all   ▶ –ōse
 (all right) niko, ni ko
(together) icārimwe
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day   ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka
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have   ▶ –fise, kugira, gutūnga
 (absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it) kunyananyaya
 (abundance) kudibama, guhīmba
 (always) guhorana
 (bad habits, having had good) gufūtāna
 (diarrhea) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (done recently) guherūka
 (fellowship) gufatanya
 (fellowship with) gucudika
 (fever) kurwara inyonko
 (for) –fitiye
 (friendhsip with) gucudika
 (holes from rust) kunyengetērwa
 (much, may be even lots of debts or trouble) kuroranirwa
 (pain) kubabara
 (sex) kuryamana, kwenda, kurongorana, kurya umwana
 (sloping sides, like soup dish) gufukūra
 (speech impediment) kugobwa
 (things in common) kubūngirana
 (to ~ to) kurīnda, –kwīye
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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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agakūra     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) one who surpasses all others
kujōja (-jōje)     v   ▶ to tell all about something
about   ▶ (to look all ~) kuraraguza
 (to turn) kuzūnguza
 (to turn) kuzūnguriza
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gukamya (-kamije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to dry up, 2. empty out all of a liquid, 3. to absorb (liquid)
gukēsha (-kēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to spend all night without sleeping, 2. to clean up a place
icārimwe     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) all together, in unison
guhebūza (-hebūje)     v   ▶ 1. to tell someone that his friend has died, 2. to be perfect, complete, absolutely wonderful, 3. to surpass all others either good or bad, 4. to deny emphatically, 5. to discourage
kuvōgera (-vōgeye)   v   ▶ to walk in water, to go all through one's house, to know one's thoughts completely
kwēnzūra (-ēnzūye)     v   ▶ 1. to sweep, clean up, 2. to burst into light (dawn), 3. to have guest arrive just as food is all consumed
kwīrirwa (-īririwe)     v   ▶ to spend all day, to last all day
explain   ▶ gufobōra, kugenekereza, gusigūra, gusobanura
 (fully till all understand) kurangūra
 (poorly) gufobeka
 (thoroughly) gutumbūra
 (a dream) kurōtōra
 (one who ~) umusigūzi
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surpass   ▶ (one who surpasses all others) agahebūza, agakūra
 (thing that surpasses everything of its kind) akaminūza, akarēnzo
 (to ~) kurēnga, kurusha, kurushiriza, kuruta, gusūmba
 (all others, good or bad) guhebūza, kunengesēra
 (to try to ~) guhiga
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gushīrīra (-shīrīye)     v   ▶ to run out bit by bit till all gone
kurangūra (-rangūye)     v   ▶ to explain fully till all understand
kweraguza (-eraguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
gukebaguza (-kebaguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
kuraraguza (-raraguje)     v   ▶ 1. to look all about, 2. to be saucy
kwūgunyuza (-ūgunyuje)   v   ▶ 1. to scour at pot, 2. to rinse out dirt, 3. to drink all there is in a container
n'amahoro   phr   ▶ 1. it it peace? is all well? (as question), 2. it is peace! it's all well! (as answer)
agahebūza (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ one who surpasses all others
gucuncubura (-cuncubuye)     v   ▶ 1. to dump all out at once, 2. to spill
kurandamuka (-randamutse)     v   ▶ 1. to speak thoughtlessly, loudly, 2. to walk in one's sleep, to start up in one's sleep, 3. to come all together at call of trouble
n'amarembe   phr   ▶ it is peace! it's all well! (as answer to question n'amahoro)
gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse)     v   ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides
kunyananyana (-nyananyanye)     v   ▶ to have absolutely all one wants (no need of any kind) and to be a bit showy about it
kunyananyaya (-nyananyaye)   v   ▶ to have absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it
imvugarimwe (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ all speaking together
God   ▶ Imāna, Mungu (Sw.)
(who is all seeing) Indāvyi
 (the Creator) Rurema
 (the Lord, Eternal One) ūhoraho
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bit   ▶ (not a ~) n'intete
(to run out ~ by ~ till all is gone) gushīrīra
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guest   ▶ umushitsi
 (to go together to produce food for) gutērēra
(to have a ~ arrive just as food is all consumed) kwēnzūra
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not   ▶ nta, ata
(is not, are not) si
(not at all) na mba! īshwī!
(not a bit) n'intete
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run   ▶ kwīruka
 (as water) gutēmba
 (down hill) gukoragurika
 (to jump up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (like a little child) kudiririmba
 (out bit by bit till all is gone) gushīrīra
 (out to see something, usually of a crowd) gushwabāduka
 (over) gusēsekara
 (very fast) kwīrukānga, gushīnga amano
 (to lean forward preparing to run) gutuna
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together   ▶ hamwe
 (all) icārimwe
 (living) umubāno
 (all speaking) imvugarimwe
 (with) kumwe
 (sticking) akaramata
 (trees grown very close ~) impatane
 (to be) kumana
 (to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (to come, as crowd) gukungēra
 (to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
 (to crowd ~) kwegerana
 (to get close) kwegerana
 (to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
 (to live) kubāna
 (to live, be always) kwāmana
 (to meet) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
 (to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
 (to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
 (to spend time) kumarana
 (to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
 (to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
 (to strive and crowd) kuvurungana
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ni ko   conj   ▶ 1. all right, 2. that's so, 3. thus
niko     conj   ▶ all right, that's so, thus
twēbwe  ▶ we, us
tweho we (in contrast to others)
nātwe and we, us
nkātwe like us
twempi both of us
twese all of us
-gufi     adj   ▶ 1. short, 2. low, 3. shallow
gucisha bugufi to humble
-gufīnya   adj   ▶ 1. short, 2. low, 3. shallow
-gufīya   adj   ▶ 1. short, 2. low, 3. shallow
-ōse   adv   ▶ 1. all, every, each, 2. whole, entire, entirely
bōse, gōse, etc.
-rē-re     adj   ▶ 1. tall, 2. high, 3. deep (murēmure, etc.)
-to     adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
-tō-to   adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
-tonya     adj   ▶ small, little, young
-toya     adj   ▶ small, little, young
agacu (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small cloud
agacupa (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little jar, small bottle
agahūzu (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small cloth, loincloth
agakamyo (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small lorry, small truck (Fr. camion)
agakōko (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small animal, insect
agashakoshi (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. small sports bag, 2. hand bag, 3. ladies purse
agashirukabute (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. tip, 2. bonus, 3. fee, 4. allowance
agasīmbo (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small basket with tall pointed top
agatabo (idu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small book, booklet
agatambaro (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ (small or piece of) cloth
akabānde (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ valley with no water
akabuyēnge (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small round stone
akadede (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small beads, pearls
akadonongo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ traditional small fiddle, small monochord instrument
akaguriro (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small marketplace
akameza (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small table
akanya (utw-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. a small space, 2. a short time, a brief moment
akarānda     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) smallpox
akazu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small house, hut, cabin
Bujumbura     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ largest city and former capital of Burundi, originally called Usumbura, it was renamed to Bujumbura at independence, mainly for the negative meaning of Usumbura in Swahili
cane     adv   ▶ 1. much, 2. very, rather, 3. exceedingly, 4. really, 5. too, 6. a lot
cane cane   phr   ▶ 1. very much, 2. especially, 3. enormously
ēgo gwose   excl   ▶ (emphatically) yes!
