iki     what?
habaye iki   phr    what happened? (from kuba)
kubera iki   phr    why?, because of what?
ikīza (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
a calamity (such as a bad disease or plague), severe illness
ikibi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
that which is bad, evil
ikigo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
enclosed backyard (private place)
ikija (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
thing of no value
ikime   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
(no pl.) dew
ikiro (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
kilo, kilogram
ikivi (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. piece of land, 2. certain measure of time or place (e.g. that a person is to work, so long, or so big a place), 3. moment
ikiza (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
disaster, famine, epidemic
kwikira (-ikiye)   v    to intervene
kwīkiza (-īkijije)     v    to save oneself
ikinga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
(Sw.) bicycle
ikintu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. thing, item, 2. something
kwīkīnga (-īkīnze)     v    to hide behind
itariki (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
date (of month)
ikibabi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
leaf
ikibaho (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. wooden board, 2. blackboard, chalkboard
ikibazo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. question, 2. problem, challenge, 3. issue, matter, 4. test, exam
ikibege (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
piece or slice (bread)
ikibero (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
upper thigh, lap
ikibibi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
birthmark
ikibira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
forest
ikibuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. courtyard, 2. playground, 3. grounds
ikibugu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
big fly (like horsefly), tsetse
ikibuno (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bottom, bum
ikibuye (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
rock
ikibēhe (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
basin
ikibēzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
axe
ikidage   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
German language (used in northern region of Burundi)
ikidagi     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
German language
ikidigi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
swamp, marsh
ikidode (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fine copper wire
ikidodi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fine copper wire
ikigaga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. populous tribe or family, 2. deformity (from birth), 3. corpse
ikigazi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
palm tree
ikigega (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
storage place for grain
ikigiga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
chunk of wood
ikigobe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
winding stream, bay
ikigohe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. eyebrow, 2. eyelid
ikigoti (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikigoyi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
famine
ikiguti (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikiguzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. purchase price, 2. fare
ikigāba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
headstrong person
ikigāga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
crack in earth
ikigāra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
mat made of split papyrus
ikigōri (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
corn, maize
ikihuha (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument
ikijigo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
corn (kind with big kernels)
ikijōra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
mean and quarrelsome person
ikijūju (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fool
ikilito (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. singing, 2. sentimental evening song
ikimano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
tongs used in forging metals
ikimasa (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
male calf
ikimaze (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
traditional gender-crossing priest
ikimazi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. sacrifice, 2. profit (not financial), benefit, 3. value
ikimera (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
plant
ikimuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cripple, handicapped person
ikimāka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
person who frequently divorces
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
ikinini (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. cinchona tree, 2. tablet, pill (from Fr. quinine)
ikinogo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
hole in ground
ikinure (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fat meat (usually used in pl.)
ikinōmo (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
hoof
ikinōno (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
hoof
ikiragi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. deaf and dumb person (esp. dumb), 2. mute person
ikirago (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
mat (kind used for sleeping)
ikiraka (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
a job, small contracted work
ikirare (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
forsaken field
ikiraro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bridge
ikiraya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
white potato
ikirema (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
person born crippled
ikiremo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
patch
ikirere (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
banana leaves
ikireta (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bedspread
ikirezi (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
necklace
ikirohe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
dirt in water, anything that falls in water
ikirori (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. festival day, 2. event, 3. celebration
ikirāto (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
shoe
ibirato vyo munzu slippers
ikirāyi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
brownish black cow
ikirēgo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. accusation, 2. complaint
ikirēre (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. sky, 2. air, weather, atmosphere
ikivuko (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
port
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
ikivura (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
storm, thunderstorm
ikivutu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
crack in foot
ikiyaga (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
lake, ocean
ikiyobe   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
light brown (used of a person who is not very dark)
ikiyoka (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
big snake
ikiyāgo (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
conversation (often used in pl.)
ikiyāra (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
white potato
ikiyāya (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
plain, large flat area
ikiyīko (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
(Sw.) spoon
ikiyōba (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
peanut, groundnut
ikizeze (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
big fat stomach
ikiziga (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
corpse
ikizira (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
forbidden thing, taboo
ikizēze (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
idiot, imbecile
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)
umuziki (imi-  2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi-
  
music
politiki   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in-
  
politics (also poritiki)
ikimputo     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
  
(Sw.) tick fever, recurrent fever
ikibatsi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
reflection of light
ikibondo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
small child
ikibwāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
puppy
ikibāndo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. piece of wood for beating beans or grain, or for closing a door, 2. crutch
ikibānza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. place, 2. room (space), 3. building site
ikibīndi (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
water pot (of clay)
ikibīngo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
reed
ikibūnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
pup, puppy, young of small animal
ikigonzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
loop, curve (as of snake, river)
ikigoryi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
one hard to get along with
ikigwati (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
kraal with many houses of members of one family
ikigānda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
disobedient person
ikigānza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. palm of hand, 2. hand
ikigōmbo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. handle (e.g. of cup), 2. tire
ikihindu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
traditional gender-crossing priest
ikijūmbu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sweet potato
ikijūmpu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sweet potato
ikimānga (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cliff, ravine
ikimānyu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. piece, 2. fraction, 3. slice
ikinebwe (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
very lazy person (rude, derogative)
ikinjāna   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
century
ikinkumu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
thumb print, fingerprint
ikinonko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
lump (as in food)
ikinyege (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
gourd rattle with several acoustic elements
ikinyoma (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
lie
ikinyōta (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
damp place (not really swamp)
ikinūbwe     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
(no pl.) hard feelings, grudgingly
ikiramvu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
thing spread out flat, bow without cord
ikiremve (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
blood of cow (drawn out to drink)
ikiremwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. creation, 2. creature, 3. created thing
ikirende (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. gourd (long), 2. person or animal of very nice disposition, no malice
ikiribwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
edible things, something to eat
ikirundi     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
Burundian language, Kirundi
ikirunga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
volcano
ikirungu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bulb (as of flower)
ikirānga (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
(pl.) characteristics, feature, attribute, trait
ikirēnge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
foot
kugera ikirēnge walk in footsteps of another
kugēnda n'ibirēnge to walk barefoot
ikirīmba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
entrance to king's kraal
ikirīmbi (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fence, boundary
ikirīngo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
time, moment (of finishing or attaining a thing)
ikirōnge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sprout of sorghum
ikirūndo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
heap, pile
ikivānge (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
mixture
ikivūmvu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
shallow basket
ikizungu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
anything of European or westerners culture
kwīkingīra (-īkingīriye)     v    to be in one's own light
kuber'iki   phr    why?, because of what?
