ko     conj   ▶ 1. since (cause, not time), 2. that, 3. as
ni ko   conj   ▶ 1. all right, 2. that's so, 3. thus
blindfold   ▶ agatambaro ko gupfuka amaso
En-En dictionary 
bedside   ▶ (table) akameza ko mu buryamo, akameza k'igitanda
En-En dictionary 
table   ▶ ameza (Sw.)
(bedside) akameza ko mu buryamo
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
 (to set the ~) gupānga ameza
En-En dictionary 
uko   conj   ▶ as, how
hāko   conj   ▶ 1. rather than, 2. in place of
koko     adv   ▶ indeed, truly, really, in fact
kuko     conj   ▶ because
niko     conj   ▶ all right, that's so, thus
nuko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
sīko    ▶ isn't it? isn't that so?
yūko  ▶ that (esp. to introduce indirect quotation or other dependent clause)
murakoze   phr   ▶ Thank you! (pl., polite) (lit.: you worked!)
urakoze   phr   ▶ Thank you! (sg.) (lit.: you worked)
bukōko     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) truly animal
ubukoyo     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) stoop-shouldered-ness (as result of illness or hunger) (term of scorn)
ubukōko     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. many small insects, 2. animal
ubwōnko     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) brains
urwānko     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) hatred, antipathy
gukora umudo (-koze)   phr   ▶ to stuff a mattress
gukoba (-kovye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a litle hole in ground for planting a tree or plant, 2. to dig up sweet potato with fingers, dig as chicken does, 3. to strip one of his clothing
gukoma (-komye)     v   ▶ 1. to strike, 2. to nudge, 3. to touch a person to attract his attention
gukona (-konnye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut off, 2. to prune, 3. to castrate, to make sterile
gukora (-koze)     v   ▶ 1. to work, 2. to do, 3. to touch, 4. to make cough (spit), 5. to be fatal, 6. it's enough (salt, medicine, etc.) in something else, 7. to produce
urakoze (or, wakoze) thank you
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance
gukoza (-kojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to dip in sauce, to dunk, 2. to eat two kinds of food together
gukōba (-kōvye)     v   ▶ to draw up, roll up (vi), (e.g. a skin that's been wet)
gukōbwa (-kowe)     v   ▶ to be paid for marriage
gukōra (-kōye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg
gukōza (-kōjeje)   v   ▶ to continually beg
ariko     conj   ▶ but, however
n'ūko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
uteko     conj   ▶ moreover
gushira igikonyo   phr   ▶ to work with zeal, earnestness
mama w'umukōndo   phr   ▶ beloved mother
nyoko (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your (sing. or pl.) mother (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
amarōnko    5   ▶ acquisitions, possessions
amatsiko    5   ▶ curiosity, interest
isoko (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ market, general marketplace
isōko (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ fountain, spring, source
itako (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ buttocks, thighs
iziko (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ burial, funeral
izīko (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. traditional fireplace, consisting of three stones (see amashiga), 2. stove, cooker
ubukonje   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ coldness, cold
ubwōko (am-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. race, 2. nation, 3. tribe, 4. kind, species, breed
gukoma indūru (-komye)   phr   ▶ to wail, give cry of alarm
gukomba (-komvye)     v   ▶ to curve finger (as in scraping food from dish)
gukomwa (-komwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be struck, 2. be displaced
gukonya (-konye)     v   ▶ to bend joint
gukorwa (-kozwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be touched, 2. be worked on
gukosha (-kosheje)     v   ▶ (Sw.) to make a mistake
gukovya (-kobeje)     v   ▶ to hurry, persist, be energetic, strive after
gukōmba (-kōmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to use up, finish food (vt), 2. to clean up one's plate completely
gukōnja (-kōnje)     v   ▶ to be cold, to chill
gukōsha (-kōsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pay dowry, ask for dowry
kuryako (-rīyeko)   v   ▶ to eat a little, to taste just a bite
kwītako (-ītayeko)     v   ▶ to do with vigor, to devote oneself to a task
nk'ūko    ▶ as, like (introducing clause)
n'imisuhūko   phr   ▶ I'm better, he's better
ndakomeye   phr   ▶ I am fine (said as answer to the question: urakomeye?)
urakomeye   phr   ▶ are you well? how are you? (from gukomera) (replied by ndakomeye!)
komite   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ committee (from Fr.)
imigūmūko    2   ▶ news (esp. of battle), outcry, clamor
imisabiko  2   ▶ herbal tea
imisuhūko    2   ▶ feeling better
inkoko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ chicken
inkīko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ boundaries of country
inkōko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ flat basket with lid
intēko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ group (esp. of people), multitude
ubukomezi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. consistency, 2. strength
ubumanuko   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ South, to the south, southwards
uburaruko   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ north
ubuseruko   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ east, eastwards
umwiko (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ trowel
urukiko (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ court, tribunal
urukoko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ cream, scum
urusako (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. gossip, 2. curiosity
gukobeza (-kobeje)     v   ▶ to strive, persist more strongly than before
gukokeza (-kokeje)   v   ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog
gukomera (-komeye)     v   ▶ 1. to be well, to be strong, to be in good health, 2. to be difficult, to be hard, to be tough, robust, 3. to strike at, for
gukomeza (-komeje)     v   ▶ 1. to continue, to proceed, 2. make strong, 3. to persevere, to sustain, 4. to confirm
gukomoka (-komotse)     v   ▶ to be born of a certain family, to come from
gukomora (-komoye)     v   ▶ to bite (serpent)
gukomorwa (-komowe)     v   ▶ to be bitten (by snake)
gukorako (-kozeko)     v   ▶ to touch
gukorana (-koranye)     v   ▶ 1. to work together, 2. to touch each other, 3. to meet together
gukorera (-koreye)     v   ▶ to work at, to work for (someone)
gukorerwa (-korewe)     v   ▶ to be served, worked for
gukoroka (-korotse)     v   ▶ to fall from above
gukoropa (-korofye)   v   ▶ to mop, wipe, swab
gukorora (-koroye)     v   ▶ 1. to throw down from above, cause to fall down from above, 2. to cough
gukorōza (-korōje)     v   ▶ to cause to cough
gukosōra (-kosōye)     v   ▶ (Sw.) 1. to correct, to rectify, 2. to amend
gukōkōra (-kōkōye)     v   ▶ to cut off branches, to strip leaves from tree or stick
kunywako (-nyōyeko)   v   ▶ to drink a little, to taste a sip
kuvugako (-vuzeko)   v   ▶ to talk a little of something
kwōtsako (--kejeko)   v   ▶ to roast a little of
kigezweko   adj   ▶ modern
agakōko (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small animal, insect
akībuko (utw-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ remembrance, reminder
itegeko (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. command, 2. law, 3. rule
igihēko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ amulet, charm (article supposed to have special power to protect)
igikōko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wild animal, insect
igitiko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fairy story
ikimōko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) whip, lash
ikivuko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ port
ikiyīko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) spoon
inyōnko (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. fever, 2. malaria
ububīko (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. cupboard, 2. bank account
ubwīgobeko     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) depth (of heart)
udukōkōrwa    7   ▶ peelings, leaves or bark stripped from tree
ukuboko (ama-)     9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ arm
umubiko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ comb of chicken
umucūko (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weaned child
umusoko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long thing (esp. stalk of bananas, etc.)
gukorana mu minwe na (-koranye)   phr   ▶ to shake hands with
gukomezwa (-komejwe)     v   ▶ to be made strong
gukomvora (-komvoye)     v   ▶ to be destroyed suddenly
gukomānga (-komānze)     v   ▶ to knock (originally, to strike earth to make ants come out)
gukomānya (-komānije)     v   ▶ 1. to strike one against the other (as knees, etc., in fear or cold), 2. to grit teeth, 3. to put wood on fire
gukopesha (-kopesheje)   v   ▶ to lend, to loan
gukoranya (-koranije)     v   ▶ to bring together, to cause to meet together, to assemble
gukorēsha (-korēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to use, 2. to employ, 3. to cause to work, 4. to keep (someone) busy
gukoshōra (-koshōye)   v   ▶ (Sw.) 1. to correct, to rectify, 2. to amend
gukōmbōra (-kōmbōye)     v   ▶ to destroy, to take away completely, remove chief
gukōndōka (-kōndōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you
gukōndōra (-kōndōye)     v   ▶ 1. to succeed in persuading someone to leave his evil ways, 2. to pick squash or corn from stalk
kwīkēkako (--tseko)     v   ▶ to think, to doubt oneself
bitāyeko     conj   ▶ in order that, moreover, furthermore
sa nkoko     excl   ▶ hop!
