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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job   ▶ akazi
 (small job) ikiraka
 (to do a sloppy ~) kurēngagiza
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come   ▶ kūza
(all together suddenly) kurandamuka
(apart) gushānyūka, kudohōka
(to come at) (time) kuzīra
(to do something) guherūka
(to an end) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(be coming to an end) guherengetera
(down) kumanuka, kumanuza, kwūruruka
(from) kwāduka, kwānduruka, gukomoka, guturuka, kuva, kuvuduka
(to greet often when one is in disfavour in hopes of gaining favour) kuneganega
(~ here) ingo, ngo, ngwino
(into sight) kurēnguka
(to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(one by one) gutororokanya, gutēraterana
(out, teeth, hoe handle, etc.) guhongoka
(out, stake) gushingūka
(out of water) kwōgorora
(suddenly) guturūmbuka
(to, after fainting) guhembūka
(to pieces) gusambūka
(to the throne) kwīma ku ngoma
(together, crowd) gukungēra
(unexpectedly) kwubīra
(unsewn) gusonoroka (Sw.)
(untied) kubohōka, gupfunduka
(up of itself) kwimeza
(up out of water) kwiburuka
(up thickly, thus not do well) gusorora
(upon suddenly) kwūbuka
(when called) kurabuka
(with) kuzanana
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dish   ▶ isahāne, isahāni
(meal) ivyokurya
(pyrex) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
(to ~ up food) kwārura
 (to do the ~es) kwoza ivyombo
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duty   ▶ umurimo
 (to do one's) gushimika
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know   ▶ kumenya, -zi, kuzirikana
 (another's thoughts completely) kuvōgera
 (facts of a case) guhinyura
 (for certain) kujījūka
 (to not ~) kuyobera, kuyoberwa
 (to not ~ what to do) mwījījānya, kurīgānirwa
 (to try to ~ something) kugenzūra
 (one who knows more than is expected of him) akagūgu
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more   ▶ –ndi
 (to be) gusāga, gusāguka
 (to do even) kurushiriza
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word   ▶ ijāmbo, amajāmbo, amagambo
 (root or stem) itsina
 (one who speaks with senseless repititions of ~) ikirogorogo
 (to not keep one's ~, or to do that which you declared you wouldn't) kwīrahuruza
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work   ▶ (to ~) gukora
 (at several tasks at once) kujuragira
 (carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
 (complainingly) kugimīra
 (for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
 (for oneself) kwīkorera
 (hard) gucumukura, gutama
 (hard at) kuramiriza
 (lazily) kuregarega
 (rapidly) gufuruguta
 (together) gukorana
 (unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
 (with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
 (with wood) kubāza
 (with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
 (to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
 (to do housework) kugora
 (to feign) gushaza
 (to put to) kwāhura
 (to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
 (to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
 (to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira
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kugora (-goye)     v   ▶ to do woman's work (housekeeping)
kugōka (-gōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace
alone   ▶ -sa
 (to be) kwīherēra
 (to do) kwīgūnga
(to spend the night ~) kwīrāza
(I am lonely) mfise irungu
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boast   ▶ kwīmānya, kwīrāta
 (of what one will do) kwigenera
 (over another) kudigiriza
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force   ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhadikiriza, kuzingirikira
 (someone to do something against his will) guhāta
 (to obey) kugandūra
 (to lose original ~) gutītūra
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vigor   ▶ (to do with) kwitako
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gushōka (-shōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to do quickly (esp. used by Batwa), 2. to go to drink (animals), 3. to slip down on spear (of meat they've put on tip – if it falls it's supposed to be diseased), 4. to fall accidentally on spear and be injured
kudūmba (-dūmvye)     v   ▶ to dunk, do dip in salt
kwītako (-ītayeko)     v   ▶ to do with vigor, to devote oneself to a task
anyhow   ▶ (to do in spite of) gupfa
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beyond   ▶ (be ~ what one can do) gutamya
 (go ~) kurēnga
 (on other side) hīrya
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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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remove   ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
 (clothing) kwāmbūra
 (completely) gutōngōra
 (dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
 (enchantment) kurogōra
 (everything from burning house) gusahura
 (foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
 (from cross) kubāmbūra
 (from fire or oven) kwōkōra
 (from hiding) guhishūra
 (from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (lid of basket) kurumūra
 (load from head) gutūra
 (skin from drying) kubāmbūra
 (sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
 (taboo) kuzirūra
 (things) kuyōra
 (things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
 (thorn or sliver) guhāndūra
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stroll   ▶ (about as if one had nothing else to do) kubagabaga
 (to ~ about when one should be working) kuraramanga
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gusorora (-soroye)     v   ▶ to come up thickly and thus not do well (of plants)
kudehūra (-dehūye)     v   ▶ 1. to lose one's zeal or enthusiasm, 2. to fail to do what you intended
kwongera (-ongeye)     v   ▶ 1. to repeat, do again, 2. to give more, 3. to augment, to increase (vt), 4. to accelerate
command   ▶ ibwīrizwa, itegeko, itegekoicāgezwe, amatēka
 (one who gives commands) umugezi
 (to ~) kubwīriza, kugera, gutegeka
 (a person to do what he doesn't want to) kuzingirikira
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purpose   ▶ urwēgo, umugambi, igituma
(on ~) ibigirānkana
 (to do it on ~) kubigira ku mpaka
(or, ibigirankana)
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kwīnōnōra (-īnōnōye)   v   ▶ to exercise, to do gymnastics
prepared   ▶ (to be) gutegūrika
 (for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
 (for building) gutabwa
 (to do or run quickly) kugabiriza
 (to go with everything ~) kugēnda hange
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kugoyagoya (-goyagoye)     v   ▶ 1. to do something unwillingly, 2. to be weak, 3. to limp, 4. to go slowly, 5. to be about to die, 6. to flutter, 7. waver (as flame in wind)
kunobagura (-nobaguye)     v   ▶ to pick up (esp. as birds do)
gufyidikīra (-fyidikīye)     v   ▶ to do the impossible
gusobaganya (-sobaganije)     v   ▶ 1. to do quickly, 2. to cook quickly (vt)
despicable   ▶ (to be) gukengerēka, gutītūka
 (to do a ~ thing) kugōka
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impossible   ▶ (to be) kudashoboka
 (for) kwānkira
 (to do the ~) gufyidikīra
(explamation: impossible!) kuka!
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consequence   ▶ inkurikizi, ingaruka
(to do as a) guhava
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continually   ▶ (to do) kwāma, guhora
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over-crowded   ▶ (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
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simultaneous   ▶ (to do two things at once) kubāngikanya
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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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always   ▶ na ntāryo, imisi yose
 (~ do) kwāma, guhora
 (~ have) guhorana
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amazement   ▶ (to do something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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careless   ▶ (one) umunyarwāngara
 (to be) gufudika
 (to be ~ with) kwānjānjwa, kwāndārika
 (to do quickly and carelessly) kuraha
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carpenter   ▶ umubāji, umunyamatanga, umufundi amanika inzu
 (to do carpentry) kubāza
 (~ bee) ifundēri
 (~ shoo) ibarizo, isaramara
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fail   ▶ gucumukura
 (another) guhemukira
 (to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
 (to do what one intended) kudehūra
 (to find) kubura, guhusha
 (to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
 (to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
 (to return) kugīrīra
 (in on'e task) gusibanganya
 (to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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first   ▶ -ambere (preceded by class prefix)
(~ of anything) intangamarāra
 (to do ~) kubānza, gushūza
 (to plant ~) gushūza
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habitually   ▶ (to do) kumenyēra
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help   ▶ gufasha
 (another get up) kuvyūra
 (exclamation: help please!) ntabāra
(in battle) gutabāra
 (in trouble or grief) kwīrūra
 (one another) gufatanya
(one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
 (one in trouble) kwēmanga
 (oneself even if you do not know how to do the thing) kwīgereza
 (oneself, relieve one's own need) kwīkenūra
 (overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
 (secretly someone to escape by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
 (sick person walk) kwāndāza
 (to call for ~) kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (~ to carry) gutwāza
 (to cry out for) kuborōga
 (to go to ~ another in his work) gusāsira
 (without expectation of reward) gutabāra
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hurry   ▶ kwīhūta, kwīruka, gukovya, gukōkōbereza, gukwākwānya, kunyānyasa, kunyaragasa, kunyaruka, gushibuka
 (of child only) kudirigiza
 (to go) kubāndānya
 (to go and return) gutebūka
 (along, as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants) kurārāta
 (to be in a ~) gufuruguta
 (to do in a ~) kubanguka
(to not be in a ~) kwītōnda
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keep   ▶ kugumya
 (a fire going) gucānira
 (for the night) kurāza
 (law) kwītōndera
 (things for oneself) kwīgūnga
 (too long) gutebana
 (not ~ one's wordto do that which one has declared he would not do) kwīrahuruza
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let   ▶ kureka, gukūndira
 (let's go) hogi, hoji, tugende
(flow from) kuva
 (let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
 (up work) guharuruka
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magic   ▶ ubumago, amangetengete, amareba
 (to take out objects from body, as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
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pick   ▶ (a chicken) kumōngōra
 (a fight) gusōtōra
 (peas, beans, berries) gutōbōra
 (squash, corn) gukōndōra
 (up) gutōra, kuyōra
 (up, as birds do) kunobagura, kunoba
 (up bits of food here and there) kunūranura
 (up here and there) gutōragura
 (up manure and put in garden) kuvūmbura
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plan   ▶ (to) gutegūra, guteganya
(to ~ for) gutūmbēra, kugira imigabo
 (secretly to do something) kwimbirira
 (to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
 (to have several plans of what to do) gutēgekanya
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plant   ▶ (to ~) gutēra
 (to ~ broadcast) kumījīra
 (first) gushūza
 (small seeds) kubiba
 (to be loaded with fruits or grain) gutēngerera
 (to be lush and green) gutotahara
 (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
 (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
 (to help ~, throw beans in soil as other hoes) gutēragira
 (to put forth branches) gushamika
 (to put out big spreading branches) gusagarara, gutabarara
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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pleasure   ▶ igihīmbāro
 (to do something that causes) gusamāza
 (to give) kunēzēra
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quickly   ▶ n'ingoga, vuba vuba
(to do) gukwākwānya, gutebūka, gutebūtsa
 (to do ~ and carelessly) kuraha
 (to do, esp. used by Batwa) gushōka
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reluctantly   ▶ (to go, to do) kwīyumānganya
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secretly   ▶ urwīhisho, impisho, inēnge
 (to plan to do something ~) kwīmbirira
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set   ▶ (of sun) kurēnga
 (down, to carry and ~ down frequently) gusegenyeza
 (example) guha akarorero
(fire to) guturira
 (fixed time) kugerereza
 (free) kudādura
 (one's heart on) guhahamira
 (the table) gupānga ameza
(time: to do something at a ~ time) guhēnga
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shameful   ▶ (to do ~ things) guhūmba
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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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talk   ▶ kuyāga, gusakuza, kugānīra
 (foolishly, or act) gusaragurika
 (give discourse) kugamba
 (in one's sleep) kurāzirana
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) guhogora
 (a lot) kuregeteza
 (nonsense when drunk) kuvōvōta
 (over) gutegēranya
 (slanderously) kuvōvōta
 (together in whispers) kunwengurana, kwītōnganya
 (to oneself) kwītonganya
 (unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to sit together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (one who talks a lot, esp. tells others what to do) ingāre
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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think   ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
 (about) kuziga
 (over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
 (to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
 (think of that!) pe!