ipikipiki (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
motorcycle, motorbike
ikibarara (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. eggshell, 2. broken gourd, 3. fragment
ikibariro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. time, moment, 2. destiny, deadline
ikibirīti (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
box of matches
ikibitswe (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
stock (from kubīkwa)
ikibuguro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fee, bribe
ikigabane (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
part, portion
ikigagara (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse
ikigegene (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
slice, piece
ikigereki   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
Greek language
ikigongwe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. mercy, 2. pardon, forgiveness, 3. pity
ikigorozo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
ikigorozo c'impuzu iron (for ironing clothes)
ikiguruka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bird
ikigānīro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. conversation, discussion, 2. dialogue, exchange, 3. interview, 4. program (entertainment, TV)
ikimpwiri (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
song for two alternating choirs
ikinjanja (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
piece of metal placed on stones over fire to set pot on
ikinobano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
something you find
ikinyōbwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
drink, something to be drunk
ikinēzēro (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
joy, happiness
ikirabagu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
spot, stain
ikiragamo (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
dwelling place, housing
ikirahure (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
(Sw.) glass
ikirahuri (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
(Sw.) glass
ikiramata (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
burr (of bush)
ikiruhūko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. vacation, 2. rest, break, respite, 3. holidays
ikivyārwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
illegitimate child, child of mixed marriage
ikivyīmba (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. tumor, 2. swelling (from kuvyīmba)
ikizigira (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
upper arm, humerus
ikiziriko (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
rope (as for tying animals)
kwīkirānura (-īkirānuye)     v    to defend oneself
ikirya ikindi   phr    consumer
ikibambāzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
wall, partition
ikicuruzwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
goods, trading goods, merchandise, product to sell
ikidomēsho (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
article used to stamp spot
ikidēngēri (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
pool, place where water has overflowed its banks, floods
ikigambati (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
giant, any huge thing
ikinyakuri (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
fact, reality (usually used in pl.)
ikinyomoro (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
tree tomato, tamarillo, prune de Japon
ikiringiti (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bedspread (Rw.)
ikivumbiko (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
wood that holds fire as ashes are put over it for the night
ikivōmesho (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
thing for drawing water
kwīkingiriza (-īkingirije)     v    to shelter oneself behind
ikibonamaso (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
reward for finding something
ikibonobono (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
castor bean
ikibītsanyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
a thing entrusted to another
ikidandazwa (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
merchandise, product to sell
ikidegedege (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
child learning to walk, toddler, kid
ikidukikije (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. nature, natural world, 2. environment, surrounding (usually used in pl., from gukīkiza)
ikigohegohe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
eyebrow
ikigotigoti (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
cuttings for planting (esp. manioc)
ikigwīnyīra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing
ikijogojogo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
insect similar to Katydid
ikimenyetso (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sign
ikinyabwōya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
caterpillar
ikinyamunya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
kind of banana
ikinyigishi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
gum
ikinywabūki (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sugar ant
ikinyāmbuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
mat of split papyrus
ikirogorogo (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
someone speaking with senseless repetition of words
ikirogotano (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
blasphemy
ikishingūwe (-shingūye) (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
stock (from gushingūra)
ikizirazira (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
shield of variegated colours
ikigeretseko     conj    furthermore, moreover
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
ikigabitānyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
wickedness, sin
ikigaragamba (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
carapace, shell
ikigereranyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
pattern, comparison, example
ikigira cumi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
tithe
ikigirwamāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
idol, object of worship
ikilometero (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
kilometre, kilometer
ikinyabuzima (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. living being, living thing, 2. (pl.) biology
ikinyakabaka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
eagle, kite (bird)
ikinyamurobo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
tadpole
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
ikirungurira (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
nausea
ikirāngamisi (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
calendar
ikirēngazūba     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
  
(no pl.) evening (when sun is very low but still visible)
ikirūmbirane (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. fruitless thing, corn, etc., 2. stunted plant
ikibēngebēnge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
ray of sunshine, heat
ikidāmbidāmbi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
one who deliberately misunderstands
ikigōngogōngo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
central part of banana leaf
ikigūmbagūmba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
joy so great it hurts
ikimenyamenya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
sign, symbol
ikingōrongōro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
5 franc piece
ikintu kanaka (ibi-)   phr    4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
a certain thing
ikinyugunyugu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. butterfly, 2. moth
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
ikiyunguyungu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
small of the back
ikizunguzungu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
dizziness
ikibīngo-bīngo (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
reed
ikimanikampuzu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
coathanger, coat stand
ikiyayuramutwe (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
drug addiction
umunyapolitiki (aba-  1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba-
  
politician
ikigendabunyovu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
bustard
ikinyungunyungu (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
1. butterfly, 2. moth
ikiyobezabwenge (ibi-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
narcotic drug
gutwara ipikipiki (-twaye)   phr    to ride a motorbike
ikibuga c'indege   phr    airport
ikibuga ca basket   phr    basketball field
ikibuga c’umupira w’amaguru   phr    football field
akantu (utu-  7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu-
  
little thing (from ikintu)
amahāne    5    1. cheekiness, 2. argument, liking to argue, 3. quarrel
gushikiza (-shikije)     v    to slap (gushikiza inshi)
icīshimikizo (ivy-  4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy-
  
rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)
ijīsho ry'ikirēnge     phr    ankle (pl. amaso m'ikirēnge)
ishimikiro (ama-  5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama-
  
support (from gushimikira)
kuba (-baye)     v    1. to be, 2. to become, 3. to live
habaye iki? what happened?