ndakwītwāyeko   phr   ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)
ikoroketi   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ croquette
icāndiko (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ writing
ikinonko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ lump (as in food)
inyabwonko   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ computer
inyūbako (iny-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ building
udukorokera    7   ▶ crumbs
umupfuko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. pocket, 2. sack, 3. bag, 4. purse (also umufuko)
umwībuko (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ remembrance, reminder
gukomereka (-komeretse)     v   ▶ to be wounded, injured
gukomereza (-komereje)     v   ▶ to make strong at, for
gukoragura (-koraguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in abundance
gukorakora (-korakoye)     v   ▶ to touch, feel of, to be lightfingered
gukorakorwa (-korakowe)     v   ▶ to be felt of
gukorokana     v   ▶ to fall with
gukorokera (-korokeye)     v   ▶ to fall at, for, on
gukororera (-kororeye)     v   ▶ to cough at
gukōkōrera (-kōkōreye)     v   ▶ to strip off leaves for, because of
gukōnjēsha (-kōnjēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to be cold, to freeze (vt)
kwīrirwako (-īrirweko)     v   ▶ to spend the whole day at a certain task
ikigeretseko     conj   ▶ furthermore, moreover
akamanuko (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ descent, slope of hill (pl. rare)
ikonfitire   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ jam
igitereko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. place prepared to put anything, 2. lamp stand
ikiruhūko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. vacation, 2. rest, break, respite, 3. holidays
ikiziriko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rope (as for tying animals)
intambuko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ step
umugoreko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tiny plant shoot (esp. beans)
umumanuko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ descent, slope of hill
urugombeko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' to protect house
urukorōnko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ charm or horn used by witch doctor
ururēmbēko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits
urwāndiko (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ writing
gukomeretsa (-komerekeje)     v   ▶ to wound
gukomāngira (-komāngiye)     v   ▶ to strike, knock for
gukomāntara (-komāntaye)     v   ▶ to be hard-hearted, to be beaten down (as path)
gukomāntaza (-komāntaje)     v   ▶ to make hard
gukongereza (-kongereje)     v   ▶ to make a fire
gukōndōrera (-kōndōreye)     v   ▶ 1. to go together to see something (of many people), 2. to help another to overcome an enemy
gukoma ibōbo   phr   ▶ to beg earnestly
gikomāngīsha    n   ▶ (shije) to knock with
igifunyiko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper
ikivumbiko (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wood that holds fire as ashes are put over it for the night
umufunyiko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper
umupfuniko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover of a kettle
umwiyereko (imw-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ dance of the Bugesera region
gukomeretswa (--kejwe)     v   ▶ to be wounded
gukoragurika (-koraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down continually, in abundance (as branches blown down), 2. to run downhill
gukoraniriza (-koranirije)     v   ▶ to assemble together (vt)
gukōkōbereza (-kōkōbereje)     v   ▶ to hurry
gukōmvōmvoka (-kōmvōmvotse)     v   ▶ to finish completely (vi)
gukōmvōmvora (-kōmvōmvoye)     v   ▶ to finish completely (vt), consume, destroy completely
kwīgūngirako (--yeko)     v   ▶ to be selfish, take everything for oneself
gukoma amashi   phr   ▶ to applaud, to clap hands
konvuwayeri (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ conductor (in taxi or bus, from Fr. convoyeur)
inyānduruko (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. origin, 3. cause
nkumbaruboko    n   ▶ index finger
umunyankīko (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ stranger, foreigner, person from far away (who lives near border)
gukorogoshora (-korogoshoye)     v   ▶ 1. to chip stone, 2. make holes in stone, 3. to hollow out
nkombarukoko    n   ▶ index finger
gukoragurikira (-koragurikiye)     v   ▶ to fall continually at
inanganyabwonko   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ keyboard
umwītwaririko (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. zeal, 2. persistence, 3. anxiety, 4. care
isesa nyabwonko   phr   ▶ computer science, informatics
guhāngāza ukuboko (-hāngāje)   phr   ▶ to hold out arms to receive something
inkorora y'akānīra   phr   ▶ pertussis, whooping cough, whoop
gushorerakw amaboko   phr   ▶ to take hold of person
umupira w'amaboko (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. basketball, 2. volleyball
uguca kubiri n'amategeko   phr   ▶ 1. disloyalty, 2. infidelity
-kazi    ▶ suffix used to form the feminine (imbwakazi – female dog, inkokokazi – hen)
agakomokomo (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ base of brain, occiput (also inkomokomo)
gushorera (-shoreye)     v   ▶ 1. to touch, 2. to lead the cows
gushorerakw amaboko to take hold of person
ibōbo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ beseeching
gukoma ibōbo to beg earnestly
igikorēsho (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ instrument, tool
ibikorēsho vyo mu inzu household (goods)
ibikoresho vyo ku meza tableware
indūru (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ shout of alarm, wail
gukoma induru to wail, give cry of alarm
kuba (-baye)     v   ▶ 1. to be, 2. to become, 3. to live
habaye iki? what happened?
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance
kwītwāra (-ītwāye)     v   ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)
ukuraba   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. blackout, 2. fainting fit
umugēnzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ companion, friend (not close)
umukozi mugenzi collegue
umukāngara (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. young of animal, young bull, 2. teenager (traditionally boys only)
imikangara y'abakobwa teenage girls
umukoloni (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ colonialist, colonist, colonizer (also umukoroni)
umukozi dukorana (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ collegue (from gukorana)
abortion   ▶ ukuramburura
(med) ugukorora inda
En-En dictionary 
account   ▶ (on account of) kubwa
 (bank) ikonte, ububīko
En-En dictionary 
acquisitions   ▶ amarōnko
En-En dictionary 
adviser   ▶ umuhanuzi, konseye, umukonseye
En-En dictionary 
alcohol   ▶ (to drink) inzoga zikaze
(med) arukoro, ubwayi
En-En dictionary 
all   ▶ –ōse
 (all right) niko, ni ko
(together) icārimwe
En-En dictionary 
alliance   ▶ isezerano
 (to help another overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
En-En dictionary 
and   ▶ (for connecting clauses) kandi, uteko
 (for connecting words in series) na
 (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku) no
 (and then) maze
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
antibiotic   ▶ umuti wica imikorobi
En-En dictionary 
antipathy   ▶ urwānko
En-En dictionary 
anxiety   ▶ amaganya, umwītwaririko, intūntu, guhagarika umutima
En-En dictionary 
apparatus   ▶ (instrument, machine) igikoresho
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
armrest   ▶ icīshimikizo c'inkokora
En-En dictionary 
as   ▶ ku, uko, ingene, ubugene
(introducing clauses) nk'uko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
assemble   ▶ kurementanya
 (people) gukoranya
 (things to give to someone) gusorōranya
En-En dictionary 
bacterium   ▶ ubwoko bw'umukorobi
En-En dictionary 
bag   ▶ isaho
 (backpack, shoulder bag) agasaho
 (big) indaha
 (sack) igunira, umupfuko
 (sports bag) ishakoshi
 (small sports bag, ladies purse) agashakoshi