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time   ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
 (another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
 (the very last) ubuherūka
 (of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
 (to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
 (to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
 (to spend ~ together) kumarana
 (to waste one's ~) gukinanga
 (how many ~) kangahe?
 (many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi
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unable   ▶ (to be) kudashobora
(to do what one attempts) gutāna
 (to hear well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
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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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unwillingly   ▶ (to do) kugoyagoya
 (to obey) kugambarara
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vyantamije   phr   ▶ I can't do it! (from gutamya)
impaka (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. discussion, dispute, 2. questioning
kubigira ku mpaka to do it on purpose
ingāre (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who gets cross easily but who gets over it quickly, one who talks a lot (esp. to tell others what to do)
intabarirwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. one who doesn't do as he hears he should, 2. disobedient child
kubigira ku mpaka (-gize)   phr   ▶ to do it on purpose (see impaka)
guhava (-huye)   v   ▶ to do as a consequence
guherūka (-herūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be last (previous), 2. to have done recently, 3. to have been at, 4. to come to do something
guhuna (-hunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake
guhāngāza (-hāngāje)     v   ▶ 1. to close entrance with branches, 2. to defend, protect (old meaning), 3. to be almost time to do something
guhānjagira (--nje)     v   ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will
guhāta (-hāse)     v   ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will
guhēnga (-hēnze)     v   ▶ to set a time, do something at a set time
guhūmba (-hūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie, 2. deceive, 3. do shameful things
gukwākwānya (-kwākwānije)     v   ▶ to do quickly, to hurry
gupfa (-pfūye)     v   ▶ 1. to die, 2. to do anyhow, 3. to be in disagreement
gusamāza (-samāje)     v   ▶ 1. to wait or long for, 2. to expect, 3. to do something that causes pleasure or amazement, 4. to distract
gushimika (-shimitse)   v   ▶ 1. to do one's duty, 2. to persist, to persevere, 3. to hold strongly
gushūza (-shūrije)     v   ▶ to begin, to do first, to plant first
gusibanganya (-sibanganije)     v   ▶ 1. to blot out, dig up, plough badly, 2. to fail to do one's task, 3. to neglect one's work
gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)
gusubīra (-subīriye)     v   ▶ to repeat, to do again
gusūriranya (-sūriranije)     v   ▶ to splash and tumble (water in river), to tear along (as rain sweeps away everything), to dig out grass rapidly, to do quickly
gutamya (-tamije)     v   ▶ 1. to exhaust, 2. to weary, 3. to be beyond what one can do
gutebūtsa (-tebūkije)     v   ▶ to do quickly
gutāna (-tānye)     v   ▶ 1. to go separate ways, 2. to bring loss or failure, 3. to be unsuccessful, 4. to be unable to do what one attempts, 5. to lose one another
gutēgekanya (-tēgekanije)     v   ▶ 1. to hesitate between two actions, 2. to have several plans of what to do so that at least one will please the other people, 3. to have two methods of defending yourself, but use the one you hadn't planned on
kubagabaga (-bagabaze)     v   ▶ to stroll about as if one had nothing else to do
kubanguka (-bangutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be easily done, to be quickly done, 2. to do in a hurry, 3. to be active, 4. to be direct, 5. to be skillful
kubāngikanya (-bāngikanije)     v   ▶ 1. to start a job before finishing the previous one, 2. do two things at once, 3. to place two things parallel, or side by side
kubānza (-bānje)     v   ▶ to begin by, to do first
kugabiriza (-gabirije)     v   ▶ to be prepared to do or run quickly
kugaburura (-gaburuye)     v   ▶ to fail to do what you started
kugera (-geze)     v   ▶ 1. to command, rule, 2. measure, 3. reach a certain point, 4. to arrive, 5. to act as if to beat but not do it, 6. to be ready
kugirira (-giriye)     v   ▶ to do for
kugirīsha (-girīshije)     v   ▶ to use, do with, make with
kumenyēra (-menyēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to be accustomed to, to be adapted to, 2. to do a thing habitually, 3. to adapt
kunya (-neye)     v   ▶ to defecate, to do a pooh, to excrete, to have a bowel movement
kunyinkira (-nyinkiye)     v   ▶ to work or do unwillingly, complainingly
kuraha (-rashe)     v   ▶ to grab, to do quickly and carelessly
kuruhira (-ruhiye)     v   ▶ 1. to do the work of another without approval, 2. to get weary at, for
kurushiriza (-rushirije)     v   ▶ to surpass, receive more, to do even more
kurēngagiza (-rēngagije)     v   ▶ to wait, delay to answer, to do a sloppy job
kurēngerana (-rēngeranye)     v   ▶ 1. to be overripe (bananas), 2. to have too much to do
kurīgānirwa (-rīgāniwe)     v   ▶ to not know what to do
kuzazanirwa (-zazaniwe)   v   ▶ to be puzzled, uncertain what to do
kuzingirikira (-zingirikiye)   v   ▶ to force, to command a person to do what he doesn't want to, use violence, to make another lose his case
kwāma (-āmye)     v   ▶ 1. to always or continually do a thing, 2. to bear fruit
kwīgaba (-īgavye)     v   ▶ 1. to rule oneself, be independent, 2. to do as one pleases
kwīgenera (-īgeneye)     v   ▶ 1. to do something of oneself without authority, 2. boast of what one will do, 3. to attribute to oneself
kwīgereza (-īgereje)     v   ▶ to help oneself (even if you don't know how to do the thing)
kwīgirira (-īgiriye)     v   ▶ to do to, for oneself
kwīgūnga (-īgūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be selfish, keep things for oneself, 2. to do something alone
kwīhanukīra (-īhanukīye)     v   ▶ 1. to declare strongly, 2. to do forcefully
kwījijānya (-ījijānye)     v   ▶ to be puzzled, not know what to do
kwīkubiranya (-īkubiranije)     v   ▶ 1. to fold itself repeatedly, 2. to do the same exercise repeatedly
kwīmbirira (-īmbiriye)     v   ▶ to plan secretly to do something
kwīrahuruza (-īrahuruje)     v   ▶ 1. to fail to keep a vow, 2. to do that which you declared you wouldn't
kwīyumānganya (-īyumānganije)     v   ▶ 1. to be reserved, 2. be unwilling to commit oneself, 3. suffer pain without complaint, be stoical, 4. to go or do reluctantly
ivyōndo    4   ▶ mud
urwōndo   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ mud
kudoda (-doze)     v   ▶ to tap, strike, rap, strike one article against another
kudoha (-doshe)     v   ▶ to be fat, to become fat
kudoma (-domye)     v   ▶ to mark, print, stamp, put spots on something
mama w'umukōndo   phr   ▶ beloved mother
ibido (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ can, canister (from Fr. bidon)
ikado (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift, present (from Fr. cadeau)
irido (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ curtain (Fr.)
ibihēndo    4   ▶ deceitfulness
uruhēndo   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ deceitfulness
urukūndo     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. love, 2. deep affection, 3. romance
kudōnda (-dōnze)     v   ▶ 1. to narrate, 2. tell events one after another, 3. to relate
ihūndo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sorghum (sing. refers to one grain)
ubupfīndo     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lot (as in drowing lots)
kudobera (-dobeye)     v   ▶ to sink (as in water)
kudobeza (-dobeje)     v   ▶ to drown (vt)
kudohōka (-dohōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to come apart (e.g. chains), 2. to escape, 3. to get thin
kudomeka (-dometse)     v   ▶ to light, to kindle (fire, lamp)
kudōbēra (-dōbēye)     v   ▶ to walk about in house without permission
ipfūndo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. knot, 2. outer garment
inkondo (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ handle (e.g. of spoon)
inyundo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ in the presence of (lit. knees) (some great person)
inyūndo (iny-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ (Sw.) hammer
mugitōndo  n   ▶ (no pl.) morning
urugēndo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ journey
kudodomwa (-dodomwe)     v   ▶ to have diarrhea
kudohesha (-dohesheje)     v   ▶ to make fat
kudondōra (-dondōye)     v   ▶ to describe
kudondōza (-dondōje)     v   ▶ to ask for particulars or a description
dogiteri   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ doctor
agatōndo (idu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ early morning
akabindo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ napkin, sanitary towel
igitōndo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ morning
ikibondo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small child
ikibāndo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. piece of wood for beating beans or grain, or for closing a door, 2. crutch
ikirūndo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ heap, pile
umuhīndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ noise of rain, thunder, etc.
umuhōndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ yellow
umukōndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. navel, 2. spot opposite door or house, 3. end of boat
kudomagiza (-domagije)     v   ▶ to put dots on
kudomagura (-domaguye)     v   ▶ to put many dots on
kudomagurwa (-domaguwe)     v   ▶ to be marked, dotted
kudōmbagiza (-dōmbagije)     v   ▶ to choose things or people from group not in consecutive order
agafindofindo     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ quinzy, 'thrush'
gukora umudo (-koze)   phr   ▶ to stuff a mattress
kugira umudo (-gize)   phr   ▶ to stuff a mattress
-kazi    ▶ suffix used to form the feminine (imbwakazi – female dog, inkokokazi – hen)
-ōye   v   ▶ 1. don't (strong negative), 2. lest, (verb without infinitive)
agakingirizo (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ condom (from gukīngiriza)
agatēte (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. pieces of a certain kind of grass used for weaving, 2. bits of things used by witch doctor to divine
akaburūngu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. period, full stop, (punctuation), 2. little dot
amakēnga    5   ▶ 1. doubts, 2. mistrust, 3. apprehension
amazīnda  5   ▶ (no sing.) 1. forgetfulness, 2. doubt
kugira amazīnda to be forgetful, doubtful
gushira amazīnda to have a good memory
epfo   adv   ▶ down, below
gucūmba (-cūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to make bread, 2. to mix (dough), 2. to knead
gucūra (-cūye)     v   ▶ 1. to marry a widow and go to her kraal, 2. to bring a wife back that's gone home, 3. to lead or send back (esp. cows), 4. to address the people (used only of king or other authority)
gucurama (-curamye)     v   ▶ 1. to bow down, 2. to lie on one's side, 3. to be placed wrong end to
gucuramika (-curamitse)     v   ▶ to turn upside down
gucurika (-curitse)     v   ▶ to turn upside down or wrong end to, to be upside down or wrong end to
gufufahaza (-fufahaje)     v   ▶ to treat patient but he doesn't recover
guhahaza (-hahajije)   v   ▶ 1. to rule over, to dominate, 2. to mistreat, to oppress
guhamāngira (-hamāngiye)   v   ▶ 1. to pack down, 2. to get stuck
guhāmbāra (-hāmbāye)   v   ▶ 1. to be wicked, 2. to be harsh, 3. to be tremendous, 4. to be very great, 5. to be violent
guharira (-hariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to grant to, 3. to allow another to dominate, 4. to scrape, etc., at, for
guharuruka (-harurutse)     v   ▶ 1. to let up work, 2. be bored with, 3. be displeased with, 4. to abandon
guhēmba (-hēmvye)     v   ▶ to pay (esp. for work done)
guhenuka (-henutse)     v   ▶ to fall down (as house)
guhenura (-henuye)     v   ▶ to tear down, cause to fall down
guhenurwa (-henuwe)     v   ▶ to be torn down
guhindikirana (-hindikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another
guhomvora (-homvoye)     v   ▶ to tear down, destroy
guhonyora (-honyoye)     v   ▶ 1. to step on, trample on, crush with feet, 2. destroy, tear down, 3. make tracks
guhora (-hoze)     v   ▶ 1. to cool (food or liquid) (vi), 2. to always do, continue, be eternal, 3. to be silent, become calm
guhōyahōya (-hōyahōye)     v   ▶ 1. to try to hinder from doing wrong, 2. to coax, 3. to reassure
guhoza (-hojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to cool, to calm down, 2. to appease, 3. to console, comfort, reassure
guhugūmba (-hugūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to wander from place to place, to not stay at home, 2. to be fearful, uncertain, 3. to be double-minded
guhura (-huze)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to eat what you've always eaten, 2. to take objects out of flesh (as witch traditional doctor supposedly does)
guhwāmika (-hwāmitse)     v   ▶ 1. to put down, 2. prevent from speaking, 3. to calm, appease
guhwihwisha (-hwihwishe)     v   ▶ 1. to not be certain who a person is, 2. to go carefully because you don't know the path well
gukanjagura (-kanjaguye)     v   ▶ to mix things up and pack them down together
gukebanya (-kebanije)     v   ▶ to shake down to separate from dirt (e.g. millet)
gukēkeranya (-kēkeranye)     v   ▶ to doubt, to hesitate
gukēra (-kēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to rejoice at arrival of someone, 2. give warm welcome (one does not say it of himself)
gukoba (-kovye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a litle hole in ground for planting a tree or plant, 2. to dig up sweet potato with fingers, dig as chicken does, 3. to strip one of his clothing
gukokeza (-kokeje)   v   ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog
gukomāntara (-komāntaye)     v   ▶ to be hard-hearted, to be beaten down (as path)
gukora (-koze)     v   ▶ 1. to work, 2. to do, 3. to touch, 4. to make cough (spit), 5. to be fatal, 6. it's enough (salt, medicine, etc.) in something else, 7. to produce
urakoze (or, wakoze) thank you
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance
gukoragurika (-koraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down continually, in abundance (as branches blown down), 2. to run downhill
gukorora (-koroye)     v   ▶ 1. to throw down from above, cause to fall down from above, 2. to cough
gukōsha (-kōsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pay dowry, ask for dowry
gukūbēbera (-kūbēbeye)     v   ▶ to carry away (as water does)
gukuga (-kuze)     v   ▶ to bark (dog)
gukungagura (-kungaguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall, to push down
gukwa (-koye)     v   ▶ to pay dowry
gukwēra (-kwēreye)     v   ▶ to pay dowry at, to
gukwērwa (-kwērewe)     v   ▶ to receive the dowry
gupāngūra (-pāngūye)     v   ▶ (Sw.) to clear off (as table, etc.), to take down (tent)
gusabagira (-sabagiye)     v   ▶ to lap (as dog)
gusahiriza (-sahirije)     v   ▶ to cooperate in getting a job done quickly, to give someone a hand
gusambūka (-sambūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down (house, etc.), 2. to come to pieces
gusambūra (-sambūye)     v   ▶ to tear down, destroy, demolish, undo
gusambūrwa (-sambūwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be torn down, 2. to be undone
gusambūza (-sambūje)     v   ▶ to cause to tear down
gusangangura (-sanganguye)     v   ▶ to tear down, wipe out, destroy completely
gusegenyeza (-segenyeje)     v   ▶ 1. to roll along, 2. to carry and put down frequently, 3. to crowd up together (people sitting)
guseka (-setse)     v   ▶ 1. to ram into as a sheep does, 2. to butt, to bump into
gusekura (-sekuye)     v   ▶ 1. to shell or grind in wooden mortar, 2. to push forward, 3. to put down roughly, 4. to drop
gusenga (-senze)     v   ▶ 1. to worship, to adore, 2. pray
gusēnyūka (-sēnyūtse)     v   ▶ to fall down (esp. house)
gusēnyūra (-sēnyūye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall down (house)
gushariza (-sharije)     v   ▶ to adorn, decorate
gushaza (-shajije)     v   ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up
gushazīsha (-shazīshije)     v   ▶ to decorate, adorn
gushidīkanya (-shidīkanije)     v   ▶ to doubt
gushirira (-shiriye)     v   ▶ to put down for
gushiruka amazinda (-shirutse)   phr   ▶ to not have doubt, be sure of oneself
gushunguruka (-shungurutse)     v   ▶ to fall or jump from above, to tumble down, fall in cascade
gushungurura (-shunguruye)     v   ▶ to throw down from above
gusita (-sise)     v   ▶ to strike against in order to knock down (e.g. shake dead tree in hole to break it loose)
gusituka (-situtse)     v   ▶ to fall down, collapse (vi)
gusūra (-sūye)     v   ▶ 1. to search carefully, 2. to spy on, 3. to watch for, 4. to scatter seeds or dirt by scratching as chicken does
guswerana nk'imbwa     phr   ▶ to make love like dogs, to have homosexual intercourse (derogative)
gutegekanishwa (-tegekanishijwe)     v   ▶ to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans
guterekana (-terekanye)     v   ▶ to put down together
gutēteka (-tētetse)     v   ▶ to make another feel badly over something he's done, to be easily deceived or mocked
gutēzūra (-tēzūye)     v   ▶ to fail to keep one's promise, to let go of what you've started to take or do, to lose interest
gutika (-titse)     v   ▶ to tell fairy tales (stories passed down from long ago)
gutōngōra (-tōngōye)     v   ▶ 1. to consume (fire), 2. to take away completely, 3. to cut down trees left after fire has passed over
gutōra (-tōye)     v   ▶ 1. to choose, to elect, to vote, 2. to invite, 3. to pick up, to pick, 4. to adopt (habit)
gutsindagira (-tsindagiye)     v   ▶ to crush down, press down
gutsindagirira (-tsindagiriye)     v   ▶ to press down at, for
gutsindagiza (-tsindagije)     v   ▶ to press down with
gutumagura (-tumaguye)     v   ▶ to hit repeatedly but gently with fist (mother sometimes does it to child)
gutūmbūra (-tūmbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut down banana stalk, 2. to be a widow (of chief, etc.)
gutūra (-tūye)     v   ▶ 1. to remove load from head, 2. to lay down a burden, 3. to unload, to put down 4. to offer a gift
gutūra hasi (-tūye)   phr   ▶ to knock down (esp. in a fight)
gutururuza (-tururuje)     v   ▶ 1. to push a person down where he belongs, 2. to squelch, 3. to prevent, to stop, 4. to convince, 5. to catch swarming bees
gutūrwa (-tūwe)     v   ▶ to be put down (load)
hāsi     adv   ▶ on the ground, floor, down, below
hēpfo     adv   ▶ down, below, down there
ibīngira (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ wolf-like dog (wild)
icījīji (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. shadow, 2. reflection, 3. specter
icumbi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. dormitory, 2. guest room
idirisha (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) window
idorari (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ dollar
igise (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ardour, fervour
igisengwa (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ image, idol
igishimaryango (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ doorpost
igishushānyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ image, idol, picture
igitumbura (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ doughnut, donut, fritter, sinker
igitungano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ domestic animal
igitūtu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shade, shadow
ijigo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ back teeth (all double teeth, bicuspids, molars)
gutwengera mw ijigo to be secretly amused, to laugh at secretly
ikēkwe     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) mistrust, doubt
ikigirwamāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ idol, object of worship
ikigongwe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. mercy, 2. pardon, forgiveness, 3. pity
imbwa (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ dog
imbwakazi female dog
imbwakazi (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ female dog, bitch
imfunya (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ child that doesn't grow properly
impāno (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift (nothing expected in return), donation
impīngūro (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ answers (as on an exam), redoing an unsatisfactory job
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
imyīgīshe    2   ▶ teaching, doctrine
indogoba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ donkey
indogobwe (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ donkey
indome (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dot, spot, 2. letter, 3. spotted barkcloth used as a thing of worship
injangwe (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cat (domesticated)
injebejebe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ wrinkle (actually, turning down of lower lip), red thing on chicken below beak (wattle)
inkwāno (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ dowry price
intābwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. orphan, 2. unwanted child, 3. abandoned wife
intozo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hunting dog
intunguru (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ turtle dove
inuma (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ dove, pigeon
inzogera (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bells used as musical instrument, strapped to feet or arms, 2. bells bound to hunting dog to raise the game
irāro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. dormitory, 2. accommodation, 3. shelter for cows
irindazi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ donut like snack food, served with tea
itu    ▶ you don't say? is that really so?
ivoka (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ avocado
kubaruruka (-barurutse)     v   ▶ 1. to come unsewn, 2. to rip (vi), 3. to abandon
kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze)   phr   ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)
kubwagura (-bwaguye)     v   ▶ to give birth to, to litter (as dog, etc.)