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance
kubera   conj    because
kuber'iki because of what?, why?
kwāmūra (-āmūye)     v    1. to gather fruit, to harvest (esp. from perennial plants), 2. to bring things in from sun (from kwanikira)
ntakibazo   phr    no problem (from ikibazo)
abandoned    (field) ikirare
(wife) intābwa
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accusation    ikirēgo, uburēzi
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air    impwēmu, impemu, ikirēre
(to air) kwānikira
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airport    ikibuga c'indege
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alternation    (of day and night) ikurikirana ry'imitaga n'amajoro
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amount    (of assigned work) ikivi
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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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ankle    ijīsho ry'ikirēnge
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announce    kubūrira, kubūra, kurānga
(oneself) kwībūra
(to stand at door and call greeting) kuramutsa
(the death of someone) kubika, kubikira
(everywhere) gukwīragiza, gukwīza
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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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argue    (the liking to ~) amahāne
(to ~) guhārīra, kuja impāri
(to ~ about) gukiranira
(to ~ and swear that you're right) gutara
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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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around    (to go) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(to turn ~, several times) kuzungagiza
(prep., nearly) hāfi
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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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assignment    (measure of work) ikivi
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atmosphere    ijuru, ikirēre
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attain    gushikīra
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axe    ikibēzi, incābiti, imarabiti, intoraguzo
(small ornamental) urunana
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back    (at the back) inyuma
(of chair) icēgamo
(of person or animal) umugōngo
(small of) ikiyunguyungu
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backyard    ikigo, igikāri
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bad    (adj.) –bi
(~ person) umubi
(~ luck) icāgo, akaga
(that which is ~) ikibi
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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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barnyard    igituru, ikirutu, idundu, idunda
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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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basin    umubēhe, ikibēhe, ibase
(wash basin) ikarabo
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basket    (big) intonga, igitēbō
(deep, uncovered) ikigagara, igisāmba, igisāngāza
(flat, small) icibo
(flat with lid) inkōko
(little) akēbo
(shallow) ikivūmvu
(tall) inkēnga
(tall, pointed) igiseke, igisīmbo
(border of) umusōzo
(lid, cover) umutemere
(nicely made) indemano
(to cover) kurumya
(to remove lid) kurumūra
(to be upside down) kwūbika
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bay    ikigobe
('bay window') ikizeze
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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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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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biceps    inyāma y'ikibeba
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bicycle    ikinga (from Sw.), igāri, igāre (Rw.)
(wheel) urubangāngwe
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bird    ikiguruka
(little ones) inyoni
(crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
(crow) igikōna
(dove) intunguru, inuma
(duck) imbati
(eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
(goose, wild) igisafu
(hawk) igisiga
(kite) ikinyakabaka
(parrot) gasuku
(partridge) inkwāre
(robin, African) inyōmvyi
(that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
(wagtail) inyamanza
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birthmark    ikibibi
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blasphemy    amarogotano, ikirogotano
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blood    amaraso
(clot) umugoma
(of same blood) ubura
(of cow, drawn out to drink) ikiremve
(spurting of) umupfūnda
(~ circulation) itembera ry'amaraso
(~ transfusion) ugutera amaraso
(~ vessel) umutsi
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board    urubāho, ikibaho, ubushinguro
(~ game) igisoro
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bombing    gutikiza, n'amabombe
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boundary    urubibe, akarīmbi, ikirīmbi
(of country) inkīko
(to make a) kuzitira
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bow    (arch) umuheto
(without cord) ikiramvu
(to stretch, to draw) gufōra
(to raise one's arm to pull) kubangurira
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box    isandugu
(small tin) umukebe
(of matches) ikibiriti (Sw.)
