ki    ▶ what kind? what kind of
ubūki   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) honey
amaki     phr   ▶ How are you? (greeting)
n'amaki   phr   ▶ How are you? (greeting)
iki    ▶ what?
ubūki     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) honey
kira   phr   ▶ bless you! get well! (imperative of gukira)
kuki     adv   ▶ why?
agakiza     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) salvation
ubukire   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ riches, wealth
ubukiru     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) place where steps are cut in hillside, rough place, bumps, hillocks
gukina (-kinye)     v   ▶ 1. to play, 2. to screen (film)
gukira (-kize)     v   ▶ 1. to get well, recover, heal (vi), 2. to be safe, 3. to be rich
gukiza (-kijije)     v   ▶ 1. to heal (vt), 2. to save, 3. to deliver
gukīka (-kītse)     v   ▶ 1. to slant (vi), 2. to be placed obliquely
kimwe   adv   ▶ similarly, likewise, comparably, correspondingly (from -mwe)
ikeki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cake (from Sw. keki)
ipaki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ pack (of goods at market etc.)
iraki (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand
rukinzo   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum accompanying the king wherever he went, was exchanged with every new reign
gukizwa (-kijijwe)     v   ▶ to be saved, delivered
gukīnga (-kīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to shield something, protect, shelter, 2. stand in another's light, 3. to close, to lock
ibanki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ Bank
isheki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cheque, check
ikigereki   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Greek language
ubukirīro     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) refuge
uruyūki (inz-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ bee
gukiriza (-kirije)     v   ▶ to lift up, put higher
gukīkama (-kīkamye)     v   ▶ 1. to slant (vi and vt), 2. to place obliquely
gukīkira (-kīkiye)     v   ▶ 1. to pass by, go around, 2. to lay someone on his side, 3. to take in one's arms (baby), to hug
gukīkiza (-kīkije)     v   ▶ to surround (vt or vi)
gukīkuza (-kīkuje)     v   ▶ to go around
gukīngwa (-kīnzwe)     v   ▶ to be closed, protected
n'amaki   phr   ▶ How are you? (greeting)
Kiyumpu    n   ▶ June
kimyozi (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ barber, hairdresser
kīgēnzi    n   ▶ infinitive
Kiranga     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (high priest of the Burundian traditional supreme god, mediator between the traditional god and man, today associated by Christians with the devil)
ubuzimuzimu fetishes
igihwēba, igishegu one dedicated to service of ~
kuvōvōta to give oneself to ~
kubāndwa to dance in honor of
kubāndwa to be devoted to his service
guterekēra to worship ~
ikimputo     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (Sw.) tick fever, recurrent fever
itariki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ date (of month)
igitōki (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ banana tree, banana
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)
ugukīngīra   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ prevention
umuziki (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ music
gukinanga (-kinanze)     v   ▶ to waste one's time
gukirizwa (-kirijwe)     v   ▶ to be lifted up
gukirīsha (-kirīshije)     v   ▶ to heal with
gukīmbūka (-kīmbūtse)     v   ▶ to express one's thoughts, to stick up for another
gukīngīra (-kīngīriye)     v   ▶ to stand in another's light
gukīngūra (-kīngūye)     v   ▶ 1. to open, 2. to step aside to make light
habaye iki   phr   ▶ what happened? (from kuba)
Kigarama    n   ▶ December
politiki   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ politics (also poritiki)
ibundūki (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ gun (from Sw. bunduki)
ubukiruruke   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ altitude
gukinagira (-kinagiye)     v   ▶ to jump about, go rapidly
gukinagiza (-kinagije)     v   ▶ to chase away
gukingīsha (-kingīshije)     v   ▶ to protect, cover with, close with
gukiranira (-kiraniye)     v   ▶ 1. to argue about, discuss, 2. to try to persuade
gukirānura (-kirānuye)     v   ▶ to straighten up (vt), to place in order, rearrange
gukīkamika (-kīkamitse)     v   ▶ to slant (vt)
kiryohoye   adj   ▶ artistic
kuber'iki   phr   ▶ why?, because of what?
kigezweko   adj   ▶ modern
ipikipiki (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ motorcycle, motorbike
urukiramēnde     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ any four-sided figure (originally, a place fixed for pole-vaulting)
gukīmbūkira (-kīmbūkiye)     v   ▶ to stick up for, point out truth to those arguing
gukīngiriza (-kīngirije)     v   ▶ to close, shield with
gukīnguruka (-kīngurutse)     v   ▶ to open, step aside to let light in
kubera iki   phr   ▶ why?, because of what?
umushikaki (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pike
Kinyarwanda   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Rwandan language
ikinywabūki (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ sugar ant
gukingitiranya (-kingitiranije)     v   ▶ to not say directly ('go around Robin Hood's barn')
kidapfunyirana   adj   ▶ crease resistant, unbreakable
umutobe w'ibitoki   phr   ▶ banana juice
umunyapolitiki (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ politician
agatabo k'amasheki   phr   ▶ cheque book (see isheki)
umukino wa amaguru   phr   ▶ football, soccer
umukino wa basketi   phr   ▶ basketball
gutwara ipikipiki (-twaye)   phr   ▶ to ride a motorbike
-mwe   adj   ▶ 1. one, single, 2. some (with pl. prefix), 3. same, (see hamwe, kumwe, kimwe, rimwe, rimwe na rimwe)
-rīya   adv   ▶ that over there (e.g. zirīya, kirīya, barīya etc.)
agaheta (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something better than others of its kind, supreme thing
agakingirizo (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ condom (from gukīngiriza)
agatēte (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. pieces of a certain kind of grass used for weaving, 2. bits of things used by witch doctor to divine
akabindo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ napkin, sanitary towel
akadegedege (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ child learning to walk, toddler, kid
akaminūza (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything of its kind
akantu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little thing (from ikintu)
akaramata     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. sticking together, 2. strong ever-lasting love, 3. forever
akarēnzo (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything else of its kind
akēnese     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. hatred or jealousy among members of a polygamous family, 2. projection of any kind of building (such as church tower, comb on house, etc.)
amahāne    5   ▶ 1. cheekiness, 2. argument, liking to argue, 3. quarrel
amahodoka    5   ▶ about 1:00 (when cows leave drinking place)
amanyama    5   ▶ 1. cheekiness, sassiness, 2. cantankerousness, 3. pride, arrogance, 4. disobedience, 5. ambition
amashigisha    5   ▶ corn of a certain kind (yellow)
amatererwa  5   ▶ skimmed milk
amayaya  5   ▶ post-drinking song, region de Kirimiro
bitangāje   phr   ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)
cyangwa  ▶ or (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
guca ururāsago   phr   ▶ making incisions, cuts to treat sick person (trad. med.)