kugaba (-gavye)     v   ▶ 1. to rule over, dominate, be master, 2. to be on guard, prepared for, 3. to pass out gifts
kugangāra (-gangāye)     v   ▶ to growl, grunt (dog)
kugayika (-gayitse)     v   ▶ 1. to be despised, 2. be looked down upon
kugira (-gize)     v   ▶ 1. to do, 2. to make, 3. to have, 4. to think, 5. to say
kugira amazīnda (-gize)   phr   ▶ 1. to be forgetful, 2. to be doubtful
kugirwa (-gizwe)     v   ▶ to be done
kugobōtoza (-gobōtoje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to take down, to take down with, 2. to unhook
kugubwa (-gubwe)     v   ▶ to be settled down nicely, good pleasant living (pass. of kugwa)
kuguguza (-guguje)     v   ▶ to coo (dove only)
kugūndana (-gūndanye)     v   ▶ to push each other, knock each other down
kujegeza (-jegeje)     v   ▶ 1. to silence one's opponent by speaking the truth, 2. to astound, astonish, 3. to roll about (vt), 4. throw down, 5. to surprise
kujīsha (-jīshe)     v   ▶ 1. to weave, knit, tie cow's legs while milking, 2. to make wax for honey (bees), 3. to close doors (used only in speaking of royal palace)
kujōndamika (-jōndamitse)     v   ▶ 1. to stoop down, 2. to bend over
kumanura (-manuye)     v   ▶ to lower, cause to descend, bring down, take down, drop down
kumanurwa (-manuwe)     v   ▶ to be brought down, taken down
kumanuza (-manuje)     v   ▶ 1. to come down, 2. to depend on help of
kumoka (-motse)     v   ▶ to call out across the hills (implies scorn of one doing it)
kunūkiriza (-nūkirije)     v   ▶ to cause to smell bad odor
kunūranura (-nūranuye)     v   ▶ to pick up bits of food here and there (esp. dog)
kunyika (-nyitse)     v   ▶ 1. to slide (landslide), 2. to pack down (vi), 3. to come to an end, be completely destroyed (while you are watching, to suddenly disappear as you watch)
kunyikiza (-nyikije)     v   ▶ to pack down (vt)
kunyīngisha (-nyīngishije)     v   ▶ to shake down (as when measuring), to rub a bump so it doesn't swell or hurt
kunyogōmba (-nyogōmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to drag along, 2. to crawl, 3. to feel cast down
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)
kuragura (-raguye)     v   ▶ 1. to divine, 2. bewitch, 3. seek to know doer of evil (as witch doctor does), 4. to be a mind reader
kuraguza (-raguje)     v   ▶ to have witch doctor bewitch another, to have witch doctor to divine, find who did evil
kuramiza (-ramije)     v   ▶ to pour milk down another's throat
kuramutsa (-ramukije)     v   ▶ 1. to greet (oneself, not sent by another), 2. to greet in letter, 3. to visit, 4. to stand at door and cough or call 'muraduha'
kurekurira (-rekuriye)     v   ▶ to release, to pardon
kurekuriranira (-rekuriraniye)     v   ▶ to pardon each other
kurekurirwa (-rekuriwe)     v   ▶ to be pardoned, to be forgiven
kurekurwa (-rekuwe)     v   ▶ to be released, pardoned
kuremēra (-remēreye)     v   ▶ to be heavy, to weigh down
kuremērwa (-remērewe)     v   ▶ 1. to be weighed down, heavy-laden, 2. to be pregnant
kurera (-reze)     v   ▶ 1. to rear a child, 2. to adopt, 3. to tutor, 4. to educate, 5. to take a child in arms
kurotsa (-rokeje)     v   ▶ 1. to gulp down, 2. to dump into something, 3. submerge in water
kuryāma (-ryāmye)     v   ▶ 1. to go to bed, 2. to lie down, 3. to go to sleep
kuryāmana (-ryāmanye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie down with, to lie down together, 2. to have sex
kuryāmika (-ryāmitse)     v   ▶ 1. to put to bed, 2. to lay down
kuva (-vuye)   v   ▶ 1. to come from, 2. to shed, 3. to leak, 4. to let flow from
kuva mu modoka to get out of the car
have get out of my way, get out of there
vaho (same as have)
kuvurūnga (-vurūnze)   v   ▶ to make a little dough, to stir, mix, to roll about on ground (vi)
kuvurungisha (-vurungishije)   v   ▶ to make dough with
kuvyūtsa (-vyūkije)   v   ▶ to lift up one who is lying down
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
kuzūnguruka (-zūngurutse)   v   ▶ to go around, to cycle (the stem 'zungu' is also the origin of umuzungu, which does not mean 'white person' but rather 'someone going around', describing the first European explorers)
kwārūza (-ārūje)     v   ▶ to tear down nest
kwātīra (-ātīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to go down the middle (e.g. of path or country), 2. to crack (vi, vt)
kwātīra (-ātīye)   v   ▶ to gulp down water, to gorge oneself
kwēgera inkengera z'uruzi (-ēgereye)   phr   ▶ to dock a boat
kweguka (-egutse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down from above, 2. to die suddenly, 3. to stretch (vi)
kwegura (-eguye)     v   ▶ 1. to give over a possession, 2. bring down a bee hive, 3. throw on ground
kwīcungura (-īcunguye)     v   ▶ to pay to make up for wrong doing
kwīdegēmvya (-īdegēmvye)     v   ▶ to have liberty, freedom
kwīgera (-īgeze)     v   ▶ 1. to try on clothes, 2. to have done, 3. to arrive at (e.g. har'aho wigeze kumubona? – have you ever seen him?)
kwījīrwa (-ījīriwe)     v   ▶ to be sad, utterly downcast
kwīkēkako (--tseko)     v   ▶ to think, to doubt oneself
kwīkubita hasi (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīkubita imbere (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīmotereza (-īmotereje)     v   ▶ to smell (good odor) (vi)
kwīnukiriza (-īnukirije)     v   ▶ to smell (bad odor) (vt)
kwīrengagiza (-īrengagije)     v   ▶ 1. to procrastinate, 2. put off doing what one should, 3. to act indifferent, 4. to ignore someone, 5. to not give answer when asked, 6. to not show one's feelings, be reserved
kwītēmbagaza (-ītēmbagaje)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down, 2. to roll
kwīyagiriza (-īyagirije)     v   ▶ 1. to admit one's wrong to avoid being caught, 2. to hide in a corner, 3. to tell what one has done
kwīyubāra (-īyubāye)     v   ▶ 1. to hesitate, 2. to doubt, 3. to beware
kwūbama (-ūbamye)   v   ▶ to stoop down, bend over
kwūbika (-ūbitse)   v   ▶ to turn upside down, to be upside down (esp. of basket)
kwūbika inda (-ūbitse)   phr   ▶ to lie on one's face, to lie face down, to be in prone position
kwūbikwa (-ūbitswe)   v   ▶ to be turned upside down
kwūhīra (-ūhīye)   v   ▶ 1. to pour water on another's hands, 2. to give salt to domestic animals (usually in other food)
kwūnama (-ūnamye)   v   ▶ to stoop over, bend down, to bow one's head
kwūnamika (-ūnamitse)   v   ▶ to make another to look down, close his eyes, stoop
kwūruruka (-ūrurutse)   v   ▶ to climb down, descend (as tree)
kwūrurutsa (-ūrurukije)   v   ▶ to cause to climb down
kwūrurutswa (--kijwe)   v   ▶ to be caused to climb down
māmbu    ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)
mutsitsa (mi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ wisdom tooth
muzitsa   2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ (no pl.) wisdom tooth
ndabitāhūra   phr   ▶ I don't understand
ni mwicare   phr   ▶ Please sit down
nōye gutīnya   phr   ▶ don't be afraid
ntaco   phr   ▶ 1. I don't mind, 2. never mind, 3. no problem
ntavyonzi   phr   ▶ I don't know (from -zi)
sindabizi   phr   ▶ I don't know
sinūmva ikirundi   phr   ▶ I don't understand Kirundi
sinzi   phr   ▶ I don't know (from -zi)
ububangutsi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ ardour, fervour
ubugorane   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ boredom
ubukerebutsi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ ardour, fervour
uburyarya     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching, making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception
ubwaku   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ mouth odor
ubwāmi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ kingdom
ubwēnge     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. wisdom, 2. knowledge, knowhow, 3. sense, 4. intelligence, 5. intellect, 6. consciousness
ubwigēnge   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. freedom, 2. independence
ugutsirita   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ rubdown, massage
umubabwe (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ odor (of scorched flesh or hair)
umugānga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ medical doctor
umuhīngamo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ afternoon, toward sundown
umukēcuru (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ old woman, widow (not very respectful term, can be used though by little children, or by grandchildren towards their grandmother)
umukōbwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. girl, 2. daughter (lit. the one to be given a dowery)
umumago (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ magician, certain kind of witch doctor
umupfākazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ widow
umupfumu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ witch doctor
umurēzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. one who rears child, 2. tutor, 3. adopted father
umurya (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tendon
umuryāngo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. door, 2. family, 3. clan, kinship
umusore (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. adolescent, 2. bachelor, unmarried young man, (pl. also imisore, then with negative connotation: youth mob)
umutsi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. blood vessel, 2. nerve, 3. muscle, 4. tendon
umutundiro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stones, nails, etc., which witch doctor pretends to take from swollen place on body
umuvūzi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ doctor, one who treats illness
umuziro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. prohibition, 2. wrong done deserving punishment
umwīdegēmvyo     2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ liberty, freedom
urudubi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ that which a person says or does for which he may be convicted, result of failure to keep promise, dilemma, difficulty
urūgi (inz-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ door
urukorōnko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ charm or horn used by witch doctor
urusīma     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ illness where abdomen swells and fills with fluid
urusīna     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ illness where abdomen swells and fills with fluid
affection   ▶ igikūndiro, ubukūnzi, urukundo
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again   ▶ ukundi
 (do again) kwongera, gusubīra
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alliance   ▶ isezerano
 (to help another overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
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allow   ▶ gukūndira, kureka
 (to go) kurekura
 (to pass) kubisa
 (another to dominate) guharira
 (another to pass) kubisiriza
 (allow me) enda
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animal   ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
 (fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika
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announce   ▶ kubūrira, kubūra, kurānga
 (oneself) kwībūra
 (to stand at door and call greeting) kuramutsa
 (the death of someone) kubika, kubikira
 (everywhere) gukwīragiza, gukwīza
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automobile   ▶ umuduga, imodoka, ivatiri
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avenge   ▶ guhōra
 (wrong done to one's family) kuzira
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avocado   ▶ ivoka
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bark   ▶ igishishwa
 (of banana tree) igihubahuba
 (cloth garment) indemano
 (cloth with painted spots, used as thing of worship) indabe, indome
 (~ stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imibavu
 (put on new ~) kwībwira
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barking   ▶ (of dog) ikuga
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basket   ▶ (big) intonga, igitēbō
 (deep, uncovered) ikigagara, igisāmba, igisāngāza
 (flat, small) icibo
 (flat with lid) inkōko
 (little) akēbo
 (shallow) ikivūmvu
 (tall) inkēnga
 (tall, pointed) igiseke, igisīmbo
 (border of) umusōzo
 (lid, cover) umutemere
 (nicely made) indemano
 (to cover) kurumya
 (to remove lid) kurumūra
 (to be upside down) kwūbika
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bay   ▶ ikigobe
 ('bay window') ikizeze
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bean   ▶ igiharage
(green) umubīmba, umukerere, umukonyogo
(lima) igiharo
(red) ishigisha
(small red) uduharawe
(leaves) umukubi
(leaves, first two) ingāmba
(pod) urusokoro
(sprout) umugōndōra
(that have been put away for a year) igihitira
(to put ~ away for a year) guhitiza
(to put away ~ for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(to tie ~ on hedge to dry) gushisha
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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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bee   ▶ uruyūki
 (carpenter) imvūndēri
 (to catch swarming bees) gutururuza
 (to put in new hive) kwātira
 (~ sting) urubōyi
 (~ hive) igitiba
 (bring down ~ hive) kwegura
 (to put up ~ hive) kwegeka
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beggar   ▶ umusēzi, umusabisabi
 (one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it) imvūmūre
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bend   ▶ (vt) guheta
 (as joint) kugōnda
 (curve) kugoreka
 (down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
 (over) kujōndamika, kwūbama
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bewitch   ▶ kuragura, kuroga, kuvōvōta
 (to have witchdoctor ~ another) kuraguza
 (one who bewitches) umuraguzi, umurozi
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bird   ▶ ikiguruka
 (little ones) inyoni
 (crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
 (crow) igikōna
 (dove) intunguru, inuma