(to ~) gukubagura
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bracelet    agakomo
(brass) umububa, umwākaka
(of copper wire) ikidodi, ikidode
(of grass) umunoni
(of metal) akanyabugoro, umurīnga
(of wire) inyerere
(worn at dances) urunana
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bribe    ikibuguro, igihōngo, impongano
(to ~) guhōnga, guhōngera
(to pay ~ to win one's case) kwīhōnga
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bridge    ikiraro, igitarikwa, igitarurwa
(of nose) umwīrīri
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brood    kubundikīra
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building    inyūbako, inyūbakwa
(public) inyūbakwa za leta
(to find new ~ site) kugerēra
(to prepare a place for ~) gutaba
(~ site) urugerēro, ikibānza, ishantiye
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bulb    iteke
(as of flower) ikirungu
(light) ampuru, irampuru
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bundle    umuzigo
(esp. dead person wrapped for carrying) ikigagara
(of grass or grain) umukama
(of sticks, rope) umugānda
(to tie up a ~) gutēkera
(clothes) ibaro
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burr    (of bush) ikiramata
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bustard    ikigendabunyovu
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butterfly    ikinyugunyugu, ikinyungunyungu
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calamity    (such as a disease or plague) ikīza
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calendar    ibihe vy'umwaka, ikirangamisi
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calf    inyana
(male) ikimasa
(of leg) intege, inyāma y'akibitsi
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cancer    kanseri, ikivyīmba
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cane    ikibāndo, inkoni yo gushaza
(sugar ~, ready to eat) umusigati, umusumba
(sugar ~, plant) igikaju
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cap    (of pen) agapfundikizo, akarumyo k'ikaramu
(headgear) ingofero
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capsule    ikinini kirumije, umurumyo w'icupa
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carapace    ikigaragamba, umuruka
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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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castor bean   ikibonobono
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caterpillar    ikinyabwōya
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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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chronology    urukurikirane rw'ivyabaye
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chunk    (of wood) ikigiga, urugiga
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cliff    agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
(from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi
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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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coat stand   akamanikampuzu, ikimanikampuzu
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coathanger    akamanikampuzu, ikimanikampuzu
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cocoon    akazu k'ikinyugunyugu
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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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command    ibwīrizwa, itegeko, itegekoicāgezwe, amatēka
(one who gives commands) umugezi
(to ~) kubwīriza, kugera, gutegeka
(a person to do what he doesn't want to) kuzingirikira
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comparison    ikigereranyo
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complaint    umwīdodōmbo, ikirēgo
(to go to chief with) gushengera, gushengerera
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congenial    (to be) kuba ikirende
(person of very nice disposition) ikirende
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congenital    ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
(malformed person) ikirema
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conjugate    guhadikiriza
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conquer    kunēsha, gufata ikibanza
(enable to) kuneshereza
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consumer    ikirya ikindi
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conversation    imbūrano, umubūrano, ikigānīro, ibiyāgo
(to end) kwīkebanura
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cooker    amashiga y'ikizungu
(traditional cooking place) iziko
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copper    umujūmbu, umujūmpu, umuringa
(fine wire) ikidodi
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cork    (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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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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corpse    ikigaga, ikigagara, umuvyīmba, ikiziga
(fresh) umupfu
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courtyard    ikibuga, intangāro
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cover    igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko
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covering    (over eyes, body, etc.) icītwikīro
(head ~ worn over face) igitwikirizo
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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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crack    umuga, umugāga
(med) umusaru
(in earth) ikigāga
(in foot) ikivutu
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created    (thing) indemano, ikiremwa
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cripple    ikimuga
(person born crippled) ikirema
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cursed    (thing) ikivume
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curve    (as in river) ikigonzi
(to ~) kugoreka, guheta, kugonda
(to ~ finger, as in scraping dish) gukomba
(to make ~) kurasa
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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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damp    (place ~, but not swamp) ikinyōta
(to be) gukanya, gutīmba
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dark    (darkness) umwījima, umwīza
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be) kwīrabura, gucūra umwiza
(to become) kwīra
(to become in daytime, fog, etc.) kwūbikiza
(to come from ~ into light) kwāndagara
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deaf    (~ person) igipfāmatwi
(~ and dumb person) ikiragi
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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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deformity    (from birth) ikigaga
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destiny    ikibariro
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destroy    guhomvora, guhonnya, guhonyora, gukōmbōra, kwōnōna, gusambūra, gutikiza, kuyigiza, kumara
(completely) gukomvōmvora, gusangangura, gusiribānga
(by fire) kuyigiza
(garden, of goats etc.) kwōna
(the work of another) gusīvya
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destroyed    (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
(completely while you are watching) kunyika
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dew    urume, ikime
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dirt    umwānda, ico, ubucafu
(esp. on body) ubuhoma, imvyiro
(in water) ikirohe
(in water, milk) igitotsi
(to have dirt in water, milk) gutobeka
(to rubb off) guhungura
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disagree    (to) guhāzāna, kuvuguruza, guhīngāna, gutāta
(one who always disagrees in a council meeting) ikirandamuke
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disaster    ikiza
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discussion    imbūrano, umubūrano, igihāri, impaka, impāri
(to lead ~) kuremesha ikiganiro
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disguise    gutwikīra
(oneself) kwīyoberanya
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dish    isahāne, isahāni
(meal) ivyokurya
(pyrex) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
(to ~ up food) kwārura
(to do the ~es) kwoza ivyombo
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disobedient    (person) ikigānda, intābwirwa, intabarirwa
(to be) kugambarara, kugāba, kwānkika
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disposition    (person or animal of very nice ~) ikirende
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divorce    (vi) kwāhukāna,
(vt) kwāhukānya
(changing wife or husband frequently) ubumāka
(one who frequently ~) ikimāka
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dizziness    ikizunguzungu
(to experience ~) kuzērērwa
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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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docile    (person or animal) ikirende
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door    urūgi, umuryāngo, umwāngo
(piece of wood for closing) ikibāndo
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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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drying    ukwanikira
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dumb    (deaf and dumb person) ikiragi
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dwelling place   uburagamo, ikiragamo
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eagle    inkona, impūngu, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka
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effeminate    (traditional gender-crossing priest) ikihindu, ikimaze
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egg    irigi, igi
(boiled) uburyo bwo guteka irigi mu mazi ntirishe nēza
(fried) ijisho ry'irigi
(hard-boiled) irigi ritetse mu mazi
(shell) ikibarara
(tiny) ubugi
(to lay ~) guta amagi
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eggshell    ikibarara
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elope    (go to husband without being properly married) gucīkira, kwigemura
(to try to persuade to elope) gucīkiza
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enroll    (to) kwāndikīsha
(oneself) kwīyandikīsha
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entrance    irēmbo
(to king's kraal) ikirīmba
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entrusted    (thing ~ to another) ikibītsanyo, ingwāti
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epidemic    ikiza
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evening    (later afternoon) umugorōba
(early) akagorōba
(when sun is very low but still visible) ikirēngazūba
(to be or become ~) kugorōba
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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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example    icītegererezo, akarorero, ikigereranyo
(evil ~) akābarore
(person to be imitated) iremezo
(to give an) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
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exterminate    gutikiza
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eyebrow    ikigohe, ikigohegohe
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eyelash    ingohe, urugohe, ikigohe
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facecloth    agafuko biyogesha, ikinyuko, igikunyuzo
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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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famine    ikigoyi, amapfa, ikiza, inzara
(to leave one's country because of) gusuhūka
(to return after) gusuhūruka
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farmyard    igituru, ikirutu, idundu, idunda
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favorite    (person) umutoni
(~ child) umuhērerezi
(~ servant or friend) umwīshikira
(to be) gutona
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fee    ikibuguro, ihadabu (Sw.)