gucāna (-cānye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a fire, to kindle, 2. to turn against one you've loved
gucūra (-cūye)     v   ▶ 1. to marry a widow and go to her kraal, 2. to bring a wife back that's gone home, 3. to lead or send back (esp. cows), 4. to address the people (used only of king or other authority)
guhāngama (-hāngamye)     v   ▶ 1. to be strong, 2. to have authority (esp. of kings or revered person), 3. pay homage to a king
guhara (-haze)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete
guhāza (-hājije)     v   ▶ 1. to satisfy, 2. to finish milking a cow
guhēndahēnda (-hēndahēnze)     v   ▶ to deceive in a light, joking way
guhēndana (-hēndanye)     v   ▶ 1. to deceive each other, 2. to be a skillful deceiver
guhīngūra (-hīngūye)     v   ▶ 1. to answer (as on exam), 2. find the solution, 3. to repair or improve another's work, 4. to exercise an art, trade, 5. be skillful, to perfect, 6. to return from running away
guhwāmika (-hwāmitse)     v   ▶ 1. to put down, 2. prevent from speaking, 3. to calm, appease
gukamagura (-kamaguye)     v   ▶ to drink (of king)
gukana (-kannye)     v   ▶ 1. to smooth out, stretch out (vt) (as skin for drum), 2. to speak evil of, 3. to threaten
gukāngwa (-kānzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be frightened, thunderstruck, 2. to be taken sick suddenly (supposedly from python looking at one)
gukōba (-kōvye)     v   ▶ to draw up, roll up (vi), (e.g. a skin that's been wet)
gukoza (-kojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to dip in sauce, to dunk, 2. to eat two kinds of food together
gukungagurika (-kungaguritse)     v   ▶ to fall and skin yourself
gukunguka (-kungutse)     v   ▶ to be skinned (by falling)
gukungura (-kunguye)     v   ▶ to skin (vt), to throw on ground
gupfūnda (-pfūnze)     v   ▶ to cover mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound
gusaragurika (-saraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to talk or act foolishly, as a crazy person, 2. to ferment quickly, 3. to reject counsel, 4. to be marked, scratched (as cooking pot with design), 5. to burst open in garden (as overripe beans)
gusasa (-shashe)     v   ▶ to stay at the king's or a chief's court for a time
inka zishashe amahembe maze of horns
gusasa ibwami (-shashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to go to work for chief or king, 2. to spread grass, 3. to make a bed
gusesēra (-sesēreye)     v   ▶ to penetrate the skin (as thorn)
gusesereza (-sheshereje)     v   ▶ 1. to penetrate the skin (esp. under fingernail), 2. to hurt another's feelings
gusesērwa (-sesēwe)     v   ▶ 1. to have something penetrate the skin, 2. to be hurt by what someone says, 3. to be hurt (as injury)
gushaza (-shajije)     v   ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up
gushikiza (-shikije)     v   ▶ to slap (gushikiza inshi)
gushīshōza (-shīshōje)     v   ▶ to verify what one has heard by asking many
gusība (-sīvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be absent, 2. to miss, to be short (lacking), 3. to abstain
gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)
gusogōta (-sogōse)     v   ▶ to pierce (in order to kill)
gusōma (-sōmye)     v   ▶ 1. to kiss, 2. to sip, or drink from a reed
gusōmagura (-sōmaguye)     v   ▶ to kiss repeatedly, passionately
gusōmana (-sōmanye)     v   ▶ to kiss each other
gusōmwa (-sōmwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be kissed, 2. to be drunk (passive)
guswāganya (-swāganye)     v   ▶ to joke, say things to make others laugh, to be kidding
gusyēgenya (-syēgenye)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape feet on floor (esp. because of itching), 2. to kick violently (child)
gutānga (-tānze)     v   ▶ 1. to offer, pay, give, submit, offer, proffer, hand in, send in, put forward, issue, supply, furnish, 2. precede, be ahead of, to arrive before, 3. to die (of king)
gutegereza (-tegereje)     v   ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected
gutēra umugere   phr   ▶ to kick (see umugere)
guterekēra (-terekēye)     v   ▶ 1. to offer to spirits, 2. to worship spirits or Kiranga
gutūmbēra (-tūmbēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to aim at, 2. to plan for, 3. to focus, to concentrate on, 4. to be directly in front of, looking toward
gutūrika (-tūritse)     v   ▶ to sit together talking for a long time
gutwēngēsha (-twēngēsheje)   v   ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding
gutwēnza (--geje)   v   ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding
ibikaragāshi    4   ▶ 1. scaly skin, 2. scales, 3. stuff in eyes
ibitēga    4   ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person
ibutike (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ boutique, shop, kiosk
ibwāmi   phr   ▶ at the king's court, royal court
icātsi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)
icāyi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tea (pl. used for different kinds of tea)
icīshimikizo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)
icōmbo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cooking utensil
ifu (ama-)     3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ flour (pl. used for speaking of different kinds)
ifyigo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ kidney, hips
igihaza (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pumpkin
igihwēba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one dedicated to service of Kiranga
igikōni (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) kitchen
igipaca (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a kind of banana for brewing beer
igisamunyu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kind of bananas (for cooking)
igishegu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person consecrated to Kiranga
igishītsi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. big earthquake, 2. shaking, trembling
igisuru (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. kind of bush (leaves eaten during famine), 2. women's dance celebrating the birth of twins
igiswahiri   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Swahili language, Kiswahili
igitabu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ book (Sw. kitabu)
igitenge (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wrap skirt
igitēza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ creeping vine (almost impossible to kill)
ihunja   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ spectacular women's dance, with sudden rapid movement in an arc, led by the head and shoulders, Mugamba and Kirimiro region
ijīsho ry'ikirēnge     phr   ▶ ankle (pl. amaso m'ikirēnge)
ikēba    n   ▶ 1. jealously (esp. between wives of same husband), 2. speaking evil of another with whom you share work
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)
ikigorozo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ikigorozo c'impuzu iron (for ironing clothes)
ikijigo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ corn (kind with big kernels)
ikilometero (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kilometre, kilometer
ikinyakabaka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ eagle, kite (bird)
ikinyamunya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kind of banana
ikirago (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat (kind used for sleeping)
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
ikiro (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kilo, kilogram
ikirogorogo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ someone speaking with senseless repetition of words
ikirundi     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Burundian language, Kirundi
ikuga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ barking
imisambi  2   ▶ women's dance, imitating the movements of the crowned crane, Kirimiro region
impānge (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cooking pot
imvugakuri (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ someone speaking the truth, an honest person
imvugarimwe (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ all speaking together
inabuderi (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ kind of sweet potato
inaga (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cooking pot
inakwezi (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ kind of sweet potato
inangoma (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ kind of sweet potato
inanyaru (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ kind of sweet potato
indāva (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. footstool, 2. very nice mat (used by king or chief)
ingoma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. drum, 2. royalty, reign, kingship
kwima ku ngoma to come to the throne
ingoro (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house of a king
ingovyi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. placenta, 2. skin for carrying baby
injugujugu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ stick thrown to kill bird, etc.
inkerebutsi   adj   ▶ 1. skillful, skilled, 2. wise
inkomi (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ walking stick
inkoni (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ walking stick
inkono (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ clay cooking pot
intumbaswa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ physalis, kind of gooseberry
inyambarabāmi (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ king's clothing, esp. animal skins worn by kings or great chiefs, or jewels
isafuria (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ saucepan, cooking pot, kettle
isafuriya (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ saucepan, cooking pot, kettle
ishimikiro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ support (from gushimikira)
isuparadra (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ adhesive tape, sticking plaster
itanure (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ furnace, kiln
itēka (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. law, decree, order, 2. judgment, justice, 3. (pl.) amateka word (or commands) sent out by king and spread by chiefs, subchiefs, etc., 4. prescription
itūntu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. one who rules others, 2. cheekiness, 3. unwillingness to be told, 4. meanness
ivyātsi  4   ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)
kuba (-baye)     v   ▶ 1. to be, 2. to become, 3. to live
habaye iki? what happened?
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance
kubāmba (-bāmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to stretch out skin to dry by putting sharpened pegs around edges, 2. to crucify
kubāmbura (-bāmbuye)     v   ▶ 1. to remove from cross, 2. to remove skin from drying
kubāndwa (-bānzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to dance in honor of Kiranga, 2. to be devoted to his service
kubanguka (-bangutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be easily done, to be quickly done, 2. to do in a hurry, 3. to be active, 4. to be direct, 5. to be skillful
kubera   conj   ▶ because
kuber'iki because of what?, why?
kubobōtereza (-bobōtereje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for daily, secretly, 2. to tell something in a kind, easy way
kubōmboka (-bōmbotse)     v   ▶ 1. to swell up, 2. get big (e.g. skin in water), 3. get soft in water (from kubomba)
kubukabuka (-bukabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be very kind to, 2. to take very good care of
kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze)   phr   ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)
kudandikanya (-dandikanije)     v   ▶ to twist fibers in making thread or rope
kudomeka (-dometse)     v   ▶ to light, to kindle (fire, lamp)
kugangabuka (-gangabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to suddenly get angry when you've been talking nicely, 2. to be startled out of sleep
kugānza (-gānje)     v   ▶ to rule over, govern (past also njije)
ganza, sabwe! long live the king! (greeting to superior)
kugarānzura (-garānzuye)     v   ▶ 1. to serve king, 2. to open, 3. to unfold
kugesera (-geseye)     v   ▶ 1. to harvest at, for, 2. to revolt against king
kugira umutima mwiza (-gize)   phr   ▶ to be kind, to be good-hearted
kujegeza (-jegeje)     v   ▶ 1. to silence one's opponent by speaking the truth, 2. to astound, astonish, 3. to roll about (vt), 4. throw down, 5. to surprise
kujīsha (-jīshe)     v   ▶ 1. to weave, knit, tie cow's legs while milking, 2. to make wax for honey (bees), 3. to close doors (used only in speaking of royal palace)
kujīshura (-jīshuye)     v   ▶ to untie cow's legs after milking
kumyōra (-myōye)     v   ▶ to gather, harvest (esp. corn), to peel, skin
kunonera (-noneye)     v   ▶ to skip along
kunyananyana (-nyananyanye)     v   ▶ to have absolutely all one wants (no need of any kind) and to be a bit showy about it
kunyuruza (-nyuruje)     v   ▶ to secretly help someone to escape by taking his things for him (e.g. one who plans to leave steals bit by bit things to take)
kurabika (-rabitse)     v   ▶ 1. to wilt, to cause to faint, 2. to be colored, 3. to strike down and almost kill (either person or tree)
kuramuka (-ramutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be, to start the day
aramutse agenda and then he went
2. to be skinned by a blow
kuramura (-ramuye)     v   ▶ 1. to swell up in welts (when beaten or burned), 2. to strike another and peel the skin off, 3. to put temper in metal, 4. to wean
kurandagurana (-randaguranye)     v   ▶ 1. to talk unkindly to each other, 2. to quarrel
kuraramanga (-raramanze)     v   ▶ 1. to go strolling about when one should be working, 2. to be dissipated
kurēngānya (-rēngānije)     v   ▶ to skip over, pass by
kurogota (-rogose)     v   ▶ 1. to speak evil of the king, 2. to blaspheme
kurondōra (-rondōye)     v   ▶ to bring new kinds of seeds or cattle into the country, to multiply
kuruhūrira (-ruhūriye)     v   ▶ to help to rest by taking the load, etc.