 (duck) imbati
 (eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
 (goose, wild) igisafu
 (hawk) igisiga
 (kite) ikinyakabaka
 (parrot) gasuku
 (partridge) inkwāre
 (robin, African) inyōmvyi
 (that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
 (wagtail) inyamanza
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birth   ▶ ivuka
 (to give ~) kuvyāra
 (to be about to give ~) gukurirwa
 (to be about to give ~, of cow) kudigiriza
 (to give ~, to litter, esp. dog) kubwāgura
 (to come to day to give ~) kuramukwa
 (to give ~, to child who dies at once) kuruhira ubusa
 (to aid woman in childbirth) kuvyāza
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bloated   ▶ (to be) kubondōka
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boat   ▶ ubwato, imasuwa, imeri
(big) icōmba
 (stern) umukōndo
 (to row a ~) gusōza
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bracelet   ▶ agakomo
(brass) umububa, umwākaka
(of copper wire) ikidodi, ikidode
(of grass) umunoni
(of metal) akanyabugoro, umurīnga
(of wire) inyerere
(worn at dances) urunana
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bring   ▶ (to ~) kuzana
 (back) kugarura
 (back from far away) guhabūra
 (back wife after she's gone home) gucūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down bee hive) kwegura
 (from dark into light) kwāndagaza
 (from hiding) kunyegurura
 (greeting) gutāsha
 (in passing) guhitana
 (into open from hidden place) kwātura
 (loss or failure) gutāna
 (new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
 (out of hiding) gufurūra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (things in from sun) kwāmura
 (things and put them together to give to someone) gusorōranya
 (to pass) gucimbataza
 (together) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (up child) gukuza, kurera
 (water) kudahira, kuvōma
 (with one) kuzanana
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bucket   ▶ indobo, akameka
 (handle of) umukono
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burden   ▶ umutwāro, umuzigo
 (to lay down ~) gutūra
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call   ▶ (to ~) guhamagara
 (in sense of name) kwīta
 (continuously and persistently) kuvumereza
 (for help) kwāmbaza, gutābaza, gutaka, gutakāmba
 (from hill to hill) gusemerera
 (loudly for help) gutakāmba
 (across the hills, implies scorn of one doing it) kumoka
 (to one who cannot answer) gucurīra
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can   ▶ (tin) igikopo
 (canister) ibido
 (garbage ~) ico batamwo umwavu
 (watering) ishwāro
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cane   ▶ ikibāndo, inkoni yo gushaza
 (sugar ~, ready to eat) umusigati, umusumba
(sugar ~, plant) igikaju
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car   ▶ imodoka, umuduga, ivatiri
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carry   ▶ guterura, gutwāra
 (away, as water does) gukubebera
 (carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
 (for) gutwāza
 (in basket, person not sick) kurerura
 (on back) guheka
 (on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
 (on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
 (and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma
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cease   ▶ kureka
 (to bear fruit) kwāmurūra
 (work) kugodoka
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charm   ▶ (heathen) igihēko
 (heathen, worn on head) urugori
 (used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 ('medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) ururēmbeko
 (spell, hex) amarozi
 (white shell worn by children) iyugi
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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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choose   ▶ kugena, kurobānura, gutōra, gutōranya
 (esp. in action) guhitamwo
 (at random from group) kudōmbagiza
 (leaders) kwātira
 (one to sell a thing) gutōza
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climb   ▶ (hill) kudūga
 (as tree) kwūrira, gusega
 (down) kwūruruka
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close   ▶ (to) gufunga (Sw.), gukīnga, gukīngiriza, kurumya, kwūgara
 (doors of royal place) kujīsha
 (entrance with branches) guhāngāza
 (hands together) gufumbata
 (one's eyes) guhumiriza
 (path) gutangīra
 (to make another to ~ his eyes) kwūnamika
 (up completely) guhindira
 (to get close together) kwegerana
 (to put things or people ~ together) kwegeranya
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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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complain   ▶ kugambarara, guhigimānga, kwīdodōmba, kwītōnganiriza, kuniha, gutāta
 (continually) kuganyira
(in heart at not having gotten what one wanted) kudundumirwa
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complaint   ▶ umwīdodōmbo, ikirēgo
 (to go to chief with) gushengera, gushengerera
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coo   ▶ (dove) kuguguza
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cooperate   ▶ (in getting job done quickly) gusahiriza
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copper   ▶ umujūmbu, umujūmpu, umuringa
(fine wire) ikidodi
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crush   ▶ gufyonyora, gufyonyoka, kuvūngura
 (easily) kuvūnguka
 (grain, before grinding) kuvūngagura, kuvūngurīsha
 (with hands) kuvūnga
 (down) gutsindagira
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curtain   ▶ irido
 (net ~) ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana
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cut   ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
 (banana leaves) kugombōra
 (banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
 (chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (crosswise) kugegena
 (down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
 (easily) gutemuka
 (easily, grass) kwāhirika
 (eyes out) kunogora
 (grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
 (grass for use) kwāhira
 (grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
 (hair) kumwa
 (in big chunks) guketagura
 (in even lengths) gucacūra
 (in many pieces) guhimbagura
 (in pieces) gukebagura
 (lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
 (meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
 (neck of animal) gukerera
 (off) gukona
 (off branches) gukōkōra
 (off tail of animal) gukēmūra
 (off top of tree) gukēmūra
 (tree) gukera, gutema, guca
 (trees for building) guhimbura
 (up) gukekagura
 (up into small pieces) gukeka
 (up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
 (trees or sticks) kugegena
 (with one blow) gutemura
 (with sawing motion) gukerera
 (wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
 (wool of sheep) gukēmūra
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deceitfulness   ▶ ubugūnge, ibihēndo, uruhēndo
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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demote   ▶ (to push a person down) gutururuza
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describe   ▶ kudondōra
 (ask another to) kudondōza
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diarrhea   ▶ ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo, ako mu nda
(to give) guhita
 (to have) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (to stop) gufutīsha
 (to recover from) gufuta
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different   ▶ (to be) gutandukāna
 (anything that is ~ from others in group) indobeke
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dig   ▶ kwīmba, kurima
 (and break through to hollow place) guhubura
 (as chicken does) gukoba
 (out grass rapidly) gusūriranya
 (under crop, grass) kuzika
 (up) gusibanganya
 (up the earth) gutaba
 (up sweet potatoes with fingers, or, to make hole for setting out tree) gukoba
 (to be impossible to dig even though water is on top) gutūta
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distended   ▶ (to be) kubondōka
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divine   ▶ guhinyuza, gupfīndūra, kuragura, kuvōvōta
 (to have a witch doctor divine) kuraguza
 (one who divines) umuraguzi
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docile   ▶ (person or animal) ikirende
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dock   ▶ (to ~ a boat) kwēgera inkengera z'uruzi
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doctor   ▶ umugānga, umuvūzi, dogiteri
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doctrine   ▶ imyīgishe
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dog   ▶ imbwa, imbga, intozo, indura, intoberwa
(female) imbwakazi
 (wild, wolf-like) ibīngira
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domestic animal  ▶ igitungano
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dominate   ▶ kugaba, guhahaza
 (allow another to ~) guharira
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don't   ▶ (strong negative) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
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done   ▶ (to be easily or quickly) kubanguka
 (to have ~) kwīgera
 (to have ~ recently) guherūka
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donkey   ▶ indogoba, indogobwe
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door   ▶ urūgi, umuryāngo, umwāngo
(piece of wood for closing) ikibāndo
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doorpost   ▶ igishimaryāngo
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doorway   ▶ umuryāngo
 (to close ~ with branches) guhāngāza
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dormitory   ▶ indāro, irāro, icumbi
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dot   ▶ indome
 (to put ~ on) kudomagiza
 (to put many ~ on) kudomagura
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double-minded   ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
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doubt   ▶ ikēkwe
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doubts   ▶ amakēnga, amazīnda
 (to not have) gushiruka amazīnda
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dough   ▶ (to mix) gucūmba
 (to make a little) kuvurūnga
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dove   ▶ inuma
 (turtle-dove) intunguru
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down   ▶ epfo, hepfo
 (down there) hepfo
 (to be, to turn upside ~) kwūbika
 (to put ~) guhwāmika
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downcast   ▶ (to be utterly) kwījīrwa
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dowry   ▶ (price) inkwāno
 (to have dowry paid for) gukōbwa
 (to pay) gukwa
 (to receive) gukwērwa
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dream   ▶ indōto, inzozi
 (to ~) kurōta
 (to tell or explain ~) kurōtōra
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drink   ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
 (sweet banana) umutobe
 (soft ~) ifanta
 (to ~) kunywa
 (to ~, of king) gukamagura
 (animals, go to ~) gushōka
 (after a meal) kwīshōza
 (all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
 (to cease to ~) guhodoka
 (from a reed) gusōma
 (from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
 (in) kubōmba
 (to lead animals to ~) gushōra
 (to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
 (to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
 (to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba
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drive   ▶ (a car) gutwara, gutwara imodoka
(~ cows) kuyobora
 (it home, enforce what one has said) kuryōherereza
 (out, esp. evil spirits) guhasha, gusēnda
 (stake in ground) gushīnga
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drown   ▶ (vt) kudobeza
 (vi) kudobera, gusōma nturi
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easily   ▶ (to be done) kubanguka
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end   ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
 (~ of boat) umukōndo
 (at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
 (to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
 (to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
 (to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
 (to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
 (to finish) guheza
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enemy   ▶ umwānsi, umumēnja, umurwānizi
 (to help another overcome an ~) gukōndōrera
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escape   ▶ (narrow) agahēngekezo
 (to ~) kudohōka, gucīka, gutoroka, kuzibukīra
 (to barely ~ an accident) guhakwa, kwēnda
 (the memory) kuzīnda
 (to secretly help someone to ~ by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
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evil   ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
 (adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
 (to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
 (to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
 (to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
 (to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
 (to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
 (to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
 (to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
 (speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (~ deed) ubuhūmbu
 (example) akābarore
 (~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
 (~ look) igitsūre
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expedite   ▶ (to cooperate in getting a job done quickly) gusahiriza
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extra   ▶ (additional) inyongera
 (to be left over) gusigara
 (~ digit, toe, teat) indorerezi
