Tangle words starting with K

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• Ka Pr
• Ka With, and
• Ka/ga Say, said
• Kaabi A room
• Kaabu To sow (usually between other plants/ sparsely)
• Kaabugo Has sown
• Kaaga A piece of broken calabash used for various purposes
• Ka’ag larojo Clearing the throat
• Kaalu Peel it
• Kaaladgo Have been peeled
• Kaalashhi Pl
• Kaagaa Grandmother/great grandmother
• Kaaju To overdo, to exceed, particularly putting too much salt in a soup; also to exa…
• Ka’am When
• Ka’antha Okra
• Kaara Fence made of cornstalk, thorny shrubs and/ or grass mats
• Ka’awe A shrub whose leaves are eaten by goats
• Kabati Kindness, compassion, benevolence
• Kabit-kabit To gulp or swig
• Kabrang Tenth and third months of the year
• Kabu Cut, slaughter Kabadu
• Kabgo Has (been) cut
• Kabung Alligator lizard
• Kaburkabra Rough, coarse, starchy, scratchy
• Kada Skin
• Kadak-kadak The quick movement of ants on a tree or body
• Kad am Clouds
• Kadbungthung Thinly ill; haggard, gaunt
• Kaddantang Haggard, gaunt
• Kaddu Pack.Kaddu yauli mene
• Kadenkade Tick
• Kadduyelli Repentance, atonement; repent
• Kadpok Lips
• Kadu To meet, intercept an oncoming person; to collect the load of an oncoming person
• Kagan Fresh palm leaves used for weaving materials such as mats and hats
• Kagum An empty beehive
• Kagnu Later
• Kagus-kakja To do things in a disorderly, rough, bumpy manner
• Kaipi To follow or to pursue
• Kaisar Caesar
• Kajak-kajak Very clean, sparkling
• Kajang cf
• Kakka Crow
• Kakko Some time ago, awhile, a short time
• Kalambi A type of axe used by men
• Kalakkalak Completely: in the negative sense of absence or lack
• Kalatawu Congregation, assembly of church members, worshippers of a particular church
• Kalau Dust, sandstorm
• Kale Mob, congregation, gathering
• Kakudak Descriptive of a giant: huge, gigantic
• Kalkwi Unity, accord, oneness
• Kalo Gathering, meeting, assembly, conference
• Kalpada Scar, scratch mark
• Kaltha Cat
• Kaltham Foundation for any type of building
• Kalthanga Name of a village
• Kalu Gather, assemble, bring together, collect
• Kaladgo/kalgo Has/have gathered
• Kalsiji Bladder
• Kam Besides, around
• Kama Waist
• Kamagam Name of a person
• Kamat Small ants usually given to chicks
• Kambu Grow
• Kambo n, Growth, v. growing
• Kambadaugu They have grown
• Kamile Name of a person meaning ‘you will live long’. Kan(a)
• Kang/kangu Hang/hung
• Kang’a A farmland that has been allowed to lie fallow
• Kangei To do something without any real interest/commitment/just for doing it sake
• Kangnu Later, later on, soon, afterwards, shortly
• Kango Beehive
• Kangudang Descriptive of a new moon, its shape
• Kangu-kange To go somewhere or to say something in a circuitous way.Adak kologom suppuji
• Kanjal Happiness, delight, cheerfulness usually in anticipation of something
• Kanju Wait, hang around, linger, hold on
• Kanthali n A clan in Billiri village
• Kanti Shop
• Kanthankari A type of creeping plant whose bitter leaves are used for making soup
• Kanthulang A sitting room/traditional parlour
• Kar Wall
• Kargom Has not cut
• Karasshim Are not cut
• Kara Fence made of cornstalk or weaved grass
• Karal-karal/Karang-karang Very clear/clean
• Karandina Rabies
• Karangji Scattered, disorderly
• Karas-karas Describes the sound produced when eating food like cucumber, garden egg or parb…
• Kare’e First weeding on a farm
• Karei A type of rat
• Karu To prepare liquid soup/sausage particularly from dry and ground baobab leaves…
• Karumje Some worms felt in the anus
• Kashikar A type of sword
• Kaskas Shivering
• Kasso Marks on body or face
• Kassu To cut, make marks; to scarify
• Katha A type of tree
• Kattambure A swelling around the groin believed to be caused by a wound in another part of…