kuvōvōta (-vōvōse)   v   ▶ 1. to talk nonsense when drunk, to say a lot of slanderous talk, 2. to speak incoherently, 3. to rain early in morning or for a long time, 4. to give oneself to the service of Kiranga (also kubāndwa), 5. to divine
kuvūmba (-vūmvye)   v   ▶ to go where folks are drinking in hopes of getting some, to beg (for beer)
kuvyāgira (-vyāgiye)   v   ▶ 1. to sit (of kings or rulers), 2. to be at rest (cows)
kuyāmīra (-yāmīriye)   v   ▶ to feel faint, gradually drift off to sleep while thinking
kuyēnga (-yēnze)   v   ▶ 1. to burn (food) slightly (vi), 2. to get too dry in cooking
kuyoba (-yovye)   v   ▶ 1. to get lost, 2. to err in counting or in speaking, 3. to make a mistake, 4. to speak evil of ruler, 5. to break the law
kuyogera (-yogeye)   v   ▶ to perish, to be killed unjustly
kuyongobeza (-yongobeje)   v   ▶ to eat by sucking only (as candy)
kuyungubiza (-yungubije)   v   ▶ to eat by sucking only (as candy)
kuzigiriza (-zigirije)   v   ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted
kuzinga (-zinze)   v   ▶ to be more skillful than others in play or work (yabazinze)
kuziza (-zize)   v   ▶ to forbid (because you don't want him to get along well), to harm or kill because of revenge
kwāmūra (-āmūye)     v   ▶ 1. to gather fruit, to harvest (esp. from perennial plants), 2. to bring things in from sun (from kwanikira)
kwegukira (-egukiye)     v   ▶ 1. to possess, be sole owner, 2. to be one's task (e.g. negukiye kwīgīsha)
kwengēnga (-engēnze)     v   ▶ 1. to rule kindly, 2. deal kindly with, 3. to carry very carefully lest it break or spill, 4. to be gentle
kwīca (-īshe)     v   ▶ to kill, to slay
kwīcana (-īcanye)     v   ▶ to kill each other
kwīcira (-īciye)     v   ▶ to kill at, for
kwīcisha (-īcishije)     v   ▶ to cause to kill, to kill with
kwīgaragura (-īgaraguye)     v   ▶ 1. to toss and thresh about, 2. to kill oneself
kwīgarura (-īgaruye)     v   ▶ 1. to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly, 2. be converted
kwīkanya (-īkanye)     v   ▶ to go walking (esp. at night or of king)
kwīma (-īmye)     v   ▶ 1. to deny, to refuse to give, to withhold, 2. to become king, to ascend to the throne, 3. to go to male, to copulate (only of female animals)
kwīmika (-īmitse)     v   ▶ to make king, place on throne, to enthrone
kwīmikwa (-īmitswe)     v   ▶ to be made king, to be enthroned
kwishongora (-ishongoye)   v   ▶ speaking or chanting of a lyrical poem characterized by long phrases (where emphasis is on the lyrical text, not accompanied by dancing)
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwītōraguza (-ītōraguje)     v   ▶ to be always looking for a quarrel
kwīyica (-īyishe)     v   ▶ to kill oneself
kwongeranya (-ongeranije)     v   ▶ to break or kill completely
kwōnjorora (-ōnjoroye)     v   ▶ 1. to leave abruptly, 2. stop talking abruptly though others continue, 3. to drop out of something because you know you're in the wrong
kwōrokēra (-ōrokēreye)     v   ▶ to put skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk
kwūburuka (-ūburutse)   v   ▶ 1. to peel (vi) (skin after a burn), 2. to become right side up
Mungu   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ God (from Sw., term introduced by missionaries in contrast to the traditional Kirundi term Imāna)
muraduha   excl   ▶ called before entering kraal (knocking being impolite) (from guha)
musāza (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ brother (of girl)
musazanje my brother (girl speaking)
musaza wiwe her brother
musazacu our brother (girls speaking)
musaza wanyu your brother (spoken to girls)
mushikanje (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my brother (boy speaking)
ndīgaranzuye   phr   ▶ (greeting, said when taking leave from a respected person)
ntakibazo   phr   ▶ no problem (from ikibazo)
Ryangombe    n   ▶ other name for Kiranga
sasarugari    n   ▶ kind of sweet potato
sinūmva ikirundi   phr   ▶ I don't understand Kirundi
ubugesera     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) wickedness, skillfulness
ubuhēhēsi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lustful thinking and practices
ubuhīnga     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) skillfulness, artificial intelligence, computer science etc.
ubuhizi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. handsomeness, 2. praiseworthiness, 3. skill, 4. courage
ubukūndanyi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) kindness, graciousness
uburire     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ rheum (certain kind of illness of eyes)
uburyarya     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching, making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception
ubuzimuzimu   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions
ubwāmi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ kingdom
ubwōko (am-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. race, 2. nation, 3. tribe, 4. kind, species, breed
ukubura   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ lacking, absence
ukumenyēra   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. experience, 2. knowledge, 3. skill
ukuva   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. leaking, 2. bleeding
umufūndi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (Sw.) skilled workman
umugabekazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ ruling queen, mother of king
umugere (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. kick, 2. foot of animal or person
gutera imigere to kick
umugesera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wicked person, revolutionary, very skillful person
umugōnzo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ salt made by saking the ashes of a certain plant in water
umuguma (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ weak place, as scar, on skins or gourds
umuhānga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. skilled person, 2. intelligent person, 3. eloquent person
umuhereza wa vino w'umwami (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ the king's cup bearer
umuhīnga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skilled person, master of an art
umuhizi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. handsome or skilled person, 2. courageous person
umukenyezi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ woman, female (lit. someone wearing a wrap skirt)
umukōbwācu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of my sister (when girl speaking), 2. daughter of my brother (when boy speaking)
umukūndanyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ charitable, kind person
umukuza (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long gourd, sack made of skin
umumago (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ magician, certain kind of witch doctor
umuntu w'inkuba (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skillful person
umunyakisaka (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ member of the Abanyakisaka lineage of drummers
umuryāngo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. door, 2. family, 3. clan, kinship
umusabisabi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar, one who is always asking for things
umushiranzigo (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ kind person
umushītsi (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. big earthquake, 2. shaking, trembling
umusoma (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pumpkin leaves
umutagare (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ big spreading tree (certain kind)
umutānga (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. middle of lake or river, 2. kind of gourd
umutima ukeye   phr   ▶ pure, kind heart
umutsima (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ local kind of bread, made of corn or manioc
umutwēnzi ukitse   phr    2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ when dawn broke (from gukīka)
umuvūmvu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kind of tree (fiber used for rope)
umuvyūka (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sweet potato vines, pumpkin vines
umuzana (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ rope (of any kind)
umwāgazi (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kid, young goat
umwāmi (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ king, lord
umwāmikazi (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. queen, 2. wife of great chief or of king
umwūga (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. craft, art, special skill, 2. occupation, profession
umwūngu (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ pumpkin, squash
urubu (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. turn, 2. yogurt, sour milk (clabbered, unskimmed), 3. sour taste
urudēndevu (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)
uruhu (impu)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ skin
uruhuni     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) forgetting one's skill or errand
urukoba (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ skin
urusāto (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ skin, hide
uruyūzi (inzūzi)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ pumpkin seed or plant
vunumuhini  n   ▶ kind of sweet potato
abandoned   ▶ (field) ikirare
 (wife) intābwa
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abrasion   ▶ (to strike another and peel off the skin) kuramura
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accordion   ▶ kinanda
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accusation   ▶ ikirēgo, uburēzi
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add   ▶ kugereka, kugerekeranya, gusukiranya, gutēranya
 (little by little) gutororokanya
 (to what one has) gusorōra
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address   ▶ (to ~) kurūngika
 (of letter) irangiro, ideresi, ibarizo
 (to ~ the people, as king or other authority) gucūra
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agency   ▶ (branch of a bank) ibiro bikukira ibindi
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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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altitude   ▶ ubukiruruke
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amount   ▶ (of assigned work) ikivi
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angry   ▶ (to be) kuraka, kurakara, gupfūhagushangashirwa
(to be very) kujīngitwa
 (because of accusation) gushungumirwa
 (to suddenly get ~, when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
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animal   ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
 (fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika
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ankle   ▶ ijīsho ry'ikirēnge
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anniversary   ▶ (birthday) umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka
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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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appreciate   ▶ (to) gukengurukira
 (to ~ work) gushima
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April   ▶ ukwēzi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
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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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art   ▶ (skill) umwūga
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article   ▶ (news) ingingo z'ikinyamakuru
(product, item) icahinguwe, akagenegene
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artistic   ▶ kiryohoye
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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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assault   ▶ igitēro
 (esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
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assignment   ▶ (measure of work) ikivi
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assist   ▶ gufasha
 (one in trouble of grief) kwīrūra
 (a sick person in walking) kwāndāza
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atmosphere   ▶ ijuru, ikirēre
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attack   ▶ gusōmborotsa, gusōmboroza
 (esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
 (lead troops to ~) kugomora
 (unexpectedly) kwūbiriza
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attain   ▶ gushikīra
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attempt   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (something beyond one's strength) gukenyukirwa
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authority   ▶ ububwīriza, ubugabe, ubugabo, ingānji, ubutwāre
 (to have, esp. kings or revered person) guhāngama
 (to rebel against) kumēnja
 (to take on oneself) kurēngera
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avoid   ▶ kuzibukīra
 (saying something directly) gukingitiranya
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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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bank   ▶ (bankhouse) ibanki
 (~ account) ikonte, ububīko
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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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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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bee   ▶ uruyūki
 (carpenter) imvūndēri
 (to catch swarming bees) gutururuza
 (to put in new hive) kwātira
 (~ sting) urubōyi
 (~ hive) igitiba
 (bring down ~ hive) kwegura
 (to put up ~ hive) kwegeka
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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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berry   ▶ inkēri, inkēre
 icamwa kitagira utubuto
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better   ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
 (he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko
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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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birthday   ▶ umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka
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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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bridle   ▶ umujiginya
 (to ~) kijiginyika
