Kirundi Study & Dictionary

cause ▶ (to ~) gutuma, gutēra

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cause ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, igituma, imvo
(to plead a ~) kubūrana

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nausea ▶ igisesema, iseseme, ikirungurira
(to cause) gusesema
(to feel) kurungurirwa

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kwīcarika (-īcaritse) v ▶ to cause to sit, to cause to stay

house ▶ inzu
(in ruins) umusaka
(little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
(of king) ingoro
(temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
(small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
(place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
(to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
(to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
(to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
(to put roof on) gusakāra
(to repair a) gusanura

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kudaha (-dashe) v ▶ 1. to draw or dip water, 2. cause to vomit

gucurīsha (-curīshije) v ▶ to cause to forge, forge with

absent ▶ (to be) gusība
(to cause to be) gusībīsha, gusīvya

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gusasāta (-sasāse) v ▶ to cause itching

gutāhūza (-tāhūje) v ▶ to cause to understand

kugarura (-garuye) v ▶ to bring back, cause to return

kumanura (-manuye) v ▶ to lower, cause to descend, bring down, take down, drop down

gucūmbīsha (-cūmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to knead, knead with

gucumitīsha (-cumitīshije) v ▶ to cause to pierce, pierce with

gukabika (-kabitse) v ▶ to cause to wilt, dry up

kubaburisha (-baburishije) v ▶ to cause to burn, burn with

kujabutsa (-jabukije) v ▶ to help to cross, to cause to cross

kurabika (-rabitse) v ▶ 1. to wilt, to cause to faint, 2. to be colored, 3. to strike down and almost kill (either person or tree)

kwāsamuza (-āsamuje) v ▶ to cause to sneeze

guhanaguza (-hanaguje) v ▶ to cause to wipe, wipe with

gukoragura (-koraguye) v ▶ to cause to fall in abundance

guserura (-seruye) v ▶ 1. to disclose, 2. to show, cause to appear, 3. make known

gusesema (-sesemye) v ▶ to cause nausea

gusukīsha (-sushijwe) v ▶ to cause to pour, pour by means of

gusyēsha (-syēsheje) v ▶ to cause to grind

gusērūra (-sērūye) v ▶ 1. to cause to fade, 2. to cause to deteriorate

gutambutsa (-tambukije) v ▶ to cause to step, stride

kwāmīsha (-āmīshije) v ▶ to cause to bear fruit

kwāsamika (-āsamitse) v ▶ to cause to open the mouth

kwīcisha (-īcishije) v ▶ to cause to kill, to kill with

kwūmīsha (-ūmīshije) v ▶ to cause to dry, to make dry

fade ▶ kubēngūka, kubēnjūka, gusērūka
(to cause to ~) gusērūra

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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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lose ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
(by death) gupfīsha
(by death, one's child) gupfusha
(interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
(one another) gutāna
(one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
(original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
(to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
(one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
(weight) kugōgōra

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make ▶ kugira, kurema
(afraid) gutēra ubwōba
(a bed) gusāsa
(blunt) gufyīta
(bread) gucūmba
(clean) guhumānura
(clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
(crooked) kugoreka
(drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
(empty) kugaragaza
(equal in length or height) kurēsha
(excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
(face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
(a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
(firm) kugumya
(fun of) kunegura
(fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
(fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
(good) kuryōsha
(hedge) kuzitira
(hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
(laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
(level) gusēna
(narrow) kwāza
(nest) kwārika
(noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
(oneself) kwīgīra
(others like you) kwīkūndiriza
(peace) kubangūranya
(perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
(place) kubisa
(place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
(progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
(restitution) kuriha
(sacrifice) gushikana
(sign) kugereraniriza
(smooth) gusēna
(straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
(tired) kurusha
(vow) gushīnga
(watering place) kugomera
(white) kwēza

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nose ▶ izūru, itonde
(bridge of) umwīrīri
(nosebleed) umwūna
(to get in and cause to sneeze) gusagāra

