if    asangwa, iyo, namba, ni, iyaba
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even if   naho
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slip    kunyerera
(down on spear, meat if it slips it's supposedly diseased) gushōka
(out little by little, e.g. nail) kwīdohōra
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niece    (daughter of sister, if a girl; daughter of brother, if boy) umukōbwacu, umukōbwanyu, umukōbwabo
(daughter of brother, if one is a girl) umusēngezana
(daughter of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
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kwīgereza (-īgereje)     v    to help oneself (even if you don't know how to do the thing)
act    (to ~ as go-between) kurehereza
(~ as if to beat, but not do it) kugera
(~ foolishly) kwītūtānya, gusaragurika, kudāyāngwa
(~ foolishly in fun) gupfyina
(~ homosexually) gutingana
(~ ignorantly) kwītūtānya
(~ indifferent) kwīrengagiza
(to ~ or go secretly because of fear) kwōmba
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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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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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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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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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meat    inyāma
(dried) umurānzi
(fat) ibinure
(to slip down on spear – if it slips it's supposed to be diseased) gushōka
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near    hāfi, hāfi ya (followed by 'ya' if there is an object)
(to be) kubāngikana
(to draw ~) kwegēra, kwīyegereza
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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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search    kwīhwēza, gusesa
(carefully) gusūra
(for) guhama, kurondera
(for a buyer) kubūnga
(carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
(research) gusesangura
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stroll    (about as if one had nothing else to do) kubagabaga
(to ~ about when one should be working) kuraramanga
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naho     conj    1. although, 2. but, 3. whereas, 4. even if
bwakēye     phr    Good morning (from guca, greeting used almost any time of day if first meeting, also bgakēye)
gukengūza (-kengūje)     v    1. to look carefully to see if anyone is there, 2. observe carefully
gushōka (-shōtse)     v    1. to do quickly (esp. used by Batwa), 2. to go to drink (animals), 3. to slip down on spear (of meat they've put on tip – if it falls it's supposed to be diseased), 4. to fall accidentally on spear and be injured
kubagabaga (-bagabaze)     v    to stroll about as if one had nothing else to do
kugera (-geze)     v    1. to command, rule, 2. measure, 3. reach a certain point, 4. to arrive, 5. to act as if to beat but not do it, 6. to be ready
ifi (ama-)     3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama-
  
fish (plural sometimes also i-)
ifu (ama-)     3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama-
  
flour (pl. used for speaking of different kinds)
ifero   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
iron (for ironing cloths), (Fr.)
ifoto (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
photograph, photo
ifuhe     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
(no pl.) earnestness to accomplish
ifuku (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
mole (animal)
ifuni (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
worn out hoe
ifuro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
1. froth, foam, 2. stove, oven, 3. fireplace
kubīmba ifuro to froth at the mouth
ifuti (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
mistake, error
ifēza (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
silver
ifīra     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
(no pl.) mold
kwīfata (-īfashe)     v    1. to treat oneself, conduct oneself, have a certain bearing, 2. to control onself
kwīfuba (-īfuvye)     v    to clothe oneself
kwīfūza (-īfūje)     v    1. to wish, 2. to desire, 3. to covet, to envy
ifanta (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
Fanta, soft drink
ifundi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
small sparrow (red or blue)
ifyigo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
kidney, hips
kwīfasha (-īfashije)     v    to help oneself
kwīfūzwa (-īfūjwe)     v    to be coveted, desired
ifiriti (i-  3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
french fries, potota chips, pommes frites
kwīfubika (-īfubitse)     v    1. to clothe oneself, 2. to wrap
kwīfuriza (-īfurije)     v    to desire for
ifarmasi (i-  3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
pharmacy, drugstore, chemist's
ifarānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
franc, money
ifarāshi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
(Sw.) horse (also ifarasi)
ifunderi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
carpenter bee
ifurshet   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
fork (Fr.)