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bring   ▶ (to ~) kuzana
 (back) kugarura
 (back from far away) guhabūra
 (back wife after she's gone home) gucūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down bee hive) kwegura
 (from dark into light) kwāndagaza
 (from hiding) kunyegurura
 (greeting) gutāsha
 (in passing) guhitana
 (into open from hidden place) kwātura
 (loss or failure) gutāna
 (new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
 (out of hiding) gufurūra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (things in from sun) kwāmura
 (things and put them together to give to someone) gusorōranya
 (to pass) gucimbataza
 (together) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (up child) gukuza, kurera
 (water) kudahira, kuvōma
 (with one) kuzanana
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brood   ▶ kubundikīra
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brown   ▶ (to ~ food) guhindukiza mu mavuta
(colour) c'inzobe, c'umugina, c'akaga, ibihogo
(light ~) akagājo, umuyēnzi
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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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bulging   ▶ kidunduye
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bump   ▶ ubukiru
 (to ~ into) guseka
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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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bush   ▶ igisaka
 (kind of) igisuru
 (kind with thorns and edible berries) umukēre
 (the) igisanze
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bustard   ▶ ikigendabunyovu
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butterfly   ▶ ikinyugunyugu, ikinyungunyungu
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buyer   ▶ umuguzi, umuranguzi, umukiriya
 (to search for) kubūnga
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cake   ▶ igato, ikeki
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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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catch   ▶ gufata, gucakīra
 (ball, anything thrown) gusama
 (a disease from another) kwāndura
 (from falling) gusama
 (one who starts to fall) kuramira
 (swarming bees) gutururuza
 (up with) guhāmvya
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caterpillar   ▶ ikinyabwōya
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cereal   ▶ igiterwa c'intete, igiterwa c'intete kivamwo ifu
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chase   ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
 (away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
 (away because of hatred) gutuza
 (away evil spirits) gusēnda
 (flies off cows) kuzīnga
 (hunt) guhīga
 (others out of house) guturumbura
 (out quickly) guhasha
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check   ▶ (to ~ over a thing) guhinyuza
 (cheque) isheki
 (bad ~) isheki idakwije amahera
 (checkbook) agatabo k'amasheki
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cheque   ▶ isheki
 (~ book) agatabo k'amasheki
 (bad ~) isheki idakwije amahera
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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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circle   ▶ imburūngu, umuzingi
 (of people) urukīnja
 (to) guca umuzingi
(to form ~) kuziguza
 (to form ~ by holding hands) gufatana urunana
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circumference   ▶ inkikuro
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cliff   ▶ agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
 (from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi
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close   ▶ (to) gufunga (Sw.), gukīnga, gukīngiriza, kurumya, kwūgara
 (doors of royal place) kujīsha
 (entrance with branches) guhāngāza
 (hands together) gufumbata
 (one's eyes) guhumiriza
 (path) gutangīra
 (to make another to ~ his eyes) kwūnamika
 (up completely) guhindira
 (to get close together) kwegerana
 (to put things or people ~ together) kwegeranya
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cloth   ▶ igitāmbara
 (large, tied on shoulder) umuhagatiro
 (long band of) umugēnde
 (made of bark) indemano
 (plaid) igitāmbara c'ikigoma
(shiny, silk, rayon) ihariri
 (very large) igihūzu, uruhūzu
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clothing   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu, icāmbarwa
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (of king, esp. animal skins or jewels) inyambarabāmi
 (worn underneath outer garments) umugega
 (to remove) kwāmbura
 (to strip one of his) gukoba
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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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comprehend   ▶ gutahura
 (involves act of seeing) kurabukwa
 (after thinking over) gutegereza
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concrete   ▶ ibeto, igito
(reinforced) igito kirimwo ivyuma
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confirm   ▶ (to) gukomeza
 (by asking many) gushīshōza
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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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conjunctivitis   ▶ ubwoko bw'indwara y'amaso yandukira
(certain kind) uburire
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conquer   ▶ kunēsha, gufata ikibanza
 (enable to) kuneshereza
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consumer   ▶ ikirya ikindi
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contagion   ▶ ukwandukira, iyandukira
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contagious   ▶ candukiza
 (to be) kwāndukira
 (to catch ~ disease) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
 (to transmit a disease) kwāndukiza
 (~ disease, term of scorn) ubwārāra
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contamination   ▶ ukwāndukiza
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convalescence   ▶ ugukiruka, ukurwaruka
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conversation   ▶ imbūrano, umubūrano, ikigānīro, ibiyāgo
 (to end) kwīkebanura
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converted   ▶ (to be) kwigarura, kwīhana, gukizwa
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cooked   ▶ (to be) kurabukirwa
 (to be thoroughly) gufyonyoka
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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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cord   ▶ umugozi
 (of tongue) inkīngi
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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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corroborate   ▶ (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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council   ▶ ināma, urukīnja
 (in center of) ikōmbe
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court   ▶ urukiko
 (royal) ibwāmi
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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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cradle   ▶ (a skin) impetso, ingovyi, insimbizo, ingerano
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crease resistant  ▶ kidapfunyirana
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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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customer   ▶ umuguzi, umukiriya
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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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dawn   ▶ amacāca, umutwēnzi, umuseke, ubuca
(night is almost over, about to dawn) ijoro rishira ubuca
(when ~ broke) umutwēnzi ukitse
(to ~) guca, gutambika
(to become light, very early just as darkness ends) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
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deaf   ▶ (~ person) igipfāmatwi
 (~ and dumb person) ikiragi
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deal   ▶ (kindly with) kwēngēnga
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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deceiver   ▶ umuhumbūzi, umuhūmvyi, umusukanyi
 (one who goes about lying) indimanya
 (to be a skillful) guhēndana
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December   ▶ ukwēzi kw'icumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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declare   ▶ guhamya
 (one's case at a trial) gusāmba
 (strongly) kwihanukira
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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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deliver   ▶ (sense of save) gukiza
 (child) kuvyāra
 (to be about to, cow only) kwerēra, kudigiriza
 (help to) kuvyāza
 (to take something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
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delivered   ▶ (to be) gukizwa
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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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devoted   ▶ (to Kiranga) kubāndwa
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dew   ▶ urume, ikime
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die   ▶ (to) gupfa, gucīkāna, guhwēra, kuranduka
 (of king) gutānga
 (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time) kudēndūka
 (to be about to) kugoyagoya
 (suddenly) kweguka, kugaduka
 (suddenly and unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (used of person scorned by others) kwijajara
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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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disappoint   ▶ guhemuka, guhemukira
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disaster   ▶ ikiza
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discuss   ▶ (to) guhārīra, gukiranira, gutāta, kuvuga
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discussion   ▶ imbūrano, umubūrano, igihāri, impaka, impāri
 (to lead ~) kuremesha ikiganiro
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disease   ▶ indwāra
(AIDS) sida
(billharcia) birariziyoze
(boil, abscess) igihute
(burn) ubushe
(bronchitis) indwara yo mu mahaha
(chicken pox) ibihara, agasāma
(diarrhea) ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo
(elephantiasis) imisozi
(epilepsy) intandara
(eyes: certain kind of conjunctivitis) uburire
(fever) inyonko
(goiter) umwīngo
(gonorrhea) igisokoro
(leprosy) imibēmbe
(malaria) marariya, inyonko
(meningitis) umugiga
(mole) isunūnu
(mumps) amasambambwika
(pleurisy) umusōnga
(pneumonia) umusōnga
(recurrent fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(rheum, disease of eyes) ururire
(rheumatism) amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
(smallpox) akarānda
(sore, little) akarōnda
(syphilis) agashāngāra
(tick fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(typhus) tifusi
(tuberculosis) igitūntu, agatūntu
(ulcer) igikomere
(ulcer, bad) igisebe
(ulcer, pain from tropical) igitema
(wart) isunūnu, intongāngira
(whooping cough) akānira, inkorora y'akanira
(yaws) ibinyoro
(cause of ~ something supposed to be in person making him sick) ibitēga
(person sick with wasting ~) umunywera
(to be a contagious ~) kwāndukira
(to catch contagious ~) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
(to transmit) kwāndukiza
(to have an incurable ~) kugīrīra
(to improve, begin to feel better) gutenzukirwa
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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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disobey   ▶ 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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divulge   ▶ gukerukiriza, gukerutsa
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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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drift   ▶ (gradual drifting) akayōmbekēre
 (to gradually drift off to sleep while thinking) kuyāmīra
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drink   ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
 (sweet banana) umutobe
 (soft ~) ifanta
 (to ~) kunywa
 (to ~, of king) gukamagura
 (animals, go to ~) gushōka
 (after a meal) kwīshōza
 (all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
 (to cease to ~) guhodoka
 (from a reed) gusōma
 (from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
 (in) kubōmba
 (to lead animals to ~) gushōra
 (to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
 (to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
 (to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba
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drum   ▶ ingoma
 (sacred royal ~) karyenda
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one ploughs”) murimirwa
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one clears brush”) ruciteme
 (sacred ~ accompanying the king) rukinzo
 (sacred ~ ”dispenser of peace”) nyabuhoro
 (sacred ~ ”lady of the land”) inakigabiro
 (to beat ~) kuvuza
 (to beat continuously, thus setting time for others beating) gusāsīra
 (stick for beating ~) umurisho, umukembe
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dry   ▶ (vi) kwūma,
 (vt) kwūmūtsa, kwūmya
 (in sun or near fire) kumūkishirīza
 (to be) kugaduka
 (to become) gukanyuruka, kwūmūka
 (to become too ~ while cooking) kuyēnga
 (to put food in sun to ~) gukavya
 (to put near fire to ~) gutara
 (up) kugaduka, kugangara, gukaba, gukama, gukamya
 (up and be stiff, clothes or food) gutetera
 (up, breasts) gucūka
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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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eat   ▶ kurya, gufungura, kunogera, kunoza, kurandagura
(a lot) guhāga, guhīmba
(cause to ~ a lot) gupfunereza
(by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
(garden plants, of goats) kwōna
(to refuse to) kuzira
(to refuse to ~ or drink with) kunēna
(together) gusangira
(to ~ what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc.) gukōra
 (two kinds of food together) gukoza
(with instrument) kurīsha
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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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err   ▶ (to be wrong, to ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