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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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guhūza (-hūje) v ▶ 1. to put together, 2. to cause to meet, 3. to connect, to couple, to associate, 4. to coordinate

kumōta (-mōse) v ▶ to smell good, cause to smell good

kuvūza (-vūje) v ▶ to cause to treat the sick

kuvugīsha ukuri (-vugīshije) phr ▶ to be honest, to cause to speak the truth

gucimbataza (-cimbataje) v ▶ 1. to cause to arrive, 2. to bring to pass, 3. to multiply

guhagarika (-hagaritse) v ▶ 1. to stop (vt), to cause to stand, 2. to arrest

guhanisha (-hanishije) v ▶ to cause to punish, to punish with

guhubīsha (-hubīshije) v ▶ to cause to go astray

guhunisha (-hunishije) v ▶ to cause another to forsake

guhāgīsha (-hāgīshije) v ▶ to cause to be satisfied, to satisfy with

guhūhīsha (-hūhīshije) v ▶ to cause to blow, help to blow, blow with

guhūrīsha (-hūrīshije) v ▶ 1. to cause to meet, 2. to cause to thresh

gukamīsha (-kamīshije) v ▶ to cause to milk, help to milk

gukugīsha (-kugīshije) v ▶ to cause to bark

gusēnyūra (-sēnyūye) v ▶ to cause to fall down (house)

gusēsēsha (-sēsēsheje) v ▶ to cause to pour out

gutakīsha (-takīshije) v ▶ to cause to cry for help

guteramika (-teramitse) v ▶ to cause to watch

kubāgīsha (-bāgīshije) v ▶ to cause to butcher, butcher with

kugarānzuza (-garānzuje) v ▶ to unfold with, cause to unfold

kugayīsha (-gayīshije) v ▶ to cause to hate

kugesesha (-gesesheje) v ▶ to cause to harvest, help to harvest

kugurīsha (-gurīshije) v ▶ 1. to sell, to cause to buy, 2. to peddle, to hawk

kurakīsha (-rakīshije) v ▶ to cause to be angry

kurukīsha (-rukīshije) v ▶ to cause to vomit

kurutīsha (-rutīshije) v ▶ to cause to surpass

kuvubīsha (-vubīshije) v ▶ to cause to rain by means of

kuvugīsha (-vugīshije) v ▶ to cause to speak

kuvurisha (-vurishije) v ▶ to cause to thicken, sour by

kuvūrīsha (-vūrīshije) v ▶ to cause to treat, treat with

kuyagīsha (-yagīshije) v ▶ to cause to melt

kuyāgīsha (-yāgīshije) v ▶ to cause to visit

kwānkīsha (-ānkīshije) v ▶ to cause to hate

kwūmvīsha (-ūmvīshije) v ▶ 1. to cause to hear, 2. to cause to understand

dance ▶ (to ~) gutāmba, guhamiriza
(parade dancing as traditional warriors) kwīyereka
(~ to music) kuvyina
(to cause to ~) kuvyinisha
(to ~ in honor of) kuvyinira, gutambira
(to ~ together) gutambana
(in honor of Kiranga) kubāndwa

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sleep ▶ itiro
(to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
(to fall asleep) gusinzīra
(to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
(to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
(to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
(sitting up) gutūringiga
(to talk in one's) kurāzirana
(to walk in one's) kurandamuka

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speak ▶ (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
(one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
(all speaking together) imvugarimwe
(to ~) kuvuga
(against) guhāririza
(carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
(distinctly) gutobora
(distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
(evil of one another) gucurikanya
(evil of) gukana, kunegura
(evil of the king) kurogota
(evil of a ruler) kuyoba
(fearlessly) kwūbahuka
(foolishly) kudebagura
(hatefully) gucobogoza
(hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
(in a mysterious language) gufobeka
(incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
(lightly) kujajura
(loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
(many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
(sarcastically) kurtyekeza
(the truth) guhinyuza
(thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
(unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
(very beseechingly) kubobōteza
(when one shouldn't) kuyogora
(where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
(without arriving at point) kurerembuza
(to cause to) kuvuza
(to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
(to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
(give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
(refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa

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guhandīsha (-handīshije) v ▶ 1. to cause to pierce, 2. cause to prepare ground

guhāmbīsha (-hāmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to bury, bury by means of

guhūngīsha (-hūngīshije) v ▶ to cause to flee

gukūndīsha (-kūndīshije) v ▶ to cause to love

gusengēsha (-sengēsheje) v ▶ to cause to pray

gusonzēsha (-sonzēsheje) v ▶ to cause to go hungry

gutāmbīsha (-tāmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to dance

gutāngīsha (-tāngīshije) v ▶ to cause to give

kubāmbīsha (-bāmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to crucify, to nail with

kubūmbīsha (-būmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to mold, mold with

kuganyīsha (-ganyīshije) v ▶ to cause to be anxious, troubled

kugōka (-gōtse) v ▶ 1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace

kuratsa (-rakije) v ▶ 1. to cause to be angry, 2. to irritate

kuvuba (-vuvye) v ▶ to cause to rain (sorcerer), to pour water on hair before cutting

