Zande Language - Word List

Word List

Some vocabulary :

  • aboro – people
  • ami – they (applying to animals)
  • ani, a – we
  • areme – today
  • ari – high
  • ba – father
  • bagunda – heart
  • bambu – house
  • bangiri pia – east
  • bangirise – eye
  • báwe – ten
  • be – arm, hand
  • bi – see
  • biama – four
  • biata – three
  • -bira – to be black
  • bire, bere – forest
  • bisua bati biata, muambi – eight
  • bisua bati ue, saba – seven
  • bisua bati biama, ribua – nine
  • bisue bati sa, sita – six
  • boro – person, man
  • de – woman
  • di – valley
  • dia, da – wife
  • dioyo – west
  • diwi – moon, month
  • ga Mbori bambu – church
  • gangara – hill
  • garã – year, dry season
  • gbanga – horn
  • gbuku – forest
  • gbundu – forest
  • gunde – fear
  • i, yo – they (persons)
  • ida – believe
  • ime – water
  • kama – a hundred
  • keda – send
  • kerekuru – star
  • kibire – forest
  • kisanga – island
  • ko – he
  • kparabe – hand
  • kpendue – foot
  • kperekese – everyone
  • kpetebe – hand
  • kure – blood
  • mbia – mountain, rocky hill
  • Mbori – God
  • mi – I, me
  • mo – you, singular
  • na, a, ki – and
  • ndue – foot
  • ngba – mouth
  • ngbarago – joy
  • ngbongbo – valley
  • ngera – see
  • ngua – tree
  • -ni – he, she (indefinite)
  • ome – air
  • oni – you, plural
  • paga – bridge
  • pai – word
  • rago, ra'o, rame – day
  • ri – head; she
  • rimo – name
  • sa – one
  • sende – earth
  • si – they, neuter
  • si, ti – it (subject)
  • tue – ear
  • -u – he, she (in reported speech)
  • u – it (animal subject)
  • ue – two
  • uroyo – east
  • uru – sun, day
  • -vura – to be white
  • we – fire
  • wiri – son
  • zamba – red
  • zande – person, man

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