ēgo me   excl   ▶ (emphatically) yes!
ēgome   excl   ▶ (emphatically) yes!
ende    ▶ 1. allow me, permit (invariable), 2. here take this
gucēkūka (-cēkūtse)     v   ▶ to be pale, pallid
gucurīra (-curīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to call to someone that cannot answer, 2. to make fun of someone by recalling the good he has lost
gufata kunguvu (-fashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to rape, 2. to abuse sexually, 3. to take by force
gufurama (-furamye)     v   ▶ 1. to go naked, 2. to be overcome with sleep and fall over – sleeping right there
gufyāta (-fyāse)     v   ▶ 1. to be flat (esp. of nose), 2. to flatten out (vt), 3. to tramp on something unintentionally
guhaga (-haze)   v   ▶ 1. to begin to head up (as grain), 2. to fight one bigger than yourself, 3. to blow air into (ball)
guhamagara (-hamagaye)   v   ▶ to call
guhamagarana (-hamagaranye)   v   ▶ to call each other, to invite each other
guhamagarira (-hamagariye)   v   ▶ to call at, for
guhamagarirwa (-hamagarirwe)   v   ▶ to be called at, for
guhamagarwa (-hamagarwe)   v   ▶ to be called
guhamagaza (-hamagaje)   v   ▶ to be called, to have one called
guhanantuka (-hanantutse)   v   ▶ to fall from high above
guhara (-haze)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete
guharira (-hariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to grant to, 3. to allow another to dominate, 4. to scrape, etc., at, for
guhengēshanya (-hengēshanije)     v   ▶ to speak hesitantly (usually used with negative)
guhenuka (-henutse)     v   ▶ to fall down (as house)
guhenura (-henuye)     v   ▶ to tear down, cause to fall down
guhīmbira (-hīmbiye)     v   ▶ 1. to steal habitually, 2. to frequently stay away from home, 3. to have long hair
guhindikirana (-hindikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another
guhogōmboka (-hogōmbotse)     v   ▶ to speak many words (usually quite meaningless ones)
guhomvoka (-homvotse)     v   ▶ to fall (as house, etc.)
guhongoroka (-hongorotse)     v   ▶ to fall with a din
guhongorora (-hongoroye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall noisily
guhūndagara (-hūndagaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be struck by lightning, 2. to fall to ground
guhūnguka (-hūngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to return from fleeing, 2. to fall from stalk
guhungurukira (-hungurukiye)     v   ▶ to fall on
guhungurura (-hunguruye)     v   ▶ 1. to cause fruit or grain to fall, 2. to shake
gukaka (-katse)     v   ▶ 1. to grow, 2. enlarge, 3. develop, 4. to creak (as wall, etc.)
gukangīra (-kangīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to frighten unintentionally, 2. to threaten, scold
gukeka (-ketse)     v   ▶ to cut up in small pieces
gukomānga (-komānze)     v   ▶ to knock (originally, to strike earth to make ants come out)
gukōra (-kōye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg
gukoragura (-koraguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in abundance
gukoragurika (-koraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down continually, in abundance (as branches blown down), 2. to run downhill
gukoragurikira (-koragurikiye)     v   ▶ to fall continually at
gukoroka (-korotse)     v   ▶ to fall from above
gukorokana     v   ▶ to fall with
gukorokera (-korokeye)     v   ▶ to fall at, for, on
gukorora (-koroye)     v   ▶ 1. to throw down from above, cause to fall down from above, 2. to cough
gukōza (-kōjeje)   v   ▶ to continually beg
gukūndira (-kūndiye)     v   ▶ 1. to allow, 2. to love one for something
gukungagura (-kungaguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall, to push down
gukungagurika (-kungaguritse)     v   ▶ to fall and skin yourself
gukunguka (-kungutse)     v   ▶ to be skinned (by falling)
gusāba (-sāvye)     v   ▶ 1. to scatter, burst, disperse (vi), 2. crack, break in two (all of these because container is too full), 3. to be exhausted
gusama (-samye)     v   ▶ 1. to hold from falling, 2. to catch something thrown (as ball)
gusambūka (-sambūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down (house, etc.), 2. to come to pieces
gusegerereza (-segerereje)     v   ▶ to beg habitually
gusemerera (-semereye)     v   ▶ to shout, call from hill to hill
gusēnyūka (-sēnyūtse)     v   ▶ to fall down (esp. house)
gusēnyūra (-sēnyūye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall down (house)
gushāna (-shānnye)     v   ▶ to fall continuously (rain)
gushaza (-shajije)     v   ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up
gushinyagurira (-shinyaguriye)     v   ▶ 1. to abuse (verbally), 2. to disgrace
gushōka (-shōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to do quickly (esp. used by Batwa), 2. to go to drink (animals), 3. to slip down on spear (of meat they've put on tip – if it falls it's supposed to be diseased), 4. to fall accidentally on spear and be injured
gushunguruka (-shungurutse)     v   ▶ to fall or jump from above, to tumble down, fall in cascade
gusiba (-sivye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie fallow, to cease to be used (path), 2. to slander
gusinzīra (-sinzīriye)     v   ▶ to fall asleep
gusituka (-situtse)     v   ▶ to fall down, collapse (vi)
gusitura (-situye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in, collapse, to pull out by roots
gusukasuka (-sukasutse)     v   ▶ to deceive habitually
gusūma (-sūmye)     v   ▶ to fall in cascade (as waterfall)
gusūmba (-sūmvye)     v   ▶ to exceed, be taller than
guta agati   phr   ▶ to refuse absolutely, categorically
gutabāza (-tabāje)     v   ▶ to call for help
gutaka (-tatse)     v   ▶ to call for help
gutakāmba (-takāmvye)     v   ▶ to call loudly for help
gutakāmbira (-takāmbiye)     v   ▶ to call loudly for help
gutamira (-tamiye)     v   ▶ 1. to swallow, 2. to take a mouthful
gutamirwa (-tamiwe)     v   ▶ to be swallowed, put in mouth
gutara (-taze)     v   ▶ 1. to be late (of rains), to not fall, 2. to put near fire to dry, scorch or roast, 3. to put beer in a warm place, 4. to argue and swear that you're right, 5. to take one's case to chief knowing you're right
gutēga (-tēze)   v   ▶ to receive (physically)
gutemagura (-temaguye)     v   ▶ to cut up small as reeds, boards, etc.