kuvūngīsha (-vūngīshije) v ▶ to cause to crush grain, crush with

kwībukīsha (-ībukīshije) v ▶ to cause to remember

kwūbakīsha (-ūbakīshije) v ▶ to cause to build, build with

kwūhiza (-ūhije) v ▶ to cause to give salt to cows

kwūriza (-ūrije) v ▶ to cause to climb

gukakamisha (-kakamishije) v ▶ to cause to rise, swell

gukarabīsha (-karabīshije) v ▶ 1. to cause to wash hands, wash with, 2. to offer to wash a guest's hands before a meal

gukarihīsha (-karihīshije) v ▶ to cause to sharpen, sharpen with

gukubitīsha (-kubitīshije) v ▶ to cause to beat

gusoromēsha (-soromēsheje) v ▶ to cause to gather food, to help to gather food, to gather by means of

kugurukīsha (-gurukīshije) v ▶ to cause to fly

kumanikīsha (-manikīshije) v ▶ to cause to hang up, help to hang up, hang up with

kurigatīsha (-rigatīshije) v ▶ to cause to lick, give to lick

kuzigamīsha (-zigamīshije) v ▶ to cause to protect, entrust to the care of

kwāndikisha (-āndikishije) v ▶ 1. to write with, cause to write, 2. to enroll, 3. to register

accept ▶ kwemera
(to cause to) kwemeza
(a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(not accept helpful suggestions) gutagara
(not accept judgement rendered) kudadika, gutagara

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happen ▶ (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
(unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra

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sneeze ▶ kwāsamura
(to get in nose and cause to ~, as pepper) gusagāra

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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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guhumūza (-humūje) v ▶ to cause to open eyes

guhuriza (-hurije) v ▶ to cause an eruption

guhūza (-hūjije) v ▶ to cause to thresh

gukamya (-kamije) v ▶ 1. to cause to dry up, 2. empty out all of a liquid, 3. to absorb (liquid)

gukubūza (-kubūje) v ▶ to sweep with, help to sweep, cause to sweep

gukuza (-kujije) v ▶ 1. to cause to grow, to enlarge, 2. to bring up (child)

gusagāra (-sagāye) v ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), be many (esp. of cows, also of trees), 2. to get in nose and cause to sneeze (as pepper)

gusatuza (-satuje) v ▶ to cause to split, split with

gusigaza (-sigaje) v ▶ to leave over, to leave a part of something, to cause to be left

gusitura (-situye) v ▶ to cause to fall in, collapse, to pull out by roots

gusiturwa (-situwe) v ▶ 1. to cause to be absent, 2. to make late, 3. to postpone, 4. to destroy the work of another

gusurira (-suriye) v ▶ 1. to pass gas, to fart, 2. to sting or bite (insect), 3. to cause to feel badly

gusīvya (-sībije) v ▶ 1. to postpone, 2. to cause to be late, 3. to cause to be absent, 4. to destroy the work of another

gutakaza (-takaje) v ▶ to lose, cause to be lost

gutēza (-tēje) v ▶ to help to plant, to throw or cause by means of

gutītūra (-tītūye) v ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken

gutītūza (-tītūje) v ▶ to cause to lose original force, to cause to disillusion

kubabaza (-babaje) v ▶ 1. tu hurt, injure (vt), cause to suffer (from kubabara), 2. to bother

kubagaza (-bagaje) v ▶ to cause to weed

kugeza (-gejeje) v ▶ 1. to try, test, attempt, make an effort, 2. tempt, 3. to cause to arrive, to escort to a determined point

kugumya (-gumije) v ▶ 1. to maintain, 2. to keep, 3. make firm, hold in place, 4. cause to stay

kumeza (-mejeje) v ▶ to cause to sprout

kuvuza (-vugije) v ▶ 1. to cause to speak, 2. to play instrument, 3. to beat drum

kuyaza (-yagije) v ▶ to cause to melt

kwīnika (-īnitse) v ▶ 1. to put to soak (esp. grain), 2. to cause to sprout

kwīshuza (-īshuje) v ▶ 1. to ask to pay, to demand payment, 2. to cause to pay

kwūngura (-ūnguye) v ▶ 1. to multiply (vt), 2. to increase (vt), 3. to cause to make profit

kwūnguza (-ūnguje) v ▶ to cause to increase

gukūndanīsha (-kūndanīshije) v ▶ to reconcile, cause to love each other

gusegenyesha (-segenyesheje) v ▶ to cause to move, to roll along

kurūngikīsha (-rūngikīshije) v ▶ to cause to send

stumble ▶ (that which causes to) igitsītāza
(to ~) gutsītāra, kudāguza
(to cause to) gutsītāza
(over words) gufudika

