Chichewa Verbs Flashcards
kusowa
to be missing
kuthandiza
to help
kugwira
to catch, grab, hold, touch
kumva
to hear
kuchoka
to leave, go away
kulira
to cry
kugula
to buy
kukwatira
to marry
kuli
to be
Kukumana
To meet
Kuchita
To do
Kulonjera
To greet
Kulonjerana
To greet each other
Kukulira
To be too big for; to grow up
Kuchokera
- To come from
- Depart from
- Emanate from
- Derive from
Kubadwa
To be born
kukwatibwa
to be married (a woman)
Kukwatira
To marry (a man marries)
kukwatiwa
to marry (a woman marries)
Kukwatirana
To get married (to one another)
Kukwatiranso
To remarry
or
To be marriageable
kukwatitsa
- to get married
- marry (perform a wedding service)
- graft (one tree onto another)
Kukwatula
- Remove something
- Snatch
- Bring back
- Prune
Kukwatulidwa
To be raptured
Kudzipereka
To volunteer/To serve
Kukulunga
To wrap/wind/wind round/swathe
Kuthira
To pour
Kuthirira
To water/irrigate/pour
Kutseka
To close
Kutsekula
To open
Kuseka
To laugh
Kulima
To farm
kupalira
To remove the grass/weed
Kupalirista/kupalitsa
To weed
Kuzula
To pull up by the roots/uproot/gather/pluck a fowl/extract