kwīfūtānya (-īfūtānye)     v    1. to revert, go backward, 2. get thinner, 3. to act foolishly, ignorantly
ifagitire (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
bill, invoice
vyifashe gute   phr    What's up? (greeting)
ifatanirizo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
1. bond, 2. knot
kwīfyikinyura (-īfyikinyuye)     v    to wash oneself in lots of water
ifu y'ingano   phr    wheat flour
ifu y'amasaka   phr    sorghum flour
ifu y'ibigori   phr    maize flour
-īza     adj    1. good, nice, fine, better, 2. beautiful, pretty, attractive, handsome, gorgeous, sexy, lovely, 3. clean, 4. correct
agahanamo (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
cliff, steep slope
agaseba (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
1. bubbling of water in spring, or boiling, 2. sifter to sift out chaff
agatēmbwe     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
  
(no pl.) cliff, steep place
akayōmbekēre   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
  
(no pl.) gradual drifting
amagōrwa    5    difficulties, troubles
amasumo  5    place where food is plentiful
amavūka  5    years of one's life
asāngwa     if
biragōye   phr    this is difficult (from kugōra)
gucīka ivutu (-cītse)   phr    1. to lose one's head, 2. to be terrified
gucīkiza (-cīkije)     v    1. to talk with someone to try to persuade her to elope, 2. to take wife without marrying her properly
gucūra (-cūye)     v    1. to marry a widow and go to her kraal, 2. to bring a wife back that's gone home, 3. to lead or send back (esp. cows), 4. to address the people (used only of king or other authority)
gufūrēka (-fūrētse)     v    1. to smoke (e.g. green wood), 2. to breathe with difficulty (child)
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
guhaya (-haye)     v    to glorify, honor, exalt
guhembūka (-hembūtse)     v    1. to regain life, strength, 2. revive after fainting
guhetera inkoni (--ye)     phr    to give cow (or other gift) a second time to one who has brought many gifts
guhīmbāra (-hīmbāye)     v    1. to be happy, 2. be beautiful, 3. to please, 4 . to be agreeable, pleasing
guhīmbāza (-hīmbāje)     v    1. to praise, 2. to celebrate, 3. make beautiful
guhindura (-hinduye)     v    1. to change, to edit, to modify (vt), to change the mind, 2. to translate, 3. to transform, 4. to adjust
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
guhonōka (-honōtse)     v    to bear prolificly having been barren or fruitless
guhorōra (-horōye)     v    to give gift to bride so she'll talk
guhumānura (-humānuye)     v    1. to purify, 2. make clean
guhumirwa (-humiwe)     v    1. to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, luckless, hapless, 2. be in difficulty, 3. 'haven't got a chance'
gukiriza (-kirije)     v    to lift up, put higher
gukirizwa (-kirijwe)     v    to be lifted up
gukomera (-komeye)     v    1. to be well, to be strong, to be in good health, 2. to be difficult, to be hard, to be tough, robust, 3. to strike at, for
gukoshōra (-koshōye)   v    (Sw.) 1. to correct, to rectify, 2. to amend
gukosōra (-kosōye)     v    (Sw.) 1. to correct, to rectify, 2. to amend
gupfākara (-pfākaye)     v    to lose one's husband or wife by death
gupoperanya (-poperanije)     v    to unite (to put things of different types together)
gushikana (-shikanye)     v    to give, offer, make sacrifice, to arrive with
gushīmagiza (-shīmagije)     v    to glorify, honor before others
gushīshōza (-shīshōje)     v    to verify what one has heard by asking many
gutandukāna (-tandukānye)     v    1. to separate (vi), 2. to cut off, chop off, sever, slice off, amputate, hack off, 3. to disconnect, 4. to part with, 5. to be different, be distinct
gutēragira (-tēragiye)     v    to help plant (throw in the beans as other lifts soil)
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
guterura (-teruye)     v    1. to lift up, 2. to carry, 3. to rape
guterūrira (-terūriye)     v    to lift up at, for, because of
guterūrwa (-terūwe)     v    to be lifted up
guterūza (-terūje)     v    to cause to lift up, lift up by means of
gutetera (-teteye)     v    1. to be thoroughly drenched and cold, 2. to be drawn up from cold or being burnt, 3. to dry up and be stiff (food, clothes), 4. to be burnt (of food forgotten), 5. to be very healthy or strong, 6. to be solid, 7. to be dry
gutsīndanīshiriza (-tsīndanīshirije)     v    to justify
gutūra (-tūye)     v    1. to remove load from head, 2. to lay down a burden, 3. to unload, to put down 4. to offer a gift
icāyi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
tea (pl. used for different kinds of tea)
icīru (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
reparations, gift to make up for offending someone
icūma (ivy-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. knife, 2. metal, iron, 3. tool
iganūke (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
gift given on return from journey
igikonyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
indifference
igishīmo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
gift of appreciation
iguriro (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
marketplace for a specific good or product (cloth market, etc.)