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impāmvu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause

guhwānya (-hwānije) v ▶ to cause to meet, agree, join together

guhēsha (-hēsheje) v ▶ to give, cause to receive

gukōsha (-kōsheje) v ▶ to cause to pay dowry, ask for dowry

gupfundikīsha (-pfundikīshije) v ▶ to cause to tie, tie with

gusambūza (-sambūje) v ▶ to cause to tear down

gushitsa (-shikije) v ▶ to cause to arrive

gusubīza (-shubije) v ▶ 1. to give back, cause to return, 2. to put back, 3. to result

gusūmvya (-sūmbije) v ▶ to cause to exceed, surpass

gutangīza (-tangīje) v ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something

gutevya (-tebeje) v ▶ to cause to be late

gutsītāza (-tsītāje) v ▶ to cause to stumble

gutēsha (-tēsheje) v ▶ 1. to hinder, 2. to cause to lose, 3. to deprive, 4. to inconvenience, to embarrass

kubūrana (-būranye) v ▶ to plead a cause

kugēnza (-gēnjeje) v ▶ 1. to watch carefully, 2. to cause to go well, 3. to lie in wait for

kumotsa (-mokeje) v ▶ to cause to shout

kunyāgiza (-nyāgije) v ▶ to cause to get wet, expose to rain

kurēnza (-rēnje) v ▶ 1. to cause to surpass, 2. to flee

kurīsha (-rīshije) v ▶ to eat with (instrument), to pasture, to cause to eat

kuvīsha (-vīshije) v ▶ to allow, cause to flow, to be shed

kwībabaza (-ībabaje) v ▶ to cause oneself to suffer, to agonize

kwībagiza (-ībagije) v ▶ to cause to forget

kwūgariza (-ūgarije) v ▶ to cause to close

kwūgurūza (-ūgurūje) v ▶ to cause to open

guhenura (-henuye) v ▶ to tear down, cause to fall down

guhāririza (-hāririje) v ▶ 1. to speak against, 2. to scold vehemently, 3. to cause to argue

gukoranya (-koranije) v ▶ to bring together, to cause to meet together, to assemble

gukurikiza (-kurikije) v ▶ to cause to follow

gupfīsha (-pfīshije) v ▶ to lose (by death), cause to die

gutegūza (-tegūje) v ▶ to cause to prepare

guterūza (-terūje) v ▶ to cause to lift up, lift up by means of

gutwēnza (--geje) v ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding

gutēmvya (-tēmbeje) v ▶ to cause to fall

kugerūza (-gerūje) v ▶ to cause to diminish, diminish by

kugwisha (-gwishije) v ▶ to cause to fall (from kugwa)

kugānīriza (-gānīrije) v ▶ to cause to converse

kujuragiza (-juragije) v ▶ 1. to cause to work at several tasks at once, 2. to knock from place to place, 3. to jiggle

kunūkiriza (-nūkirije) v ▶ to cause to smell bad odor

kureruza (-reruje) v ▶ to cause to carry in tipoy

kuvunaguza (-vunaguje) v ▶ to cause to break to bits, break with

kuyagiriza (-yagirije) v ▶ to cause to melt, to shine brilliantly

kuyobeza (-yobeje) v ▶ to cause to be mistaken, mislead

kwībisha (-ībishije) v ▶ to cause to steal

kwīmīsha (-īmīshije) v ▶ to cause to refuse

kwīshuriza (-īshurije) v ▶ 1. to cause to pay, 2. to answer by

kwūrurutsa (-ūrurukije) v ▶ to cause to climb down

guhebēsha (-hebēsheje) v ▶ to cause to forsake

guhemēsha (-hemēsheje) v ▶ to cause to breathe

guhetēsha (-hetēsheje) v ▶ to cause to bend

guhigīsha (-higīshije) v ▶ to cause to contest

guhungurura (-hunguruye) v ▶ 1. to cause fruit or grain to fall, 2. to shake

guhwēreza (-hwēreje) v ▶ to cause to die

guhāmbīriza (-hāmbīrije) v ▶ to cause to tie, tie with

guhīgīsha (-hīgīshije) v ▶ to cause to hunt

gukorēsha (-korēsheje) v ▶ 1. to use, 2. to employ, 3. to cause to work, 4. to keep (someone) busy

gukungagura (-kungaguye) v ▶ to cause to fall, to push down

gupfunereza (-pfunereje) v ▶ to cause to eat a lot, to blow up (vt), or fill up (vt)

