Nyanja Verbs

to come, come back

ku bwera

few, little

ku cepa

to go-away, leave

ku coka

be numerous or plenty

ku culuka

to wait, wait for

ku dikira

to eat

ku dya

to die

ku fa

to arrive

ku fika

to ask or question

ku funsa

to lie down, sleep

ku gona

to buy

ku gula

to sell

ku gulitsa

to hit. bump

ku gunda

to fall, collapse

ku gwa

to stop

ku ima

to call. invite

ku itana

to talk

ku kamba

to sit. stay. stand. live

ku khala

to knock off. leave work

ku komboka

love. like

ku konda

to follow

ku konkha

repair, prepare

ku konza

to be enough, sufficient or amount to

ku kwanira

to go up. climb. ascend

ku kwera

to receive

ku landira

to speak

ku lankhula

to stop, desist

ku leka

to write

ku lemba

to say

ku li

to enter. go in. come in.

ku lowa

to tie, bind, build

ku manga

untie

ku masula

to hear. listen. feel

ku mva

to obey. beleive. listen to

ku mvera

to understand

ku mvetsa

to drink

ku mwa

to say

ku nena

to rise up. go. leave

ku nyamuka

to be visible

ku oneka

to be damaged, spoiled

ku onongeka

to make, fabricate

ku panga

to give

ku patsa

to ask, beg

ku pempha

to pray

ku pemphera

to cook

ku phika

to learn. study

ku phunzira

to teach

ku phunzitsa

to take care of

ku samala

to wash

ku samba

to come down. descend

ku seluka

to go astray, get lost

ku socera

be finished, be able, finish

ku tha

to help

ku thandiza

to be broken, break

ku thyoka

to go in front

ku tsogola

to go out. come out

ku tuluka

to get up

ku uka

to tell

ku uza

to shine

ku wala

to read, count

ku werenga

to begin, to start

ku yamba

to answer

ku yankha

to walk

ku yenda

to drive

ku yendesta