become   ▶ kuba, gucīka, kumēra
 (good again, having been bad) gufutānuka
 (known) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (thin) kudohōka, kugeruka, kwōnda, kwīfūtānya, kuyōka
 (thinner) gufūtānya
 (very thin) kugōgōra, kunohorwa
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kubēnja (-bēnje)     v   ▶ 1. to ripen, 2. become yellow or reddish
gukēcura (-kēcuye)     v   ▶ to become old (woman)
uncover   ▶ gupfukūra, gutwikurura
 (basket) kurumūra
 (to become) gupfunduruka
 (to be) gutwikururwa
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gucobogora (-cobogoye)     v   ▶ 1. to become poor after wealth, 2. to be tired and discouraged
kubēnjūka (-bēnjūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to fade, 2. become pale, yellowish green, 3. to change color
calm   ▶ ubutēkānyi
 (to ~) guhorereza, guhoza, guhwāmika
 (to be) kwītōnda
 (to become) guhora, guhūmura
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guhora (-hoze)     v   ▶ 1. to cool (food or liquid) (vi), 2. to always do, continue, be eternal, 3. to be silent, become calm
kumata (-mase)     v   ▶ 1. to stick together (vi), 2. to adhere, to become attached, 3. cleave to
kwīma (-īmye)     v   ▶ 1. to deny, to refuse to give, to withhold, 2. to become king, to ascend to the throne, 3. to go to male, to copulate (only of female animals)
cheap   ▶ (to be) guhēnduka
 (to become) kuzīmbuka
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clean   ▶ -īza
 (to be) guca
 (to become) guhumānuka
 (to make) gusukura, guhumānura
 (out ear wax) gukurugutura
 (out path) gusibūra
 (sweep) gukubūra
 (up) kwēnzūra
 (up a field) gukāngaza
 (up a place) gukēsha
 (up one's plate completely) gukōmba inkono
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green   ▶ akaātsi gatoto
 (unripe, of certain fruits) –toto
 (to become green, as grass when rains begin) gutōha, gutotahara
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guseba (-sevye)     v   ▶ to become barren (from lack of fertilizer)
gutōha (-tōshe)     v   ▶ to send forth shoots, to become green (as grass when rain begins)
kudoha (-doshe)     v   ▶ to be fat, to become fat
barren   ▶ (to be, person) kugūmbaha
 (plants) kurūmba
 (place) uruharabuga
 (thing, corn, etc.) ikirūmbirane
 (to become from lack of fertilizer) guseba
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colour   ▶ irāngi
 (black) umukata, umufyiri, agafyīri,
 (very) umuvyiro
 (black mud) urushānga
 (blue) ubururu
 (brown) ibihogo
 (brown, light) akagājo, umuyēnzi
 (brownish black cow) ikirāyi
 (gray) -vivi, agahīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
 (green) akātsi gatoto
 (orange) umutugutu
 (red, like mud) agahama
(tan hair, of goats) umufūmbere
 (very white) derere
 (yellow) umuhōndo, umutugutu
 (yellow, dark) ibihogo
 (yellow, light, reddish) umugina
 (to be black) kwīrabura
 (to be white) kwēra
 (to become yellow or reddish, in ripening) kubēnja
 (to colour) kuraba
 (to ~ in) gusiga amabara
 (to change ~, fade) kubēnjūka, kubēngūka
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crumbs   ▶ udukorokera, ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to become ~) kuvūngagurika
 (to ~ easily) kuvūnguka
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hoarse   ▶ (to be) kujwigira
 (to become) gusarara
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yellow   ▶ umuhōndo, umugina, umutugutu
 (dark) ibihogo
 (of egg) umutugutu
 (to become ~) kubēnja
 (to become yellowish) kubēnjūka
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guhūmura (-hūmuye)     v   ▶ 1. to become calm, 2. to recover from fear or anger, 3. to be old but still strong
kumugara (-mugaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be or become weak, 2. to be impotent, 3. to be paralyzed
kunohorwa (-nohowe)     v   ▶ to be greedy for a certain food and want only that, to become thin from worry or work
kwūmūka (-ūmūtse)   v   ▶ to become dry
evening   ▶ (later afternoon) umugorōba
 (early) akagorōba
 (when sun is very low but still visible) ikirēngazūba
 (to be or become ~) kugorōba
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kurambirwa (-rambiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be wearied by long speech or delay, 2. to become impatient, 3. to be bored
kwāmāmara (-āmāmaye)     v   ▶ 1. to become known, 2. to spread everywhere (vi)
kwūbikiza (-ūbikije)   v   ▶ to become dark in daytime (from fog, etc.)
