Kirundi Study & Dictionary

hi hello ▶ (morning) bwakeye
(afternoon) mwīriwe
(informal) yambu, bite, amaho, gute, gute none, vyifashe gute

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-īnshi adj ▶ 1. many, 2. much, 3. several
kenshi often

bite phr ▶ 1. how are things? how is it going? 2. hello, hi (informal greeting)

yambu excl ▶ hello, hi (informal, from Sw. jambo)

hīno adv ▶ on this side

hīyo ▶ on that side

i muhira adv ▶ (no pl.) at home

agahiri 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) cold in head

agahīza 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) gray

akahise 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. the past, history, 2. past (grammar)

imihigo 2 ▶ threats

imihivu 2 ▶ long tassel, raphia

muhira 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ home

ubuhizi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. handsomeness, 2. praiseworthiness, 3. skill, 4. courage

guhiga (-hize) v ▶ 1. to race, contest, 2. try to surpass another, 3. dispute, 4. threaten

guhita (-hise) v ▶ 1. to pass, to pass by, 2. to give diarrhea

guhīga (-hīze) v ▶ to hunt (for game)

guhīra (-hīriye) v ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)

hīnga ▶ wait!

hīnge ▶ wait please! (polite)

hīrya ▶ beyond, on the other side (of something but still on this side of river or valley)

kēnshi adv ▶ often, many times

agahīnda 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) sorrow, grief

agahīnga 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) open space, uninhabited place

ibushi n ▶ very, very far away

ibirashi 4 ▶ (no sing.) stuff in eyes when one wakes up, 'sand'

inshi (in-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slap on the face

ububēshi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lying

ubuhīnga 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) skillfulness, artificial intelligence, computer science etc.

uguhitwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ diarrhea

guhīnda agashitsi (-hīnze) phr ▶ 1. to tremble, shake, shiver, shudder, quiver, 2. to have a chill

guhisha (-hishije) v ▶ (vt) to hide, to conceal

guhitwa (-hiswe) v ▶ to have diarrhea

guhīgwa (-hīzwe) v ▶ to be hunted, chased

guhīmba (-hīmvye) v ▶ 1. to be satisfied (rude), 2. to have plenty, 3. eat plenty, 4. be drunk (used always in a very negative way)

guhīnda (-hīnze) v ▶ 1. to turn away (vt), to chase away, 2. tu rumble (thunder)

guhīnga (-hīnze) v ▶ to twist (as arm, rope, etc.)

guhīrwa (-hīriwe) v ▶ 1. to be fortunate, to be lucky, 2. to be blessed, 3. to be happy

guhīsha (-hīshije) v ▶ to cook (vt)

idūshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slate pencil

urushi (ama-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ palm of hand

guhigima (-higimye) v ▶ to hesitate, to be undecided

guhigira (-higiye) v ▶ 1. to contest for, 2. to threaten to

guhihima (-hihimye) v ▶ to speak where others hear voice but cannot distinguish words

guhirika (-hiritse) v ▶ 1. to slant, 2. place obliquely

guhishwa (-hishijwe) v ▶ to be hidden

guhitana (-hitanye) v ▶ 1. to take, 2. bring in passing

guhitira (-hitiye) v ▶ 1. to be put away, saved up for a year, 2. to be of the previous year (beans, etc.)

guhitiza (-hitije) v ▶ to save beans, etc., for a year

guhīgira (-hīgiye) v ▶ to hunt at, for

guhīgūka (-hīgūtse) v ▶ to return from hunting

guhīngwa (-hīnzwe) v ▶ to be twisted

guhīshwa (-hīshijwe) v ▶ 1. to be cooked, 2. be burned

ishāshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ male animal

impēshi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. beginning of dry season (about June), 2. spring, early summer

indushi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person

injīshi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thick rope

uguhinduka 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ changing, transformation (from guhinduka)

umwashi (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. rafter, 2. tripod

guhigīsha (-higīshije) v ▶ to cause to contest

guhindira (-hindiye) v ▶ to close up completely (esp. cows)

guhinduka (-hindutse) v ▶ to change, to edit (vi)

guhindura (-hinduye) v ▶ 1. to change, to edit, to modify (vt), to change the mind, 2. to translate, 3. to transform, 4. to adjust

guhindurwa (-hinduwe) v ▶ to be changed, turned

guhinyiza (-hinyije) v ▶ 1. to limp, 2. to be crippled

guhinyuka (-hinyutse) v ▶ to come to light, be known

guhinyura (-hinyuye) v ▶ 1. to know the facts of a case, to have judgment, to see through deceit, to discover the truth, 2. to turn against, 3. to scorn, disdain

guhinyurwa (-hinyuwe) v ▶ to be confounded, exposed

guhinyuza (-hinyuje) v ▶ 1. to check over a thing, 2. to prove, give proof, 3. to convince, 4. to verify, 5. to condemn, 6. to disgrace, 7. to speak truth, 8. to divine

guhirīmba (-hirīmvye) v ▶ to hunt for

guhishūka (-hishūtse) v ▶ to become known, be revealed

guhishūra (-hishūye) v ▶ 1. to reveal, to disclose, 2. remove from hiding

guhitamwo (-hisemwo) v ▶ to choose (esp. an action)

guhīgīsha (-hīgīshije) v ▶ to cause to hunt

guhīmbira (-hīmbiye) v ▶ 1. to steal habitually, 2. to frequently stay away from home, 3. to have long hair

guhīmbura (-hīmbuye) v ▶ 1. to chop tree, 2. slice vegetables

guhīmburwa (-hīmbuwe) v ▶ to be chopped

guhīmbāra (-hīmbāye) v ▶ 1. to be happy, 2. be beautiful, 3. to please, 4 . to be agreeable, pleasing

guhīmbārwa (-hīmbāwe) v ▶ 1. to be pleased, 2. be happy

guhīmbāza (-hīmbāje) v ▶ 1. to praise, 2. to celebrate, 3. make beautiful

guhīngāna (-hīngānye) v ▶ to disagree

guhīngūra (-hīngūye) v ▶ 1. to answer (as on exam), 2. find the solution, 3. to repair or improve another's work, 4. to exercise an art, trade, 5. be skillful, to perfect, 6. to return from running away

ifarāshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) horse (also ifarasi)

itoroshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ torch, flashlight (from Fr. torche)

umubēshi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ liar

umumeshi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ launderer

umureshi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ go-between in arranging a marriage

guhinyuzwa (-hinyujwe) v ▶ to be confounded, proved

guhishanya (-hishanije) v ▶ to hide something from each other

guhitanira (-hitaniye) v ▶ to take for someone in passing

guhitaniza (-hitanije) v ▶ to give something to someone, to take in passing

guhitirana (-hitiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

guhīmbāzwa (-hīmbājwe) v ▶ to be praised, made happy

n'agahīndukira phr ▶ goodbye (see you soon)

ishakoshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sports bag

ibikaragāshi 4 ▶ 1. scaly skin, 2. scales, 3. stuff in eyes

ubuhinguriro 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ industry

guhibongoza (-hibongoje) v ▶ to sing very nicely

guhigimānga (-higimānze) v ▶ 1. to sigh with disgust or displeasure, 2. to hesitate, 3. to complain

guhimbagura (-himbaguye) v ▶ to cut in many pieces

guhindagura (-hindaguye) v ▶ to change often

guhindukira (-hindukiye) v ▶ to turn around (vi)

guhindukiza (-hindukije) v ▶ to turn around (vt)

guhindānura (-hindānuye) v ▶ to draw things back together

guhinyagara (-hinyagaye) v ▶ 1. to sprain, 2. dislocate a bone, 3. to twist one's foot

guhinyurana (-hinyuranye) v ▶ to mistrust each other

guhīngītana (-hīngītanye) v ▶ to hesitate

igikogoshi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ white worm found in soil, grub

umukanishi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ mechanic (Fr. mécanicien)

guhitikirana (-hitikiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

hīrya y'ējo phr ▶ 1. day before yesterday, 2. day after tomorrow

gukoma amashi phr ▶ to applaud, to clap hands

agashakoshi (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. small sports bag, 2. hand bag, 3. ladies purse

ikinyigishi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ gum

guhindaganywa (-hindaganywe) v ▶ to have a chill with goose pimples

guhindagurika (-hindaguritse) v ▶ to be unstable, changeable

guhindikirana (-hindikiranye) v ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another

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

igari ya mōshi phr ▶ (Sw.) train

-gabo ▶ male of... (suffix of something masculin)

-iwe adj ▶ his, her

-nini adj ▶ 1. large, 2. big, 3. thick

-nyene adv ▶ 1. only, 2. the very one, 3. -self, (with pronoun prefix: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) 4. exactly

-rē-re adj ▶ 1. tall, 2. high, 3. deep (murēmure, etc.)

-rtya adj ▶ like this (see also -rtyo, like that)

-to adj ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin

-tō-to adj ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin

-yera adj ▶ 1. white, 2. pure, 3. holy

agacīro (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something precious, valuable

agacūku 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) something that stinks

agaheta (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something better than others of its kind, supreme thing

agahomerabunwa 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) astonishing thing

agahwa 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ whistle, hiss

agapfukarutoke (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ thimble

agasāma 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. chicken pox, 2. measles

agashāngāra 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) syphilis

agashitsi 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. chill, 2. trembling
guhīnda agashitsi to tremble, shake, shiver, to have a chill

agashūhe (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ heat with high humidity

agashūngēre (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ house with high pointed roof, steeple

agashūrurwe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) whirlwind

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

agati bashirako igera phr ▶ fishing rod

agatōrero (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ chicken's crop

akadegedege (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ child learning to walk, toddler, kid

akagugu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. one who makes others laugh, 2. one who knows more than is expected of him

akāhebwe (utw-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. something forsaken, 2. worn out thing

akāheze 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ person or thing completely at end of usefulness (from guhera)

akamanuko (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ descent, slope of hill (pl. rare)

akamere (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)

akameremere (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)

akaminūza (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything of its kind

akāna (ut-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little child (from umwāna)

akantu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little thing (from ikintu)

akarēnzo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything else of its kind

akarohe (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ imperfect thing, diseased body

akazatsa (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ very tiny thing

akazirukanyo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ tiny thing of no value

akazuyāzi (in-) 7 3 sg. class 7: aka-,aga-
pl. class 3: i-,in- ▶ anything lukewarm

akēhe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) tracks of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken

akēnge kagarutse phr ▶ he came to himself

akēza 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ beauty, pretty thing

akūmiza 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) astonishment, astounding thing, miracle

amacāmbwa 5 ▶ middle of many things, in the midst of

amaho 5 ▶ hi, hello (informal greeting, short form of amahoro)

amāngati 5 ▶ belching

amarēba 5 ▶ (no sing.) magic, miraculous things (not by God's power)

amasigarira 5 ▶ things left behind (not food)

amazīnda 5 ▶ (no sing.) 1. forgetfulness, 2. doubt
kugira amazīnda to be forgetful, doubtful
gushira amazīnda to have a good memory

biragōye phr ▶ this is difficult (from kugōra)

bitangāje phr ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)

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

derere adj ▶ very white

ende ▶ 1. allow me, permit (invariable), 2. here take this

gikomāngīsha n ▶ (shije) to knock with

gucaca (-cace) v ▶ 1. to question, 2. to examine, 3. to ask another to repeat to check his veracity

gucikira (-cikiye) v ▶ to move to another chieftanship, to move away or escape (because of famine for example)

gucīra (-cīriye) v ▶ 1. to determine, 2. to think, 3. to spit, expectorate

gucudika (-cuditse) v ▶ 1. to be reconciled, 2. to have fellowship or friendship with

gucurikiranya (-curikiranije) v ▶ to place objects together in irregular fashion – end for end

gucururīsha (-cururīshije) v ▶ to use something to make profit

gucūza (-cūjije) v ▶ to remind (maliciously) of one who is dead, or something forgotten

gufatana (-fatanye) v ▶ 1. to stick together, 2. coagulate, thicken (vi)

gufatanya (-fatanije) v ▶ 1. to have fellowship, 2. to connect with one another, 3. to stick together (vt)

gufatira (-fatiye) v ▶ take hold of something (and for something)

gufobeka (-fobetse) v ▶ 1. to hide, 2. speak in a mysterious language, 3. explain poorly

gufuba (-fuvye) v ▶ 1. to wear, 2. to hide (vi)

gufūha (-fūshe) v ▶ 1. to breathe heavily and noisily, 2. to yearn over, 3. want one thing and that alone, 4. to purpose to revenge

gufūrēka (-fūrētse) v ▶ 1. to smoke (e.g. green wood), 2. to breathe with difficulty (child)

gufurūra (-furūye) v ▶ to reveal, show, bring out of hiding

gufutānya (-futānije) v ▶ 1. to grow thinner, 2. go backwards inadvertently

gufyāta (-fyāse) v ▶ 1. to be flat (esp. of nose), 2. to flatten out (vt), 3. to tramp on something unintentionally

guhadikiriza (-hadikirije) v ▶ 1. to conjugate, to change prefixes, 2. to force something to change, 3. to coerce

guhahama (-hahamye) v ▶ 1. tu jump with fear in heart, 2. to want something, but fear you won't get it

guhamya (-hamye) v ▶ 1. to declare, assert that a thing is true, to attest 2. witness

guhanantuka (-hanantutse) v ▶ to fall from high above

guhāngāza (-hāngāje) v ▶ 1. to close entrance with branches, 2. to defend, protect (old meaning), 3. to be almost time to do something

guhāngāza ukuboko (-hāngāje) phr ▶ to hold out arms to receive something

guhānjagira (--nje) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhara (-haze) v ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete

guhasha (--hije) v ▶ 1. to receive something as a gift or loan but return reluctantly and late, 2. to chase out quickly, 3. to refuse to go on helping someone

guhāta (-hāse) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhaza (-hajije) v ▶ 1. to leave out, omit, 2. lack, 3. to tan hides

guhebūza (-hebūje) v ▶ 1. to tell someone that his friend has died, 2. to be perfect, complete, absolutely wonderful, 3. to surpass all others either good or bad, 4. to deny emphatically, 5. to discourage

guhēnga (-hēnze) v ▶ to set a time, do something at a set time

guhēngeka (-hēngetse) v ▶ 1. to lay a thing on its side, 2. to tilt, to turn, 3. to slant (vt)

guherūka (-herūtse) v ▶ 1. to be last (previous), 2. to have done recently, 3. to have been at, 4. to come to do something

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)

guhodoka (-hodotse) v ▶ to quench one's thirst, to cease to drink (esp. cows)

guhoma (-homye) v ▶ 1. to plaster, whitewash, 2. stick together (vt)

guhōyahōya (-hōyahōye) v ▶ 1. to try to hinder from doing wrong, 2. to coax, 3. to reassure

guhūmba (-hūmvye) v ▶ 1. to lie, 2. deceive, 3. do shameful things

guhumēka (-humētse) v ▶ 1. to breathe, breathing, 2. to gasp, 3. to sigh, 4. to breath into, inspire

guhuna (-hunnye) v ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake

gukacakaca (-kacakace) v ▶ to walk stealthily

gukanda (-kanze) v ▶ to tell chief that someone sends greetings ('bwakeye')

gukānga (-kānze) v ▶ 1. to scare, frighten, 2. to be shiny (as silk cloth)

gukanjagura (-kanjaguye) v ▶ to mix things up and pack them down together

gukayangana (-kayanganye) v ▶ to be dazzling, shining, to glisten

gukebuka (-kebutse) v ▶ 1. to see that someone wishes to see you alone, 2. to turn one's head, look behind

gukenyukirwa (-kenyukiriwe) v ▶ to be exhausted, attempt something beyond one's strength

gukēra (-kēreye) v ▶ 1. to rejoice at arrival of someone, 2. give warm welcome (one does not say it of himself)

gukērērwa (-kērērewe) v ▶ to be late, to be short something

gukerukiriza (-kerukirije) v ▶ 1. to tell to, 2. to divulge (tell something you shouldn't)

gukīkira (-kīkiye) v ▶ 1. to pass by, go around, 2. to lay someone on his side, 3. to take in one's arms (baby), to hug

gukīnga (-kīnze) v ▶ 1. to shield something, protect, shelter, 2. stand in another's light, 3. to close, to lock

gukīngiriza (-kīngirije) v ▶ to close, shield with

gukiriza (-kirije) v ▶ to lift up, put higher

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

gukoma (-komye) v ▶ 1. to strike, 2. to nudge, 3. to touch a person to attract his attention

gukōmbōra (-kōmbōye) v ▶ to destroy, to take away completely, remove chief

gukōndōka (-kōndōtse) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you

gukōndōra (-kōndōye) v ▶ 1. to succeed in persuading someone to leave his evil ways, 2. to pick squash or corn from stalk

gukōndōrera (-kōndōreye) v ▶ 1. to go together to see something (of many people), 2. to help another to overcome an enemy

gukōnja (-kōnje) v ▶ to be cold, to chill

gukora (-koze) v ▶ 1. to work, 2. to do, 3. to touch, 4. to make cough (spit), 5. to be fatal, 6. it's enough (salt, medicine, etc.) in something else, 7. to produce
urakoze (or, wakoze) thank you
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance

gukōra (-kōye) v ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg

gukoragurika (-koraguritse) v ▶ 1. to fall down continually, in abundance (as branches blown down), 2. to run downhill

gukorogoshora (-korogoshoye) v ▶ 1. to chip stone, 2. make holes in stone, 3. to hollow out

gukubita (-kubise) v ▶ 1. to beat, hit, 2. to whip

gukubitana (-kubitanye) v ▶ to hit each other

gukuka (-kutse) v ▶ to rise, to swell (of anything containing leaven)

gukūndira (-kūndiye) v ▶ 1. to allow, 2. to love one for something

gukurirwa (-kuririwe) v ▶ to be about to give birth, to expect (a child)

gukurura (-kuruye) v ▶ to drag along a very heavy thing

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

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

gupfūnda (-pfūnze) v ▶ to cover mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound

gupfūsha (-pfūshije) v ▶ to lose one's child (by death)

gupfuvya (-pfubije) v ▶ to put something cool on a burn

gupoperanya (-poperanije) v ▶ to unite (to put things of different types together)

gurtya adj ▶ like this (see also gurtyo, like that)

gusabwa (-sabwe) v ▶ to be prayed to, asked for something

gusahura (-sahuye) v ▶ 1. to steal, 2. to pillage, 3. to remove everything from burning house

gusama (-samye) v ▶ 1. to hold from falling, 2. to catch something thrown (as ball)

