CEFR Level
B1
Tswana — Intermediate Vocabulary
161 words
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -golo | Adjective | Of considerable or relatively great size or extent. | |
| 2 | apole | Noun | ||
| 3 | bera | Noun | ||
| 4 | bese | Noun | Any motorized vehicle, such as a motorbike or car. | |
| 5 | boganka | Noun | ||
| 6 | boimana | Noun | ||
| 7 | bokoni | Noun | ||
| 8 | borogo | Noun | ||
| 9 | borotho | Noun | ||
| 10 | bosadi | Noun | The external female genitalia of humans and other placental mammals, which includes the clitoris, labia, and vulval vest… | |
| 11 | bosusu | Adjective | ||
| 12 | boteng | Adjective | ||
| 13 | botsogo | Noun | ||
| 14 | boupi | Noun | ||
| 15 | buka | Noun | A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, e… | |
| 16 | dejolo | Noun | ||
| 17 | dikupa | Noun | ||
| 18 | dinao | Noun | ||
| 19 | dipalo | Noun | ||
| 20 | esela | Noun | ||
| 21 | esimane | Noun | ||
| 22 | felo | Noun | ||
| 23 | feshene | Noun | ||
| 24 | foroko | Noun | ||
| 25 | golo | Noun | ||
| 26 | gouta | Noun | ||
| 27 | itsege | Adjective | ||
| 28 | kamela | Noun | A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus. | |
| 29 | kammêla | Noun | A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus. | |
| 30 | kankasi | Noun | ||
| 31 | kase | Noun | A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. | |
| 32 | kerama | Noun | ||
| 33 | kgaga | Noun | Any of the burrowing mammals covered with bony, jointed, protective plates, families Dasypodidae and Chlamyphoridae in t… | |
| 34 | kgetsi | Noun | A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items. | |
| 35 | kgori | Noun | A species of bustard, Ardeotis kori, which is the largest flying bird native to Africa. | |
| 36 | khilo | Noun | ||
| 37 | khubu | Noun | ||
| 38 | kobo | Noun | ||
| 39 | kofi | Noun | ||
| 40 | kopelo | Noun | ||
| 41 | lebaka | Noun | ||
| 42 | lebati | Noun | ||
| 43 | lefele | Noun | Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite. | |
| 44 | lefulo | Noun | ||
| 45 | lefuto | Noun | ||
| 46 | legakwa | Noun | A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is period… | |
| 47 | legapu | Noun | ||
| 48 | legôu | Noun | A goose of the species Alopochen aegyptiaca. | |
| 49 | lekgoa | Adjective | Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry). | |
| 50 | lekgolo | Adjective | ||
| 51 | lekoto | Noun | ||
| 52 | lelobu | Noun | ||
| 53 | lelwapa | Noun | ||
| 54 | lephoi | Noun | One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes. | |
| 55 | lerumo | Noun | ||
| 56 | lesedi | Noun | ||
| 57 | leshoma | Noun | ||
| 58 | lesome | Adjective | ||
| 59 | letadi | Noun | ||
| 60 | loapi | Noun | ||
| 61 | lobebe | Adjective | Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour. | |
| 62 | logora | Noun | ||
| 63 | lokwalo | Noun | ||
| 64 | lolo | Noun | ||
| 65 | lomao | Noun | ||
| 66 | lonala | Noun | ||
| 67 | lorako | Noun | ||
| 68 | losi | Noun | ||
| 69 | losika | Noun | ||
| 70 | loupa | Noun | ||
| 71 | maabane | Noun | The day immediately before today; one day ago. | |
| 72 | mafatla | Adjective | ||
| 73 | maitseo | Noun | ||
| 74 | merafe | Adjective | ||
| 75 | mmaba | Noun | ||
| 76 | mmabole | Noun | ||
| 77 | mmoki | Noun | ||
| 78 | moalafi | Noun | ||
| 79 | modi | Noun | ||
| 80 | mofine | Noun | ||
| 81 | mokawa | Noun | ||
| 82 | molapo | Noun | ||
| 83 | molato | Noun | ||
| 84 | moletsi | Noun | ||
| 85 | monang | Noun | ||
| 86 | moreki | Noun | ||