gusabīsha (-sabīshije) v ▶ to cause to pray, pray by means of

gusanīsha (-sanīshije) v ▶ to cause to repair, repair with

gushigikiza (-shigikije) v ▶ to cause or enable to hold up, support

gusigīsha (-sigīshije) v ▶ to cause to leave

gusinzikaza (-sinzikaje) v ▶ to cause to suffer

gusinziriza (-sinzirije) v ▶ to put to sleep, cause to sleep

gusībīsha (-sībīshije) v ▶ 1. to retain, 2. to cause to be absent

gutangīriza (-tangīrije) v ▶ to cause to bar passage, to bar passage with

gutemēsha (-temēsheje) v ▶ to cut with, cause to cut

gutēkēsha (-tēkēsheje) v ▶ to cause to cook, cook with

kubibīsha (-bibīshije) v ▶ to cause to plant

kubohēsha (-bohēsheje) v ▶ to tie with, cause to tie

kubonesha (-bonesheje) v ▶ to cause to see, to show

kubēshaho (-bēshejeho) v ▶ to cause to live, give life to (from kuba)

kubīkīsha (-bīkīshije) v ▶ to help to put away, cause to put away

kumerēsha (-merēsheje) v ▶ to cause to sprout by

kumirīsha (-mirīshije) v ▶ to cause to swallow, help to swallow

kumokēsha (-mokēsheje) v ▶ to cause to shout

kunigīsha (-nigīshije) v ▶ to cause to strangle, strangle with

kunihīsha (-nihīshije) v ▶ to cause to groan

kunyereza (-nyereje) v ▶ to cause to slip, make slippery

kunywēsha (-nywēsheje) v ▶ to drink from, cause to drink

kurekēsha (-rekēsheje) v ▶ to cause to leave, stop

kurihīsha (-rihīshije) v ▶ 1. to cause to repay, 2. to demand payment, 3. to bill

kurimīsha (-rimīshije) v ▶ to cultivate with, to hoe with, to cause to cultivate

kurobēsha (-robēsheje) v ▶ to cause to fish, to fish with

kurogēsha (-rogēsheje) v ▶ to cause to bewitch

kurēgēsha (-rēgēsheje) v ▶ to cause to accuse

kuyōrēsha (-yōrēsheje) v ▶ to cause to pick up

kuzigīsha (-zigīshije) v ▶ to cause to dye black

kwīmbīsha (-īmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to dig, dig with

understand ▶ gutāhūra, kurabuka, guhubūka
(to cause to) gutāhūza, gutegereza, gukurugutura
(to hear) kwūmva
(to think over) gutegēra
(after thinking over) gutegereza
(one another) kwūmvīkana, kwūmvana

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guhēzagiza (-hēzagije) v ▶ to cause to bless, bless by means of

gukubiranya (-kubiranije) v ▶ 1. to fold repeatedly, 2. to cause to return

gukurugutura (-kurugutuye) v ▶ to clean out ear wax, to cause to understand

gukwēgēsha (-kwēgēsheje) v ▶ to cause to pull, help to pull, pull with

gukōnjēsha (-kōnjēsheje) v ▶ to cause to be cold, to freeze (vt)

gupfundikiza (-pfundikije) v ▶ to cover with, cause to cover

gusangīsha (-sangīshije) v ▶ to cause to watch

gushirīsha (-shirīshije) v ▶ to use up, finish, cause to put

gushīmīsha (-shīmīshije) v ▶ to please, to cause praise to

gutegereza (-tegereje) v ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected

gutēragiza (-tēragije) v ▶ to cause to or help to plant

kugēndēsha (-gēndēsheje) v ▶ to cause to walk

kujīshīsha (-jīshīshije) v ▶ to cause to weave, weave with

kumenyēsha (-menyēsheje) v ▶ 1. to inform, 2. to educate, 3. cause to know, to make known, 4. to publish, to issue

kunebwēsha (-nebwēsheje) v ▶ to make lazy, cause to waste time

kunyiganyiza (-nyiganyije) v ▶ to cause to tremble, to shake (vt)

kurorēreza (-rorēreje) v ▶ to cause to wait

kuvyinīsha (-vyinīshije) v ▶ to cause to dance

kuzīngīsha (-zīngīshije) v ▶ to cause to roll up

kwītirisha (-ītirishije) v ▶ to cause to name

toe ▶ ino
(extra) indorerezi
(to stub one's) gutsītāra
(to cause to stub) gutsītāza