• Katto Welcome, receive, meet a person
• Kattu Reduce, decrease
• Kau Describes a crashing, deafening, booming sound; sound of something being hit ha…
• Kaulau describes a tall and skinny person
• Kauwu Fry
• Kauwadgo Have fried
• Kayak-kayak Clear, lucid, plain; also very white
• Kaye Empty, nothing, vacant, blank
• Kayikaye Disorderly, unorganised, carelessly (particularly of work done or things that h…
• Kayo A variety of games played on the ground using stones, sticks or hard seeds of s…
• Kayu Send away, pursue, drive, chase away
• Kebe Greedy, greed; avaricious, avarice; gluttonous, gluttony
• Kebbel-kebbel Descriptive of leaves, the ear- large, flabby, floppy
• Kebdom Idiom
• Kebne Buffalo
• Kebpidi A talk or an act that can bring about confusion, riot and conflict in the socie…
• Kebu Pour, share it, particularly beer from a pot
• Kebu Ma kebu sum lauwei? Have you named the child? Kebadgo
• Kebji Is named
• Kedde Quant
• Kedek-kedek To move hurriedly with a heavy load
• Kedes Boundary, border, limit
• Keebuu Break, smash, destroy
• Keebugo Has broken, smashed
• Keebug To burst with laughter
• Keegu lekuwa Sewing machine
• Ke’er To belch, belching
• Keg ambo Bicycle
• Kegu Drink plenty water in a rush
• Kegul-kegle Describes the heavy sound of thunder or of a thunder-like speech
• Kei War, battle, conflict
• Kegeu-kegeu Ideoph
• Kejuk-kejuk Completely burnt; a raging flame
• Kek Ideoph
• Kekdek Strong, very well
• Kekther Flat and wide
• Kelbetkelbet Descriptive of an unsteady, shaky, wavering object or person
• Kele Large broken pot or open earthenware used as a trough for animal feeds/water
• Kelget A type of tree whose seeds are in pods
• Kelkube’e In the family of bees but harmless
• Kelthemkelthem Large, big
• Kelthu Name of a female person
• Kelthum Ram
• Kelthume To roll on the ground
• Kelum Punish, Punishment
• Kelme To punish
• Kemblu To whip, flog or lash at, beat
• Kemji Fat
• Kemi Will be fat
• Kemadgo Have become fat
• Kena Hell
• Kenjin The relations/kinsmen of one’s mother
• Kenjukenje Finding something lost by someone. v
• Kengdeng Loose, slack
• Kenge/Kengu Surround, fence, protect
• Kengreng Leaves of desert palm tree
• Kenleng Ankle
• Ken-mana Marriage; marriage ceremony
• Kenthi Poverty, paucity, want, destitution
• Kenthibussi weak and lazy
• Kentho Swear, vow, oath
• Kenthulung A type of pot used as container of water
• Kentire Path finding, exploring
• Kenu Enter
• Kenuk Maternal uncle or aunt
• Kenuk-kenuk An insect
• Keppu Crack, smash, break, beat, split
• Keppu tindei Break the earthenware dish
• Keppuki Headache
• Keppusumo Naming, naming ceremony of a child/new born
• Kerek Bitter
• Kereng Valley
• Kerkebe Patience, tolerance, fortitude
• Kerkwange Last, particularly the last person in a race or competition
• Kergum Molar teeth
• Keru v Tie/imprison
• Keradu Pl
• Kerenkere Imprisonment
• Kerwula Solemnization of marriage
• Kerwulo A large, open earthenware pot used mostly for frying groundnuts etc
• Kesse/Kessu Sieve, strain (liquid e.g. beer that is being brewed)
• Ketto Turn (face something)
• Kewu Sweep
• Kibis Onomatopoeic for a cover or cap that is well placed, intact
• Kiddinthing Hard, tough, of a plant that is difficult to uproot or pull
• Kidgishik Stiff, taut, hard
• Kigje To smother, stiffle, strangle or choke someone or something (e.g. a rat)
• Kigjei Smothering, strangling
• Kigjugo Has/have smothered, strangled it
• Kidou Cripple
• Kikdik Very tough, hard (usually with reference to ground or grass.) Korokkki yag kikd…
• Kigum Envy
• Kilantham Cardinal number
• Kilau-kilau To look at someone with flickering, fluttering eyes
• Kilip Ideoph
• Killip Lightning
• Kilu Wink
• Kina Money
• Kinu To press the bowel hard
