C - c

-cha   v. rise (sun).

-chacha   v. turn sour; go bad.

-chache   adj. a few; not many.

-chafu   adj. dirty.

-chafua   v. make dirty; soil.

-chafya   v. sneeze.

-chagua   v. choose.

-chagulia   v. choose for.

-chaguliwa   v. be chosen.

chai   n. tea.

chaki   n. chalk.

chakula   Pl: vyakula. n. food.

chama   Pl: vyama. n. party; association; club.

chambo   n. bait.

-chambua   v. pick out; sort.

-chana   v. comb.

chandalua   Pl: vyandalua. n. mosquito net.

-changa   v. collect something together.

-changa   adj. young; green.

-changamsha   v. make someone happy.

-changanya   v. interlace; mix.

-changanyika   v. mixed (become -).

-chanja   v. gather (firewood).

chanuo   n. comb (made of wood).

chapa   n. brand; print.

chap(u) chap(u)   adv. quickly; fast.

chatu   n. python.

chawa   n. louse; lice.

cheche   n. spark.

-chefuka   v. cause a feeling of nausea.

-cheka   v. laugh.

-chekecha   v. sift (solids).

-chekesha   v. make laugh.

-chelewa   v. delay; be late.

chemchemi   n. spring of water; waterhole.

-chemka   v. boil.

-chemsha   v. make something boil.

cheo   Pl: vyeo. n. rank; grade.

cherehani   n. sewing machine.

cheti   Pl: vyeti. n. certificate; testimony.

-cheza   v. play; dance.

-chezwa   v. be played.

chifu   Pl: machifu. n. chief (of tribe).

chikichi   n. palm-nut.

-chimba   v. dig.

-chimbua   v. dig something up.

chini   prep. down; underneath.

chini ya   prep. below; beneath; under.

-chinja   v. kill; sacrifice.

-chipuka   v. sprout.

-chochea   v. incite; prod.

-choka   v. tired (be -); tired (become -).

chokaa   n. lime.

-chokesha   v. tire someone.

-chokonoa   v. prod.

-chokoza   v. tease; bother.

-choma   v. poke in; stab; prick; stick.

-choma   v. burn; roast; singe.

chombo   Pl: vyombo. n. utensil; household apparatus; container; vessel.

-chomeka   v. be burnt.

-chomoa   v. pull out.

-chomoka   v. come out (of thing poked in).

-chonga   v. sharpen (point).

-chongea   v. slander.

choo   Pl: vyoo. n. w.c.; toilet; feces; dung; excrement.

-chora   v. draw.

choroko   n. small green bean.

-chota   v. scoop up (water); take a little; pick up.

choyo   n. greed; greediness.

chozi   Pl: machozi. n. tear.

chubwi   n. sound of smth when it falls inwater.

-chuchumaa   v. crouch.

chui   n. leopard.

-chuja   v. filter; sift; strain (liquids).

chuki   n. bad temper.

-chukia   v. hate; take offense.

-chukua   v. take.

-chukulia   v. take for; take to.

-chuma   v. pluck; gather.

chuma   Pl: vyuma. n. iron.

chumba   Pl: vyumba. n. room; chamber.

chumvi   n. salt.

-chuna   v. skin.

-chunga   v. keep; watch (animals).

-chungu   adj. bitter.

chungu   Pl: vyungu. n. cooking-pot.

-chungulia   v. gaze at.

chungwa   Pl: machungwa. n. orange.

chuo   Pl: vyuo. n. institute.

chuo kikuu   n. university.

chupa   n. jar; bottle.

chupi   n. panties.

chura   Pl: vyura. n. frog.

-chutama   v. crouch.

-chwa   v. set (sun); get dark.