(to ~, be on wrong path) kuzimagirika
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escape   ▶ (narrow) agahēngekezo
 (to ~) kudohōka, gucīka, gutoroka, kuzibukīra
 (to barely ~ an accident) guhakwa, kwēnda
 (the memory) kuzīnda
 (to secretly help someone to ~ by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
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esthetic   ▶ kiryoheye ijisho
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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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exhausted   ▶ (to be) gucobogora, gukenyukirwa, gusāba, kurangira
 (utterly worn out by hard work) gutama
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express   ▶ (one's thoughts) gukīmbūka
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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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fail   ▶ gucumukura
 (another) guhemukira
 (to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
 (to do what one intended) kudehūra
 (to find) kubura, guhusha
 (to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
 (to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
 (to return) kugīrīra
 (in on'e task) gusibanganya
 (to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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faint   ▶ kurāba
 (to be) kudendebukirwa
 (to feel) kuyāmīra
 (from hunger) kugwīra isari
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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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feel   ▶ kwūmva
 (around for) gukabakaba
 (to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
 (faint) kuyāmīra
 (joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
 (to not ~ anything) gutimba
 (of) gukorakora
 (pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
 (the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
 (the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza
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feelings   ▶ (hard) umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold hard ~) kwīdōga
 (to hurt another's ~) gusesereza
 (to not show one's ~) kwīrengagiza
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feign   ▶ (to ~ beating) kugera
 (to ~ working) gushaza
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fence   ▶ akarīmbi, ikirīmbi, uruzitiro
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festival   ▶ (day) ikirori
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fetish   ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
 (gourd used) intendēri
 (heathen charm on head) urugori
 (spotted barkcloth) indome
 (things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
 (charm) igiheko
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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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fish   ▶ ifi
 (a big) urufi
 (huge variety) imvuru
 (small kind of) indagara
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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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flax   ▶ igiterwa kivamwo inyuzi
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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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food   ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
 (food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
 (baby ~) umusururu
 (big portion of) irobe
 (and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
 (for a journey) impāmba
 (without salt) ibise
 (one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
 (place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
 (to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
 (to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
 (to burn, vi) kuzigira
 (to dish up) kwārura
 (to eat, to serve) gufungura
 (to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
 (to go to find ~) gusuma
 (to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
 (to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
 (to serve) gufungura
 (to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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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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footstool   ▶ (used by king or chief) indāva
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forbidden   ▶ (to be) kuzira
 (thing) ikizira
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force   ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhadikiriza, kuzingirikira
 (someone to do something against his will) guhāta
 (to obey) kugandūra
 (to lose original ~) gutītūra
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forearm   ▶ ikizigira
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foreigner   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko, akavāntāra
 (from across border) injabuka
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forest   ▶ ikibira
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forgetting   ▶ (one's skill) uruhuni
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forsaken   ▶ (field) ikirare
 (thing) akāhebwe
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four-sided   ▶ (figure) urukiramēnde
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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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get   ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra
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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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goat   ▶ impene, intūngwa, igitūngwa
 (heard of) inzirikwa
 (male) impfizi
 (young male) agasugurume
 (skin for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (billy ~) isuguru, ihebe
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good citizenship  ▶ urukundo rw'igihugu c'amavukiro
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goodbye   ▶ n'agasaga, n'akagaruka, n'agahindukira, n'agahumuza, n'agahwane, n'akababa, n'akaza, n'akabandanya, n'akazoza, buroca, turabonanye, ku Mana, ndakwinyungushuye
(to superior) ndakwikebanuye, ndikebanuye, ndigaranzuye
(to bid) gusēzera
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gourd   ▶ igikunga, ikirende, umutānga
 (long) umukuza
 (broken) ibibarara
 (as object of worship) intendēri
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grab   ▶ gucakīra, kuraha, kuramira, gushikura
 (by neck) kuniga
(quickly) kunyakura
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grafted-in   ▶ (branch) ingurukizi
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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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grass   ▶ ivyātsi, ubwātsi
 (kind poisonous to cows) inzūzi
 (pieces of a certain kind used for weaving) agatēte
 (tall) ubwātsi
 (in water) igikāngaga
 (~ knife) umupānga
 (to cut) gukera, gukerera, gutema
 (to cut for use) kwāhira
 (to dig out rapidly) gusūriranya
 (to gather up that which has been spread out) gusasūra
 (to leave grass growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (to spread) gusasa
 (to spread around something, as coffee) gusasira
 (to weed out quickly) kurandagura
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grudgingly   ▶ ikinūbwe
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gun   ▶ ibundūki, ingōho
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half-mast   ▶ (at ~) bwa kinanda
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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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heal   ▶ (to ~, vi) gukira
 (to ~, vt) gukiza, kurokora, kuvūra
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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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heart   ▶ umutima, umushaha
 (pure, kind) umutima ukeye
(broken) umutima umenetse
(to jump with fear) guhahama
 (to pound) kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika, kudidagizwa
 (to set one's ~ on) guhahamira
 (to beat) gutera indihaguzi
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heat   ▶ ubushūhe, indugūmba, umururūmbo, ikibēngebēnge
 (with high humidity) agashūhe
(male animal in) ishāshi
 (to be in, animals) kwimanya
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help   ▶ gufasha
 (another get up) kuvyūra
 (exclamation: help please!) ntabāra
(in battle) gutabāra
 (in trouble or grief) kwīrūra
 (one another) gufatanya
(one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
 (one in trouble) kwēmanga
 (oneself even if you do not know how to do the thing) kwīgereza
 (oneself, relieve one's own need) kwīkenūra
 (overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
 (secretly someone to escape by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
 (sick person walk) kwāndāza
 (to call for ~) kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (~ to carry) gutwāza
 (to cry out for) kuborōga
 (to go to ~ another in his work) gusāsira
 (without expectation of reward) gutabāra
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hemp   ▶ urumogi, ubwoko bw'igiterwa kivamwo urunyuzi
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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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higher   ▶ (to put) gukiriza
 (up) haruguru
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hillocks   ▶ ubukiru
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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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honey   ▶ ubūki
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hoof   ▶ ikinōmo, urwāra
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house   ▶ inzu
 (in ruins) umusaka
 (little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
 (of king) ingoro
 (temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
 (small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
 (place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
 (to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
 (to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
 (to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
 (to put roof on) gusakāra
 (to repair a) gusanura
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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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import   ▶ (to) kurangura mu mahanga
 (to bring new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
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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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improve   ▶ (another's work) guhīngūra
 (physically or otherwise) kwōroherwa
 (to begin to feel better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (soil) gutabira
 (taste of food) kuryosha
 (a technique) guteza imbere
 (ubuhinga)
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improvement   ▶ (of soil) ukubungabunga
(isi)
(of environment) uguteza imbere ahantu, ukubungabunga ibidukikije
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incubate   ▶ kubundikīra
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infection   ▶ ukuziranirwa, ukwandukira
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infinitive   ▶ kīgēnzi
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inquire   ▶ (about someone) kubariritsa
 (to ask for particulars or description) kudondōza
 (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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insect   ▶ igikōko, agakōko
 (many small) ubukōko
 (ant, flying, edible) iswa
 (ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (ant, soldier) uburima
 (ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
 (ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
 (ant, white) umuswa
 (ant hill, white) umugina
 (bedbug) igiheri, igihere
 (bee) uruyūki
 (bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
 (bug) agasīmba
 (bumblebee) impingwe
 (butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
 (centipede, small) inyōngōri
 (chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (cicada) ijeri
 (cockroach) inyēnzi
 (fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
 (fly, house) isāzi
 (flea) imbaragasa
 (gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
 (grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
 (jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (locust) uruyige
 (louse) inda
 (mosquito) umubu
 (moth) ikinyungunyungu
 (tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
 (tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
 (tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
 (wasp) ivūbi
 (to sting or bite) gusurira
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iron   ▶ icuma
(~ bar) igihimba c'icuma
(for ironing clothes) ipāsi, ikigorōzo c'impūzu, ifero
(to ~) gutēra ipāsi, kugorōra impūzu
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jewels   ▶ urutabonwa
 (worn by king or great chiefs) inyambarabāmi
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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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jump   ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
 (about) gukinagira
 (from above) gushunguruka
 (in one's sleep) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (in surpise) guhahabuka
 (in surprise or when awakened) kuzanzamuka, gukanguka
 (up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (when stung or bitten) gushikurwa
 (with fear, heart) guhahama
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June   ▶ ukwēzi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
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kick   ▶ umugere
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kid   ▶ (young goat) umwāgazi
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kidney   ▶ ifyigo
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kill   ▶ (to) kwīca, kwongeranya
 (because of revenge) kuziza
 (oneself) kwīyīca, kwīgaragura, kwīyahura
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killed   ▶ (to be unjustly) kuyogera
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kiln   ▶ itanure
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kind   ▶ (species) ubwōko
(what kind?) –ki?
