Kirundi Study & Dictionary

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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court house ▶ (judgement hall) iboma

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outside ▶ (of house) hānze, inyuma
(to go ~) gusohoka
(to put ~, take ~) gusohora

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guhenuka (-henutse) v ▶ to fall down (as house)

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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kwūbaka (-ūbatse) v ▶ 1. to build, to construct, 2. to be married (euphemism, to build own house is seen as prerequisite of mariage)
Ndubatse, I have built (I am married)
Sindubaka, I have not built yet (I am not yet married)

kugombeka (-gombetse) v ▶ to sprinkle 'medicine' in house to protect from harm

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

gusēnyūka (-sēnyūtse) v ▶ to fall down (esp. house)

hānze adv ▶ outside (of house)

uruhongore (impongore) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. house for animals, 2. sheepfold

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

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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soaked ▶ (to be) kujōba
(by downpour of rain) kujōbeka
(in house) kuvīrwa

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ihūmbi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ materials for building a house

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

gusanura (-sanuye) v ▶ to repair a house

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

kudōbēra (-dōbēye) v ▶ to walk about in house without permission

cleanse ▶ kwēza, gukēmūra
(~ house ceremoniously after death) kwīkōmvōmvora
(oneself) kwīsukura

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umusaka (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ house in ruins

urusāgo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ temporary house

urusīka (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ partition, wall, room in house

sprinkle ▶ gusukira, kuvōmera
(vi) kumījira
(vt) gucūcagira, kumīja, kumījagira
(as with powder, salt) kumemēra
('medicine' around house to protect it from evil) gutota

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kwirukana (-irukanye) v ▶ 1. to fire (from job), 2. to throw out (of the house)

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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urugombeko (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' to protect house

confinement ▶ (time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out) ubwība

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kwīkōmvōmvora (-īkōmvōmvoye) v ▶ to cleanse house ceremoniously after a death

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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fire ▶ umuriro
(bit of) umucānwa
(built for cows) icōtero
(made in enclosure for animals) igicāniro
(to blow the) kwātsa
(to destroy by) kuyigiza
(to extinguish) kuzimya
(to go out) kuzima
(to keep ~ going) gucānira
(to light) kudomeka
(to make, start, build) gucāna, gukongereza
(to put out) kuzimya
(to put wood on ~) gukomānya
(to set ~ to) guturira
(to fire from job, dismiss, throw out of house) kwirukana
(altar fire) igicāniro

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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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join ▶ gufatanya, kumatanya, gutēranya
(together, esp. poles at top in building house) kudōmbagiza
(together a broken thing) kwūnga

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room ▶ ikibānza, umwānya
(in house) icūmba, urusīka, igisīka
(inner) haruguru

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spot ▶ ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
(in sense of dirt) icēyi
(opposite door of house) umukōndo

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urugo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. kraal, 2. enclosure about house and yard, 3. household

flood ▶ ikidēngēri, umwūzure
(place where water has flooded) isēsero
(to be flooded in house) kuvīrwa

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

entice ▶ kwōrekēra
(to go to man's house to entice) kwigemagema

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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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icūmba (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ room (in house)

ingoro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house of a king

inguru (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ little stones taken from bottom of stream and offered to spirits in a little house

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

kuvīrwa (-vīriwe) v ▶ to be soaked, flooded in house

umukozi wo mu rugo (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ house worker (male or female)

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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igisīka (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. partition, 2. wall, 3. room in house

umuboyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ house worker (rude, derogative), house boy

urukanka (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ framework of house (finished except grass)

enclosure ▶ urugo, igipangu (about house and yard)

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framework ▶ (of house) urukānka
(of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced) ikoma

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materials ▶ (for building house) ihūmbi
(to cut trees for building, to gather building materials) guhūmbira

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nyabugoro n ▶ little house built for spirit of one who has died

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

aid ▶ imfashanyo
(to ~) gufasha
(to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(first ~) ugutabāra

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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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rip ▶ gusonoroka, kubārurura
(grass from house) gukākura
(to tear a big ~) kumwanyuruka
(up, vt) gutantamura
(up, vi) gutantamuka

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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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wall ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, uruhome
(inside house) urusīka, igisīka
(surrounding) uruzitiro
(to ~) kuzitira

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akazu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small house, hut, cabin

akēnese 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. hatred or jealousy among members of a polygamous family, 2. projection of any kind of building (such as church tower, comb on house, etc.)

guhomvoka (-homvotse) v ▶ to fall (as house, etc.)

gukākura (-kākuye) v ▶ 1. to tear clothes (in anger), 2. to rip grass from house, etc.

gusambūka (-sambūtse) v ▶ 1. to fall down (house, etc.), 2. to come to pieces

gusānga (-sānze) v ▶ 1. to find, 2. to watch (house)

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

ibāgiro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slaughtering place, slaughterhouse

icuniro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ slaughterhouse

igikāri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. temporary house, 2. back yard, 3. private part of yard

igikorēsho (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ instrument, tool
ibikorēsho vyo mu inzu household (goods)
ibikoresho vyo ku meza tableware

ikigwati (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kraal with many houses of members of one family

inarugo (ba inarugo-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wife (as manager of the household)

inzu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house, building (plural sometimes also amazu)

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

kugora (-goye) v ▶ to do woman's work (housekeeping)

kuvōgera (-vōgeye) v ▶ to walk in water, to go all through one's house, to know one's thoughts completely

umuhōra (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ path made by cows, esp. near houses

umukōndo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. navel, 2. spot opposite door or house, 3. end of boat

umuyaya (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ babysitter, housemaid

bank ▶ (bankhouse) ibanki
(~ account) ikonte, ububīko

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care ▶ (anxiety) umwītwaririko
(of body, house, etc.) isuku
(to care about) kubabara
(for) kuziganya
(to take ~ of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka, gutūnga
(to take very good ~ of) kubukabuka

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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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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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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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projection ▶ (of any kind on building, as church tower, comb on house, etc.) kenese

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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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roof ▶ igisēnge
(house with high pointed ~) umushōnge, agashūngēre
(to put on a) gusakāra

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ruins ▶ (house in) umusaka

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slaughterhouse ▶ icuniro, ibāgiro

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temporary ▶ (house) urusāgo, igikāri

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watch ▶ kurīnda, guterama, kuba māso
(as night watchman) kurārīra
(i.e. workers) kurereka
(carefully) kugendeza, kugēnza
(flock) kuragira
(for) gusūra
(house) gusānga
(out for danger) guhwebutsa
(over) kubūngabūnga, kugendeza, guteramira, kuzigama

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household ▶ urugo

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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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