| 87 | moriti | Noun | A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object. | |
| 88 | morula | Noun | A medium-sized dioecious tree, Sclerocarya birrea, indigenous to Southern Africa and West Africa. | |
| 89 | morwa | Noun | ||
| 90 | morwadi | Noun | One’s female offspring. | |
| 91 | mosamo | Noun | ||
| 92 | mosi | Noun | The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. | |
| 93 | mothapi | Noun | ||
| 94 | mothudi | Noun | ||
| 95 | motlopi | Noun | The shepherd tree or shepherd's tree (Boscia albitrunca), an evergreen tree native to southern and tropical Africa which… | |
| 96 | motsu | Noun | ||
| 97 | motswi | Noun | ||
| 98 | naelone | Noun | ||
| 99 | nako | Noun | ||
| 100 | ngwe | Adjective | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
| 101 | nkgonne | Noun | ||
| 102 | nnake | Noun | ||
| 103 | nonofo | Noun | ||
| 104 | ntate | Noun | ||
| 105 | ntlha | Adjective | ||
| 106 | ntsho | Adjective | ||
| 107 | ntsi | Noun | ||
| 108 | oura | Noun | ||
| 109 | pêba | Noun | A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus. | |
| 110 | pelaelo | Noun | ||
| 111 | pelo | Noun | A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion. | |
| 112 | pensele | Noun | ||
| 113 | phalane | Noun | ||
| 114 | phokoje | Noun | ||
| 115 | phukwi | Noun | ||
| 116 | piano | Noun | ||
| 117 | pitsi | Noun | A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. | |
| 118 | pounama | Noun | ||
| 119 | robedi | Adjective | ||
| 120 | saeyene | Noun | An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm. | |
| 121 | sebaga | Noun | An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads o… | |
| 122 | sebetsa | Noun | ||
| 123 | sebodu | Noun | ||
| 124 | sefako | Noun | ||
| 125 | segwete | Noun | A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especia… | |
| 126 | sekaka | Noun | ||
| 127 | selabo | Noun | ||
| 128 | sematla | Noun | ||
| 129 | semente | Noun | ||
| 130 | seodi | Noun | ||
| 131 | serepa | Noun | A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal. | |
| 132 | serethe | Noun | ||
| 133 | setena | Noun | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. | |
| 134 | setilo | Noun | ||
| 135 | setopo | Noun | A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal. | |
| 136 | setulo | Noun | ||
| 137 | siling | Noun | ||
| 138 | sola | Verb | ||
| 139 | sukiri | Noun | Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. | |
| 140 | supa | Adjective | ||
| 141 | sweu | Adjective | Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. | |
| 142 | tala | Adjective | Of a single color inclusive of both green and blue as different shades, used in translations from languages such as Old… | |
| 143 | thamane | Noun | ||
| 144 | thapelo | Noun | ||
| 145 | tharo | Adjective | ||
| 146 | thataro | Adjective | ||
| 147 | thoe | Noun | ||
| 148 | thuso | Noun | ||
| 149 | thutego | Adjective | ||
| 150 | tleloko | Noun | ||
| 151 | tlhaga | Noun | Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap arou… | |
| 152 | tlhano | Adjective | A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. | |
| 153 | tlhase | Noun | ||
| 154 | tlhoa | Verb | ||
| 155 | tlhogo | Noun | ||
| 156 | tona | Adjective | ||
| 157 | topo | Noun | ||
| 158 | tousane | Adjective | ||
| 159 | tshilô | Noun | The building housing such a grinding apparatus; also, any similar building that houses a similarly material activity (su… | |
| 160 | tshise | Noun | A dairy product made from curdled or cultured milk. | |
| 161 | tuma | Adjective |