Kirundi Study & Dictionary

because ▶ kuko
(~ of) kubwa, kubera
(~ of that) niyo mpamvu

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chase ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
(away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
(away because of hatred) gutuza
(away evil spirits) gusēnda
(flies off cows) kuzīnga
(hunt) guhīga
(others out of house) guturumbura
(out quickly) guhasha

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leave ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
(behind) gusiga
(country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(country because of famine) gusuhūka
(grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
(group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
(inheritance) kuraga
(intention or place) gucungūra
(open) kurāngāza
(out) guhaza
(over) gusigaza
(place) gushingūka
(something with someone) kubītsa
(with) gusigarana

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kubera conj ▶ because
kuber'iki because of what?, why?

guhebera (-hebeye) v ▶ to forsake at, for, because of

kuboherwa (-bohewe) v ▶ to be tied at, because of

gusuhūka (-suhūtse) v ▶ to emigrate, leave one's country because of famine

kujījūka (-jījūtse) v ▶ 1. to leave, quit altogether because a thing is too difficult (e.g. itōngo), 2. to know for certain

punished ▶ (to be ~ because of a certain thing, or for someone else's wrong) kuzira

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guhanurira (-hanuriye) v ▶ to admonish at, for, because of

guterūrira (-terūriye) v ▶ to lift up at, for, because of

disgusted ▶ (to be, because of frequency) kudunduhirwa

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kurandurira (-randuriye) v ▶ to pull out at, for, because of

blur ▶ (seeing one indistinctly because he went too fast) rurabwe

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fear ▶ ubwōba
(great) agatēngo
(of losing position) igihababu
(~ to hurt another because you love him) impuhwe
(thing or person stricken with ~) igihūmura
(to act or go secretly because of ~) kwōmba
(to jump with ~, in heart) guhahama
(to shout in sudden ~) gutura ubuku

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feet ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
(to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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kwōmba (-ōmvye) v ▶ to act or go secretly because of fear

kubera iki phr ▶ why?, because of what?

gusyēgenya (-syēgenye) v ▶ 1. to scrape feet on floor (esp. because of itching), 2. to kick violently (child)

heard ▶ (to be ~ plainly) kwūmvīkana
(to speak so that one is heard but not understood, because of distance) guhwirima, guhihima

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mercy ▶ imbabazi, ikigōngwe
(fear to harm another because you love him) impuhwe

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niyo mpamvu phr ▶ because of that, hence

gukuba (-kuvye) v ▶ 1. to fold, roll up, 2. to threaten to rain, 3. turn back, to have to return home because of bad news

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

kurwāzwa (-rwāje) v ▶ to be nursed, to be sick because of

famine ▶ ikigoyi, amapfa, ikiza, inzara
(to leave one's country because of) gusuhūka
(to return after) gusuhūruka

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return ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
(other than where speaker is) gusubira
(vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
(from far away) guhabūka
(from hunting) guhīgūka
(from running away) guhīngūra
(from war) gutabāruka
(home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
(to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
(to fail to) kugīrīra
(to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
(to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
(with) kugarukana
(person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
(an investment ~) umwimbu

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scrape ▶ guhara, guharura
(feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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seeing ▶ (face to face) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
(~ one indistinctly because he went to fast) rurabwe

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guhanira (-haniye) v ▶ to punish at, for, because of

guhanirwa (-haniwe) v ▶ to be punished at, for, because of

kunēnera (-nēneye) v ▶ to scorn at, for, because of

kurakira (-rakiye) v ▶ to be angry at, because of

kurēgera (-rēgeye) v ▶ to accuse of, before, because of

country ▶ igihugu, intāra
(foreign) ihānga
(to leave one's ~ because of famine) gusuhūka
(to return after famine) gusuhūkuruka

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rurabwe ▶ seeing one indistinctly because he went too fast

impuhwe (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ mercy (actually the fear to hurt another because you love or pity him)

Usumbura n ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili

gukubitira (-kubitiye) v ▶ to beat at, for, because of

gukōkōrera (-kōkōreye) v ▶ to strip off leaves for, because of

gukōndōka (-kōndōtse) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you

kuyugayuga (-yugayuze) v ▶ to go from place to place to sit (because of fear, or because others speak evil of you), sit fidgeting

uncertain ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
(to be, of what to do) kuzāzānirwa
(to be, of what a person is, to go carefully because one does not know the path well) guhwihwisha
(to go ~ of the way) guhushagirika

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kuber'iki phr ▶ why?, because of what?