gutēmba (-tēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall, flow, run (as water), 2. to be sloping
gutēmvya (-tēmbeje)     v   ▶ to cause to fall
gutenzūra (-tenzūye)     v   ▶ to be negligent, slacken, release partially
gutibuka (-tibutse)     v   ▶ to fall from above
gutingana (-tinganze)   v   ▶ to act homosexually, to perform homosexual acts
gutōnyāngiriza (-tōnyāngirije)     v   ▶ to let fall drop by drop
gutonyanza (--ngije)     v   ▶ to cause to fall drop by drop
gutosekaza (-tosekaje)     v   ▶ to fall in eye, hurt eye
gutūba (-tūvye)     v   ▶ to grow smaller (sometimes used of moon)
gutūvya (-tūbije)   v   ▶ to make smaller, diminish (vt)
hākuno   adv   ▶ on this side (of river or valley)
hākurya   adv   ▶ on the other side (of river or valley)
hamwe   adv   ▶ 1. together, here together, 2. equally, even, same
hīrya    ▶ beyond, on the other side (of something but still on this side of river or valley)
ibavu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ callus, blister
ibiba     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) time for planting small grains
ibigirānkana    n   ▶ willfully, intentionally, on purpose, willingly
iboma    n   ▶ (Sw.) judgment hall, government offices
icānzo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small opening in backyard enclosure for emergency exits or used by women and children
icībo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ flat, small basket
ifundi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small sparrow (red or blue)
igicurane (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. influenza, flu, 2. common cold (usually used in pl.: ibicurane)
igihūme (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spirit, superhuman thing, a one-armed and one-legged ghost with grass growing out of its ears that lives in the valley (used as a serious insult)
igihungur amabebe  n   ▶ light rain that makes these seeds fall off just before rainy season really starts
igikōmbe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. cup, mug, 2. small tin container
igipangu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. compound, 2. wall or fence around compound
igisānda-sānda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small trees with fronds resembling palms
igiseke (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tall, pointed basket
igisīka (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. partition, 2. wall, 3. room in house
igisīmbo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ basket with tall pointed top
igisubiramuhira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ woman who has left many husbands and gone home and finally builds at parent's home (same for a man)
ihamagarwa (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ calling
ihambwa (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burial (used usually for animals)
ijigo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ back teeth (all double teeth, bicuspids, molars)
gutwengera mw ijigo to be secretly amused, to laugh at secretly
ijūnja n’ijambo   phr   ▶ physical strength and discursive force, eloquence (description of a strong and eloquent person, two characteristics allegedly rarely going together)
ikazānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small covered container
ikebano (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small pot girls put butter in
ikibambāzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wall, partition
ikibazo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. question, 2. problem, challenge, 3. issue, matter, 4. test, exam
ikibondo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small child
ikibuga ca basket   phr   ▶ basketball field
ikibuga c’umupira w’amaguru   phr   ▶ football field
ikibūnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pup, puppy, young of small animal
ikidukikije (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. nature, natural world, 2. environment, surrounding (usually used in pl., from gukīkiza)
ikigwīnyīra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing
ikihuha (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument
ikinure (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fat meat (usually used in pl.)
ikinyakuri (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fact, reality (usually used in pl.)
ikinyōta (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ damp place (not really swamp)
ikiraka (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a job, small contracted work
ikirohe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dirt in water, anything that falls in water
ikivūmvu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shallow basket
ikiyunguyungu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small of the back
ikoma (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ framework of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced in building a house
imbūnda (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ puppy, young of small animal
imisi yose   phr   ▶ allways, alldays
imoketi   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ fitted carpet, wall-to-wall carpet
impuhwe (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ mercy (actually the fear to hurt another because you love or pity him)
inconco (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ iconco small horn used for tobacco
indagara (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ small fish
indāvyi (In-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ God (who is all-seeing)
indoromyi (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument
indurwe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gall, bile
ingāma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
ingeregere (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ small antelope, gazelle
injebejebe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ wrinkle (actually, turning down of lower lip), red thing on chicken below beak (wattle)
inkēnga (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ basket (tall)
inkuba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thunder (actually, the imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
inkuru (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. news, 2. story, 3. fame (usually in pl.)
inyōngōri (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ small centipede
inyoni (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ bird (small one)
inzāmba (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ trumpet, calling horn
iriba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ well, valley with water
isēnyerana (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ crash of something falling
isezerano (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. promise, 2. testament, 3. contract, agreement, 4. alliance
ishiga (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (usually used in pl., amashiga) three stones of traditional fireplace
īshwī    ▶ no! not at all!
isūmo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ waterfall
iteke (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small edible root similar to yams
itu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small package
itu    ▶ you don't say? is that really so?
ivūriro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ dispensary, clinic, small hospital, health center
iyugi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. copper or leather shells at the ankles of intōre dancers, 2. white shell charm worn around the neck by eight-born child (called Mayugi)
izeze (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ traditional fiddle, small monochord instrument played with a bow
kabisa   adv   ▶ absolutely, totally, completely, certainly, surely (Sw.)
koko     adv   ▶ indeed, truly, really, in fact
kubānga (-bānze)     v   ▶ to be parallel
kubāngikana (-bāngikanye)     v   ▶ 1. to be near, adjacent, beside, 2. to be parallel
kubāngikanya (-bāngikanije)     v   ▶ 1. to start a job before finishing the previous one, 2. do two things at once, 3. to place two things parallel, or side by side
kubāsha (-bāshije)     v   ▶ to be able to (physically)
kubēnguka (-bēngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall in love, 2. to choose a spouse
kubiba (-bivye)     v   ▶ to plant (small seeds), to sow
kubisa (-bishije)     v   ▶ to make place, allow to pass
kubisiriza (-bisirije)     v   ▶ to stand in a certain place to allow another to pass
kubobōka (-bobōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be full of air (as ball), 2. to be full (having eaten)
kubūmbabūmba (-būmbabūmvye)     v   ▶ to make round (as ball)
kudibuka (-dibuye)     v   ▶ to fall (into water or food)
kugēnda (-giye)     v   ▶ 1. to go, to walk, 2. to leave, 3. generally going by any means (driving, sailing etc.)