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inyānduruko (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. origin, 3. cause

gusunikīsha (-sunikīshije) v ▶ to cause or help to push, push by means of

gusūzumīsha (-sūzumīshije) v ▶ to cause to examine

gutetemēsha (-tetemēsheje) v ▶ to cause to tremble

gutigitīsha (-tigitīshije) v ▶ to cause to shake

gutwēngēsha (-twēngēsheje) v ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding

gutēmbēreza (-tēmbēreje) v ▶ to cause to go around

kumiminīsha (-miminīshije) v ▶ to cause to strain, strain with, help to strain

kumījīrīsha (-mījīrīshije) v ▶ to cause to sprinkle, help to sprinkle, sprinkle with

kurerekēsha (-rerekēsheje) v ▶ to cause to watch, watch by means of

kuvyimbīsha (-vyimbīshije) v ▶ to cause to swell

gukwikirīsha (-kwikirīshije) v ▶ to cause to put handle on, put on with

kurirīmbīsha (-rirīmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to sing, lead in singing

kwīngīngīsha (-īngīngīshije) v ▶ to cause to beseech

bear ▶ (children prolificly having been barren) guhonōka
(fruit) kwāma
(fruit abundantly) gutēngerera
(greetings) gutāsha
(to cause to ~) guhonōra
(cease to ~) kwāmurura

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cool ▶ -bisi
(to) guhora
(to be, weather) gupfuka
(to cause to) guhoza

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fall ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
(accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
(and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
(and skin oneself) gukungagurika
(before) kwikubita imbere
(down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
(down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
(down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
(down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
(down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
(down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
(from high above) guhanantuka
(from stalk) guhūnguka
(heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
(in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
(in, cause to) gusitura
(in love) kubēnguka
(into water or food) kudibuka
(not fall, rain) gutara
(to the ground) guhūndagara
(with) gukorokana
(with a din) guhongoroka
(to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
(to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
(let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza

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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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live ▶ kuba
(live at, to dwell) gutura
(breathe, to still live) guhēma
(to be alive) kubaho
(to cause to) kubēshaho
(long time) kurāmba
(near a public place) guhorahabona
(together) kwāmana, kubāna, kumana
(long live the king!) ganza, sabwa!

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load ▶ umutwāro, umuzigo
(to cause another to put down) gutūza
(to give someone a heavy ~) kuremēka
(to lighten) kuremurura
(to remove ~ from head) gutūra, gutūnda

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love ▶ (to ~) gukūnda, kugomwa
(to cause to ~) gukūndīsha
(deeply and obey) kunogēra
(~ each other) kunogerana, gukūndana
(turn against one you've loved) gucāna

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meet ▶ guhāmvya, guhwāna, guhūra
(to go to) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together) gukorana, gutērana
(to cause to ~ together) gukoranya, gutēranya

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melt ▶ gucika, gushōnga, kuyaga
(away) kuyōngayōnga
(to cause to) kuyagiriza
(sugar, salt) kuyōnga

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move ▶ (vi) kwīmuka
(vt) kwīmura
(about) gutēmbēra (Sw.)
(things to another place) gutūnda, gutereka
(to another chieftanship) gucikira
(to a new location) kujōnjōra
(to cause to move) gusegenyesha

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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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stay ▶ kuguma
(at king's court) gusasa
(away frequently from home) guhīmbira
(for a time) gusībira
(in one place permanently) guhama, gutsīndāza
(to cause to) kugumya
(to not ~ at home) guhugūmba
(to not ~ in place) kujuragira, gucambagirana
(one who does not ~ home) igihūmbu

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guhoza (-hojeje) v ▶ 1. to cause to cool, to calm down, 2. to appease, 3. to console, comfort, reassure

gusimbaguritsa (-simbagurikije) v ▶ to cause to jump, etc.

kuriza (-rijije) v ▶ to cause to weep

admit ▶ kwemera
(to cause to) kwemeza
(one's wrong to avoid being caught) kwīyagiriza

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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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plead ▶ (a cause) kubūrana
(earnestly for something) kubobōta
(with) kugōbēra

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kuzīnda (-zīnze) v ▶ 1. to be difficult to say or know, 2. to cause to forget, 3. to escape the memory

kwemeza (-emeje) v ▶ 1. to convince, 2. to prove, 3. to confirm, 4. to cause to admit or accept

kwīriza (-īrijije) v ▶ to cause oneself to weep, weep without reason

kwīzēza (-īzējeje) v ▶ to cause to believe

kwōkōza (-ōkōje) v ▶ 1. to cause to take from fire, 2. ask cow from one who has received one

exceed ▶ kurēnga, gusūmba
(to cause to) gusūmvya

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forget ▶ kwibagira, kuzīndwa
(to cause to) kwibagiza, kuzīnda
(for a moment) guhūndukwa
(how to do something once known) guhuna

