dés  ▶  dice   ▶ akamāri
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faire des excuses  ▶  apologize   ▶ (to) kwīregūra
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fièvre des tiques  ▶  tick fever  ▶ ikimputo
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saison des pluies  ▶  rainy season  ▶ itumba
(early, Sept.-Oct.) agatāsi
(principal, Feb.-May) urushāna
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claquer des doigts  ▶  finger snap  ▶ inoni
(to) guca inoni
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faire des compromis  ▶  compromise   ▶ (to come to a ~) kwūmvīkana
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receveur des impôts  ▶  tax collector  ▶ umutōza, umutōzakōri
 (to appoint) gutoza
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sur la pointe des pieds  ▶  tiptoe   ▶ (to go on very softly) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
 (to stand) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
 (to stand to get something) gusumburukwa
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kudesa (-deshe)   v   ▶ embroider
akamanuko (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ descent, slope of hill (pl. rare)
akarēre     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. desert, 2. wilderness
amahonero     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) destruction
amaso y’inyana   phr   ▶ eyes of a calf (compliment describing the beauty of a girl or woman)
gucōkōra (-cōkōye)     v   ▶ 1. to despise, 2. to slander
gufukura (-fukuye)     v   ▶ to have sloping sides (like soup dish)
guhara (-haze)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete
guhaza (-hajije)     v   ▶ 1. to leave out, omit, 2. lack, 3. to tan hides
guhomvora (-homvoye)     v   ▶ to tear down, destroy
guhonnya (-honneje)     v   ▶ to destroy
guhonyora (-honyoye)     v   ▶ 1. to step on, trample on, crush with feet, 2. destroy, tear down, 3. make tracks
gukānkamwa (-kānkamwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be cannibalistic, 2. to desire to harm another without reason
gukebaguza (-kebaguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
gukēngēra (-kēngēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to disdain, 2. to despise, 3. to hate, 4. to be insolent to
gukēngereka (-kēngeretse)     v   ▶ to be despicable, despised
gukēngērwa (-kēngērewe)     v   ▶ to be despised, hated
gukōmbōra (-kōmbōye)     v   ▶ to destroy, to take away completely, remove chief
gukōmvōmvora (-kōmvōmvoye)     v   ▶ to finish completely (vt), consume, destroy completely
gukomvora (-komvoye)     v   ▶ to be destroyed suddenly
gusambūra (-sambūye)     v   ▶ to tear down, destroy, demolish, undo
gusangangura (-sanganguye)     v   ▶ to tear down, wipe out, destroy completely
gusaragurika (-saraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to talk or act foolishly, as a crazy person, 2. to ferment quickly, 3. to reject counsel, 4. to be marked, scratched (as cooking pot with design), 5. to burst open in garden (as overripe beans)
gusarura (-saruye)     v   ▶ to put design on pot, basket
gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse)     v   ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides
gusiribānga (-siribānze)     v   ▶ 1. to trample, stamp on, 2. to completely destroy
gusiribāngwa (-siribānzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be destroyed, 2. to be trampled on
gusiturwa (-situwe)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to be absent, 2. to make late, 3. to postpone, 4. to destroy the work of another
gusīvya (-sībije)   v   ▶ 1. to postpone, 2. to cause to be late, 3. to cause to be absent, 4. to destroy the work of another
gusūzugura (-sūzuguye)     v   ▶ to find fault with, despise, criticize
gutegekanishwa (-tegekanishijwe)     v   ▶ to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans
gutikira (-tikiye)     v   ▶ to perish, be destroyed
gutikiza (-tikije)     v   ▶ to destroy, exterminate
gutītūka (-tītūtse)     v   ▶ to be despised, despicable, to be worn out (of soil), no longer produce
gutītūra (-tītūye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken
ibiro    4   ▶ 1. office, 2. desk
icīfuzo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ strong wish, desire, covetousness, coveting
igicapo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. picture, 2. design
igicapu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. picture, 2. design
igishika (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing which one longs for, strong desire
ijūnja n’ijambo   phr   ▶ physical strength and discursive force, eloquence (description of a strong and eloquent person, two characteristics allegedly rarely going together)
ikibariro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. time, moment, 2. destiny, deadline
ināmbu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ appetite, desire for a certain food
inka n’imirima   phr   ▶ a cow in the field (description of a calm, composed and serene person)
inkēngērwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ despised thing or person
inkukūra (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ very heavy rain (sweeps away crops or hillsides)
ishāka (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. desire, 2. zeal
kubīngūra (-bīngūye)     v   ▶ 1. to slap in the face, 2. to sideswipe
kudondōra (-dondōye)     v   ▶ to describe
kudondōza (-dondōje)     v   ▶ to ask for particulars or a description
kugaya (-gaye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to be dissatisfied
kugayika (-gayitse)     v   ▶ 1. to be despised, 2. be looked down upon
kugōka (-gōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace
kugōmba (-gōmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to want, desire, 2. to lack
kumanuka (-manutse)     v   ▶ to descend
kumanura (-manuye)     v   ▶ to lower, cause to descend, bring down, take down, drop down
kumara (-maze)     v   ▶ 1. to finish (vt), 2. to spend time, 3. to last, 4. to destroy
kumarwa (-mazwe)     v   ▶ to be finished, destroyed
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)
kuyigiza (-yigije)   v   ▶ to burn up (vt), destroy by fire, to destroy
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
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)
kweraguza (-eraguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
kwīfuriza (-īfurije)     v   ▶ to desire for
kwīfūza (-īfūje)     v   ▶ 1. to wish, 2. to desire, 3. to covet, to envy
kwīfūzwa (-īfūjwe)     v   ▶ to be coveted, desired
kwīheba (-īhevye)     v   ▶ 1. to be discouraged completely, to despair, to be desperate, 2. to sacrifice oneself to or for
kwīpfūza (-īpfūje)   v   ▶ 1. to wish, 2. to desire, 3. to covet, to envy
kwōna (-ōnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat garden plants, 2. destroy garden (of goats, etc.)