(what kind of) ki?
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kindness   ▶ ubukūndanyi
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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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kingdom   ▶ ubwāmi
 (at the king's court) ibwāmi, i bwāmi
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kiss   ▶ gusōma
 (repeatedly, passionately) gusōmagura
 (each other) gusōmana
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kitchen   ▶ igikōni
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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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lampshade   ▶ agakingamuco
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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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lift up  ▶ gukiriza, guterura
 (from ground) kurārūra
 (one who is lying down) kuvyūtsa
 (the head) kuraramuka
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live   ▶ kuba
 (live at, to dwell) gutura
 (breathe, to still live) guhēma
 (to be alive) kubaho
 (to cause to) kubēshaho
 (long time) kurāmba
 (near a public place) guhorahabona
 (together) kwāmana, kubāna, kumana
 (long live the king!) ganza, sabwa!
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lock   ▶ (to ~, to close) gukīnga
(to ~ person up) kudādira
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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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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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lustful   ▶ (thinking and practices) ubuhehesi
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malice   ▶ (person with no) ikirende
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manure   ▶ amase
 (goat) amahenehene
 (heap) icukiro
 (a lot) ibīse
 (to gather for garden) kuvūmbura
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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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milk   ▶ amata
 (human) amabērebēre
 (buttermilk) amaterere
 (skimmed) amatererwa
 (given to sick) umwērēra
 (sour) urubu
 (containers, table or shelf for) uruhīmbi
 (cup) icānsi
(to have dirt in ~) gutobeka
(to pour ~ down another's throat) kuramiza
 (to put skin of dead calf before cow so she will give milk) kwōrokēra
 (to remove a foreign body from) gutosōra
 (to sour, curdle) kuvura
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minister   ▶ (servant) umusuku
 (prime minister) Ministre mukuru
 (cabinet minsiter) umushikiranganji
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miracle   ▶ igitangāza, akūmiza
 (not by God's power) amarēba
 (making others think you've done a ~ when it's only a deception) uburyi
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misspeak   ▶ (err in speaking) kuyoba
 ('excuse me, I said a wrong word, misspoke myself') bambe
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mistake   ▶ ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
 (to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
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misunderstands   ▶ (one who deliberately) ikidāmbidāmbi
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mix   ▶ (vt) gutēranya, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
 (dough) gucūmba
 (things up and pack them down together) gukanjagura
 (thoroughly) gucucuma
 (together) gusukiranya
 (up) kuzīkuruka
 (up thoroughly) gusobanganya
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mixture   ▶ ikivānge, uruvānge
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mole   ▶ (animal) ifuku
 (on skin) isunūnu
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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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month   ▶ ukwēzi
(January) ukwezi kwa mbere, Nzero
(February) ukwezi kwa kabiri, Nyamagoma, Ruhuhuma
(March) ukwezi kwa gatatu, Ntwarante
(April) ukwezi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
(May) ukwezi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(June) ukwezi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
(July) ukwezi kwa ndwi, Mukakaro
(August) ukwezi kwa munani, Myandagaro
(September) ukwezi kwa cenda, Nyakanga
(October) ukwezi kwa cumi, Gitugutu
(November) ukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, Munyonyo
(December) ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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moreover   ▶ bitayeko, uteko, ikigeretseko, ubwo, nubwo
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moth   ▶ ikinyungunyungu
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mouth   ▶ akanwa
 (big, many) amanwa
 (person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
 (to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
 (to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
 (to put in the ~ of) gutamika
 (to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura
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move   ▶ (vi) kwīmuka
 (vt) kwīmura
 (about) gutēmbēra (Sw.)
(things to another place) gutūnda, gutereka
 (to another chieftanship) gucikira
 (to a new location) kujōnjōra
 (to cause to move) gusegenyesha
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mushroom   ▶ igihepfo, igihefo, igihefu, ikizinu
(little) ubumegeri
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native   ▶ imvukira, umwenegihugu
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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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nothing   ▶ (a ~) imburūngu, igaragara
(adv.) ubusa
 (adj.) ntanakimwe
 (to say ~) kunuma
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obey   ▶ kugamburuka, kugendanira, kwītōndera, kwūmvira, kugandūkira
 (unwillingly) kugambarara
 (to force to) kugandūra
 (to refuse to) kugaranya
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object   ▶ (of worship) ikigirwamāna
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ocean   ▶ ikiyaga
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open   ▶ (vi) kwāturuka, gukīnguruka, gupfunduka
 (vt) gufungūra (Sw.), kugarānzura, gukīngūra, gupfundurura, kurumūra, kwūgurura, kuzibūra
 (the eyes) gukanura
 (the eyes of another) guhumūra
 (flower) kwātura
 (the mouth) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
 (mouth, or book) kubūmbūra
 (suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
 (to be ~ to view) kugaragara
 (to be wide ~) kurāngāra
 (to leave ~) kurāngāza
 (space) agahīnga
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or   ▶ cānke, cyangwa (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
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overflow   ▶ ibibōgabōga, umusēsekara
 (place where river has overflowed the banks) ikidēngeri
 (to ~) kubōgabōga, gusēsekara
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owner   ▶ (of) nyene
 (of kraal) umutūngwa, sēnaka
 (to be sole) kwegukira
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pack   ▶ ipaki
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package   ▶ uruboho, umuzigo
 (of goods) ipaki
(small) itu
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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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peel   ▶ guhwāta, kumyōra
 (of skin after burn) kwūburuka
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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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penetrate   ▶ (into) kunyegera
 (skin, esp. under fingernail) gusesēra, gusesereza
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perish   ▶ (to) guhenebēra, guhona, kuranduka, gutikira, gutōngōka, kuyogera, kudēndūka, guhera
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persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
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persuade   ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
 (to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to try to ~) gukiranira
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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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pierce   ▶ (to) gucumita, gutobora, kuzibūra
 (in order to kill) gusogōta
 (through) gutobekeranya
 (as with a nail) guhānda
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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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plaster   ▶ (to) guhoma
(sticking ~, med) isuparadra
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play   ▶ (to) gukina, gufyina, gufyinata
 (musical instrument) kuvuza, gucurarānga
 (musical instrument vigorously) kwōmānza
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player   ▶ (of musical instrument) umucurarānzi
 (sport) umukinyi
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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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possess   ▶ gutūnga, kwegukira
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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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prevent   ▶ kubuza, gutururuza
 (from speaking) guhwāmika
 (one from harming another) kuzina
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prevention   ▶ ugukingira
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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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projection   ▶ (of any kind on building, as church tower, comb on house, etc.) kenese
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pronouncement   ▶ (work or command sent out by king and spread by chiefs) amatēka
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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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protect   ▶ (to) kubūngabūnga, guhāngāza, gukīnga, gutūnga, kuzigama
 (oneself) kwīrinda
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proud   ▶ (to be) kwīkakīsha, kwīmānya, kwīshīma, kwībona
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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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quarrel   ▶ intonganya, imitongano, amahāne
(to ~) gutongana, gutonganya, kurandagurana, guhārīra, guhāzāna
(to be always looking for) kwītōraguza
 (to start a) kwāndurutsa
 (to stop ~ and make them like each other) kwūnga
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quarrelsome   ▶ (person) ikijōra
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queen   ▶ (wife of king, or of great chief) umwāmikazi
 (ruling, mother of king) umugabekazi
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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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rearrange   ▶ gukirānura
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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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recover   ▶ (get well) gukira, kurokoka
 (from fear or anger) guhūmura
 (sight) guhumūka
 (when others around are dying) kurokoza
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rectangle   ▶ urukiramende
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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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refuge   ▶ ubuhūngiro, ubwīrukiro, ubukiriro, uburuhūkiro
 (little place of) agahēngekezo
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remembrance   ▶ icībukiriza, icībuko, umwībuko, akībuko
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reminder   ▶ icībutso, icībukiriza, umwībuko, akībuko
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remove   ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
 (clothing) kwāmbūra
 (completely) gutōngōra
 (dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
 (enchantment) kurogōra
 (everything from burning house) gusahura
 (foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
 (from cross) kubāmbūra
 (from fire or oven) kwōkōra
 (from hiding) guhishūra
 (from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (lid of basket) kurumūra
 (load from head) gutūra
 (skin from drying) kubāmbūra
 (sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
 (taboo) kuzirūra
 (things) kuyōra
 (things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
 (thorn or sliver) guhāndūra
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repetition   ▶ (one who speaks with senseless repetition of words) ikirogorogo
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reproach   ▶ (bringing ~ on others) ububwa
 (~ a dead person thus making it hard for loved ones) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
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rescue   ▶ kurokora, gukiza
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rescuer   ▶ umurokozi, umukiza
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reserve   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
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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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resting place  ▶ uburuhūkiro