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

gusana (-sanye) v ▶ to repair (any woven thing)

gusanasana (-sanasanye) v ▶ to repair (something absolutely worn out) repeatedly

gusanza (-shanje) v ▶ 1. to scatter (vt), 2. spread out on something (vt)

gusanzāra (-sanzāye) v ▶ to scatter (vi), spill (anything not liquid)

gusasa (-shashe) v ▶ to stay at the king's or a chief's court for a time
inka zishashe amahembe maze of horns

gusasa ibwami (-shashe) phr ▶ 1. to go to work for chief or king, 2. to spread grass, 3. to make a bed

gusasagara (-sasagaye) v ▶ to have many children when one is the last of the family

gusasāta (-sasāse) v ▶ to cause itching

gusasira (-sasiye) v ▶ 1. to spread grass around something (e.g. around coffee trees), 2. to make bed for

gusāsīra (-sāsīye) v ▶ 1. to beat drum continuously, thus setting time for others beating, 2. to go to help another in his work

gusāsira (-sāsiriye) v ▶ to praise highly one of whom you've heard

gusefagura (-sefaguye) v ▶ to have hiccoughs repeatedly

gusefura (-sefuye) v ▶ to hiccough

gusemerera (-semereye) v ▶ to shout, call from hill to hill

gusenga (-senze) v ▶ 1. to worship, to adore, 2. pray

gusengwa (-senzwe) v ▶ to be worshipped

gusepfura (-sepfuye) v ▶ to hiccough

gusesērwa (-sesēwe) v ▶ 1. to have something penetrate the skin, 2. to be hurt by what someone says, 3. to be hurt (as injury)

gushaza (-shajije) v ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up

gushemeza (-shemeje) v ▶ to praise for something received

gushengera (-shengeye) v ▶ 1. to go to chief with trouble, complaint, 2. to visit someone important, 3. to pay homage to

gushengerera (-shengereye) v ▶ 1. to go to chief with trouble, complaint, 2. to visit someone important, 3. to pay homage to

gushengeza (-shengeje) v ▶ to take someone to chief (or other), esp. for trial or accusation

gushenguruka (-shengurutse) v ▶ to return from visiting chief

gushigikira (-shigikiye) v ▶ to hold up, prop (something on ground, not high up)

gushikira (-shikiye) v ▶ to arrive at, to attain, to achieve

gushikiza (-shikije) v ▶ to slap (gushikiza inshi)

gushingūra (-shingūye) v ▶ 1. to put away, take away, 2. pull up stake, to pull out, 3. to archive

gushinyagura (-shinyaguye) v ▶ to treat with anger, to laugh for nothing

gushīra v ▶ (verb without past) to be almost over (night)
ijoro rishīra ubuca night is almost over, about to dawn

gushirwa (-shizwe) v ▶ 1. to not quit without accomplishing a certain thing, 2. to be convinced after proof or persuasion, to be satisfied, 3. to be astonished, 4. to be put

gushisha (-shishe) v ▶ 1. to be big, fat, chubby 2. to be flourishing (of growing things, child), 3. to be very dirty, unpleasant, repulsive, 4. to tie beans to hedge to dry

gushīshītira (-shīshītiye) v ▶ to pat (child)

gushishwa (-shishwe) v ▶ to be nauseated by repulsive thing

gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse) v ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides

gusiga (-size) v ▶ to leave behind

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

gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse) v ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)

gusokorora (-sokoroye) v ▶ to take something out to an appointed place, to take out of, reveal

gusorora (-soroye) v ▶ to come up thickly and thus not do well (of plants)

gusorōra (-sorōye) v ▶ 1. to buy a thing together and then divide it, 2. to add to what one has

gusorōranya (-sorōranije) v ▶ 1. to gather up, 2. to bring things and put them together to give to someone

gusubiramwo (-subiremwo) v ▶ to repeat
Mushobora gusubiramwo? Could you please repeat (this)?

gusuhūza (-suhūje) v ▶ 1. to visit the sick, to visit the family of a deceased person, etc. 2. to go to give things to one whose house has burned

gusuka (-sutse) v ▶ 1. to pour into, 2. to deceive, tempt one into something and then leave him

gusumburukwa (-sumburutswe) v ▶ to stand on tiptoe to get something

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

gusūriranya (-sūriranije) v ▶ to splash and tumble (water in river), to tear along (as rain sweeps away everything), to dig out grass rapidly, to do quickly

guswāganya (-swāganye) v ▶ to joke, say things to make others laugh, to be kidding

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

gutangīra (-tangīriye) v ▶ 1. to hinder, 2. to close or block path, 3. to dam up

gutangīrwa (-tangīriwe) v ▶ to be hindered, have passage barred

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

gutara (-taze) v ▶ 1. to be late (of rains), to not fall, 2. to put near fire to dry, scorch or roast, 3. to put beer in a warm place, 4. to argue and swear that you're right, 5. to take one's case to chief knowing you're right

gutega (-teze) v ▶ 1. to hinder, to hamper, to impede, to obstruct, to prevent, 2. to trap, 3. to bet, 4. to be flat, level

gutegēra (-tegēreye) v ▶ 1. to think over, to understand, 2. to go to meet, to wait for

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

gutēkera (-tēkeye) v ▶ 1. to tie up a bundle, 2. to prepare things for a trip

gutēkerera (-tēkereye) v ▶ 1. to tie up for, 2. prepare things for trip

gutēra igise phr ▶ to make an effort (at childbirth)

gutereka (-teretse) v ▶ 1. to put a thing in its certain place, to put on the ground, 2. to deposit, 3. to offer gift, 4. to move something to another place

guterekēra (-terekēye) v ▶ 1. to offer to spirits, 2. to worship spirits or Kiranga

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

gutēshwa (-tēshejwe) v ▶ to be hindered

gutēteka (-tētetse) v ▶ to make another feel badly over something he's done, to be easily deceived or mocked

gutimba (-timvye) v ▶ 1. to not feel anything, to be numb, 2. pay no attention to anything

gutīmba (-tīmvye) v ▶ to be damp, cold, chilled

gutīra (-tīze) v ▶ to borrow (money or a thing which will itself be returned)

gutirigana (-tiriganye) v ▶ to dislocate (either parts of body, or other things) (vi)

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

gutīza (-tīje) v ▶ to lend, loan (that which will itself be returned)

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

gutoneka (-tonetse) v ▶ to hit a sore place

gutonganya (-tonganije) v ▶ 1. to dispute, 2. to quarrel, 3. to chide, to scold

gutongoza (-tongoje) v ▶ 1. to leave grass and stuff growing in rugo, 2. to let hair grow long, 3. to lend something and not get it back soon, 4. to entrust something to another and it increases while there

gutosekara (-tosekaye) v ▶ to get something in eye

gutōza (-tōje) v ▶ to select a person to sell a thing or to bring tax

gutukana (-tukanye) v ▶ to slander each other, to yell at each other hateful things

gutumagura (-tumaguye) v ▶ to hit repeatedly but gently with fist (mother sometimes does it to child)

gutumbūra (-tumbūye) v ▶ 1. to explain thoroughly, speak distinctly, 2. to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping, 2. to stoop

gutūmbūra (-tūmbūye) v ▶ 1. to cut down banana stalk, 2. to be a widow (of chief, etc.)

gutūnda (-tūnze) v ▶ 1. to get mildewed, musty, 2. to move things to another place, to unload

hākuno adv ▶ on this side (of river or valley)

hange ▶ kugenda ~ to go prepared with everything planned

hano adv ▶ here, this right here

haruguru adv ▶ toward the top, higher up, inner room

he ▶ which?

ibāmba (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ anything bitter, cross person

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

ibihara 4 ▶ 1. chicken pox, 2. measles

ibikenewe 4 ▶ 1. need, 2. necessity, essential thing

ibinyavu 4 ▶ (no sing.) mineral matter (inanimate things)

ibise 4 ▶ 1. childbirth, travail, 2. giving up after trying several times

ibitēga 4 ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person

ibōbo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ beseeching
gukoma ibōbo to beg earnestly

iborēro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place of rotted things

iburi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hill of earth to plant something in

icahinguwe (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ product, article, manufactured item, something fabricated

icāmbarwa (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ clothing

icāmbazo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ clothing for work

icānya (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ place surrounding great chief's kraal, good pastures

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

icībare (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. corner of field belonging to each child, 2. possession (esp. fields or lands), 3. chosen people

icīshimikizo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)

icōmba (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ big boat, ship

icōmore (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used

icūbi (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wing (of chicken)

icūbirizi (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ unexpected thing, anything hidden or unseen that comes to light suddenly

icūmba c'abana phr ▶ children's room

ifiriti (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ french fries, potota chips, pommes frites

ifyigo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ kidney, hips

igaragara n ▶ nothing

igihaya (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ white potato

igihīnda (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ noise (as of wind, rain, running feet, etc.), by extension: great number of things

igihitira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something that's been saved up for a year (beans, etc.)

igihōmbe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something which appears to be strong but is weak

igihororo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pure white cow

igihūhūta (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ whirlwind, heavy wind

igihūmbu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. illegitimate child, 2. dishonest person, 3. untrustworthy, unwise, 4. one who won't stay home, vagabond, gadabout

igihūme (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spirit, superhuman thing, a one-armed and one-legged ghost with grass growing out of its ears that lives in the valley (used as a serious insult)

igihūmura (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing or person stricken with fear

igihururu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who can't keep a secret or says inappropriate things

igikānge (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)

igikayangana (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something dazzling, shining, glistening, 2. enamel

igikohwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spur (of chicken)

igikombe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ brow of hill, slopes between two hills

igipesi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ button on clothing

igisāga (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. things over above 10, 2. excess, surplus, 3. garment that is too big

igisate (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ piece of something that has been cut, slate

igisebuzi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ splashing of water in river or lake on rocks

igishika (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing which one longs for, strong desire

igishinwa 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Chinese language (from Fr. chinois)

igisōkōzo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional riddle loved by children

igisōsa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing that tastes good

igisozi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very big hill, large mountain

igisuma (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thief

igiswahiri 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Swahili language, Kiswahili

igitambamboga (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)

igitangāza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ miracle, astonishing thing, marvel

igitare (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ any white thing, whiteness

igitereko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. place prepared to put anything, 2. lamp stand

igitērwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ plant (lit. something planted)

igitiba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ bee hive

igitigiri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ number (of things)

igitīnyiro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ that which is feared or respected

igitovu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thistle

igitwengerabarozi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)

igwasakusaku (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ chin

ihariri (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ silk, rayon, shiny cloth

ijānja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ paw, foot of animal (also used of person carrying something in one hand when it should be two: urafashe mw ijanja)

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)

ikaye (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ notebook, exercise book (Fr. cahier)

ikembe (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ lamellophone composed of a hollowed-out box on which are fixed strips of metal or bamboo of various lengths

ikibēngebēnge (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ray of sunshine, heat

ikibero (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper thigh, lap

ikibi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ that which is bad, evil

ikibītsanyo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a thing entrusted to another

ikibonamaso (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reward for finding something

ikibondo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small child

ikibundugura (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ healthy child

ikibunduguru (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ healthy child of about 4 months old

ikidegedege (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child learning to walk, toddler, kid

ikigambati (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ giant, any huge thing

ikigirwamāna (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ idol, object of worship

ikigwīnyīra (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing

ikija (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing of no value

ikimōko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) whip, lash

ikinege (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ only child

ikinobano (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something you find

ikintu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. thing, item, 2. something

ikintu kanaka (ibi-) phr 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a certain thing

ikinyabuzima (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. living being, living thing, 2. (pl.) biology

ikinyōbwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ drink, something to be drunk

ikiramvu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing spread out flat, bow without cord

ikirandamuke (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who always disagrees in an 'inama', who says things he shouldn't when with others

ikirangiranwa 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing

ikirangiranwe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

ikirarashamba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one that likes to go by himself rather than with others

ikiraya (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ white potato

ikiremwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. creation, 2. creature, 3. created thing

ikiribwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ edible things, something to eat

ikirīngo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ time, moment (of finishing or attaining a thing)

ikirohe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dirt in water, anything that falls in water

ikirūmbirane (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. fruitless thing, corn, etc., 2. stunted plant

ikishingūwe (-shingūye) (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ stock (from gushingūra)

ikivōmesho (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing for drawing water

ikivume (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cursed thing

ikivumu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing

ikivyārwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ illegitimate child, child of mixed marriage

ikiyāra (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ white potato

ikizira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forbidden thing, taboo

ikizirazira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shield of variegated colours

ikizungu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ anything of European or westerners culture

ikōfe (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) slap, punch, jab, hit, thump, thwack, slam

ikoma (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ framework of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced in building a house

ikurujeti 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ courgette, zucchini (Fr.)

imashīni (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ machine (Fr.)

imbagarabwenge 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ philosophy

imburakimazi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ worthless thing or person

imburūngu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. round thing, circle, 2. nothing

imfunya (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ child that doesn't grow properly

imfura (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ first-born child

imicekwa 2 ▶ things of no value sorted out from good things

impāno (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift (nothing expected in return), donation

impehemyi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place around trees where nothing else grows

imperēra (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ last one of anything

impīnga (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ top of mountain or hill

impisho n ▶ (no pl.) secretly, in hiding

imponnyi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ last one of family who has no children – thus no heir

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

impūndu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. cry of joy, cry of acclamation, 2. chimpanzee

impūzu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ clothing

imvi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ white hair (from old age)

imvubu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hippopotamus

imvūmūre (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who has lost everything in trial, one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it

imvūnja (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ jigger, chigoe flea, sand flea

imvuto (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ropes or whatever is used to bind a thief or criminal

imyīgīshe 2 ▶ teaching, doctrine

inarume (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ uncle (brother of his, her, thei1r mother)

inasenge 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of his, her, their father

indabe (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ barkcloth with painted spots, used as a thing of worship

indāva (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. footstool, 2. very nice mat (used by king or chief)

indemano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. created thing, 2. barkcloth garment, 3. nicely made basket, 4. news

indero (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. education, teaching, instruction, training, 2. rearing of children, 3. discipline

indobeke (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ anything that is different from others in group

indome (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dot, spot, 2. letter, 3. spotted barkcloth used as a thing of worship

indwāra y'agahehera phr ▶ bronchitis

indwāra yo mu mahaha phr ▶ bronchitis

ingāma (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)

inginagina (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ earth of reddish brown color (e.g. urūzi rwahindutse inginagina)

ingoma (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. drum, 2. royalty, reign, kingship
kwima ku ngoma to come to the throne

ingororano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift to a chief (in order to get something from him)

ingwāti (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ security, hostage, thing entrusted to another to care for

injebejebe (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ wrinkle (actually, turning down of lower lip), red thing on chicken below beak (wattle)

inkarīsha (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. sharp beer, 2. anything fermented

inkēngērwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ despised thing or person

inkīnzo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ shield

inkogoto (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ scar left by person scratching or biting another

inkoko (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ chicken

inkokokazi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hen (female chicken)

inkūka (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. slope of hill, 2. beach, shore, strand, coast, 3. ransom, redemption price

inkukūra (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ very heavy rain (sweeps away crops or hillsides)

inkura 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ rhinoceros

īno adv ▶ here, this side, this part

inshūmbūshanyo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ compensation, that which replaces what one has lost

intabarirwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. one who doesn't do as he hears he should, 2. disobedient child

intābwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. orphan, 2. unwanted child, 3. abandoned wife

intahava (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ permanent thing (stays in family)

intangamarāra (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ first of anything

intangāro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ within the kraal, courtyard

intavyi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ child beginning to walk

integakiba (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ something put away for future use

intendēri (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gourd (used as object of worship)

intīmbatīmba (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thickness, diameter

intirobwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ zucchini, courgette

intofanyi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ white potato (from German Kartoffel)

inyagano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ plunder, a thing taken unlawfully but not secretly

inyakamwe 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ person living alone, one by himself

inyambarabāmi (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ king's clothing, esp. animal skins worn by kings or great chiefs, or jewels

inyīgīsho (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ teaching

inyōnga (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ presence of great person, at his feet

inyōta (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thirst

inyuma adv ▶ 1. behind, 2. outside, 3. at the back, 4. after

ipata (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hinge

irāngo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. path, road, street, 2. whistle

isano 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ 1. resemblance, similarity, 2. relationship

isari n ▶ (rare in pl.) extreme hunger or thirst, starvation

isefu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hiccough

isengēsho (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. prayer, 2. worship, 3. church service

isēnyerana (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ crash of something falling

isevu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hiccough, hiccup

ishārara n ▶ (no pl.) excessive thirst

ishati (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ shirt (Sw. shati)

ishiga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (usually used in pl., amashiga) three stones of traditional fireplace

ishimikiro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ support (from gushimikira)

ishimīzi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ shirt (Fr. chemise)

isuku (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. hygiene, 2. cleanliness, 3. care of something (body, house, etc.)

itako (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ buttocks, thighs

itandukāniro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ separating thing, distinction, difference

itēka (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. law, decree, order, 2. judgment, justice, 3. (pl.) amateka word (or commands) sent out by king and spread by chiefs, subchiefs, etc., 4. prescription

ivūnja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ jigger, chigoe flea, sand flea

ivyabaye 4 ▶ things that happened in the past

ivyāra 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ delivery (of a child), birth

ivyōngoreranyo n ▶ whispers, gossip (what's said in whispers)

ivyōngoshwe 4 ▶ whispers (sound of)

iyakīriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place to receive money, or other things

iyugi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. copper or leather shells at the ankles of intōre dancers, 2. white shell charm worn around the neck by eight-born child (called Mayugi)

izīko (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. traditional fireplace, consisting of three stones (see amashiga), 2. stove, cooker

izina (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ name
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
amazina y'inka poetry praising cattle
amazina y'ubuhizi poetry praising courageousness
amazina y'urugamba war poetry

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

Kiranga 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (high priest of the Burundian traditional supreme god, mediator between the traditional god and man, today associated by Christians with the devil)
ubuzimuzimu fetishes
igihwēba, igishegu one dedicated to service of ~
kuvōvōta to give oneself to ~
kubāndwa to dance in honor of
kubāndwa to be devoted to his service
guterekēra to worship ~

ku prep ▶ 1. on, upon, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), 5. over

kubabarira (-babariye) v ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to excuse, 3. to sympathize

kubagabaga (-bagabaze) v ▶ to stroll about as if one had nothing else to do

kubāndwa (-bānzwe) v ▶ 1. to dance in honor of Kiranga, 2. to be devoted to his service

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

kubangūra (-bangūye) v ▶ 1. to diminish, 2. to relax, 3. to take another's place in watching

kubembetereza (-bembetereje) v ▶ to tell someone something indirectly in order not to hurt him

kubirika (-biritse) v ▶ to throw stick on ground which tumbles end over end

kubītsa (-bīkije) v ▶ to entrust, leave something with someone (from kubika)

kubobōta (-bobōse) v ▶ to plead earnestly for something

kubobōtereza (-bobōtereje) v ▶ 1. to ask for daily, secretly, 2. to tell something in a kind, easy way

kubobōteza (-bobōteje) v ▶ to speak very beseechingly

kubugiriza (-bugirije) v ▶ to make a big noise to hinder others from hearing

kubūndabūnda (-būndabūnze) v ▶ 1. to hide oneself, 2. sneak along, 3. to go along stooped over

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

kubūngirana (-būngiranye) v ▶ 1. to share, have things in common, 2. to visit a friend

kubūra (-būze) v ▶ 1. to warn of danger, 2. to announce something

kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze) phr ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)

kubūranya (-būranije) v ▶ to defend oneself, take case to chief

kubūranya (-būranye) v ▶ 1. to defend oneself when accused, 2. to take case to chief or court

kubuza (-bujije) v ▶ 1. to hinder, prevent, suppress, 2. to forbid, to prohibit

kubuzwa (-bujijwe) v ▶ to be hindered, prevented

kudāga (-dāze) v ▶ 1. to be amused (child), 2. to enjoy oneself

kudēgedwa (-dēgezwe) v ▶ to shiver, shake, tremble in fear

kudegemwa (-degemwe) v ▶ to shiver, shake, tremble in fear

kudiridimba (-diridimvye) v ▶ to run like a little child

kudirigiza (-dirigije) v ▶ to hurry (of child only)

kudiririmba (-diririmvye) v ▶ to run like a little child

kudohōka (-dohōtse) v ▶ 1. to come apart (e.g. chains), 2. to escape, 3. to get thin

kudoma (-domye) v ▶ to mark, print, stamp, put spots on something

kudōmbagiza (-dōmbagije) v ▶ to choose things or people from group not in consecutive order

kudūga (-dūze) v ▶ 1. to go up (as a hill), to ascend, 2. to rise (as bread, or anything containing leaven), 3. to increase