kwōnesha (-ōnesheje)     v   ▶ to allow or cause goat to destroy garden
kwōnōna (-ōnōnnye)     v   ▶ to destroy, damage, spoil
kwūruruka (-ūrurutse)   v   ▶ to climb down, descend (as tree)
nubwo   prep   ▶ despite, in spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of, although
ubugaragwa     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) desert
ubushiriro     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) place of destruction
ubwōnōnyi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) destruction, damage
umuderi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. designer, 2. fashion designer, 3. stylist
umumanuko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ descent, slope of hill
Umunyarwanda (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Rwandan person, Rwandese
umuranduzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ destroyer
umuza (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ line of cream left on sides of container
umuziro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. prohibition, 2. wrong done deserving punishment
umwōnōnyi (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ spoiler, someone destroying things
umwuzukuruza (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ descendant
uruvyāro (im-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ offspring, descendant
backwards   ▶ (to go) kwīfūtānya
 (inadvertently) gufutānya
 (walk) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
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descend   ▶ kumanuka
 (as tree) kwūruruka
 (to cause to) mumanura
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descendant   ▶ umwuzukuruza
 (far-off) umwuzukuruza-kuruza
(descendants) uruvyāro
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descent   ▶ umumanuko, akamanuko
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describe   ▶ kudondōra
 (ask another to) kudondōza
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desert   ▶ ubugaragwa, akarēre
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desire   ▶ ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza
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desk   ▶ ibiro, imeza
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despicable   ▶ (to be) gukengerēka, gutītūka
 (to do a ~ thing) kugōka
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despise   ▶ (to) gucōkōra, kugaya, gukēngēra, gusuzugura, gutītūra, kuzira, kwānka
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despised   ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
 (to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka
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dessert   ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako
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destiny   ▶ ikibariro
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destroy   ▶ guhomvora, guhonnya, guhonyora, gukōmbōra, kwōnōna, gusambūra, gutikiza, kuyigiza, kumara
 (completely) gukomvōmvora, gusangangura, gusiribānga
 (by fire) kuyigiza
 (garden, of goats etc.) kwōna
 (the work of another) gusīvya
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destroyed   ▶ (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
 (completely while you are watching) kunyika
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destroyer   ▶ umuranduzi, umwōnōnyi
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destruction   ▶ amahonero, ubwōnōnyi
 (place of) ubushiriro
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embroider   ▶ kudesa
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embroidery   ▶ ubuhinga bwo kudesa
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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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form   ▶ (design) ishusho
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harm   ▶ (because of revenge) kuziza
 (in order to avenge) guhōra
 (to desire to ~ another without reason) gukānkamwa
 (to prevent one from harming another) kuzina
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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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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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line   ▶ umurōngo
 (of people, animals, etc.) umuhururu, umukuku
 (typographical) umukwēgo, agakwego
 (to ~ up, vi) gutōnda
 (to ~ up, vt) gutōndēsha, gutōndekanya
 (to march in a ~) gutōndekana
 (to ~ up workers) kurārika
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list   ▶ urutonde
(of chosen ones) itorero
(to ~) gutōndeka, gutōndēsha
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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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obliged   ▶ (to be ~ to) kurīnda, gutegerezwa
 (to be ~ to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
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sloping   ▶ (to be) gutēmba
 (to have ~ sides like soup dish) gufukūra
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tan   ▶ (hides) guhara, guhaza
 (color) umuyēnzi
 (goats' hair) umufumbēre
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violation   ▶ (wrong done which deserves punishment) umuziro
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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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wrong   ▶ (a ~ done which deserves punishment) umuziro
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rubi rw'impuzu
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wish   ▶ (strong desire) icīfuzo
 (to wish) kwīfūza
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despair   ▶ (to) kwīheba
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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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designer   ▶ umuderi
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desperate   ▶ (to be) kwīheba
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