XITSONGA.ORGA list of Xitsonga idioms translated to English.
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| Ku ba ndlopfu hi xibakele | Direct - To hit an elephant with a fist Meaning - Ambitious goal |
| Ku banana hi rhambu ra mfenhe | Direct - To hit each other with a baboons bone Meaning - To exchange gifts with relatives only |
| Ku banana hi rhanga ro hisa | Direct - To hit each other with a hot potato Meaning - Ku lumbetana |
| Ku bata njiya | Direct - To catch a locust Meaning - To fall |
| Ku biha mirhini | Direct - To be ugly in the body Meaning - To be pregnant |
| Ku chuveka rinhlapfu | To stop visiting a place you used to visit |
| Ku dya marhambu ya nhloko | Direct - To eat bones of the head Meaning - Ku ehleketa |
| Ku dyeriwa mavele hi timpfuvu | Direct - To have your maize eaten by hippos Meaning - Ku tirha hi ku matimba ivi munhu a lava ku ku tekela ntshovelo wa mintirho ya wena |
| Ku faya nsikiti | Direct - To kill an insect Meaning - Ku humesa moya |
| Ku fundza marha | Direct - To inflate your chicks Meaning - To crap on yourself |
| Ku hlanula swirhendze | To run away |
| Ku hloma matlharhi | Direct - To arm with spears Meaning - To prepare for war |
| Ku hundza muti rixile | Direct - To pass a home during the day Meaning - Crazy person |
| Ku luka mano | To make a plan |
| Ku nantswa rintiho na xirhendze | Direct - To kiss your finger and hill Meaning - Ku tsutsuma |
| Ku omeriwa hi butsu | When your shoe dries up |
| Ku rhindza n'weti | Direct - Waiting for the moon Meaning - It means to wait for something that is not going to happen |
| Ku siya va karhele | Direct - To leave them tired Meaning - To win.To be victorious |
| Ku tekela enhlokweni | To take into consideration |
| Ku thlotlha timimpfi | Direct - To stir or agitate wasps Meaning - To stir trouble |
| Ku tlhoma tinsiva | To encourage to do wrong |
| Ku tlula u nantswa tilo | Direct - To jump and lick the sky Meaning - To deny something |
| Ku tlulana milenge | Direct - To cross each other's feet Meaning - To fight. To quarrel |
| Ku tsema mubya | Direct - To renegade against parents advise Meaning - To pass a point beyond where parents give up on advising you. |
| Ku tshova nenge | Direct - To break a leg Meaning - To impregnate a young woman illegitimately |
| Ku tshwa nomo | To have a burnt mouth |
| Ku va na xifuva | Direct - To have a chest Meaning - To be able to keep secret |
| Ku xibikula | To cry |