 (suitcase) ivarise
En-En dictionary 
bank   ▶ (bankhouse) ibanki
 (~ account) ikonte, ububīko
En-En dictionary 
bark   ▶ igishishwa
 (of banana tree) igihubahuba
 (cloth garment) indemano
 (cloth with painted spots, used as thing of worship) indabe, indome
 (~ stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imibavu
 (put on new ~) kwībwira
En-En dictionary 
base   ▶ (of brain) agakomokomo
(of tree) itsina, igitsina
(of bed) isaso y'uburiri
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
because   ▶ kuko
 (~ of) kubwa, kubera
 (~ of that) niyo mpamvu
En-En dictionary 
beg   ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
 (continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
 (earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
 (for beer) kuvūmba
 (habitually) gusegerereza
En-En dictionary 
beginning   ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
 (of dry season, about June) impēshi
En-En dictionary 
bend   ▶ (vt) guheta
 (as joint) kugōnda
 (curve) kugoreka
 (down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
 (over) kujōndamika, kwūbama
En-En dictionary 
better   ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
 (he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
bite   ▶ gushikura
 (as animal, or pain) kurandagura
 (of animal, insect) kuryāna
 (insect) gusurira
 (of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
 (serpent) gukomora
En-En dictionary 
boat   ▶ ubwato, imasuwa, imeri
(big) icōmba
 (stern) umukōndo
 (to row a ~) gusōza
En-En dictionary 
bone marrow  ▶ umusokōro
En-En dictionary 
born   ▶ (to be) kuvūka
 (of) kwāmuka
 (of a certain family) gukomoka
En-En dictionary 
boundary   ▶ urubibe, akarīmbi, ikirīmbi
(of country) inkīko
(to make a) kuzitira
En-En dictionary 
bowl   ▶ ibakure (Sw.), akabakure
(salad ~) igikoresho cumisha imboga
 (sugar ~) agashingurasukari
En-En dictionary 
bracelet   ▶ agakomo
(brass) umububa, umwākaka
(of copper wire) ikidodi, ikidode
(of grass) umunoni
(of metal) akanyabugoro, umurīnga
(of wire) inyerere
(worn at dances) urunana
En-En dictionary 
brain   ▶ ubwōnko, ubgonko
 (base of ~) agakomokomo
En-En dictionary 
branch   ▶ ishami
 (serving to close entrance) imyugariro, imihogero, imihangazo
(to cut off) gukōkōra
 (to put forth) gushamika
 (to put out great) gusagarara, gutabarara
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
brother   ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere
En-En dictionary 
brow   ▶ (of hill) igikombe
En-En dictionary 
bucket   ▶ indobo, akameka
 (handle of) umukono
En-En dictionary 
building   ▶ inyūbako, inyūbakwa
 (public) inyūbakwa za leta
 (to find new ~ site) kugerēra
 (to prepare a place for ~) gutaba
 (~ site) urugerēro, ikibānza, ishantiye
En-En dictionary 
but   ▶ ariko, mugabo, yamara
En-En dictionary 
buttocks   ▶ itako
En-En dictionary 
cactus   ▶ ubwoko bw'igihane
En-En dictionary 
can   ▶ (tin) igikopo
 (canister) ibido
 (garbage ~) ico batamwo umwavu
 (watering) ishwāro
En-En dictionary 
cane   ▶ ikibāndo, inkoni yo gushaza
 (sugar ~, ready to eat) umusigati, umusumba
(sugar ~, plant) igikaju
En-En dictionary 
caravan   ▶ (of carriers) umurongo w'abikorezi
En-En dictionary 
care   ▶ (anxiety) umwītwaririko
 (of body, house, etc.) isuku
 (to care about) kubabara
 (for) kuziganya
 (to take ~ of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka, gutūnga
 (to take very good ~ of) kubukabuka
En-En dictionary 
carry   ▶ guterura, gutwāra
 (away, as water does) gukubebera
 (carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
 (for) gutwāza
 (in basket, person not sick) kurerura
 (on back) guheka
 (on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
 (on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
 (and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma
En-En dictionary 
castrate   ▶ (to) gukona, gushāhura
 (castrated male) inkone
En-En dictionary 
cause   ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, igituma, imvo
 (to plead a ~) kubūrana
En-En dictionary 
cellulose   ▶ imfungurwa ziva mu biterwa, zifasha amara gukora neza, ubugwegwe bashobora guhinguramwo impuzu
En-En dictionary 
charm   ▶ (heathen) igihēko
 (heathen, worn on head) urugori
 (used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 ('medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) ururēmbeko
 (spell, hex) amarozi
 (white shell worn by children) iyugi
En-En dictionary 
chicken   ▶ inkoko
 (hen) inkokokazi
(rooster) isāke
 (wing of) icūbi
En-En dictionary 
chief   ▶ (great) umuganwa
 (sub) umutwāre
 (to go to with trouble, complaint) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to remove) gukōmbōra
 (to take someone to for trial or accusation) gushengeza
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
chill   ▶ agashitsi
 (to ~) gukōnja
 (to have) guhīnda agashitsi, guhīndaganywa
En-En dictionary 
chip   ▶ ibāngo
 (of wood) ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to ~ stone) gukorogoshora
En-En dictionary 
cholera   ▶ korera
En-En dictionary 
citrus fruit  ▶ ivyamwa vyo mu bwoko bw'imicungwe, indimu
En-En dictionary 
clamor   ▶ urwāmo, imigūmūko, uruhōgo, umuvurungano, uruyogoyogo
 (to raise) kugūmūka
En-En dictionary 
clap   ▶ (to ~) gukoma amashi
En-En dictionary 
clean   ▶ -īza
 (to be) guca
 (to become) guhumānuka
 (to make) gusukura, guhumānura
 (out ear wax) gukurugutura
 (out path) gusibūra
 (sweep) gukubūra
 (up) kwēnzūra
 (up a field) gukāngaza
 (up a place) gukēsha
 (up one's plate completely) gukōmba inkono
En-En dictionary 
cleanse   ▶ kwēza, gukēmūra
 (~ house ceremoniously after death) kwīkōmvōmvora
 (oneself) kwīsukura
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
cold   ▶ –bisi
 (in chest) agaherēra
(in head) agahiri, akamango, akamangu,
 (cough) inkorora
 (common cold, flu) ibicurane
 (weather) imbeho, ubukonje
 (weather, severe) igikonyozi
 (to be) gukōnja, gukanya, gutīmba
 (to be drawn up from ~) gutetera
En-En dictionary 
collar   ▶ ikoro y'impuzu
En-En dictionary 
collector   ▶ (of taxes) umutoza, umutozakori
En-En dictionary 
comb   ▶ igisokozo
 (old traditional comb) urusokozo
 (of chicken) umubiko, urugaragara
 (to comb) gusokoza
En-En dictionary 
come   ▶ kūza
(all together suddenly) kurandamuka
(apart) gushānyūka, kudohōka
(to come at) (time) kuzīra
(to do something) guherūka
(to an end) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(be coming to an end) guherengetera
(down) kumanuka, kumanuza, kwūruruka
(from) kwāduka, kwānduruka, gukomoka, guturuka, kuva, kuvuduka
(to greet often when one is in disfavour in hopes of gaining favour) kuneganega
(~ here) ingo, ngo, ngwino
(into sight) kurēnguka
(to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(one by one) gutororokanya, gutēraterana
(out, teeth, hoe handle, etc.) guhongoka
(out, stake) gushingūka
(out of water) kwōgorora
(suddenly) guturūmbuka
(to, after fainting) guhembūka
(to pieces) gusambūka
(to the throne) kwīma ku ngoma
(together, crowd) gukungēra
(unexpectedly) kwubīra
(unsewn) gusonoroka (Sw.)
(untied) kubohōka, gupfunduka
(up of itself) kwimeza
(up out of water) kwiburuka
(up thickly, thus not do well) gusorora
(upon suddenly) kwūbuka
(when called) kurabuka
(with) kuzanana
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
compass   ▶ akagenekerezo ndangaburaruko
En-En dictionary 
confirm   ▶ (to) gukomeza
 (by asking many) gushīshōza
En-En dictionary 
conjunctivitis   ▶ ubwoko bw'indwara y'amaso yandukira
(certain kind) uburire
En-En dictionary 
consistency   ▶ ubukomezi
En-En dictionary 
consultant   ▶ umuhanuzi, konseye, umukonseye
En-En dictionary 
consume   ▶ (completely) gukōmvōmvora
 (fire) gutōngōra
 (to ~) guherengeteza
 (uselessly) kwāya
En-En dictionary 
container   ▶ (small covered) ikazānga
(small tin) igikōmbe
 (square tin) idebe (Sw.)
En-En dictionary 
continue   ▶ kugumiriza, guhora, gukomeza, kubāndānya (vt)
(to ~ to go) kubāndānya
 (one's journey) kurāmvura
En-En dictionary 
cooker   ▶ amashiga y'ikizungu
 (traditional cooking place) iziko
En-En dictionary 
correct   ▶ (to) guca itēka
(to be ~) ikwiye, nzīza
(to ~ mistake) gukosōra, gukoshōra (Sw.)