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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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guhonōra (-honōze) v ▶ to cause to bear

guhōmvya (-hōmbeje) v ▶ to cause to lose

gukorora (-koroye) v ▶ 1. to throw down from above, cause to fall down from above, 2. to cough

gukorōza (-korōje) v ▶ to cause to cough

gutoboza (-toboje) v ▶ to cause to pierce, pierce with

gutonoza (-tonoje) v ▶ to cause to shell

gutōbōza (-tōbōje) v ▶ to cause to pick, pick with

kuyoboza (-yoboje) v ▶ 1. to cause to lead, to lead for another, 2. to make progress

kuzigiza (-zigije) v ▶ to cause to dye black, to let burn

kwībwiza (-ībwije) v ▶ to cause to put on new growth

kwīnjiza (-īnjije) v ▶ to cause to enter

kwōnesha (-ōnesheje) v ▶ to allow or cause goat to destroy garden

descend ▶ kumanuka
(as tree) kwūruruka
(to cause to) mumanura

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kurondōza (-rondōje) v ▶ to cause to multiply

kwegereza (-egereje) v ▶ 1. to cause to approach, 2. put within reach

kwēyēreza (-ēyēreje) v ▶ to cause to sweep, sweep with

kwīzigiza (-ījigije) v ▶ to cause to hope, trust

kwōkereza (-ōkereje) v ▶ to cause to roast for

together ▶ hamwe
(all) icārimwe
(living) umubāno
(all speaking) imvugarimwe
(with) kumwe
(sticking) akaramata
(trees grown very close ~) impatane
(to be) kumana
(to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
(to come, as crowd) gukungēra
(to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
(to crowd ~) kwegerana
(to get close) kwegerana
(to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
(to live) kubāna
(to live, be always) kwāmana
(to meet) gukorana, gutērana
(to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
(to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
(to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
(to spend time) kumarana
(to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
(to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
(to strive and crowd) kuvurungana

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gutonyanza (--ngije) v ▶ to cause to fall drop by drop

kugobōtoza (-gobōtoje) v ▶ 1. to cause to take down, to take down with, 2. to unhook

inkomānzi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. upset plans, rapping, tapping, 2. reason, cause

guhongorora (-hongoroye) v ▶ to cause to fall noisily

deteriorate ▶ gufūtāna, gusērūka, kwōnōnekara, gushānyūka, gupfāpfāna, kubora
(to cause to) gusērūra

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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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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)

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

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

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

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

guhebēshwa (-hebēshejwe) v ▶ to be caused to forsake

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

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

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

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

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

gukuzwa (-kujijwe) v ▶ to be caused to grow, to be brought up (child)

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

gusamāza (-samāje) v ▶ 1. to wait or long for, 2. to expect, 3. to do something that causes pleasure or amazement, 4. to distract

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

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

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

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

gutēra (-tēye) v ▶ 1. to throw, to cast, to fling, 2. to plant, 3. to cause, prompt, trigger, bring on, lead to

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

gutērwa (-tēwe) v ▶ 1. to be thrown, 2. to be planted, 3. to be caused, 4. to receive (passive form of gutera)

gutetemēshwa (-tetemēshejwe) v ▶ to be caused to tremble

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

gutuma (-tumye) v ▶ 1. to send (person, or message), 2. to cause, prompt, be reason for, bring about, bring on, trigger, induce, lead to, result in

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

igitanga (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tick that causes recurrent fever

igitangu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tick that causes fever

igituma (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause, 3. purpose

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

imvo (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cause, reason

ko conj ▶ 1. since (cause, not time), 2. that, 3. as

kubabazwa (-babazwe) v ▶ te be caused to suffer

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

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

kubera iki phr ▶ why?, because of what?