guhwihwisha (-hwihwishe) v ▶ 1. to not be certain who a person is, 2. to go carefully because you don't know the path well

gushavurira (-shavuriye) v ▶ to be cross at, because of

kudunduhirwa (-dunduhiwe) v ▶ 1. to be 'fed up' with something, 2. to be disgusted with something because of its frequency

kuronderera (-rondereye) v ▶ to look for at, for, because of

kwūhagirira (-ūhagiriye) v ▶ to bathe for, because of

confidence ▶ icīzigiro
(fearlessness because one knows he is right) ubushizi bw'amanga
(to have ~ in) kwīzigira

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gushungumirwa (-shungumiwe) v ▶ to be angry because of accusation

guhindukiriza (-hindukirije) v ▶ to turn toward, turn back because of

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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sit ▶ kwīcara
(to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
(of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
(together talking for a long time) gutūrika
(to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
(place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero

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stop ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
(vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
(diarrhea) gufutīsha
(quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
(~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
(a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
(up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka

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wait ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
(for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
(for another a long time) kugungarara
(for someone expected) gutegereza
(opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
(the right moment) guhēngēra
(wait!) hīnge!
(waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo

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kurīra (-rīriye) v ▶ to eat at, in, because of

kuzira (-zize) v ▶ 1. to be forbidden, taboo, to refuse to eat, to despise, 2. to be punished for someone else's wrong doing, to suffer or be punished because of a certain thing, 3. to avenge wrong done to one's family

kuziza (-zize) v ▶ to forbid (because you don't want him to get along well), to harm or kill because of revenge

crowd ▶ urugāmba, ishengero
(esp. people running) igugu
(mixed ~ of people) amakūngu
(one who keeps ~ back) umukumirizi
(to ~) kubānda, kubāndana
(to go together to see something) gushwabāduka
(out: to not grow because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
(together) kurūndāna, kwegerana, kuvurungana
(together, people sitting) gusegenya, gusegenyeza

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kubwa ▶ 1. according to, 2. on account of, 3. because of, 4. for the sake of

kuzizwa (-zijijwe) v ▶ to be mistreated because of

gutīrira (-tīriye) v ▶ to borrow for, because of

itching ▶ uburyi, ubusasāte
(to scrape feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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umugumo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others

kwītirira (-ītiririye) v ▶ to name because of, in memory of

kwōnjorora (-ōnjoroye) v ▶ 1. to leave abruptly, 2. stop talking abruptly though others continue, 3. to drop out of something because you know you're in the wrong

indistinctly ▶ (seeing one ~ because he went too fast) rurabwe

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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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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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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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wrong ▶ (to be ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to be ~ end to) gucurika
(to be placed ~ end to) gucurama
(to drop out of something because you know you're in the ~) kwōnjorora
(to try to hinder from doing ~) guhōyahōya

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agatēngo 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) trembling (because of fear), great fear

gucikira (-cikiye) v ▶ to move to another chieftanship, to move away or escape (because of famine for example)

gutuza (-tujije) v ▶ to chase away (because of hatred)

kugisha (-gishije) v ▶ 1. to take to greener pastures, 2. to increase, multiply (because of having fed well) (vi)

kuko conj ▶ because

kuzīnga (-zīnze) v ▶ 1. to fold, roll up, 2. to chase flies off cows, 3. to not grow (because of too many seeds)

ubushizi bw'amanga 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ fearlessness (because one knows he is right)

umugoyigoyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weak person (because of illness, etc.)

angry ▶ (to be) kuraka, kurakara, gupfūhagushangashirwa
(to be very) kujīngitwa
(because of accusation) gushungumirwa
(to suddenly get ~, when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka

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fearlessness ▶ (because one knows he is right) ubushizi bw'amanga

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harm ▶ (because of revenge) kuziza
(in order to avenge) guhōra
(to desire to ~ another without reason) gukānkamwa
(to prevent one from harming another) kuzina

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kill ▶ (to) kwīca, kwongeranya
(because of revenge) kuziza
(oneself) kwīyīca, kwīgaragura, kwīyahura

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multiply ▶ (vi) kugwīra, gusagāra
(vt) kugwīza, gucimbataza, kwūngura
(because of having fed well, cows) kugisha
(rapidly, as insects) kujagata
(rapidly) kurōndōka
(as seeds, cows, etc.) kurondōra

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suffer ▶ kubabara, gucumukura
(because of certain thing) kuzira
(much) gusinzikara
(pain without complaint) kwīyumānganya
(to cause to) kubabaza, gusinzikaza

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trembling ▶ agashītsi, igishītsi
(because of fear) agatēngo

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because found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

lesson 1 ▶ Class 1 umu–, aba–

lesson 11 ▶ Class 3 in–, in– (continued)

lesson 13 ▶ Class 4 iki–, ibi–

lesson 25 ▶ Prefixless Present Tense

lesson 27 ▶ Class 8 ubu–, ama–

lesson 29 ▶ Future Tense

lesson 31 ▶ Negative of Future

lesson 32 ▶ Class 9 uku–, ama–