ikado (i-  3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
gift, present (from Fr. cadeau)
ikimānga (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cliff, ravine
ikimazi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. sacrifice, 2. profit (not financial), benefit, 3. value
imānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
cliff, ravine
imbugita (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
knife
impāno (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
gift (nothing expected in return), donation
imperēzwa (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
offering, sacrifice
inarugo (ba inarugo-  1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
wife (as manager of the household)
indobeke (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
anything that is different from others in group
ingabire (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
gift
ingemu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. remuneration, gift, 2. fee payed to shaman
ingorane (in-  3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. problem, difficulty, 2. trouble, hassle, 3. concern
ingororano (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
gift to a chief (in order to get something from him)
inkōta (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
sword, long knife
inkūndwākazi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
favorite wife
intābwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. orphan, 2. unwanted child, 3. abandoned wife
intāmbara (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. battle, strife, 2. war, armed conflict
ishikanwa (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
offering, gift
ishīmwe (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
1. praise, 2. gift of thanks, 3. compliment
itandukāniro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
separating thing, distinction, difference
itūro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
offering, gift, present
ivutu   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
(no pl.) 1. terror, 2. horror
gucika ivutu 1. to lose one's head, 2. to be terrified
iyaba     if
iyo     1. if, 2. when
kubāmba (-bāmvye)     v    1. to stretch out skin to dry by putting sharpened pegs around edges, 2. to crucify
kubāmbīsha (-bāmbīshije)     v    to cause to crucify, to nail with
kubēshaho (-bēshejeho)     v    to cause to live, give life to (from kuba)
kubūrira (-būriye)     v    1. to tell what's going to happen, 2. to announce, notify, inform, 3. to warn of danger
kugaba (-gavye)     v    1. to rule over, dominate, be master, 2. to be on guard, prepared for, 3. to pass out gifts
kugabāngānya (-gabāngānije)     v    1. to put in different places, 2. divide up (loads) among several
kugabirwa (-gabiwe)     v    to receive a gift
kugemura (-gemuje)     v    to present a gift (with something expected in return)
kugemurira (-gemuriye)     v    to take a gift to
kugēnda buje (-giye)   phr    to return to parental home when angry at husband (said of wife)
kugobōtora (-gobōtoye)     v    1. to take one out of difficulties or hard places, 2. to take out from, 3. to free, to clear
kugōra (-gōye)     v    1. to trouble, 2. to annoy, 3. to be difficult, to be hard, 4. to irritate
kujījūka (-jījūtse)     v    1. to leave, quit altogether because a thing is too difficult (e.g. itōngo), 2. to know for certain
kumenya (-menye)     v    1. to know, 2. to be acquainted, 3. to recognize, identify, realize, register, perceive, grasp, understand, discern, apprehend, notice
kumwemwamwemwa (-mwemwamwemwe)     v    to smile (manifest pleasure, but not necessarily show teeth)
kunamba (-namvye)   v    1. to struggle, have a difficult life, 2. to lose weight
kunanira (-naniye)     v    to tire out, be too difficult for
kunanirana (-naniranye)     v    to be absolutely too difficult
kunanirwa (-naniwe)     v    1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult
kuniga (-nize)     v    1. to strangle, 2. to choke, suffocate, stifle, 3. to grab by neck, 4. to tie neck of a sack
kuraramuka (-raramutse)     v    to lift up the head
kurārūra (-rārūye)     v    to lift up from ground, to raise higher, to take (cows) up hill
kurōndōka (-rōndōtse)     v    to be prolific, to multiply rapidly
kuvyūtsa (-vyūkije)   v    to lift up one who is lying down
kuyāmīra (-yāmīriye)   v    to feel faint, gradually drift off to sleep while thinking
kuyōra amazi (-yōye)   phr    1. water purification, 2. to filter water
kuzigirizwa (-zigirijwe)   v    to be surrouned, to be at end of one's resources, to be absolutely discouraged in difficulty
kuzīnda (-zīnze)   v    1. to be difficult to say or know, 2. to cause to forget, 3. to escape the memory
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)
kwāgiriza (-āgirije)   v    1. to witness, to certify, to prove, 2. to accuse
kwēza (-ējeje)     v    1. to purify, to cleanse, 2. to make white (from kwera)
kwīgura (-īguze)     v    1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything
kwīheba (-īhevye)     v    1. to be discouraged completely, to despair, to be desperate, 2. to sacrifice oneself to or for
kwīkwega (-īkweze)     v    to drag oneself along, go with difficulty
kwīregūra (-īregūye)     v    1. to excuse oneself, 2. justify oneself, 3. to apologize
kwīrengagiza (-īrengagije)     v    1. to procrastinate, 2. put off doing what one should, 3. to act indifferent, 4. to ignore someone, 5. to not give answer when asked, 6. to not show one's feelings, be reserved
kwīsukura (-sukuye)   v    to wash, cleanse, purify oneself
kwūnguruza (-ūnguruje)   v    1. to go a little ahead, 2. to give a lift
mirongwitānu   adj    fifty
muka   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
wife of
mw   prep    1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of the inside, (form of mu before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. mw ishuli - in school)
nāmba     if
ni     1. it is, he is, she is, there is, (negative si), 2. if, when
nyiramwiza (ba-  1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
beautiful woman, beautiful girl, a beauty
ubūgi   8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) edge of sword, knife, etc.
ubugīngo     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) 1. life, 2. soul
ubuhīnga     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) skillfulness, artificial intelligence, computer science etc.
ubumāka     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) changing wife or husband frequently
ubusumo     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
place where food is plentiful