(to ~ oneself) kwīhana
En-En dictionary 
cough   ▶ inkorora
 (hard ~) agahehēra
 (to ~) gukorora
 (to make) gukora
En-En dictionary 
council   ▶ ināma, urukīnja
 (in center of) ikōmbe
En-En dictionary 
councilor   ▶ (of chief's council) umunyekōmbe
En-En dictionary 
court   ▶ urukiko
 (royal) ibwāmi
En-En dictionary 
cover   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
cream   ▶ urubu, urukoko
 (line left by ~ on container) umūza
En-En dictionary 
croquette   ▶ ikoroketi
En-En dictionary 
crossness   ▶ umwīkomo, ishavu
En-En dictionary 
crow   ▶ (bird) igikōna
En-En dictionary 
crumbs   ▶ udukorokera, ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to become ~) kuvūngagurika
 (to ~ easily) kuvūnguka
En-En dictionary 
culture   ▶ akaranga
 (biol.) ubuhinga bwo kwiga imikorobi
En-En dictionary 
cup   ▶ urwāto, igikōmbe
En-En dictionary 
cupboard   ▶ akabāti, ububīko
En-En dictionary 
curiosity   ▶ amatsiko
En-En dictionary 
curve   ▶ (as in river) ikigonzi
 (to ~) kugoreka, guheta, kugonda
 (to ~ finger, as in scraping dish) gukomba
 (to make ~) kurasa
En-En dictionary 
cut   ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
 (banana leaves) kugombōra
 (banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
 (chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (crosswise) kugegena
 (down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
 (easily) gutemuka
 (easily, grass) kwāhirika
 (eyes out) kunogora
 (grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
 (grass for use) kwāhira
 (grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
 (hair) kumwa
 (in big chunks) guketagura
 (in even lengths) gucacūra
 (in many pieces) guhimbagura
 (in pieces) gukebagura
 (lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
 (meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
 (neck of animal) gukerera
 (off) gukona
 (off branches) gukōkōra
 (off tail of animal) gukēmūra
 (off top of tree) gukēmūra
 (tree) gukera, gutema, guca
 (trees for building) guhimbura
 (up) gukekagura
 (up into small pieces) gukeka
 (up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
 (trees or sticks) kugegena
 (with one blow) gutemura
 (with sawing motion) gukerera
 (wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
 (wool of sheep) gukēmūra
En-En dictionary 
cutting   ▶ (for planting) ikiguti, igikoti, akagegene k'igiti
(of manioc) ikigoti, ikigotigoti, ikiguti
(of sweet potatoes) umubuto, umujishi, umuvyaro
En-En dictionary 
daughter   ▶ umukōbwa
(of my, your, his sister if one is girlof my, your, his brother if one is boy) umukōbwācu, umukōbwānyu, umukōbwābo
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
deliverer   ▶ umurokozi
En-En dictionary 
depth   ▶ amajēpfo, uburēbure
 (of heart) ubwīgobeko
 (of water) i bwīna
En-En dictionary 
dermatology   ▶ ubuvuzi bw'indwara zo ku rukoba
En-En dictionary 
descent   ▶ umumanuko, akamanuko
En-En dictionary 
despise   ▶ (to) gucōkōra, kugaya, gukēngēra, gusuzugura, gutītūra, kuzira, kwānka
En-En dictionary 
dessert   ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
detergent   ▶ isabuni y'ifu, ubwoko bw'ifu
En-En dictionary 
devote   ▶ (oneself to task) kwītako
 (oneself to task in order to finish it) kwirāmvura
En-En dictionary 
diarrhea   ▶ ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo, ako mu nda
(to give) guhita
 (to have) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (to stop) gufutīsha
 (to recover from) gufuta
En-En dictionary 
difficult   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (this is ~!) biragōye
(to be) kugōra, gukomera
 (to be absolutely too ~ for) kunanirana
 (to be ~ to say or know) kuzīnda
 (to be too ~ for) kunanira
En-En dictionary 
dig   ▶ kwīmba, kurima
 (and break through to hollow place) guhubura
 (as chicken does) gukoba
 (out grass rapidly) gusūriranya
 (under crop, grass) kuzika
 (up) gusibanganya
 (up the earth) gutaba
 (up sweet potatoes with fingers, or, to make hole for setting out tree) gukoba
 (to be impossible to dig even though water is on top) gutūta
En-En dictionary 
dip   ▶ (in salt) kudūmba
 (in sauce) gukoza
 (water) kudaha
En-En dictionary 
director   ▶ umuyobozi
(cooperatives director) umuyobozi w'ikoperative, w'ishirahamwe
(principal) umuyobozi w’ishule
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
dish   ▶ isahāne, isahāni
(meal) ivyokurya
(pyrex) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
(to ~ up food) kwārura
 (to do the ~es) kwoza ivyombo
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
dowry   ▶ (price) inkwāno
 (to have dowry paid for) gukōbwa
 (to pay) gukwa
 (to receive) gukwērwa
En-En dictionary 
draw   ▶ gukwēga, gusokōra
 (lots) gupfīndana
 (near) kwegēra
 (pictures) gushushanya
 (things back together) guhindānura
 (up) gukōba
 (water) kudaha, kuvōma
En-En dictionary 
dunk   ▶ kudūmba, gukoza
En-En dictionary 
eagle   ▶ inkona, impūngu, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka
En-En dictionary 
earnestness   ▶ umwēte, ifūhe
 (at a task) ubwīra
 (to work with) gushira igikonyo
En-En dictionary 
earthenware   ▶ inkono y'ibumba ikayangana
En-En dictionary 
east   ▶ iburasirazūba, ubuseruko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
eavesdropper   ▶ igisokoro
En-En dictionary 
eavesdropping   ▶ (information gained by) igisokoro
 (to tell what one has heard while ~) gutumbūra
En-En dictionary 
edge   ▶ imbiga, urubiga, inkombe
 (of sword, knife) ubūgi
 (of cloth) umusozo w'impuzu
En-En dictionary 
elbow   ▶ inkokora
En-En dictionary 
employee   ▶ (paid worker) umucāngero
 (workman) umukozi
 (someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa
En-En dictionary 
employer   ▶ umukoresha
 (my, our) dātabuja
 (your) shōbuja
 (his their) shēbuja
En-En dictionary 
end   ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
 (~ of boat) umukōndo
 (at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
 (to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
 (to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
 (to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
 (to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
 (to finish) guheza
En-En dictionary 
enegetic   ▶ (to be) guciririka, gukovya, kwigumira, gushiruka ubute, gushiruka umwēte
En-En dictionary 
enemy   ▶ umwānsi, umumēnja, umurwānizi
 (to help another overcome an ~) gukōndōrera
En-En dictionary 
enough   ▶ (to be) gukwīra
 (to be more than ~) gucāguka
 (to be ~ for) gukwīrana
 (to have) gukwīrwa
 (it's ~) birabāye, karabāye, birakwīye
(it's ~, as salt or medicine in something else) gukora
 (that's enough, it's fine) basi!