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

kudundūra (-dundūye) v ▶ to bulge, to stick out (as garment with something under it)

kugaragura (-garaguye) v ▶ 1. to look things over in prospect of buying, 2. to turn over and over (vt), 3. to palpate, to examine

kugegena (-gegenye) v ▶ 1. to cut up trees or sticks, 2. to whittle, to carve, 3. sharpen stick, 4. to slice crosswise

kugemānya (-gemānije) v ▶ to put things in basket to take to another

kugemura (-gemuje) v ▶ to present a gift (with something expected in return)

kugēnda hange (-giye) phr ▶ to go prepared with everything planned

kugendanira (-gendaniye) v ▶ 1. to follow, 2. accompany, 3. obey (a chief or superior)

kugenzūra (-genzūye) v ▶ 1. to judge weather by sky, 2. to try to know something, 3. seek information, 4. to inspect

kugereka (-geretse) v ▶ 1. to place thing above another, 2. repeat, 3. add to, 4. to crow second time in morning

kugerekeranya (-gerekeranije) v ▶ 1. to place one thing above another, 2. repeat, add to

kugeruka (-gerutse) v ▶ to get thin, diminish (vi)

kugira (-gize) v ▶ 1. to do, 2. to make, 3. to have, 4. to think, 5. to say

kugira inyota (-gize) phr ▶ to be thirsty

kugishūra (-gishūye) v ▶ 1. to take a thing home from where you've left or put it, 2. to take cows home after being away a long time to pasture

kugōberwa (-gōberewe) v ▶ to be thin (bones show due to hunger)

kugōgōra (-gōgōye) v ▶ to get very thin, lose a lot of weight

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

kugoyagoya (-goyagoye) v ▶ 1. to do something unwillingly, 2. to be weak, 3. to limp, 4. to go slowly, 5. to be about to die, 6. to flutter, 7. waver (as flame in wind)

kuguba (-guvye) v ▶ to hide and wait for hunter (animal), to lie in wait

kugūnga (-gūnze) v ▶ 1. to be dishonest, 2. to cheat, deceive, 3. refuse to give another his own

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

kugurugūmba (-gurugūmvye) v ▶ 1. to pound (of heart), 2. to boil up (water), to blister, 3. grow very fast (child)

kuja mu gashitsi (-giye) phr ▶ to shiver, shudder, tremble

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)

kujōja (-jōje) v ▶ to tell all about something

kujorerwa (-jorerewe) v ▶ 1. to be speechless (with surprise or defeat), be dumbfounded, be surprised, be stunned, 2. gesture of putting one's hand to his face

kujugumira (-jugumiye) v ▶ to tremble, to shiver

kumadika (-maditse) v ▶ 1. to plate as with silver, 2. to weld, 3. to graft tree, 4. to trade butter for other things

kumenyēra (-menyēreye) v ▶ 1. to be accustomed to, to be adapted to, 2. to do a thing habitually, 3. to adapt

kumoka (-motse) v ▶ to call out across the hills (implies scorn of one doing it)

kumōngōra (-mōngōye) v ▶ to pick a chicken

kumurika (-muritse) v ▶ to shine, light the path (esp. with torch)

kumurikira (-murikiye) v ▶ to shine at, for

kumyīra (-myīriye) v ▶ to wipe child's nose

kunanirwa (-naniwe) v ▶ 1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult

kunēbagura (-nēbaguye) v ▶ to find fault with everything, to hate everything, to criticize

kuninahaza (-ninahaje) v ▶ to praise highly, to exalt

kunohoka (-nohotse) v ▶ to get thin

kunohorwa (-nohowe) v ▶ to be greedy for a certain food and want only that, to become thin from worry or work

kunuma (-numye) v ▶ to be quiet, silent, say nothing

kunwengurana (-nwenguranye) v ▶ to talk together in whispers

kunyegera (-nyegeye) v ▶ to hide (vi), penetrate into

kunyegeza (-nyegeje) v ▶ to hide (vt), conceal

kunyegezwa (-nyegejwe) v ▶ to be hidden, concealed

kunyeguruka (-nyegurutse) v ▶ to reappear, come out of hiding

kunyegurura (-nyeguruye) v ▶ to reveal, disclose, bring from hiding

kunyīgīra (-nyīgīye) v ▶ to not grow (plant, child)

kunyika (-nyitse) v ▶ 1. to slide (landslide), 2. to pack down (vi), 3. to come to an end, be completely destroyed (while you are watching, to suddenly disappear as you watch)

kunyinyirwa (-nyinyiriwe) v ▶ to make face over something that tastes bad, to frown

kunyobanyoba (-nyobanyovye) v ▶ to go stealthily

kunyotera (-nyoteye) v ▶ to make thirsty

kunyoterwa (-nyotewe) v ▶ to be thirsty

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)

kurābarāba (-rābarāvye) v ▶ to look at one thing after another (many things)

kurābirana (-rābiranye) v ▶ to look at something together

kurama (-ramye) v ▶ to be strong, durable, long-lived (things, not people)

kuramīsha (-ramīshije) v ▶ to make things (esp. pots) strong

kurāngāra (-rāngāye) v ▶ to be empty, be wide open, to get left behind as you stare at something

kurārāta (-rārāse) v ▶ to hurry along (as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants), to be unstable, to go from one thing to another

kurārika (-rāritse) v ▶ to hire workers, to line up workers

kurārikwa (-rāritswe) v ▶ to be hired, lined up

kurārūra (-rārūye) v ▶ to lift up from ground, to raise higher, to take (cows) up hill

kurasira (-rasiye) v ▶ to shoot at, for, to shine on

kuremara (-remaye) v ▶ 1. to be crooked (e.g. broken bone which has healed wrongly), 2. to be paralyzed

kurēmbeka (-rēmbetse) v ▶ to put 'medicine' about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits

kurementanya (-rementanije) v ▶ 1. to put things together, 2. to lie, 3. to evade

kurēngāra (-rēngāze) v ▶ to get left behind (as you stare at something)

kurera (-reze) v ▶ 1. to rear a child, 2. to adopt, 3. to tutor, 4. to educate, 5. to take a child in arms

kurerēsha (-rerēsheje) v ▶ to rear a child by means of

kurērēta (-rērēse) v ▶ to go here and there (child)

kurimānganya (-rimānganije) v ▶ to deceive another in order to make him give you money

kurimbūra (-rimbūye) v ▶ 1. to think over whether a thing is right, count the cost, 2. to joke (with lots of words), to be talkative, garrulous

kurotsa (-rokeje) v ▶ 1. to gulp down, 2. to dump into something, 3. submerge in water

kuruhira ubusa (-ruhiye) phr ▶ to give birth to a child who dies at once

kurunguruka (-rungurutse) v ▶ to look from side to side trying to see everything

kuvugako (-vuzeko) v ▶ to talk a little of something

kuvuna (-vunnye) v ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid

kuvunika (-vunitse) v ▶ to break (vi) any slender thing, as bone

kuvura (-vuze) v ▶ 1. to sour (milk), 2. to thicken (vi), 3. to coagulate

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

kuvuza uruhwa (-vugije) phr ▶ to whistle

kuvyāra (-vyāye) v ▶ to give birth, to beget, to deliver (a child)

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

kuyāmīra (-yāmīriye) v ▶ to feel faint, gradually drift off to sleep while thinking

kuyōka (-yōtse) v ▶ to diminish (vi), to get thin, to not be well

kuyombayomba (-yombayomvye) v ▶ to go stealthily

kuyōra (-yōye) v ▶ 1. to pick up, 2. to clear off, remove things

kuziga (-zize) v ▶ 1. to dye, 2. to think about, 3. to expect to get something, 4. to suppose

kuzigiriza (-zigirije) v ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted

kuzimanganya (-zimanganije) v ▶ to erase, hide, conceal

kuzīmba (-zīmvye) v ▶ 1. to fraud, to swindle, 2. make the price very high, to overcharge, 3. to be expensive

kuzina (-zinye) v ▶ to hinder one from harming another

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

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

kuzirikana (-zirikanye) v ▶ 1. to know, 2. to think over, 3. to meditate

kuziza (-zize) v ▶ to forbid (because you don't want him to get along well), to harm or kill because of revenge

kuzūnguruka (-zūngurutse) v ▶ to go around, to cycle (the stem 'zungu' is also the origin of umuzungu, which does not mean 'white person' but rather 'someone going around', describing the first European explorers)

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)

kwāhira (-āhiye) v ▶ (from kwāha) to cut grass (to use it for something)

kwāka (-ātse) v ▶ 1. to take away from, 2. to demand from, to reclaim, 3. to shine, to burn

kwākīrana (-ākīranye) v ▶ 1. to take turns, 2. to shine, 3. to be cheerful

kwāma (-āmye) v ▶ 1. to always or continually do a thing, 2. to bear fruit

kwāmbura (-āmbuye) v ▶ 1. to undress, to remove clothing, 2. to steal (from kwambara)

kwāmūra (-āmūye) v ▶ 1. to gather fruit, to harvest (esp. from perennial plants), 2. to bring things in from sun (from kwanikira)

kwāndārika (-āndāritse) v ▶ to be careless (with things)

kwānkanya (-ānkanije) v ▶ to thin out plants

kwātagura (-ātaguye) v ▶ to tell the whole truth without hiding a thing

kwātira (-ātiye) v ▶ 1. to choose leader, 2. to put bees in new hive, 3. to dedicate, 4. to ordain

kwātura (-ātuye) v ▶ 1. to make known, 2. bring into open from hidden place, 3. to confess, 4. to pronounce clearly, to articulate, 5. to open (flower)

kwegeka (-egetse) v ▶ 1. to lean against (vt), 2. to prop up, 3. to put up a bee hive

kwegeranya (-egeranije) v ▶ to put things (or people) close together

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

kwegura (-eguye) v ▶ 1. to give over a possession, 2. bring down a bee hive, 3. throw on ground

kwēra (-ēze) v ▶ 1. to be white, 2. to be pure, 3. to be innocent, 4. to ripen, 5. to get the first teeth

kwēza (-ējeje) v ▶ 1. to purify, to cleanse, 2. to make white (from kwera)

kwība (-īvye) v ▶ 1. to steal, to thieve, 2. to rob

kwībūranya (-ībūranije) v ▶ to reason within oneself

kwībuza (-ībujije) v ▶ 1. to hinder oneself, 2. deprive oneself

kwīca inyōta (-īshe) phr ▶ to quench one's thirst

kwīfūtānya (-īfūtānye) v ▶ 1. to revert, go backward, 2. get thinner, 3. to act foolishly, ignorantly

kwīgemagema (-īgemagemye) v ▶ 1. to go to a man's house to entice him, 2. to go to a meal uninvited

kwīgenera (-īgeneye) v ▶ 1. to do something of oneself without authority, 2. boast of what one will do, 3. to attribute to oneself

kwīgera (-īgeze) v ▶ 1. to try on clothes, 2. to have done, 3. to arrive at (e.g. har'aho wigeze kumubona? – have you ever seen him?)

kwīgereza (-īgereje) v ▶ to help oneself (even if you don't know how to do the thing)

kwīgūnga (-īgūnze) v ▶ 1. to be selfish, keep things for oneself, 2. to do something alone

kwīgūngirako (--yeko) v ▶ to be selfish, take everything for oneself

kwīgura (-īguze) v ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything

kwīhariza (-īharije) v ▶ to have a thing by oneself

kwīhisha (-īhishije) v ▶ to hide oneself

kwīkēkako (--tseko) v ▶ to think, to doubt oneself

kwīkīnga (-īkīnze) v ▶ to hide behind

kwīkingiriza (-īkingirije) v ▶ to shelter oneself behind

kwīmbirira (-īmbiriye) v ▶ to plan secretly to do something

kwīnyegeza (-īnyegeje) v ▶ to hide oneself

kwīrahuruza (-īrahuruje) v ▶ 1. to fail to keep a vow, 2. to do that which you declared you wouldn't

kwirēngera (-rēngeye) v ▶ 1. to carry something on head without using the hands, 2. to take responsibility for something

kwīrimbūra (-īrimbūye) v ▶ 1. to think, to consider, to weigh pros and cons, 2. to acknowledge to oneself one's guilt

kwīshōza (-īshōje) v ▶ 1. to quench one's thirst, 2. drink after a meal

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)

kwītesha (-ītesheje) v ▶ to abstain from, hinder oneself

kwītōnganya (-ītōnganije) v ▶ 1. to talk together in whispers, 2. to talk to oneself

kwītosora (-ītosoye) v ▶ to take something out of one's own eye

kwītwāra (-ītwāye) v ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)

kwīyagiriza (-īyagirije) v ▶ 1. to admit one's wrong to avoid being caught, 2. to hide in a corner, 3. to tell what one has done

kwīyandagaza (-īyandagaje) v ▶ to say mean things in trying to provoke another

kwīyobagiza (-īyobagije) v ▶ 1. to be unwilling to look one in the face, 2. hide the truth, 3. to promise and then pretend you haven't, pretend it isn't so

kwīyombayomba (-īyombayomvye) v ▶ 1. to go stealthily, 2. to sneak along

kwīyondēsha (-īyondēsheje) v ▶ to let oneself get thin

kwīyuhagira (-īyuhagiye) v ▶ 1. to bathe oneself (formerly a ceremonial cleansing, but now bathing in general), 2. to shower

kwīyumvīra (-īyumvīriye) v ▶ 1. to think, to consider, 2. to assess, to rate, to evaluate

kwōmboka (-ōmbotse) v ▶ to walk stealthily

kwōnda (-ōnze) v ▶ to get thin

kwōndēsha (-ōndēsheje) v ▶ to make thin

kwōndēshwa (-ōndēshejwe) v ▶ to be made thin by

kwōngorera (-ōngoreye) v ▶ to whisper

kwōngorerana (-ōngoreranye) v ▶ to whisper to each other

kwōnjorora (-ōnjoroye) v ▶ 1. to leave abruptly, 2. stop talking abruptly though others continue, 3. to drop out of something because you know you're in the wrong

kwūnamika (-ūnamitse) v ▶ to make another to look down, close his eyes, stoop

kwūnga (-ūnze) v ▶ 1. to stop a quarrel and make them like each other, 2. to join together broken thing

māmbu ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)

mirongwitātu adj ▶ thirty

mu prep ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of (the inside of a thing, e.g. kuva mu muriro – to come out of the fire)

mu maso hiwe phr ▶ in his face

muramuwe (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ brother-in-law (his, her)
murumwanje my brother-in-law

muri prep ▶ in, into, within, among

mushiki (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister (of boy)
mushiki wiwe his sister
mushiki wanyu your sister (spoken to boys)
(see also mushikanje, mushikabo)

mwēne (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of, son of

mwēne nyina (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. brother, 2. sister (lit. child of his/her/their mother)

mwēne se (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. his, her, their brother, 2. his, her, their sister (lit. child of his/her/their father)

mwēne so (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. your brother, 2. your sister (lit. child of your father)

nāka (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ so-and-so, what's his name (male)
banaka those ones (unnamed people)

ndakwītwāyeko phr ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)

niho emph ▶ (emphatic particle placing emphasis on the preceding constituent)
umwana niho the/ this/ that child (emphasizing the child)

nivyo ▶ is it like this? isn't it? (answered by nivyo or sivyo)

no conj ▶ and (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku)
kurima no gusatura biraruhisha Hoeing and splitting wood is tiring

nta ▶ (with high tone) 1. no, 2. none, 3. there is no

ntanakimwe adj ▶ nothing

ntūze ▶ so-and-so, what's-his-name

nyina (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their mother (rude)
banyina their mothers (rude)

nyinābo (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their maternal aunt

pē adv ▶ absolutely! extremely! think of that!

rutuku 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ prohibited locally brewed spirit made of manioc

rwāna adv ▶ childishly

se (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their father
base babo their fathers

sēkuru (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ grandfather (his, their)

sēkuruza (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ ancestor (his, their)

sēwabo (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their paternal aunt

shēbuja (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their master, employer

somambike n ▶ intimate friend, one who shares his secrets or last food with you

ubucuti 8 class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ friendship

ubugali 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ thick bread-like porridge (Sw.)

ubugari 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ thick bread-like porridge (from Sw. ugali)

ubuhēhēsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lustful thinking and practices

ubukiru 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) place where steps are cut in hillside, rough place, bumps, hillocks

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

uburyarya 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching, making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception

ubusa adv ▶ 1. nothing, 2. in vain

ubusahuzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. pillage, 2. thievery, 3. plundering

ubusasāte 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching

ubuswi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) very tiny baby chicks

ubuto 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) childhood

ubutumba 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) little hills, knolls

ubutwāre 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) chieftanship, authority

ubuvunguka 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) crumbs, chips of wood

ubuyobozi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ leadership, administration, management

ubuzimuzimu 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions

ubwāmbuzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) thievery, theft

ubwāna 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) childhood

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

ubwība 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. thievery, 2. time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out

ubwīhisho 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) hiding place

ubwīvyi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) robbery, thieving, stealing

ugusasātwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ itching

ugusohora 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. expulsion, throwing out, 2. traditional ceremony on the sixth day after a child's birth where the baby is presented

ukubora 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. decay, 2. something rotten (from kubora)

ukujīsha 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ something woven (cloth)

ukumesa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ washing powder

ukuremura 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ patching, mending, repairing

ukuribwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ severe itching, pain

ukuribwaribwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ severe itching, pain

ukwandikirwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ something written for, to

umēnga ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably

umēngo ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably

umubiko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ comb of chicken

umucūko (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weaned child

umuderi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. designer, 2. fashion designer, 3. stylist

umuduga (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ automobile, vehicle

umudūgo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hill, ascent

umugāmba (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ high plateau

umuganwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ chief, great chief, blood prince

umugega (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ clothing worn underneath, as sack dress

umugigimo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ noise of earthquake, approaching storm

umugimbi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child up to 8 or 10 years

umugina (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. light yellow, 2. reddish, 3. white ant hill

umugisye (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child 6 or 7 years old

umuhērerezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ youngest child, favorite child

umuhimbiri (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. urchin, child (derogative), 2. street child, street boy

umuhumbūzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ deceiver, thief

umukēcuru (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ old woman, widow (not very respectful term, can be used though by little children, or by grandchildren towards their grandmother)

umukeme (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child

umukōbwabo (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of her sister, 2. daughter of his brother

umukurira (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ a weaned child

umumānda (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark was used for clothing

umumaneke (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ model (fashion, photo etc.), mannequin

umumanuko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ descent, slope of hill

umunsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumunsi today
uyumunsi uyumunsi this very day
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day

umunya (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ wrinkle (as in face), excessive thinness

umunyazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ thief

umunyekōmbe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ member of chief's council who listens to trials

umunywera (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person who gets thin gradually, person sick with wasting away disease

umupfāsoni (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. lady, noble woman, woman of high rank, 2. woman of noble character, 3. married woman (polite), (from isoni = timidity)

umurambararo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ length, anything in prone position

umurānzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good

umurēmberezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps police occupied while one sought escapes

umurēngera (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person with many children, great riches, possessions, countless things

umurerwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child

umurēzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. one who rears child, 2. tutor, 3. adopted father

umurēzi w'abana phr ▶ children's nurse

umurōngōzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ guide, leader, chief's assistant (esp. in law enforcement)

umurundi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ shin

umurwa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ slope of hill, royal place

umuryāngo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. door, 2. family, 3. clan, kinship

umusabisabi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar, one who is always asking for things

umusābisābi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps dropping things here and there

umusego (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cushion, pillow

umusēngezana (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of one's brother (if one is a girl)

umushinwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Chinese person (from Fr. chinois)

umushire (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ worn out thing

umushōnge (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ house with high pointed roof

umusi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumusi today
uyumusi uyumusi this very day

umusoko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long thing (esp. stalk of bananas, etc.)

