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pa
give; offer; present; give
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pabi
wide
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padzamuka
start or jump, make a sudden movement; say something unconciously; start or jump
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padzamula
cause to start or jump
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pahwunde
near; nearby
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pa hwunde
near; nearby
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paka
wearing the same color or type of clothing
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pakati
middle
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pa kati
middle
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pakatidza
cause to carry with both arms
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pakatila
carry with both hands
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pakugwa
be served or dished
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pakula
dish food; serve food; dish food
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pala
burrow; dig a hole; paw the ground; burrow
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paladza
scatter or spread out
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palala
disperse; go different ways; disperse
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palama
pass through; cut across, when going from one place to another; pass through
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palamente
parliament
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palo
maths problem
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paluka
get torn
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paluka-moyo
awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
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paluka-moyo H
awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
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palukamoyoH
awareness of heart-beat; get a fright
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palula
tear something
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pampiri
paper
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panda
ache; chew something hard; ache
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pandila
to plough dry soil, without moisture; to plough dry soil
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panguka
become discolored; fade as of a flower or some color; become discolored
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pangula
cause to become discolored
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pang’we
maybe; whether; perhaps
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panyaladza
cause to sit or stand with legs spread out
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panyalala
sit or stand with legs spread out
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papamala
be exposed; be clearly seen; be exposed
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papha
to increase
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paphidza
to increase something
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paphidzo
addition; increase; an increment
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parafini
paraffin
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pasa
passport; pass
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pasi
ground; down
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pa si
ground
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Pass a message
Pass a message
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pat'ana
accompany each other
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pat'ika
force someone; accuse falsely
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pat’a
main road; a road wider than a foot path; pocket in a garment
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pat’ana
accompany each other
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pat’ika
force someone; accuse falsely
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pawula
sprain
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payika
hang onto something, as of a blanket; hang onto something
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pazha
have diarrhoea (derogative and usually used of animals
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pedza
finish; complete; end; finish
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peipi
smoking pipe
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Pejho
Pejho
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pejo
near or close
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pejopejo
very close or near
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pela-moyo
get impatient; be anxious; get impatient
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pelamoyo
get impatient; be anxious
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peledzela
finish up; get used up; finish up
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pelegwa
to run out of
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pelekedza
accompany part of the way; escort someone; take half-way; accompany part of the way
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pelela
get finished
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peleta
to spell
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pembela
to run wild
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pena
pen
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penga
go mad
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pengula
lift up so as to look under
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peni
pen
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pensele
pencil
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penta
paint
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pente
paint
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penya
shine; flash as of lightening; glisten; shine
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penyu
alive
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pepa
winnow grain to remove the chaff after pounding it
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pepeta
sift or winnow grain to remove the flour
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perekisi
peach
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peta
make a hem; fold; make a hem
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petenula
unfold; unroll; undo a seam; unfold
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peyama
tilted or bent; sit leaning towards a certain direction; tilted or bent
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peyita
give an enema
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pezhugwi
high up; on top; above; up
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phaila
give a side blow with an open hand; fall, the first rains of the season; give a side blow with an open hand
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phainiapuli
pineapple
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phaiphi
pipe
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pHakatigwa
two ears of corn on one stalk, hence poor ears of corn
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phakela
to rise early in the morning
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pHako
hollows in trees, made by borers and birds
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pHala
impala, roebuck
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pHande
applause; clap of hands
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phang'a
eat greedily
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phang’a
eat greedily
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pHani
scorpion
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pHanje
unripe watermelon; barren animal
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phapha
chop firewood to size; split by cutting; chop firewood to size
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pharachuti
parachute
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pharama
to sit or fall down on ones bottom abruptly
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pharela
to plaster with mud mixed with sand and dung
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phasela
parcel
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phasi
down
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phasula
slap
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phatuka
be cracked, as an earthen vessel; be cracked
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phatula
crack something
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pHazha
forehead; luck
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phee
pear
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pHejana
small hyena
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pheku
charm; amulet
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pHele
hyena; spotted hyena
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pheleu
ram
