Chichewa Verbs Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
Q
kusowa
A
to be missing
2
Q
kuthandiza
A
to help
3
Q
kugwira
A
to catch, grab, hold, touch
4
Q
kumva
A
to hear
5
Q
kuchoka
A
to leave, go away
6
Q
kulira
A
to cry
7
Q
kugula
A
to buy
8
Q
kukwatira
A
to marry
9
Q
kuli
A
to be
10
Q
Kukumana
A
To meet
11
Q
Kuchita
A
To do
12
Q
Kulonjera
A
To greet
13
Q
Kulonjerana
A
To greet each other
14
Q
Kukulira
A
To be too big for; to grow up
15
Q
Kuchokera
A
- To come from
- Depart from
- Emanate from
- Derive from
16
Q
Kubadwa
A
To be born
17
Q
kukwatibwa
A
to be married (a woman)
18
Q
Kukwatira
A
To marry (a man marries)
19
Q
kukwatiwa
A
to marry (a woman marries)
20
Q
Kukwatirana
A
To get married (to one another)
21
Q
Kukwatiranso
A
To remarry
or
To be marriageable
22
Q
kukwatitsa
A
- to get married
- marry (perform a wedding service)
- graft (one tree onto another)
23
Q
Kukwatula
A
- Remove something
- Snatch
- Bring back
- Prune
24
Q
Kukwatulidwa
A
To be raptured
25
Kudzipereka
To volunteer/To serve
26
Kukulunga
To wrap/wind/wind round/swathe
27
Kuthira
To pour
28
Kuthirira
To water/irrigate/pour
29
Kutseka
To close
30
Kutsekula
To open
31
Kuseka
To laugh
32
Kulima
To farm
33
kupalira
To remove the grass/weed
34
Kupalirista/kupalitsa
To weed
35
Kuzula
To pull up by the roots/uproot/gather/pluck a fowl/extract
36
kulowa
to enter
37
kuyankhula
to speak
38
kukhala
to sit, stay, live
39
kuwuza
to tell
40
kudandaula
to worry
41
kulimbikitsa
to encourage
42
kuchedwa
To be late
43
kudula
To cut/be expensive
44
Kuyiwala
To forget
45
kuyimbe
To sing
46
kuphatikiza
To include
47
kudzera
To pass through
48
kupempha
To request
49
kudalitsa
To bless
50
kunyamuka
To start off
51
Kumvetsa
to understand
52
kujeda
to gossip
53
kumaliza/kutsiriza
To finish
54
Kuyamba
To start/begin/be first
55
Kufunsa
To ask/inquire
56
Kuthokoza
To thank
57
Kubwera
To come
58
Kuyambitsa gulu
To start a club/group
59
Kuwotcha
To burn
60
Kuwotchera
To weld
61
Kuphika
To cook
62
Kuyendetsa
To drive
63
Kukwera
To ride/climb
64
Kuwuluka
To fly
65
Kutopa
To be tired
66
Kugona
To sleep
67
Kugonetsa
To put to sleep
68
Kupanda
To be without
69
Kumenya
To beat
70
Kuvuta
To be difficult
71
Kufa
To die
72
Kupha
To kill
73
Kumwalira
To die for
74
Kunena
To say
75
Kukumbikira
To remember
76
Kukumbutsa
To remind
77
Kudziwa
To know
78
Kuganiza
To think
79
Kulemba ntchito
To hire
80
Kufotokoza
To explain
81
Kupanga
To make/invent
82
Kufera
To die for
83
Kukula
To grow
84
Kukukira
To grow from a place (to grow up
85
Kugwada
To kneel down
86
Kuchotsera
To subtract
87
Kutsitsa
To lower, offload
88
Kuchepetsa
To reduce
89
Kucheza
To chat
