able    (to be) gushobora, kubāsha
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kubāsha (-bāshije)     v    to be able to (physically)
can    (be able) gushobora, kubāsha
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speak    (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
(one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
(all speaking together) imvugarimwe
(to ~) kuvuga
(against) guhāririza
(carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
(distinctly) gutobora
(distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
(evil of one another) gucurikanya
(evil of) gukana, kunegura
(evil of the king) kurogota
(evil of a ruler) kuyoba
(fearlessly) kwūbahuka
(foolishly) kudebagura
(hatefully) gucobogoza
(hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
(in a mysterious language) gufobeka
(incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
(lightly) kujajura
(loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
(many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
(sarcastically) kurtyekeza
(the truth) guhinyuza
(thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
(unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
(very beseechingly) kubobōteza
(when one shouldn't) kuyogora
(where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
(without arriving at point) kurerembuza
(to cause to) kuvuza
(to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
(to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
(give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
(refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa
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kurondereka (-ronderetse)     v    to be able to be found when looked for
find    kurōnka, gusānga
(fault with everything) kunēbagura
(new building site) kugerēra
(one's way after being lost) guhubūka, kuzimuruka
(to be able to be found when looked for) kurondereka
(to fail to ~) kubura, guhusha
(something you ~) ikinobano
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-ri   v    is, are (verb without infinitive or past)
-rimwo contains
irahari available
agacīro (udu-  7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
something precious, valuable
akagīrīre (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
incurable wound, person who goes never to return
akameza (utu-  7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
small table
ameza     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
(no pl.) (Sw.) table
bihurugūshwi    4    kwumva bihurugushwi to be unable to hear well
bitangāje   phr    fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)
ende     1. allow me, permit (invariable), 2. here take this
gufudika (-fuditse)     v    1. to reverse syllables in word, 2. to speak carelessly, 3. to be careless
guhīmbāra (-hīmbāye)     v    1. to be happy, 2. be beautiful, 3. to please, 4 . to be agreeable, pleasing
guhīmbura (-hīmbuye)     v    1. to chop tree, 2. slice vegetables
guhindagurika (-hindaguritse)     v    to be unstable, changeable
gukēngereka (-kēngeretse)     v    to be despicable, despised
gukūrwakw ijambo     phr    1. to be teachable, 2. willing to be admonished
gukwīranya (-kwīranije)     v    to make suitable for
gupānga (-pānze)     v    (Sw.) 1. to prepare, 2. to wipe off, 3. to pitch (tent), 4. to spread out, 5. to set (the table)
gupānga ameza (-pānze)   phr    to set the table
gupāngūra (-pāngūye)     v    (Sw.) to clear off (as table, etc.), to take down (tent)
gushigikiza (-shigikije)     v    to cause or enable to hold up, support
gushoboka (-shobotse)     v    1. to be possible, to be feasible, 2. to be probable
gushobora (-shoboye)     v    1. to be able, to can, 2. to manage, to succeed
gushoboza (-shoboje)     v    to enable
gusobanuka (-sobanutse)   v    1. to be explained, 2. to be explicable, 3. to be comprehensible, 4. to be sorted out
gutāhūka (-tāhūtse)     v    to be understandable
gutāna (-tānye)     v    1. to go separate ways, 2. to bring loss or failure, 3. to be unsuccessful, 4. to be unable to do what one attempts, 5. to lose one another
gutegekanishwa (-tegekanishijwe)     v    to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans
gutītūka (-tītūtse)     v    to be despised, despicable, to be worn out (of soil), no longer produce
igikorēsho (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
instrument, tool
ibikorēsho vyo mu inzu household (goods)
ibikoresho vyo ku meza tableware
ikinini (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. cinchona tree, 2. tablet, pill (from Fr. quinine)
imboga (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
leafy vegetable
imbwīja (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
leafy vegetable of a certain sort
imeza   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
(no pl.) (Sw.) table
inkumi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. girl of marriageable age, 2. teenage girl
irengarenga (i-  3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
a green leafy vegetable
iresho (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
portable stove
isupu y'imboga   phr    vegetable soup
kidapfunyirana   adj    crease resistant, unbreakable
kubēra (-bereye)     v    to be suitable, apt (prepositional form of kuba)
kuboneka (-bonetse)     v    1. to appear, be visible, to seem, 2. to be accessible, available, obtainable
kugīrīra (-gīrīriye)     v    1. to have an uncurable disease, fatal, 2. fail to return
kugōka (-gōtse)     v    1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace
kuneshereza (-neshereje)     v    to enable to conquer
kunōnōka (-nōnōtse)     v    1. to be healthy, have vitality, 2. to be supple, strong (as rope), 3. to be flexible, 4. to be comfortable, 5. to have virility, to be manly, to be homosexual (gay)
kurama (-ramye)     v    to be strong, durable, long-lived (things, not people)
kurāngwa (-rānzwe)     v    1. to be published, 2. to be admirable
kurārāta (-rārāse)     v    to hurry along (as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants), to be unstable, to go from one thing to another
kurobeza (-robeje)     v    to put into water, to be caught and unable to extricate oneself
kurōnga (-rōnze)     v    to wash vegetable
kurōngera (-rōngeye)     v    to wash vegetables at, for
kurōngwa (-rōnzwe)     v    to be washed (vegetables)
kuyoberanya (-yoberanije)   v    to make unrecognizable
kwumva bihurugūshwi (-umvise)   phr    to be unable to hear well
