Meaning of 'colour' in Chichewa is: mtundu

colour: mtundu

Noun:

mtundu, ochekenera, kujambula, kukokomeza, utoto, mawonekedwe, polemba chinenero, kalata, Yofuna Ufulu Wodzilamulira, mpikisano, mkwiyo, chilakolako, kulocha, kuzemba, chinyengo.

Verb:

mtundu, utoto, kujambula, kutsimikizira, amati, kukokomeza, Tambasula, manyazi, zinayambira, lawi mpaka.

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Adjective(1) having or capable of producing colors
Noun(1) any material used for its color(2) (physics(3) interest and variety and intensity(4) the timbre of a musical sound(5) a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect(6) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading(7) the appearance of objects (or light sources, or brightness(8) a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)(9) (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction(10) each flavor of quarks comes in three colors(11) the appearance of objects (or light sources) described interms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness(or brightness) and saturation
Verb(1) modify or bias(2) decorate with colors(3) give a deceptive explanation or excuse for(4) affect as in thought or feeling(5) add color to(6) change color, often in an undesired manner(7) gloss or excuse(8) change color(9) often in an undesired manner

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(1) These are clad in stainless-steel panels with a highly milled finish that absorbs light and colour more than it reflects them.(2) it's blue in colour(3) red is my favourite colour(4) Is discriminating on the grounds of sex more acceptable than discriminating on the basis of skin colour ?(5) A month or so ago I called at a nursery in Stroud to buy a few primulas to give the garden pockets of bright colour .(6) colour his face pink(7) But then, on the very edges of his peripheral vision, there was an intangible sensation of colour .(8) The photographs are mostly black and white, but a few are in colour .(9) I've worked out how to colour line drawings, hurrah.(10) The wreath is six twists, metal alternating with colour .(11) For some inexplicable reason, her cheeks flooded with colour .(12) She closed her eyes and felt the colour flood into her face.(13) Magnard himself was a natural contrapuntist, often seeming wilfully to shun the blandishments of orchestral colour .(14) orchestral colour(15) what colour is his shirt?(16) there was some colour back in his face