kugwa (-gūye)     v   ▶ to fall
kugwisha (-gwishije)     v   ▶ to cause to fall (from kugwa)
kujabuka (-jabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to cross river, valley, 2. (also used of woman who has come to the menopause), 3. to finish menstrual period
kujōbeka (-jōbetse)     v   ▶ 1. to soak in water, 2. to be soaked by rain or by falling in river
kumenyēra (-menyēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to be accustomed to, to be adapted to, 2. to do a thing habitually, 3. to adapt
kumira (-mize)     v   ▶ to swallow
kumiragura (-miraguye)     v   ▶ to swallow gluttonously
kumirira (-miriye)     v   ▶ to swallow at, for
kumirīsha (-mirīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to swallow, help to swallow
kumirwa (-mizwe)     v   ▶ to be swallowed
kumoka (-motse)     v   ▶ to call out across the hills (implies scorn of one doing it)
kunyanyāga (-nyanyāze)     v   ▶ to fall softly (rain), to mist
kunywāguka (-nywāgutse)     v   ▶ to fall and hurt oneself, to be sore in one's muscles
kurabuka (-rabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be cooked after stirring up the fire a second time, 2. to perceive, to understand, 3. to come when called, to flash by
kuramagiza (-ramagije)     v   ▶ to give too much to swallow at a time
kuramira (-ramiye)     v   ▶ to catch one who starts to fall, to grab
kuramutsa (-ramukije)     v   ▶ 1. to greet (oneself, not sent by another), 2. to greet in letter, 3. to visit, 4. to stand at door and cough or call 'muraduha'
kureka (-retse)     v   ▶ 1. to let, allow, permit, 2. to end, stop, cancel
kurekura (-rekuye)     v   ▶ 1. to release, to allow to go, 3. to send back
kurēnguka (-rēngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to approach, come into sight, 2. to introduce oneself, 3. to answer to a superior when called, to come running
kurengwa (-renzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to slander a superior (not intentionally but he interprets it that way), 2. to break taboo
kurtyekeza (-rtyekeje)     v   ▶ to speak sarcastically, ironically
kuvīsha (-vīshije)   v   ▶ to allow, cause to flow, to be shed
kuvumereza (-vumereje)   v   ▶ to call continuously and persistently
kuvyukuri   adv   ▶ 1. really, in reality, 2. actually
kuyāmīra (-yāmīriye)   v   ▶ to feel faint, gradually drift off to sleep while thinking
kuyēngēsha (-yēngēsheje)   v   ▶ to allow to burn
kuzibiranya (-zibiranije)   v   ▶ to silence, to fall heavily (rain)
kuzimagirika (-zimagiritse)   v   ▶ 1. to get really lost and wander about, to err, 2. to lose one's head
kuzitira (-zitiye)   v   ▶ to make a hedge, surrounding wall, boundary
kwāma (-āmye)     v   ▶ 1. to always or continually do a thing, 2. to bear fruit
kwāmbaza (-āmbaje)     v   ▶ to call for help
kweguka (-egutse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down from above, 2. to die suddenly, 3. to stretch (vi)
kwīburungushura (-īburungushuye)     v   ▶ to be round (as ball)
kwīkubita hasi (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīkubita imbere (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīrīra (-īrīye)     v   ▶ to be overtaken by nightfall
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwīta (-īse)     v   ▶ to name, to call
kwītaba (-ītavye)     v   ▶ to answer when called
kwītēmbagaza (-ītēmbagaje)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down, 2. to roll
kwītwa (-īswe)     v   ▶ to be named, to be called
kwōnesha (-ōnesheje)     v   ▶ to allow or cause goat to destroy garden
kwōroherwa (-ōrohewe)     v   ▶ 1. to get relief from pain, 2. to improve (physically or otherwise)
kwōtesha (-ōtesheje)     v   ▶ to invite to or allow to warm oneself
kwūhagira (-ūhagiye)   v   ▶ to bathe (vt) (originally associated with ceremonial cleansing at time of a death in family)
kwūhīra (-ūhīye)   v   ▶ 1. to pour water on another's hands, 2. to give salt to domestic animals (usually in other food)
muraduha   excl   ▶ called before entering kraal (knocking being impolite) (from guha)
mwīshwanje (b-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister's son (usually used for an oath with indecent meaning)
na mba     phr   ▶ not at all, not in the least
nītwa   phr   ▶ my name is ..., I am called ...
rutuku   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ prohibited locally brewed spirit made of manioc
ubuherūka     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. end, 2. the very last time, 3. finally, 4. at last
ubukōko     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. many small insects, 2. animal
uduharawe    7   ▶ small red beans
ukuguru (ama-)     9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ leg
umupira w'amaguru football, soccer
ukuri     9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. truth, 2. (adv.) truly, really
umubīndi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tall clay pot for carrying water
umudende (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ small cylindrical bell
umufungo (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ heap (usually small heap of products on markets)
umuhamagaro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ calling
umuhāmvyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who helps to bury, pallbearer
umukāngara (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. young of animal, young bull, 2. teenager (traditionally boys only)
imikangara y'abakobwa teenage girls
umukebe (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ small tin box
umukeka (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ small rug, mat
umukino wa amaguru   phr   ▶ football, soccer
umukino wa basketi   phr   ▶ basketball
umunūni (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bird that sucks honey (some black with red throat, others metallic green)
umunywera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person who gets thin gradually, person sick with wasting away disease
umupira (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (Sw.) 1. ball, 2. sweater, pullover, 3. eraser, rubber
umupira w'amaboko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. basketball, 2. volleyball
umupira w'amaguru (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ football, soccer
umupira wa basket (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ basketball
umupira wa volley (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ volleyball
umushike (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ fallow land, needing work before planting
umuswezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. sexually very active person, 2. homosexual person, gay person (from guswera)
umutobotobo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ thorn tree with yellow balls
umuvyāro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ little plant for transplanting, small trees that start up around big one
umwōbo (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hole (esp. small one like rat hole)
umwōnga (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ valley
urugāmba (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small plant, 2. field of battle, 3. crowd
uruhome (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ wall
urukiramēnde     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ any four-sided figure (originally, a place fixed for pole-vaulting)
urunana (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion
urusīka (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ partition, wall, room in house
uruzitiro (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ hedge, fence, surrounding wall (from kuzitira)
urwāvya (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ small pot (for butter)
yambi   excl   ▶ hello (greeting to small children or of women among each other)
yambiiii (emphatic greeting to small children or among women)
abuse   ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
 (one formerly loved) kuryārukana
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accident   ▶ agisida, inzeduka, icāgo, icaduka
 (to barely escape) guhakwa
 (to fall on spear) gushōka
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act   ▶ (to ~ as go-between) kurehereza
(~ as if to beat, but not do it) kugera
(~ foolishly) kwītūtānya, gusaragurika, kudāyāngwa
(~ foolishly in fun) gupfyina
(~ homosexually) gutingana
(~ ignorantly) kwītūtānya
(~ indifferent) kwīrengagiza
(to ~ or go secretly because of fear) kwōmba
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adultery   ▶ ubusāmbanyi
(to commit) gusāmbana
(euphemistically, of man) kwīsomōra
(to be pregnant through) gutwāra inda y'ishushu, gutwāra inda y'indāro
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alliance   ▶ isezerano
 (to help another overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
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allow   ▶ gukūndira, kureka
 (to go) kurekura
 (to pass) kubisa
 (another to dominate) guharira
 (another to pass) kubisiriza
 (allow me) enda
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allowance   ▶ agashirukabute
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animal   ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
 (fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika
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announce   ▶ kubūrira, kubūra, kurānga
 (oneself) kwībūra
 (to stand at door and call greeting) kuramutsa
 (the death of someone) kubika, kubikira
 (everywhere) gukwīragiza, gukwīza
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axe   ▶ ikibēzi, incābiti, imarabiti, intoraguzo
 (small ornamental) urunana
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back   ▶ (at the back) inyuma
 (of chair) icēgamo
 (of person or animal) umugōngo
 (small of) ikiyunguyungu
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bag   ▶ isaho
 (backpack, shoulder bag) agasaho
 (big) indaha
 (sack) igunira, umupfuko
 (sports bag) ishakoshi
 (small sports bag, ladies purse) agashakoshi
 (suitcase) ivarise
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ball   ▶ umupīra (Sw.), umubumbe
(small) akabumbe
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basket   ▶ (big) intonga, igitēbō
 (deep, uncovered) ikigagara, igisāmba, igisāngāza
 (flat, small) icibo
 (flat with lid) inkōko
 (little) akēbo
 (shallow) ikivūmvu
 (tall) inkēnga
 (tall, pointed) igiseke, igisīmbo
 (border of) umusōzo
 (lid, cover) umutemere
 (nicely made) indemano
 (to cover) kurumya
 (to remove lid) kurumūra
 (to be upside down) kwūbika
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bean   ▶ igiharage
(green) umubīmba, umukerere, umukonyogo
(lima) igiharo
(red) ishigisha
(small red) uduharawe
(leaves) umukubi
(leaves, first two) ingāmba
(pod) urusokoro
(sprout) umugōndōra
(that have been put away for a year) igihitira
(to put ~ away for a year) guhitiza
(to put away ~ for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(to tie ~ on hedge to dry) gushisha
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beg   ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
 (continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
 (earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
 (for beer) kuvūmba
 (habitually) gusegerereza
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bird   ▶ ikiguruka
 (little ones) inyoni
 (crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
 (crow) igikōna
 (dove) intunguru, inuma
 (duck) imbati
 (eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
 (goose, wild) igisafu
 (hawk) igisiga
 (kite) ikinyakabaka
 (parrot) gasuku
 (partridge) inkwāre
 (robin, African) inyōmvyi
 (that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
 (wagtail) inyamanza
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blow   ▶ (vt) guhūha, guhūngabanya
(vi) guhūngabana
(air into ball) guhaga
(along) guheha
(be blown up) kuboboka
(hard) guhūhūta
(in wind) kuzūnga, kuzūngazūnga
(one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out chaff) kugosōra
(the fire) kwātsa
(up) gupfunereza
(with bellows) kuvuguta
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bottle   ▶ icupa (Sw.)