• Kirau Tendon, ligament
• Kirgit Endurance, patience
• Kirip To close and fit very well ( usually closing a container)
• Kiris Exactly, precisely
• Kiriu Onomatopoeic of a mighty, great fall
• Kirjong Describes a person who is very strong or sturdy
• Kita Traditional festival/worship
• Kiryol Describes a tree with many, huge branches
• Kiwukiwu Descriptive of a high flame or of fire that is burning fiercely
• Kobbo A penny
• Kobbol A tree with white, long thorns
• Kobbu To eat mashed food hungrily; to guzzle, gulp
• Kobu To sip, have a mouthful of water or porridge
• Koddi Time, era, age, epoch, period
• Kodkosok Bony, scrawny, emaciated
• Kodok Rope, twine, cord
• Kodom Crocodile
• Kojong An animal that is big and matured
• Koju Knock, tap or rap
• Kok Half filled, not full
• Kokki Remains, half filled
• Kokolthok Thick , usually of soup or pad that is getting solid
• Kokoronjon Derogatively describes a huge and shapeless person
• Kokro Poultry house
• Kokudok Describes something with a long beak; protruded
• Kol Witness, testimony
• Kolba Bottle
• Kole Excrement, faeces, dung, shit
• Kolei Remnants, left overs; small remaining part of something
• Kolin A grove
• Kollo Dance, music
• Kollor Describes something that has been thrown plainly
• Kolo Cheek
• Kologo n Road, way
• Kolon Character, disposition, temperament
• Koloti n Widow
• Koltanga A clan
• Koltho Stable for animals, herd, flock
• Kolthok Pipe used for smoking
• Kombor Plank used as bed
• Kombolo Turtle
• Komburom Okra
• Kome General name for both goats and sheep
• Komu Take, carry
• Kondo Groundnuts
• Kondol Big and round; mostly used to describe an eye
• Kondumu Bambara nuts
• Kong Good, fine, excellent
• Kongkude Good and big
• Konglo A special rope/stick used for tying dogs
• Konglong Skull
• Kongol Handle of a pot or dish
• Kongon Tin, can, canister
• Kongu Surround, enclose, encase, encircle
• Konjurong Crooked, bent, twisted
• Koni Anxiety; to be very eager and concerned about something or someone
• Kontlong Crooked, bent, twisted
• Konang Indef
• Konung Indef
• Koobo A strong male donkey
• Koobu Pass
• Koobaji Pass (to a female)
• Koobji Hooked, clipped, clasped
• Kooburok Rough, coarse
• Koodii Woodpecker
• Koolo A particular type of pumpkin generally believed to be sweeter than other variet…
• Ko’ong A curved wood used for giving water to cattle
• Koolok n Cock, rooster
• Kooro Kolanuts
• Kooroog Throat
• Koorook Chaff
• Kori NU. Antagonism, enmity, animosity
• Korjong big and strong; descriptive of a person or animal
• Kornu Protect, guard, safe guard
• Koro Life, living
• Korok Grass, bush, village
• Korom Soothsaying, seer
• Koron Safeguarding, watching, defending (particularly a farm against birds)
• Korong Cf
• Korongei A snake and also a type of grass
• Korot Viper
• Kotho Type of grass used for thatch roofs
• Kothob A big basket used for carrying load
• Kothor Tail
• Kotthong A wide wooden plate for spreading flour etc
• Kothoto Friendly discussion just to pass time
• Kotto Rashes, craw-craw, tiny swellings on the body
• Kottu Hold, handle, take care
• Koyok/koyokkoyok Coquette
• Kuba Blacksmithing
• Kubat Stones that are naturally lined up
• Kubi Head pad
• Kubo Penis
• Kubok Big but painless swelling
• Kubrang Something that has dried up eg faeces, frog, lizard
• Kubu pour. something from/or into a container
• Kube Will be poured
• Kubulu Lock, fasten, bolt
• Kude Big, large, gigantic
• Kudek-kudek Describes the waddling movement of a heavy, huge person
• Kudil-kudil Quick, swaying, worm-like movement
• Kudis-kudis Quick, swaying, worm-like movement
• Kudmi Fixed peg for tying animals
• Kudu Refuse
• Kudda Refusal, dislike
• Kuduk A shrub that produces small paw-paw-like edible fruits