ubute     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) indifference, negligence, laziness
ubuzima   8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
1. life, 2. health, 3. wholeness
umugore (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
woman (married), wife
umuhāmbāzi (aba-  1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
harsh person, difficult person, wicked person
umuhoro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
long handled curved knife
umukōbwanyu (aba-  1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
1. daughter of your sister (if the one spoken to is a girl), 2. daughter of your brother (if the one spoken to is a boy)
umukuka (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
cliff
umunyembabazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
merciful person
umupānga (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
(Sw.) machete, grass knife, long bread knife
umusēngezana (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
child of one's brother (if one is a girl)
umuvurungano (imi-  2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
noise (esp. of battle or strife), confusion, clamor
umwāmikazi (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
1. queen, 2. wife of great chief or of king
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
umwīshwa (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
garland, wreath (such as put around basket with gift)
urimwīza   phr    you are beautiful
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
urugombōzo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in-
  
knife for cutting banana leaves
urukebu (im-  6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in-
  
torticollis, stiff neck
urusumanyenzi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in-
  
1. cliff from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown, 2. pit, abyss
abandoned    (field) ikirare
(wife) intābwa
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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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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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appreciation    (gift of) igishīmo
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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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baby    umwāna, uruhīnja, uruyōya
(not old enough to know fear) igifatanzoka
(tiny ~) uruhīnja
(~ clothes) icahi
(~ food) umusururu
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backwards    (to go) kwīfūtānya
(inadvertently) gufutānya
(walk) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
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banana    igitōke, igitōki, umuneke
(plantation) urutoke
(one or one hand of) umuhānyu
(ripe) umuhwi, umuneke
(kinds of) ikinyamunyu, igisamunyu
(beer banana) igipaca
(lady-finger) akamaramasenge
(red banana) igisukari
(bark of tree) igihubahuba
(beer) urwārwa
(sweet drink) umutobe
(leaf, green) umutōto
(leaf) ikirere
(leaf, dry) ihuba
(leaves, dry) igihūnda, ibihūndahūnda
(center of leaf) ikigongo-gongo
(leaves, knife for cutting) urugombōzo
(young shoot) umutsīnda
(trunk after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
(to cut leaves) kugombōra
(to cut from stalk) guhānyura
(to cut stalk) gutūmbūra
(to remove dry leaves) gutūtūra
(to squeeze juice from) kugana, kuvuguta
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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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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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biology    ibinyabuzima, ubumenyi bw'ibintu bifise ubuzima
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bond    ifatanirizo
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breathe    guhēma, guhumēka, gukwega impwemu
(hard) guhēmūka
(heavily and noisily) gufūha, gupfūha
(with difficulty, child) gufūrēka
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bride    umugeni
(to give gift to ~, so she will talk) guhorōra
(to refuse to speak till given gift, ~) guhorōrwa
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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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button    igipfūngo (Sw.), igifūngo, igipesi
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cake tin   iforoma y'igato
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camera    icuma co gufotora, ifoto
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canape    (for apēritif) igicucume c'ivyamwa bidatetse
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carpenter    umubāji, umunyamatanga, umufundi amanika inzu
(to do carpentry) kubāza
(~ bee) ifundēri
(~ shoo) ibarizo, isaramara
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cellulose    imfungurwa ziva mu biterwa, zifasha amara gukora neza, ubugwegwe bashobora guhinguramwo impuzu
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cereal    igiterwa c'intete, igiterwa c'intete kivamwo ifu
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chemist's    (shop) ifarmasi
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clothe    kwāmbika
(oneself) kwāmbara, kwīfubika, kwīyambika
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conduct    (oneself) kwīfata
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corroborate    (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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cover    igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko
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covet    (to envy) kugomwa, kwīfūza, kwīpfūza
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coveting    icīfuzo
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covetousness    icīfuzo, ukwīpfūza
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desire    ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza
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detergent    isabuni y'ifu, ubwoko bw'ifu
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difficulty    urudubi
(difficulties) amagōrwa
(to be in ~) guhumirwa
(to extricate one from ~) kugobōtora
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discouraged    (to be) kwīhebūra, kudundumirwa
(to be absolutely, in difficulty) kuzigirizwa
(to be completely) kwīheba
(to be tired and ~) gucobogora
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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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distribute    kugabura, kugaburira
