Nya.); lushabana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall bag
whomwana (Nya.); hong’wana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall basket
tjisenyana (Nya.); isetjana (Lil.); senyana.
Suggest a correctionsmall boy
tjiyisana.
Suggest a correctionsmall boys
zwiyisana.
Suggest a correctionsmall bush
denje or denjana.
Suggest a correctionsmall bushes
matenjana.
Suggest a correctionsmall hammer
hamudlana (Nya.); hamujana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall hare
hugwana (Nya.); shugwana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall hill
tombgwana (Nya.); itombgwana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall hills
zwitombgwana.
Suggest a correctionsmall hyena
mhedlana (Nya.); phejana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall log
bhangwana.
Suggest a correctionsmall mucus
midlana (Nya.); mijana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall or little owl
whundana.
Suggest a correctionsmall ostrich
mhowana (Nya.); phowana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall peanut (a result of poor
crop) bhute.
Suggest a correctionsmall plate
ndigwana.
Suggest a correctionsmall road
zidlana (Nya.); zijana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall shawl
jadlana (Nya.); jajana (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmall snake
nyokana.
Suggest a correctionsmall snakes
zwinyokana.
Suggest a correctionsmart clothes
nnkhabo.
Suggest a correctionsmash
phutula.
Suggest a correctionsmear
1. bhoma (as in smear medicine on a would). 2. hhola (Nya.). 3. zhola (Lil.) (as in apply lotion).
Suggest a correctionsmear (as in plastering)
buwa.
Suggest a correctionsmell
nuwha; alt. nhuwa.
Suggest a correctionsmell, usu. unpleasant
nnuwho.
Suggest a correctionsmile
nyenya.
Suggest a correctionsmoke
busi; pfuta (Nya.); thuta (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmoking
pfuta fodlo (Nya.); thuta fojo (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmoking pipe
nnghidi (Nya.); peyipi (Lil.).
Suggest a correctionsmooth thatch
tafuula.
Suggest a correctionsmoothen
bulula.
Suggest a correctionsnail
mannyongovi.
Suggest a correctionsnails
bomannyongovi.
Suggest a correctionsnake
nyoka.
Suggest a correctionsnakes
dzinyoka.
Suggest a correctionsnap (as of something stretched
out) thapula.
Suggest a correctionsnap at
thubulila.
Suggest a correctionsnap off
vuna.
Suggest a correctionsnarl (as of an angry dog)
bomba.
Suggest a correctionsnatch
dzamula; alt. whapula.
Suggest a correctionsneer
nxapha; dzondola.
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