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phembge
duiker
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pheneselini
penicillin
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phensheni
pension
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phenti
panty
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pHepo
wind
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phiki
stallion
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phikoko
peacock
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phile
bad singer
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phili
banks of a river or a stream
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phizha
name used to call men of a particular totem
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pHobela
sink , as when walking in deep mud; sink
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phobola
strike with something hard
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phodola
break sharply; a clean break; break sharply
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phoko
uncastrated billy goat
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phokozha
unmarried lady; great unmarried lady
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pHoni
blisters on the hands
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pHopo
warts
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phori
rust in corn
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phorisa
policeman
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phoso
mistake
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pHou
ostrich
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pHowana
small ostrich
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pHudzi
seeds of melon species
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pHuka
wild animal; an abcess
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pHulu
calves
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pHumbu
euphemism for vagina, normally used for small children
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phumula
rest a while from work
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pHungugwe
jackal
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phunyuka
come out of a grip
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phuphuma
rise, as of foam from some brew; rise
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phururuka
fly
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phuthela
wrap up; wrap; wrap up
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phuthunula
unwrap, as of parcels; unwrap
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phutuka
explode; burst, as a ballon; explode
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phutula
crack; smash; crack a whip; crack
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pHuzu
sour wild raisins from some tree
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ph∞nda
poles that are dug into the ground to support the roof of a hut; a rafter
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pijama
pyjamas
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pika
carry one on shoulders
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piki
pick, sharpened metal used for digging
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pilisi
pill or tablet
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Pindani
You may pass
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pindiwa
being passed by
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piphila
pour something from one container into another
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pisa
burn; set alight; burn
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pitikautu
petticoats
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pitiroli
petrol
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pitsi
water pits; boreholes
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pitugwa
be overturned
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pituka
roll over
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pitukana
overturn several times; turn and toss, as a sick person; overturn several times
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pitula
make overturn
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piya
trip someone; hold a goat’s leg under one’s knee while milking it; trip someone
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pkha
dry up, as of a pool of water or a well; dry up
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pkhanya
break
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pkhaya
to remove extra chaff from grain by pounding it again
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pkhita
pull back forcibly; draw forcibly; snatch; pull back forcibly
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pkhizi
sheep
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please forgive me my brother?
please forgive me my brother?
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poba
flatten, as of a tyre or disappear, as of a swelling; flatten
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pobedza
press; cause to dent; impress
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pobedzeka
be pushed in and dimpled; become impressed
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podza
cause to heal
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pofunuka
recover one’s sight; recover one's sight
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pofupala
become blind
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poga
different
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pola
be healed; get well after some sickness; be healed
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poloni
polony
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pomba
wind something, as a thread; wind something
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pombedza
wrap round
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pombonoka
become untwisted
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pombonola
untwist; unwind; untwist
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pompi
water tap; pump
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poni
where
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pontela
find water underground where a well can be bored
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poor
poor leadership
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poraimari L
primary, as a primary school
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poraimariL
primary, as a primary school
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porodza
miscarriage, as of an animal; miscarriage
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porofita
prophesy
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posa
throw, as a stone; shoot; throw
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pota
feel cold; to freeze from the cold; feel cold
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poteledza
make go around something
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poteleka
surround; to go round something; surround
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potesa
cause to feel cold
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potola
wipe oneself after stool
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president
president; welcome president duma Boko
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psa
new; to burn
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psayila
sweep
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psila
burn onto, as a pot; burn onto
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pubula
to cut open something; pierce through; to cut open something
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pukusha
blend, as when one puts corn flour into boiling water to make porridge; blend
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pula
thresh corn or sorghum using threshing sticks; hit hard; thresh corn or sorghum using threshing sticks
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pulana
hit each other hard; palpitate, as the heart; hit each other hard
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pulula
remove leaves from a branch
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pululudza
ululate
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puma
be blunt, as of a knife; be blunt
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pumisa
cause to be blunt
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puna
bend over in an indecent manner
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pupelo
woman’s womb
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pupuna
chew noisely something hard, as of candy; chew noisely something hard
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pupunika
crunchable, as a nut; crunchable
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purapura
loose garment
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puta
kiss; sip; kiss
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putanya
crush or flatten, as of a can by squeezing hard; crush or flatten