(gifts) kugaba
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divorce    (vi) kwāhukāna,
(vt) kwāhukānya
(changing wife or husband frequently) ubumāka
(one who frequently ~) ikimāka
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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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drugstore    ifarmasi
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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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earnestness    umwēte, ifūhe
(at a task) ubwīra
(to work with) gushira igikonyo
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edge    imbiga, urubiga, inkombe
(of sword, knife) ubūgi
(of cloth) umusozo w'impuzu
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error    ifuti, ikosa, ikosha
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extricate    (from difficulties) kugobōtora
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fireplace    izīko (three stones placed for ~ , see amashiga), ifuro
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fish    ifi
(a big) urufi
(huge variety) imvuru
(small kind of) indagara
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flour    ifu, ubufu
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foam    ifuro
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food    indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
(food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
(baby ~) umusururu
(big portion of) irobe
(and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
(for a journey) impāmba
(without salt) ibise
(one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
(place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
(to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
(to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
(to burn, vi) kuzigira
(to dish up) kwārura
(to eat, to serve) gufungura
(to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
(to go to find ~) gusuma
(to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
(to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
(to serve) gufungura
(to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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foolishly    (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
(to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
(to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika
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fork    ikanya, ifurshet
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franc    ifaranga
(5 franc piece) ikingōrongōro
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froth    ifuro
(to ~) kubīmba ifuro
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frying fat   amavuta acemutse batekamwo ifiriti
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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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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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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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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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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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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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hello    (morning) bwakeye
(afternoon) mwīriwe
(informal) yambu, bite, amaho, gute, gute none, vyifashe gute
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hip    ifyigo
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hoe    isuka, indimīsho
(without handle) amakera
(worn out) ifuni
(to ~) kurima
(hard and fast) kurimagura
(to tighten loose hoe) guhata
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horse    ifarāshi, ifarāsi
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ignorantly    (to act) kwīfūtānya
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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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iron    icuma
(~ bar) igihimba c'icuma
(for ironing clothes) ipāsi, ikigorōzo c'impūzu, ifero
(to ~) gutēra ipāsi, kugorōra impūzu
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kidney    ifyigo
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knot    ipfūndo, ifatanirizo, ifūndo
(slip knot) impururu
(to ~) gupfundika
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ladle    icaruzo gifukuye
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lid    igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(esp. of basket) umutemere
(to take lid off basket) kurumūra
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light    (daylight) umuco
(torch, or artifical light) urumuri, amatara
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lining    iharire ifatanye n'impuzu
(architecture) imbaho z'imihage
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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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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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marketplace    isoko
(small) akaguriro
(~ for one specific product) iguriro
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marry    (each other) kwābīrana, kuragana
(each other, rude) kurongorana
(of bride) kwābīrwa, kurongorwa
(of groom) kwābīra, kwēnda (rude), kurongora
(a widow and go to her kraal) gucūra
(to refuse, esp. girl to refuse to marry a certain man) kubēnga
(to take wife without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
(to go to husband without being married) gucīkira
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mildew    ifīra
(to get) gutūnda
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mistake    ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
(to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
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mold    ifīra
(on food) umufyīra
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mole    (animal) ifuku
(on skin) isunūnu
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money    (from German Heller) amahera
(from French Franc) ifarānga, amafaranga
(to change ~) kuvūnja
(to lend ~) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
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mould    (bricks, pottery) kubūmba, gufyātura
(mold) ifīra
(on food) umufyīra