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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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revolt   ▶ ubugome, umugome, umugararizo
 (mild in character) akagūma
(to ~) kugarariza, kugoma, kugūmūka
 (against king) kugesera
 (to subdue) kugandūra, kugomora, kugomoza
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rich   ▶ (to be) gutūnga, gukira
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rich man  ▶ umutūnzi, umukire
 (food and drink of) igiturire
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riches   ▶ itūnga, ubutūnzi, ubukire
 (great) umurēngera
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rock   ▶ ibuye, ikibuye, urutare
 (pile of rocks) igihongo
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roll   ▶ umuzīngo
 (of church members) itōrero
 (to roll, vi) gutembagara
 (about, vt) kujegeza
 (about on ground, vi) kuvurūnga, kwītēmbagaza
 (along) gusegenyeza, gusegenyēsha
 (over) gutēmbagaza
 (up) gukuba,
 (vt) kuzīnga
 (up several times) kuzīngazīnga
 (up, vi) kwīzingīra
 (up, a skin that's been wet, vi) gukōba
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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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rough   ▶ (place) ubukiru
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rule   ▶ (to) kugera, kugaba, kugānza, guhahaza
 (kindly) kwengēnga
 (try to in another's place) kurēngera
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sack   ▶ umupfuko, isaho
 (burlap) igunira
 (long narrow for food) indebuye
 (made of skin) umukuza
 (to tie neck of) kuniga
 (to tie up hole in) gutubika
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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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safe   ▶ (to be) gukira
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salt   ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra
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salvation   ▶ agakiza
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sandpit   ▶ ikinogo c'umusenyi co gushushanya mwo
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save   ▶ gukiza, kurokora
 (by means of) kurokoza
 (beans for a year) guhitiza
(to redeem) gucūngura
(to store) kubīka
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saved   ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira
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savior   ▶ umurokozi, umukiza
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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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scar   ▶ inkovu
 (from medical cutting) ururāsago, indāsago
 (left by person scratching or biting another) inkogote
(on gourd or skin) umuguma
 (of plant) ibango
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scorched   ▶ (to be) kubabuka, kurabukirwa
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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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search   ▶ kwīhwēza, gusesa
 (carefully) gusūra
 (for) guhama, kurondera
 (for a buyer) kubūnga
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
 (research) gusesangura
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seclude   ▶ (one who likes to go by himself rather than with others) ikirarashamba
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seize   ▶ gucakīra, gusūmira, kuramata
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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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serve   ▶ gusukūrira
 (as a servant) kujakarira, gushūmba
 (food) gufungura
 (king) kugarānzura
 (meal to) kuzimāna
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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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shopper   ▶ (in shop) umuguzi, umuranguzi, umukiriya
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show   ▶ kwereka, kwerekana, gufurūra, guserura, kubonēsha
 (contempt, by spitting) gucīra inyeri
(off) kwīkakīsha
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (the way) guhubūra, kurangīra, kuyobora
 (the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura
 (to not ~ one's feelings) kwīrengagiza
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sick   ▶ (person) umurwāyi
(child) uruzingo
(to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
 (to be often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
 (i.e. indwara irambūngamwo)
(to assist ~ person in walking) kwāndāza
 (to make) kurwāza
 (to be taken ~ suddenly, supposedly from python looking at one) gukāngwa
 (to visit the ~) gusuhūza
 (to take care of the ~) kurwāza
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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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silence   ▶ agacerere
 (to ~) gucereza, kuzibiza, guhoza, kuzibiranya
 (by motion of the hand) kumama
 (one's opponent by speaking the truth) kujegeza
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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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sit   ▶ kwīcara
 (to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
 (of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
 (together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
 (place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero
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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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slant   ▶ (vi) guhirika, gukīka
 (vt) gukīkama, guhēngeka, gukikamika
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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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slope   ▶ inkingu
 (of hill) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
(steep) agahanamo
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smell   ▶ ububabwe, ubumote
 (to ~, vt) kwīnukiriza, kwūmva, kwūmviriza, kwīmōtereza
 (to smell bad, vi) kunūka
 (to smell good, vi) kumōta
 (smell spreading, smell filling the air, vi) gutāmirana
 (to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
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snake   ▶ inzōka
 (big) ikiyoka
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soft   ▶ (anything very ~, lacking stiffness) urudēndevu
 (to be) kwōroha
 (to be silky ~) kurēmba
 (to get ~ in water) kubōmbōka
 (to make soil ~) kwōrohereza
 (and springy, e.g. earth in swamp) kudemwademwa
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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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sports field  ▶ urukino
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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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sprinkle   ▶ gusukira, kuvōmera
 (vi) kumījira
 (vt) gucūcagira, kumīja, kumījagira
 (as with powder, salt) kumemēra
 ('medicine' around house to protect it from evil) gutota
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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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stalk   ▶ (of bananas) igitoki
 (of sorghum) igishakshaka
(to fall from) guhūnguka
 (to pluck from) kumyōza
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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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stand   ▶ guhagarara
 (erect) kwēma, kwemarara
 (erect for a long time) gushibama
 (in a certain place) kubisiriza
 (in another's light) gukīnga
 (in line) gutōnda
 (on tiptoe) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
 (on tiptoe to get something) gusumburukwa
 (up) guhaguruka, kuva hasi
(to have one ~ up) guhagarika, guhagurutsa
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stay   ▶ kuguma
 (at king's court) gusasa
 (away frequently from home) guhīmbira
 (for a time) gusībira
 (in one place permanently) guhama, gutsīndāza
 (to cause to) kugumya
 (to not ~ at home) guhugūmba
 (to not ~ in place) kujuragira, gucambagirana
 (one who does not ~ home) igihūmbu
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steel   ▶ icuma kitagwa ingese
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step   ▶ intambuko
 (measure by steps) itāmbwe
 (place where steps are cut in hillside) ubukiru
 (to ~) gutambuka
 (aside to make light) gukīngūra, gukīnguruka
 (on) guhonyora
 (take little steps) kunyonyera
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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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stop   ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
 (vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
 (diarrhea) gufutīsha
 (quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
 (~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
 (a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
 (up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka
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stopper   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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stopping place  ▶ uburuhūkiro
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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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straighten up  ▶ (vt) gukirānura, kugorōra
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strange   ▶ (thing) ikija
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stranger   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko
 (from across border) injabuka
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stream   ▶ icōgo, urūzi
(current of) umukuba
 (middle of) umutānga, idāmba
 (tiny) umugēnde, imbizi
 (winding) ikigobe
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stretch   ▶ (vi) kwāguka, kweguka
 (vt) kwāgura
 (oneself) kwīgorōra
 (oneself out on ground) kurambarara
 (a bow) gufōra
 (out, vi) kwirāmvura
 (out, as skin for drum) gukana
 (out arm) kurāmvura
 (out skin to dry by pegging) kubāmba
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stretcher   ▶ inderuzo, iburankara
(woven) igitēbo
(to carry corpse) ikigagara
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strike   ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
 (against in order to knock down) gusita
 (down and almost kill) kurabika
 (one against the other, knees) gukomānya
 (oneself) kwīkubita
 (oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
 (sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
 (thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
 (prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
 (to raise one's arm to) kubangurira
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stroll   ▶ (about as if one had nothing else to do) kubagabaga
 (to ~ about when one should be working) kuraramanga
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stunted   ▶ (plant) ikirūmbirane
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substitute   ▶ (one who takes place of guilty man) impongano
 (for another) kwākīra
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suck   ▶ (esp. juice out of fruit) kunūnuza
 (to eat by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
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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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surpass   ▶ (one who surpasses all others) agahebūza, agakūra
 (thing that surpasses everything of its kind) akaminūza, akarēnzo
 (to ~) kurēnga, kurusha, kurushiriza, kuruta, gusūmba
 (all others, good or bad) guhebūza, kunengesēra
 (to try to ~) guhiga
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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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task   ▶ igikorwa, akazi, umurimo
 (assigned) ibāngo
 (to begin ~) kwāhuka
 (to be one's) kwegukirae.g. negukiye kwigisha
 (to cause to work at several ~ at once) kujuragiza
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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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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thoughts   ▶ (to express one's) gukīmbūka
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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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tie   ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
 (beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
 (clothes at waist) gukenyeza
 (cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
 (firmly) kudādira
 (neck of sack) kuniga
 (oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
 (securely) kudaga
 (together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
 (up a bundle) gutēkera
 (with knot) gupfundika
 (as goat in pasture) kuzirika
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time   ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
 (another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
 (the very last) ubuherūka
 (of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
 (to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
 (to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
 (to spend ~ together) kumarana
 (to waste one's ~) gukinanga
 (how many ~) kangahe?