• Kudum Hippopatamus
• Kudum-kudum Crawling
• Kugdu A thorny shrub, usually used for fencing
• Kuge Hedgehog.An animal with a spiny coat and very short legs that usually comes out…
• Kugju Wash, scrub, scour (e.g. clothes in a vigorous way)
• Kugru-kugru Ideoph
• Kuje To punish someone in a cunning manner
• Kujei A bend or U-turn
• Kujera Chair, seat
• Kujum cf
• Kujur Rag, torn or worn out cloth
• Kukka A large earthenware pot
• Kukkak Snuff box
• Kukkudok Convex-shaped
• Kukkul A stout, chubby, well-built person
• Kulang-kulang To look at something absentmindedly, to appear distracted or uneasy . To cast f…
• Kulata Home, settled Fulani
• Kuleng-kule A type of shell animal that lives in water
• Kulu Cancel, terminate
• Kulji Reddish brown powder made from grounded soft stone
• Kulle A stick/club used in hunting
• Kultho Nest
• Kulthu To search for something in a bundle or heap; to ransack
• Kulthukultha Light blue colour
• Kulthur A hut, particularly one that is made of cornstalk, straw or weaved grass
• Kulu Shave, trim, shear
• Kule Barbing, shaving. v. will shave, shear, trim Kulgo
• Kuluk A large gourd used as container for water and for carrying chicks
• Kulung A tribe in Gwandum and Tudu villages
• Kum Hunger, starvation, famine. food shortage
• Kum am Thirst, fasting
• Kumana Old site of a house or village, old settlement
• Kumbam Traditional bread often made with flour of locust beans fruitor with beans and…
• Kumbi Navel
• Kumbiyo Ladies; young, unmarried girls
• Kumbu Put things down
• Kumbuno Morning
• Kummonnong Solid
• Kumo An old site or settlement
• Kumu Hear, listen
• Kumyo Pretty, beautiful, attractive
• Kungu To keep something in a loose way
• Kungji Kept loose; loosened
• Kungo Insects
• Kungu Leopard
• Kungul Joints of cornstalk or sugar cane
• Kungun Spoilt corn not fit for use
• Kunglungkunglung Ideoph
• Kungthang Broken piece, wrecked
• Kunjee Soup condiment made from sesame seeds
• Kunjer To finish a contest in an even score, a draw
• Kunjo Thigh. padan ne tu kunji no
• Kunni Remains, left over of water (usually sweet water made from corn flour), beer fr…
• Kunnukunna A smell that suggests food getting spoilt
• Kunung Three
• Kuppu Pour (water or something else), empty
• Kuppugo Has/have poured
• Kupto Name of a place
• Kuranga A beetle which, through eating, cuts the boughs of baobab trees
• Kurbol Hat, cap
• Kurgo Burrow, hole, hollow, cave in a tree, hill or mountain
• Kurkatak A bird
• Kurkuthe Try hard, put in much effort to bring a task to conclusion
• Kurma NU. Struggle, great effort
• Kuro Charcoal
• Kurthum Ideoph
• Kurublok Hollow, bowl-shaped, concave
• Kurum paka Elbow
• Kurum kondo Unshelled groundnuts
• Kurung Zebra
• Kusse Blow/ light fire up
• Kuthegkutheg Filthy, soiled, very dirty
• Kutho a
• Kuthub To get up quickly, energetically
• Kuthuk A bull
• Kuthum Height of the rainy season when plants have grown
• Kutlo The stocks: a wooden instrument for punishing criminals or keeping mad people
• Kutto Flour
• Kuttu Like, as, similar, about
• Kutumbulum Very dusty; filthy
• Kuuju To hit with a horn
• Kuujulu To force a big lump of food into one’s mouth
• Kuume Anthill
• Kwaada Wealth, riches, fortune, affluence
• Kwaagulu Wear it out
• Kwaaglei Wearing something out
• Kwaagu Scrape, scratch, scour
• Kwaalu kill
• Kwabit Descriptive of a body movement that expresses shock, fright
• Kwabit-kwabit Ideoph
• Kwadak-kwadak To move in a haste; hurriedness, quickness of movement
• Kwadam Gum
• Kwaddak Finger or toe nails
• Kwadde Later
• Kwaddadgo Have finished
• Kwagam Shield
• Kwagam-kodom Water lettuce which grows on stagnant pools
• Kwagu Scratch, Scrape
• Kwagulak/kwagulik Barren land, desert, arid, not capable of producing crops
• Kwaguthuk ideoph
