for   ▶ kuri
 (for that) kubwivyo
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contend for  ▶ kumaranira
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for what,  why   ▶ kuki? kubera iki? kuber'iki?
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safe for,  excluding   ▶ uretse
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door   ▶ urūgi, umuryāngo, umwāngo
(piece of wood for closing) ikibāndo
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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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food   ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
 (food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
 (baby ~) umusururu
 (big portion of) irobe
 (and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
 (for a journey) impāmba
 (without salt) ibise
 (one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
 (place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
 (to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
 (to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
 (to burn, vi) kuzigira
 (to dish up) kwārura
 (to eat, to serve) gufungura
 (to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
 (to go to find ~) gusuma
 (to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
 (to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
 (to serve) gufungura
 (to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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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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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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dowry   ▶ (price) inkwāno
 (to have dowry paid for) gukōbwa
 (to pay) gukwa
 (to receive) gukwērwa
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store   ▶ (beans, etc. for year) guhitiza
(to ~ harvest) kwīmbura
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kwīgora (-īgoye)     v   ▶ to make it hard for oneself
kwōgera (-ōgeye)     v   ▶ to swim at, for
forerunner   ▶ (one who prepares for another) integūza
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borrow   ▶ (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very thing) kugurāna
 (a thing to be returned) gutīra
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fibers   ▶ (to shave off ~ for thread) gukubagura
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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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stored   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
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gufatira (-fatiye)   v   ▶ take hold of something (and for something)
gukomera (-komeye)     v   ▶ 1. to be well, to be strong, to be in good health, 2. to be difficult, to be hard, to be tough, robust, 3. to strike at, for
gukorera (-koreye)     v   ▶ to work at, to work for (someone)
gukorerwa (-korewe)     v   ▶ to be served, worked for
gutōrera (-tōreye)     v   ▶ to choose, pick up at, for
kubohera (-boheye)     v   ▶ to tie at, for
kuborōga (-borōze)     v   ▶ 1. to wail, 2. cry out for help, 3. to moan, 4. rumble in stomach
kumokera (-mokeye)     v   ▶ to shout at, for
kurogōra (-rogōye)     v   ▶ 1. to overcome or remove enchantment, 2. to taste to prove that it's safe for others
kurorēra (-rorēreye)     v   ▶ to wait for a short moment
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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journey   ▶ urugēndo
 (food for) impāmba
(to prepare things for) gutēkera
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no   ▶ oya
 (adj.) nta, ata
(emphatic) oyāye, ishwi, eka, ekāye, wapi
(to say ~) guhakana
 (euphemism for a polite No) nzokubarira (lit. I will let you know)
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sorghum   ▶ ihūndo, amasāka, amahonda
 (plant) umuyānge
 (sprout) ikirōnge
 (stalk) igishakashaka
 (to prepare ground for) guhānda
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storage   ▶ (place for grain) ikigega
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icōtero (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ altar, fire built for cows
igisoro (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional board game for 2 players ('African chess')
kugoherwa (-gohewe)     v   ▶ to be tired for no reason (e.g. in morning)
kugōndera (-gōndeye)     v   ▶ to curve at, for
kunohorwa (-nohowe)     v   ▶ to be greedy for a certain food and want only that, to become thin from worry or work
kurorērwa (-rorērewe)     v   ▶ to be waited for
kwīfuriza (-īfurije)     v   ▶ to desire for
kwīkorera (-īkoreye)     v   ▶ 1. to carry (esp. on head), 2. to work for oneself
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwītorera (-ītoreye)     v   ▶ to choose, pick up for oneself
kwōkereza (-ōkereje)     v   ▶ to cause to roast for
kwōkōrera (-ōkōreye)     v   ▶ to take from fire for
kwōnōnera (-ōnōneye)     v   ▶ to damage at, for
ingorore (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ fee paid for permission to buy or sell, redemption price
guhotorera (-hotoreye)     v   ▶ to twist at, for
gukomereza (-komereje)     v   ▶ to make strong at, for
gusohokera (-sohokeye)     v   ▶ to go outside for
gusoromera (-soromeye)     v   ▶ to gather food at, for
gutoborera (-toboreye)     v   ▶ to pierce at, for
gutonorera (-tonoreye)     v   ▶ to shell at, for
kuborōgera (-borōgeye)     v   ▶ to cry to for help
kurorērana (-rorēranye)     v   ▶ to wait for each other
kurorērera (-rorēreye)     v   ▶ to await at, for
cry   ▶ (to ~, weep) kurira, kwāna, kwānira
 (to give ~ of alarm) gukoma induru
 (to give startled ~) gutura ubuku
 (to sob silently) gupfunagira
 (out) kuyogora
 (out for help) kuborōga
 (to ~, young about to die) kwānāna
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fee   ▶ ikibuguro, ihadabu (Sw.)
(paid for permission to buy or sell) ingorore
 (payed to shaman) ingemu
 (to collect) kubuguza
(to pay) kubugura
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fireplace   ▶ izīko (three stones placed for ~ , see amashiga), ifuro
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pot   ▶ (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria
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nyabugoro    n   ▶ little house built for spirit of one who has died
ifu (ama-)     3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ flour (pl. used for speaking of different kinds)
gufashiriza (-fashirije)     v   ▶ to help at, for
gukomāngira (-komāngiye)     v   ▶ to strike, knock for
gushobokera (-shobokeye)     v   ▶ to be possible for
kurya (-riyrīye)     v   ▶ to eat (used for people and animals)
(more polite, for people only) gufungura
kwītōraguza (-ītōraguje)     v   ▶ to be always looking for a quarrel
kwōrokereza (-ōrokereje)     v   ▶ 1. to get medicine to make cow like her calf, 2. to stand up for someone you trust
counteract   ▶ (effects of evil 'medicine') kurēmburura
 (to poison, to ask for 'medicine' to ~) kurogōza
 (overcome or remove an enchantment) kurogōra
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umufutisho (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ medicine for diarrhea
uruhongore (impongore)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. house for animals, 2. sheepfold
gusobanurira (-sobanuriye)   v   ▶ 1. to explain to somebody, 2. to interpret for somebody
kubobōtereza (-bobōtereje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for daily, secretly, 2. to tell something in a kind, easy way
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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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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cost   ▶ (to ~, be sold for, bought for) kugurwa
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drum   ▶ ingoma
 (sacred royal ~) karyenda
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one ploughs”) murimirwa
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one clears brush”) ruciteme
 (sacred ~ accompanying the king) rukinzo
 (sacred ~ ”dispenser of peace”) nyabuhoro
 (sacred ~ ”lady of the land”) inakigabiro
 (to beat ~) kuvuza
 (to beat continuously, thus setting time for others beating) gusāsīra
 (stick for beating ~) umurisho, umukembe
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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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find   ▶ kurōnka, gusānga
 (fault with everything) kunēbagura
 (new building site) kugerēra
 (one's way after being lost) guhubūka, kuzimuruka
 (to be able to be found when looked for) kurondereka
 (to fail to ~) kubura, guhusha
 (something you ~) ikinobano
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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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goat   ▶ impene, intūngwa, igitūngwa
 (heard of) inzirikwa
 (male) impfizi
 (young male) agasugurume
 (skin for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (billy ~) isuguru, ihebe
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hard   ▶ (to be) kuguma, guhāmbāra, gukara, gukomera, kudadarara, gukomāntara
 (to be, earth) gutūta
(to be difficult) kugōra, gukomera
(to have a ~ life) kunamba
(to make ~ for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(to make ~, hearted) gukomāntaza
 (to take out of ~ places) kugobōtora
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hole   ▶ (deep ~ in ground in grassy place) igihuma
 (for planting beans) ibāngo
 (in paper, cloth, container) intoboro, icehere
 (in ground) ikuzimu, i kuzimu, ikinogo, icōbo, urwōbo, igishimu
 (small ones like rats make) umwōbo, umwēnge
 (to get a ~ in) gutoboka
 (to ahve ~ from insects) kunyengetērwa
 (to make ~) kunyengetēra
 (to make ~ in stone) gukorogoshora
 (to make a small ~ for setting out tree or plant) gukoba
 (to tear a big ~, vi) kumānyuka
 (to tie up ~ in sack) gutubika
 (to pierce a ~) gutobora
 (thing with ~ in it) umwēnge
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leaf   ▶ ibabi, ikibabi
(banana, dry) ihuba, igihūnda
(banana, green) umutōto
(central part of banana ~) ikigongogongo
(bean) umukubi
(pumpkin) umusoma
(used for perfume) imbazi
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long   ▶ (to ~ for) gusamāza, gukūmbura
(thing for which one longs) igishika
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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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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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ripe   ▶ (to be almost, esp. corn) kugengarara
 (to be ready for harvest) kwīyerēra
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song   ▶ indirīmbo, ururirimbo
(~ for two alternating choirs) ikimpwiri
(milling ~) indengo
(war songs) amazina y'ubuhizi, amazina y'urugamba
(sing or play plaintive) gucurira intimba
see also singing
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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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kuri    ▶ 1. to, 2. at, 3. on, upon, 4. for
ubureve     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ lisping, speech defect (esp. for s, sh, c)
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
gukōbwa (-kowe)     v   ▶ to be paid for marriage
gukūra (-kūye)     v   ▶ 1. to take away, take out of, subtract, 2. to abduct 3. to make for
gusēra (-sēreye)     v   ▶ to grind at, for
gutāra (-tāye)     v   ▶ to get food for oneself
kurāza (-rāje)     v   ▶ to keep for the night, to keep overnight, give lodging
kuvōma (-vōmye)   v   ▶ to draw water, to go for water, to bring water
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
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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buyer   ▶ umuguzi, umuranguzi, umukiriya
 (to search for) kubūnga
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chief   ▶ (great) umuganwa
 (sub) umutwāre
 (to go to with trouble, complaint) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to remove) gukōmbōra
 (to take someone to for trial or accusation) gushengeza
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fault   ▶ agasūzuguro
 (to find ~ with) gusūzugura, gusūzuguza
 (to look for a ~ in one another) kugenzanya
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grain   ▶ impeke, intete, urutete
 (a single) agatete
 (place for spreading out) imbuga
 (storage place) ikigega
 (to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
 (to form) guhūnda
 (to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura
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grass   ▶ ivyātsi, ubwātsi
 (kind poisonous to cows) inzūzi
 (pieces of a certain kind used for weaving) agatēte
 (tall) ubwātsi
 (in water) igikāngaga
 (~ knife) umupānga
 (to cut) gukera, gukerera, gutema
 (to cut for use) kwāhira
 (to dig out rapidly) gusūriranya
 (to gather up that which has been spread out) gusasūra
 (to leave grass growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (to spread) gusasa
 (to spread around something, as coffee) gusasira
 (to weed out quickly) kurandagura
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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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lodge   ▶ (vi) kurāra, gusēmbēra
 (vt) kurāza
 (give lodging for several days) gusēmbereza
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ready   ▶ (to be) kugera
(to be ~ for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
 (be ~ for harvest) kwīyerēra
 (to prepare things for trip) gutēkera
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stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
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trade   ▶ (to ~) gucuragiza, gucuruza, kudāndaza, guhānjura, gukāba
 (butter for other things) kumadika
 (one article for another) kuguza
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water   ▶ amazi
 (rapidly flowing) umupfūnda
 (anything that falls in) ikirohe
 (dirt in) ikirohe
 (large deep place of) icōgo
 (thing for drawing) ikivōmesho
 (to ~ plants) gusukira, kuvōmera
 (to draw, go for) kuvōma
 (to be covered with) kurengerwa
 (to be in) kubōmbeka
 (to filter ~) kuyōra amazi
(to flow softly, quietly) kuyōmbekēra
 (to go in, swim) kwōga
 (to have dirt in) gutobeka
 (to pour on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (to put into) kurobeza
 (to remove foreign article) gutosōra
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write   ▶ kwāndika
 (over) gusibūra
 (with) kwāndikīsha
 (write to, for) kwāndikira
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young   ▶ –to, -tō-to, –toya, –tonya
 (of animal) umwāna, icāna, umukāngara
 (of small animal) imbūnda
 (plants for transplanting) ingemwe
 (girl, unmarried) inkumi
(man, unmarried) umusore
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irāro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. dormitory, 2. accommodation, 3. shelter for cows
icīru (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reparations, gift to make up for offending someone
ubwāto (am-)     8   5  sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ 1. boat, 2. traditional dugout canoe
(plural only used for indefinite numbers)
amāto menshi = many boats, but
ubwāto bubiri = two boats
gukōsha (-kōsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pay dowry, ask for dowry
kumwēra (-mwēreye)     v   ▶ to shave for
kuresha (-reheje)     v   ▶ 1. to act as go-between for a marriage, 2. to negotiate
kurāzwa (-rājwe)     v   ▶ to be kept for the night
kwābīra (-ābīriye)   v   ▶ 1. to wed, to marry, 2. to receive, 3. to reach out for
kwāhira (-āhiye)     v   ▶ (from kwāha) to cut grass (to use it for something)
kwībira (-ībiye)     v   ▶ 1. to sink, plunge in, 2. to steal at, for
kwīcira (-īciye)     v   ▶ to kill at, for
kwīmira (-īmiye)     v   ▶ to refuse for (a certain reason)
kwītira (-ītiye)     v   ▶ to name for
answer   ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
 (to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
 (~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
 (delay to) kurēngagiza
 (to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (to superior when called) kurēnguka
 (when called) kwītaba
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danger   ▶ akāga, irīnde
(to go into without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(to warn of) kubūrira
(to watch out for) guhwebutsa
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desire   ▶ ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza
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direct   ▶ (to be) kubanguka
 (to ~ towards) kwerekeza
 (to make straight for) gutūmbereza
 (to show the way, put on right path) guhubūra, kuzimurura
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enough   ▶ (to be) gukwīra
 (to be more than ~) gucāguka
 (to be ~ for) gukwīrana
 (to have) gukwīrwa
 (it's ~) birabāye, karabāye, birakwīye
(it's ~, as salt or medicine in something else) gukora
 (that's enough, it's fine) basi!