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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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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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oven    ifuro
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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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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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pharmacy    ifarmasi
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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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plenty    (to eat) guhāga
(to eat, rude) guhīmba
(to have plenty) guhīmba
(place where food is plentiful) ubusumo, amasumo
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pleurisy    umusōnga, igifuka
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potato    (sweet) ikijūmbu, ikijūmpu
(sweet, vines) imibuto, imivyūka
(white) ikiraya, ikiyāra, igihaya, intofanyi
(fried chips) ifiriti
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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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queen    (wife of king, or of great chief) umwāmikazi
(ruling, mother of king) umugabekazi
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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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regain    (consciousness) kurabūka
(life, strength) guhembūka
(health, possessions) kwōkōka
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reparation    (gift to make up for offending someone) icīru
(to make) guhōnga, guhōngera, kuriha
(to pay to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura
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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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revert    kwīfūtānya, gufūtāna
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seat    icīcaro
(bench) intebe ndende ifise umudo
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silver    ifēza
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smile    akamwemwe
(to ~) kumwēnyura
(often) kumwenyagura
(manifest pleasure, but not necessarily show teeth) kumwemwamwemwa
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snail    igifwera
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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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sparrow    (smallsome blue, some red) ifundi
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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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starch    ibifufu vyo mu mfungurwa
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stove    ifuro, izīko, amashiga y'ikizungu
(portable) iresho
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struggle    (to stir) gucambagirana
(to have a hard life) kunamba
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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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thanks    (gift of) ishīmwe
(in advance) uzoba ukoze
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thin    -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
(to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
(to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
(to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
(to get very) kugōgōra
(to ~ out plants) kwānkanya
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thinner    (to become) gufūtānya, kwīfūtānya
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tin    (small box) umukebe
(can) igikopo
(cake ~) iforoma y'igato
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unite    (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
(unite in) gupoperaniriza
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up    hejuru
(higher) haruguru
(there) haruguru
(to lift) gukiriza
(to look straight) kurarama
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wash    kwōza
(esp. body) gukēmūra, kwūhagira
(clothes) kumesa, kumesūra
(hands) gukaraba
(legs, esp.) kwīyoga
(in lots of water) gufyikinyura, kwīfyikinyura
(in one's eyes) kwīhumūra
(oneself) kwōga, kwīyuhagira, kwīsukura
(vegetables) kurōnga
(very thoroughly) gufyikinyura
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whale    ifi y'ikimizi
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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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wrap    kwīfubika, gupfuka
(new-born baby) kubīkīra
(to be wrapped up together) kwīcumba
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wreath    urugori
(such as put around basket with gift) umwīshwa
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year    umwāka
(at the end of every) uk'umwaka utāshe
(years of one's life) amavūka
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zeal    umwēte, umwītwaririko, ishāka, ifūhe
(to have) gushiruka umwete, gushira igikonyo
(to lose one's) kudehūra
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character    (behaviour) imyitwarire, umwifato, imico
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wish    (strong desire) icīfuzo
(to wish) kwīfūza
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French    (person) umufaransa
(language) igifaransa
(french fries) ifiriti
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fries    (french) ifiriti
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chips    (french fries) ifiriti
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photo    ifoto
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photograph    ifoto
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alphabet    iharifu
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blunder    igisozo, ifuti
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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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how are you   urakomeye? amakuru?
(informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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bill    ifagitire
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what's up   (informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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control    (to ~) gutwāra
(to ~ onself) kwīfata
(to lose ~ over) kubura
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