kwūmvīkana (-ūmvīkanye)   v    1. to understand one another, 2. to sound well, 3. to be heard plainly, 4. to be clear (understandable), 5. to come to a compromise
mbe   excl    (question word, introduces a question, comparable with 'hey' in English)
murisānze   phr    be yourself, make yourself comfortable (said to a visitor)
nya     (invariable demonstrative) that
ubukumi     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) marriageable (trad.) age of young girl
ubwākara (am-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama-
  
leafy vegetable (of certain sort)
umugabuzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
servant (esp. at table), waiter
umugani (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
proverb, parable, fable, tale (from kuganira)
umugōrwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
unfortunate, miserable person
umukūndanyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
charitable, kind person
umumenyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
1. scholar, scientist, knowledgable person, 2. prophet
uruboga   6  class 6
singular: uru-
  
(no pl.) one vegetable (single plant)
urudadi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in-
  
syllable
uruhīmbi (impīmbi)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in-
  
table, shelf (for milk containers)
assorted    (raw vegetables) imboga ziribwa mbisi
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bedside    (table) akameza ko mu buryamo, akameza k'igitanda
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caught    (to be ~ and unable to extricate oneself) kurobeza
(to be ~ stealing) gusūmirwa
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changeable    (to be) guhindagurika
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clear    (as water) umusarara
(to be ~, transparent) kubonerana
(to be ~, understandable) kwūmvīkana
(to ~, vt) kuzibūra
(to ~ suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
(off) kuyōra
(off, as table) gupāngūra (Sw.)
(up) kuvāngūra
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conquer    kunēsha, gufata ikibanza
(enable to) kuneshereza
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despicable    (to be) gukengerēka, gutītūka
(to do a ~ thing) kugōka
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disease    indwāra
(AIDS) sida
(billharcia) birariziyoze
(boil, abscess) igihute
(burn) ubushe
(bronchitis) indwara yo mu mahaha
(chicken pox) ibihara, agasāma
(diarrhea) ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo
(elephantiasis) imisozi
(epilepsy) intandara
(eyes: certain kind of conjunctivitis) uburire
(fever) inyonko
(goiter) umwīngo
(gonorrhea) igisokoro
(leprosy) imibēmbe
(malaria) marariya, inyonko
(meningitis) umugiga
(mole) isunūnu
(mumps) amasambambwika
(pleurisy) umusōnga
(pneumonia) umusōnga
(recurrent fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(rheum, disease of eyes) ururire
(rheumatism) amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
(smallpox) akarānda
(sore, little) akarōnda
(syphilis) agashāngāra
(tick fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(typhus) tifusi
(tuberculosis) igitūntu, agatūntu
(ulcer) igikomere
(ulcer, bad) igisebe
(ulcer, pain from tropical) igitema
(wart) isunūnu, intongāngira
(whooping cough) akānira, inkorora y'akanira
(yaws) ibinyoro
(cause of ~ something supposed to be in person making him sick) ibitēga
(person sick with wasting ~) umunywera
(to be a contagious ~) kwāndukira
(to catch contagious ~) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
(to transmit) kwāndukiza
(to have an incurable ~) kugīrīra
(to improve, begin to feel better) gutenzukirwa
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durable    (to be) kurama
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enable    gushoboza
(~ to conquer) kunēshereza
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fable    umugani
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fail    gucumukura
(another) guhemukira
(to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
(to do what one intended) kudehūra
(to find) kubura, guhusha
(to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
(to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
(to return) kugīrīra
(in on'e task) gusibanganya
(to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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grated    (cheese, vegetable) agahuruzo
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hear    kwūmva
(to be unable to ~ well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
(well) gutobora
(well, suddenly) kuzibuka
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incurable    (wound) akagīrīre
(to have ~ disease) kugīrīra
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milk    amata
(human) amabērebēre
(buttermilk) amaterere
(skimmed) amatererwa
(given to sick) umwērēra
(sour) urubu
(containers, table or shelf for) uruhīmbi
(cup) icānsi
(to have dirt in ~) gutobeka
(to pour ~ down another's throat) kuramiza
(to put skin of dead calf before cow so she will give milk) kwōrokēra
(to remove a foreign body from) gutosōra
(to sour, curdle) kuvura
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obliged    (to be ~ to) kurīnda, gutegerezwa
(to be ~ to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
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parable    umugani
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reverse    (syllables in word) gufudika
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servant    umushūmba, umusuku
(girl) incokere
(esp. at table) umugabuzi
(female) umuja
(male) umugaragu
(trusted, favorite) umukevyi
(to be ~ to) kujakarira, gusukūrira
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set    (of sun) kurēnga
(down, to carry and ~ down frequently) gusegenyeza
(example) guha akarorero
(fire to) guturira
(fixed time) kugerereza
(free) kudādura
(one's heart on) guhahamira
(the table) gupānga ameza
(time: to do something at a ~ time) guhēnga
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story    (in sense of fable) umugani
(in sense of riddle) igisōkōzanyo
(fairy) igitiko
(news) inkuru
(sung legend) igitito
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stove    ifuro, izīko, amashiga y'ikizungu
(portable) iresho
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suitable    (to be) kubēra
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syllable    urudadi
(to reverse in a word, transpose) gufudika
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table    ameza (Sw.)