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gather   ▶ kumyōra
 (building materials) guhumbira
 (firewood) gusēnya
 (food from garden) gusoroma, kwāha
 (fruit) kwāmūra
 (in loose garment at waist and tie) gukenyera
 (little sticks) gutōrōra
 (manure for garden) kuvūmbura
 (up) kwāndura, gusorōranya, gutororokanya
 (pollen and nectar) kudaha
 (up grass that has been spread out) gusasūra
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hungry   ▶ (to be) gusōnza
 (to be ~ for) kwōndera
 (after hunting for food in various places) kuburanirwa
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manure   ▶ amase
 (goat) amahenehene
 (heap) icukiro
 (a lot) ibīse
 (to gather for garden) kuvūmbura
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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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salary   ▶ igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo
 (to demand, to ask for) guhembesha
 (to pay) guhēmba, kugerera
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search   ▶ kwīhwēza, gusesa
 (carefully) gusūra
 (for) guhama, kurondera
 (for a buyer) kubūnga
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
 (research) gusesangura
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season   ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
 (beginning of dry ~) impēshi
 (~ of early rains) agatasi
 (time for planting small seeds) ibiba
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surety   ▶ (co-signer for note) umwīshīnzi
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thread   ▶ urunyuzi, urusurusuru
 (shave off fibers for) gukubagura
 (of cotton etc.) urunyuzi
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ibāngo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. hole as for planting beans in, 2. mark made by hoe or axe, 3. chips, 4. assigned task
icānzo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small opening in backyard enclosure for emergency exits or used by women and children
-fitiye     v   ▶ to have for (verb without infinitive or past)
gucikira (-cikiye)     v   ▶ to move to another chieftanship, to move away or escape (because of famine for example)
gucurira (-curiye)     v   ▶ to forge at, for
gucānira (-cāniye)     v   ▶ 1. to keep a fire going, 2. to make fire for (for someone or cows etc.)
guharara (-haraye)     v   ▶ 1. to start up from ground (like locusts), 2. to be fickle, 3. like for a short time, 4. to like novelties, 5. follow a fad
guharira (-hariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to grant to, 3. to allow another to dominate, 4. to scrape, etc., at, for
guhitira (-hitiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be put away, saved up for a year, 2. to be of the previous year (beans, etc.)
guhīgira (-hīgiye)     v   ▶ to hunt at, for
guhūhira (-hūhiye)     v   ▶ to blow at, for
guhūrira (-hūriye)     v   ▶ 1. to meet at, 2. to thresh at, for
gukamira (-kamiye)     v   ▶ to milk at, for
gukarira (-kariye)     v   ▶ 1. to be sharp at, severe toward, at, for
gukekera (-kekeye)     v   ▶ to cut at, for
gukokeza (-kokeje)   v   ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog
gukurira (-kuriye)     v   ▶ 1. to pull grass away from base of plant, 2. to grow at, for
gukūrira (-kūriye)     v   ▶ to take away at, for
gusabira (-sabiye)     v   ▶ to pray for
gusasira (-sasiye)     v   ▶ 1. to spread grass around something (e.g. around coffee trees), 2. to make bed for
gusigira (-sigiye)     v   ▶ to leave at, for
gusukira (-sukiye)     v   ▶ to pour at, for
gusunira (-suniye)     v   ▶ to push at, for
gusāsīra (-sāsīye)     v   ▶ 1. to beat drum continuously, thus setting time for others beating, 2. to go to help another in his work
gusēsera (-sēseye)     v   ▶ to pour out at, for
gusībira (-sībiye)     v   ▶ to stay for a time, to stay at
gusīgira (-sīgiye)     v   ▶ to rub at, for
gusūrira (-sūriye)     v   ▶ to search at, for
gutebera (-tebeye)     v   ▶ to be late at, for
gutegēra (-tegēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to think over, to understand, 2. to go to meet, to wait for
gutēkera (-tēkeye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up a bundle, 2. to prepare things for a trip
gutērēra (-tērēye)     v   ▶ 1. to put together to produce food for guests, 2. to help one another in loaning what is needed
gutūrika (-tūritse)     v   ▶ to sit together talking for a long time
kubariza (-barije)     v   ▶ 1. to ask of, 2. question for
kubibira (-bibiye)     v   ▶ to plant at, for
kubobōta (-bobōse)     v   ▶ to plead earnestly for something
kubāgira (-bāgiye)     v   ▶ to butcher at, for
kubāzira (-bāziye)     v   ▶ to plane at, for
kubīkira (-bīkiye)     v   ▶ to put away for
kubīkīra (-bīkīye)     v   ▶ 1. to book (a room, hotel) 2. to fix place for new baby, 3. to wrap up baby
kugenera (-geneye)     v   ▶ 1. to attribute to, 2. to choose for
kugirira (-giriye)     v   ▶ to do for
kugurāna (-gurānye)     v   ▶ 1. to exchange, 2. to lend, 3. borrow (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very article), 4. to swap
kujānira (-jāniye)     v   ▶ to take for
kumarīra (-marīriye)     v   ▶ to finish completely (vt), to end at, finish for
kumenera (-meneye)     v   ▶ to break at, for
kumesera (-meseye)     v   ▶ to wash clothes at, for
kumirira (-miriye)     v   ▶ to swallow at, for
kunanira (-naniye)     v   ▶ to tire out, be too difficult for
kunigira (-nigiye)     v   ▶ to strangle at, for
kunihira (-nihiye)     v   ▶ to groan at, for
kunywēra (-nywēreye)     v   ▶ to drink at, in, for
kurabira (-rabiye)     v   ▶ to color at, for
kurekera (-rekeye)     v   ▶ to leave at, for
kuremera (-remeye)     v   ▶ to lie, create at, for
kurereka (-reretse)     v   ▶ to look at, watch (e.g. workers), to look for
kurihira (-rihiye)     v   ▶ to pay at, for
kurimira (-rimiye)     v   ▶ to hoe at, for
kurobera (-robeye)     v   ▶ to fish at, for
kurogera (-rogeye)     v   ▶ to bewitch at, for
kurogoza (-rogoje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for medicine to counteract bewitchment, 2. take a drink proving it is not poisoned
kuruhira (-ruhiye)     v   ▶ 1. to do the work of another without approval, 2. to get weary at, for
kurārīrwa (-rārīwe)     v   ▶ to keep someone for the night
kurēshwa (-reshejwe)     v   ▶ to be asked for in marriage
kuvubira (-vubiye)   v   ▶ to rain on (vt), to bring rain for
kuvumira (-vumiye)   v   ▶ to curse for
kuvunira (-vuniye)   v   ▶ to break at, for
kuvōvōta (-vōvōse)   v   ▶ 1. to talk nonsense when drunk, to say a lot of slanderous talk, 2. to speak incoherently, 3. to rain early in morning or for a long time, 4. to give oneself to the service of Kiranga (also kubāndwa), 5. to divine
kuvūrira (-vūriye)   v   ▶ to treat at, for
kuyoboza (-yoboje)   v   ▶ 1. to cause to lead, to lead for another, 2. to make progress
kuyāgira (-yāgiye)   v   ▶ to visit at, for
kuzanira (-zaniye)   v   ▶ to bring to, for
kuzigira (-zigiye)   v   ▶ to burn (food) (vi), to make black for
kwīmbira (-īmbiye)     v   ▶ to dig at, for
kwītwāra (-ītwāye)     v   ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)
harvest   ▶ ishwābūra, ivyīmburwa, ibirimwa, umwīmbu
(esp. millet) igenya, igesa
 (to ~) kwīmbura, gushwābūra
 (corn) kumyōra
 (millet) kugenya, kugesa
 (esp. perennial plants, fruit) kwāmūra
 (to be ready for) kwīyerēra
 (to put away the) kwīmbura
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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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perfume   ▶ isenga
 (bark used for) imibavu
 (leaves used for) imbazi
 (to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
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prepare   ▶ (to ~) gutegūra, guteganya, kuroraniriza
 (food quickly for one) kuzina
 (ground for sorghum) guhānda
 (oneself to strike) kubangura
 (a place for building) gutaba
 (place for newborn baby) kubīkīra
 (things for a trip) gutēkera
 (to fight) gukenyera
 (to go) kwīkora
(one who prepares for another) integūza
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quarrel   ▶ intonganya, imitongano, amahāne
(to ~) gutongana, gutonganya, kurandagurana, guhārīra, guhāzāna
(to be always looking for) kwītōraguza
 (to start a) kwāndurutsa
 (to stop ~ and make them like each other) kwūnga
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reserve   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
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stretch   ▶ (vi) kwāguka, kweguka
 (vt) kwāgura
 (oneself) kwīgorōra
 (oneself out on ground) kurambarara
 (a bow) gufōra
 (out, vi) kwirāmvura
 (out, as skin for drum) gukana
 (out arm) kurāmvura
 (out skin to dry by pegging) kubāmba
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tobacco   ▶ itābi
 (small horn used for) inconco, iconco
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trouser   ▶ ipantaro, ipantalo
(short trouser, shorts for sports) ikabutura
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mwīriwe    n   ▶ 1. good afternoon, good evening, 2. hello (in afternoon/evening, greeting used when meeting for second time same day)
Bujumbura     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ largest city and former capital of Burundi, originally called Usumbura, it was renamed to Bujumbura at independence, mainly for the negative meaning of Usumbura in Swahili
iguriro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ marketplace for a specific good or product (cloth market, etc.)