(paid for permission to buy or sell) ingorore
(payed to shaman) ingemu
(to collect) kubuguza
(to pay) kubugura
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feelings    (hard) umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
(to hold hard ~) kwīdōga
(to hurt another's ~) gusesereza
(to not show one's ~) kwīrengagiza
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fence    akarīmbi, ikirīmbi, uruzitiro
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festival    (day) ikirori
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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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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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fire bank   (wood that hold fire through night) ikivumbiko
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flail    ikibāndo
(to ~, beans, grain) guhūra
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flannel    ikigoma
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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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flood    ikidēngēri, umwūzure
(place where water has flooded) isēsero
(to be flooded in house) kuvīrwa
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fly    isāzi
(big, tsetse) ikibugu
(tiny) agatūku, ubutūku
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follow    kugendanira, guherekeza, gukurikira, gukwirikira
(after) kunyurana
(closely) kwōma
(a fad) guharara
(old customs) kuzīrōra
(one after the other) gukurikirana
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fool    igihūza, ikijūju, umutūngu
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foot    ikirēnge
(of animal) ijānja
(of animal or person) umugere
(of bed) imirāmbizo
(of mountain) umucāmo
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footstep    (to walk in ~ of another) kugera ikirēnge
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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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forearm    ikizigira
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forest    ikibira
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forsaken    (field) ikirare
(thing) akāhebwe
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fraction    igice, ikimānyu
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fragment    ikibarara
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franc    ifaranga
(5 franc piece) ikingōrongōro
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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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funnel    umubirikira
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furthermore    ikigeretseko, bitayeko, kāndi
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game    (play) igikino, urukino, umukino
(game field) urukino
(traditional board ~) igisoro, urubugu
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gatepost    inkīngi, igikīngi
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giant    ikigambati
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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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glass    ikirahure, ikirahuri (Sw.)
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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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gourd    igikunga, ikirende, umutānga
(long) umukuza
(broken) ibibarara
(as object of worship) intendēri
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grain    impeke, intete, urutete
(a single) agatete
(place for spreading out) imbuga
(storage place) ikigega
(to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
(to form) guhūnda
(to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura
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grudgingly    ikinūbwe
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hand    ikiganza
(back of) igikōnjo
(palm of) umunwe, urushi, ikiganza
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handicapped person   ikimuga
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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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happen    (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
(unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra
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happiness    umunēzēro, ikinēzēro
(joy so great it hurts) ikigūmbagūmba
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hard feelings   umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
(to hold) kwīdōga, kugira umwīkomo
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hatch    kuberagura
(vt) kubundikīra
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headstrong    (person) ikigāba, intābwīrwa
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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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heap    ikirūndo
(small heap of products on market) umufungo
(to make a) kurūnda
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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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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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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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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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hoof    ikinōmo, urwāra
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hug    (to) guhobera, kugūmbīra, gukīkira
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huge    (any huge thing) ikigambati
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idiot    ikizēze, ikijūju
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idol    ikigirwamāna, igisengwa, igishushānyo
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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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illness    indwāra
(severe) ikīza
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imbecile    ikizēze
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importunity    (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
(to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna
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impossible    (to be) kudashoboka
(for) kwānkira
(to do the ~) gufyidikīra
(explamation: impossible!) kuka!