En-En dictionary 
error   ▶ ifuti, ikosa, ikosha
En-En dictionary 
eunuch   ▶ inkone
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
facecloth   ▶ agafuko biyogesha, ikinyuko, igikunyuzo
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
fatal   ▶ (to be) kugīrīra, gukora
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
feeling   ▶ (better) imisuhūko
 (I'm better, he's better) n'imisuhūko, n'imitende
En-En dictionary 
feelings   ▶ (hard) umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold hard ~) kwīdōga
 (to hurt another's ~) gusesereza
 (to not show one's ~) kwīrengagiza
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
fever   ▶ (illness) inyōnko, umururūmbo
 (temperature) umuriro, umucānwa, ubushūhe
(to have high fever) umucānwa ururumba (from kururūmba)
En-En dictionary 
fig   ▶ (fruit) insukoni
En-En dictionary 
finger   ▶ urutoke
 (thumb) urukumu
 (index) nkumbaruboko
 (middle) nsūmbazōse
 (fourth) marere
 (little) uruhererezi
 (extra) indorerezi
En-En dictionary 
finish   ▶ (vt) guheza, kwāhukānya, kumara, kurangiza, gusōzēra, gutōza, gushirīsha
 (vi) guhera, kwāhukāna, kurangira, gushira
 (completely, vi) kwīramvura, gukōmvōmvoka
 (vt) gukōmvōmvora, kumarīra, kumaramara, kunōnōsora, guherengeteza, guheraheza
 (each other off) kumarana
 (food) gukōmba
 (weaving an article) gusōza
En-En dictionary 
fire   ▶ umuriro
 (bit of) umucānwa
 (built for cows) icōtero
 (made in enclosure for animals) igicāniro
 (to blow the) kwātsa
 (to destroy by) kuyigiza
 (to extinguish) kuzimya
 (to go out) kuzima
 (to keep ~ going) gucānira
 (to light) kudomeka
 (to make, start, build) gucāna, gukongereza
 (to put out) kuzimya
 (to put wood on ~) gukomānya
 (to set ~ to) guturira
 (to fire from job, dismiss, throw out of house) kwirukana
 (altar fire) igicāniro
En-En dictionary 
fire bank  ▶ (wood that hold fire through night) ikivumbiko
En-En dictionary 
fireplace   ▶ izīko (three stones placed for ~ , see amashiga), ifuro
En-En dictionary 
fishing rod  ▶ agati bashirako igera
En-En dictionary 
flex   ▶ (joint) kugōnda, gukonya
En-En dictionary 
foreigner   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko, akavāntāra
 (from across border) injabuka
En-En dictionary 
forsake   ▶ guheba, guhuma
 (one another) kuvāvānura
 (to succeed in persuading someone to ~ his evil ways) gukōndōra
En-En dictionary 
fountain   ▶ umugezi, isōko
En-En dictionary 
framework   ▶ (of house) urukānka
 (of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced) ikoma
En-En dictionary 
frost   ▶ igikonyozi
En-En dictionary 
furthermore   ▶ ikigeretseko, bitayeko, kāndi
En-En dictionary 
gangrene   ▶ ukubora kw'igikomere
En-En dictionary 
germ   ▶ umukorobe
En-En dictionary 
girl   ▶ umukōbwa, umwīgeme
 (~ reaching age of puberty) umuzēzwa
 (teenage ~) inkumi
 (beautiful ~) nyiramwiza
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
gonorrhea   ▶ igisokoro, imburugu
En-En dictionary 
grasp   ▶ (to take hold of person) gushorerakw amaboko
 (in preparation to strike) kubangura
En-En dictionary 
green bean  ▶ umubimba, umukonyogo, umukerere
En-En dictionary 
grill   ▶ akayungiro botsako
En-En dictionary 
grind   ▶ gusya, gukwema, kunoza, kumenagura, gusyokora
(in wooden mortar) gusekura
 (poorly, coarsely) guhera
 (quickly) gukwemagura
 (to crush grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
En-En dictionary 
grit   ▶ (teeth) gukōmanya, kuzyēgenya
 (to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
En-En dictionary 
group   ▶ umuce, umuco, igico
 (of people) umurwi, intēko
 (of people, moving along) akavuvu
 (standing or sitting) akarwi
 (to be in large ~, cows or people standing) gusagaza
En-En dictionary 
grub   ▶ igikogoshi
En-En dictionary 
hand   ▶ ikiganza
 (back of) igikōnjo
 (palm of) umunwe, urushi, ikiganza
En-En dictionary 
handle   ▶ (of hoe) umuhini, umumezo
 (of spoon, etc.) inkondo
 (of cup) ikigōmbo
 (of bucket) umukono
 (to put on, esp. hoe) gukwikira
En-En dictionary 
hard   ▶ (to be) kuguma, guhāmbāra, gukara, gukomera, kudadarara, gukomāntara
 (to be, earth) gutūta
(to be difficult) kugōra, gukomera
(to have a ~ life) kunamba
(to make ~ for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(to make ~, hearted) gukomāntaza
 (to take out of ~ places) kugobōtora
En-En dictionary 
hard feelings  ▶ umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold) kwīdōga, kugira umwīkomo
En-En dictionary 
hard hearted  ▶ (to be) gukomāntara
 (to make) gukomāntaza
En-En dictionary 
hatred   ▶ ubwānkanyi, urwānko, agahamo, uruhamo
 (where there has been love) umucāno
 (among members of polygamous family) akēnese
En-En dictionary 
have   ▶ –fise, kugira, gutūnga
 (absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it) kunyananyaya
 (abundance) kudibama, guhīmba
 (always) guhorana
 (bad habits, having had good) gufūtāna
 (diarrhea) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (done recently) guherūka
 (fellowship) gufatanya
 (fellowship with) gucudika
 (fever) kurwara inyonko
 (for) –fitiye
 (friendhsip with) gucudika
 (holes from rust) kunyengetērwa
 (much, may be even lots of debts or trouble) kuroranirwa
 (pain) kubabara
 (sex) kuryamana, kwenda, kurongorana, kurya umwana
 (sloping sides, like soup dish) gufukūra
 (speech impediment) kugobwa
 (things in common) kubūngirana
 (to ~ to) kurīnda, –kwīye
En-En dictionary 
head   ▶ umutwe
(cold in) agahiri, akamango
(of grain) umuhānyu
(pad, when carrying load) ingata, urugata
(to head up, grain) kubogeka, guhaga, kuyāngika
(to head up, cabbage) gufumbata
(to bow one's) kwūnama
(to carry on) kwīremēka, kwīkorera
(to lift up) kuraramuka
(to lose one's) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(to raise one's) kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra, kurāngamīza
(to remove load from) gutūra
(to shake one's ~ in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
(to tip back) kurarama
(to tip to one side) guhengama
(to turn one's) gukebuka
En-En dictionary 
heal   ▶ (to ~, vi) gukira
 (to ~, vt) gukiza, kurokora, kuvūra
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
hemp   ▶ urumogi, ubwoko bw'igiterwa kivamwo urunyuzi
En-En dictionary 
herb tea  ▶ imisabiko
En-En dictionary 
hill   ▶ umusozi, umudūgo, umutumba
(brow of) igikombe
 (of earth, to plant in) iburi
 (slope of) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
 (top of) impīnga
 (little hills) ubutumba
(very big ~) igisozi
 (white ant hill) umugina
En-En dictionary 
hold   ▶ gufata
 (fast to) kugumiriza
 (from falling) gusama
 (hard feelings) kwīdōga
 (in place) kugumya
 (lightly) kwānjānjwa
 (out) kubangira
 (out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
 (of rope, vi) kudādira
 (strongly) gushimika
 (take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
 (to) kwūmira
 (up) gushigirika
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
hop   ▶ sa nkoko
(to ~ about) gusimbagurika
En-En dictionary 
horn   ▶ (musical) inzamba
 (of animal) ihēmbe
 (small, used for tobacco) inconco, iconco
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 (maze of horns) inka zishashe amahēmbe
En-En dictionary 
house   ▶ inzu
 (in ruins) umusaka
 (little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
 (of king) ingoro
 (temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
 (small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
 (place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
 (to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
 (to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
 (to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
 (to put roof on) gusakāra
 (to repair a) gusanura
En-En dictionary 
how   ▶ (adv., not in questions) ukuntu, ingene, ubugene
 (conj.) uko
 (in questions only) -te, gute?
En-En dictionary 
however   ▶ mugabo, yamara, ariko, nubwo
En-En dictionary 
hurry   ▶ kwīhūta, kwīruka, gukovya, gukōkōbereza, gukwākwānya, kunyānyasa, kunyaragasa, kunyaruka, gushibuka
 (of child only) kudirigiza
 (to go) kubāndānya
 (to go and return) gutebūka
 (along, as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants) kurārāta
 (to be in a ~) gufuruguta
 (to do in a ~) kubanguka
(to not be in a ~) kwītōnda
En-En dictionary 
indeed   ▶ bwīte, koko
En-En dictionary 
indifference   ▶ igikonyo, ubute
En-En dictionary 
information   ▶ inkenuzo
 (gained by eavesdropping) igisokoro
 (to give) kurangīra
 (to seek) kugenzūra
 (to seek about someone) kubariritsa
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
instrument   ▶ igikoresho
 (musical, zither or harp) inānga
 (monochord instrument) umuduri, indonongo
 (musical, lamellophone) ikembe
 (musical, with string) agahugūgu
 (large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
 (sharp) inkazi
 (to play) kuvuza, gucurarānga
En-En dictionary 
interest   ▶ amatsiko
 (to ~) kuryōsha, kwitaho
(to lose) gutenzēkanya, gutēzūra, gutezēkanya
 (economy) inyungu, ipurusa
En-En dictionary 
jam   ▶ ikonfitire, umutsima w'ivyamwa
En-En dictionary 
joint   ▶ urugīngo, itēraniro, ingingo
 (to bend) gukonya, kugōnda
En-En dictionary 
kind   ▶ (species) ubwōko
(what kind?) –ki?
(what kind of) ki?