isekuru (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ mortar for grinding (also isekuro)
igikoti (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikigoti (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikirago (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat (kind used for sleeping)
inconco (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ iconco small horn used for tobacco
ingovyi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. placenta, 2. skin for carrying baby
uburiri (ama-)     8   5  sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ bed (plural used only for an indefinite number)
amariri menshi many beds
uburiri bubiri two beds
umugazo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ canal for irrigation
umugāso (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tiny cell for prisoner
umwōtso (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ awl (instrument used for branding)
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
urugata (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ big pad for pots of beer
urunana (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion
gucūmbira (-cūmbiye)     v   ▶ to make bread at, for
gufunguza (-funguje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for food or drink, 2. to dilute with
guhirīmba (-hirīmvye)     v   ▶ to hunt for
guhumbira (-humbiye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut trees for building, 2. gather building materials
guhwērera (-hwērereye)     v   ▶ to die at, for
guhāmbira (-hāmbiye)   v   ▶ to bury at, for
guhāngūra (-hāngūye)     v   ▶ to ask someone for what he's promised
guhēmbera (-hēmbeye)     v   ▶ to pay at, for
gukwīrana (-kwīranye)     v   ▶ 1. to be worthy of each other, 2. to be enough for
gukānyira (-kānyiye)     v   ▶ to squeeze at, for
gukūndira (-kūndiye)     v   ▶ 1. to allow, 2. to love one for something
gusabirwa (-sabiwe)     v   ▶ to be prayed for
gushirira (-shiriye)     v   ▶ to put down for
gushīmira (-shīmiye)     v   ▶ 1. to praise for, 2. to thank for
gusēmbēra (-sēmbēreye)     v   ▶ to sojourn (esp. in search for place to build)
gusēnyera (-sēnyeye)     v   ▶ to gather wood at, for
gutēmbēra (-tēmbēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to move about, to travel around, to go for a walk (Sw.), 2. to visit
kubūmbira (-būmbiye)     v   ▶ to mold at, for
kubūngira (-būngiye)     v   ▶ 1. to search for a buyer for, at, 2. to move to a new chieftanchip in order to be with a certain person
kudondōza (-dondōje)     v   ▶ to ask for particulars or a description
kujīshira (-jīshiye)     v   ▶ to weave at, for
kunyuruza (-nyuruje)     v   ▶ to secretly help someone to escape by taking his things for him (e.g. one who plans to leave steals bit by bit things to take)
kuronderwa (-rondewe)     v   ▶ to be looked for
kurondeza (-rondeje)     v   ▶ to help to look for
kurōngera (-rōngeye)     v   ▶ to wash vegetables at, for
kurōnkera (-rōnkeye)     v   ▶ to receive at, for
kuvunjira (-vunjiye)   v   ▶ to change money at, for
kwirēngera (-rēngeye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry something on head without using the hands, 2. to take responsibility for something
kwābīrana (-ābīranye)   v   ▶ 1. to wed each other, to marry each other, 2. to receive each other, 3. to reach out for each other
kwāhirira (-āhiriye)     v   ▶ to cut grass at, for
kwāsamira (-āsamiye)     v   ▶ to open the mouth for
kwēyērera (-ēyērereye)     v   ▶ to sweep at, for
kwībibira (-ībibiye)     v   ▶ to plant for oneself
kwībikira (-ībikiye)     v   ▶ to put away for oneself
kwīgirira (-īgiriye)     v   ▶ to do to, for oneself
kwīmukira (-īmukiye)     v   ▶ to move to, for (a reason)
kwīnikira (-īnikiye)     v   ▶ to make sprout at, for
kwīririra (-īririye)     v   ▶ 1. to weep for oneself, 2. to be worried
kwīsabira (-īsabiye)     v   ▶ to pray for oneself
kwīyerēra (-īyerēreye)     v   ▶ to be ready for harvest
kwūbahira (-ūbahiye)   v   ▶ to respect for
kwūbakira (-ūbakiye)   v   ▶ to build at, for
kwūririra (-ūririye)   v   ▶ to climb on, by, for
lonesome   ▶ (to be ~ for) gukūmbura
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marriage   ▶ (wedding) ubukwe
 (go-between for) umureshi
 (to act as a go-between) kuresha
 (to be accompanied to, as bride is) gushingīrwa
 (to be attendant for) gushingīra
 (to be paid for, for ~) gukōbwa
 (to go to a wedding feast) gutāha ubukwe
 (to take marriage vows) kuragana
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reproach   ▶ (bringing ~ on others) ububwa
 (~ a dead person thus making it hard for loved ones) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
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straight   ▶ (to be) kugororoka, kudadarara
 (to be very) gutūngāna
 (to make) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (to make ~ for) gutūmbereza
(to stand up ~) guhagarara
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kubwivyo   conj   ▶ so, for that
ndakwītwāyeko   phr   ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)
sēbabiri (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father of twins (also used for the mother)
icāmbazo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ clothing for work
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
ingōbāne (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tiny cell for prisoner
umurisho (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stick for beating drum
umuvyāro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ little plant for transplanting, small trees that start up around big one
urusēnga (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ net for fishing
gucumitira (-cumitiye)     v   ▶ to pierce at, for another
guhakanira (-hakaniye)   v   ▶ to refuse at, for
guharanira (-haraniye)   v   ▶ to strive for
guharurira (-haruriye)     v   ▶ to count at, for
guhitanira (-hitaniye)     v   ▶ to take for someone in passing
guhitirana (-hitiranye)   v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
gukubagura (-kubaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to box, 2. fight in fun, 3. to shave off fibers for thread
gukubūrira (-kubūriye)     v   ▶ to sweep at, for
gukwīranya (-kwīranije)     v   ▶ to make suitable for
gusabirana (-sabiranye)     v   ▶ to pray for each other
gusakārira (-sakāriye)     v   ▶ to put on roof for
gusaturira (-saturiye)     v   ▶ to split wood at, for
gusekurira (-sekuriye)     v   ▶ to grind at, for
gusengerwa (-sengewe)     v   ▶ to be prayed for
gusigariza (-sigarije)     v   ▶ to leave for
gusēzerera (-sēzereye)     v   ▶ 1. to say goodbye at, for, 2. to say goodbye, giving the permission to leave, 3. to prepare a place to sit for (old use)
gutahiriza (-tahirije)     v   ▶ to greet for
gutegereza (-tegereje)     v   ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected
gutēkerera (-tēkereye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up for, 2. prepare things for trip
kubarīrira (-barīriye)     v   ▶ to sew for
kubarīriza (-barīrije)     v   ▶ to have one sew for you
kuburanirwa (-buraniwe)     v   ▶ to be hungry after hunting for food in various places
kubūranira (-būraniye)     v   ▶ to plead the case of, at, in place of, to intercede for
kudebagura (-debaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to speak foolishly, 2. to be unintelligent, 3. to be ignorant (used in NT for barbarous)
kugerekera (-gerekeye)     v   ▶ to place on top at, for
kujabukira (-jabukiye)     v   ▶ to cross at, for
kumanikira (-manikiye)     v   ▶ to hang up for
kumiminira (-miminiye)     v   ▶ to strain at, for
kumurikira (-murikiye)     v   ▶ to shine at, for
kuragurira (-raguriye)     v   ▶ to divine at, for
kuraramira (-raramiye)     v   ▶ to look up for
kurehereza (-rehereje)     v   ▶ to act as go-between for
kurigatira (-rigatiye)     v   ▶ to lick at, for
kuzigiriza (-zigirije)   v   ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted
kwāndikira (-āndikiye)     v   ▶ to write to, for
kwīcungura (-īcunguye)     v   ▶ to pay to make up for wrong doing
kwīhandūra (-īhandūye)     v   ▶ to take out sliver for oneself
kwīmburira (-īmburiye)     v   ▶ to harvest at, for
kwīshurira (-īshuriye)     v   ▶ 1. to answer, 2. to pay at, for
kwūngurira (-ūnguriye)   v   ▶ to increase at, for
difficult   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (this is ~!) biragōye
(to be) kugōra, gukomera
 (to be absolutely too ~ for) kunanirana
 (to be ~ to say or know) kuzīnda
 (to be too ~ for) kunanira
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intercede   ▶ (to ~ for) kubūranira
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materials   ▶ (for building house) ihūmbi
 (to cut trees for building, to gather building materials) guhūmbira
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sacrifice   ▶ ikimazi, impērezwa
 (to ~ for) kwīgura, kwīheba
 (to give, offer, make) gushikana
 (place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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Ryangombe    n   ▶ other name for Kiranga
igicaniro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. altar, 2. fire made in enclosure for animals
igihitira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something that's been saved up for a year (beans, etc.)