(small) agacupa
(~ opener) urupfunguruzo
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box   ▶ isandugu
 (small tin) umukebe
 (of matches) ikibiriti (Sw.)
(to ~) gukubagura
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call   ▶ (to ~) guhamagara
 (in sense of name) kwīta
 (continuously and persistently) kuvumereza
 (for help) kwāmbaza, gutābaza, gutaka, gutakāmba
 (from hill to hill) gusemerera
 (loudly for help) gutakāmba
 (across the hills, implies scorn of one doing it) kumoka
 (to one who cannot answer) gucurīra
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called   ▶ (to have one called, to be called) guhamagaza
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catch   ▶ gufata, gucakīra
 (ball, anything thrown) gusama
 (a disease from another) kwāndura
 (from falling) gusama
 (one who starts to fall) kuramira
 (swarming bees) gutururuza
 (up with) guhāmvya
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centipede   ▶ (small) inyōngōri
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chain   ▶ ingoyi, umunyororo
 (small, worn on neck) umugufu
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child   ▶ umwāna, umugisye, umukeme, umurerwa
(before he begins to know anything) igitambamboga, igitwengerabarozi
(disobedient) intabarirwa
 (first-born) imfura
(healthy, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(illegitimate) igihūmbu, ikivyārwa
(learning to walk) ikidegedege, intavyi
(male) umuyibigi
(of) mwene
(of mixed marriage) ikivyārwa
(only) ikinege, umwāna w'ikinege
(derogative) umuhimbiri
(small) ikibondo
(starting to know a little) umwankavu
(that doesn't grow properly) imfunya
(unwanted or orphan) intābwa
(up to 8 or 10 years) umugimbi
(weaned) umucūko, umukurira
(youngest or favourite) umuhererezi
(~ care) ubuhinga bwo kurera abana
(~ benefit) imfashanyo y'umuryango
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clatter   ▶ (to fall with a din) guhongoroka
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cloud   ▶ igicu
 (small) agacu
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come   ▶ kūza
(all together suddenly) kurandamuka
(apart) gushānyūka, kudohōka
(to come at) (time) kuzīra
(to do something) guherūka
(to an end) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(be coming to an end) guherengetera
(down) kumanuka, kumanuza, kwūruruka
(from) kwāduka, kwānduruka, gukomoka, guturuka, kuva, kuvuduka
(to greet often when one is in disfavour in hopes of gaining favour) kuneganega
(~ here) ingo, ngo, ngwino
(into sight) kurēnguka
(to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(one by one) gutororokanya, gutēraterana
(out, teeth, hoe handle, etc.) guhongoka
(out, stake) gushingūka
(out of water) kwōgorora
(suddenly) guturūmbuka
(to, after fainting) guhembūka
(to pieces) gusambūka
(to the throne) kwīma ku ngoma
(together, crowd) gukungēra
(unexpectedly) kwubīra
(unsewn) gusonoroka (Sw.)
(untied) kubohōka, gupfunduka
(up of itself) kwimeza
(up out of water) kwiburuka
(up thickly, thus not do well) gusorora
(upon suddenly) kwūbuka
(when called) kurabuka
(with) kuzanana
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complain   ▶ kugambarara, guhigimānga, kwīdodōmba, kwītōnganiriza, kuniha, gutāta
 (continually) kuganyira
(in heart at not having gotten what one wanted) kudundumirwa
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container   ▶ (small covered) ikazānga
(small tin) igikōmbe
 (square tin) idebe (Sw.)
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court house  ▶ (judgement hall) iboma
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crash   ▶ (of something falling) isēnyerana
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cut   ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
 (banana leaves) kugombōra
 (banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
 (chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (crosswise) kugegena
 (down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
 (easily) gutemuka
 (easily, grass) kwāhirika
 (eyes out) kunogora
 (grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
 (grass for use) kwāhira
 (grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
 (hair) kumwa
 (in big chunks) guketagura
 (in even lengths) gucacūra
 (in many pieces) guhimbagura
 (in pieces) gukebagura
 (lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
 (meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
 (neck of animal) gukerera
 (off) gukona
 (off branches) gukōkōra
 (off tail of animal) gukēmūra
 (off top of tree) gukēmūra
 (tree) gukera, gutema, guca
 (trees for building) guhimbura
 (up) gukekagura
 (up into small pieces) gukeka
 (up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
 (trees or sticks) kugegena
 (with one blow) gutemura
 (with sawing motion) gukerera
 (wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
 (wool of sheep) gukēmūra
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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deny   ▶ guhakana, kwīma
 (emphatically) guhebūza, kwīhakana
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din   ▶ (to fall with) guhongoroka
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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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do   ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
 (again) kwongera
 (always) kwāma, guhora
 (anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
 (continually) kwāma, guhora
 (the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
 (even more) kurushiriza
 (first) kubānza, gushūza
 (forcefully) kwīhanukīra
 (habitually) kumēnyera
 (have too much to ~) kurēngerana
 (the impossible) gufyidikīra
 (~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
 (housework) kugora
 (one's duty) gushimika
 (quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
 (quickly and carelessly) kuraha
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
 (a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
 (something alone) kwīgūnga
 (something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
 (something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
 (that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
 (two things at once) kubāngikanya
 (unwillingly) kugoyagoya
 (unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
 (the washing up) kwoza ivyombo
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dominate   ▶ kugaba, guhahaza
 (allow another to ~) guharira
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drift   ▶ (gradual drifting) akayōmbekēre