(bedside) akameza ko mu buryamo
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
(to set the ~) gupānga ameza
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teachable    (to be) gukūrwaka ijambo
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that    (demonstrative, with class agreements) uwo, -rya, urya, -rīya, urīya uno, wa
(demonstrative, invariable) nya
(conjunction) ko, ngo, yūko
(in orther ~) kugira ngo
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transpose    (syllables in word) gufudika
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unable    (to be) kudashobora
(to do what one attempts) gutāna
(to hear well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
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understandable    (to be) gutāhūka, kwūmvīkana
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unrecognizable    (to make) kuyoberanya
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unstable    (to be) guhindagurika, kurārāta
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vegetable    (leafy) imboga, irengarenga, ubwākara imbwīja
(assorted raw ~) imboga ziribwa mbisi
(one single vegetable plant) uruboga
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waiter    (at table) umugabuzi, umuhereza
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wash    kwōza
(esp. body) gukēmūra, kwūhagira
(clothes) kumesa, kumesūra
(hands) gukaraba
(legs, esp.) kwīyoga
(in lots of water) gufyikinyura, kwīfyikinyura
(in one's eyes) kwīhumūra
(oneself) kwōga, kwīyuhagira, kwīsukura
(vegetables) kurōnga
(very thoroughly) gufyikinyura
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wound    uruguma, igikomere
(incurable) akagīrīre
(to ~) gukomeretsa
(to be sore) gutonekara
(to dress a) gusomōra
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explicable    (to be) gusobanuka
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admirable    (to be) kurāngwa
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agreeable    (to be) guhīmbāra
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comfortable    (to be) kunōnōka
(make yourself ~!) murisānze
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person    umuntu
(bad) umubi
(Black or African) umwirabura
(cross) ibāmba
(courageous) intwāri
(dedicated to Kiranga) igihwēba, igishegu
(dishonest) igihūmbu
(elderly) umusāza
(fearful) igihumura
(from far away) umunyankīko
(good, kind, just, holy, righteous) umwerānda
(grammar, ~ of verb) umuvugwa
(handsome) umuhizi
(hard to get along with) ikigoryi
(harsh) umuhāmbāzi
(honest, speaking truth) imvugakuri, umunyakuri
(honorable) umupfāsoni, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(intelligent, skilled, eloquent) umuhānga
(kind and charitable) umukūndanyi
(lovable) umunyagikūndiro
(malformed) ikirema
(mean and quarrelsome) ikijōra
(meek) umugwanēza
(merciful) umunyembabazi
(miserable) umugōrwa
(of high rank, noble character) umupfāsoni
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(one by himself) inyakamwe
(sharp) inkazi
(skillful) umuntu w'inkuba, umugesera
(strong) umunyenkomezi
(stubborn) intakonywa, intābwīrwa
(tall, fat) ikigwīnyīra
(weak) umugoyigoyi, urudēndevu
(white) umuzungu, umwera
(who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
(with many children) umurēngera
(worthy of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
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slice    (to ~ vegetables) guhīmbura
(to ~ crosswise) kugegena
(to ~ lengthwise) gusatura
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plan    (to) gutegūra, guteganya
(to ~ for) gutūmbēra, kugira imigabo
(secretly to do something) kwimbirira
(to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
(to have several plans of what to do) gutēgekanya
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injury    uruguma, igikomere
(incurable) akagīrīre
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available    irahari
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 able found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 1   Class 1 umu–, aba–
lesson 8   Adjectives I
lesson 34   Chart of the Classes
lesson 76   Possessive Adjectives I
lesson 88   Demonstrative Adjectives III
lesson 104   Uses of Nta
lesson 106   Reciprocal Form of Verb
lesson 107   Associative Verbs
lesson 111   How to Say “Some”; The Conditional
 able found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 3   Conditional Sentences – “if”
chapter 10   –o– Conditional in Present, Past and Future
chapter 27   Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
chapter 37   –ruha as an Auxiliary Verb
chapter 45   Idiomatic uses of –bona
chapter 73   How to say “without”
 able found in: Imyibutsa (proverbs)
Umwibutsa 37   Ibuye riserutse ntiryica isuka....