ikigagara (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse
ikimpwiri (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ song for two alternating choirs
ikiziriko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rope (as for tying animals)
umukokayi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person reruiting the clients for a taxi or bus
umusekuzo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pestle for grinding in mortar
urugombōzo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ knife for cutting banana leaves
urukiramēnde     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ any four-sided figure (originally, a place fixed for pole-vaulting)
gucūngurira (-cūnguriye)     v   ▶ to redeem at, for
guhumbirira (-humbiriye)     v   ▶ to get building materials at, for
gukarāngira (-karāngiye)     v   ▶ to roast at, for
gukubitirwa (-kubitiwe)     v   ▶ to be beaten for
gukwikirira (-kwikiriye)     v   ▶ to put handle on at, for
gukāngariza (-kāngarije)     v   ▶ to clean up field at, for
gushūhiriza (-shūhirije)     v   ▶ to heat at, for
gutakāmbira (-takāmbiye)     v   ▶ to call loudly for help
gutangurira (-tanguriye)     v   ▶ to begin at, for
gutangīrana (-tangīranye)     v   ▶ to bar the path for each other
gutangīrira (-tangīriye)     v   ▶ to bar passage at, for
gutengūrira (-tengūriye)     v   ▶ to prepare at, for
gutāngirira (-tāngiriye)     v   ▶ to give for
gutūmbereza (-tūmbereje)     v   ▶ 1. to make straight for, to arrange, 2. to aim for
kugungarara (-gungaraye)     v   ▶ to wait long for another
kunyurānura (-nyurānuye)     v   ▶ to exchange clothes or other articles for a time
kurangūrira (-rangūriye)     v   ▶ to explain to, for
kurirīmbira (-rirīmbiye)     v   ▶ to sing at, for
kurondereka (-ronderetse)     v   ▶ to be able to be found when looked for
kuronderera (-rondereye)     v   ▶ to look for at, for, because of
kurūngikira (-rūngikiye)     v   ▶ to send to, for
kwībagirira (-ībagiriye)     v   ▶ to forget at, for
kwībarīrira (-ībarīriye)     v   ▶ to sew for oneself
kwīngīngira (-īngīngiye)     v   ▶ to beseech at, for
kwūgurūrira (-ūgurūriye)   v   ▶ to open for
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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sufficient   ▶ (to be, for) kubūmba, gukwīra
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transplant   ▶ (young plants for transplanting) ingemwe, umuvyāro
 (to ~) kubadika, kubātura
 (to make little hole in ground for planting tree or plant) gukoba
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ikivumbiko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wood that holds fire as ashes are put over it for the night
ikivōmesho (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing for drawing water
guhamagarira (-hamagariye)   v   ▶ to call at, for
guhamiririza (-hamiririje)     v   ▶ to dance at, for
guhitikirana (-hitikiranye)     v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
guhēzagirira (-hēzagiriye)     v   ▶ to bless at, for
gushinyagura (-shinyaguye)     v   ▶ to treat with anger, to laugh for nothing
kwīgūngirako (--yeko)     v   ▶ to be selfish, take everything for oneself
kwīyambagura (-īyambaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to torment oneself with grief, 2. to try to find food for unexpected guests
kwūnyuguriza (-ūnyugurije)   v   ▶ to rinse for
marketplace   ▶ isoko
 (small) akaguriro
 (~ for one specific product) iguriro
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ikibonamaso (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reward for finding something
ikigotigoti (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
gucurikiranya (-curikiranije)     v   ▶ to place objects together in irregular fashion – end for end
guhamagarirwa (-hamagarirwe)   v   ▶ to be called at, for
gukengurukira (-kengurukiye)     v   ▶ 1. to appreciate, 2. to be thankful to, for
kugarānzurira (-garānzuriye)     v   ▶ to unfold at, for
kuzīngurūrira (-zīngurūriye)   v   ▶ to unroll at, for
gutsindagirira (-tsindagiriye)     v   ▶ to press down at, for
igisubiramuhira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ woman who has left many husbands and gone home and finally builds at parent's home (same for a man)
aim   ▶ (to ~ at) gutūmbēra
 (to ~ for) gutūmbereza
 (to ~ and miss) guhusha
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asking   ▶ (earnestly persist in ~ for something) kuzigiriza
 (one who is always ~ for things) umusabisabi
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banana   ▶ igitōke, igitōki, umuneke
 (plantation) urutoke
(one or one hand of) umuhānyu
 (ripe) umuhwi, umuneke
 (kinds of) ikinyamunyu, igisamunyu
 (beer banana) igipaca
 (lady-finger) akamaramasenge
 (red banana) igisukari
 (bark of tree) igihubahuba
 (beer) urwārwa
 (sweet drink) umutobe
 (leaf, green) umutōto
 (leaf) ikirere
 (leaf, dry) ihuba
 (leaves, dry) igihūnda, ibihūndahūnda
 (center of leaf) ikigongo-gongo
(leaves, knife for cutting) urugombōzo
 (young shoot) umutsīnda
 (trunk after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
 (to cut leaves) kugombōra
 (to cut from stalk) guhānyura
 (to cut stalk) gutūmbūra
 (to remove dry leaves) gutūtūra
 (to squeeze juice from) kugana, kuvuguta
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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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building   ▶ inyūbako, inyūbakwa
 (public) inyūbakwa za leta
 (to find new ~ site) kugerēra
 (to prepare a place for ~) gutaba
 (~ site) urugerēro, ikibānza, ishantiye
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bundle   ▶ umuzigo
 (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying) ikigagara
 (of grass or grain) umukama
 (of sticks, rope) umugānda
 (to tie up a ~) gutēkera
 (clothes) ibaro
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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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cell   ▶ (tiny for prisoner) umugāso, ingōbāne
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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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die   ▶ (to) gupfa, gucīkāna, guhwēra, kuranduka
 (of king) gutānga
 (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time) kudēndūka
 (to be about to) kugoyagoya
 (suddenly) kweguka, kugaduka
 (suddenly and unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (used of person scorned by others) kwijajara
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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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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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exchange   ▶ gukāba, kugurāna
 (clothes or other article for a time) kunyurānyura
(greetings) kuramukānya
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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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guest   ▶ umushitsi
 (to go together to produce food for) gutērēra
(to have a ~ arrive just as food is all consumed) kwēnzūra
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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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hide   ▶ (vi) gufuba, kwinyegeza, kwīhisha, kunyegera
 (vt) guhisha, kunyegeza, kuzimanganya
 (and wait for hunter, of animal) kuguba
 (behind) kwīkīnga
 (in a corner) kwīyagiriza
 (oneself) kubūndabūnda
 (one's thoughts) gufobeka
 (the truth) kwiyobagiza
 (to have nothing to ~) gutobora
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hunt   ▶ (~ for) guhirīmba, kurondera
 (for game) guhīga
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independence   ▶ ubwigēnge
 (to fight for) kumēnja
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indict   ▶ (to take someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
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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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leave   ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
 (behind) gusiga
 (country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
 (country because of famine) gusuhūka
 (grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
 (inheritance) kuraga
 (intention or place) gucungūra
 (open) kurāngāza
 (out) guhaza
 (over) gusigaza
 (place) gushingūka
 (something with someone) kubītsa
 (with) gusigarana
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leaves   ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
 (stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imbazi
 (see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
 (to put forth new) kurēmba
 (to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra
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lend   ▶ (that for which equivalent will be returned) kugurāna
 (that which will itself be returned) gutīza
 (something and not get it back soon) gutongoza
 (money) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
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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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like   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda
 (to ~ for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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make   ▶ kugira, kurema
 (afraid) gutēra ubwōba
 (a bed) gusāsa
 (blunt) gufyīta
 (bread) gucūmba
 (clean) guhumānura
 (clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
 (crooked) kugoreka
 (drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
 (empty) kugaragaza
 (equal in length or height) kurēsha
 (excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
 (face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
 (firm) kugumya
 (fun of) kunegura
 (fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
 (good) kuryōsha
 (hedge) kuzitira
 (hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
 (laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
 (level) gusēna
 (narrow) kwāza
 (nest) kwārika
 (noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
 (oneself) kwīgīra
 (others like you) kwīkūndiriza
 (peace) kubangūranya
 (perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
 (place) kubisa
 (place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
 (restitution) kuriha
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (sign) kugereraniriza
 (smooth) gusēna
 (straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (tired) kurusha
 (vow) gushīnga
 (watering place) kugomera
 (white) kwēza
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meaning   ▶ insobanuro, insiguro
 (to ask for ~) gusigūza
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medicine   ▶ umuti
 (for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
 (to make people like one) urusango
 (material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
 (to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
 (to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka
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metal   ▶ icūma
 (foot piece on spear) umuhūnda
 (ore) ubutare
 (piece placed on stoves over fire to set pot on) ikinjanja
 (sheet of, for roof) ibāti
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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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miss   ▶ gusība
 (aim and) guhusha
 (be lonesome for) gukūmbura
(each other on path) kunyuranwa
 (fail to find) kubura
 (pass by but not meet) guhubana
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night   ▶ ijoro
 (to be) kwīra
 (to be almost over) gushīra
 (e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca)
(to lodge for the) kurāza
 (to spend the ~) kurāra
 (to spend the ~ alone) kwīrāza
(to spend the ~ at) kurārīra
 (to watch, as watchman) kurārīra
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pad   ▶ (worn on head when carrying load) ingata
 (big one for beer pots) urugata
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paid   ▶ (to be paid for, for marriage) gukōbwa
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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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pity   ▶ akagōngwe, ikigōngwe
 (without ~) utwininga, irarīrari
(to have ~ for) kubabarira
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place   ▶ (to) gushira
(to ~ here and there) gukwīragiza
 (in order) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
 (facing each other) kurorānya
 (objects together in irregular fashion, end for end) gucurikiranya
 (obliquely) guhirika, gukīkama
 (be placed obliquely) gukīka
 (on) gushikiriza
 (one thing above another) kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (oneself) guherēra
(somewhere) gushiraho
(two things side by side, parallel) kubāngikanya
 (to be placed wrong end to) gucurama
 (to give place to each other) kubisīkanya
 (to hold in) kugumya
 (to leave a) gushingūka
 (to make) kubisa
 (to make for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (to put a thing in its certain ~) gutereka
 (to remain in ~ of another) gusigarira
 (to stand in a certain ~ thus making ~ for another) kubisiriza
 (to take the ~ of another) kwākīra
 (to take the ~ of another watching) kubangūra
 (to go from ~ to ~) kuyugayuga
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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   ▶ imbuto, ikimera, ibitērwa
(small) urugāmba
 (small trees that start up around big one) umuvyāro
 (stunted) ikirūmbirane
(young for transplanting) ingemwe
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plead   ▶ (a cause) kubūrana
 (earnestly for something) kubobōta
 (with) kugōbēra
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punished   ▶ (to be ~ because of a certain thing, or for someone else's wrong) kuzira
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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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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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sack   ▶ umupfuko, isaho
 (burlap) igunira
 (long narrow for food) indebuye
 (made of skin) umukuza
 (to tie neck of) kuniga
 (to tie up hole in) gutubika
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save   ▶ gukiza, kurokora
 (by means of) kurokoza
 (beans for a year) guhitiza
(to redeem) gucūngura
(to store) kubīka
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saved   ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira
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shave   ▶ kumwa
 (off fibers for thread) gukubagura
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sheet   ▶ (of metal for roof) ibāti
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singing   ▶ ururirimbo, indirīmbo
 (dancing with ~) uruvyino
 (pastoral ~, sung poetry) ibicuba
 (sung legend) igitito
 (post-drinking song) amayaya
 (pastoral ~) umuvovoto
 (sentimental evening ~) ikilito
 (~ for the hunt) gukokeza
 (to lead in ~) kuririmbisha
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sit   ▶ kwīcara
 (to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
 (of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
 (together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
 (place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero
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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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stand   ▶ guhagarara
 (erect) kwēma, kwemarara
 (erect for a long time) gushibama
 (in a certain place) kubisiriza
 (in another's light) gukīnga
 (in line) gutōnda
 (on tiptoe) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
 (on tiptoe to get something) gusumburukwa
 (up) guhaguruka, kuva hasi
(to have one ~ up) guhagarika, guhagurutsa
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stick   ▶ (to ~ out, as garment with something under it) kudundūra
(to stick) guhoma, guhomesha uburembo
(~ together, vi) gufatana, kumata, kwōmeka, kumatana
(vt) gufatanya, guhoma, kumatanya
(~ up for another) gukīmbūka
(put ~ in ground) gushīnga
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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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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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talking   ▶ (to stop abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
 (to sit together ~ for long time) gutūrika
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taste   ▶ (to ~) kwūmva, kwūmviriza
 (to ~ good) gusōsa, kuryōha
 (to ~ to prove that it's safe for others) kurogōra
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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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watch   ▶ kurīnda, guterama, kuba māso
 (as night watchman) kurārīra
 (i.e. workers) kurereka
