itama (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cheek
kwitangira itama put one's face in one's hands in deep thought
 itama : Prefixless Present 2.class plural of:
gutama (-tamye)     v   ▶ 1. to be utterly worn out, to be exhausted, 2. to labor hard, to overwork
 itama : Prefixless Present 2.class plural of:
gutāma (-tāmye)     v   ▶ to grow old
kwītangira itama (-ītangiye)   phr   ▶ to put one's face in one's hands in deep thought
bury   ▶ guhāmba
 (a person) kuzika
 (one's face in one's hans in deep thought) kwītangira itama
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cheek   ▶ umusaya, itama
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face   ▶ amaso, mu maso
(in his face) mu maso hiwe
 (to be facing each other) guhangana
 (to make a ~ over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (to put one's ~ in one's hands in deep thought) kwitangira itama
 (~ to ~) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
 (showing disapproval on one's ~) ibitsingotsingo
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thought   ▶ icīyumvīro
 (to put one's face in one's hands in deep ~) kwītangira itama
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 itama found in: Imyibutsa (proverbs)
Umwibutsa 275  ▶ Itama ridatamiye iwawe uravuza...
Umwibutsa 276  ▶ Itama ritakurira utwawe ntirikuvugiriza...