beg   ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
 (continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
 (earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
 (for beer) kuvūmba
 (habitually) gusegerereza
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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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gusēga (-sēze)     v   ▶ to beg
gusabana (-sabanye)     v   ▶ to beg each other
gusegerereza (-segerereje)     v   ▶ to beg habitually
gukōra (-kōye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg
ibōbo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ beseeching
gukoma ibōbo to beg earnestly
kuvūmba (-vūmvye)   v   ▶ to go where folks are drinking in hopes of getting some, to beg (for beer)
gukōza (-kōjeje)   v   ▶ to continually beg
kwīngīnga (-īngīnze)     v   ▶ to beseech, to beg
gukoma ibōbo   phr   ▶ to beg earnestly
kubega (-beze)     v   ▶ to break off a piece (e.g. bread)
guhaga (-haze)   v   ▶ 1. to begin to head up (as grain), 2. to fight one bigger than yourself, 3. to blow air into (ball)
guhēra (-hēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin from, by, 2. to recompense, 3. give to, (prepositional form of guha)
gukāmba (-kāmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin to get wrinkled (with age), 2. to be clouded (eyes)
gusaba (-savye)     v   ▶ 1. to pray, beg, ask for, 2. to order
gusabiriza (-sabirije)     v   ▶ 1. to pray, 2. to beg, 3. to ask frequently
gushūriza (-shūritse)     v   ▶ to blossom, to begin
gushūza (-shūrije)     v   ▶ to begin, to do first, to plant first
gutangīra (-tangīye)     v   ▶ 1. to precede, 2. to begin, to start
gutangīza (-tangīje)   v   ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something
gutangura (-tanguye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin to, to start to, 2. to approach (a lesson)
gutangurana (-tanguranye)     v   ▶ to begin together
gutangurira (-tanguriye)     v   ▶ to begin at, for
gutāsura (-tāsuye)     v   ▶ to begin to rain (after dry season)
gutenzukirwa (-tenzukiwe)     v   ▶ to begin to feel better after being ill
gutōha (-tōshe)     v   ▶ to send forth shoots, to become green (as grass when rain begins)
ibega (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ stoop shouldered
guheta amabega to be hunch shouldered
igitambamboga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
igitwengerabarozi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
impēshi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. beginning of dry season (about June), 2. spring, early summer
imvūmūre (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who has lost everything in trial, one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it
inkomoka (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ beginning, origin
intango (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ beginning
intanguro (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ beginning
intavyi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ child beginning to walk
iremezo     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) 1. leader, one to be imitated, 2. beginning, foundation, 3. principle
itanguriro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ beginning, foundation
kubānza (-bānje)     v   ▶ to begin by, to do first
kubanziriza (-banzirije)     v   ▶ to precede, begin by
kuvyāra (-vyāye)   v   ▶ to give birth, to beget, to deliver (a child)
kwāhuka (-āhutse)     v   ▶ 1. to pasture, 2. to begin a task
kwīngīngwa (-īngīnzwe)     v   ▶ to be begged from
ndakwītwāyeko   phr   ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)
umusabisabi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar, one who is always asking for things
umusezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar
age   ▶ (to reach age of accountability) kwāruka
 (to begin to get wrinkled with age) gukāmba
 (old age) ubukuru, zabukuru
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beggar   ▶ umusēzi, umusabisabi
 (one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it) imvūmūre
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begin   ▶ (by ~) kubānza, kubanziriza, guhēra
 (to ~) gutangura, kwānzika, gushūriza, gushūza
(to cause to ~) gutangīza
(~ from) guhēra
(~ a task) kwāhuka
(~ to get wrinkled from age) gukāmba
(~ to head up, as grain) guhaga
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beginning   ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
 (of dry season, about June) impēshi
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break   ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumeneka, kumānyuruka
 (vt) guca
 (and scatter, vt) gusāvya
 (any slender thing, vi) kuvunika
 (any slender thing, vt) kuvuna
 (completely, vi) kudēndūka, gufyonyoka, kuvunagura
 (in two) gusāba
 (the law) kurēnga, kuyoba
 (object with flat surface, vt) kumena
 (off by burning, tree, etc.) gutemuka
 (off a piece, bread) kubega
 (out, as rash) guhurira, guturika
 (rope, chain) kuvutagura
 (suddenly, unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (a taboo) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
 (to bits, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika, kuvunagura, kumānyagura
 (to bits, vt) gucagagura, kumenagura, gusatagura, kuvunaguza
 (up, vi) kumānyagurika, kumānyuka
 (up, vt) kujānjagura
 (a break, as bone) imvune
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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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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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dry season  ▶ ici
 (beginning of, about June) impēshi
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feel   ▶ kwūmva
 (around for) gukabakaba
 (to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
 (faint) kuyāmīra
 (joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
 (to not ~ anything) gutimba
 (of) gukorakora
 (pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
 (the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
 (the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza
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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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hunch-shouldered   ▶ (to be) guheta amabega
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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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piece   ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igice
(of bread) ikibege
 (of fruit) icamwa
 (of land) ishāmvu, ikivi
 (of paper or cloth) ibitabu
 (of something that has been cut) igisate
 (to come to pieces) gusambūka
 (to tear in pieces) gutabagura
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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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season   ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
 (beginning of dry ~) impēshi
 (~ of early rains) agatasi
 (time for planting small seeds) ibiba
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slice   ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igisate, igice
(of bread) ikibege
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stoop-shouldered   ▶ amabega, ubukoyo (term of scorn)
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task   ▶ igikorwa, akazi, umurimo
 (assigned) ibāngo
 (to begin ~) kwāhuka
 (to be one's) kwegukirae.g. negukiye kwigisha
 (to cause to work at several ~ at once) kujuragiza
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wrinkled   ▶ (to be) kwītuna, gupfunywa, gupfunyirana
 (to begin to get ~ with age) gukāmba
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beget   ▶ kuvyāra
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