 (carefully) kugendeza, kugēnza
 (flock) kuragira
 (for) gusūra
(house) gusānga
 (out for danger) guhwebutsa
 (over) kubūngabūnga, kugendeza, guteramira, kuzigama
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wax   ▶ (esp. bees) ishashara, umushashara
 (to ~, moon) gutūbūka
 (to make ~ for honey, bees) kujīsha
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weaving   ▶ ukujisha impuzu
 (certain kind of grass used for ~) agatēte
 (to finish ~ an article) gusōza
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weed   ▶ urwāmfu
 (edible for greens) ubwākara, inyabutongo, isōgi, urusōgo
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kubwa    ▶ 1. according to, 2. on account of, 3. because of, 4. for the sake of
kāndi     conj   ▶ and, and then, also, furthermore (used for connecting clauses, not words in a series)
māmbu    ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)
sha     excl   ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)
shahu   excl   ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)
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
ibiba     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) time for planting small grains
ihambwa (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burial (used usually for animals)
ihūmbi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ materials for building a house
icāyi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tea (pl. used for different kinds of tea)
igipaca (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a kind of banana for brewing beer
ikigega (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ storage place for grain
ikiguti (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikivumu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
imbazi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ leaves used for perfume
imbuga (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place for spreading out grain
impāmba (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ food for a journey
indebuye (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ long narrow sack for food
ingwāti (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ security, hostage, thing entrusted to another to care for
integakiba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ something put away for future use
integūza (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who prepares for another
ināmbu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ appetite, desire for a certain food
mwīshwanje (b-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister's son (usually used for an oath with indecent meaning)
ubwayi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ alcohol for med. purpose
ubwātsi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. grass, straw (esp. for building), 2. field
umubavu (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (sg. rare) bark of tree used for perfume
umubīndi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tall clay pot for carrying water
umumānda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark was used for clothing
umusabisabi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar, one who is always asking for things
umuvumu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
umuvūmvu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kind of tree (fiber used for rope)
umwīshīnzi (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ surety, (e.g. co-signer for note)
gusasa ibwami (-shashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to go to work for chief or king, 2. to spread grass, 3. to make a bed
kwītāmba ku muvyimba (-ītāmvye)     phr   ▶ 1. to make it hard for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead one, 2. to make light of serious things, 3. to gloat over (reference to death) (from gutāmba)
guhembesha (-hembesheje)   v   ▶ to demand salary, to ask for wage
guheza (-heje)     v   ▶ 1. to finish, to complete, to end (vt), 2. to achieve, 3. to conclude, 4. to exhaust
(often used for 'then' when one action is directly followed by another, e.g. Umwigisha ahanura abana, araheza arabasezera = the teacher admonished the children, then he bid them goodbye)
guhitiza (-hitije)     v   ▶ to save beans, etc., for a year
guhwebutsa (-hwebukije)     v   ▶ 1. to watch out for danger, 2. examine carefully
guhēmba (-hēmvye)     v   ▶ to pay (esp. for work done)
guhūndukwa (-hūndutswe)     v   ▶ 1. to forget for a moment, 2. be confused
gukabakaba (-kabakavye)     v   ▶ to feel around for, look for
gukana (-kannye)     v   ▶ 1. to smooth out, stretch out (vt) (as skin for drum), 2. to speak evil of, 3. to threaten
gukīmbūka (-kīmbūtse)     v   ▶ to express one's thoughts, to stick up for another
gukūmbuza (-kūmbuje)     v   ▶ to make lonesome for
gusabwa (-sabwe)     v   ▶ to be prayed to, asked for something
gusasa (-shashe)     v   ▶ to stay at the king's or a chief's court for a time
inka zishashe amahembe maze of horns
gushemeza (-shemeje)     v   ▶ to praise for something received
gushengeza (-shengeje)     v   ▶ to take someone to chief (or other), esp. for trial or accusation
gushibama (-shibamye)     v   ▶ to stand erect for a long time
gushākana (-shākanye)     v   ▶ to lust for each other, to marry
gutaba (-tavye)     v   ▶ 1. to dig up the earth, 2. to prepare a place for building, 3. to level
gutabwa (-tabwe)   v   ▶ to be prepared for building
gutabāza (-tabāje)     v   ▶ to call for help
gutaka (-tatse)     v   ▶ to call for help
gutakāmba (-takāmvye)     v   ▶ to call loudly for help
gutakīsha (-takīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to cry for help
gutwāza (-twāje)   v   ▶ to help to carry, carry for
kubisīkanya (-bisīkanije)     v   ▶ 1. to cross, 2. make place for one another to pass
kubūmba (-būmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to mold, work with clay (bricks, pottery), 2. to satisfy, 3. be sufficient for
kubūnga (-būnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be often sick ( indwara irambungamwo) 2. to search for a buyer, 3. to aggravate a fight
kudēnda (-dēnze)     v   ▶ to be too big for (e.g. garment)
kudēndūka (-dēndūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to die, perish (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time), 2. to break completely (bone) (vi)
kugenzanya (-genzanije)     v   ▶ 1. to look for a fault in one another, 2. to pursue one another
kuguba (-guvye)     v   ▶ to hide and wait for hunter (animal), to lie in wait
kuguza (-guze)     v   ▶ to trade one article for another
kugēndagēnda (-gēndagēnze)     v   ▶ to go for a walk, to walk
kugēnza (-gēnjeje)     v   ▶ 1. to watch carefully, 2. to cause to go well, 3. to lie in wait for
kujījūka (-jījūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to leave, quit altogether because a thing is too difficult (e.g. itōngo), 2. to know for certain
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)
kumadika (-maditse)     v   ▶ 1. to plate as with silver, 2. to weld, 3. to graft tree, 4. to trade butter for other things
kumēnja (-mēnje)     v   ▶ to rebel against authority, to fight for independance
kwāmbaza (-āmbaje)     v   ▶ to call for help
kwānāna (-ānānye)     v   ▶ 1. to cry (of young about to die), 2. to be about to die for lack of moisture (seeds)
kwīgūnga (-īgūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be selfish, keep things for oneself, 2. to do something alone
kwīha (--haye)     v   ▶ 1. to give to oneself, get for oneself, 2. to steal
kwīheba (-īhevye)     v   ▶ 1. to be discouraged completely, to despair, to be desperate, 2. to sacrifice oneself to or for
kwītega (-īteze)     v   ▶ 1. to hope for, 2. to wait for
kwīvuza (-īvuje)     v   ▶ to go for treatment
kwūgama (-ūgamye)   v   ▶ to take cover in rain, go for shelter
gufōra (-fōye)     v   ▶ to stretch a bow
gufōrwa (-fōwe)     v   ▶ to be stretched (bow)
-kazi    ▶ suffix used to form the feminine (imbwakazi – female dog, inkokokazi – hen)
agahānga (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. forehead, 2. crane, 3. severed head
agahuru     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) early morning just before dawn
akaga   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. danger, 2. trouble, 3. misfortune
akāhebwe (utw-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. something forsaken, 2. worn out thing
akaramata     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. sticking together, 2. strong ever-lasting love, 3. forever
akavāntāra (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ foreigner
amaho  5   ▶ hi, hello (informal greeting, short form of amahoro)
amarushwa    5   ▶ (no sing.) troubles, disturbance, misfortunes
amazīnda  5   ▶ (no sing.) 1. forgetfulness, 2. doubt
kugira amazīnda to be forgetful, doubtful
gushira amazīnda to have a good memory
bite   phr   ▶ 1. how are things? how is it going? 2. hello, hi (informal greeting)
buja     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. master, 2. Bujumbura (short form or slang)
databuja my master
mabuja my mistress
da   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ (my) father (short form of dawe)
gucuna (-cunye)   v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, lucky, free from trouble when others are having it, 2. to be carefree,
gucura (-cuze)     v   ▶ to forge metal
gucurīsha (-curīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to forge, forge with
gucurwa (-cuzwe)     v   ▶ to be forged
gucūza (-cūjije)     v   ▶ to remind (maliciously) of one who is dead, or something forgotten
gufata kunguvu (-fashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to rape, 2. to abuse sexually, 3. to take by force
gufatana urunana (-fatanye)   phr   ▶ to form a circle by holding hands
gufyātura (-fyātuye)     v   ▶ 1. to mould, to form, 2. to make bricks
guhadikiriza (-hadikirije)   v   ▶ 1. to conjugate, to change prefixes, 2. to force something to change, 3. to coerce
guhadikirizwa (-hadikirijwe)   v   ▶ 1. to be forced, 2. to be conjugated
guhama (-hamye)   v   ▶ 1. to search for, 2. to stay in one place permanently
guhanagurira (-hanaguriye)     v   ▶ to wipe for, at
guhānda (-hānze)     v   ▶ 1. to prepare ground (for amasaka), 2. to pierce, scratch (e.g. with nail)
guhanira (-haniye)     v   ▶ to punish at, for, because of
guhanirwa (-haniwe)     v   ▶ to be punished at, for, because of
guhanurira (-hanuriye)     v   ▶ to admonish at, for, because of
guharirwa (-hariwe)     v   ▶ to be forgiven
guhayira (-hayiye)     v   ▶ to praise for, before others
guheba (-hevye)     v   ▶ to leave, forsake
guhebana (-hebanye)     v   ▶ to forsake each other
guhebera (-hebeye)     v   ▶ to forsake at, for, because of
guhebēsha (-hebēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to forsake
guhebēshwa (-hebēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to forsake
guhebura (-hebuye)     v   ▶ to forsake completely
guhebwa (-hebwe)     v   ▶ to be forsaken
guhēra (-hēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin from, by, 2. to recompense, 3. give to, (prepositional form of guha)
guherereza (-herereje)     v   ▶ 1. to put to one side, 2. to offer at, for, in the name of
guhīga (-hīze)     v   ▶ to hunt (for game)
guhigira (-higiye)     v   ▶ 1. to contest for, 2. to threaten to
guhindura (-hinduye)     v   ▶ 1. to change, to edit, to modify (vt), to change the mind, 2. to translate, 3. to transform, 4. to adjust
guhīra (-hīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)
guhīrwa (-hīriwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, to be lucky, 2. to be blessed, 3. to be happy
guhoraho (--zeho)     v   ▶ to be eternal, forever
guhoza (-hojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to cool, to calm down, 2. to appease, 3. to console, comfort, reassure
guhozwa (-hojejwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be appeased, 2. be comforted, 3. be cooled
guhubūra (-hubūye)     v   ▶ 1. to show the way, put on the right path, 2. to warn, 3. advise, 4. comfort, 5. to propose, suggest
guhumirwa (-humiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, luckless, hapless, 2. be in difficulty, 3. 'haven't got a chance'
guhūmuriza (-hūmurije)     v   ▶ 1. to comfort, 2. reveal what is false
guhuna (-hunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake
guhūnda (-hūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to wear many clothes, 2. to form grains
guhunisha (-hunishije)     v   ▶ to cause another to forsake
gukarabīsha (-karabīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to wash hands, wash with, 2. to offer to wash a guest's hands before a meal
gukebagiza (-kebagije)     v   ▶ to feel the way before one with foot or spear
gukīmbūkira (-kīmbūkiye)     v   ▶ to stick up for, point out truth to those arguing
gukobeza (-kobeje)     v   ▶ to strive, persist more strongly than before
gukōkōrera (-kōkōreye)     v   ▶ to strip off leaves for, because of
gukorokera (-korokeye)     v   ▶ to fall at, for, on
gukubitira (-kubitiye)     v   ▶ to beat at, for, because of
gukūmbura (-kūmbuye)     v   ▶ to be lonesome for, to long for, to miss
gupfīra (-pfīriye)     v   ▶ to die for, at, in the place of
gupfukamira (-pfukamiye)     v   ▶ to kneel before
gusaba (-savye)     v   ▶ 1. to pray, beg, ask for, 2. to order
gusamāza (-samāje)     v   ▶ 1. to wait or long for, 2. to expect, 3. to do something that causes pleasure or amazement, 4. to distract
gusāmbana (-sāmbanye)     v   ▶ to commit adultery, to fornicate
gusekura (-sekuye)     v   ▶ 1. to shell or grind in wooden mortar, 2. to push forward, 3. to put down roughly, 4. to drop
gusēmbereza (-sēmbereje)     v   ▶ to give lodging to stranger (for several days)
gusengera (-sengeye)     v   ▶ to pray for, at
gusha (-hīye)     v   ▶ 1. to cook (vi), to burn (vi), 2. to ripen (for certain fruits, esp. bananas)
gushakisha (-shakishije)   v   ▶ 1. to make look for, let search for, 2. to browse, to surfe (internet)
gushamika (-shamitse)     v   ▶ to put forth branches
gushibura (-shibuye)     v   ▶ to hurl, repulse violently, to throw with force, reject
gushīmagiza (-shīmagije)     v   ▶ to glorify, honor before others
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
gutānga (-tānze)     v   ▶ 1. to offer, pay, give, submit, offer, proffer, hand in, send in, put forward, issue, supply, furnish, 2. precede, be ahead of, to arrive before, 3. to die (of king)
gutāsha (-tahije)     v   ▶ to greet (for another)
gute  ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting among friends)
gute none   phr   ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting among friends)
gutegeka (-tegetse)     v   ▶ 1. to command, 2. to enforce the law
gutēra igise   phr   ▶ to make an effort (at childbirth)
gutēra imbere   phr   ▶ to go forward, to make progress (see imbere)
guterūrira (-terūriye)     v   ▶ to lift up at, for, because of
gutērwa (-tēwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be thrown, 2. to be planted, 3. to be caused, 4. to receive (passive form of gutera)
gutetera (-teteye)     v   ▶ 1. to be thoroughly drenched and cold, 2. to be drawn up from cold or being burnt, 3. to dry up and be stiff (food, clothes), 4. to be burnt (of food forgotten), 5. to be very healthy or strong, 6. to be solid, 7. to be dry
gutingana (-tinganze)   v   ▶ to act homosexually, to perform homosexual acts
gutīrira (-tīriye)     v   ▶ to borrow for, because of
gutīriza (-tīrije)     v   ▶ to lend for, in the place of
gutītūra (-tītūye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken
gutītūza (-tītūje)     v   ▶ to cause to lose original force, to cause to disillusion
gutobora (-toboye)     v   ▶ 1. to pierce, make a hole, 2. to speak distinctly, 3. to be straight-forward, to have nothing to hide, 4. to hear well, 5. to complete a thing
gutōbōrera (-tōbōreye)     v   ▶ to pick (peas, beans, etc.) for, at
gutōha (-tōshe)     v   ▶ to send forth shoots, to become green (as grass when rain begins)
gutosōra (-tosōye)     v   ▶ to remove a foreign article from eye (or, from water, milk)
gutuma (-tumye)     v   ▶ 1. to send (person, or message), 2. to cause, prompt, be reason for, bring about, bring on, trigger, induce, lead to, result in
gutūmbēra (-tūmbēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to aim at, 2. to plan for, 3. to focus, to concentrate on, 4. to be directly in front of, looking toward
gutumira (-tumiye)     v   ▶ to send to for, to invite
gutuna (-tunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to pucker, shrink (vi), 2. to lean forward preparing to run
gutwārira (-twāriye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry to, for, 2. to govern in name of
hīrya y'ējo     phr   ▶ 1. day before yesterday, 2. day after tomorrow
ibāti (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sheet of metal (for roof)
icāgo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. trouble, 2. misfortune, 3. bad luck, 4. accident, 5. risk
icāmbu (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ford (in river)
ifero   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ iron (for ironing cloths), (Fr.)