umusozi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hill, mountain

umusuma (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. thief, 2. robber, 3. burglar

umuswa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. white ant, 2. termite

umuswi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ baby chick

umutimbo (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer "one who hits hard"

umuumutsibo 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ women's dance, characterized by movement of the legs and pelvis but without eroticism, celebrating the birth of a child, Buyogoma region

umutundiro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stones, nails, etc., which witch doctor pretends to take from swollen place on body

umutwāre (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sub-chief, commander

umuvuguvugu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sound of stick or string whipped through air, sound of things blown by wind, whir

umuvumu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing

umuyibigi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child (boy)

umuzēzwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. girl reaching age of puberty, 2. unmarried young woman

umuziro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. prohibition, 2. wrong done deserving punishment

umuzūngu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (lit. 'someone going around', referring to the first European explorers, from kuzunguruka)

umuzūngukazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (female)

umwāmbaro (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ garment, clothing

umwāmbuzi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ thief

umwāmikazi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. queen, 2. wife of great chief or of king

umwāna (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. child, baby, 2. young of animal

umwankanvu (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child starting to know a little

umwankavu (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ young child, starting to know a little

umwāvu (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ discarded things, trash, garbage

umwēnge (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. thing with holes in it, 2. hole

umwera (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person

umwēru (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ brilliance, something spotlessly white

umwīrōnge (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ flute made of reed, whistle

umwīshwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of one's sister (if one is a boy) or woman's brother's son

umwīvyi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ thief

umwōnōnyi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ spoiler, someone destroying things

umwūhagiro (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cleansing, bathing

umwuzukuru (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ grandchild

urubona (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ transparent, shiny thing

urudedemvya (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ medicine to make one talk freely, release inhibitions

urudēnde 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) 1. one solitary thing, 2. singular (gram.)

urudēndevu (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)

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

urugaragara (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ crest of bird, comb of chicken

uruharabuga (imparabuga) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ barren place, bare place on a hill

uruhwa 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) whistle, hiss

urukurikirane 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ list, list of things

urunūka (i-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ any horrid, hateful thing

urunyariro 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) backyard, behind the backyard (where one went to urinate, from kunyara)

ururangiranwa 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing

ururangiranwe (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

ururēmbēko (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits

ururiba (ind-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ hidden trap

urusakanwa (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ chin

urusakusaku (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ chin

urusāto (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ skin, hide

urusēnga (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ net for fishing

urusepfu (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ hiccough

urusumanyenzi (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. cliff from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown, 2. pit, abyss

uruvi (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ white hair (from old age)

uruzingo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ sickly child

urwasakusaku (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ chin

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

utwōngoshwe 7 ▶ whispers (sound of)

uyu dem ▶ this (demonstrative, with class agreements)

uyumunsi adv ▶ today, this day (from uyu munsi)

uyumusi adv ▶ today, this day (from uyu musi)

wē ▶ he, she, him, her
na wē and he, and she
nka wē like him, like her

yambi excl ▶ hello (greeting to small children or of women among each other)
yambiiii (emphatic greeting to small children or among women)

abundance ▶ ubukenuke
(to have) kudibama, guhīmba, gukenuka

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abuse ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
(one formerly loved) kuryārukana

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accelerate ▶ kunyarutsa, gushiramo
(a car) kwongera umuriro

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accompany ▶ kwāmbukana, kugendanira, guherekeza
(to be accompanied to wedding, as bride is) gushīngirwa

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accomplice ▶ (one who keeps police accupied while one sought escapes) umurēmberezi

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accomplish ▶ (be zealous to) gufūhira
(earnestness) ifūhe
(to finish) guheraheza
(not quit without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
(to be accomplished) kurangūka

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achieve ▶ guheza
(goal) gushika kw'ihangiro

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adopt ▶ (a child) kurera
(a habit) gutōra

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advantage ▶ akarusho, ubuhīrwe

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afternoon ▶ inyuma ya sasita, ku muhīngamo, umuhīngamo
(late, early evening) umugorōba, akagorōba
(good afternoon!) mwīriwe

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against ▶ (to return) guhinyura

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agree ▶ guhūza imitima, guhwānya
(~ to) kwemera, gushīnga

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aid ▶ imfashanyo
(to ~) gufasha
(to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(first ~) ugutabāra

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allowance ▶ agashirukabute

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

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amused ▶ (to be, child) kudāga
(to be secretly) gutwēngera mw ijigo

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anatomy ▶ ubumenyi bw'ibihimba vy'umubiri

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ancestor ▶ (my, your, our) sōgokuruza, sōkuruza
(his, their) sēkuruza

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

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angry ▶ (to be) kuraka, kurakara, gupfūhagushangashirwa
(to be very) kujīngitwa
(because of accusation) gushungumirwa
(to suddenly get ~, when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka

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animal ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
(fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika

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anniversary ▶ (birthday) umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka

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ant ▶ (flying, edible) iswa
(pincher) intozi, urutozi
(soldier) uburima
(sugar) ikinywabūki
(tiny) ubunyegeri, urunyegeri
(white) umuswa
(white ~ hill) umugina

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apparatus ▶ (instrument, machine) igikoresho

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appreciate ▶ (to) gukengurukira
(to ~ work) gushima

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appreciation ▶ (gift of) igishīmo

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arm ▶ ukuboko, ukuboke
(upper) ikizigira
(left ~) ukuboko kw'ibubamfu, ukubamfu
(right ~) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuryo
(to raise one's ~, to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
(to stretch out) kurāmvura
(to take a child in ~) kurera, gukīkira

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armrest ▶ icīshimikizo c'inkokora

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

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article ▶ (news) ingingo z'ikinyamakuru
(product, item) icahinguwe, akagenegene

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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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asking ▶ (earnestly persist in ~ for something) kuzigiriza
(one who is always ~ for things) umusabisabi

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assemble ▶ kurementanya
(people) gukoranya
(things to give to someone) gusorōranya

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assert ▶ (that a thing is true) guhamya

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assimilation ▶ (food) uguhinduka kw'ibiribwa mu mubiri

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assistant ▶ (to chief, esp. in law enforcement) umurōngōzi

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assure ▶ (that a thing is true) guhamya

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astonished ▶ (to be) gushirwa, gutangāra

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astonishing ▶ (thing) agahomerabunwa, igitāngaza, akūmiza

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astounding ▶ (thing) akūmiza

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attain ▶ gushikīra

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attempt ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
(something beyond one's strength) gukenyukirwa

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attendant ▶ (to be a wedding ~) gushīngira

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aunt ▶ (maternal, my) māma wācu
(maternal, your) nyokwānyu
(maternal, his, her, their) nyinābo
(paternal, my) māsenge
(paternal, your) nyogosenge
(paternal, his, her, their) inasenge

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avoid ▶ kuzibukīra
(saying something directly) gukingitiranya

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avowal ▶ indahiro

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baby ▶ umwāna, uruhīnja, uruyōya
(not old enough to know fear) igifatanzoka
(tiny ~) uruhīnja
(~ clothes) icahi
(~ food) umusururu

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bad ▶ (adj.) –bi
(~ person) umubi
(~ luck) icāgo, akaga
(that which is ~) ikibi

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bag ▶ isaho
(backpack, shoulder bag) agasaho
(big) indaha
(sack) igunira, umupfuko
(sports bag) ishakoshi
(small sports bag, ladies purse) agashakoshi
(suitcase) ivarise

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balance ▶ (weighing) umunzāne
(of budget) uburinganire bw'ibisohoka n'ivyīnjira

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bar ▶ (iron) igihimba c'icuma

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bare ▶ (place on hill) uruharabuga

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bark ▶ igishishwa
(of banana tree) igihubahuba
(cloth garment) indemano
(cloth with painted spots, used as thing of worship) indabe, indome
(~ stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
(used for perfume) imibavu
(put on new ~) kwībwira

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barren ▶ (to be, person) kugūmbaha
(plants) kurūmba
(place) uruharabuga
(thing, corn, etc.) ikirūmbirane
(to become from lack of fertilizer) guseba

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barter ▶ kuguza
(butter or other things) kumadika

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

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beat ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
(act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
(~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
(clothes) kunyukura
(heart) gutera indihaguzi
(drum) kuvuza
(raising welts) kuramagura

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beautiful ▶ -īza
(to be ~) guhīmbāra
(to make ~) guhīmbāza
(~ woman, girl) nyiramwiza

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beautify ▶ guhīmbāza

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beauty ▶ ubwīza, agahīmbare
(pretty thing) akeza
(beautiful woman or girl) nyiramwiza

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become ▶ kuba, gucīka, kumēra
(good again, having been bad) gufutānuka
(known) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
(thin) kudohōka, kugeruka, kwōnda, kwīfūtānya, kuyōka
(thinner) gufūtānya
(very thin) kugōgōra, kunohorwa

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bee ▶ uruyūki
(carpenter) imvūndēri
(to catch swarming bees) gutururuza
(to put in new hive) kwātira
(~ sting) urubōyi
(~ hive) igitiba
(bring down ~ hive) kwegura
(to put up ~ hive) kwegeka

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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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beginning ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
(of dry season, about June) impēshi

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behind ▶ inyuma
(get left ~ as you stare at something) kurāngāra
(to hide ~) kwīkīnga
(to leave) gusiga
(to look) gukebuka

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benefit ▶ akamaro, ikimazi, ubuhīrwe
(economy) inyungu

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better ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
(he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko

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beyond ▶ (be ~ what one can do) gutamya
(go ~) kurēnga
(on other side) hīrya

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big ▶ -nini
(to be too) gusāguka, kudēnda
(to be, of growing things, esp. child) gushisha

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birth ▶ ivuka
(to give ~) kuvyāra
(to be about to give ~) gukurirwa
(to be about to give ~, of cow) kudigiriza
(to give ~, to litter, esp. dog) kubwāgura
(to come to day to give ~) kuramukwa
(to give ~, to child who dies at once) kuruhira ubusa
(to aid woman in childbirth) kuvyāza

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birthday ▶ umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka

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bit ▶ (not a ~) n'intete
(to run out ~ by ~ till all is gone) gushīrīra

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bite ▶ gushikura
(as animal, or pain) kurandagura
(of animal, insect) kuryāna
(insect) gusurira
(of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
(serpent) gukomora

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bitten ▶ (to jump when ~) gushikurwa

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bitter ▶ (to be) kubīha, gukara, gukariha, kurura
(~ flavour, to taste) kururirwa
(anything ~) ibāmba
(not ~, esp. of manioc) -horo

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blessed ▶ (to be) guhīrwa

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blessing ▶ umugisha, umuhēzagiro, ubuhīrwe

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board ▶ urubāho, ikibaho, ubushinguro
(~ game) igisoro

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bold ▶ (to be) gushirukanya, kwūbahuka
(esp. young girl) kwerura

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bonus ▶ agashimwe, agashirukabute

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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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bowl ▶ ibakure (Sw.), akabakure
(salad ~) igikoresho cumisha imboga
(sugar ~) agashingurasukari

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brave ▶ (to be) guhangāra, kurema, gushira amanga

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break ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumeneka, kumānyuruka
(vt) guca
(and scatter, vt) gusāvya
(any slender thing, vi) kuvunika
(any slender thing, vt) kuvuna
(completely, vi) kudēndūka, gufyonyoka, kuvunagura
(in two) gusāba
(the law) kurēnga, kuyoba
(object with flat surface, vt) kumena
(off by burning, tree, etc.) gutemuka
(off a piece, bread) kubega
(out, as rash) guhurira, guturika
(rope, chain) kuvutagura
(suddenly, unexpectedly) gukenyuka
(a taboo) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
(to bits, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika, kuvunagura, kumānyagura
(to bits, vt) gucagagura, kumenagura, gusatagura, kuvunaguza
(up, vi) kumānyagurika, kumānyuka
(up, vt) kujānjagura
(a break, as bone) imvune

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breathe ▶ guhēma, guhumēka, gukwega impwemu
(hard) guhēmūka
(heavily and noisily) gufūha, gupfūha
(with difficulty, child) gufūrēka

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brilliance ▶ (of something spotlessly white) umwēru

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bring ▶ (to ~) kuzana
(back) kugarura
(back from far away) guhabūra
(back wife after she's gone home) gucūra
(down) kumanura
(down bee hive) kwegura
(from dark into light) kwāndagaza
(from hiding) kunyegurura
(greeting) gutāsha
(in passing) guhitana
(into open from hidden place) kwātura
(loss or failure) gutāna
(new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
(out of hiding) gufurūra
(quickly) gutebūkana
(things in from sun) kwāmura
(things and put them together to give to someone) gusorōranya
(to pass) gucimbataza
(together) gukoranya, gutēranya
(up child) gukuza, kurera
(water) kudahira, kuvōma
(with one) kuzanana

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brother ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere

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brother-in-law ▶ (his, their) muramuwe

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brow ▶ (of hill) igikombe

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brown ▶ (to ~ food) guhindukiza mu mavuta
(colour) c'inzobe, c'umugina, c'akaga, ibihogo
(light ~) akagājo, umuyēnzi

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bulge ▶ (as garment with something under it) kudundūra

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buy ▶ (to) kugura, kununūra
(to ~ and sell) kudāndaza, guhānjura
(to ~ a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
(look things over in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(to ~ very much) kurangura

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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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caramelization ▶ ugushongesha isukari igahindura ibara

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case ▶ (container) urwūbati
(law) ibūrana
(to declare one's case at a trial) gusāmba
(to know the facts of) guhinyura
(to make another lose his) kuzingirikira
(to take ~ to chief) kubūranya
(to take ~ to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
(to win ~) gutsīnda

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catch ▶ gufata, gucakīra
(ball, anything thrown) gusama
(a disease from another) kwāndura
(from falling) gusama
(one who starts to fall) kuramira
(swarming bees) gutururuza
(up with) guhāmvya

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cellulose ▶ imfungurwa ziva mu biterwa, zifasha amara gukora neza, ubugwegwe bashobora guhinguramwo impuzu

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ceramic ▶ ubuhinga bwo kubumba

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chance ▶ amahīrwe
(to not have a) guhumirwa

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change ▶ (vi) guhinduka
(vt) guhindura
(esp. colour) kubēngūka, kubēnjūka
(mind) guhindura
(money) kuvūnja
(often) guhindagura
(opinion often) kugaragurika

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changeable ▶ (to be) guhindagurika

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charm ▶ (heathen) igihēko
(heathen, worn on head) urugori
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
('medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) ururēmbeko
(spell, hex) amarozi
(white shell worn by children) iyugi

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chase ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
(away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
(away because of hatred) gutuza
(away evil spirits) gusēnda
(flies off cows) kuzīnga
(hunt) guhīga
(others out of house) guturumbura
(out quickly) guhasha

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check ▶ (to ~ over a thing) guhinyuza
(cheque) isheki
(bad ~) isheki idakwije amahera
(checkbook) agatabo k'amasheki

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chemist ▶ umushimisite

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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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chill ▶ agashitsi
(to ~) gukōnja
(to have) guhīnda agashitsi, guhīndaganywa

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choose ▶ kugena, kurobānura, gutōra, gutōranya
(esp. in action) guhitamwo
(at random from group) kudōmbagiza
(leaders) kwātira
(one to sell a thing) gutōza

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chop ▶ (trees) guhīmbura
(with axe) gukera
(with hoe or other instrument) kujema
(with sword) gukekana
(up in pieces) gucagagura
(off) gutandukāna

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clap ▶ (to ~) gukoma amashi

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cliff ▶ agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
(from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi

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climb ▶ (hill) kudūga
(as tree) kwūrira, gusega
(down) kwūruruka

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close ▶ (to) gufunga (Sw.), gukīnga, gukīngiriza, kurumya, kwūgara
(doors of royal place) kujīsha
(entrance with branches) guhāngāza
(hands together) gufumbata
(one's eyes) guhumiriza
(path) gutangīra
(to make another to ~ his eyes) kwūnamika
(up completely) guhindira
(to get close together) kwegerana
(to put things or people ~ together) kwegeranya

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cloth ▶ igitāmbara
(large, tied on shoulder) umuhagatiro
(long band of) umugēnde
(made of bark) indemano
(plaid) igitāmbara c'ikigoma
(shiny, silk, rayon) ihariri
(very large) igihūzu, uruhūzu

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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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club ▶ (stick) ubuhiri
(short stick) ingāge

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cold ▶ –bisi
(in chest) agaherēra
(in head) agahiri, akamango, akamangu,
(cough) inkorora
(common cold, flu) ibicurane
(weather) imbeho, ubukonje
(weather, severe) igikonyozi
(to be) gukōnja, gukanya, gutīmba
(to be drawn up from ~) gutetera

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colorant ▶ gitanga, guhindura ibara

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colour ▶ irāngi
(black) umukata, umufyiri, agafyīri,
(very) umuvyiro
(black mud) urushānga
(blue) ubururu
(brown) ibihogo
(brown, light) akagājo, umuyēnzi
(brownish black cow) ikirāyi
(gray) -vivi, agahīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
(green) akātsi gatoto
(orange) umutugutu
(red, like mud) agahama
(tan hair, of goats) umufūmbere
(very white) derere
(yellow) umuhōndo, umutugutu
(yellow, dark) ibihogo
(yellow, light, reddish) umugina
(to be black) kwīrabura
(to be white) kwēra
(to become yellow or reddish, in ripening) kubēnja
(to colour) kuraba
(to ~ in) gusiga amabara
(to change ~, fade) kubēnjūka, kubēngūka

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coloring ▶ gitanga, gihindura ibara

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comb ▶ igisokozo
(old traditional comb) urusokozo
(of chicken) umubiko, urugaragara
(to comb) gusokoza

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come ▶ kūza
(all together suddenly) kurandamuka
(apart) gushānyūka, kudohōka
(to come at) (time) kuzīra
(to do something) guherūka
(to an end) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(be coming to an end) guherengetera
(down) kumanuka, kumanuza, kwūruruka
(from) kwāduka, kwānduruka, gukomoka, guturuka, kuva, kuvuduka
(to greet often when one is in disfavour in hopes of gaining favour) kuneganega
(~ here) ingo, ngo, ngwino
(into sight) kurēnguka
(to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(one by one) gutororokanya, gutēraterana
(out, teeth, hoe handle, etc.) guhongoka
(out, stake) gushingūka
(out of water) kwōgorora
(suddenly) guturūmbuka
(to, after fainting) guhembūka
(to pieces) gusambūka
(to the throne) kwīma ku ngoma
(together, crowd) gukungēra
(unexpectedly) kwubīra
(unsewn) gusonoroka (Sw.)
(untied) kubohōka, gupfunduka
(up of itself) kwimeza
(up out of water) kwiburuka
(up thickly, thus not do well) gusorora
(upon suddenly) kwūbuka
(when called) kurabuka
(with) kuzanana