En-En dictionary 
kitchen   ▶ igikōni
En-En dictionary 
knife   ▶ imbugita, icūma
(for cutting banana leaves) urugombōzo
 (long) inkōta
 (long, broad) umupānga
 (long-handled, curved) umuhoro
En-En dictionary 
knock   ▶ gukomānga
 (down each other) kugundana
 (down in fight) gutūra hāsi
 (down, strike against to ~ down, dead tree) gusita
 (from place to place) kujuragiza
 (over) gutembagaza
En-En dictionary 
lampstand   ▶ igitereko
En-En dictionary 
lash   ▶ ikimōko
En-En dictionary 
law   ▶ ibwīrizwa, ingīngo, itegeko, itēka
En-En dictionary 
leaves   ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
 (stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imbazi
 (see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
 (to put forth new) kurēmba
 (to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra
En-En dictionary 
left   ▶ ukubāmfu, ububāmfu, ibubāmfu, i bumoso
(~ arm) ukuboko kw'ibubamfu, ukubamfu
En-En dictionary 
lend   ▶ (that for which equivalent will be returned) kugurāna
 (that which will itself be returned) gutīza
 (something and not get it back soon) gutongoza
 (money) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
En-En dictionary 
lid   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(esp. of basket) umutemere
 (to take lid off basket) kurumūra
En-En dictionary 
light-fingered   ▶ (to be) gukorakora
En-En dictionary 
like   ▶ bēne, nka
 (conj.) nk'uko
 (like that) -rtyo
 (like this) -rtya
 (to be like) gusa
 (to look like) gushusha
 (to like) gukūnda
 (for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
En-En dictionary 
lump   ▶ (clay, blood clot) umugoma
 (in food) agatiribwa, igihōmba, ikinonko
 (of bread) intore
 (on back) inyōnzo
En-En dictionary 
magnet needle  ▶ urushinge rukwega ivyuma, ruriko isumaku
En-En dictionary 
make   ▶ kugira, kurema
 (afraid) gutēra ubwōba
 (a bed) gusāsa
 (blunt) gufyīta
 (bread) gucūmba
 (clean) guhumānura
 (clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
 (crooked) kugoreka
 (drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
 (empty) kugaragaza
 (equal in length or height) kurēsha
 (excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
 (face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
 (firm) kugumya
 (fun of) kunegura
 (fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
 (good) kuryōsha
 (hedge) kuzitira
 (hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
 (laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
 (level) gusēna
 (narrow) kwāza
 (nest) kwārika
 (noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
 (oneself) kwīgīra
 (others like you) kwīkūndiriza
 (peace) kubangūranya
 (perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
 (place) kubisa
 (place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
 (restitution) kuriha
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (sign) kugereraniriza
 (smooth) gusēna
 (straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (tired) kurusha
 (vow) gushīnga
 (watering place) kugomera
 (white) kwēza
En-En dictionary 
malaria   ▶ marariya, malariya, inyōnko
En-En dictionary 
marketplace   ▶ isoko
 (small) akaguriro
 (~ for one specific product) iguriro
En-En dictionary 
marriage   ▶ (wedding) ubukwe
 (go-between for) umureshi
 (to act as a go-between) kuresha
 (to be accompanied to, as bride is) gushingīrwa
 (to be attendant for) gushingīra
 (to be paid for, for ~) gukōbwa
 (to go to a wedding feast) gutāha ubukwe
 (to take marriage vows) kuragana
En-En dictionary 
marrow   ▶ (in bone) umusokōro
En-En dictionary 
medicine   ▶ umuti
 (for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
 (to make people like one) urusango
 (material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
 (to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
 (to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka
En-En dictionary 
meet   ▶ guhāmvya, guhwāna, guhūra
 (to go to) gusanganira, gutegēra
 (together) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to ~ together) gukoranya, gutēranya
En-En dictionary 
meeting   ▶ igikorane, igikoraniro, itēraniro, ināma
 (~ place) ihūriro
En-En dictionary 
member   ▶ (of group) umunywanyi
(of chief's council who listens to trials) umunyekōmbe
 (of family) abavandimwe
En-En dictionary 
microbe   ▶ umukorobe
En-En dictionary 
mistake   ▶ ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
 (to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
En-En dictionary 
mistaken   ▶ (to be) guhuba, kuyoberwa, gukosha (Sw.)
En-En dictionary 
money   ▶ (from German Heller) amahera
 (from French Franc) ifarānga, amafaranga
 (to change ~) kuvūnja
(to lend ~) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
En-En dictionary 
moreover   ▶ bitayeko, uteko, ikigeretseko, ubwo, nubwo
En-En dictionary 
mother   ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina
En-En dictionary 
mother-in-law   ▶ (my) mābukwe
(your) nyokobukwe
 (his, her, their) inabukwe
En-En dictionary 
multitude   ▶ intēko, ishengero
En-En dictionary 
napkin   ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo
En-En dictionary 
nation   ▶ ihānga, ubwōko, ishānga
En-En dictionary 
navel   ▶ umukōndo
En-En dictionary 
news   ▶ inkuru, amakuru, indemano, impūha
 (in TV, radio) amakuru
 (esp. of battle) imigūmūko
En-En dictionary 
niece   ▶ (daughter of sister, if a girl; daughter of brother, if boy) umukōbwacu, umukōbwanyu, umukōbwabo
 (daughter of brother, if one is a girl) umusēngezana
 (daughter of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
En-En dictionary 
noodles   ▶ ubwoko ba'amakaroni
En-En dictionary 
north   ▶ uburaruko, ikasikazi (Sw.)
En-En dictionary 
nudge   ▶ gukoma
En-En dictionary 
observation   ▶ icashitsweko
En-En dictionary 
occiput   ▶ agakomokomo, inkomokomo
En-En dictionary 
occupation   ▶ umurimo, igikorwa
En-En dictionary 
order   ▶ (decree) itēka
(in ~ that) kugira ngo, ngo, bitayeko
En-En dictionary 
origin   ▶ inyānduruko, akārōnda, inkomoka, inyāmo
En-En dictionary 
originate   ▶ (person) kwāmūka, kwānduruka, gukomoka
En-En dictionary 
outcry   ▶ imigūmūko
En-En dictionary 
overcome   ▶ kunēsha, gutsīnda, kunaniza
 (to be ~ by something difficult) kunanirwa
 (to ~ an enchantment) kurogōra
 (seek assistance to) kugomorera
 (to help another ~ enemy) gukōndōrera
En-En dictionary 
packed   ▶ (to be hard-packed, as path) gukomāntara
En-En dictionary 
paid   ▶ (to be paid for, for marriage) gukōbwa
En-En dictionary 
papyrus   ▶ (reed or swamp) urufūnzo
 (reed) urukorogota
(mat made of split) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
En-En dictionary 
paralysis   ▶ ubumuga, ugukongatara
En-En dictionary 
peeling   ▶ igishishwa, udukōkōrwa
En-En dictionary 
pencil   ▶ ikaramu (Sw.)