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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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fat   ▶ itōto
 (meat) ibinure
 (to be) kudoha, kuvyibuha
 (to be, child) gushisha
 (to be, meat) kunura
 (to become) kudoha, kuvyibuha
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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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feelings   ▶ (hard) umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold hard ~) kwīdōga
 (to hurt another's ~) gusesereza
 (to not show one's ~) kwīrengagiza
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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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fetish   ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
 (gourd used) intendēri
 (heathen charm on head) urugori
 (spotted barkcloth) indome
 (things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
 (charm) igiheko
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field   ▶ ubwātsi, indimiro
(battle) urugāmba
(corner belonging to each child) icībare
(forsaken, abandonded) ikirare
(cultivated) itōngo
(to clean up) gukāngaza
(playground) ikibuga
(airfield) ikibuga c'indege
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finger   ▶ urutoke
 (thumb) urukumu
 (index) nkumbaruboko
 (middle) nsūmbazōse
 (fourth) marere
 (little) uruhererezi
 (extra) indorerezi
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fire   ▶ umuriro
 (bit of) umucānwa
 (built for cows) icōtero
 (made in enclosure for animals) igicāniro
 (to blow the) kwātsa
 (to destroy by) kuyigiza
 (to extinguish) kuzimya
 (to go out) kuzima
 (to keep ~ going) gucānira
 (to light) kudomeka
 (to make, start, build) gucāna, gukongereza
 (to put out) kuzimya
 (to put wood on ~) gukomānya
 (to set ~ to) guturira
 (to fire from job, dismiss, throw out of house) kwirukana
 (altar fire) igicāniro
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flail   ▶ ikibāndo
 (to ~, beans, grain) guhūra
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forsake   ▶ guheba, guhuma
 (one another) kuvāvānura
 (to succeed in persuading someone to ~ his evil ways) gukōndōra
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freed   ▶ (to be ~ from speech defect) kugobōdoka
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fret   ▶ (tu fume and ~) kwīdōga
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fright   ▶ (to fall down together in) guhindikirana
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fume   ▶ (and fret) kwīdōga
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gadabout   ▶ (one who doesn't stay home) igihūmbu
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garment   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (long) umwitēro
 (long, trails on ground) imvune
 (of barkcloth, nicely sewn) indemano
 (outer) ipfūndo, umutamana
 (that is too big) igisāga
 (that isn't very long) igikwēmu
 (with sleeves or armholes) umwīnjiro
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get   ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra
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gift   ▶ ingabano, ingabire, ishikanwa, itūro, ingemu, ikado
(of appreciation or thanks) ishīmwe, igishīmo
 (given on return from journey) iganūke
 (nothing expected in return) impāno
 (to chief to get something from him) ingororano
 (to make up for offending someone) icīru
 (to offer ~) gutereka, gutūra
 (to pass out ~, distribute) kugaba
 (to present, with something expected in return) kugemura
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give   ▶ guha, guhēsha, gutānga
(back) gusubīza
(back cow, calf to one from whom one received a cow) kwōkōra
 (birth) kuvyāra
(birth, cow about to ~) kudigiriza
(cow a second time to one who has brought many gifts) guhetera inkoni
(example) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
(gift to bride so she will talk) guhorōra
(give me...) mpa
(good measure) kunengesēreza
(in to) kurōnsa
(information) kurangīra
 (life to) kubēshaho
(more) kwongera, kwongeza
(oneself to) kwīhāmbīra
(oneself to service of Kiranga) kubāndwa, kuvōvōta
(over a possession) kwegura
(penuriously) kuzirukanya
(pledge or security) kugwatiriza
(present) kugabira
(refuse to) kwīma
(refuse to ~ another his own) kugūnga, kwīmana
(sacrifice) gushikana
(someone a hand) gusahiriza
 (someone a heavy load) kuremēka
(to) guha, guhēra, guhēreza, kurōnsa, gushikiriza
(to each other) guhāna
(to each other often) guhānahāna
(to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(talk) kugamba
(up everything) kwīgura
(warm welcome, one does not say it of himself) gukēra
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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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good citizenship  ▶ urukundo rw'igihugu c'amavukiro
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grammar   ▶ indongōramvugo
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gripe   ▶ kwīdōga
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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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growl   ▶ (dog) kugangāra
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grunt   ▶ (dog) kugangāra
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gulp   ▶ (down) kurotsa
 (down water) kwātīra
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hammer   ▶ inyūndo (Sw.)
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handle   ▶ (of hoe) umuhini, umumezo
 (of spoon, etc.) inkondo
 (of cup) ikigōmbo
 (of bucket) umukono
 (to put on, esp. hoe) gukwikira
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hard feelings  ▶ umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold) kwīdōga, kugira umwīkomo
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have   ▶ –fise, kugira, gutūnga
 (absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it) kunyananyaya
 (abundance) kudibama, guhīmba
 (always) guhorana
 (bad habits, having had good) gufūtāna
 (diarrhea) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (done recently) guherūka
 (fellowship) gufatanya
 (fellowship with) gucudika
 (fever) kurwara inyonko
 (for) –fitiye
 (friendhsip with) gucudika
 (holes from rust) kunyengetērwa
 (much, may be even lots of debts or trouble) kuroranirwa
 (pain) kubabara
 (sex) kuryamana, kwenda, kurongorana, kurya umwana
 (sloping sides, like soup dish) gufukūra
 (speech impediment) kugobwa
 (things in common) kubūngirana
 (to ~ to) kurīnda, –kwīye
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heap   ▶ ikirūndo
 (small heap of products on market) umufungo
 (to make a) kurūnda
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hinder   ▶ kubuza, gutangīra, guteba, gutēsha
 (from harming another) kuzina
 (from hearing) kubugiriza
 (to try to ~ from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
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hold   ▶ gufata
 (fast to) kugumiriza
 (from falling) gusama
 (hard feelings) kwīdōga
 (in place) kugumya
 (lightly) kwānjānjwa
 (out) kubangira
 (out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
 (of rope, vi) kudādira
 (strongly) gushimika
 (take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
 (to) kwūmira
 (up) gushigirika
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home   ▶ (at ~) i muhira, imuhira
 (at the ~ of) kwa
(at our ~) i wācu, iwācu
(at my ~) i wanyu, iwanyu
(at their ~) i wabo, iwabo
(to go ~) gutāha, kuganūka
(to go ~ from work) kugodoka
(to not stay at) guhugūmba
(to return to parent's ~ when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to take ~ objects, cows, after being away long time) kugishūra
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horn   ▶ (musical) inzamba
 (of animal) ihēmbe
 (small, used for tobacco) inconco, iconco
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 (maze of horns) inka zishashe amahēmbe
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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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ignition   ▶ ugucana, ukudomeka, ugufatisha
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impediment   ▶ (to have speech) kugobwa
 (to be freed from) kugobōdoka
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import   ▶ (to) kurangura mu mahanga
 (to bring new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
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inquire   ▶ (about someone) kubariritsa
 (to ask for particulars or description) kudondōza
 (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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instrument   ▶ igikoresho
 (musical, zither or harp) inānga
 (monochord instrument) umuduri, indonongo
 (musical, lamellophone) ikembe
 (musical, with string) agahugūgu
 (large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
 (sharp) inkazi
 (to play) kuvuza, gucurarānga
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join   ▶ gufatanya, kumatanya, gutēranya
 (together, esp. poles at top in building house) kudōmbagiza
 (together a broken thing) kwūnga
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journey   ▶ urugēndo
 (food for) impāmba
(to prepare things for) gutēkera
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jungle   ▶ ishāmba, idonzi
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knock   ▶ gukomānga
 (down each other) kugundana
 (down in fight) gutūra hāsi
 (down, strike against to ~ down, dead tree) gusita
 (from place to place) kujuragiza
 (over) gutembagaza
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knot   ▶ ipfūndo, ifatanirizo, ifūndo
(slip knot) impururu
 (to ~) gupfundika
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lamp   ▶ itara
 (to light) kudomeka
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lantern   ▶ itara
 (to light) kudomeka
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lay   ▶ (a thing on its side) guhēngeka
 (down, vt) kuryāmika
 (down a burden) gutūra
 (eggs) guta amagi
 (hands on, dedicate) kurambikakw ibigānza
 (on the ground) kurambika
 (someone on his side) gukīkira
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leader   ▶ indōngōzi, umugabīsha, iremezo, umurōngōzi, umutegetsi
(to choose) kwātira
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lift up  ▶ gukiriza, guterura
 (from ground) kurārūra
 (one who is lying down) kuvyūtsa
 (the head) kuraramuka
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lighting   ▶ ugucana, ukudomeka, ugufatisha, ukubonesha
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lip   ▶ umunwa
 (turning down of lower ~) injebejebe
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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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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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looked   ▶ (down upon, to be) kugayika
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lot   ▶ (in casting lots) ihēmbe, ubupfīndo
 (to cast) gupfīnda
 (to draw) gupfīndana
 (to have a ~, even debts or troubles) kuroranirwa
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love   ▶ urukūndo
 (strong, everlasting) akaramata
 (end of loving another) agahararo
 (one who loves) umukūnzi
(to fall in ~) kubēnguka
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mark   ▶ (made by hoe or axe) ibāngo
 (of a blow) umuramu
 (to ~) kudoma
 (to have marks, scratches, as pot) gusaragurika
 ('get on the mark') gutuna
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marry   ▶ (each other) kwābīrana, kuragana
(each other, rude) kurongorana
(of bride) kwābīrwa, kurongorwa
 (of groom) kwābīra, kwēnda (rude), kurongora
 (a widow and go to her kraal) gucūra
 (to refuse, esp. girl to refuse to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (to take wife without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (to go to husband without being married) gucīkira
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massage   ▶ ugukanda
 (rubdown) ugutsirita
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meat   ▶ inyāma
 (dried) umurānzi
 (fat) ibinure
 (to slip down on spear – if it slips it's supposed to be diseased) gushōka
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middle   ▶ amacāmbwa
 (in the ~) hagati
 (in the ~ of day) amashōka
 (in the ~ of lake, river) idāmba, umutānga
 (of lake, see, jungle) igezi
 (to go down the ~ of path or country) kwātīra
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milk   ▶ amata
 (human) amabērebēre
 (buttermilk) amaterere
 (skimmed) amatererwa
 (given to sick) umwērēra
 (sour) urubu
 (containers, table or shelf for) uruhīmbi
 (cup) icānsi
(to have dirt in ~) gutobeka
(to pour ~ down another's throat) kuramiza
 (to put skin of dead calf before cow so she will give milk) kwōrokēra
 (to remove a foreign body from) gutosōra
 (to sour, curdle) kuvura
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miracle   ▶ igitangāza, akūmiza
 (not by God's power) amarēba
 (making others think you've done a ~ when it's only a deception) uburyi
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mix   ▶ (vt) gutēranya, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
 (dough) gucūmba
 (things up and pack them down together) gukanjagura
 (thoroughly) gucucuma
 (together) gusukiranya
 (up) kuzīkuruka
 (up thoroughly) gusobanganya
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morning   ▶ igitōndo
 (early) agatōndo
 (early, just before dawn) agahuru
 (good morning!) bwakēye
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mortar   ▶ ikarabasasi, ubudongo bw'isima
 (for grinding) isekuru (or isekuro)
(pestle for) umusekuzo
 (to grind or shell in wooden mortar) gusekura
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mother   ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina
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mud   ▶ ivyōndo, uburongo, urwōndo
(black) urushānga
 (to be stuck in) gushāya
 (to get out of) gushāyūka
 (to pull out of) gushāyūra
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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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musical   ▶ (instrument, esp. zither) inānga
 (with strings) agahugūgu
 (large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
 (to play) gucurarānga, kuvuza
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muttering   ▶ umwīdodōmbo
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napkin   ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo
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narrate   ▶ kudōnda
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navel   ▶ umukōndo
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new   ▶ -sha, -shasha
(to be, as new teaching) kwāduka
(to bring new seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
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noise   ▶ urwamo
 (loud, frightening) umuturagaro
 (esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
 (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
 (of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
 (of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
 (to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
 (to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
 (to make a loud frightening) guturagara
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obliged   ▶ (to be ~ to) kurīnda, gutegerezwa
 (to be ~ to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
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overcome   ▶ kunēsha, gutsīnda, kunaniza
 (to be ~ by something difficult) kunanirwa
 (to ~ an enchantment) kurogōra
 (seek assistance to) kugomorera
 (to help another ~ enemy) gukōndōrera
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pail   ▶ indobo
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path   ▶ inzira, irāngo, umuyobōro
 (made by cows) umuhōra
 (of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (wide) igihamo
 (to go along right in, esp. animals) gutōta
 (to go down the middle of) kwātīra
 (to light the) kumurika
 (to put on the right) guhubūra
 (into rugo) umuharuro, umurombero
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persuade   ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
 (to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to try to ~) gukiranira
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pile   ▶ ikirūndo
 (of grain) amarwi
 (of grain and chaff mixed) ubukūmbi
 (of rocks) igihongo
 (of wood) akarwi
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pour   ▶ (to ~ into) gusuka
 (to shed) kuvīra
(to ~ out) gusēsa
 (~ forth water, as spring) kududubiza
 (~ milk down another's throat) kuramiza
 (~ water on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (~ water on hair before cutting it) kuvuba
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preposition   ▶ indondahwaniro
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presence   ▶ (of great person) inyōnga, inyundo
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present   ▶ (gift) ingabire, ishimwe, impano, ikado, itūro
(to give) kugabira
 (to receive) gushikirwa
 (to ~ a gift with something expected in return) kugemura
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press   ▶ kubānda, kubāndana
 (down) gutsindagira
 (in order to smooth) gupfunyūra
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priest   ▶ umuhērezi
 (traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
 (catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri
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print   ▶ (to ~) kudoma
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prolific   ▶ (to be) kurōndōka
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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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push   ▶ gusunika
 (another down) gukungagura
 (each other) kugundana, gusunurana
 (forward) gusekura
 (a person down where he belongs) gutururuza
 (out, e.g. wind bulging cloth) kubāndūra
 (violently) gusunura
 (to help to) gusunuza
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put   ▶ gushira
(away) kubīka, gushingūra
(away the harvest) kwīmbura
(away beans for a year) guhitiza
(away for a year, to be ~) guhitira
(away, for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(away, to take to) kwāndūra
(back) gusubīza
(bees in new hive) kwātira
(down) guhwāmika
(down roughly) gusekura
(forth new leaves) kurēmba
(hand to face in gesture of surprise) kujorerwa
(handle on) gukwikira
(higher) gukiriza
(in certain place) kugabānyānya
(in order) kurorānya
(into water) kurobeza
(near fire to dry) gutara
(on clothes) kwāmbara, kwīyambika
(on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
(off doing what one should) kwīrengagiza
(oneself above where he belongs) kwītāra
(out fire, light) kuzimya
(out great branches) gusagarara
(out in sun) kwānikira
(outside) gusohora
(right) gutūngānya
(skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk) kwōrokēra
(something cool on burn) gupfuvya
(somewhere) gushiraho
(things together) kurementanya, gusorōranya
(to bed) kuryāmika
(together) kwegeraniriza, guhūza, gutororokanya, kwegeranya
(to one side) guherereza
(to sleep) gusinziriza
(to work) kwāhura
(up, e.g. arms) gutarika
(up bee hive) kwegeka
(wood on fire) gukomānya
(yeast in beer) kubetera
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quench   ▶ (one's thirst) guhodoka, kwīshōza, kwīca inyōta
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quinzy   ▶ agafindofindo
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quit   ▶ (altogether) kujījūka
 (to work carelessly wanting to ~) kuregarega
 (to not ~ without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
 (to ~ a job) gusezera (ku) akazi
(to ~ work for the day) kugodoka
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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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rap   ▶ kudoda, gukomānga
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relate   ▶ kudōnda
 (stories of long ago) kugana
 (to tell others what you've heard) kwīgānira
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remorse   ▶ (to make another feel badly over something he's done) gutēteka
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repair   ▶ guhīngūra
 (car) gukanika imodoka
 (house) gusanura
 (something absolutely worn out, or, ~ repeatedly) gusanasana
 (woven thing) gusana
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reparation   ▶ (gift to make up for offending someone) icīru
 (to make) guhōnga, guhōngera, kuriha
 (to pay to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura
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rub   ▶ gusīga
 (bump so it doesn't swell) kunyīngisha, gushiringitira
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (eyes in order to see, esp. one who has conjunctivities) guhofōra
 (grain to take off chaff) kuvūngura
 (off dirt) guhungura
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run   ▶ kwīruka
 (as water) gutēmba
 (down hill) gukoragurika
 (to jump up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (like a little child) kudiririmba
 (out bit by bit till all is gone) gushīrīra
 (out to see something, usually of a crowd) gushwabāduka
 (over) gusēsekara
 (very fast) kwīrukānga, gushīnga amano
 (to lean forward preparing to run) gutuna
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salt   ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra
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sanitary towel  ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo
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say   ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu
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scatter   ▶ gukwīragiza, gusāba, gusanza,
 (vt) gusanzāza
 (vi) gusanzāra
 (esp. seeds from tree, vi) gushwiragira
 (vt) gushwiragiza
 (everywhere, vi) gusābagīra
 (everywhere, vt) gusābagīza
 (seeds or dirt by scratching as chicken does) gusūra
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seat   ▶ icīcaro
(bench) intebe ndende ifise umudo
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seek   ▶ kurondera
 (advice) kugīsha
 (assistance to overcome) kugomorera
 (doer of evil, as witch doctor does) kuragura
 (food) gusuma
 (information) kugenzūra
 (information about someone) kubariritsa
 (one's way) kujurajura
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separate   ▶ (vi) gukōndōka, kuvāna, gutandukāna, kuvāvānura, kubanduka, gutēranuka
 (vt) kwāhukānya, gukumīra, gusobanura, gutānya, kumatūra, gutandukānya, gutēranūra, kuvangūra
 (chain, vi) kudohōka
 (sense of divorce) kwāhukāna
 (fighters) kubangūranya, gutātūra
 (go ~ ways) gutāna
 (one from another) kuvāngūka
 (oneself) kugabanuka
 (shake down to ~ from dirt) gukebanya
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settled   ▶ (down, to be nicely) kugūbwa
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shake   ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
 (vt) gukunkumura
 (as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
 (down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
 (hands) guhānayāmbo
 (hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
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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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slip   ▶ kunyerera
 (down on spear, meat if it slips it's supposedly diseased) gushōka
 (out little by little, e.g. nail) kwīdohōra
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sneak   ▶ (along) kubūndabūnda, kwīyombayomba
 (in) kunyegētera
 (out) kwīyonjorora
 (out of an argument or obligation) kwīdohōra
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soaked   ▶ (to be) kujōba
 (by downpour of rain) kujōbeka
 (in house) kuvīrwa
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spatula   ▶ indosho, icaruzo, ikimamiro
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speech   ▶ imvugo, insiguro
(defect, esp. for s, ch, c) ubureve, e.g. kuvuga ubureve
(to be freed from ~ impediment) kugobōdoka
(to have ~ impediment) kugobwa
(to try to give ~ but feel restrained) guhaga amatama
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spot   ▶ ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
 (in sense of dirt) icēyi
 (opposite door of house) umukōndo
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spots   ▶ (girls put on clothing to help them get a husband) indome
 (to put spots on something) kudoma
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sprout   ▶ umugera, ingūndu, umunago
 (bean) umugōndōra
 (sorghum) ikirōnge
 (to ~) kumera
 (to ~, millet) gusēsa
 (after cutting) kunaga
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stamp   ▶ (article used to ~ spot) ikidomēsho
 (to ~) kudoma
 (on) guhonyanga, guhonyagura, gusiribānga
(to ~ one's feet, trample) gukāndagira
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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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stern   ▶ (of boat) umukōndo
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stoop   ▶ gutumbūra
 (down) kujōndamika, kwūbama
 (over) kwūnama
 (to go along stooped over) kubūndabūnda
 (to make another ~) kwūnamika
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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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stretched out  ▶ (to be) kubondōka, kwāguka
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strike   ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
 (against in order to knock down) gusita
 (down and almost kill) kurabika
 (one against the other, knees) gukomānya
 (oneself) kwīkubita
 (oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
 (sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
 (thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
 (prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
 (to raise one's arm to) kubangurira
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stuff   ▶ (to ~ a mattress) kugira umudo, gukora umudo
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supernumerary   ▶ (digit, or teat of cow) indorerezi
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take   ▶ gufata, gucakīra, guhitana
 (another's place in watching) kubangūra
 (apart what has been stuck together) kumatūra
 (authority on oneself) kurēngera
 (away) gukūra, gushingūra, gutwāra
 (away from) kwāka, kunyaga
 (away completely) gukōmbōra, gutōngōra
 (away with) kuvāna
 (by force) kunyaga
(care of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka
 (care of, very good) kubukabuka
 (case to chief or court) kubūranya
 (case to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
 (child in arms) kurera, gukīkira
 (council together) guhūza ināma
 (cows uphill) kurārūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down tent) gupāngūra
 (everything for oneself) kwīgūngirako
 (far away) kwāmbukana
 (firm hold of) kubāngiriza
 (from another) kwākīra
 (from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
 (here, take this) enda
(hold of) gufata
 (hold of person) gusūmira, gushorerakw amaboko
 (home) gutāhāna
 (home object or cows after being away long time) kugishūra
 (in one's arms) kugūmbīra, gukīkira
 (mouthful) gutamira
 (oath) kurahīra
 (off clothes) kwīyambura
 (off lid of basket) kurumūra
 (out) gusokōra
 (out of) gukūra, gusokorora, kugobōtora
 (out of hole in ground what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (outside) gusohora
 (picture) gucapura (Sw.)