kuzīmbuka (-zīmbutse)   v   ▶ to become cheap
kwūburuka (-ūburutse)   v   ▶ 1. to peel (vi) (skin after a burn), 2. to become right side up
guhamānuka (-hamānutse)     v   ▶ to become clean, pure
guhumānuka (-humānutse)   v   ▶ to become clean, to become pure
gutamānzura (-tamānzuye)   v   ▶ to become light suddenly (early morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse)
gutamānzuka (-tamānzutse)     v   ▶ to become light suddenly (early morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse)
old   ▶ (age) ubukuru, zabukuru
 (man) umutāma
 (person) umusāza
 (woman) umutāmakazi, umukamakare
(to be) kurāmba
 (to be, but still strong) kugwagura, guhūmura
 (to become) gusāza
 (to become, woman) gukēcura
 (to grow) gutāma
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food   ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
 (food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
 (baby ~) umusururu
 (big portion of) irobe
 (and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
 (for a journey) impāmba
 (without salt) ibise
 (one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
 (place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
 (to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
 (to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
 (to burn, vi) kuzigira
 (to dish up) kwārura
 (to eat, to serve) gufungura
 (to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
 (to go to find ~) gusuma
 (to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
 (to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
 (to serve) gufungura
 (to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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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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lost   ▶ (being) ubuzimire
 (to be) guhuba, kujurajura, gutakara, kuzimira
 (to become really lost and wander about) kuzimagirika
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poor   ▶ (man) nyarucari
(person) umufafara, umufafare, umwōro
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungaboro
(to be) gukena
(to become ~ after wealth) gucobogora
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pure   ▶ (esp. beer undiluted with water) –novu
 (to be) guca, kwēra
 (to become) guhumānuka
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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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gusara (-saze)     v   ▶ to become crazy, foolish, to lose reason
known   ▶ (to be) guhinyuka
 (to be well ~) kumenyēkana, kurangiranwa
 (to become) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (to be made) kwāndagara, kwāndagaza
 (to make) kwērura, gukwīza, kumenyēsha
(to make) gukwīragiza, kurānga, guserura, kwāngaza, kwātura, guhishūra, kwāmāmaza
 (well ~ person or thing) ururangiranwe, ikirangiranwe
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widow   ▶ umupfākazi
 (disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (to be, of chief, etc.) gutūmbūra
 (to become) gupfākara
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gukwīra (-kwīye)     v   ▶ 1. to be necessary, 2. be enough, to suffice, 3. to ought, 4. to be worthy, 5. to suit, 6. to be correct, 7. to become known everywhere, spread abroad (vi)
kurwāza (-rwāje)     v   ▶ 1. to nurse an invalid, 2. to make sick, to become ill
rutted   ▶ (to become ~, or pitted from rain) gushānyūka
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thinner   ▶ (to become) gufūtānya, kwīfūtānya
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worn out  ▶ (clothes) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(mat) umusāmbi
(thing) akāhebwe, umushiro
(to be, of soil no longer productive) gutītūka
(to become) gusāza, gucobogora, gutama
(to repair repeatedly something absolutely ~) gusanasana
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guhishūka (-hishūtse)     v   ▶ to become known, be revealed
kuranduka (-randutse)     v   ▶ 1. to die, perish, 2. to become uprooted
gufūtānuka (-fūtānutse)     v   ▶ to become good again (having been bad)
gupfunduka (-pfundutse)     v   ▶ to open, become untied
gupfunyuka (-pfunyutse)     v   ▶ to become unwrinkled
