Class I

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   Groper; feelers; people who feel or grope; verifiers.

• Muxaxate— One who gropes or feels about; palpator.
• Kúkoma— To coo; to moan; to utter laments.
• Mubabate— One who feels about; groper.
• Kambuémbue— (X) Bubbling. | Murmuring | That produces a whisper.
• Kibiona— Groping; feeling.
• Múmone— Seer; clairvoyant. | Person who imagines seeing what is not
• Kixaxatu— A grope. | Feeling about; groping. | Palpation.
• Múlese— Licker; one who licks.
• Múfumbe— Sniffer. | One who sniffs out.
• Kubabata— e intr. To feel with the hands what one cannot see.

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   Climbers; those who climb; people who rise to higher places.
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   Climbers.

• Múbande— That climbs | That ascends. | Climber.
• Rilondélu— Path or place by which one climbs.
• Ribandelu— Step; ascent.
• Mulondelu— Lift; that which makes rise.
• Mululute— Wanderer; one who roams without purpose. Vagrant.
• Múbóbi— Shipwrecked person. | One who submerges.
• Kúlaba— To climb; to go up.
• Kuriáta— To trample with the feet.
• Mulóndi— That which rises or climbs.
• Kungongama— To squat. | To sit on one's heels. | To crouch. | fig. To de

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   Factors; manufacturers.

• Auáni— Distributors; dividers.
• Jingéma— Wine makers | Vintners.
• Muluriki— Maker; arranger | Factor; outfitter.
• Masuilu— Valuer; appraiser. | Assessor.
• Mububate— Monopolizer; hoarder.
• Múkite— Transformer; producer . Generator; worker.
• Kitange— Counter; accountant.
• Múfunu— Craftsman; worker; artist.
• Asumbi— Buyers; bidders; persons who can buy; purchasers; acquirers;
• Míkuta— Monies; goods.

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   Fighters; combatants; warriors.

• Múlui— Fighter; warrior, combatant. One who has a warlike spirit.
• Atongi— Fencers; fighters; persons prone to quarrels.
• Mubánge— Fighter; combatant. Gladiator; brawler.
• Múkaue— Champion; fighter.
• Mútonge— Given to fighting. Swordsman. Fencing.
• Kubánga— To fight; to brawl; to combat; to struggle . To battle; to s
• Nvunda— Fight; struggle; brawl.
• Kilólo— Brigadier; commander; warlord | Warrior.
• Kutongela— To attack or defend (by fencing). | To fight, to struggle on
• Jinvunda— Fights; brawls; disorders | Struggles.

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   Givers; people who grant, who give.

Related words

• Múbe— Giver. One who cedes.
• Múbole— One who goes about begging | Mendicant; beggar.
• Ngana— One who possesses honours or money; Lord; master; owner; rul
• Múkondi— Mitigator; one who consoles . Caring. Person who provides ca
• Murinda— One who may dispose of himself; free. | Dweller; inhabitant
• Mubindumuni— Celebrant . Receiver. One who ramifies; distributor.
• Nduandua— Scoundrel; rogue; rascal; person who commits licentious acts
• Múbinde— One fond of inviting others. Obliging host. Invited person.
• Mubongolori— Accumulator: a irima. | One who gathers.
• Abingi— Beggars

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   Group of agents who buy or sell on behalf of others; commission agents.
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   Women who sell retail at a market or fair, or from place to place.
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   Vendors; market sellers; retailers.
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   Group of people who have a retail stall for fruit, cereals, cloth, trinkets, etc.; itinerant traders.

• Mukombueri— Agent; broker. One who buys and sells. Exchanger.
• Lukombo— Agency.
• Mubári— Aviado | Woman who sells retail at a market or fair, or from
• Musumbise— Seller | Sales agent.
• Abongolori— Collectors
• Rukombuésa— To sell wholesale.
• Pumbelu— Pedlar. One who takes goods into the interior to sell at ret
• Akoki— Group of people employed in dragging something; draggers; th
• Múfuni— One who buys or sells at a profit. | Dealer. | Negotiator; t
• Jingamba— Group of porters. Caravan. Gang. People who carry loads.

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   Splitters; people who split sticks, planks or other wood.
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   Those who reduce to pieces; smashers.
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   Those who shatter.

• Mubáse— Splitter | One who chokes; one who makes splinters. | Woodcu
• Munyinge— Person who makes rolls, pads.
• Asuri— Forgers; hammerers; workers who work iron; (fig.) beaters.
• Kubása— To split; to crack; to open in half.
• Musónge— Sharpener.
• Mumameki— Gluer. Person who joins pieces or works with paste. Joiner.
• Mútunge— Maker; worker.
• Kútata— To tie poles or ripisaos sticks at height | To form the part
• Kitue— That can be sharpened or honed. | That is or can be in a con
• Múximbe— Cutter of sticks, of wood . Feller (of trunks)

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   Mud-plasterers; group of people who cover, seal or render walls with mud; smoothers.

• Kubebeka— To daub; to plaster.
• Kuxiia— To plaster; to smooth, to stucco walls.
• Kubebekesa— To order the daubing, plastering (of walls).
• Kubetumuna— To knock down, to demolish (a wall, partition, etc.)
• Kútata— To tie poles or ripisaos sticks at height | To form the part
• Kipanga— Aringa (fortified stockade).
• Jimbalu— Laths | Crossbeams
• Ribuinginu— Drain; outlet.
• Muzambiri— One who hinders/blocks. | Person who thatches houses with st
• Kaiundu— Of or relating to the outskirts; suburban.

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   Flatterers; sycophants.
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   Group of cursers; people who utter imprecations, who call down curses.

• Múbebe— One who pleads or asks with vehemence.
• Ndololo— Prominent; gossipy; talkative.
• Azuéri— Talkers; verbose; who talk a lot; chatterboxes; great talker
• Muhanzi— Flatterer. Sycophant.
• Atangi— Narrators; revealers; informers.
• Ambi— Speakers ; people who speak with wit and ease; mockers.
• Mukúxi— One who palms off tall tales. | One who foists falsehoods |
• Móndo— Dishonour, shame | Opprobrium., To reproach; to utter abject
• Kihauzu— Adulation; vile flattery.
• Jingambi— Gossips. Busybodies. Slanderers. Informers.

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   Flatterers.
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   Group of men who worship images; devotees.

• Asakiri— Diviners; those who divine; men attributed with the gift of
• Mubéji— Worshipper; venerator: a iteke.
• Mubéze— Venerator; worshipper.
• Múkunji— e sub. (I) Evangelizer; missionary. Apostle. Envoy; announce
• Kibézu— That which is adored. Person to whom one prays. Idol, image.
• Mubiabiani— One who embodies; incarnator.
• Rihamba— Spirit believed to accompany a man to inspire him.
• Músambe— One who says or offers prayers. | Supplicant. | One who reci
• Ribúba— Spirit of thieves.
• Mulúmbi— Sanctifier; glorifier. Celebrant. Virtuous person of good he