ifurshet   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ fork (Fr.)
igihababu   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ 1. lack of foresight, poor foresight, 2. fear of losing position
igihungur amabebe  n   ▶ light rain that makes these seeds fall off just before rainy season really starts
igisamunyu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kind of bananas (for cooking)
igishika (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing which one longs for, strong desire
igisokoro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gonorrhea, 2. information gained by eavesdropping, 3. eavesdropper
igitambamboga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
igitotsi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ foreign article (in eye, milk, water)
igitwengerabarozi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
ihānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. nation, 2. foreign country
ihanurwa   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ prediction, forecast
ihūmure     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ comfort, peace
ijīsho     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ eye; (pl. amaso) face
mu maso hiwe in his face
kuba maso to watch, to be alert, to be on guard
urw'amaso before others but not in private (e.g. being nice to someone)
ijūnja n’ijambo   phr   ▶ physical strength and discursive force, eloquence (description of a strong and eloquent person, two characteristics allegedly rarely going together)
ikanya (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) fork
ikibira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forest
ikigaga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. populous tribe or family, 2. deformity (from birth), 3. corpse
ikigongwe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. mercy, 2. pardon, forgiveness, 3. pity
ikigorozo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ikigorozo c'impuzu iron (for ironing clothes)
ikimano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tongs used in forging metals
ikirare (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forsaken field
ikizira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forbidden thing, taboo
imbere     prep   ▶ before, inside, in front of
imigabo    2   ▶ 1. preparation, 2. plan, planning, strategy, 3. foresight, 4. intentions
impatane (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stocks (for prisoner), 2. trees grown very close together, 3. teeth very close together
indushi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person
injabuka (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ foreigner, stranger (from across the border)
inkenuzo (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ information, knowledge
ipāsi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) iron (for ironing clothes)
irozi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (used in pl.) spell, charm, hex, magic formula, conjuration
isesa nyabwonko   phr   ▶ computer science, informatics
ishāmba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ brush, jungle, rain forest
ishusho (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ image, likeness, form
isōgi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ edible weed (for greens)
juzi   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ day before yesterday (Sw.)
karyenda   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum, hidden in its sanctuary and only brought forth on very rare occasions like the umuganuro festival
kubabarira (-babariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to excuse, 3. to sympathize
kubabarirwa (-babariwe)     v   ▶ to be forgiven
kubagarira (-bagariye)     v   ▶ to weed for, at
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
kubarira (-bariye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell, 2. to inform, 3. to talk (from kubara)
kubariritsa (-baririkije)     v   ▶ to seek information about someone
kubēra (-bereye)     v   ▶ to be suitable, apt (prepositional form of kuba)
kubonera (-boneye)     v   ▶ to see for, find at, see by
kubūrira (-būriye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell what's going to happen, 2. to announce, notify, inform, 3. to warn of danger
kubuza (-bujije)     v   ▶ 1. to hinder, prevent, suppress, 2. to forbid, to prohibit
kubwīririza (-bwīririje)     v   ▶ to command for, on the part of
kududubiza (-dudubije)     v   ▶ to pour forth water (as a spring)
kugaba (-gavye)     v   ▶ 1. to rule over, dominate, be master, 2. to be on guard, prepared for, 3. to pass out gifts
kugandūra (-gandūye)     v   ▶ 1. to subjugate, subdue a revolt, 2. to force to obey, 3. to tame
kugenzūra (-genzūye)     v   ▶ 1. to judge weather by sky, 2. to try to know something, 3. seek information, 4. to inspect
kugerageza (-gerageje)     v   ▶ 1. to tempt, attempt, 2. to experiment, to try, to try out, 3. to make an effort
kugerūrira (-gerūriye)     v   ▶ to diminish for, in favor of
kugesera (-geseye)     v   ▶ 1. to harvest at, for, 2. to revolt against king
kugeza (-gejeje)     v   ▶ 1. to try, test, attempt, make an effort, 2. tempt, 3. to cause to arrive, to escort to a determined point
kugira amazīnda (-gize)   phr   ▶ 1. to be forgetful, 2. to be doubtful
kugōbēra (-gōbēye)     v   ▶ 1. to force, to compel, to exert pressure, 2. plead with, 3. to insist, 4. to constrain
kugōbērwa (-gōbēwe)     v   ▶ to be compelled, forced
kugomera (-gomeye)     v   ▶ 1. to revolt against, 2. to dam stream to form watering place, to dyke up
kugura (-guze)     v   ▶ 1. to trade, to buy and sell, 2. to afford
kugwīra (-gwīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), 2. to be abundant, (prepositional form of kugwa)
kumaranira (-maraniye)     v   ▶ 1. to fight for, 2. to race
kumenyēsha (-menyēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to inform, 2. to educate, 3. cause to know, to make known, 4. to publish, to issue
kumenyēshwa (-menyēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be informed
kunēnera (-nēneye)     v   ▶ to scorn at, for, because of
kunōnōka (-nōnōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be healthy, have vitality, 2. to be supple, strong (as rope), 3. to be flexible, 4. to be comfortable, 5. to have virility, to be manly, to be homosexual (gay)
kunyaga (-nyaze)     v   ▶ 1. to take away from, to take by force, 2. to steal, 3. to pillage
kunyura (-nyuze)     v   ▶ 1. to go back and forth, 2. to come across, 3. to pass between, 4. travel through a country, 5. to undergo, go through
kurābira (-rābiye)     v   ▶ 1. to moo, to baa, 2. to look at, for, by
kuramiriza (-ramirije)     v   ▶ to persist, work hard at, to go steadily forward
kuramukira (-ramukiye)     v   ▶ to get up, for, to greet authorities
kurandurira (-randuriye)     v   ▶ to pull out at, for, because of
kurānga (-rānze)     v   ▶ 1. to indicate, 2. to inform, make known, announce, 3. to tell, say
kurangīra (-rangīye)     v   ▶ 1. to inform, give information, 2. to show the way, to lead
kurangīrwa (-rangīwe)     v   ▶ to be shown the way, be informed
kurasira (-rasiye)     v   ▶ to shoot at, for, to shine on
kurēgera (-rēgeye)     v   ▶ to accuse of, before, because of
kurekurirwa (-rekuriwe)     v   ▶ to be pardoned, to be forgiven
kurēmba (-rēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be smooth, silky soft, 2. to put forth new leaves, 3. to be fresh, attractive (person), 4. to get well after serious illness
kurīndana (-rīndanye)     v   ▶ to watch each other, fight with equal force
kurindīra (-rindīriye)     v   ▶ to wait for, to expect
kurondera (-rondereye)     v   ▶ 1. to search for, 2. to look for, 3. to reach for, 4. to browse, surfe, navigate (internet)
kuroranirwa (-roraniwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, be lucky, 2. to have a lot (may be even a lot of debts or trouble)
kurorera (-roreye)     v   ▶ to look at by, for, by means of
kurwānira (-rwāniye)     v   ▶ 1. to fight at, for, 2. to resist
kurya umwana (-riyrīye)   phr   ▶ 1. to have intercourse, 2. to fornicate
kuryāmira (-ryāmiye)     v   ▶ to lie in wait for, await opportunity to harm, to lie on
kuryārukana (-ryārukanye)     v   ▶ to abuse one you formerly loved
(amagara yandyarutse – my strength has left me)
kuryōherereza (-ryōherereje)     v   ▶ to enforce what one has said, drive it home
kuvāvānura (-vāvānuye)   v   ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to forsake one another
kuvuba (-vuvye)   v   ▶ to cause to rain (sorcerer), to pour water on hair before cutting
kuvubika (-vubitse)   v   ▶ to pour water on hair before cutting it
kuvugira (-vugiye)   v   ▶ to talk at, for, in favor of
kuvūmba (-vūmvye)   v   ▶ to go where folks are drinking in hopes of getting some, to beg (for beer)
kuvuna (-vunnye)   v   ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid
kuvūngurīsha (-vūngurīshije)   v   ▶ to smash (as grain before grinding), to shell corn
kuyoborora (-yoboroye)   v   ▶ to lead for, toward
kuzigamira (-zigamiye)   v   ▶ to protect at, for, in the place of
kuziganya (-ziganye)   v   ▶ to provide for, care for, to be economical
kuziguza (-ziguje)   v   ▶ to encircle, surround, form a circle
kuzīnda (-zīnze)   v   ▶ 1. to be difficult to say or know, 2. to cause to forget, 3. to escape the memory
kuzīndwa (-zīnzwe)   v   ▶ to forget
kuzīngira (-zīngiye)   v   ▶ to fold for, at
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
kuzīra (-zīze)   v   ▶ to come at (time, prepositional form of kūza)
kuziza (-zize)   v   ▶ to forbid (because you don't want him to get along well), to harm or kill because of revenge
kw   prep   ▶ 1. on, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), (form of ku before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. kw ibuye - on a rock)
kwāmira (-āmiye)     v   ▶ 1. to forbid, 2. chase away with shouts
kwāndāra (-āndāye)     v   ▶ 1. to go slowly (of convalescent), 2. to convalesce, 3. to make an effort
kwandikirwa (-andikirwe)   v   ▶ 1. to be written for, to, 2. to be written on
kwānkira (-ānkiye)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to, 2. to be impossible for, 3. to be willful, 4. to be disobedient (very strongly)
kwēnda (-ēnze)     v   ▶ 1. to receive (from someone's hands), 2. to have sex, to make love, to have intercourse, 3. to fornicate (rude)
kwībagira (-ībagiye)     v   ▶ to forget
kwībagirwa (-ībagiwe)     v   ▶ to be forgotten
kwībagiza (-ībagije)     v   ▶ to cause to forget
kwīgura (-īguze)     v   ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything
kwīhaniza (-īhanije)     v   ▶ 1. to forbid, 2. warn against
kwīhanukīra (-īhanukīye)     v   ▶ 1. to declare strongly, 2. to do forcefully
kwīhata (-īhase)     v   ▶ to force oneself
kwīhindura (-īhinduye)     v   ▶ to change, transform oneself
kwīkubita hasi (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīkubita imbere (-īkubise)   phr   ▶ to fall down before
kwīrukira (-īrukiye)     v   ▶ to run at, for, to
kwīrūra (-īrūye)     v   ▶ 1. to comfort, assist one in trouble of grief, 2. to encourage oneself
kwītabira (-ītabiriye)     v   ▶ 1. to answer at, for, 2. to participate
kwītsa (-īkije)     v   ▶ 1. to reiterate, 2. reinforce the words of another, 3. to ask oneself
kwīyuhagira (-īyuhagiye)     v   ▶ 1. to bathe oneself (formerly a ceremonial cleansing, but now bathing in general), 2. to shower
kwōndera (-ōndeye)     v   ▶ 1. to be hungry for, 2. have need of
kwōrokēra (-ōrokēreye)     v   ▶ to put skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk
kwūhagirira (-ūhagiriye)   v   ▶ to bathe for, because of
kwūmirwa (-ūmiriwe)   v   ▶ to be speechless in defeat, or surprise, or misfortune
kwūngururuza (-ūngururuje)   v   ▶ 1. to go forward little by little, 2. to prolong
ma   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ (my) mother (short form of mawe)
maze     conj   ▶ and then, therefore
mbere     prep   ▶ 1. in fact, 2. before, formerly
mirongwine   adj   ▶ forty
muraduha   excl   ▶ called before entering kraal (knocking being impolite) (from guha)
murimirwa   2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one ploughs", kept at Gishora
murisānze   phr   ▶ be yourself, make yourself comfortable (said to a visitor)
mw   prep   ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of the inside, (form of mu before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. mw ishuli - in school)
n'ūko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
na    ▶ 1. and (for words in a series or phrases, but not clauses), 2. by, 3. with, 4. even
nuko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
rero     conj   ▶ 1. therefore, 2. thus, 3. then, 4. so
ruciteme   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one clears brush", kept at Gishora
rugabo     adv   ▶ 1. bravely, 2. forcefully
ubuhīrwe (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. blessing, 2. chance, good fortune, 3. privilege, benefit, advantage, 4. fun
uguhinduka   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ changing, transformation (from guhinduka)
ukugerageza   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. effort, 2. attempt, endeavor, 3. experiment
ukwandikirwa   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ something written for, to
umeze gute   phr   ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting, from kumera)
umugōrwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate, miserable person
umuhanzi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. singer, 2. musician, 3. performer (Rw.)