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

kubohēshwa (-bohēshejwe) v ▶ to be tied with, caused to be tied

kubozwa (-bojejwe) v ▶ to be caused to spoil

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

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

kugēndēsha umugōngo (-gēndēsheje) phr ▶ to (cause to) walk backward

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

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

kuko conj ▶ because

kumokēshwa (-mokēshejwe) v ▶ to be caused to shout

kumomoza (-momoje) v ▶ to cause, help to pull, pull with

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

kurabīsha (-rabīshije) v ▶ to cause, help to look, to look at with

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

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

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

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

kurīshwa (-rīshijwe) v ▶ to be caused to eat, be pastured

kurizwa (-rijijwe) v ▶ to be caused to weep

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

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

kuvyimbīshwa (-vyimbīshijwe) v ▶ to be caused to swell

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

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

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

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

kwīcarikwa (-īcaritswe) v ▶ to be caused to sit, to be caused to stay on

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

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

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

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

kwūrizwa (-ūrijwe) v ▶ to be caused to climb

kwūrurutswa (--kijwe) v ▶ to be caused to climb down

niyo mpamvu phr ▶ because of that, hence

rurabwe ▶ seeing one indistinctly because he went too fast

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.)

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

umukororōmvyi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. streak (caused by water, sweat, etc.), 2. rainbow

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

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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amazement ▶ (to do something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza

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anger ▶ uburake, uburakari, ishavu, ubusugurirwe,
(rare) ipfūhe, ifūhe
(to soften another's) gufyīta
(to tear clothes in) kumwāga
(to treat with) gushinyagura
(word that remains in heart and causes anger) isata burēnge

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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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arrive ▶ kugera, gushika
(~ at) kwīgera
(at the top) kurēngēra
(cause to ~) gucimbataza

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

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believe ▶ kwīzēra, kwīzigira, kwemera
(cause to) kwīzēza

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

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

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

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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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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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disgusted ▶ (to be, because of frequency) kudunduhirwa

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do ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
(again) kwongera
(always) kwāma, guhora
(anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
(continually) kwāma, guhora
(the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
(even more) kurushiriza
(first) kubānza, gushūza
(forcefully) kwīhanukīra
(habitually) kumēnyera
(have too much to ~) kurēngerana
(the impossible) gufyidikīra
(~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
(housework) kugora
(one's duty) gushimika
(quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
(quickly and carelessly) kuraha
(quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
(~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
(something alone) kwīgūnga
(something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
(something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
(that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
(two things at once) kubāngikanya
(unwillingly) kugoyagoya
(unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
(the washing up) kwoza ivyombo

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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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eat ▶ kurya, gufungura, kunogera, kunoza, kurandagura
(a lot) guhāga, guhīmba
(cause to ~ a lot) gupfunereza
(by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
(garden plants, of goats) kwōna
(to refuse to) kuzira
(to refuse to ~ or drink with) kunēna
(together) gusangira
(to ~ what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc.) gukōra
(two kinds of food together) gukoza
(with instrument) kurīsha

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

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

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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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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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hate ▶ kwānka, kugaya, gukēngēra, gutītūra, guhama
(cause people to hate that which they had liked) gutītūra
(everything) kunebagura
(one's master) kugāmbāna

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

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

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insect ▶ igikōko, agakōko
(many small) ubukōko
(ant, flying, edible) iswa
(ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
(ant, soldier) uburima
(ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
(ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
(ant, white) umuswa
(ant hill, white) umugina
(bedbug) igiheri, igihere
(bee) uruyūki
(bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
(bug) agasīmba
(bumblebee) impingwe
(butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
(centipede, small) inyōngōri
(chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
(cicada) ijeri
(cockroach) inyēnzi
(fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
(fly, house) isāzi
(flea) imbaragasa
(gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
(grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
(jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
(locust) uruyige
(louse) inda
(mosquito) umubu
(moth) ikinyungunyungu
(tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
(tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
(tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
(wasp) ivūbi
(to sting or bite) gusurira

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

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

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

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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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pleasure ▶ igihīmbāro
(to do something that causes) gusamāza
(to give) kunēzēra

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

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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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since ▶ (cause, not time) ko, nuko
(now that, seeing that) ubwo

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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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streak ▶ (caused by water, sweat) umukororōmvyi

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stub ▶ (one's toe) gutsītāra
(cause to) gutsītāza

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tick ▶ inyōndwe, inyōndwi
(that causes ~ fever) igitangu
(cattle ~) uruguha

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trembling ▶ agashītsi, igishītsi
(because of fear) agatēngo

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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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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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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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cause found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

lesson 78 ▶ Causative Verbs I

lesson 79 ▶ Causative Verbs II

lesson 80 ▶ Objects with Causatives

lesson 86 ▶ Demonstrative Adjectives I

lesson 112 ▶ Adjectives Expressed by Verbs

cause found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)

chapter 26 ▶ Special Verb Endings

chapter 31 ▶ Causatives formed irregularly

chapter 39 ▶ –tuma used to show Reason or Cause

chapter 40 ▶ –tera, “to cause to”