(place of another) kwākīra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (someone aside) kwīkebana
 (someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
 (something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
 (to put away) kwāndūra
 (to someone) gushīra
 (to someone where he is) gusānza
 (turns) kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, kuja imbu, gukūranwa
 (up space) gutabarara
 (walk) kugēndagēnda
 (wife) kwābīra
 (wife, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (with) kujāna
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tap   ▶ (to) kudoda
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tear   ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumānyuruka, gutabuka, gutantamuka
 (vt) gutabura, gutantamura
 (along, water, rain) gusūriranya
 (away) gushikura
 (big hole, vi) kumānyuka
 (big rip, vi) kumwanyuruka
 (clothes, vt) gukākagura
 (clothes in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
 (down) guhenura, guhomvora, guhonyora, gusambūra, gusangangura
 (down nest) kwāruza
 (in pieces) gutabagura
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tent   ▶ ihema (Sw.)
(to pitch) gupānga
 (to take down) gupāngūra
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there   ▶ ngaho, aho
(~ is, ~ are) hari
(down there) hēpfo
 (over there, fairly near) harya
 (up there) haruguru
 (way over there) harīya
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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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thirst   ▶ inyōta
 (excessive) ishārara, isari
 (to quench one's) guhodoka, kwīshōza
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throw   ▶ (to) guta, gutēra
 (apart) gukumira
 (at each other) gutēranya
 (away) guta
(down) kujegeza
 (down from above) gukorora
 (forcefully) gushibura
 (on ground) kwegura, gukungura
 (out) gukugunya, kujugunyika
 (stick on ground which tumbles end over end) kubirika
 (water) kumīja
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thrush   ▶ (mouth disease) agafindofindo
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time of day  ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba
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toe   ▶ ino
 (extra) indorerezi
 (to stub one's) gutsītāra
 (to cause to stub) gutsītāza
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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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tooth   ▶ iryīnyo
 (back) ijigo
 (cuspid) ibwēna
 (front) amarwi
 (wisdom) muzitsa, mutsitsa
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treat   ▶ (one who treats illness) umuvūzi
 (to ~ illness) kuvūra
 (with anger) gushinyagura
 (patient who does not recover) gufufahaza
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tree   ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane
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try   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (on clothes) kwīgera
 (over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
 (to get out of work) gushaza
 (to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
 (to know something) kugenzūra
 (to persuade) gukiranira
 (to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
 (to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
 (to surpass another) guhiga
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tumble   ▶ (splash and ~ as water in river) gusūriranya
 (down) gushunguruka
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turn   ▶ urubu
 (to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
 (to have one's) kuramukirwa
 (about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
 (against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
 (around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
 (around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
 (away, vt) guhīnda
 (back, vt) gukuba
 (as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
 (on side, vt) guhēngeka
 (one's head) gukebuka
 (over and over, vt) kugaragura
 (right side up) gucurūra
 (upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
 (upside down or wrong end to) gucurika
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undo   ▶ gusambūra
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violation   ▶ (wrong done which deserves punishment) umuziro
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vomit   ▶ kudahwa, kwīyōra, kuruka, kuyōrwa, kwīyōrwa
(to ~ mother's milk, as baby does) kubōga
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walk   ▶ kugēnda, kugēndagēnda
(backward) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
(esp. at night) kwīkānya
(help sick person ~) kwāndāza
(in footsteps of another) kugera ikirēnge
(in one's sleep) kurandamuka
(in water) kuvōgera
(noisily) gukacagira
(on tiptoe) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(stealthily) gukacakaca, kwōmboka
(to take a ~, go for a ~) kugēndagēnda, gutēmbēra
(~ about in house without permission) kudōbēra
(barefoot) kugēnda n'ibirēnge
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weigh   ▶ (to) gupīma, kuriba
 (down) kuremēra
(to ~ pros and cons) kwīrimbūra
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welcome   ▶ ikāze
 (welcome!) kāze, karibu (Sw.)
(to ~) guha ikāze, gusanganira
(to give warm) gukēra (one does not say this of himself)
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wife   ▶ umugēnzi, umugore
(abandoned) intabwa
(favorite) inkūndwākazi
(wife of) muka
(wife of king, chief) umwāmikazi
(to bring back ~ after she's gone home) gucūra
(to lose ~ by death) gupfākara
(to send ~ back to husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(to take) kwābīra
(to take, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
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wire   ▶ urubāngo, urubari, urunāri
 (coarse) urutāhe
 (copper, fine) ikidodi
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witch doctor  ▶ umupfumu
 (certain kind) umumago
 (to have him bewitch someone) kuraguza
 (to have him divine) kuraguza
 (to seek out evil doers) kuragura
 (to take out objects from the body) guhura
 (bits of things used for divining) agatēte
 (stones, etc. which he claims to take from swollen places on body) umutundiro
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wrong   ▶ (a ~ done which deserves punishment) umuziro
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rubi rw'impuzu
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yellow   ▶ umuhōndo, umugina, umutugutu
 (dark) ibihogo
 (of egg) umutugutu
 (to become ~) kubēnja
 (to become yellowish) kubēnjūka
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sorghum   ▶ ihūndo, amasāka, amahonda
 (plant) umuyānge
 (sprout) ikirōnge
 (stalk) igishakashaka
 (to prepare ground for) guhānda
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sex   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka, kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual intercourse, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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fiddle   ▶ (monochord traditional instrument) indigiti, indonongo, akadonongo, izeze
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cross   ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
 (to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
 (to make ~) gushavuza
 (to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
 (to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
 (to ~ road) kwambuka
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intercourse   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual ~) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to have anal ~) kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual ~, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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sink   ▶ (to ~) kwībira, kurengerwa, kuroka
 (as in water) kudobera
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bark   ▶ (to ~, as dog) gukuga
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bow   ▶ (to ~ down) gucurama, kwūnama
 (to ~ the head) kwūnama
 (to ~ the neck) kugōnda izosi
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crutch   ▶ ikibāndo
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kick   ▶ (to ~) gutēra umugere
 (violently, as child does) gusyēgenya
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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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lap   ▶ (to ~, as dog) gusabagira
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lie   ▶ (to ~ about waiting on someone) kugangarara
 (to ~ around ill long time) kuvūnda
 (to ~ down) kuryāma
 (to ~ down on the back) kugarama
 (to ~ fallow) gusiba
 (to ~ in wait for) kuryāmira, kugēnza
 (to ~ on one's face) kwūbika inda
 (to ~ on one's side) gucurama
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pay   ▶ (to ~) gutānga, guhēmba
 (bribe to win one's case) kwihonga
 (debt) kwīshura
 (dowry) gukwa
 (for work done) guhēmba
 (fee) kubugura
 (homage to) guhōngera, gushengera, gushengerera
 (no attention to) gusamāra, gutimba
 (salary) kugerera
 (money into account) kubika amahera
 (to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura
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massage   ▶ (to ~) gusīga
 (to ~ a bump so it doesn't swell or hurt) kunyīngisha
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doubt   ▶ (to ~) kwīyubāra, gukekeranya, gushidikanya
 (oneself) kwīkēkako
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dollar   ▶ idorari
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romance   ▶ urukūndo
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mind   ▶ (I don't ~) ntaco
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kindle   ▶ (to) gucāna, kudomeka
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pack   ▶ (to) gupakira
(to ~ down, vi) guhamāngira, kunyika
 (vt) kunyikiza, gutsindagira
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succeed   ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
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donut   ▶ irindazi, igitumbura
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bitch   ▶ (female dog) imbwakazi
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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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donation   ▶ impāno
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