unwrinkled   ▶ (to become) gupfunyūka
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guhindikirana (-hindikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another
kuvūngagurika (-vūngaguritse)   v   ▶ to become crumbs
dark   ▶ (darkness) umwījima, umwīza
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be) kwīrabura, gucūra umwiza
 (to become) kwīra
 (to become in daytime, fog, etc.) kwūbikiza
 (to come from ~ into light) kwāndagara
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dawn   ▶ amacāca, umutwēnzi, umuseke, ubuca
(night is almost over, about to dawn) ijoro rishira ubuca
(when ~ broke) umutwēnzi ukitse
(to ~) guca, gutambika
(to become light, very early just as darkness ends) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
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dry   ▶ (vi) kwūma,
 (vt) kwūmūtsa, kwūmya
 (in sun or near fire) kumūkishirīza
 (to be) kugaduka
 (to become) gukanyuruka, kwūmūka
 (to become too ~ while cooking) kuyēnga
 (to put food in sun to ~) gukavya
 (to put near fire to ~) gutara
 (up) kugaduka, kugangara, gukaba, gukama, gukamya
 (up and be stiff, clothes or food) gutetera
 (up, breasts) gucūka
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fat   ▶ itōto
 (meat) ibinure
 (to be) kudoha, kuvyibuha
 (to be, child) gushisha
 (to be, meat) kunura
 (to become) kudoha, kuvyibuha
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ill   ▶ (to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
 (often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
 (to become ~ one after another) guhindikirana
 (to lie around ~ long time) kuvūnda
 (see also under 'sick')
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king   ▶ umwāmi
 (entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
 (house of) ingoro
 (pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
 (to become) kwīma
 (to die) gutānga
 (to make) kwīmika
 (to sit) kuvyāgira
 (to speak evil of ~) kurogota
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light   ▶ (to ~ fire, lamp) gucāna, kudomeka, gukongereza, kwātsa
(the path, esp. with torch) kumurika
(to become ~ suddenly, early in morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
(to come to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(to put out) kuzimya
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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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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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gucīka (-cītse)     v   ▶ 1. to break (vi), 2. to tear (vi), 3. to melt (vi), 4. to become, 5. to escape
kuba (-baye)     v   ▶ 1. to be, 2. to become, 3. to live
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kumera (-meze)     v   ▶ 1. to be such as, 2. to be found so, 3. to become, 4. to be in a certain state, 5. to germinate, to sprout
dirty   ▶ –bi
 (to be) guhumāna, gucafura
(to be very) gushisha
 (to become, get) kwāndura
 (~ oil) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini
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late   ▶ (to be) gucerērwa, guteba, gukerērwa, gutinda
 (slightly) gutebagana
 (of rains) gutara
 (to become, in day) kwīra
 (to cause to be) gutevya, gusīvya
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moldy   ▶ (to become, esp. manioc or grass) kuvūnda
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reddish   ▶ umugina, urugina
(to become, fruits) kubēnja
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ripen   ▶ kwēra
 (become yellow or reddish) kubēnja
 (for certain fruites, esp. bananas) gusha
 (of fruits) kurunguriza
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unstop   ▶ kuzibūra
 (become unstopped) kuzibūka
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 become found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
  ▶ Introduction
lesson 98  ▶ Prepositional Form of Verb
 become found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 26  ▶ Special Verb Endings
chapter 27  ▶ Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
chapter 58  ▶ Possessive Adjectives made into Pronouns
 become found in: Imyibutsa (proverbs)
Umwibutsa 38  ▶ Ukura utabaza ugasaza utamenye....