• Kwaipo A slab or chunk of poo (marshed or malleable food made from guinea corn or maiz…
• Kwaisende A type of shrub.Fig
• Kwak A long pole/stick with a hook at the tip used for plucking fruits from trees
• Kwakaskwakas Rough, coarse, jagged
• Kwakdak Stout, chubby
• Kwakka Boabab
• Kwakkal Competition, contest
• Kwakku Scratch one’s body
• Kwakkujak Cake or bread
• Kwakku-kwakke Itching
• Kwakkulu Hasten, speed up
• Kwakkule To hasten, speed up or be quick
• Kwakra Dry, strong wind
• Kwalala Cotton
• Kwalak Shea-tree
• Kwalangu Throw/put it somewhere/ carelessly
• Kwalepidi Dawn
• Kwali Calabash
• Kwalikundu A type of shrub
• Kwaling-kwaling Very hard (usually of ground)
• Kwalipe Cattle egret
• Kwalla Third weeding of a farm
• Kwallak Heel
• Kwallar Well exposed, to throw something out in the open
• Kwallu To join things together eg with a rope
• Kwalpakka Shoulder
• Kwalpurum Knee cap
• Kwalthe Plaster
• Kwalthurak Brown colour
• Kwalu Uncover, unveil, remove it
• Kwambau Describes movement in a straight line
• Kwam-kwam To follow closely
• Kwamu Freeze it, harden it
• Kwammadaugu Pl
• Kwamji Frozen, hardened, solidified
• Kwambwaltham Thick, solid
• Kwammannang Stiff, firm (often referring to food that is not soft or liquid form
• Kwanang Perhaps, may be, perchance, probably
• Kwandak Food that has stayed overnight/ left over
• Kwadiyo A lower traditional council of the Tangle people
• Kwandu Give
• Kwandur A covered shoe
• Kwang A dry, withered tree
• Kwange Fungal infection, particularly on fruits
• Kwangjang Plain, parboiled corn eaten without condiments
• Kwang Kure A smallish, dull and stupid person
• Kwanglang Bell
• Kwanglangkwanglang To do things noisily and in an unorganized , uncontrolled manner
• Kwanne Baobab
• Kwannin Tangle name for Hausa/Fulani
• Kwanthal Short
• Kwara Pile or heap of firewood
• Kwarali/Kwaral tali The red flower ball of a locust bean tree
• Kwarang-kwanthulang Ankle-bone
• Kwari To block a hole or to get choked
• Kwaradgo Have blocked
• Kwarit Exceedingly, outstandingly
• Kwaryal Big and round
• Kwas Hoe
• Kwas-kebe Fortitude, self-control, extreme patience
• Kwassak Hind legs of a grasshopper
• Kwathag Good, nice, handsome, attractive
• Kwatham Whip
• Kwathlo Crowd
• Kwathu Rob
• Kwathe Robbery
• Kwathadgo Pl
• Kwatkwi Self liberation
• Kwatti Always, constantly, at all times
• Kwattin Youth
• Kwattu Refuse to give or deny someone of something
• Kwattulu Fasten, knot, tie, wrap things in bundles
• Kwattulji Tied/knotted
• Kwatture Guinea-fowl
• Kwayu To roll mud, food etc into a small ball
• Kwayadgo Have rolled them
• Kwaze To close hole, ears
• Kweek Ideoph
• Kweelu Parry, ward off
• Kwek-kwek Very fast particularly descriptive of the sound of passing wind or of someone r…
• Kwelee Shit, faeces
• Kwelthurek Obese, pot-bellied
• Kwen Quarrel, bickering, squabble
• Kweni To take care of
• Kwendi Trap, snare
• Kwene Lowland
• Kwere A type of flute
• Kwessek Swollen (particularly of stomach); bloated
• Kwette Hausa
• Kweyu Fetch
• Kwi Head
• Kwidi Tortoise
• Kwigri Sickle
• Kwi’idei Meaning; what is understood or meant by an utterance
• Kwiik-kwiik Ideoph
• Kwijik To hold something very tight
• Kwijik-kwijik Descriptive of a movement like that of a caught fish in one’s hand or in a cont…
• Kwik Still, calm
• Kwikthir Short, very short
• Kwili A brown, harmless snake
• Kwilli True
• Kwimana Roof, house top
• Kwing , adv
• Kwirap n, pron, det the number twenty ( 20)
• Kwiril A thick, dense, impenetrable forest
• Kwit Silence
• Kwitting To cut something short eg hand
• Kwittong Name of a person who has a cut hand
• Kwiungur Shin
• Kwi yo Footstep, footfall, foot track
• Kwiyu Push a heap to one side; to gather or draw together
• Kwiyadgo Pluractural verb