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comment ▶ (of master, teacher) ugushīma kw'umwigisha

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common ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana

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compel ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhāmbīra, guhāta
(someone against his will) guhānjagira

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complain ▶ kugambarara, guhigimānga, kwīdodōmba, kwītōnganiriza, kuniha, gutāta
(continually) kuganyira
(in heart at not having gotten what one wanted) kudundumirwa

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complaint ▶ umwīdodōmbo, ikirēgo
(to go to chief with) gushengera, gushengerera

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complete ▶ (to) gusōzēra, guheza
(see 'to finish')
(~ a thing) gutobora
(to be ~) guhebūza, kwūzura

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comprehend ▶ gutahura
(involves act of seeing) kurabukwa
(after thinking over) gutegereza

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conceal ▶ guhisha, kunyegeza, kuzimanganya

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condemn ▶ guhinyuza, gutsīndanīsha

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condensation ▶ umuhisha

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

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confident ▶ (to be) kurema, gushiruka amazinda
(over) kwīrārīra

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confinement ▶ (time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out) ubwība

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confirm ▶ (to) gukomeza
(by asking many) gushīshōza

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consider ▶ (to) kwīyumvīra
(to think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, kwīrimbūra

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consumed ▶ (to be) gutōngōka
(e.g. candle) gushiringitira

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contest ▶ guhiga, kurutanya

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continent ▶ ishinga

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convince ▶ kwemeza, gutururuza, guhinyuza
(to be convinced, after proof or persuasion) gushirwa

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cooker ▶ amashiga y'ikizungu
(traditional cooking place) iziko

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cooperate ▶ (in getting job done quickly) gusahiriza

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corn ▶ ikigōri
(cob) igitiritiri
(early kind) isega
(kind with big kernel) ikijigo
(ground corn that has first been roasted) igikweme
(silk) ubusage
(tender new) igishōro
(yellow kind) amashigisha
(to shell) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
(wheat) ingano

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corroborate ▶ (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza

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councilor ▶ (of chief's council) umunyekōmbe

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courage ▶ ubuhizi

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courageous person ▶ umuhizi, intwāri

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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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craft industry ▶ uguhingura utugenegene, ubuhinguzi, iyigiro ry'imyuga

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crash ▶ (of something falling) isēnyerana

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created ▶ (thing) indemano, ikiremwa

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crippled ▶ (to be) guhinyiza, kumugara

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crop ▶ ivyīmburwa
(of chicken) agatōrero

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crowd ▶ urugāmba, ishengero
(esp. people running) igugu
(mixed ~ of people) amakūngu
(one who keeps ~ back) umukumirizi
(to ~) kubānda, kubāndana
(to go together to see something) gushwabāduka
(out: to not grow because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
(together) kurūndāna, kwegerana, kuvurungana
(together, people sitting) gusegenya, gusegenyeza

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culture ▶ akaranga
(biol.) ubuhinga bwo kwiga imikorobi

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cursed ▶ (thing) ikivume

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curtain ▶ irido
(net ~) ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana

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cut ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
(banana leaves) kugombōra
(banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
(chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
(crosswise) kugegena
(down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
(easily) gutemuka
(easily, grass) kwāhirika
(eyes out) kunogora
(grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
(grass for use) kwāhira
(grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
(hair) kumwa
(in big chunks) guketagura
(in even lengths) gucacūra
(in many pieces) guhimbagura
(in pieces) gukebagura
(lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
(meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
(neck of animal) gukerera
(off) gukona
(off branches) gukōkōra
(off tail of animal) gukēmūra
(off top of tree) gukēmūra
(tree) gukera, gutema, guca
(trees for building) guhimbura
(up) gukekagura
(up into small pieces) gukeka
(up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
(trees or sticks) kugegena
(with one blow) gutemura
(with sawing motion) gukerera
(wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
(wool of sheep) gukēmūra

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cutting ▶ (for planting) ikiguti, igikoti, akagegene k'igiti
(of manioc) ikigoti, ikigotigoti, ikiguti
(of sweet potatoes) umubuto, umujishi, umuvyaro

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daisy ▶ (yellow) ishike

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dance ▶ intāmbo
(of men) umuhamirizo, ibirorēro, agasimbo, umuyebe
(of women) ihunja, imisambi
(of women, celebrating a child's birth) umutsibo
(of women celebrating the birth of twins) igisuru
(non-traditional, of youth) ubusambiri

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daughter ▶ umukōbwa
(of my, your, his sister if one is girlof my, your, his brother if one is boy) umukōbwācu, umukōbwānyu, umukōbwābo

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dawn ▶ amacāca, umutwēnzi, umuseke, ubuca
(night is almost over, about to dawn) ijoro rishira ubuca
(when ~ broke) umutwēnzi ukitse
(to ~) guca, gutambika
(to become light, very early just as darkness ends) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura

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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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decayed ▶ (place of ~ things) iborēro

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deceive ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
(~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
(to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
(habitually) gusukasuka
(in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
(oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi

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defend ▶ guhāngāza, gutēturura, kuvuna
(another) gukīmbūka
(oneself, take case to chief) kubūranya, kwīkirānura
(to have 2 methods of defending oeself but use one you hadn't planned on) gutēgekanya

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deliver ▶ (sense of save) gukiza
(child) kuvyāra
(to be about to, cow only) kwerēra, kudigiriza
(help to) kuvyāza
(to take something out to an appointed place) gusokorora

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depart ▶ kwīgīra, kugēnda
(quickly) gushibuka
(from respected person) kugaranzura

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desire ▶ ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza

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despicable ▶ (to be) gukengerēka, gutītūka
(to do a ~ thing) kugōka

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despised ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
(to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka

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destroyed ▶ (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
(completely while you are watching) kunyika

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destruction ▶ amahonero, ubwōnōnyi
(place of) ubushiriro

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determined ▶ (to be) gushira amanga
(to get what you want) kwītāra

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diarrhea ▶ ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo, ako mu nda
(to give) guhita
(to have) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
(to stop) gufutīsha
(to recover from) gufuta

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different ▶ (to be) gutandukāna
(anything that is ~ from others in group) indobeke

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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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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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digestive system ▶ ibihimba vy'ihokwa
(-ka), inzira y'ibiribwa, ibihimba vy'umubiri vyo guhokwa

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director ▶ umuyobozi
(cooperatives director) umuyobozi w'ikoperative, w'ishirahamwe
(principal) umuyobozi w’ishule

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dirty ▶ –bi
(to be) guhumāna, gucafura
(to be very) gushisha
(to become, get) kwāndura
(~ oil) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini

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disagree ▶ (to) guhāzāna, kuvuguruza, guhīngāna, gutāta
(one who always disagrees in a council meeting) ikirandamuke

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discarded ▶ (things) umwāvu

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disclose ▶ guhishura, guserura, kunyegurura

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discover ▶ kwūbuka
(~ the truth) guhinyura

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disdain ▶ (to) guhinyura, gukēngēra

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disease ▶ indwāra
(AIDS) sida
(billharcia) birariziyoze
(boil, abscess) igihute
(burn) ubushe
(bronchitis) indwara yo mu mahaha
(chicken pox) ibihara, agasāma
(diarrhea) ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo
(elephantiasis) imisozi
(epilepsy) intandara
(eyes: certain kind of conjunctivitis) uburire
(fever) inyonko
(goiter) umwīngo
(gonorrhea) igisokoro
(leprosy) imibēmbe
(malaria) marariya, inyonko
(meningitis) umugiga
(mole) isunūnu
(mumps) amasambambwika
(pleurisy) umusōnga
(pneumonia) umusōnga
(recurrent fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(rheum, disease of eyes) ururire
(rheumatism) amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
(smallpox) akarānda
(sore, little) akarōnda
(syphilis) agashāngāra
(tick fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(typhus) tifusi
(tuberculosis) igitūntu, agatūntu
(ulcer) igikomere
(ulcer, bad) igisebe
(ulcer, pain from tropical) igitema
(wart) isunūnu, intongāngira
(whooping cough) akānira, inkorora y'akanira
(yaws) ibinyoro
(cause of ~ something supposed to be in person making him sick) ibitēga
(person sick with wasting ~) umunywera
(to be a contagious ~) kwāndukira
(to catch contagious ~) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
(to transmit) kwāndukiza
(to have an incurable ~) kugīrīra
(to improve, begin to feel better) gutenzukirwa

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disgrace ▶ agashinyaguro, icēyi
(to bring) kugōka

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disgusted ▶ (to be, because of frequency) kudunduhirwa

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dislocate ▶ (a bone) guhinyagara
(part of body, or things, vi) gutirigana
(vt) gutiriganya

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dispute ▶ (to) guhiga, gutonganya

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divide ▶ kugabanya, kugabura, kugaburira, gutānya
(by lot) gupfīndana
(up loads among several) kugabāngānya
(up work or load to make it easier) kwīyorohereza
(to buy a thing together and then ~ it) gusorōra

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divine ▶ guhinyuza, gupfīndūra, kuragura, kuvōvōta
(to have a witch doctor divine) kuraguza
(one who divines) umuraguzi

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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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doorpost ▶ igishimaryāngo

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doubts ▶ amakēnga, amazīnda
(to not have) gushiruka amazīnda

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drag ▶ (to) gukwēga
(along) kunyogōmba
(along quickly) gukūbēba
(along a very heavy thing) gukurura
(on ground) gukūba

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draw ▶ gukwēga, gusokōra
(lots) gupfīndana
(near) kwegēra
(pictures) gushushanya
(things back together) guhindānura
(up) gukōba
(water) kudaha, kuvōma

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drift ▶ (gradual drifting) akayōmbekēre
(to gradually drift off to sleep while thinking) kuyāmīra

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drink ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
(sweet banana) umutobe
(soft ~) ifanta
(to ~) kunywa
(to ~, of king) gukamagura
(animals, go to ~) gushōka
(after a meal) kwīshōza
(all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
(to cease to ~) guhodoka
(from a reed) gusōma
(from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
(in) kubōmba
(to lead animals to ~) gushōra
(to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
(to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
(to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba

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drive ▶ (a car) gutwara, gutwara imodoka
(~ cows) kuyobora
(it home, enforce what one has said) kuryōherereza
(out, esp. evil spirits) guhasha, gusēnda
(stake in ground) gushīnga

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drop ▶ (of liquid) ima, itōnyānga, igitōnyānga
(to ~) gusekura
(to ~ fruit, tree) guhunguruka
(in water or food, vi) kudibuka
(to let fall ~ by ~) gutōnyāngiriza
(to let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
(~ out of something because you know you're in the wrong) kwōnjorora
(one who keeps dropping things here and there) umusābisābi

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drunk ▶ (person) imborērwa
(to be) kuborērwa, guhīmba
(to be ~ enough to feel important) kudandahirwa
(to make ~) kuborēra

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dry ▶ (vi) kwūma,
(vt) kwūmūtsa, kwūmya
(in sun or near fire) kumūkishirīza
(to be) kugaduka
(to become) gukanyuruka, kwūmūka
(to become too ~ while cooking) kuyēnga
(to put food in sun to ~) gukavya
(to put near fire to ~) gutara
(up) kugaduka, kugangara, gukaba, gukama, gukamya
(up and be stiff, clothes or food) gutetera
(up, breasts) gucūka

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dry season ▶ ici
(beginning of, about June) impēshi

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dump ▶ (all out at once) gucuncubura
(into something) kurotsa

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duty ▶ umurimo
(to do one's) gushimika

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earnestness ▶ umwēte, ifūhe
(at a task) ubwīra
(to work with) gushira igikonyo

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earthquake ▶ umushītsi, igishītsi
(rumble of) umugigimo
(to quake) kunyiganyiga, gutigita

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easy ▶ (to be) kwōroha, gukūnda
(~ to cut or pull, grass) kwāhirika

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

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eavesdropping ▶ (information gained by) igisokoro
(to tell what one has heard while ~) gutumbūra

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edible ▶ (things) ibiribwa

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effeminate ▶ (traditional gender-crossing priest) ikihindu, ikimaze

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elder ▶ umujēnāma, umukuru, umushīngantahe, umujanāma
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungabōro

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embroidery ▶ ubuhinga bwo kudesa

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employer ▶ umukoresha
(my, our) dātabuja
(your) shōbuja
(his their) shēbuja

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encourage ▶ (to) kwīrūza, kuremēsha, kurindīsha
(oneself) kwīrūra
(to ~ to make an effort) gushīshikaza

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end ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
(~ of boat) umukōndo
(at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
(to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
(to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
(to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
(to finish) guheza

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endure ▶ kwīhāngāna, gushinyiriza

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enegetic ▶ (to be) guciririka, gukovya, kwigumira, gushiruka ubute, gushiruka umwēte

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enjoy ▶ (oneself) kugāzagāza, kudāga (child)

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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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entrust ▶ kubītsa, kuzēza
(~ to) kurindīsha, gusigarana
(~ flock to another to pasture) kuragiza
(~ something to another and it increases while there) gutongoza

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entrusted ▶ (thing ~ to another) ikibītsanyo, ingwāti

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equilibrium ▶ (lack of) impungenge
(to have good) gushira impungenge

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erect ▶ (to stand) kwēma, kwemarara
(for a long time) gushibama
(one who stands ~) umushibamyi

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escape ▶ (narrow) agahēngekezo
(to ~) kudohōka, gucīka, gutoroka, kuzibukīra
(to barely ~ an accident) guhakwa, kwēnda
(the memory) kuzīnda
(to secretly help someone to ~ by taking his things for him) kunyuruza

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evil ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
(adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
(to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
(to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
(to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
(to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
(to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
(to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
(to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
(speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
(~ deed) ubuhūmbu
(example) akābarore
(~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
(~ look) igitsūre

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exasperated ▶ (to be) kujīngitwa, gushangashirwa

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except ▶ shiti, atari, ndetse, uretse

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exercise ▶ (in school) umwīmenyerezo
(in sports) ukwīnōnōra
(to ~) kwīmenyereza
(to ~ in gym class) gukeza, kwīnōnōra
(to ~ an art, trade) guhīngūra
(~ book) ikaye

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expect ▶ (to) gusamāza, kwīzigira, kurindīra
(to get a certain thing) kuziga
(to ~ a child) gukurirwa

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expedite ▶ (to cooperate in getting a job done quickly) gusahiriza

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extract ▶ gushikura

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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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face ▶ amaso, mu maso
(in his face) mu maso hiwe
(to be facing each other) guhangana
(to make a ~ over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
(to put one's ~ in one's hands in deep thought) kwitangira itama
(~ to ~) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
(showing disapproval on one's ~) ibitsingotsingo

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fact ▶ impamo, ibinyakuri
(in ~) mbere
(to know the ~ of a case) guhinyura

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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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family ▶ indimwe, umuryāngo
(last one of family who has no children) imponnyi
(members of) abavandimwe

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far ▶ (away) kure
(very far away) ibushi
(in the future) kēra

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fat ▶ itōto
(meat) ibinure
(to be) kudoha, kuvyibuha
(to be, child) gushisha
(to be, meat) kunura
(to become) kudoha, kuvyibuha

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father ▶ (my, our) dāta, dāwe, papa, da
(your) so
(his, her, their) se
(~-in-law) sebukwe
(~ of twins) sebabiri

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favor ▶ ubutoni
(to ~) gushīnga
(to ~ unjustly) kubera

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favorite ▶ (person) umutoni
(~ child) umuhērerezi
(~ servant or friend) umwīshikira
(to be) gutona

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fear ▶ ubwōba
(great) agatēngo
(of losing position) igihababu
(~ to hurt another because you love him) impuhwe
(thing or person stricken with ~) igihūmura
(to act or go secretly because of ~) kwōmba
(to jump with ~, in heart) guhahama
(to shout in sudden ~) gutura ubuku

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feared ▶ (that which is) igitīnyiro

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fearless ▶ (to be) guhangāra, kurīndūka, gushirukanya, gushira amanga, gutīnyūka

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

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fed ▶ (to be ‘~ up' with something) kudunduhirwa

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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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feet ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
(to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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fermented ▶ (anything, beer) inkarisha

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fetish ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
(gourd used) intendēri
(heathen charm on head) urugori
(spotted barkcloth) indome
(things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
(charm) igiheko

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fever ▶ (illness) inyōnko, umururūmbo
(temperature) umuriro, umucānwa, ubushūhe
(to have high fever) umucānwa ururumba (from kururūmba)

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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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finality ▶ itahīriro

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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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fine ▶ (fee) ihadābu, indishi

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finish ▶ (vt) guheza, kwāhukānya, kumara, kurangiza, gusōzēra, gutōza, gushirīsha
(vi) guhera, kwāhukāna, kurangira, gushira
(completely, vi) kwīramvura, gukōmvōmvoka
(vt) gukōmvōmvora, kumarīra, kumaramara, kunōnōsora, guherengeteza, guheraheza
(each other off) kumarana
(food) gukōmba
(weaving an article) gusōza

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fireplace ▶ izīko (three stones placed for ~ , see amashiga), ifuro

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first ▶ -ambere (preceded by class prefix)
(~ of anything) intangamarāra
(to do ~) kubānza, gushūza
(to plant ~) gushūza

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first-born ▶ uburiza
(child) imfura

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fishing rod ▶ agati bashirako igera

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fist ▶ igipfūnsi
(to hit with ~ repeatedly but gently, mother with child) gutumagura

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flashlight ▶ isitimu, itoroshi, itoci

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flat ▶ (area) igitega, ikiyāya
(thing spread out ~) ikiramvu
(to be ~) kubāta, gutega
(to be ~, as plate) kugarama
(esp. of nose) gufyāta

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flavor ▶ icānga, uburyōhe, ubusōse, akanovera
(thing with good ~) igisōsa
(to be of the ~ of) gusōsera
(to have good ~) gusōsa

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flourishing ▶ (to be, of growing things) gushisha

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footstool ▶ (used by king or chief) indāva

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

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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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framework ▶ (of house) urukānka
(of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced) ikoma

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freezer ▶ imashīni ikanyisha

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friend ▶ umugēnzi
(close ~) umukūnzi
(intimate ~, the one you share your last hidden food with) somambike
(most intimate ~, ”you die - I die”) pfampfe
(to visit a ~) kubūngirana

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fright ▶ (to fall down together in) guhindikirana

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fruitless ▶ (thing, plant) ikirūmbirane
(to be, plants) kurūmba

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make fun ▶ (to ~ of) kunegura, guhema
(to ~ of by recalling good he has lost) gucurīra
(to ~ of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
(to be made fun of) gutētērwa

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gesture ▶ (to put one's hand to his face in surprise) kujorerwa

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get ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra

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gift ▶ ingabano, ingabire, ishikanwa, itūro, ingemu, ikado
(of appreciation or thanks) ishīmwe, igishīmo
(given on return from journey) iganūke
(nothing expected in return) impāno
(to chief to get something from him) ingororano
(to make up for offending someone) icīru
(to offer ~) gutereka, gutūra
(to pass out ~, distribute) kugaba
(to present, with something expected in return) kugemura

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girl ▶ umukōbwa, umwīgeme
(~ reaching age of puberty) umuzēzwa
(teenage ~) inkumi
(beautiful ~) nyiramwiza

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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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glad ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbārwa
(to make) kunēzēra, guhīmbara, kunēzereza

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glorify ▶ guhaya, guhayagiza, gushimagiza

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go ▶ kugenda, kwigira, kuja
(after) kugīra
(ahead a little) kwūnguruza
(all through a house) kuvōgera
(around) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(around difficulty) kuzunguruka umutego, gukikuza umutego
(around 'Robinhood's barn') gukingitiranya
(aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
(astray) kuzimira
(away secretly) kwīdohōra
(back and forth) kunyura
(back on what he said, make one) kurahuruza
(backward) kwītūtānya, kugēnda umugōngo
(backward inadvertently) gufūtānya
(beyond) kurēnga
(by car) kugēnda n'umuduga
(by boat) kugēnda n'ubwato
(by land rather than cross river or lake) guca i musozi
(carefully not knowing path) kwātīra
(elsewhere) kugerēra
(everywhere) gukwiragirana, guhetūra
(far away) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(for food) gusuma
(forward) gutēra imbere
(forward little by little) kwūngururuza, kwūnguruza
(forward steadily) kuramiriza
(for a walk) kugēndagēnda
(from one thing to another) kurārāta
(from place to place) kunyuragiza, kuyugayuga
(gaily) kudayadaya
(here and there, child) kurērēta
(home) gutāha, kuganūka
(home from work) kugodoka
(home, of wife when angry) kugēnda buje
(into danger without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(let's go!) hoji, hogi, tugende
(naked) gufurama, kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa
(on tiptoe) kuyōmbōka
(out, fire, light) kuzima
(out to a certain place) gusokoroka
(outside) gusohoka
(to prepare to go) kwīkora
(quietly) kuyōmbōka
(rapidly) gukinagira
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(right in path, animal) gutōta
(round) gukikuza
(secretly because of fear) kwōmba
(seperate ways) gutāna
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(slowly, of convalescent) kwāndāra
(softly) kuyōmbōka
(steadily forward) kuramiriza
(stealthily) kunyobanyoba, kwiyombayomba, kuyombayomba
(straight forward) gutūmbereza
(through a narrow pass) kunyegētera
(to bed) kuryāma
(to chief or superior for something) kwītwāra, gushengera, gushengerera
(to find food) gusuma
(to help another in his work) gusāsīra
(to meal uninvited) kwigemagema
(to meet) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together to produce food for guests) gutērēra
(together to see, crowd) gukōndōrera
(toward) kurora, kwerekera, kwerekeza
(uncertain of the way) guhushagirika
(uncertainly) kudāguza
(up, as hill) kudūga
(up in smoke) gupfūnduka
(walking, esp. at night) kwīkanya
(to wedding) gutāha ubukwe
(well, to cause to ~) kugēnza
(with) kwāmbukana, kujāna

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goal ▶ akamaro
(to reach, achieve a ~) gushika kw'ihangiro

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go-between ▶ (in a marriage) umureshi
(to act as) kurehereza, kuresha

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good morning ▶ (greeting) bwakeye, mwaramutse
(to tell chief or superior that someone sends in 'bwakeye') gukānda

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goodbye ▶ n'agasaga, n'akagaruka, n'agahindukira, n'agahumuza, n'agahwane, n'akababa, n'akaza, n'akabandanya, n'akazoza, buroca, turabonanye, ku Mana, ndakwinyungushuye
(to superior) ndakwikebanuye, ndikebanuye, ndigaranzuye
(to bid) gusēzera

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gossip ▶ urusaku
(in whispers) ivyōngoreranyo
(to ~) kuregeteranya, gusakuza, kuregeteza, kuregetereza

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gourd ▶ igikunga, ikirende, umutānga
(long) umukuza
(broken) ibibarara
(as object of worship) intendēri

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grab ▶ gucakīra, kuraha, kuramira, gushikura
(by neck) kuniga
(quickly) kunyakura

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grandfather ▶ (my, your, our) sōgokuru, sōkuru
(his, their) sēkuru

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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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gray ▶ -vivi, agahīza, uruhīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
(~ hair) uruvi, uruvivi

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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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grief ▶ umubabaro, amaganya, agahīnda
(to be in) kuganya, kuganyira
(to torment oneself with) kwīyambagura

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grit ▶ (teeth) gukōmanya, kuzyēgenya
(to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza

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grow ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
(after cutting) kunaga
(larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
(let hair ~ long) gutongoza
(old) gutāma
(rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
(smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
(to cause to grow) gukuza
(to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
(to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
(very fast, child) kugurugūmba
(well) kubaduka
(child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya

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grub ▶ igikogoshi

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guard ▶ umurīzi, umurīnzi, umunyezamo, umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. daytime) umusānzi
(one who stands on ~) umushibamyi
(to ~) kuzigama, kurinda
(to be on ~) kuba māso, kugaba
(oneself) kwihahiriza
(watch over carefully) kugendeza

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guardian ▶ (one who rears child) umurēzi

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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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gums ▶ ibinyigishi

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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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half ▶ igice, igicuri, igihīmba, inusu (Sw.)

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hand ▶ ikiganza
(back of) igikōnjo
(palm of) umunwe, urushi, ikiganza

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handle ▶ (of hoe) umuhini, umumezo
(of spoon, etc.) inkondo
(of cup) ikigōmbo
(of bucket) umukono
(to put on, esp. hoe) gukwikira

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hands ▶ (to close together) gufumbata
(to pour water on another's) kwūhīra
(imperatif: ”hold out your ~!”) tega iminwe
(to lay ~ on) kurambikakw ibigānza

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handsomeness ▶ ubuhizi
(with good character) intōre

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

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happy ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbāra, guhīrwa, gushanyuka, guhīmbārwa, gushwāshwānuka
(very) kudayadaya, kugāyagāya, kwigina
(to make) kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kugāzagāza

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

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hateful ▶ (any horrid hateful thing) urunūka

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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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head ▶ umutwe
(cold in) agahiri, akamango
(of grain) umuhānyu
(pad, when carrying load) ingata, urugata
(to head up, grain) kubogeka, guhaga, kuyāngika
(to head up, cabbage) gufumbata
(to bow one's) kwūnama
(to carry on) kwīremēka, kwīkorera
(to lift up) kuraramuka
(to lose one's) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(to raise one's) kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra, kurāngamīza
(to remove load from) gutūra
(to shake one's ~ in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
(to tip back) kurarama
(to tip to one side) guhengama
(to turn one's) gukebuka

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healthy ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(plant, person) itōto
(to be) kunōnōka, gukira
(to be very, strong) gutetera

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

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heat ▶ ubushūhe, indugūmba, umururūmbo, ikibēngebēnge
(with high humidity) agashūhe
(male animal in) ishāshi
(to be in, animals) kwimanya

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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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hesitate ▶ guhigima, guhīngītana, kwīyubāra, guhigimānga, gukēkeranya, kujuragirika
(between two actions) gutēgekanya

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hiccough ▶ isevu, isefu, urusepfu
(to ~) gusefura, gusepfura

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hidden ▶ (thing that comes to light suddenly) icūbirizi

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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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high ▶ –rēre

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higher ▶ (to put) gukiriza
(up) haruguru

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hill ▶ umusozi, umudūgo, umutumba
(brow of) igikombe
(of earth, to plant in) iburi
(slope of) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
(top of) impīnga
(little hills) ubutumba
(very big ~) igisozi
(white ant hill) umugina

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hillocks ▶ ubukiru

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him ▶ we

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hinder ▶ kubuza, gutangīra, guteba, gutēsha
(from harming another) kuzina
(from hearing) kubugiriza
(to try to ~ from doing wrong) guhōyahōya

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hiding ▶ (in ~) impisho
(hiding place) ubwīhisho
(to bring from) kunyegurura, gufurūra, guhishūra

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hinge ▶ ipata

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hip ▶ ifyigo

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hippopotamus ▶ imvubu

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hire ▶ (workers) kurārika

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his ▶ –iwe

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hiss ▶ uruhwa, agahwa
(to ~) kuvuza uruhwa

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hit ▶ (to) gukubita
(repeatedly but gently with fist, mother with child) gutumagura
(a sore place) gutoneka

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hive ▶ (bee) igitiba
(to put bees in new) kwātira

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hoe handle ▶ umumezo, umuhini

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hold ▶ gufata
(fast to) kugumiriza
(from falling) gusama
(hard feelings) kwīdōga
(in place) kugumya
(lightly) kwānjānjwa
(out) kubangira
(out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
(of rope, vi) kudādira
(strongly) gushimika
(take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
(to) kwūmira
(up) gushigirika

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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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home ▶ (at ~) i muhira, imuhira
(at the ~ of) kwa
(at our ~) i wācu, iwācu
(at my ~) i wanyu, iwanyu
(at their ~) i wabo, iwabo
(to go ~) gutāha, kuganūka
(to go ~ from work) kugodoka
(to not stay at) guhugūmba
(to return to parent's ~ when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to take ~ objects, cows, after being away long time) kugishūra

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homosexual ▶ (person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
(to be gay) kunōnōka
(to have ~ intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to act as ~, commit ~ acts) gutingana
(to have ~ intercourse, rude) guswerana nk'imbwa
(effeminate traditional priest) ikihindu, ikimaze

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honor ▶ icūbahiro

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honored person ▶ umuninahazwa, umutūngwa, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(in adressing him), umupfāsoni

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horrid ▶ (any horrid hateful thing) urunūka

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horse ▶ ifarāshi, ifarāsi

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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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huge ▶ (any huge thing) ikigambati

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hunt ▶ uruhīgi

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hunter ▶ umuhīgi

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hunting ▶ (to return from) guhīgūka

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hurl ▶ gushibura

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hurry ▶ kwīhūta, kwīruka, gukovya, gukōkōbereza, gukwākwānya, kunyānyasa, kunyaragasa, kunyaruka, gushibuka
(of child only) kudirigiza
(to go) kubāndānya
(to go and return) gutebūka
(along, as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants) kurārāta
(to be in a ~) gufuruguta
(to do in a ~) kubanguka
(to not be in a ~) kwītōnda

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ill ▶ (to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
(often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
(to become ~ one after another) guhindikirana
(to lie around ~ long time) kuvūnda
(see also under 'sick')

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illegitimate ▶ (child) igihūmbu, ikivyārwa

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immaculate ▶ (something spotlessly white) umwēru

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imperfect ▶ (thing) akarohe

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improve ▶ (another's work) guhīngūra
(physically or otherwise) kwōroherwa
(to begin to feel better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
(soil) gutabira
(taste of food) kuryosha
(a technique) guteza imbere
(ubuhinga)

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inanimate ▶ things ibinyavu

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indict ▶ (to take someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza

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infant ▶ uruyōya, uruhīnja

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influence ▶ (man of) umushīngantāhe

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injection ▶ urushinge
(to give ~, inject) gutera urushinge
(to receive ~) gutērwa urushinge

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

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intelligence ▶ ubuhanga, ubwēnge, ubuhīnga
(to have natural ~) kuvūmbura
(e.g. yavūmbuye ubwēnge)

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

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jewels ▶ urutabonwa
(worn by king or great chiefs) inyambarabāmi

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join ▶ gufatanya, kumatanya, gutēranya
(together, esp. poles at top in building house) kudōmbagiza
(together a broken thing) kwūnga

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journey ▶ urugēndo
(food for) impāmba
(to prepare things for) gutēkera

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judgement ▶ urubānza, ingīngo, intāhe, itēka
(~ hall) iboma
(to have ~) guhinyura
(to not accept ~ rendered) gutagara

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jumble ▶ (things) gucurikiranya

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jump ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
(about) gukinagira
(from above) gushunguruka
(in one's sleep) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
(in surpise) guhahabuka
(in surprise or when awakened) kuzanzamuka, gukanguka
(up and run quickly) kwūbuka
(when stung or bitten) gushikurwa
(with fear, heart) guhahama

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justify ▶ gutsīndanīshiriza
(oneself) kwīregūra

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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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king ▶ umwāmi
(entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
(house of) ingoro
(pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
(to become) kwīma
(to die) gutānga
(to make) kwīmika
(to sit) kuvyāgira
(to speak evil of ~) kurogota

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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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known ▶ (to be) guhinyuka
(to be well ~) kumenyēkana, kurangiranwa
(to become) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
(to be made) kwāndagara, kwāndagaza
(to make) kwērura, gukwīza, kumenyēsha
(to make) gukwīragiza, kurānga, guserura, kwāngaza, kwātura, guhishūra, kwāmāmaza
(well ~ person or thing) ururangiranwe, ikirangiranwe

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kraal ▶ urugo
(entrance to king's) ikirīmba
(head of) sēnaka
(owner of) umutūngwa, nyene
(with many houses of members of one family) ikigwati
(within the kraal) intangāro

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labor ▶ ubucumukure
(childbirth) ibise
(to ~) gutama, gucumukura

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last ▶ imperūka
(one of anything) imperēra
(one of family who has no children) imponnyi
(at ~) ubuherūka, aho rēro
(to be ~, previous) guherūka

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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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launderer ▶ umumesūzi, umumeshi

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lay ▶ (a thing on its side) guhēngeka
(down, vt) kuryāmika
(down a burden) gutūra
(eggs) guta amagi
(hands on, dedicate) kurambikakw ibigānza
(on the ground) kurambika
(someone on his side) gukīkira

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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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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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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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liar ▶ umubēshi, umusukanyi
(one who goes about lying) indimanya

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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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limp ▶ gucumbagira, guhinyiza,
(to be) kugoyagoya

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line ▶ umurōngo
(of people, animals, etc.) umuhururu, umukuku
(typographical) umukwēgo, agakwego
(to ~ up, vi) gutōnda
(to ~ up, vt) gutōndēsha, gutōndekanya
(to march in a ~) gutōndekana
(to ~ up workers) kurārika

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lines ▶ (or rows on baskets or cloth, e.g. corduroy) umuhiro

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lining ▶ iharire ifatanye n'impuzu
(architecture) imbaho z'imihage

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long ▶ (to ~ for) gusamāza, gukūmbura
(thing for which one longs) igishika

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long-lived ▶ (to bethings, not people) kurama
(people) kurāmba

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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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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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lukewarm ▶ (anything) akazuyāzi, inzuyāzi
(to be) kuzuyāza

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lustful ▶ (thinking and practices) ubuhehesi

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lying ▶ ububēshi
(one who goes about lying) indimanya

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magnet needle ▶ urushinge rukwega ivyuma, ruriko isumaku

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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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man ▶ (married) umugabo
(of influence) umushīngantāhe
(old) umutāma
(young, unmarried) umusore

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many ▶ –inshi
(how many?) –ngāhe?
(so many) –ngāho
(to be ~) kurūndāna
(to be, esp. cows, trees) gusagāra
(to be so) kungana

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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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master ▶ Bwana (Sw.), umukama, umushīngantāhe, nyene
(my, our) dātabuja
(your) shōbuja
(his, her, their) shēbuja
(of an art) umuhīnga
(to be) kugaba

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mat ▶ (grass mat to sit on) umusēzero
(made of slipt papyrus) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
(sleeping) ikirago
(small) umukeka
(very nice, used by king or chief) indāva
(worn-out) umusāmbi

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matter ▶ (in the eyes) ibikaragāshi

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mean ▶ (to be ~ to) guhama
(to say ~ things in trying to provoke another) kwīyandagaza

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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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member ▶ (of group) umunywanyi
(of chief's council who listens to trials) umunyekōmbe
(of family) abavandimwe

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

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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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minister ▶ (servant) umusuku
(prime minister) Ministre mukuru
(cabinet minsiter) umushikiranganji

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miracle ▶ igitangāza, akūmiza
(not by God's power) amarēba
(making others think you've done a ~ when it's only a deception) uburyi

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miscarriage ▶ ukuruhira ubusa

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mist ▶ urwīrungu, igipfūngu
(to ~) kunyanyāga
(condensation) umuhisha

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mister ▶ Bwana (Sw.), Bgana, umushīngantāhe

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mix ▶ (vt) gutēranya, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
(dough) gucūmba
(things up and pack them down together) gukanjagura
(thoroughly) gucucuma
(together) gusukiranya
(up) kuzīkuruka
(up thoroughly) gusobanganya

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mock ▶ gushinyira

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moment ▶ amango, ikibariro, umwānya, ikivi
(of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(to wait the right) guhēngēra
(a short time) akanya

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more ▶ –ndi
(to be) gusāga, gusāguka
(to do even) kurushiriza

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mother ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina

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mother-in-law ▶ (my) mābukwe
(your) nyokobukwe
(his, her, their) inabukwe

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mouth ▶ akanwa
(big, many) amanwa
(person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
(to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
(to put in the ~ of) gutamika
(to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura

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

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much ▶ cane, –inshi
(very much) rwōse
(to be too much) gucāguka

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nature ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
(spirit) imbāndwa

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nauseated ▶ (to be) gusesemwa
(by repulsive thing) gushishwa

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needle ▶ urushinge
(for sowing) urushinge rwo kujisha imipira

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nephew ▶ (son of brother) umuhūngwacu, umusēngezana
(nephew or niece, child of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa

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net ▶ (for fishing) urusēnga
(mosquito ~) umusegetera

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net curtain ▶ ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana

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new ▶ -sha, -shasha
(to be, as new teaching) kwāduka
(to bring new seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra

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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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noise ▶ urwamo
(loud, frightening) umuturagaro
(esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
(of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
(of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
(of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
(to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
(to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
(to make a loud frightening) guturagara

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number ▶ igiharūro, nimero
(a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
(of things) igitigiri

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oath ▶ indahiro
(to take an) kurahīra
(to go back on) kurahurūra

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object ▶ (of worship) ikigirwamāna

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obliquely ▶ (to place) guhirika

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observation ▶ icashitsweko

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offer ▶ (to) gutānga, kubangira, gushikana
(gift) guterēka, gutūra
(presents) guhōnga
(sacrifice) gushikana
(to spirits) guterekēra
(but take back) guhema
(place to offer to the spirits) igitabo

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offering ▶ impērezwa, ishikanwa, itūro

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often ▶ kēnshi

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oil ▶ amavuta
(olive) amavuta ya elayo
(dirty ~) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini

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one ▶ -mwe, rimwe
(one solitary thing) urudēnde
(one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
(to come ~ by ~) gutororokanya
(~ by ~) isorōsoro

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open ▶ (vi) kwāturuka, gukīnguruka, gupfunduka
(vt) gufungūra (Sw.), kugarānzura, gukīngūra, gupfundurura, kurumūra, kwūgurura, kuzibūra
(the eyes) gukanura
(the eyes of another) guhumūra
(flower) kwātura
(the mouth) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
(mouth, or book) kubūmbūra
(suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
(to be ~ to view) kugaragara
(to be wide ~) kurāngāra
(to leave ~) kurāngāza
(space) agahīnga

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opponent ▶ (in game) uwo muhiganwa, uwo mudasangiye umurwi, uwuhiganwa

