| Language | Verb | English translation | Number of utterances with verb |
Coded as actional or non-actional |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiswahili (both locations) |
pigwa (picha) |
be beaten/hit (but pigwa picha = ‘ be photographed’) |
9 (4) | Actional |
| zaliwa | be born | 1 | ||
| kimbiliwa | be chased | 5 | ||
| tafunwa | be chewed | 2 | ||
| fungwa | be closed (in) | 2 | ||
| katwa | be cut | 1 | ||
| valishwa | be dressed | 1 | ||
| pewa | be given | 2 | ||
| shikwa | be grabbed | 2 | ||
| umwa | be hurt | 3 | ||
| funguliwa | be opened/let out | 1 | ||
| dungwa | be pierced or injected | 5 | ||
| wekwa | be put | 1 | ||
| pandishwa | be put up | 1 | ||
| ibwa | be stolen | 1 | ||
| ibiwa | be stolen from | 2 | ||
| kanyagwa | be stepped on | 2 | ||
| pelekwa | be taken (somewhere) | 2 | ||
| tunguliwa | be taken apart | 1 | ||
| jiwa | be visited | 1 | ||
| andikwaa | be written | 4 | Non-actional | |
| itwa | be called | 27 | ||
| ambiwa | be told | 2 | ||
| Kigiriama | pewa | be given | 3 | Actional |
| dungwa | be pierced or injected | 2 | ||
| ambirwa | be told | 1 | Non-actional | |
| hukanwa | be told off | 1 |
a
Although Pye and Quixtan Poz (I988) suggests ‘write’ is non-actional, and it is included here in the list of possible non-actional verbs, for all other purposes it has been included in the ‘actional’ category.