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improvement    (of soil) ukubungabunga
(isi)
(of environment) uguteza imbere ahantu, ukubungabunga ibidukikije
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incubate    kubundikīra
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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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iron    icuma
(~ bar) igihimba c'icuma
(for ironing clothes) ipāsi, ikigorōzo c'impūzu, ifero
(to ~) gutēra ipāsi, kugorōra impūzu
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job    akazi
(small job) ikiraka
(to do a sloppy ~) kurēngagiza
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joy    umunēzēro, ikinēzēro, akanēza
(great) akanyamunēza
(so great it hurts) ikigūmbagūmba
(cry of) impūndu
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jumble    (things) gucurikiranya
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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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kite    (bird) ikinyakabaka
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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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lake    ikiyaga, itanganyika
(middle of) igezi, umutānga
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land    (piece of) ishāmvu, ikivi
(uncultivated) ubunyovu
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lap    ikibero
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lash    ikimōko
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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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lazy    (person) umunebwe
(very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
(to be) kudeha, kunebwa
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lead    (to) kwōsha, kurōngōra
(a discussion) kuremesha ikiganiro
(esp. cows) gucūra, kuyobora, gushorera
(animals to drink) gushōra
(astray) guhuvya, kuzimiza
(cows to pasture) guturutsa
(to attack) kugomora
(out, to show the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura
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leaf    ibabi, ikibabi
(banana, dry) ihuba, igihūnda
(banana, green) umutōto
(central part of banana ~) ikigongogongo
(bean) umukubi
(pumpkin) umusoma
(used for perfume) imbazi
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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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lid    igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(esp. of basket) umutemere
(to take lid off basket) kurumūra
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lie    (deception) ikinyoma
(to ~) kubēsha, kurema, kurementanya
(a little) kubēshabesha
(about) kurementaniriza, kwānguha, kudendekeranya, guhūmba
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loop    (of rope, lasso) impururu
(of snake, river) ikigonzi
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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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lump    (clay, blood clot) umugoma
(in food) agatiribwa, igihōmba, ikinonko
(of bread) intore
(on back) inyōnzo
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malice    (person with no) ikirende
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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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marsh    ikidigi, urufūnzo, umurago
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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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match    imyampi, umwāmpi y'ikiribiti, utwampi tw'ikibiriti
(box of) ikibiriti
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measure    ingero, urugero, urugezo
(tape ~) imetero y'impuzu
(by hand or by steps) itāmbwe
(of work) ikivi
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mercy    imbabazi, ikigōngwe
(fear to harm another because you love him) impuhwe
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metal    icūma
(foot piece on spear) umuhūnda
(ore) ubutare
(piece placed on stoves over fire to set pot on) ikinjanja
(sheet of, for roof) ibāti
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minister    (servant) umusuku
(prime minister) Ministre mukuru
(cabinet minsiter) umushikiranganji
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misunderstands    (one who deliberately) ikidāmbidāmbi
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mixture    ikivānge, uruvānge
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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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moreover    bitayeko, uteko, ikigeretseko, ubwo, nubwo
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moth    ikinyungunyungu
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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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mushroom    igihepfo, igihefo, igihefu, ikizinu
(little) ubumegeri
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nausea    igisesema, iseseme, ikirungurira
(to cause) gusesema
(to feel) kurungurirwa
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necklace    urunigi, ikirezi
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newcomer    umucīkire, incīkire
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object    (of worship) ikigirwamāna
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ocean    ikiyaga
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overflow    ibibōgabōga, umusēsekara
(place where river has overflowed the banks) ikidēngeri
(to ~) kubōgabōga, gusēsekara
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palm    (of hand) ikigānza, urushi, umunwe
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papyrus    (reed or swamp) urufūnzo
(reed) urukorogota
(mat made of split) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
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pardon    ikigōngwe
(to ~) kubabarira, kurekurira, guharira
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part    igice, igicuri, umugabane, ikigabane, igihīmba, ingaburo
(to be ~ of) gukukira
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partition    ikibambāzi, umukīngo, urusīka, igisīka
(of reeds) impete
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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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patch    ikiremo, ikiraka, icome
(to ~) gutera ibiremo, kuremura
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pattern    ikigereranyo, igipapuro c'umuderi
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peanut    icēma, ikiyōba
(to put ~ in food) gutotera
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peg    urumāmbo, ijisho ry'ikirenge
(to stretch out skin to dry by putting sherpened pegs around edges) kubāmba
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pelvis    ikiyunguyungu
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perish    (to) guhenebēra, guhona, kuranduka, gutikira, gutōngōka, kuyogera, kudēndūka, guhera
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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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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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pig    ingurube
(guinea pig) imbeba y'ikizungu
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pile    ikirūndo
(of grain) amarwi
(of grain and chaff mixed) ubukūmbi
(of rocks) igihongo
(of wood) akarwi
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pillar    inkīngi, igikīngi
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pity    akagōngwe, ikigōngwe
(without ~) utwininga, irarīrari
(to have ~ for) kubabarira
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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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plaid cloth   igitāmbara c'ikigoma
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plain    igitega, ikiyāya
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plant    imbuto, ikimera, ibitērwa
(small) urugāmba
(small trees that start up around big one) umuvyāro
(stunted) ikirūmbirane
(young for transplanting) ingemwe
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plug    (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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pool    (of water) ikidēngēri, umunyika
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populous    (tribe or family) ikigaga
(strong) igisata
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portion    umugabane, ikigabane, ingaburo
(big, of food) irobe
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pot    (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria
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potato    (sweet) ikijūmbu, ikijūmpu
(sweet, vines) imibuto, imivyūka
(white) ikiraya, ikiyāra, igihaya, intofanyi
(fried chips) ifiriti
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prefix    (to change prefixes, conjugate) guhadikiriza
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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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prescription    itēka, ukwandikirwa imiti
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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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price    igicīro, ikiguzi
(purchase price) ikiguzi
(redemption ~) ingorore, inkūka
(to ask very high ~) kuzimba
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priest    umuhērezi
(traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
(catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri
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profit    amamaro, inyungu, imāri
(not financial) ikimazi
(to ~) guhōmbōka, kumarira
(to make) kwūnguka, kwūngura
(to make no ~) guhōmba
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prop    urwēgo
(for closing door) ikibāndo
(something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
(up) kwegeka
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pulp    ikiribwa c'icamwa
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pup    ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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pupa    ikinyo kivamwo ikinyugunyugu
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puppy    ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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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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pyrex    (dish) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
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quarrelsome    (person) ikijōra
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question    ikibazo
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ravine    imānga, ikimānga, umukuku
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ray    (of sunlight) ikibēngebēnge
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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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recurrent fever   ikimputo
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reed    ikibīngo, ikibīngobīngo, irēnga, igishakshaka
(papyrus) urufūnzo, urukorogoto
(to drink from) gusōma
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reflection    icījīji
(of light) ikibatsi
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repetition    (one who speaks with senseless repetition of words) ikirogorogo
