P - p

-pa   v. give.

-paa   v. go up.

paa   n. impala; antelope; buck.

paa   n. roof.

-paaza   v. make smth go up.

-pagawa   v. become mad.

pahali   n. place.

paja   Pl: mapaja. n. thigh.

paka   n. cat.

-paka   v. apply; spread; paint.

pakacha   Pl: mapakacha. n. little basket.

-pakana   v. border on.

paka shume   n. wild cat.

-pakia   v. pack.

-pakua   v. dish up food.

pale   loc. there; yonder.

pale pale   adv. at this very moment.

-palilia   v. weed.

pamba   n. cotton.

-pambanua   v. differentiate.

pambazuko   n. dawn; light of morning.

pambo   Pl: mapambo. n. decoration.

pamoja   adv. together.

-pana   adj. large; broad.

pancha   n. puncture.

-panda   v. ascend; go up; climb up.

-panda   v. plant; sow.

panga   Pl: mapanga. n. cutlass; matchet.

-panga   v. rent; arrange; plan.

pango   n. cave; hole.

-pangusa   v. wipe; rub off; sweep; dust.

panya   n. rat; mouse.

panzi   n. grasshoper.

papa   n. shark.

papai   Pl: mapapai. n. pawpaw; papaya.

-papasa   v. stroke; touch gently with the hand.

papasi   Pl: mapapasi. n. tick.

papo hapo   adv. immediately.

-parua   v. scrape.

-pasa   v. be convenient.

Pasaka   n. Easter.

pasipo   verb form. without.

-pasua   v. split; saw; cut open; chop up; tear.

-pasuka   v. burst open; crack; become split.

-pata   v. get; obtain.

-pata mimba   v. become pregnant.

-patana   v. agree together.

patasi   n. chisel.

-patia   v. obtain for.

-patikana   v. be obtainable.

-patwa   v. be obtained.

-payuka   v. babble.

pazia   Pl: mapazia. n. curtain.

peke   n. being alone.

-pekecha   v. rub fire with firestick.

peke yake   n. by oneself; alone.

-peleka   v. send; carry away.

-pelekea   v. send smth someone.

pelele   n. rock-rabbit.

-peleleza   v. spy.

pembe   n. horn; tusk.

pembe   n. corner.

-pembea   v. swing.

-penda   v. like; love.

-pendana   v. love each other.

-pendea   v. love for.

-pendelea   v. have a special liking.

-pendeleza   v. cause favour.

-pendewa   v. be loved for.

-pendeza   v. please.

-pendezeka   v. be pleasant.

-pendwa   v. be loved.

-penga   v. blow nose.

pengine   adv. maybe; perhaps.

-pepea   v. wave in the air.

-pepeta   v. winnow.

pepo   n. spirit.

pera   Pl: mapera. n. guava.

peremende   n. sweets.

pesa   n. money.

pete   n. ring.

petroli   n. petrol.

-pewa   v. be given.

pia   n. top (i.e. toy).

pia   adv. also; too.

picha   n. photo; picture.

-piga   v. hit; shoot at.

-piga bao   v. divine.

-piga kelele   v. cry out; make a noise.

-piga kite   v. groan.

-piga kura   v. vote.

-piga mabawa   v. flap wings.

-piga magoti   v. kneel.

-piga makofi   v. clap hands.

-piga mluzi   v. whistle.

-piga mwayo   v. yawn.

-pigana   v. fight.

-piga ngoma   v. beat drum.

-pigania   v. fight for smth.

-piga pasi   v. iron.

-piga picha   v. take a photo.

-piga vigelegele   v. ululate.

-pigia   v. hit for.

-pigika   v. be hit.

-pigisha   v. make hit.

pigo   Pl: mapigo. n. knock.

-pigwa   v. be hit.

-pika   v. cook; boil.

pikipiki   n. moto.

-pikwa   v. be cooked.

pili   n. puff-adder.

pili   num. two; the second one.

pilipili   n. pepper.

-pima   v. measure.

-pinda   v. become bent; become crooked.

-pinda   v. hem; wind round.

pindi   n. coil.

-pindua   v. alter; change; turn.

-pinduka   v. be overturned; be changed.

-pinga   v. contradict.

pipa   Pl: mapipa. n. drum.

piri   n. puff-adder.

-pita   v. pass.

-pitia   v. pass through.

-pitisha   v. make pass.

-pi ?   interro. which ?; who ?

-po   there is; there are.

-poa   v. become cold; cool down; feel better (after illness); get well.

pofu   n. eland.

-pokea   v. take; receive.

-pokelea   v. receive for.

pole pole   adv. slowly.

pole !   int. sorry.

polisi   Pl: mapolisi. n. police; policeman.

pombe   n. local beer; ale; beer.

-pona   v. get well; be cured.

-ponya   v. cure someone.

popo   n. bat.

pori   Pl: mapori. n. bush; savannah; grassland.

posho   n. portion.

posta   n. post office.

-potea   v. disappear; get lost.

-poteza   v. lose; cause to get lost.

povu   n. foam; froth.

pua   n. nose.

-pukuchua   v. thresh corn.

-pukuta   v. shake off.

-puliza   v. blow.

-pulizia   v. blow on smth; blow in smth.

pumba   n. chaff.

-pumua   v. breathe.

pumzi   n. breath.

-pumzika   v. rest.

punda   n. donkey; ass.

punda milia   n. zebra.

punde   n. a little time.

-punga   v. swing; sway.

-pungua   v. become few.

-punguka   v. be reduced.

-punguza   v. reduce.

pwani   n. shore of the sea; coast; seaside.

-pya   adj. new.