(for slate) idushi
 (~ box) agapfuko k'amakaramu
En-En dictionary 
persevere   ▶ gukomeza, gushīshikara, gushimika
En-En dictionary 
persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
En-En dictionary 
persistence   ▶ umwītwaririko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
phlegm   ▶ igikororgwa
 (to spit up) kuruka
En-En dictionary 
pick   ▶ (a chicken) kumōngōra
 (a fight) gusōtōra
 (peas, beans, berries) gutōbōra
 (squash, corn) gukōndōra
 (up) gutōra, kuyōra
 (up, as birds do) kunobagura, kunoba
 (up bits of food here and there) kunūranura
 (up here and there) gutōragura
 (up manure and put in garden) kuvūmbura
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
plan   ▶ imigabo, umugambi, integuro
(upset plans) inkomānzi
En-En dictionary 
plate   ▶ isahāni, isahāne
 (to ~ as with silver) kumadika
 (to clean up one's ~ completely) gukōmba
En-En dictionary 
pocket   ▶ umupfuko
 (to take from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
En-En dictionary 
pods   ▶ (tiny bean) urusokoro
En-En dictionary 
porridge   ▶ umwengano, umusururu, igikoma
 (thick bread-like) ubugari
 (to stir) gushigisha
En-En dictionary 
possessions   ▶ umurēngera, itūnga, imbombovu, ubutunzi, amarōnko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
produce   ▶ gukora
(heavily or abundantly) gutengengera
(no longer) gutītūka
En-En dictionary 
prune   ▶ (to ~) guhānyura, gukona, gutūtūra
En-En dictionary 
pudding   ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
pyrex   ▶ (dish) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
En-En dictionary 
race   ▶ inyāmo, ubwōko
En-En dictionary 
rainbow   ▶ umunywamazi, umukororōmvyi
En-En dictionary 
raise   ▶ gusokōra
 (animals) gutūnga
 (arm) kurāmvura, gutarika
 (arm to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
 (clamor) kugūmūka
 (eyes) kurarama
(from dead) kuzūra
 (higher) kurārūra
 (in sense of increase) kwongera
 (head) kurāngamiza, kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra
(up) kumanika, kwūnamūka, kurāngamiza, kwūnamūra, kuraramuka, kuvyūra, kuvyūtsa
(voice) kurangurura
En-En dictionary 
rap   ▶ kudoda, gukomānga
En-En dictionary 
rapping   ▶ inkomānzi
En-En dictionary 
rather than  ▶ hāko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
recover   ▶ (get well) gukira, kurokoka
 (from fear or anger) guhūmura
 (sight) guhumūka
 (when others around are dying) kurokoza
En-En dictionary 
reed   ▶ ikibīngo, ikibīngobīngo, irēnga, igishakshaka
(papyrus) urufūnzo, urukorogoto
 (to drink from) gusōma
En-En dictionary 
regain   ▶ (consciousness) kurabūka
(life, strength) guhembūka
 (health, possessions) kwōkōka
En-En dictionary 
regularity   ▶ (work) ubwira, umwēte mu bikorwa
En-En dictionary 
remembrance   ▶ icībukiriza, icībuko, umwībuko, akībuko
En-En dictionary 
reminder   ▶ icībutso, icībukiriza, umwībuko, akībuko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
rent   ▶ amahera yo gukotesha inzu
En-En dictionary 
rescue   ▶ kurokora, gukiza
En-En dictionary 
rescuer   ▶ umurokozi, umukiza
En-En dictionary 
resources   ▶ (money) inkomoko y'ibintu
 (to be at end of one's) kuzigirizwa
En-En dictionary 
rest   ▶ uruhusha, ikiruhūko
 (to ~, vi) kuruhūka
 (vt) kuruhūra
 (to be at ~) gutabāruka
 (to be at ~, cows) kuvyāgira
En-En dictionary 
reveal   ▶ kwāndagara, kwātura, kwerekana, gufobōra, gufurūra, kugaragara, kugaragaza, kugoborora, guhishūra, kunyegurura, gusokorora
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (what is false) guhūmuriza
En-En dictionary 
rheumatism   ▶ amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
En-En dictionary 
riddle   ▶ igisōkōzanyo, igisōkōzo, igisakuzo
 (to ask) gusōkōza, gupfīnda, gupfīndana
 (to solve) gupfīndūra
En-En dictionary 
right   ▶ (hand, side) uburyo, ukuryo, iburyo
(~ arm) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuboko kw'ukuryo
(all right) niko, ni ko, n'ūko, sawa
 (right now) non'aha, ubu nyene
(to be) kugororoka
(to become ~ side up) kwūburuka
(to turn ~ side up) kwūburura, gucurūra
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rwiza rw'impuzu
(to put ~) gutūngānya
En-En dictionary 
ring   ▶ impeta
 (to form a ~) gukora impeta
En-En dictionary 
river   ▶ urūzi
 (bank) inkokoro, inkengera, inkombe
 (current of) umukuba
 (gentle flowing of) akayōmbēro
 (middle of) umutānga, idāmba
 (to cross over) kujabuka
En-En dictionary 
roast meat  ▶ ubwoko bw'inyāma yoroshe
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
rooster   ▶ isāke, inkoko
En-En dictionary 
rope   ▶ ingoyi, umugozi, akagozi, umuzana, ikiziriko
 (to bind criminal) imvuto
 (heavy) injīshi
 (loop of) impururu
 (made of papyrus) umuhotora
 (woven or plaited) igitsibo
En-En dictionary 
run   ▶ kwīruka
 (as water) gutēmba
 (down hill) gukoragurika
 (to jump up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (like a little child) kudiririmba
 (out bit by bit till all is gone) gushīrīra
 (out to see something, usually of a crowd) gushwabāduka
 (over) gusēsekara
 (very fast) kwīrukānga, gushīnga amano
 (to lean forward preparing to run) gutuna
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
salad bowl  ▶ igikoresho cumisha imboga
En-En dictionary 
sanitary towel  ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo
En-En dictionary 
save   ▶ gukiza, kurokora
 (by means of) kurokoza
 (beans for a year) guhitiza
(to redeem) gucūngura
(to store) kubīka
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
savior   ▶ umurokozi, umukiza
En-En dictionary 
scar   ▶ inkovu
 (from medical cutting) ururāsago, indāsago
 (left by person scratching or biting another) inkogote
(on gourd or skin) umuguma
 (of plant) ibango
En-En dictionary 
scorn   ▶ umugayo, akagayo, agasūzuguro
 (one who scorns others) umucōkōranyi
 (spit spurted from between teeth as indication of) inyeri
 (to ~) guhinyura, kunēma, kugaya, gukēngēra
(to show ~ by spitting out) gucīra inyeri
En-En dictionary 
scum   ▶ urubobi, urububi, urukoko
En-En dictionary 
selfish   ▶ (to be) kwīgūnga, kwīmana, kwīgūngirako, kwīgūngagiza, kwīkūnda
En-En dictionary 
separate   ▶ (vi) gukōndōka, kuvāna, gutandukāna, kuvāvānura, kubanduka, gutēranuka
 (vt) kwāhukānya, gukumīra, gusobanura, gutānya, kumatūra, gutandukānya, gutēranūra, kuvangūra
 (chain, vi) kudohōka
 (sense of divorce) kwāhukāna
 (fighters) kubangūranya, gutātūra
 (go ~ ways) gutāna
 (one from another) kuvāngūka
 (oneself) kugabanuka
 (shake down to ~ from dirt) gukebanya
En-En dictionary 
shake   ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
 (vt) gukunkumura
 (as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
 (down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
 (hands) guhānayāmbo
 (hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
En-En dictionary 
shoot   ▶ (sprout) umunago
 (tiny, of bean or other plant) umugoreko
 (new shoots of grass, fresh pasture) umugutu
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
En-En dictionary 
shore   ▶ inkōmbe, inkūka
En-En dictionary 
shoulder   ▶ igitugu, urutugu
 (to toss garment over) gukūba
 (shoulder bag) agashakoshi
En-En dictionary 
since   ▶ (cause, not time) ko, nuko
(now that, seeing that) ubwo
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
slander   ▶ igitutsi
 (to ~) gucōkōra, gukera, gusiba, gutuka
 (a superior unintentionally, but he believes it intentional) kurengwa
 (to say a lot of slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
En-En dictionary 
slanderer   ▶ umucōkōranyi
En-En dictionary 
slap   ▶ ikōfe
 (on the face) inshi
En-En dictionary 
slope   ▶ inkingu
 (of hill) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
(steep) agahanamo
En-En dictionary 
solid   ▶ (to be) gukomera, gutetera
En-En dictionary 
sore   ▶ igikomere
 (little) akarōnda
 (to be) gutonekara
 (in one's muscles) kunywāguka
 (to hit a ~ place) gutoneka
 (to have running sores) kujējēta
En-En dictionary 
south   ▶ ikūsi (Sw.), ubumanuko
En-En dictionary 
spear   ▶ icumu
 (stuck in person) urubāngo
 (spears on big reeds and grasses) umusokoro
 (to fall on ~ and be injured) gushōka
En-En dictionary 
spirit   ▶ (alcoholic) rutuku, umuraha
 (med) arukoro, ubwayi
En-En dictionary 
spit   ▶ amate, igikororwa
(spurted from between teeth as indication of scorn) inyeri
(to ~) gucīra amate
(to ~ on) kuvuma amate
(~ up milk, baby) kubōga
(~ up phlegm) kuruka
En-En dictionary 
spittle   ▶ amate, igikororwa
En-En dictionary 
spoon   ▶ ikiyīko
(large wooden ~) umucumbisho
En-En dictionary 
spot   ▶ ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
 (in sense of dirt) icēyi
 (opposite door of house) umukōndo
En-En dictionary 
spring   ▶ umugezi, isōko, imbizi
(thermal ~) amashūha
En-En dictionary 
spur   ▶ (chicken) igikohwa
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
sterile   ▶ (to be) kugūmbaha, guhona
 (to make) gukona, gushāhura
En-En dictionary 
stern   ▶ (of boat) umukōndo
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
En-En dictionary 
stoop-shouldered   ▶ amabega, ubukoyo (term of scorn)
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
story   ▶ (in sense of fable) umugani
 (in sense of riddle) igisōkōzanyo
 (fairy) igitiko
 (news) inkuru
(sung legend) igitito
En-En dictionary 
stove   ▶ ifuro, izīko, amashiga y'ikizungu
 (portable) iresho
En-En dictionary 
stranger   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko
 (from across border) injabuka
En-En dictionary 
streak   ▶ (caused by water, sweat) umukororōmvyi
En-En dictionary 
strength   ▶ imbaraga, inkomezi, ubukomezi
 (muscular) intege
(physical) amagara
 (my ~ has left me) amagara yandyarutse
(to regain) guhembūka
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
strip   ▶ (leaves from tree or stick) gukōkōra
(one of his clothing) gukoba, gukākagura
(cloth) igitabu c'impuzu
(paper) umuzingo
En-En dictionary 
strive   ▶ gukobeza, gushīshikara, guharanira
(~ after) gukovya
 (~ and crowd together) kuvurungana
En-En dictionary 
strong   ▶ (person) umunyenkomezi
 (something which appears to be ~, but is weak) igihōmbe
 (to be) guhāngama, gukomera, kurema, kurama, kunōnōka
 (to be very) gutetera, gushikama
 (to make) gukomeza
 (to make very) gushikama
 (to remain) gushikama
En-En dictionary 
stubborn   ▶ (person) intākonywa, intābwīrwa
 (to be) kugimīra
En-En dictionary 
stuff   ▶ (to ~ a mattress) kugira umudo, gukora umudo
En-En dictionary 
survive   ▶ (get well, be saved) kurokoka, kurokoza
 (left alive after plague) kwōkōka
En-En dictionary 
sword   ▶ inkōta
 (edge of) ubūgi
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
tapping   ▶ inkomānzi
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
tax   ▶ ikōri, ibirāre
 (to collect) gutōreza
 (tax official, tax collector) umutozakori
(to pay taxes) gutanga ikōri
En-En dictionary 
tax collector  ▶ umutōza, umutōzakōri
 (to appoint) gutoza
En-En dictionary 
tea   ▶ icāyi, akāyi
 (herb ~) imisabiko
 (~-kettle) imbirika
 (~pot) ibirika y'icāyi
En-En dictionary 
teeth   ▶ amēnyo (see also tooth)
(grinding of) insya z'amēnyo
 (very close together) impatane
 (to brush the) kwīnyugunura, kwīyugunyura
 (to get the first) kwēra
 (to grit) gukomānya, kuzyēgenya
 (to grit one's ~ to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
 (to notch) guhongora
 (to pull) guhongora
En-En dictionary 
thank you  ▶ urakoze, murakoze, wakoze
En-En dictionary 
thanks   ▶ (gift of) ishīmwe
 (in advance) uzoba ukoze
En-En dictionary 
that   ▶ (demonstrative, with class agreements) uwo, -rya, urya, -rīya, urīya uno, wa
(demonstrative, invariable) nya
(conjunction) ko, ngo, yūko
(in orther ~) kugira ngo
En-En dictionary 
that's right  ▶ n'ūko
En-En dictionary 
therefore   ▶ maze, nuko
En-En dictionary 
thigh   ▶ (upper) ikibero
 (thighs, buttock) itako
En-En dictionary 
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!
