Kirundi Study & Dictionary

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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umupira wa basket (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ basketball

basket ▶

basketball ▶ (ball) umupira wa basketi
(game) umukino wa basketi, umukino w'amaboko

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ikibuga ca basket phr ▶ basketball field

igiseke (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tall, pointed basket

take ▶ gufata, gucakīra, guhitana
(another's place in watching) kubangūra
(apart what has been stuck together) kumatūra
(authority on oneself) kurēngera
(away) gukūra, gushingūra, gutwāra
(away from) kwāka, kunyaga
(away completely) gukōmbōra, gutōngōra
(away with) kuvāna
(by force) kunyaga
(care of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka
(care of, very good) kubukabuka
(case to chief or court) kubūranya
(case to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
(child in arms) kurera, gukīkira
(council together) guhūza ināma
(cows uphill) kurārūra
(down) kumanura
(down tent) gupāngūra
(everything for oneself) kwīgūngirako
(far away) kwāmbukana
(firm hold of) kubāngiriza
(from another) kwākīra
(from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
(here, take this) enda
(hold of) gufata
(hold of person) gusūmira, gushorerakw amaboko
(home) gutāhāna
(home object or cows after being away long time) kugishūra
(in one's arms) kugūmbīra, gukīkira
(mouthful) gutamira
(oath) kurahīra
(off clothes) kwīyambura
(off lid of basket) kurumūra
(out) gusokōra
(out of) gukūra, gusokorora, kugobōtora
(out of hole in ground what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
(outside) gusohora
(picture) gucapura (Sw.)
(place of another) kwākīra
(quickly) gutebūkana
(someone aside) kwīkebana
(someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
(something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
(to put away) kwāndūra
(to someone) gushīra
(to someone where he is) gusānza
(turns) kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, kuja imbu, gukūranwa
(up space) gutabarara
(walk) kugēndagēnda
(wife) kwābīra
(wife, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
(with) kujāna

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kwūbika (-ūbitse) v ▶ to turn upside down, to be upside down (esp. of basket)

border ▶ (boundery) umupaka
(of basket) umusōzo

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wreath ▶ urugori
(such as put around basket with gift) umwīshwa

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gusarura (-saruye) v ▶ to put design on pot, basket

inkēnga (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ basket (tall)

agasīmbo (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small basket with tall pointed top

igisāmba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket

igisīmbo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ basket with tall pointed top

kugemānya (-gemānije) v ▶ to put things in basket to take to another

igisāngāza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket

cover ▶ (to ~) gupfuka, gufuka
(to ~ oneself) kwīpfuka
(to ~ dish, etc.) gupfūndikira
(to ~ a basket) kurumya
(mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(well) gutwikīra
(to take ~ from rain) kwūgama

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cover ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko

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icībo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ flat, small basket

kurumya (-rumye) v ▶ to close, cover (as basket)

remove ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
(clothing) kwāmbūra
(completely) gutōngōra
(dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
(enchantment) kurogōra
(everything from burning house) gusahura
(foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
(from cross) kubāmbūra
(from fire or oven) kwōkōra
(from hiding) guhishūra
(from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
(grass from house) gukākura
(lid of basket) kurumūra
(load from head) gutūra
(skin from drying) kubāmbūra
(sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
(taboo) kuzirūra
(things) kuyōra
(things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
(thorn or sliver) guhāndūra

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inkōko (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ flat basket with lid

kurumūra (-rumūye) v ▶ to open, take off lid (of basket)

intonga (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ big basket

umusōzo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hem, binding, border (of basket)

ikivūmvu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shallow basket

umwīshwa (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ garland, wreath (such as put around basket with gift)

umutemere (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid (esp. of basket)

lid ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(esp. of basket) umutemere
(to take lid off basket) kurumūra

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akēbo (utw-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. little basket, 2. basketry, wickerwork

igitēbo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ huge basket, woven stretcher, raft

ikigagara (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse

indemano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. created thing, 2. barkcloth garment, 3. nicely made basket, 4. news

umuhiro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ lines or rows on baskets or cloth (e.g. corduroy)

umukino wa basketi phr ▶ basketball

umupira w'amaboko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. basketball, 2. volleyball

urwāmfu (inz-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weeds (of a certain sort, used in basketry)

carry ▶ guterura, gutwāra
(away, as water does) gukubebera
(carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
(for) gutwāza
(in basket, person not sick) kurerura
(on back) guheka
(on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
(on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
(and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma

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lines ▶ (or rows on baskets or cloth, e.g. corduroy) umuhiro

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rows ▶ (on basket, cloth) umuhiro

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