= to be clever, cunning, shrewd Lúge = vomit Luge = name Lukule = to complete Longe = teach, promise Mabale = right Mabufu = ashes Madibe = deafness Madudumbi = clouds Madungu = hernia Mafinyi = pus Magetu = left Magunde = century, millennium Make = sap Makengi = slime Makibu = pledge Makiele = dawn Malamu = palm wine Malémbi = hug Malu = confluent, coming together of rivers Malumbi = praise to the ancestors Malungu = blood Mambe = water Mambi = shit Mane = finish Mange = snack Mangele = dry season Mapémi = threats Marangi/Dirangi = booty Masige = yesterday Masuku = claps Mate = to rise, to climb Matsi = oil Mbàlebulongu = East Mbari = palm tree Mbatsi = friend, comrade Mbèle = wrong Mbémbu = voice Mbèngi = ravine, precipice Mbingu = food Mbugu = mouthful Mbùnge = crab shell Mbunge = smell Mbwélili = star Mengu = sharp Mfubu = hippopotamus Mfule = rain Mfumbi = deceased Mfunge = to wrap oneself in a loincloth Mfwange = news of death Milolu = cries of joy Minzi = wolf-dog Mobutsi = savior Monyu = life Moru = ring Mubeji = 2nd Mubiji = wave Mubu = sea, ocean Mudodu = balance Mufu = 9th Mufune = load Mufundu = complaint Mugamu = cry, howl Mugumi = 10th Mukate = skin Mukolu = night Mukongu = hill, mountain Mukube = blacksmith Mukùbe = beak Mukubi = malevolence Mukwati = machete Mukwili = widower, widow Mule = blessing Mulingu = journey Mulumi = husband Mulutso = flame Mumbèngu = small canoe Mumbinge = stilt Munaji = strophanthus poison Munane = 8th Munangasunge = praying mantis Mundumbe = notable, renown Mungongu = musical bow Mungudi = tornado, whirlwind Munombi = black man Mupande = braid Mupume = year Muranu = 5th Murèle = hunter Murieru = 3rd Murondu = eel Musabu = insolence Musambwali = 7th Musamu = short story Musande = umbrella Musiamunu = 6th Musini = eyebrow Musiru = forest Musoli = fallow field Musolu = job, work Musongu = disease Musoñi = flesh, meat Musuge = permission Musulu = boiled Musungu = sugar cane Musièngi = large village Mutu = person, human Muvedi = scar is Muvèmbe = albino Muvige = slave Muvumu = breathing Muweli = month Muyame = rainbow Muyombu = perfume Mwaji = brother-in-law Mwane = child Mwényi =