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over ▶ (way over there) harīya
(not too far away) harya
(to be almost, night) gushīra, e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca
(to be left) gusigara
(to leave) gusigaza
(left-overs) imisigazwa

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overcome ▶ kunēsha, gutsīnda, kunaniza
(to be ~ by something difficult) kunanirwa
(to ~ an enchantment) kurogōra
(seek assistance to) kugomorera
(to help another ~ enemy) gukōndōrera

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over-crowded ▶ (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora

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pain ▶ igisigo, umubabaro, ububabare
(sharp) umusōnga
(to get relief from) kwōroherwa
(to grit one's teeth to avoid showing) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
(to have) kubabara
(to have severe) kurībwa
(to suffer) gucumukura
(to suffer without complaint) kwīyumānganya
(to take pains with) kwītōndera

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palm ▶ (of hand) ikigānza, urushi, umunwe

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part ▶ igice, igicuri, umugabane, ikigabane, igihīmba, ingaburo
(to be ~ of) gukukira

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pass ▶ guhita
(allow to) kubisa
(allow another to) kubisiriza
(between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
(by, but not meet) guhubana
(gas) gusurira
(out gifts) kugaba
(out of sight) kurēngāna
(over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
(the night) kurāra
(through) guca
(to bring to ~) gucimbataza
(to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
(to bring in passing) guhitana

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pasture ▶ (belonging to great chief) icānya
(fresh, new shoots of grass) umugutu
(to ~, vi) kwāhuka
(to ~, vt) kuragira, kurīsha
(animals in good place) kwāhura
(in greener pastures, vt) kugisha
(to lead cows to) guturutsa

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pat ▶ (child) gushīshītira

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payment ▶ ubwishu
(of debt) inyīshu
(overdue) ibirāre
(to demand ~) kurihisha

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peeling ▶ igishishwa, udukōkōrwa

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pencil ▶ ikaramu (Sw.)
(for slate) idushi
(~ box) agapfuko k'amakaramu

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pepper ▶ (Sw.) ipiripiri, ipilipili, agapiripiri, impiripiri
(chilli) urusenda

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perfect ▶ guheraheza, guhīngūra
(to be) kuba agahore, guhebūza, kunengesēra, gutūngāna, kwūzura
(to make) kuroraniriza, gutūngānya, kwūzuza

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persevere ▶ gukomeza, gushīshikara, gushimika

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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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persuade ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
(to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
(to try to ~) gukiranira

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pick ▶ (a chicken) kumōngōra
(a fight) gusōtōra
(peas, beans, berries) gutōbōra
(squash, corn) gukōndōra
(up) gutōra, kuyōra
(up, as birds do) kunobagura, kunoba
(up bits of food here and there) kunūranura
(up here and there) gutōragura
(up manure and put in garden) kuvūmbura

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piece ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igice
(of bread) ikibege
(of fruit) icamwa
(of land) ishāmvu, ikivi
(of paper or cloth) ibitabu
(of something that has been cut) igisate
(to come to pieces) gusambūka
(to tear in pieces) gutabagura

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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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plateau ▶ (high) umugāmba

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

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please ▶ (to) guhīmbāra, kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kuryōhera

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

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plenty ▶ (to eat) guhāga
(to eat, rude) guhīmba
(to have plenty) guhīmba
(place where food is plentiful) ubusumo, amasumo

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pointer ▶ (of scales) urushinge rw'umunzane

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ponder ▶ (think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, gutegēra, kuzirikana

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poorly ▶ (to be made, esp. thing of clay) guhōmba

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pork butcher's ▶ (shop) ihinguriro ry'inyāma z'ingurube

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porridge ▶ umwengano, umusururu, igikoma
(thick bread-like) ubugari
(to stir) gushigisha

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potato ▶ (sweet) ikijūmbu, ikijūmpu
(sweet, vines) imibuto, imivyūka
(white) ikiraya, ikiyāra, igihaya, intofanyi
(fried chips) ifiriti

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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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practice ▶ umwīmenyereza
(to ~) kwīmenyereza, kuguma ugerageza
(a profession) guhīngūra

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praise ▶ ishīmwe, amatāzīrano
(person worthy of ~ or love) umunyagikūndiro

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praiseworthiness ▶ ubuhizi

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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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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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present ▶ (gift) ingabire, ishimwe, impano, ikado, itūro
(to give) kugabira
(to receive) gushikirwa
(to ~ a gift with something expected in return) kugemura

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pretend ▶ (something isn't so) kwiyobagiza
(to work) gushaza

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pretty ▶ -īza
(pretty thing) akeza

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previous ▶ (to be of the ~ year)
(i.e. beans) guhitira

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price ▶ igicīro, ikiguzi
(purchase price) ikiguzi
(redemption ~) ingorore, inkūka
(to ask very high ~) kuzimba

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pride ▶ ubwībone, ubwīshime, amanyama

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priest ▶ umuhērezi
(traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
(catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri

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prince ▶ (blood relationship) umuganwa

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product ▶ icahinguwe, akagenegene, ibicuruzwa

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prone position ▶ (anything in) umurambararo
(to be in) kwūbika inda

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pronouncement ▶ (work or command sent out by king and spread by chiefs) amatēka

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proof ▶ icāgiriza, agahinyuza

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prop ▶ urwēgo
(for closing door) ikibāndo
(something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
(up) kwegeka

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proud ▶ (to be) kwīkakīsha, kwīmānya, kwīshīma, kwībona

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prove ▶ kwāgiriza, kwerekana, guhinyuza, kujījūra
(that a drink is not poisoned) kurogoza
(to one that he's wrong) kujīnjibura
(a prove) icemezo

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pull ▶ gukwēga, gushikura
(by roots) gusitura, kumomora, kurandura
(easily) kumomoka, gushikuka
(things away from plant or tree) gukurira
(~ out, ~ up stake) gushingūra
(out of the mud) gushāyūra
(teeth) guhongora

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

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pus ▶ amashira

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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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queen ▶ (wife of king, or of great chief) umwāmikazi
(ruling, mother of king) umugabekazi

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quench ▶ (one's thirst) guhodoka, kwīshōza, kwīca inyōta

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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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rafter ▶ umwashi

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railway ▶ igāri ya moshi

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railroad ▶ igāri ya moshi

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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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raise ▶ gusokōra
(animals) gutūnga
(arm) kurāmvura, gutarika
(arm to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
(clamor) kugūmūka
(eyes) kurarama
(from dead) kuzūra
(higher) kurārūra
(in sense of increase) kwongera
(head) kurāngamiza, kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra
(up) kumanika, kwūnamūka, kurāngamiza, kwūnamūra, kuraramuka, kuvyūra, kuvyūtsa
(voice) kurangurura

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rank ▶ igiti
(person of high ~) umupfāsoni

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raphia ▶ imihivu

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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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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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rear ▶ (a child) kurera

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rearing ▶ (of children) indero

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reason ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, imvo, igituma
(to ~ with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
(to ~ within oneself) kwībūranya
(to be tired without ~) kudendebukirwa
(to lose ~) gusara

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receive ▶ (to) kwābīra, kwākīra, kurōnka
(back security) kugwatūra
(from someone's hands) kwēnda
(in one's hands) kwābīra
(loan and then not pay back) guherana
(more) kurushiriza
(physically) gutēga
(presents) gushikirwa
(something as a gift or loan and repay reluctantly and late) guhasha
(place to receive money or other things) iyakīriro

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reflect ▶ (sense of think) kwītegereza

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refuse ▶ kwānka, kugāmbāna, guhakana, kunana
(absolutely) guta agati, kuziririza
(esp. girl to marry a certain man) kubēnga
(strongly) gukankamira
(to acknowledge one's wrong) kudadarara
(to eat) kuzira
(to eat or drink with) kunēna
(to eat what you've always eaten) guhura
(to give) kwīma
(to give to another) kwīmana
(to give another his own) kugūnga
(to go on helping someone) guhasha
(to listen, almost as crazy) gutaragurika
(to listen to authority) kugarariza
(to obey) kugaranya
(to repay loan) guheranira

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reject ▶ gushibura
(council) gusaragurika
(food that you've always eaten) guhura

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relay ▶ ('bwakeye' to chief) gukānda

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relieve ▶ (need) gukenūra
(another, as soldier) kugombōra
(one's own need) kwīkenūra
(to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(to be relieved of load) kuremurukwa

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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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remorse ▶ (to make another feel badly over something he's done) gutēteka

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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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repair ▶ guhīngūra
(car) gukanika imodoka
(house) gusanura
(something absolutely worn out, or, ~ repeatedly) gusanasana
(woven thing) gusana

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repeat ▶ gusubīra, kwongera, kugereka, kugerekeranya
(many times) kwiyongeranya
(to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping) gutumbūra
(to ask another to ~ in order to check his veracity) gucaca

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repulse ▶ (violently) gushibura

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repulsive ▶ (to be) gushisha
(to be nauseated by a ~ thing) gushishwa

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reserve ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba

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residence ▶ itahīriro

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resolve ▶ (find the solution) guhīngūra

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respect ▶ isoni, icūbahiro
(that which is respected) igitīnyiro
(to ~) gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
(to lack) kwūbahuka

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respected ▶ (person) umwūbahwa
(that which is ~) igitīnyiro

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return ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
(other than where speaker is) gusubira
(vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
(from far away) guhabūka
(from hunting) guhīgūka
(from running away) guhīngūra
(from war) gutabāruka
(home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
(to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
(to fail to) kugīrīra
(to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
(to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
(with) kugarukana
(person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
(an investment ~) umwimbu

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reveal ▶ kwāndagara, kwātura, kwerekana, gufobōra, gufurūra, kugaragara, kugaragaza, kugoborora, guhishūra, kunyegurura, gusokorora
(oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
(what is false) guhūmuriza

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revealed ▶ (to be) guhishūka

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reverence ▶ icūbahiro
(to ~) kwūbaha

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rise ▶ (arise from lying) kuvyūka
(of sun) kubāndūka, kurasa (e.g. umutwēnzi urabāndūtse)
(of anything containing leaven) gukuka, gukakama, gututūmba
(from the dead) kuzūka

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roof ▶ igisēnge
(house with high pointed ~) umushōnge, agashūngēre
(to put on a) gusakāra

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root ▶ umuzi, igishitsi
(of word) itsina
(to pull out by roots) kurandura, gusitura, kumomora

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rope ▶ ingoyi, umugozi, akagozi, umuzana, ikiziriko
(to bind criminal) imvuto
(heavy) injīshi
(loop of) impururu
(made of papyrus) umuhotora
(woven or plaited) igitsibo

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rotted ▶ (things, place of) iborēro

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rows ▶ (on basket, cloth) umuhiro

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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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rumble ▶ (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
(in stomach) kuborōga, kugonga
(thunder) guhīnda

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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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sacrifice ▶ ikimazi, impērezwa
(to ~ for) kwīgura, kwīheba
(to give, offer, make) gushikana
(place to offer to the spirits) igitabo

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salt ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra

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saltcellar ▶ agashinguramunyu

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saltshaker ▶ agashinguramunyu

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satisfied ▶ (to be) guhāga
(to be, used in negative way) guhīmba
(to be, with) gushīma

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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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say ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu

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scales ▶ ibikaragāshi
(for weighing) umunzāne

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scaly skin ▶ ibikaragāshi

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scar ▶ inkovu
(from medical cutting) ururāsago, indāsago
(left by person scratching or biting another) inkogote
(on gourd or skin) umuguma
(of plant) ibango

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scatter ▶ gukwīragiza, gusāba, gusanza,
(vt) gusanzāza
(vi) gusanzāra
(esp. seeds from tree, vi) gushwiragira
(vt) gushwiragiza
(everywhere, vi) gusābagīra
(everywhere, vt) gusābagīza
(seeds or dirt by scratching as chicken does) gusūra

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scold ▶ guhana, gukangīra, gusīndira, gutāta, gukankamira, gutonganya
(vehemently) guhāririza, guhahiriza

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scorn ▶ umugayo, akagayo, agasūzuguro
(one who scorns others) umucōkōranyi
(spit spurted from between teeth as indication of) inyeri
(to ~) guhinyura, kunēma, kugaya, gukēngēra
(to show ~ by spitting out) gucīra inyeri

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scrape ▶ guhara, guharura
(feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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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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seclude ▶ (one who likes to go by himself rather than with others) ikirarashamba

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secretly ▶ urwīhisho, impisho, inēnge
(to plan to do something ~) kwīmbirira

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see ▶ kubona
(after being blind) guhumūka
(see here!) erega
(that someone wishes to see you alone) gukebuka
(through deceit) guhinyura
(with comprehension) kurabukwa

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select ▶ kurobānura
(a person to sell a thing or to bring tax) gutōza

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seperating ▶ (thing) itandukāniro

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set ▶ (of sun) kurēnga
(down, to carry and ~ down frequently) gusegenyeza
(example) guha akarorero
(fire to) guturira
(fixed time) kugerereza
(free) kudādura
(one's heart on) guhahamira
(the table) gupānga ameza
(time: to do something at a ~ time) guhēnga

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shake ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
(vt) gukunkumura
(as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
(down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
(down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
(hands) guhānayāmbo
(hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe

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shaking ▶ igishītsi

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shameful ▶ (to do ~ things) guhūmba

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shameless ▶ (to be) gushirukanya, kwerura

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share ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
(to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra

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shelf ▶ ubushinguro bugerekeranye
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi

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shell ▶ (of gun) urusoro
(peanuts, etc.) ibishishwa
(egg) ikibarara
(carapace) ikigaragamba, umuruka

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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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shiver ▶ (to) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kujugumira, guhīnda agashitsi, kuja mu gashitsi

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short ▶ –gufi, –gufiya, –gufinya
(to be ~ something) gusība, gukērērwa, kubura

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shoulder ▶ igitugu, urutugu
(to toss garment over) gukūba
(shoulder bag) agashakoshi

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shuttering ▶ (architecture) imbaho z'imihage

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sick ▶ (person) umurwāyi
(child) uruzingo
(to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
(to be often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
(i.e. indwara irambūngamwo)
(to assist ~ person in walking) kwāndāza
(to make) kurwāza
(to be taken ~ suddenly, supposedly from python looking at one) gukāngwa
(to visit the ~) gusuhūza
(to take care of the ~) kurwāza

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sickly ▶ (child) uruzīngo

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side ▶ (of person) urubavu
(not of person) uruhānde
(on this ~) hīno
(on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
(on that ~) hīyo
(on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
(on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
(on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
(to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
(to lay someone on his) gukīkira
(to lie on one's ~) gucurama
(to put to one ~) guherereza
(to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura

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sigh ▶ guhēmūka, guhumēka, kuniha
(with disgust or displeasure) guhigimānga

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simultaneous ▶ (to do two things at once) kubāngikanya

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sing ▶ kurirīmba
(loudly) guhogora
(of troubles) gucurira intimba
(very nicely) guhibongoza

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sister ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa

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skill ▶ ubuhizi, ukumenyēra
(special) umwūga

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skilled ▶ inkerebutsi
(person) umuhānga, umuhīnga, umuhizi, umugesera, umufūndi (Sw.), umuntu w'inkuba

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skillful ▶ inkerebutsi
(to be) kubanguka, guhīngūra
(to be more than others) kuzīnga

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skillfulness ▶ ubugesera, ubuhizi, ubuhīnga

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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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slant ▶ (vi) guhirika, gukīka
(vt) gukīkama, guhēngeka, gukikamika

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slap ▶ ikōfe
(on the face) inshi

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slate ▶ urubāho, igisate, ikigura
(pensil) idushi

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slope ▶ inkingu
(of hill) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
(steep) agahanamo

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soft ▶ (anything very ~, lacking stiffness) urudēndevu
(to be) kwōroha
(to be silky ~) kurēmba
(to get ~ in water) kubōmbōka
(to make soil ~) kwōrohereza
(and springy, e.g. earth in swamp) kudemwademwa

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soften ▶ (another's anger) gufyīta
(soil) kwōrohereza
(cloth) kworosha impuzu mu kuyishira mu mazi

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solution ▶ (to find the) guhīngūra

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solve ▶ (riddle) gupfīndūra, guhīngūra

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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
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sore ▶ igikomere
(little) akarōnda
(to be) gutonekara
(in one's muscles) kunywāguka
(to hit a ~ place) gutoneka
(to have running sores) kujējēta

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sorrow ▶ umubabaro, akabōnge, agahīnda, ishavu, intūntu, intimba
(words that remains in heart causing sorrow) isata burēnge

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sorrowful ▶ (to be) gushangashirwa

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sound ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
(well) kwūmvīkana
(to make a bubbling ~) gusāma

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space ▶ umwānya, ikibānza
(open) agahīnga
(a small space) akanya
(cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
(to take up ~) gutabarara

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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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spill ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
(anything not liquid) gusanzāra
(over) gusēsekara

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spirit ▶ igihūme, impwēmu, umuzimu
(Holy Spirit) Mpwemu Mweranda, Mpwemu Yera
(nature spirit) imbāndwa
(of person) umushaha
(to chase away or drive out evil ~) gusēnda
(to offer to ~) guterekēra
(~ worship) ubuzimuzimu

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splash ▶ kumījīra
(and tumble, water in river) gusūriranya
(splashing of water on rocks in river) igisebuzi

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spots ▶ (girls put on clothing to help them get a husband) indome
(to put spots on something) kudoma

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sprain ▶ guhānyuka, guhinyagara
(slightly) gukāshuka

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spread ▶ (abroad, vt) kwāndagaza, kwāngāza, gukwīza, gukwīragiza
(vi) kwāmāmara, gukwīra, guhetūra, gukwīragira
(grass) gusasa
(legs apart) guhānyuka
(out) gupānga
(out great branches) kugasāra
(out on something) gusanza
(thing spread out flat) ikiramvu

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spur ▶ (chicken) igikohwa

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stake ▶ (out goat in pasture) kuzirika
(drive ~) gushīnga
(to come out, ~) gushingūka
(to pull out ~) gushingūra

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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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stare ▶ (at) gufyura amāso, guhānga amāso, gukanaguza
(at one another) guhangana
(at without seeing) guturumbura, gutumbagura
(to get left behind as you ~ at something) kurāngāra

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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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steal ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
(from each other) kwībana
(habitually) guhīmbira
(to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa

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steam ▶ umuhīsha, umwūka

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step ▶ intambuko
(measure by steps) itāmbwe
(place where steps are cut in hillside) ubukiru
(to ~) gutambuka
(aside to make light) gukīngūra, gukīnguruka
(on) guhonyora
(take little steps) kunyonyera

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stir ▶ gucucuma, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
(around) gucambagirana
(in one's sleep) guhahamuka
(porridge) gushigisha
(up trouble) kugūmūka

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stock ▶ ibishinguwe, ibibitswe

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stomach ▶ inda, umushīshīto
(big, fat) ikizeze

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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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stop ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
(vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
(diarrhea) gufutīsha
(quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
(~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
(a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
(up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka

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stored ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana

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storm ▶ (wind and rain) inkūbi
(wind) inkūrūma
(noise of approaching) umugigimo
(thunderstorm) ikivura

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stove ▶ ifuro, izīko, amashiga y'ikizungu
(portable) iresho

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strange ▶ (thing) ikija

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strike ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
(against in order to knock down) gusita
(down and almost kill) kurabika
(one against the other, knees) gukomānya
(oneself) kwīkubita
(oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
(sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
(thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
(prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
(to raise one's arm to) kubangurira