 (many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi
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time of day  ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba
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tire   ▶ ikigōmbo
 (wheel tire) ipine
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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tithe   ▶ ikigira cumi
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together   ▶ hamwe
 (all) icārimwe
 (living) umubāno
 (all speaking) imvugarimwe
 (with) kumwe
 (sticking) akaramata
 (trees grown very close ~) impatane
 (to be) kumana
 (to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (to come, as crowd) gukungēra
 (to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
 (to crowd ~) kwegerana
 (to get close) kwegerana
 (to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
 (to live) kubāna
 (to live, be always) kwāmana
 (to meet) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
 (to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
 (to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
 (to spend time) kumarana
 (to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
 (to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
 (to strive and crowd) kuvurungana
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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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toward   ▶ (the top) haruguru
 (to be looking) gutūmbēra
 (to go) kwerekera, kwerekeza
 (to direct ~) kwerekeza
 (to look) kwerekera
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transmit   ▶ (contagious disease) kwāndukiza
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traveller   ▶ inyāmbukīra, ingenzi, umwāmbukīra
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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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truth   ▶ ukuri, impamo
(to hide the ~) kwīyobagiza
(to make one tell the ~) kurahuruza
 (to speak the ~) guhinyuza
 (to tell the whole ~, without hiding a thing) kwātagura
(someone speaking the ~) imvugakuri
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try   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (on clothes) kwīgera
 (over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
 (to get out of work) gushaza
 (to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
 (to know something) kugenzūra
 (to persuade) gukiranira
 (to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
 (to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
 (to surpass another) guhiga
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tsetse fly  ▶ ikibugu
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turn   ▶ urubu
 (to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
 (to have one's) kuramukirwa
 (about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
 (against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
 (around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
 (around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
 (away, vt) guhīnda
 (back, vt) gukuba
 (as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
 (on side, vt) guhēngeka
 (one's head) gukebuka
 (over and over, vt) kugaragura
 (right side up) gucurūra
 (upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
 (upside down or wrong end to) gucurika
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twist   ▶ gukānya, guhotora
 (as arm, rope, etc.) guhīnga
 (fibers in making rope, thread) kudandikanya
 (one's foot) guhinyagara
(to wriggle and ~) kwīnyuguta
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understand   ▶ gutāhūra, kurabuka, guhubūka
 (to cause to) gutāhūza, gutegereza, gukurugutura
 (to hear) kwūmva
(to think over) gutegēra
(after thinking over) gutegereza
(one another) kwūmvīkana, kwūmvana
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unkind   ▶ (to speak unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
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unsuccessful   ▶ (to be) gutāna
 (try repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
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untie   ▶ kubohōra, kudādura, kuzitura, guhamburura, gupfundurura
 (cow's legs after milking) kujishura
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up   ▶ hejuru
 (higher) haruguru
 (there) haruguru
 (to lift) gukiriza
 (to look straight) kurarama
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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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verify   ▶ guhinyuza
 (what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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vine   ▶ (creeping) igitēza
 (grape) umuzabibu
 (of certain sort) umurāndarānda
 (red flowering) umukakampiri
 (sweet potato) imibuto, umuvyūka
 (pumpkin) umuvyūka
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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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wanderer   ▶ umwāmbukīra, ingēnzi, inyāmbukīra, inyererezi, igihūmbu, inzererezi
 (to be a ~) kuzerēra
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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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waste   ▶ kwāya
 (one's time) gukinanga
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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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weak   ▶ (person) umugoyigoyi
 (~ and faltering person) urudēndevu
 (place, as scar, on skins or gourds) umuguma
 (something that appears to be strong but is ~) igihōmbe
 (to be ~) kudendebukirwa, kugabanuka, kugira intege, kugoyagoya, kumugara
 (to be ~ and floppy) kuregarega
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wealth   ▶ ubutūnzi, ubukire
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weaving   ▶ ukujisha impuzu
 (certain kind of grass used for ~) agatēte
 (to finish ~ an article) gusōza
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well   ▶ nēza
 (to be) kuguma, gukomera
 (to be, esp. of old people) kudūndēga
 (to not be) kuyōka
 (to get) gukira, kurokoka
 (to get after serious illness) kurēmba
 (to get when others around are dying) kurokoza
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whale   ▶ ifi y'ikimizi
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what   ▶ iki ?
(what happened?) habaye iki?
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what kind  ▶ –ki?
(what kind of) ki?
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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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willful   ▶ (to be) kwānkika
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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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witch doctor  ▶ umupfumu
 (certain kind) umumago
 (to have him bewitch someone) kuraguza
 (to have him divine) kuraguza
 (to seek out evil doers) kuragura
 (to take out objects from the body) guhura
 (bits of things used for divining) agatēte
 (stones, etc. which he claims to take from swollen places on body) umutundiro
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woman   ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
 (married ~) umugore
 (lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
 (elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
 (elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira
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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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workman   ▶ umukozi, umunyakazi
 (skilled) umufundi (Sw.)
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa
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worship   ▶ (to ~) gusenga
 (to ~ spirits, Kiranga) guterekēra
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worthless   ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
 (thing) imicekwa
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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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condom   ▶ agakingirizo
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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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basketball   ▶ (ball) umupira wa basketi
(game) umukino wa basketi, umukino w'amaboko
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football   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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soccer   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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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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kiosk   ▶ ibutike
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barber   ▶ kimyozi
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hairdresser   ▶ kimyozi
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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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pertain   ▶ (to ~ to) gukukira
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subject   ▶ (to be ~ to) gukukira
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century   ▶ ikinjāna
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kinship   ▶ umuryāngo
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port   ▶ ikivuko
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drummer   ▶ (~ following the movement of the dancer) umuvuzamurishyo
 (~ keeping the basic rhythm) umukokezi
 (traditional ~, "one who hits hard") umutimbo
 (members of drummer lineages) abazimbura, abanyuka, abanyakisaka
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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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hide   ▶ (skin) urusato
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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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dance   ▶ (to ~) gutāmba, guhamiriza
(parade dancing as traditional warriors) kwīyereka
 (~ to music) kuvyina
 (to cause to ~) kuvyinisha
 (to ~ in honor of) kuvyinira, gutambira
 (to ~ together) gutambana
 (in honor of Kiranga) kubāndwa
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answer   ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
 (to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
 (~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
 (delay to) kurēngagiza
 (to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (to superior when called) kurēnguka
 (when called) kwītaba
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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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depend   ▶ (to ~ on) gukūkira
 (to ~ on help of) kumanuza
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screen   ▶ (to ~ a film) gukina
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dialogue   ▶ ikigānīro
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duck   ▶ (to ~ to keep from being struck) kuzibukīra
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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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kick   ▶ (to ~) gutēra umugere
 (violently, as child does) gusyēgenya
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kind   ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda
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load   ▶ (to) gupakira
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work   ▶ (to ~) gukora
 (at several tasks at once) kujuragira
 (carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
 (complainingly) kugimīra
 (for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
 (for oneself) kwīkorera
 (hard) gucumukura, gutama
 (hard at) kuramiriza
 (lazily) kuregarega
 (rapidly) gufuruguta
 (together) gukorana
 (unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
 (with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
 (with wood) kubāza
 (with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
 (to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
 (to do housework) kugora
 (to feign) gushaza
 (to put to) kwāhura
 (to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
 (to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
 (to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira
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how are you  ▶ urakomeye? amakuru?
(informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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challenge   ▶ ikibazo
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contract   ▶ (to ~ a contagious disease) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
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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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modern   ▶ kigezweko, -gezweko
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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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kindle   ▶ (to) gucāna, kudomeka
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milk   ▶ (to) gukama
 (to finish milking a cow) guhāza
 (to ~ into mouth) kugoba
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mute   ▶ (person) ikiragi
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order   ▶ (to) gutumiza, gusaba
(to place in) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
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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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capture   ▶ gufata, gucakīra
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drug addiction  ▶ ikiyayuramutwe
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shield   ▶ (to ~) gukīnga, gukīngiriza
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stick   ▶ (to ~ out, as garment with something under it) kudundūra
(to stick) guhoma, guhomesha uburembo
(~ together, vi) gufatana, kumata, kwōmeka, kumatana
(vt) gufatanya, guhoma, kumatanya
(~ up for another) gukīmbūka
(put ~ in ground) gushīnga
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store   ▶ (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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what's up  ▶ (informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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anything   ▶ ikintu ico ari co cose, icarico cose
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neither   ▶ nta na kimwe
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interview   ▶ ikigānīro
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similarly   ▶ kimwe
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likewise   ▶ kimwe
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comparably   ▶ kimwe
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browser   ▶ (internet ~) mushakisharubuga
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browse   ▶ (to ~ the internet) kurondera, gushakisha (Rw.)
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explorer   ▶ umushakisha
(internet ~) mushakisharubuga
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subscribe   ▶ (to) kwīyandikīsha
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Greek   ▶ (language) ikigereki
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