 (to gradually drift off to sleep while thinking) kuyāmīra
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drink   ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
 (sweet banana) umutobe
 (soft ~) ifanta
 (to ~) kunywa
 (to ~, of king) gukamagura
 (animals, go to ~) gushōka
 (after a meal) kwīshōza
 (all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
 (to cease to ~) guhodoka
 (from a reed) gusōma
 (from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
 (in) kubōmba
 (to lead animals to ~) gushōra
 (to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
 (to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
 (to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba
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drop   ▶ (of liquid) ima, itōnyānga, igitōnyānga
 (to ~) gusekura
 (to ~ fruit, tree) guhunguruka
 (in water or food, vi) kudibuka
 (to let fall ~ by ~) gutōnyāngiriza
 (to let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
 (~ out of something because you know you're in the wrong) kwōnjorora
 (one who keeps dropping things here and there) umusābisābi
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dump   ▶ (all out at once) gucuncubura
 (into something) kurotsa
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eye   ▶ ijīsho
(to close one's eyes) guhumiriza
(to cut ~ out) kunogora
(to fall into, or hurt) gutosekaza
(to get something in) gutosekara
(to make another close his) kwūnamika
(top open) gukanura
(to open ~ of another) guhumūra
(to remove foreign body from ~) gutosōra
(to wash in one's ~) kwīhumūra
(foreign body in) igitotsi
(matter in) ibikaragāshi
('sand', esp. a certain type of conjunctivitis) uburire
('sand' on awakening) ibirashi
(tiny insect in) akanyarira jisho
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fall   ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
 (accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
 (and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
 (and skin oneself) gukungagurika
 (before) kwikubita imbere
 (down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
 (down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
 (down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
 (down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
 (down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
 (down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
 (from high above) guhanantuka
 (from stalk) guhūnguka
 (heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
 (in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
 (in, cause to) gusitura
 (in love) kubēnguka
 (into water or food) kudibuka
 (not fall, rain) gutara
 (to the ground) guhūndagara
 (with) gukorokana
 (with a din) guhongoroka
 (to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
 (to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
 (let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza
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fish   ▶ ifi
 (a big) urufi
 (huge variety) imvuru
 (small kind of) indagara
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framework   ▶ (of house) urukānka
 (of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced) ikoma
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fright   ▶ (to fall down together in) guhindikirana
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frighten   ▶ kudigiriza, gukānga, gutīnyīsha, gutēra ubwōba, kuvyigiriza
 (away with shouting) kwāmira
 (unintentionally) gukangīra
 (to make a loud frightening noise) guturagara
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make fun  ▶ (to ~ of) kunegura, guhema
 (to ~ of by recalling good he has lost) gucurīra
 (to ~ of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (to be made fun of) gutētērwa
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gall   ▶ indurwe
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go   ▶ kugenda, kwigira, kuja
(after) kugīra
(ahead a little) kwūnguruza
(all through a house) kuvōgera
(around) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(around difficulty) kuzunguruka umutego, gukikuza umutego
(around 'Robinhood's barn') gukingitiranya
(aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
(astray) kuzimira
(away secretly) kwīdohōra
(back and forth) kunyura
(back on what he said, make one) kurahuruza
(backward) kwītūtānya, kugēnda umugōngo
(backward inadvertently) gufūtānya
(beyond) kurēnga
(by car) kugēnda n'umuduga
(by boat) kugēnda n'ubwato
(by land rather than cross river or lake) guca i musozi
(carefully not knowing path) kwātīra
(elsewhere) kugerēra
 (everywhere) gukwiragirana, guhetūra
(far away) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(for food) gusuma
(forward) gutēra imbere
(forward little by little) kwūngururuza, kwūnguruza
(forward steadily) kuramiriza
(for a walk) kugēndagēnda
(from one thing to another) kurārāta
(from place to place) kunyuragiza, kuyugayuga
(gaily) kudayadaya
(here and there, child) kurērēta
(home) gutāha, kuganūka
(home from work) kugodoka
(home, of wife when angry) kugēnda buje
(into danger without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(let's go!) hoji, hogi, tugende
(naked) gufurama, kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa
(on tiptoe) kuyōmbōka
(out, fire, light) kuzima
(out to a certain place) gusokoroka
(outside) gusohoka
(to prepare to go) kwīkora
(quietly) kuyōmbōka
(rapidly) gukinagira
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(right in path, animal) gutōta
(round) gukikuza
(secretly because of fear) kwōmba
(seperate ways) gutāna
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(slowly, of convalescent) kwāndāra
(softly) kuyōmbōka
(steadily forward) kuramiriza
(stealthily) kunyobanyoba, kwiyombayomba, kuyombayomba
(straight forward) gutūmbereza
(through a narrow pass) kunyegētera
(to bed) kuryāma
(to chief or superior for something) kwītwāra, gushengera, gushengerera
(to find food) gusuma
(to help another in his work) gusāsīra
 (to meal uninvited) kwigemagema
(to meet) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together to produce food for guests) gutērēra
(together to see, crowd) gukōndōrera
(toward) kurora, kwerekera, kwerekeza
(uncertain of the way) guhushagirika
(uncertainly) kudāguza
(up, as hill) kudūga
(up in smoke) gupfūnduka
(walking, esp. at night) kwīkanya
(to wedding) gutāha ubukwe
(well, to cause to ~) kugēnza
(with) kwāmbukana, kujāna
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good   ▶ (the good) icīza
(adj.) -īza, nyāwo, nyāyo, nyāco etc.