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rest    uruhusha, ikiruhūko
(to ~, vi) kuruhūka
(vt) kuruhūra
(to be at ~) gutabāruka
(to be at ~, cows) kuvyāgira
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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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rock    ibuye, ikibuye, urutare
(pile of rocks) igihongo
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room    ikibānza, umwānya
(in house) icūmba, urusīka, igisīka
(inner) haruguru
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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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sacrifice    ikimazi, impērezwa
(to ~ for) kwīgura, kwīheba
(to give, offer, make) gushikana
(place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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sandpit    ikinogo c'umusenyi co gushushanya mwo
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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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scour    gufyikinyura
(pot) kwūgunyuza
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scrub    ibisanze
(to ~) gufyikinyura
(~ clothes) kunyukura
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sea    ikiyaga
(middle of) igezi
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seclude    (one who likes to go by himself rather than with others) ikirarashamba
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send    (esp. with message) gutuma
(person rather than message) kurungika
(back) kurekura
(back, esp. cows) gucūra
(back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(forth shoots) gutōha
(from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
(greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
(in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
(workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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senseless    (one) imburabwēnge
(one who speaks with ~ repetition of words) ikirogorogo
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shell    (of gun) urusoro
(peanuts, etc.) ibishishwa
(egg) ikibarara
(carapace) ikigaragamba, umuruka
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shelling    (bombing) gutikiza, n'amabombe
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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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shield    inkīnzo
(of variegated colors) ikizirazira
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shoe    ikirato
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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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sign    ikimenyamenya, ikimenyetso
(to make a) kugereraniriza
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sin    icāha, igicumuro, ikigabitānyo
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singing    ururirimbo, indirīmbo
(dancing with ~) uruvyino
(pastoral ~, sung poetry) ibicuba
(sung legend) igitito
(post-drinking song) amayaya
(pastoral ~) umuvovoto
(sentimental evening ~) ikilito
(~ for the hunt) gukokeza
(to lead in ~) kuririmbisha
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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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site    (building) urugerēro, ikibanza
(to find new building ~) kugerēra
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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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sky    ikirēre, ijuru
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slate    urubāho, igisate, ikigura
(pensil) idushi
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sleepy    (to be) guhunikira, guhūnyiza
(to be so ~ one falls over and stays there) gufurama
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slice    ikimānyu, ikigegene, igisate, igice
(of bread) ikibege
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snake    inzōka
(big) ikiyoka
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something    ikintu
(~ that stinks) agacūku
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song    indirīmbo, ururirimbo
(~ for two alternating choirs) ikimpwiri
(milling ~) indengo
(war songs) amazina y'ubuhizi, amazina y'urugamba
(sing or play plaintive) gucurira intimba
see also singing
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space    umwānya, ikibānza
(open) agahīnga
(a small space) akanya
(cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
(to take up ~) gutabarara
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spatula    indosho, icaruzo, ikimamiro
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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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spoon    ikiyīko
(large wooden ~) umucumbisho
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spot    ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
(in sense of dirt) icēyi
(opposite door of house) umukōndo
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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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sprout    umugera, ingūndu, umunago
(bean) umugōndōra
(sorghum) ikirōnge
(to ~) kumera
(to ~, millet) gusēsa
(after cutting) kunaga
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stain    irabagu, ikirabagu
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stamp    (article used to ~ spot) ikidomēsho
(to ~) kudoma
(on) guhonyanga, guhonyagura, gusiribānga
(to ~ one's feet, trample) gukāndagira
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stick    igiti
(for beating drum) umurisho, umukembe
(large, stuck in ground) inkīngi, igikīngi
(short, club) ingāge
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(thrown to kill bird etc.) injugujugu
(walking) inkoni
(with nail in end) umuhūnda
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stomach    inda, umushīshīto
(big, fat) ikizeze
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stopper    igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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storage    (place for grain) ikigega
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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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stream    icōgo, urūzi
(current of) umukuba
(middle of) umutānga, idāmba
(tiny) umugēnde, imbizi
(winding) ikigobe
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stretcher    inderuzo, iburankara
(woven) igitēbo
(to carry corpse) ikigagara
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stunted    (plant) ikirūmbirane
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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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sunshine    (ray of) ikibēngebēnge
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superintendent    umushikirwa, umuntu ahishirigwa
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support    ishimikiro
(to ~) gushigikiza, gufasha
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suppository    ikinini bacisha mu kibuno
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surround    kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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swaddle    (a newborn) kubīkīra
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swamp    urufūnzo, umurago, ikidigi
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sweet potato   ikijūmbu, ikijūmpu
(vines) imibuto, imivyūka
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symbol    ikimenyamenya
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symptom    ikimenyetso
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tablet    (medicine) ikinini
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taboo    ikizira
(to be) kuzira
(to break) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
(to observe) kuziririza
(to remove) kuzirūra
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tadpole    ikinyamurobo
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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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test    (to test, to try) kugeza
(to ~ oneself) kwīpima
(exam) ikibazo
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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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threaten    kudigiriza, guhahiriza, guhiga, kwīhanikirza, gukana, gukangīra, kuvyigiriza
(to rain) gukuba
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thumbprint    igikumu, ikinkumu
(to make) gutēra igikumu
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thunder    umuturagaro, inkuba (refers to imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
(to ~) guturagara
(thunderstorm) ikivura
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tick fever   ikimputo
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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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tire    ikigōmbo
(wheel tire) ipine
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tithe    ikigira cumi
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tongs    (used in forging metals) ikimano
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tongue    ururimi
(cord of) inkīngi, igikīngi
(to be tongue-tied) kugobwa
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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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tsetse fly   ikibugu
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upper arm   ikizigira
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Urundi    Burundi
(inhabitant of) Umurundi
(language of) ikirundi
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use    (to) gukorēsha
(needlessly) kwāya
(up) guhombōza, gukōmba, kumarīsha, gushirīsha
(violence) kuzingirikira
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utensil    (basin) umubēhe, ikibēhe
(bowl) ibakure
(clay cooking pot) inkono, inaga, impānge
(tall clay water pot) umubīndi
(cooking) icōmbo
(small covered container) ikazānga
(small pot girls put butter in) ikebano, urwāvya
(spoon) ikiyīko
(very large pot) intāngo
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vacation    uruhusha, ikiruhūko, ikonje
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value    ijūnja, akamaro, ikimazi
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veil    igitwikirizo
(to ~) gutwikīra
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violence    (to use) kuzingirikira
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volcano    ikirunga
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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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warn    guhanūra, guhubūra, kwīhanikiriza
(against) kwīhaniza
(of danger) kubūrira, kubūra
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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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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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water pot   umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
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water tower   ikigega, igikono c'amazi
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watering    ukuvōmera
(can) ishwāro, ikivōmerezo
(place) urugomero, urugomero rw'inka, rw'ibitungwa
(to make a ~ place) kugomera
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whale    ifi y'ikimizi
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what    iki ?
