xylophone Ingume = sterile Inombu = troop, herd Inyunyi = soul, spirit Inunu = elder, old man Ipèle = plate Ipunge = bat Ipupu = peeling Irèle = size Irèndi = piece of cloth Irure = vial Isage = cluster of fruits Isalu = work, profession, task Isambwali = 7 Isange = jug, jar Isangomu = letter Isindu = pollarded tree trunk Isinge = grass Isinzi = pointed stump Isièmu = remedies Isièngu = insult Isièyi = sand Isombule = way of wearing the loincloth Isonyi = shame Isupu = sheath Isusube = bladder Iswasu = cold Iswisu = staring Itale = smokehouse Itande = market Itengi = mask, shard, shell Itsatse = caterpillar Itsibe = deep water Itsige = seat, bed Itsubi = rainy season Itumbe = image, engraving, statue Itunzi = stupid Itutu = bulrush torch Ivaru = plant Ivele = fast Iviovi = hat, cap Jabe = to know Ji = to eat Jibe = gluttony Julunzambi/Julu'nzambi = sky Kabu = anger Kafi = paddle Kage = grandfather, grandmother Kaki = lightning Kale = crab Kambe = missing something Kange = guinea fowl Kangi = fire Katsi = maternal uncle Kédi = morning Kégèngi = fresh Kekigangi/Igangi = short dry season Kekitsubi = short rainy season Kèle = to wait Kèlise = to keep Kibe = to cover Kibise = to annoy, to tease Kile = to iron Kingu = neck Kobi = bag Kobige = to hang Kokolu = sorry Kondini = in vain, uselessly Kôngu = jar, clay jug Kongu = river antelope Kosi = effigy or statue of a deity Kote = to enter Kotise = to bring in Kugumfu = dust Kuke = to sow Kumbu = motto, mantra Kunge = copper Kuñi = deprivation of meat Kuru = armpit Kute = to surround Kuteme = to kneel Kwalele = crosses Kwé/Kwényi = how much? Labe = see Lage = to sow Lambe = to cook Lambi = lamp Lege = to spy Lèle = rocking, caressing, raising a child Lelévi = full, brim Lélige = to take, to suspend Lémbige = to console, to soothe Lèmbule = apply oil on an abscess, caress Lènde = to beg Lènze = to despise Lengule = examine contemplate Leve = make an oath Lile = to cry Linge = traveling Lobe = fish Lobuge = to step over, to cross Loge = bewitch, curse Lubuge