(noun) inēza
(economy) icemezo co gufata ibintu
(to be good ostensibly but not really) kwīyorobeka
(to become good after being bad) gufūtānuka
(to make good) kuryōsha
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grass   ▶ ivyātsi, ubwātsi
 (kind poisonous to cows) inzūzi
 (pieces of a certain kind used for weaving) agatēte
 (tall) ubwātsi
 (in water) igikāngaga
 (~ knife) umupānga
 (to cut) gukera, gukerera, gutema
 (to cut for use) kwāhira
 (to dig out rapidly) gusūriranya
 (to gather up that which has been spread out) gusasūra
 (to leave grass growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (to spread) gusasa
 (to spread around something, as coffee) gusasira
 (to weed out quickly) kurandagura
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grow   ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
 (after cutting) kunaga
 (larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
 (let hair ~ long) gutongoza
 (old) gutāma
 (rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
 (smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
 (to cause to grow) gukuza
 (to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
 (to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (very fast, child) kugurugūmba
 (well) kubaduka
 (child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya
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heap   ▶ ikirūndo
 (small heap of products on market) umufungo
 (to make a) kurūnda
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help   ▶ gufasha
 (another get up) kuvyūra
 (exclamation: help please!) ntabāra
(in battle) gutabāra
 (in trouble or grief) kwīrūra
 (one another) gufatanya
(one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
 (one in trouble) kwēmanga
 (oneself even if you do not know how to do the thing) kwīgereza
 (oneself, relieve one's own need) kwīkenūra
 (overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
 (secretly someone to escape by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
 (sick person walk) kwāndāza
 (to call for ~) kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (~ to carry) gutwāza
 (to cry out for) kuborōga
 (to go to ~ another in his work) gusāsira
 (without expectation of reward) gutabāra
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hold   ▶ gufata
 (fast to) kugumiriza
 (from falling) gusama
 (hard feelings) kwīdōga
 (in place) kugumya
 (lightly) kwānjānjwa
 (out) kubangira
 (out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
 (of rope, vi) kudādira
 (strongly) gushimika
 (take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
 (to) kwūmira
 (up) gushigirika
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hole   ▶ (deep ~ in ground in grassy place) igihuma
 (for planting beans) ibāngo
 (in paper, cloth, container) intoboro, icehere
 (in ground) ikuzimu, i kuzimu, ikinogo, icōbo, urwōbo, igishimu
 (small ones like rats make) umwōbo, umwēnge
 (to get a ~ in) gutoboka
 (to ahve ~ from insects) kunyengetērwa
 (to make ~) kunyengetēra
 (to make ~ in stone) gukorogoshora
 (to make a small ~ for setting out tree or plant) gukoba
 (to tear a big ~, vi) kumānyuka
 (to tie up ~ in sack) gutubika
 (to pierce a ~) gutobora
 (thing with ~ in it) umwēnge
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horn   ▶ (musical) inzamba
 (of animal) ihēmbe
 (small, used for tobacco) inconco, iconco
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 (maze of horns) inka zishashe amahēmbe
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house   ▶ inzu
 (in ruins) umusaka
 (little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
 (of king) ingoro
 (temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
 (small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
 (place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
 (to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
 (to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
 (to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
 (to put roof on) gusakāra
 (to repair a) gusanura
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improve   ▶ (another's work) guhīngūra
 (physically or otherwise) kwōroherwa
 (to begin to feel better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (soil) gutabira
 (taste of food) kuryosha
 (a technique) guteza imbere
 (ubuhinga)
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inflate   ▶ (to blow air into, ball) guhaga
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insect   ▶ igikōko, agakōko
 (many small) ubukōko
 (ant, flying, edible) iswa
 (ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (ant, soldier) uburima
 (ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
 (ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
 (ant, white) umuswa
 (ant hill, white) umugina
 (bedbug) igiheri, igihere
 (bee) uruyūki
 (bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
 (bug) agasīmba
 (bumblebee) impingwe
 (butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
 (centipede, small) inyōngōri
 (chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (cicada) ijeri
 (cockroach) inyēnzi
 (fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
 (fly, house) isāzi
 (flea) imbaragasa
 (gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
 (grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
 (jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (locust) uruyige
 (louse) inda
 (mosquito) umubu
 (moth) ikinyungunyungu
 (tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
 (tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
 (tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
 (wasp) ivūbi
 (to sting or bite) gusurira
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job   ▶ akazi
 (small job) ikiraka
 (to do a sloppy ~) kurēngagiza
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judgement   ▶ urubānza, ingīngo, intāhe, itēka
 (~ hall) iboma
 (to have ~) guhinyura
 (to not accept ~ rendered) gutagara
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loin cloth  ▶ umukenyero
(small ~) agahūzu
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lorry   ▶ ikamyo
(small ~) agakamyo
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lost   ▶ (being) ubuzimire
 (to be) guhuba, kujurajura, gutakara, kuzimira
 (to become really lost and wander about) kuzimagirika
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love   ▶ urukūndo
 (strong, everlasting) akaramata
 (end of loving another) agahararo
 (one who loves) umukūnzi
(to fall in ~) kubēnguka
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make   ▶ kugira, kurema
 (afraid) gutēra ubwōba
 (a bed) gusāsa
 (blunt) gufyīta
 (bread) gucūmba
 (clean) guhumānura
 (clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
 (crooked) kugoreka
 (drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
 (empty) kugaragaza
 (equal in length or height) kurēsha
 (excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
 (face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
 (firm) kugumya
 (fun of) kunegura
 (fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
 (good) kuryōsha
 (hedge) kuzitira
 (hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
 (laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
 (level) gusēna
 (narrow) kwāza
 (nest) kwārika
 (noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
 (oneself) kwīgīra
 (others like you) kwīkūndiriza
 (peace) kubangūranya
 (perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
 (place) kubisa
 (place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
 (restitution) kuriha
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (sign) kugereraniriza
 (smooth) gusēna
 (straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (tired) kurusha
 (vow) gushīnga
 (watering place) kugomera
 (white) kwēza
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marketplace   ▶ isoko
 (small) akaguriro
 (~ for one specific product) iguriro
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mat   ▶ (grass mat to sit on) umusēzero
 (made of slipt papyrus) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
 (sleeping) ikirago
 (small) umukeka
 (very nice, used by king or chief) indāva
 (worn-out) umusāmbi
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nightfall   ▶ (to be overtaken by) kwīrīra
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opening   ▶ (small, in an enclosure) icānzo
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over-ripe   ▶ (to be ~ by nightfall) kwīrīra
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package   ▶ uruboho, umuzigo
 (of goods) ipaki
(small) itu
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pass   ▶ guhita
 (allow to) kubisa
 (allow another to) kubisiriza
 (between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
 (by, but not meet) guhubana
 (gas) gusurira
 (out gifts) kugaba
 (out of sight) kurēngāna
 (over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
 (the night) kurāra
(through) guca
 (to bring to ~) gucimbataza
 (to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
 (to bring in passing) guhitana
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plant   ▶ imbuto, ikimera, ibitērwa
(small) urugāmba
 (small trees that start up around big one) umuvyāro
 (stunted) ikirūmbirane
(young for transplanting) ingemwe
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planting   ▶ (time of, small grains) ibiba
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pot   ▶ (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria
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rain   ▶ imvura
 (light, fine) urunyanyāga
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early rains) agatāsi
 (very heavy) isegenya
 (very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
 (wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (to ~) kugwa
 (with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
 (to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
 (early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
 (heavily) guhonoka
 (a long time without stopping) kujobanya
 (on) kuvubira
 (softly) kunyanyāga
 (to threaten to) gukuba
 (to fall continuously) gushāna
 (to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
 (to go for shelter in) kwūgama
 (to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka
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rains   ▶ (to be late, not fall) gutara
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early) agatāsi
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receive   ▶ (to) kwābīra, kwākīra, kurōnka
 (back security) kugwatūra
 (from someone's hands) kwēnda
 (in one's hands) kwābīra
 (loan and then not pay back) guherana
 (more) kurushiriza
 (physically) gutēga
(presents) gushikirwa
 (something as a gift or loan and repay reluctantly and late) guhasha
 (place to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
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release   ▶ kurekura
 (partially) gutenzūra
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respond   ▶ kwīshura
(when called) kwītaba
(to answer to superior when called) kurēnguka
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right   ▶ (hand, side) uburyo, ukuryo, iburyo
(~ arm) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuboko kw'ukuryo
(all right) niko, ni ko, n'ūko, sawa