umuhīrwe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ fortunate person
umukozi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. worker, workman, employee, laborer, 2. staff, workforce, personnel, crew (pl.)
umunyamahānga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ foreigner, stranger
umunyankīko (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ stranger, foreigner, person from far away (who lives near border)
umurōngōzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ guide, leader, chief's assistant (esp. in law enforcement)
umurushwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umushike (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ fallow land, needing work before planting
umutīndi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
uragumye   phr   ▶ Are you in form? (informal greeting)
uretse   conj   ▶ excluding, except, save for, other than
uruhānga   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. forehead, 2. crane, 3. severed head
uruhīmbi (impīmbi)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ table, shelf (for milk containers)
uruhuni     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) forgetting one's skill or errand
urunani (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ holding hands to form circle or line (gufatana urunani)
urusōgo (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ edible weed (for greens)
urw'amaso   phr   ▶ before others but not in private (e.g. being nice to someone)
urwāvya (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ small pot (for butter)
Usumbura  n   ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili
yambu   excl   ▶ hello, hi (informal, from Sw. jambo)
abuse   ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
 (one formerly loved) kuryārukana
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and   ▶ (for connecting clauses) kandi, uteko
 (for connecting words in series) na
 (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku) no
 (and then) maze
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ask   ▶ (another to repeat to check his veracity) gucaca
 (each other) kubazānya
 (each other to explain) gusiguzānya
 (each other riddles) gusōkōrānya
 (for) gusaba
 (for daily) kubōbōtereza
 (frequently) gusabiriza
 (many in order to verify) gushīshōza
 (many questions) kubazagiza
 (of someone that which he has promised) guhāngūra
 (oneself) kwībaza, kwītsa
 (over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (persistently, though refused) gucuna
 (question) kubaza
 (a riddle) gusōkōza
(stupid questions) kudedēmvya
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assistant   ▶ (to chief, esp. in law enforcement) umurōngōzi
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beg   ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
 (continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
 (earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
 (for beer) kuvūmba
 (habitually) gusegerereza
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bow   ▶ (arch) umuheto
 (without cord) ikiramvu
 (to stretch, to draw) gufōra
 (to raise one's arm to pull) kubangurira
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branch   ▶ ishami
 (serving to close entrance) imyugariro, imihogero, imihangazo
(to cut off) gukōkōra
 (to put forth) gushamika
 (to put out great) gusagarara, gutabarara
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burned   ▶ (food forgotten) gutetera
 (~ over place) umuyōnga
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cake tin  ▶ iforoma y'igato
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canal   ▶ umugēnde
 (for irrigation) umugazo, umugende uvomera
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canape   ▶ (for apēritif) igicucume c'ivyamwa bidatetse
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care   ▶ (anxiety) umwītwaririko
 (of body, house, etc.) isuku
 (to care about) kubabara
 (for) kuziganya
 (to take ~ of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka, gutūnga
 (to take very good ~ of) kubukabuka
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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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channel   ▶ (of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (for irrigation) umugende uvomera
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chief's assistant  ▶ (esp. in law enforcement) umurōngōzi
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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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circle   ▶ imburūngu, umuzingi
 (of people) urukīnja
 (to) guca umuzingi
(to form ~) kuziguza
 (to form ~ by holding hands) gufatana urunana
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clothing   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu, icāmbarwa
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (of king, esp. animal skins or jewels) inyambarabāmi
 (worn underneath outer garments) umugega
 (to remove) kwāmbura
 (to strip one of his) gukoba
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comfort   ▶ ihūmure, ukumererwa nēza, ukwikwiza
(to comfort) guhoza, guhubūra, guhūmuriza, kwīrura
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concrete   ▶ ibeto, igito
(reinforced) igito kirimwo ivyuma
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congenital   ▶ ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
 (malformed person) ikirema
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country   ▶ igihugu, intāra
 (foreign) ihānga
 (to leave one's ~ because of famine) gusuhūka
 (to return after famine) gusuhūkuruka
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cow   ▶ inka
 (brownish black) ikirāyi
 (gray) uruhīza
 (white) igihororo
 (~ without horns) imvure
 (blood of, to drink) ikiremve
 (~ path) umuhōra
 (to be at rest) kuvyāgira
 (to be many) gusagara
 (to be many together) gusasa amahembe
 (to ask ~ from one to whom ~ was given) kwōkōza
 (to chase flies off) kuzīnga
 (to entrust ~s to another and they increase while there) gutongoza
 (to get medicine to make ~ like her calf) kwōrokereza
 (to lead) kuyobora, gushorera
 (to lead to pasture) guturutsa
 (to put skin of dead calf before ~ to make her to give milk) kwōrokēra
 (to return ~ or calf to one from whom one received a ~) kwōkōra
 (to take up hill) kurārūra
 (to tie legs while milking) kujīsha
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crush   ▶ gufyonyora, gufyonyoka, kuvūngura
 (easily) kuvūnguka
 (grain, before grinding) kuvūngagura, kuvūngurīsha
 (with hands) kuvūnga
 (down) gutsindagira
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cutting   ▶ (for planting) ikiguti, igikoti, akagegene k'igiti
(of manioc) ikigoti, ikigotigoti, ikiguti
(of sweet potatoes) umubuto, umujishi, umuvyaro
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dampen   ▶ (hair before cutting) kuvubika
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day   ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka
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do   ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
 (again) kwongera
 (always) kwāma, guhora
 (anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
 (continually) kwāma, guhora
 (the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
 (even more) kurushiriza
 (first) kubānza, gushūza
 (forcefully) kwīhanukīra
 (habitually) kumēnyera
 (have too much to ~) kurēngerana
 (the impossible) gufyidikīra
 (~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
 (housework) kugora
 (one's duty) gushimika
 (quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
 (quickly and carelessly) kuraha
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
 (a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
 (something alone) kwīgūnga
 (something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
 (something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
 (that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
 (two things at once) kubāngikanya
 (unwillingly) kugoyagoya
 (unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
 (the washing up) kwoza ivyombo
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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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eavesdropping   ▶ (information gained by) igisokoro
 (to tell what one has heard while ~) gutumbūra
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encourage   ▶ (to) kwīrūza, kuremēsha, kurindīsha
 (oneself) kwīrūra
 (to ~ to make an effort) gushīshikaza
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erect   ▶ (to stand) kwēma, kwemarara
 (for a long time) gushibama
 (one who stands ~) umushibamyi
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eye   ▶ ijīsho
(to close one's eyes) guhumiriza
(to cut ~ out) kunogora
(to fall into, or hurt) gutosekaza
(to get something in) gutosekara
(to make another close his) kwūnamika
(top open) gukanura
(to open ~ of another) guhumūra
(to remove foreign body from ~) gutosōra
(to wash in one's ~) kwīhumūra
(foreign body in) igitotsi
(matter in) ibikaragāshi
('sand', esp. a certain type of conjunctivitis) uburire
('sand' on awakening) ibirashi
(tiny insect in) akanyarira jisho
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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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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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fold   ▶ umupfunyu, umuzīngo
 (for sheep) uruhongere
(to ~) gukuba, gukubiranya, gupfunya, kuzīnga
 (~ hands together) gufumbata
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forbid   ▶ (to) kwāmira, kwīhaniza, kuziza, kuvuna, kubuza
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forbidden   ▶ (to be) kuzira
 (thing) ikizira
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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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forcefully   ▶ rugabo
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ford   ▶ (in river) icāmbu
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forearm   ▶ ikizigira
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forecast   ▶ (to ~ weather by sky) kugenzūra
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forehead   ▶ agahānga, uruhānga
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foreign body  ▶ (in eye, milk, water) igitotsi
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foreign country  ▶ ihānga
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foreigner   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko, akavāntāra
 (from across border) injabuka
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foresight   ▶ imigabo
 (lack of) igihababu
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forest   ▶ ikibira
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foretell   ▶ kubūrira
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forge   ▶ (metal) gucura
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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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forgetful   ▶ (to be) kugira amazīnda
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forgetting   ▶ (one's skill) uruhuni
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forgive   ▶ kubabarira, guharira, kurekurira
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fork   ▶ ikanya, ifurshet
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form   ▶ (design) ishusho
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formerly   ▶ mbere
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forsake   ▶ guheba, guhuma
 (one another) kuvāvānura
 (to succeed in persuading someone to ~ his evil ways) gukōndōra
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forsaken   ▶ (field) ikirare
 (thing) akāhebwe
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fortunate   ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
 (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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fortune   ▶ (good) ihīrwe, ubuhīrwe
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forty   ▶ mirongwine
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forward   ▶ (to go) gutēra imbere
 (to go ~ little by little) kwūngururuza
 (to go steadily) kuramiriza
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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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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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greedy   ▶ (to be) gusahagura
 (for a certain food and want that only) kunohorwa
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greet   ▶ gusanganira
 (by oneself in person or in letter) kuramutsa
 (for) gutahiriza
 (for another) gutāsha
 (one another) kuramūkanya
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grind   ▶ gusya, gukwema, kunoza, kumenagura, gusyokora
(in wooden mortar) gusekura
 (poorly, coarsely) guhera
 (quickly) gukwemagura
 (to crush grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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hair   ▶ (of baby) imvanda
(bit on top of head) isūnzu
(of human head) umushatsi
(except of human head) ubwōya
(one) urwōya
(pubic) inzya
(hair line) amasoso
(long with mud in it) ubusage
(tan in color, goats) umufumbēre
(white from old age) imvi, uruvi
(to cut) kumwa
(to dampen before cutting) kuvubika
(to have long) guhīmbira
(to have shaved off) kwīkemūra
(to let grow long) gutongoza
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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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hello   ▶ (morning) bwakeye
 (afternoon) mwīriwe
 (informal) yambu, bite, amaho, gute, gute none, vyifashe gute
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holding   ▶ (hands to form circle or line) gufatana urunana
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hour   ▶ isaha (for various hours of day, see under 'day')
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hunger   ▶ inzara
 (extreme) isari
 (for certain food, appetite) ināmbu
 (to faint from) kugwīra isari
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impossible   ▶ (to be) kudashoboka
 (for) kwānkira
 (to do the ~) gufyidikīra
(explamation: impossible!) kuka!