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strip ▶ (leaves from tree or stick) gukōkōra
(one of his clothing) gukoba, gukākagura
(cloth) igitabu c'impuzu
(paper) umuzingo

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strive ▶ gukobeza, gushīshikara, guharanira
(~ after) gukovya
(~ and crowd together) kuvurungana

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stroll ▶ (about as if one had nothing else to do) kubagabaga
(to ~ about when one should be working) kuraramanga

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strong ▶ (person) umunyenkomezi
(something which appears to be ~, but is weak) igihōmbe
(to be) guhāngama, gukomera, kurema, kurama, kunōnōka
(to be very) gutetera, gushikama
(to make) gukomeza
(to make very) gushikama
(to remain) gushikama

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

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stump ▶ igishitsi

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stung ▶ (to jump when) gushikurwa

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suffer ▶ kubabara, gucumukura
(because of certain thing) kuzira
(much) gusinzikara
(pain without complaint) kwīyumānganya
(to cause to) kubabaza, gusinzikaza

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sugar bowl ▶ agashingurasukari

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sun ▶ izūba
(red sun when very low at night) igihendabaja
(to rise) kurasa
(to set) kurēnga
(to bring things in from) kwānura
(to put out in) kwānikira

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sundown ▶ (toward) umuhīngamo

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superhuman ▶ (thing) igihūme

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superintendent ▶ umushikirwa, umuntu ahishirigwa

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support ▶ ishimikiro
(to ~) gushigikiza, gufasha

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supreme ▶ (something ~) agaheta

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surety ▶ (co-signer for note) umwīshīnzi

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surgery ▶ ubuhinga bwo kubaga abantu

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surpass ▶ (one who surpasses all others) agahebūza, agakūra
(thing that surpasses everything of its kind) akaminūza, akarēnzo
(to ~) kurēnga, kurusha, kurushiriza, kuruta, gusūmba
(all others, good or bad) guhebūza, kunengesēra
(to try to ~) guhiga

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swear ▶ kwīsiba
(give oath) kurahīra
(at) gutuka

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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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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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tall ▶ –rē-re, muremure etc.
(or big thing, esp. person) ingāma
(e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
(and fat) ikigwīnyīra

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tan ▶ (hides) guhara, guhaza
(color) umuyēnzi
(goats' hair) umufumbēre

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tassel ▶ (long) imihivu

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teacher ▶ umwīgīsha, umwārimu (Sw.)
(professor) umuprofeseri, umwīgīsha wa kaminuza
(comment of ~) ugushīma kw'umwīgīsha

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tear ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumānyuruka, gutabuka, gutantamuka
(vt) gutabura, gutantamura
(along, water, rain) gusūriranya
(away) gushikura
(big hole, vi) kumānyuka
(big rip, vi) kumwanyuruka
(clothes, vt) gukākagura
(clothes in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
(down) guhenura, guhomvora, guhonyora, gusambūra, gusangangura
(down nest) kwāruza
(in pieces) gutabagura

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teeth ▶ amēnyo (see also tooth)
(grinding of) insya z'amēnyo
(very close together) impatane
(to brush the) kwīnyugunura, kwīyugunyura
(to get the first) kwēra
(to grit) gukomānya, kuzyēgenya
(to grit one's ~ to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
(to notch) guhongora
(to pull) guhongora

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tell ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
(one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
(to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
(all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
(dream) kurōtōra
(events) kudōnda
(fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
(how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
(someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
(something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
(to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
(to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
(what one has done) kwīyagiriza
(what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
(whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura

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temple ▶ (of head) umusaya, imvuridahita

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tempt ▶ kugerageza, kugeza, kwōsha
(one into something then leave him) gusuka

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ten ▶ icumi, cumi
(~ times) icumi
(things over and above ten) igisaga

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tenacity ▶ (to not quit without accomplishing certain thing) gushirwa

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textile ▶ ubugwegwe bahinguramwo impuzu
(~ mill) uguhingura inyuzi

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thanks ▶ (gift of) ishīmwe
(in advance) uzoba ukoze

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thigh ▶ (upper) ikibero
(thighs, buttock) itako

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thing ▶ ikintu
(forsaken, worn out) akāhebwe
(very tiny) akazatsa
(discarded things) umwāvu
(of no value) ikija

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think ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
(about) kuziga
(over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
(to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
(I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
(think of that!) pe!

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threat ▶ agahahirizo, igikangīro, imihigo

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threaten ▶ kudigiriza, guhahiriza, guhiga, kwīhanikirza, gukana, gukangīra, kuvyigiriza
(to rain) gukuba

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threats ▶ imihigo

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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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tie ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
(beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
(clothes at waist) gukenyeza
(cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
(firmly) kudādira
(neck of sack) kuniga
(oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
(securely) kudaga
(together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
(up a bundle) gutēkera
(with knot) gupfundika
(as goat in pasture) kuzirika

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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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time of day ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba

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tiny ▶ -nzīnya (used esp. with 7th class)
(very ~ thing) akazatsa
(~ thing of no value) akazirukanyo

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tip ▶ isōnga, igisōnga
(payment) impēmbo, agashirukabute
(to ~ head back) kurarama
(to ~ head to one side) guhengama

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tiptoe ▶ (to go on very softly) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(to stand) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
(to stand to get something) gusumburukwa

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

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tomorrow ▶ ejo (lit. 'the other day', therefore also: yesterday)
(day after ~) hīrya y'ējo

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top ▶ (of roof) agatwe
(of mountain or hill) impīnga, igikombe
(to arrive at) kurēngēra
(to cut ~ of grass or tree) gukēmūra

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torch ▶ urumuri, isitimu, itoroshi, itoci

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torment ▶ gukēkeza, gushinyagurira

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torture ▶ agashinyaguro

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touch ▶ gukora, gukorako, gukorakora, gushorera
(a person to attract his attention) gukoma

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track ▶ ikānda
(of animal) umwānza
(of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken) akēhe
(to make) guhonyora

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train ▶ igāri ya moshi

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transform ▶ guhindura

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translate ▶ guhindura

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transparent ▶ (to be) kubonerana
(thing, or shiny) urubona

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travail ▶ (childbirth) ibise

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treat ▶ (one who treats illness) umuvūzi
(to ~ illness) kuvūra
(with anger) gushinyagura
(patient who does not recover) gufufahaza

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tree ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane

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tremble ▶ guhīnda agashitsi, kujugumira
(as hands in grasping) gususumira
(earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
(in fear) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kudugudwa
(of hands, from cold or fever) gutetemera

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trembling ▶ agashītsi, igishītsi
(because of fear) agatēngo

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truth ▶ ukuri, impamo
(to hide the ~) kwīyobagiza
(to make one tell the ~) kurahuruza
(to speak the ~) guhinyuza
(to tell the whole ~, without hiding a thing) kwātagura
(someone speaking the ~) imvugakuri

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try ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
(on clothes) kwīgera
(over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
(to get out of work) gushaza
(to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
(to know something) kugenzūra
(to persuade) gukiranira
(to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
(to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
(to surpass another) guhiga

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turn ▶ urubu
(to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
(to have one's) kuramukirwa
(about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
(against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
(around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
(around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
(away, vt) guhīnda
(back, vt) gukuba
(as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
(on side, vt) guhēngeka
(one's head) gukebuka
(over and over, vt) kugaragura
(right side up) gucurūra
(upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
(upside down or wrong end to) gucurika

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tutor ▶ umurēzi
(to ~ child) kurera

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twist ▶ gukānya, guhotora
(as arm, rope, etc.) guhīnga
(fibers in making rope, thread) kudandikanya
(one's foot) guhinyagara
(to wriggle and ~) kwīnyuguta

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uncle ▶ (paternal, my, our) dāta wacu
(paternal, your) so wānyu
(paternal, his, her, their) sewābo
(maternal, my, our) mārume
(maternal, your) nyokorume
(maternal, his, her, their) inarume

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undecided ▶ (to be) guhigima, kujuragira

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

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unexpected ▶ (thing) icūbirizi

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unfortunate ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
(to be) guhumirwa

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ungrateful ▶ (person) intashīma

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uninhabited place ▶ agahīnga, ubutēri, ubutēritēri

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unite ▶ (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
(unite in) gupoperaniriza

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unless ▶ shiti

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unpleasant ▶ (to be) gushisha

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unstable ▶ (to be) guhindagurika, kurārāta

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unwanted ▶ (child) intabwa

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up ▶ hejuru
(higher) haruguru
(there) haruguru
(to lift) gukiriza
(to look straight) kurarama

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urchin ▶ umuhimbiri

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use ▶ (to) gukorēsha
(needlessly) kwāya
(up) guhombōza, gukōmba, kumarīsha, gushirīsha
(violence) kuzingirikira

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valley ▶ umwōnga
(with water) iriba
(with no water) akabānde
(brow of hill) igikombe
(to cross) kujabuka

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verify ▶ guhinyuza
(what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza

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violation ▶ (wrong done which deserves punishment) umuziro

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visit ▶ kugēndera, kugēndagēndera, kurāba, gutēmbēra (Sw.), gusēmbēra, guterabiri, kuyāga
(a friend) kubūngirana
(the sick, to go to help one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(someone important) gushengera, gushengerera
(to retun from visiting chief) gushengurūka

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visitor ▶ umushitsi

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vow ▶ indahiro
(to fail to keep ~) kwīrahuruza

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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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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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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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wattle ▶ (of chicken) injebejebe

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weak ▶ (person) umugoyigoyi
(~ and faltering person) urudēndevu
(place, as scar, on skins or gourds) umuguma
(something that appears to be strong but is ~) igihōmbe
(to be ~) kudendebukirwa, kugabanuka, kugira intege, kugoyagoya, kumugara
(to be ~ and floppy) kuregarega

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wear ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
(belt, girdle) gukenyera
(many clothes) guhūnda
(out) gushira, gutamiza
(out completely) guhombōza
(out person) gutamya

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weary ▶ (person) indushi
(to ~) gutamya, kurambira
(to be) kuruha

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wedding ▶ ubukwe
(to be ~ attendant) gushīngira
(to go to ~ feast) gutāha ubukwe

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welcome ▶ ikāze
(welcome!) kāze, karibu (Sw.)
(to ~) guha ikāze, gusanganira
(to give warm) gukēra (one does not say this of himself)

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welt ▶ umuramu, umushishagu
(to swell up in ~ when beaten or burned) kuramura

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whirring ▶ (sound of stick or string whipped through air) umuvuguvugu

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white ▶ cēra
(anything ~) igitare
(cow) igihororo
(something spotlessly) umwēru
(person) umwera, umuzūngu (lit. one who aimlessly travels around)
(potato) igihaya, ikiyāra, ikiraya, intofanyi
(to be) kwēra
(to make) kwēza

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whore ▶ marāya, indaya (Sw.)
(woman who has left many husbands and finally gone and built at parent's home) igisubiramuhira

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widow ▶ umupfākazi
(disrespectful term) umukēcuru
(to be, of chief, etc.) gutūmbūra
(to become) gupfākara

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wife ▶ umugēnzi, umugore
(abandoned) intabwa
(favorite) inkūndwākazi
(wife of) muka
(wife of king, chief) umwāmikazi
(to bring back ~ after she's gone home) gucūra
(to lose ~ by death) gupfākara
(to send ~ back to husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(to take) kwābīra
(to take, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza

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wind ▶ umuyaga
(heavy) igihūhūta, igihūhūsi
(and rain, storm) inkūbi
(sound of things blown by wind) umuvuguvugu
(around, as string) kuzīngīra
(to shake in ~) guhuzēnwa

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wing ▶ ibaba
(of chicken) icūbi

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wipe ▶ guhanagura, gukēmūra, gupānga (Sw.), gukoropa
(esp. mother, wiping baby) guheha
(child's nose) kumyīra
(one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out) gusangangura

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witch doctor ▶ umupfumu
(certain kind) umumago
(to have him bewitch someone) kuraguza
(to have him divine) kuraguza
(to seek out evil doers) kuragura
(to take out objects from the body) guhura
(bits of things used for divining) agatēte
(stones, etc. which he claims to take from swollen places on body) umutundiro

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witness ▶ icābona, agahinyuza, umushīngantāhe
(fact) intāhe

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woman ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
(married ~) umugore
(lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
(elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
(elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
(who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira

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word ▶ ijāmbo, amajāmbo, amagambo
(root or stem) itsina
(one who speaks with senseless repititions of ~) ikirogorogo
(to not keep one's ~, or to do that which you declared you wouldn't) kwīrahuruza

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worker ▶ umukozi
(in metals) umucūzi
(paid) umucāngero
(to hire, line up) kurārika
(to send some to one place, some to another) gutānya

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worm ▶ inzōka
(tapeworm) igikāngaga
(white, found in soil) igikogoshi

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worn out ▶ (clothes) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(mat) umusāmbi
(thing) akāhebwe, umushiro
(to be, of soil no longer productive) gutītūka
(to become) gusāza, gucobogora, gutama
(to repair repeatedly something absolutely ~) gusanasana

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worthless ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
(thing) imicekwa

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wrong ▶ (a ~ done which deserves punishment) umuziro
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rubi rw'impuzu

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yell ▶ (at each other hateful things) gutukana

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yesterday ▶ ejo (lit. 'the other day', therefore also: tomorrow)
(day before ~) hīrya y'ējo, juzi

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zeal ▶ umwēte, umwītwaririko, ishāka, ifūhe
(to have) gushiruka umwete, gushira igikonyo
(to lose one's) kudehūra

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zealous ▶ (to be) kwītwaririka, gushiruka ubute, kugira umwēte
(to be ~ to accomplish) gufūhira

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cucumber ▶ umuhiti

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archive ▶ gushingura

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industry ▶ ubuhinguriro

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factory ▶ ihinguriro, uruganda

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association ▶ ishirahamwe

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mechanic ▶ umukanishi

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sports bag ▶ ishakoshi
(small) agashakoshi

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purse ▶ umupfuko, umufuko
(ladies ~) agashakoshi

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shirt ▶ ishati, ishimīzi

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Indian ▶ (person) Umuhindi

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legislator ▶ umushingamateka

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active ▶ (to be) kubanguka, gushiruka ubute

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diligent ▶ (to be) gushiruka ubute

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energetic ▶ (to be) gushiruka ubute

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drummer ▶ (~ following the movement of the dancer) umuvuzamurishyo
(~ keeping the basic rhythm) umukokezi
(traditional ~, "one who hits hard") umutimbo
(members of drummer lineages) abazimbura, abanyuka, abanyakisaka

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item ▶ ikintu
(article, product) icahinguwe, akagenegene

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handsome ▶ -īza
(person) umuhizi

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hide ▶ (skin) urusato

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nurse ▶ (children's) umurēzi w'abana
(medical, male) umuforoma
(medical, female) umuforomakazi

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admire ▶ gutangārira, gushīma

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agreeable ▶ (to be) guhīmbāra

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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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audacity ▶ ubushirukanyi

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celebrate ▶ (to) guhīmbāza

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chubby ▶ (to be) gushisha

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cook ▶ (vt) guhīsha
(vi) gusha
(in water) gutēka
(quickly) gusobaganya

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cover ▶ (to ~) gupfuka, gufuka
(to ~ oneself) kwīpfuka
(to ~ dish, etc.) gupfūndikira
(to ~ a basket) kurumya
(mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(well) gutwikīra
(to take ~ from rain) kwūgama

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decide ▶ (to) gushīnga ingingo

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disgrace ▶ (to ~) guhinyuza

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lucky ▶ (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa

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fun ▶ ubuhīrwe

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honor ▶ (to ~) kwūbaha, guhaya, gusonera
(before others) gushīmagiza

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hunt ▶ (~ for) guhirīmba, kurondera
(for game) guhīga

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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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kick ▶ (to ~) gutēra umugere
(violently, as child does) gusyēgenya

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kind ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda

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light ▶ (to ~ fire, lamp) gucāna, kudomeka, gukongereza, kwātsa
(the path, esp. with torch) kumurika
(to become ~ suddenly, early in morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
(to come to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(to put out) kuzimya

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left behind ▶ (things, not food, ~) amasigarira
(to get ~ as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(to be ~) gusigara

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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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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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cheer up ▶ (to ~) kwīshima

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race ▶ (to ~) guhiga, kumaranira, gusiganwa, gutanguranwa, kurutanya

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slice ▶ (to ~ vegetables) guhīmbura
(to ~ crosswise) kugegena
(to ~ lengthwise) gusatura

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mistrust ▶ (to ~) kwīkēnga, gukēba
(each other) guhinyurana

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doubt ▶ (to ~) kwīyubāra, gukekeranya, gushidikanya
(oneself) kwīkēkako

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burn ▶ (vi) gusha
(and break off, tree, etc.) gutemuka
(easily, quickly, vi) gutemuka
(food, vi) kuzigira
(food slightly, vi) kuyēnga
(incense, nice smelling bark) kwōsa
(in the mouth) gukera
(let burn) kuzigiza
(quickly, vt) kubabura
(up, vt) guturira, kuyigiza
(to peel after a burn) kwūburuka
(to put something cool on a burn) gupfuvya

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refrigerator ▶ frigo, firigo
(freezer) imashīni ikanyisha

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slap ▶ (to ~) gushikiza inshi, kubīngūra

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precious ▶ (something ~) agacīro

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bill ▶ (to) kurihīsha

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company ▶ (business) ikompanyi, isosiyete
(friends, visitors) abashitsi

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concerning ▶ (~ me) jēho
(~ him, her) weho
(~ us) tweho
(~ you, pl.) mwēho

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history ▶ akahise

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model ▶ (photo, fashion) umumaneke

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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 ▶ (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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several ▶ -īnshi

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long ▶ (adj.) –rēre
(~ thing, as banana stalk) umusoko
(to live, last ~) kurāmba

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shuffle ▶ (to) guhindagurika

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shell ▶ (to ~, corn) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
(to ~, peas, beans, peanuts, etc.) gutonora, gushishagura
(in wooden mortar) gusekura

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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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store ▶ (beans, etc. for year) guhitiza
(to ~ harvest) kwīmbura

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succeed ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra

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certain ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka

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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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vow ▶ (to ~) kwīsiba, kurahīra, gushīnga

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want ▶ (to ~) gushāka, kugōmba
(one thing and that alone) gufūha
(something, but fear you won't get it) guhahama

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witness ▶ (to ~) gushīnga intahe, guhamya, kwāgiriza
(fearlessly in behalf of another) kwemānga

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overseer ▶ umuntu ahishirigwa

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competition ▶ ihiganwa

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Chinese ▶ (person) umushinwa, (language) igishinwa

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excited ▶ (to be) kwīshima

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congratulate ▶ (to) gushīma

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dignity ▶ icūbahiro

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spring ▶ (about June, early summer) impēshi

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adjust ▶ (to) guhindura

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establish ▶ (to) gushiraho

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privilege ▶ ubuhīrwe

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compliment ▶ ishīmwe

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edit ▶ (to ~) guhindura (vt), guhinduka (vi)

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wrong ▶ (to be ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to be ~ end to) gucurika
(to be placed ~ end to) gucurama
(to drop out of something because you know you're in the ~) kwōnjorora
(to try to hinder from doing ~) guhōyahōya

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past ▶ (history) akahise
(grammar) kahise

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