(what happened?) habaye iki?
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whip    ikimōko
(to) gukubita
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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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why    kuki? kubera iki? kuber'iki?
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wickedness    ubugararije, ubugesera, ubugome, ubuhūmbu, ubuyobe, ikigabitānyo
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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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winding stream   ikigobe
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window    idirisha (Sw.)
(~ pane) ikiyo
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wire    urubāngo, urubari, urunāri
(coarse) urutāhe
(copper, fine) ikidodi
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wood    igiti
(chunk of) ikigiga, urugiga
(for fire) inkwi, urukwi
(of the hut) umugānda
(to put ~ on fire) gukomānya
(to work with) kubāza, ibiti vyo kwubaka
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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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work    igikorwa, akazi (Sw.)
(amount assigned) ikivi
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wrap    kwīfubika, gupfuka
(new-born baby) kubīkīra
(to be wrapped up together) kwīcumba
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write    kwāndika
(over) gusibūra
(with) kwāndikīsha
(write to, for) kwāndikira
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motorbike    ipikipiki
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motorcycle    ipikipiki
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date    (of month) itariki
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kilo    ikiro
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guave    ipera, ipera y'ikizungu
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tree tomato   ikinyomoro
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sorghum    ihūndo, amasāka, amahonda
(plant) umuyānge
(sprout) ikirōnge
(stalk) igishakashaka
(to prepare ground for) guhānda
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kilometer    ikilometero
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toddler    ikidegedege, akadegedege
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thunderstorm    ikivura
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holiday    ikiruhūko, inkonje
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bedspread    ikireta, ikiringiti
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politician    umunyapolitiki
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guinea pig   imbeba y'ikizungu
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playground    ikibuga
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chalkboard    ikibaho
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blackboard    ikibaho
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drop out   (of school) gucikiriza
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drug    (medical) umuti
(narcotic) ikiyobezabwenge
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Rwandan    (person) Umunyarwanda
(language) Kinyarwanda, ikinyarwanda
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consequence    inkurikizi, ingaruka
(to do as a) guhava
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century    ikinjāna
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port    ikivuko
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problem    ingorane, ikibazo
(no problem) ntakibazo
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exam    ikibazo
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item    ikintu
(article, product) icahinguwe, akagenegene
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text    igisōmwa, ubutumwa, urukurikirane rw'amajambo
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German    (person) umudagi
(language) ikidagi
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creation    ikiremwa, indemano
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post    (column) inkīngi, igikīngi
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bottom    ikibuno
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bum    ikibuno
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ride    (to ~ a bike) gutwara, gutwara ikinga
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celebration    ikirori
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chest    (of body) igikiriza, igitūntu, agatūntu
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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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creature    ikiremwa
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crutch    ikibāndo
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deadline    ikibariro
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dialogue    ikigānīro
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fare    (price) ikiguzi
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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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intervene    (to) kwikira
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challenge    ikibazo
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slap    (to ~) gushikiza inshi, kubīngūra
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book    (to ~, as hotel room) kubīkīra
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monitor    (to) gukurikirana, kurāba
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music    umuziki
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nature    ibidukikije
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following    (the ~) ibikwirikira
(beside) iruhānde, hambavu
(~ day) bukēye
(~ week) indwi iza
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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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play    igikino, urukino, umukino
(at theater) utugenegene
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politics    politiki, poritiki
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program    (entertainment, TV) ikigānīro
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worship    amasengēsho
(catholic) imisa
(gourd used as object of) indendēri
(objects used in ~ of Kiranga) ubuzimuzimu
(object of) ikigirwamāna
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mute    (person) ikiragi
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pack    (to) gupakira
(to ~ down, vi) guhamāngira, kunyika
(vt) kunyikiza, gutsindagira
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palm    (tree) ikigazi
(oil) amamesa
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print    (thumb) igikumu, ikinkumu
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drug addiction   ikiyayuramutwe
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store    (shop, boutique) ibutike, imangazine, iduka
(storehouse) ikigega
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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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tumor    ikivyīmba
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anything    ikintu ico ari co cose, icarico cose
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interview    ikigānīro
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subscribe    (to) kwīyandikīsha
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Greek    (language) ikigereki
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