 (right now) non'aha, ubu nyene
(to be) kugororoka
(to become ~ side up) kwūburuka
(to turn ~ side up) kwūburura, gucurūra
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rwiza rw'impuzu
(to put ~) gutūngānya
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rug   ▶ (small) umukeka
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season   ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
 (beginning of dry ~) impēshi
 (~ of early rains) agatasi
 (time for planting small seeds) ibiba
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seed   ▶ imbuto, urutete
 (to plant small) kubiba
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side   ▶ (of person) urubavu
 (not of person) uruhānde
 (on this ~) hīno
 (on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
 (on that ~) hīyo
 (on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
 (on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
 (on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
 (to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
 (to lay someone on his) gukīkira
 (to lie on one's ~) gucurama
 (to put to one ~) guherereza
 (to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura
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skin   ▶ uruhu, urukoba, urusāto
 (for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (worn by king or great chief) inyambarabāmi
 (scaly) ibikaragāshi
 (to ~) kumyōra, gukungura
 (to fall and ~ oneself) gukungagura, gukunguka
 (to remove ~ from drying) kubāmbūra
 (to stretch out to dry by pegging) kubāmba
 (to have something penetrate the) gusesērwa
 (crack in foot) ikivutu
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skinned   ▶ (to be ~ by a blow) kuramuka
 (to be ~ by falling) gukunguka
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slander   ▶ igitutsi
 (to ~) gucōkōra, gukera, gusiba, gutuka
 (a superior unintentionally, but he believes it intentional) kurengwa
 (to say a lot of slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
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sleep   ▶ itiro
 (to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
 (to fall asleep) gusinzīra
 (to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
 (to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
 (sitting up) gutūringiga
 (to talk in one's) kurāzirana
 (to walk in one's) kurandamuka
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sleepy   ▶ (to be) guhunikira, guhūnyiza
 (to be so ~ one falls over and stays there) gufurama
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small   ▶ –to, –toya, –tonya, –toto
 (grow smaller) gutūba
 (to make smaller) gutūvya
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space   ▶ umwānya, ikibānza
 (open) agahīnga
 (a small space) akanya
 (cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
 (to take up ~) gutabarara
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sparrow   ▶ (smallsome blue, some red) ifundi
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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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spear   ▶ icumu
 (stuck in person) urubāngo
 (spears on big reeds and grasses) umusokoro
 (to fall on ~ and be injured) gushōka
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spend   ▶ (all day) kwīrirwa
 (all night without sleeping) gukēsha
 (the night) kurāra
 (the night alone) kwīrāza
(time) kumara
 (time together) kumarana
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stalk   ▶ (of bananas) igitoki
 (of sorghum) igishakshaka
(to fall from) guhūnguka
 (to pluck from) kumyōza
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steal   ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
 (from each other) kwībana
 (habitually) guhīmbira
 (to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa
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stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
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surround   ▶ kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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surrounding wall  ▶ uruzitiro
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tall   ▶ –rē-re, muremure etc.
(or big thing, esp. person) ingāma
(e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
(and fat) ikigwīnyīra
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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thin   ▶ -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
 (to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
 (to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
 (to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
 (to get very) kugōgōra
 (to ~ out plants) kwānkanya
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time   ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
 (another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
 (the very last) ubuherūka
 (of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
 (to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
 (to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
 (to spend ~ together) kumarana
 (to waste one's ~) gukinanga
 (how many ~) kangahe?
 (many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi
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tin   ▶ (small box) umukebe
(can) igikopo
(cake ~) iforoma y'igato
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tobacco   ▶ itābi
 (small horn used for) inconco, iconco
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trample   ▶ guhonyanga, guhonyora, guhonyagura, gusiribānga, gukāndagira
 (unintentionally) gufyāta
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tree   ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane
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truck   ▶ ikamyo
(small ~) agakamyo
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us   ▶ twebwe, tweho
 (and us, we) nātwe
(both of us) twempi
(all of us) twese
(like us) nkātwe
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utensil   ▶ (basin) umubēhe, ikibēhe
 (bowl) ibakure
 (clay cooking pot) inkono, inaga, impānge
 (tall clay water pot) umubīndi
 (cooking) icōmbo
 (small covered container) ikazānga
 (small pot girls put butter in) ikebano, urwāvya
 (spoon) ikiyīko
 (very large pot) intāngo
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village   ▶ umuhana (used usually in plural)
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wall   ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, uruhome
(inside house) urusīka, igisīka
(surrounding) uruzitiro
 (to ~) kuzitira
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water   ▶ amazi
 (rapidly flowing) umupfūnda
 (anything that falls in) ikirohe
 (dirt in) ikirohe
 (large deep place of) icōgo
 (thing for drawing) ikivōmesho
 (to ~ plants) gusukira, kuvōmera
 (to draw, go for) kuvōma
 (to be covered with) kurengerwa
 (to be in) kubōmbeka
 (to filter ~) kuyōra amazi
(to flow softly, quietly) kuyōmbekēra
 (to go in, swim) kwōga
 (to have dirt in) gutobeka
 (to pour on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (to put into) kurobeza
 (to remove foreign article) gutosōra
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waterfall   ▶ isūmo
 (to fall in cascade) gusūma
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whore   ▶ marāya, indaya (Sw.)
(woman who has left many husbands and finally gone and built at parent's home) igisubiramuhira
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woman   ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
 (married ~) umugore
 (lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
 (elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
 (elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira
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young   ▶ –to, -tō-to, –toya, –tonya
 (of animal) umwāna, icāna, umukāngara
 (of small animal) imbūnda
 (plants for transplanting) ingemwe
 (girl, unmarried) inkumi
(man, unmarried) umusore
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basketball   ▶ (ball) umupira wa basketi
(game) umukino wa basketi, umukino w'amaboko
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football   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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soccer   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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sports bag  ▶ ishakoshi
 (small) agashakoshi
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cross   ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
 (to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
 (to make ~) gushavuza
 (to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
 (to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
 (to ~ road) kwambuka
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answer   ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
 (to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
 (~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
 (delay to) kurēngagiza
 (to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (to superior when called) kurēnguka
 (when called) kwītaba
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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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ironic   ▶ (to be ~) guhema
 (to speak ironically) kurtyekeza
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lie   ▶ (to ~ about waiting on someone) kugangarara
 (to ~ around ill long time) kuvūnda
 (to ~ down) kuryāma
 (to ~ down on the back) kugarama
 (to ~ fallow) gusiba
 (to ~ in wait for) kuryāmira, kugēnza
 (to ~ on one's face) kwūbika inda
 (to ~ on one's side) gucurama
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place   ▶ (to) gushira
(to ~ here and there) gukwīragiza
 (in order) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
 (facing each other) kurorānya
 (objects together in irregular fashion, end for end) gucurikiranya
 (obliquely) guhirika, gukīkama
 (be placed obliquely) gukīka
 (on) gushikiriza
 (one thing above another) kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (oneself) guherēra
(somewhere) gushiraho
(two things side by side, parallel) kubāngikanya
 (to be placed wrong end to) gucurama
 (to give place to each other) kubisīkanya
 (to hold in) kugumya
 (to leave a) gushingūka
 (to make) kubisa
 (to make for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (to put a thing in its certain ~) gutereka
 (to remain in ~ of another) gusigarira
 (to stand in a certain ~ thus making ~ for another) kubisiriza
 (to take the ~ of another) kwākīra
 (to take the ~ of another watching) kubangūra
 (to go from ~ to ~) kuyugayuga
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plant   ▶ (to ~) gutēra
 (to ~ broadcast) kumījīra
 (first) gushūza
 (small seeds) kubiba
 (to be loaded with fruits or grain) gutēngerera
 (to be lush and green) gutotahara
 (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
 (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
 (to help ~, throw beans in soil as other hoes) gutēragira
 (to put forth branches) gushamika
 (to put out big spreading branches) gusagarara, gutabarara
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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