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investigate   ▶ (carefully a wrong) gutenyēnya
 (try to know something, seek information) kugenzūra
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iron   ▶ icuma
(~ bar) igihimba c'icuma
(for ironing clothes) ipāsi, ikigorōzo c'impūzu, ifero
(to ~) gutēra ipāsi, kugorōra impūzu
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knife   ▶ imbugita, icūma
(for cutting banana leaves) urugombōzo
 (long) inkōta
 (long, broad) umupānga
 (long-handled, curved) umuhoro
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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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lack   ▶ (of foresight) igihababu
(to ~) kubura, kugōmba, guhaza, guteba, gukērērwa
(opportunity to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(respect) kwūbahuka
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laugh   ▶ gutwēnga, gusekaseka
 (at) kwīshinyira, gushinyira, gutwēnga
 (at secretly) gutwēngera mwijigo
(for nothing) gushinyagura
 (to make others ~) guswāganya, gutwēnza, gutwēngēsha
 (one who makes others laugh) akagūgu
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lean   ▶ (against, vt) kwegamika, kwegeka
 (against, vi) kwegamira
 (forward, preparing to run) gutuna
 (on, esp. in getting up) kwīshimikiza, gushimikira
 (over) guhengama
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like   ▶ bēne, nka
 (conj.) nk'uko
 (like that) -rtyo
 (like this) -rtya
 (to be like) gusa
 (to look like) gushusha
 (to like) gukūnda
 (for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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little   ▶ -to, –to-to, –toya, –tonya
 (a little) –ke, –keya, –kenya
 (~ by ~) buhoro, buhoro-buhoro
(to add to ~ by ~) gutororokanya
 (to go forward ~ by ~) kwūngururuza
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lose   ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
 (by death) gupfīsha
 (by death, one's child) gupfusha
 (interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
 (one another) gutāna
 (one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
 (one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
 (original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
 (to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
 (one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
 (weight) kugōgōra
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morning   ▶ igitōndo
 (early) agatōndo
 (early, just before dawn) agahuru
 (good morning!) bwakēye
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needle   ▶ urushinge
 (for sowing) urushinge rwo kujisha imipira
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net   ▶ (for fishing) urusēnga
 (mosquito ~) umusegetera
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obey   ▶ kugamburuka, kugendanira, kwītōndera, kwūmvira, kugandūkira
 (unwillingly) kugambarara
 (to force to) kugandūra
 (to refuse to) kugaranya
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pen   ▶ (for writing) ipirimu
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pencil   ▶ ikaramu (Sw.)
(for slate) idushi
 (~ box) agapfuko k'amakaramu
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persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
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pestle   ▶ (for grinding in mortar) umusekuzo
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place   ▶ ikibānza, ahantu
 (around trees where nothing else grows) impehemyi
 (damp) ikinyōta
 (for spreading out grain) imbuga
 (meeting ~) ihūriro
(of another) igishīngo, icīto
 (prepared to put anything) igitereko
 (smelting) urugānda
 (to offer to the gods) igitabo
 (to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
 (to sit) umusēzero
 (uninhabited) agahīnga
 (very narrow, tight) imbōmbāne
 (where food is plentiful) ubusumo
 (where water has flooded) isēsero
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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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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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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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provide   ▶ (to) guha, kugaburira
(for) kuziganya
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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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reach   ▶ (to) gushika
 (a certain point) kugera
 (for) kurondera
(term, pregnancy) kuramukwa
 (goal) gushika kw'ihangiro
(up) gutaramura
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remember   ▶ kwībuka
 (to be easy to) kuzīndūka
(maliciously of someone dead or something forgotten) gucūza
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remind   ▶ kwībutsa
 (of one who is dead, or of something forgotten) gucūza
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ring   ▶ impeta
 (to form a ~) gukora impeta
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ripen   ▶ kwēra
 (become yellow or reddish) kubēnja
 (for certain fruites, esp. bananas) gusha
 (of fruits) kurunguriza
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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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sake   ▶ (for the ~ of) kubwa
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scales   ▶ ibikaragāshi
 (for weighing) umunzāne
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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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send   ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
 (person rather than message) kurungika
 (back) kurekura
 (back, esp. cows) gucūra
 (back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
 (forth shoots) gutōha
 (from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
 (greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
 (in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
 (workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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shelf   ▶ ubushinguro bugerekeranye
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
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shelter   ▶ (from rain, crude) umutāra
 (for animals) uruhongore
 (for cows) irāro
 (to ~) gukīnga
 (to ~ oneself behind) kwīkingiriza
(to take ~ in rain) kwūgama
 (to give ~) kwūgamīsha
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shoot   ▶ (sprout) umunago
 (tiny, of bean or other plant) umugoreko
 (new shoots of grass, fresh pasture) umugutu
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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sifter   ▶ (for chaff) agaseba
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skin   ▶ uruhu, urukoba, urusāto
 (for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (worn by king or great chief) inyambarabāmi
 (scaly) ibikaragāshi
 (to ~) kumyōra, gukungura
 (to fall and ~ oneself) gukungagura, gukunguka
 (to remove ~ from drying) kubāmbūra
 (to stretch out to dry by pegging) kubāmba
 (to have something penetrate the) gusesērwa
 (crack in foot) ikivutu
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smash   ▶ (to) gufyonyora
 (as grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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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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speechless   ▶ (to be, in defeat, surprise, misfortune) kwūmirwa
 (to be with shame or fear) gutētērwa
 (to be with surprise or defeat) kujorerwa, kujumarara
 (to leave one ~, astound) kujoreza
 (to render) kwūmiza
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start   ▶ kwānzika, gutangura
 (by) kubānza
 (early in the morning) kuzinduka
 (fire) gucāna
 (job before finishing the previous one) kubāngikanya
 (the day) kuramuka
 (something) gutangīza
(up from ground, e.g.g locusts) guharara
 (up in one's sleep) kurandamuka
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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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stick   ▶ igiti
(for beating drum) umurisho, umukembe
(large, stuck in ground) inkīngi, igikīngi
(short, club) ingāge
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(thrown to kill bird etc.) injugujugu
(walking) inkoni
(with nail in end) umuhūnda
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stocks   ▶ (for prisoner) impatane
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substantiate   ▶ (enforce what one has said, to drive it home) kuryōherereza
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substitute   ▶ (one who takes place of guilty man) impongano
 (for another) kwākīra
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table   ▶ ameza (Sw.)
(bedside) akameza ko mu buryamo
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
 (to set the ~) gupānga ameza
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thing   ▶ ikintu
(forsaken, worn out) akāhebwe
(very tiny) akazatsa
(discarded things) umwāvu
(of no value) ikija
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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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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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tin   ▶ (small box) umukebe
(can) igikopo
(cake ~) iforoma y'igato
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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tomorrow   ▶ ejo (lit. 'the other day', therefore also: yesterday)
(day after ~) hīrya y'ējo
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tongs   ▶ (used in forging metals) ikimano
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underwear   ▶ ikariso
(for women) impuzu zo munsi
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wait   ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
 (for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
 (for another a long time) kugungarara
 (for someone expected) gutegereza
 (opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
 (the right moment) guhēngēra
 (wait!) hīnge!
 (waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo
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waterman   ▶ (for plants) umuvōmezi
 (for carrying) umuvōmyi
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way   ▶ inzira
 (to feel the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza, guhwihwisha
 (to find one's way after being lost) guhubūka
 (to go seperate ways) gutāna
 (to show the ~, put on right path) guhubūra, kurangīra
 (by the way) hārya
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weaker   ▶ (to lose original force, to be ~) gutītūra
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wood   ▶ igiti
(chunk of) ikigiga, urugiga
(for fire) inkwi, urukwi
(of the hut) umugānda
(to put ~ on fire) gukomānya
(to work with) kubāza, ibiti vyo kwubaka
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yesterday   ▶ ejo (lit. 'the other day', therefore also: tomorrow)
(day before ~) hīrya y'ējo, juzi
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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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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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fuck   ▶ (to ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
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nurse   ▶ (children's) umurēzi w'abana
 (medical, male) umuforoma
(medical, female) umuforomakazi
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fight   ▶ (to ~) kurwāna, kunigana, kurandagura, gusugurirwa,
(vt) kurwānya
(~ and defete completely) kunūtsa
(aggrevate a ~) kubūnga
(for) kumaranira
(for independance) kumēnja
(in fun) gukubagura
(one bigger than oneself) guhaga
(to pick a ~) gusōtōra
(to provoke a ~) gusōmborotsa
(to stop fighting) gutātūka
(with equal force) kurindana
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forgiven   ▶ (to be ~) kurekurirwa, guharirwa, kubabarirwa
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honor   ▶ (to ~) kwūbaha, guhaya, gusonera
 (before others) gushīmagiza
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hope   ▶ (to ~) kwīzigira, kwīzera
(for) kwītega
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person   ▶ umuntu
(bad) umubi
(Black or African) umwirabura
(cross) ibāmba
(courageous) intwāri
(dedicated to Kiranga) igihwēba, igishegu
(dishonest) igihūmbu
(elderly) umusāza
(fearful) igihumura
(from far away) umunyankīko
(good, kind, just, holy, righteous) umwerānda
(grammar, ~ of verb) umuvugwa
(handsome) umuhizi
(hard to get along with) ikigoryi
(harsh) umuhāmbāzi
(honest, speaking truth) imvugakuri, umunyakuri
(honorable) umupfāsoni, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(intelligent, skilled, eloquent) umuhānga
(kind and charitable) umukūndanyi
(lovable) umunyagikūndiro
(malformed) ikirema
(mean and quarrelsome) ikijōra
(meek) umugwanēza
(merciful) umunyembabazi
(miserable) umugōrwa
(of high rank, noble character) umupfāsoni
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(one by himself) inyakamwe
(sharp) inkazi
(skillful) umuntu w'inkuba, umugesera
(strong) umunyenkomezi
(stubborn) intakonywa, intābwīrwa
(tall, fat) ikigwīnyīra
(weak) umugoyigoyi, urudēndevu
(white) umuzungu, umwera
(who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
(with many children) umurēngera
(worthy of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
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praise   ▶ (to) gushīma, guhīmbāza, gushemagiza, gutāzīra, guhaya, gushīmagiza
 (for something received) gushemeza
 (highly) kuninahaza
 (highly, one of whom you've heard) gusāsira
 (often) guhayagiza
 (oneself) kwīhaya, kwīshima
 (oneself often) kwīhayagiza
 (the wealth of another) gukāma
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how are you  ▶ urakomeye? amakuru?
(informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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form   ▶ (to ~, as mould) kubūmba, gufyātura
 (to ~ grains) guhūnda
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shout   ▶ (to ~) gukoma indūru, gusemerera
 (for help) gutakāmba, gutaka, kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (in sudden fear) gutūra ubuku
 (to frighten away) kwāmira
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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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sugar cane  ▶ umusigati, umusumba (for eating), igikaju (plant)
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forecast   ▶ ihanurwa
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what's up  ▶ (informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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fornicate   ▶ (to) gusāmbana, kwenda, kurya umwana
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