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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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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green   ▶ akaātsi gatoto
 (unripe, of certain fruits) –toto
 (to become green, as grass when rains begin) gutōha, gutotahara
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kubānza (-bānje)     v   ▶ to begin by, to do first
wrinkled   ▶ (to be) kwītuna, gupfunywa, gupfunyirana
 (to begin to get ~ with age) gukāmba
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gushūriza (-shūritse)     v   ▶ to blossom, to begin
gutangura (-tanguye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin to, to start to, 2. to approach (a lesson)
gutenzukirwa (-tenzukiwe)     v   ▶ to begin to feel better after being ill
kubanziriza (-banzirije)     v   ▶ to precede, begin by
age   ▶ (to reach age of accountability) kwāruka
 (to begin to get wrinkled with age) gukāmba
 (old age) ubukuru, zabukuru
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gutangurana (-tanguranye)     v   ▶ to begin together
gutangurira (-tanguriye)     v   ▶ to begin at, for
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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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)
gutāsura (-tāsuye)     v   ▶ to begin to rain (after dry season)
kwāhuka (-āhutse)     v   ▶ 1. to pasture, 2. to begin a task
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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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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ndakwītwāyeko   phr   ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)
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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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
gutōha (-tōshe)     v   ▶ to send forth shoots, to become green (as grass when rain begins)
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
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
beginning   ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
 (of dry season, about June) impēshi
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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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dry season  ▶ ici
 (beginning of, about June) impēshi
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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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 begin found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
  ▶ Introduction
lesson 31  ▶ Negative of Future
lesson 62  ▶ Months, Days of the Week, Telling Time
lesson 66  ▶ Imperatives with the Subjunctive
lesson 67  ▶ Subjunctive
lesson 75  ▶ Immediate Past (or, –ra– Past)
lesson 92  ▶ Dependent Not Yet Tense
lesson 93  ▶ Demonstrative Pronouns
lesson 102  ▶ Miscellaneous Words
lesson 121  ▶ More Miscellaneous Expressions
 begin found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 23  ▶ Future and Negative Infinitives
chapter 36  ▶ kumara as an Auxiliary Verb
chapter 49  ▶ Notes about the Diminutive