En-En dictionary 
throw   ▶ (to) guta, gutēra
 (apart) gukumira
 (at each other) gutēranya
 (away) guta
(down) kujegeza
 (down from above) gukorora
 (forcefully) gushibura
 (on ground) kwegura, gukungura
 (out) gukugunya, kujugunyika
 (stick on ground which tumbles end over end) kubirika
 (water) kumīja
En-En dictionary 
thus   ▶ niko, ni ko
(it is thus) n'ūko
En-En dictionary 
tin   ▶ (small box) umukebe
(can) igikopo
(cake ~) iforoma y'igato
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
tool   ▶ icūma, igikoresho
En-En dictionary 
top   ▶ (of roof) agatwe
 (of mountain or hill) impīnga, igikombe
 (to arrive at) kurēngēra
 (to cut ~ of grass or tree) gukēmūra
En-En dictionary 
touch   ▶ gukora, gukorako, gukorakora, gushorera
 (a person to attract his attention) gukoma
En-En dictionary 
trampled   ▶ (to be, as path) gukomāntara
En-En dictionary 
transplant   ▶ (young plants for transplanting) ingemwe, umuvyāro
 (to ~) kubadika, kubātura
 (to make little hole in ground for planting tree or plant) gukoba
En-En dictionary 
tribe   ▶ ubwōko
 (strong clan) igisata
En-En dictionary 
trowel   ▶ umwiko
En-En dictionary 
truly   ▶ bwīte, koko, n'ukuri, y'ukuri, c'ukuri etc.
En-En dictionary 
ulcer   ▶ igikomere, igisebe
 (pain from tropical ~, one that develops rapidly) igitema
 (mouth ~) ibisebe biterwa n'isuna
En-En dictionary 
uncle   ▶ (paternal, my, our) dāta wacu
(paternal, your) so wānyu
(paternal, his, her, their) sewābo
(maternal, my, our) mārume
(maternal, your) nyokorume
(maternal, his, her, their) inarume
En-En dictionary 
upset plans  ▶ inkomānzi
En-En dictionary 
use   ▶ (to) gukorēsha
 (needlessly) kwāya
 (up) guhombōza, gukōmba, kumarīsha, gushirīsha
 (violence) kuzingirikira
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
vacation   ▶ uruhusha, ikiruhūko, ikonje
En-En dictionary 
valley   ▶ umwōnga
(with water) iriba
(with no water) akabānde
(brow of hill) igikombe
 (to cross) kujabuka
En-En dictionary 
wagon   ▶ igāri, igāre (Rw.), umukogote
En-En dictionary 
walking stick  ▶ inkomi
En-En dictionary 
water tower  ▶ ikigega, igikono c'amazi
En-En dictionary 
weather   ▶ (severe cold) igikonyozi
 (cloudy but not rainy) urufuri
 (to be cool) gupfuka
 (to turn bad suddenly) gufurūngana
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
wheelbarrow   ▶ inkorofani (Sw.)
En-En dictionary 
whip   ▶ ikimōko
(to) gukubita
En-En dictionary 
whooping cough  ▶ akānīra, inkokora y'akānīra
En-En dictionary 
wild   ▶ (animal) inyāmaswa, igikōko
En-En dictionary 
wipe   ▶ guhanagura, gukēmūra, gupānga (Sw.), gukoropa
(esp. mother, wiping baby) guheha
 (child's nose) kumyīra
 (one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out) gusangangura
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
work   ▶ igikorwa, akazi (Sw.)
(amount assigned) ikivi
En-En dictionary 
worker   ▶ umukozi
(in metals) umucūzi
 (paid) umucāngero
 (to hire, line up) kurārika
 (to send some to one place, some to another) gutānya
En-En dictionary 
workman   ▶ umukozi, umunyakazi
 (skilled) umufundi (Sw.)
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa
En-En dictionary 
worm   ▶ inzōka
 (tapeworm) igikāngaga
 (white, found in soil) igikogoshi
En-En dictionary 
wound   ▶ uruguma, igikomere
 (incurable) akagīrīre
 (to ~) gukomeretsa
 (to be sore) gutonekara
 (to dress a) gusomōra
En-En dictionary 
wounded   ▶ (to be) gukomereka, gusesērwa
En-En dictionary 
wrist   ▶ igikōnjo
En-En dictionary 
writing   ▶ urwāndika, icāndiko
En-En dictionary 
zeal   ▶ umwēte, umwītwaririko, ishāka, ifūhe
(to have) gushiruka umwete, gushira igikonyo
(to lose one's) kudehūra
En-En dictionary 
chef   ▶ umukoresha, umuyobozi
En-En dictionary 
town   ▶ ikomine (Fr. commune)
En-En dictionary 
holiday   ▶ ikiruhūko, inkonje
En-En dictionary 
bishop   ▶ umwepiskopi, umusenyeri (catholic)
En-En dictionary 
archbishop   ▶ umwepiskopi mukuru
En-En dictionary 
basketball   ▶ (ball) umupira wa basketi
(game) umukino wa basketi, umukino w'amaboko
En-En dictionary 
coldness   ▶ ubukonje
En-En dictionary 
cooperative   ▶ ikoperative
En-En dictionary 
burial   ▶ iziko
 (of animals) ihambwa
En-En dictionary 
collegue   ▶ umukozi mugenzi, umukozi dukorana
En-En dictionary 
conductor   ▶ konvuwayeri
En-En dictionary 
sports bag  ▶ ishakoshi
 (small) agashakoshi
En-En dictionary 
purse   ▶ umupfuko, umufuko
(ladies ~) agashakoshi
En-En dictionary 
coat   ▶ ikoti
En-En dictionary 
jacket   ▶ ikoti
En-En dictionary 
Congolese   ▶ (person) umunyekongo, umukongomani
En-En dictionary 
vigor   ▶ (to do with) kwitako
En-En dictionary 
tableware   ▶ ibikoresho vyo ku meza
En-En dictionary 
southwards   ▶ ubumanuko
En-En dictionary 
eastwards   ▶ iburasirazūba, ubuseruko
En-En dictionary 
carrier   ▶ (porter) umwikorezi
(of water) umuvōmyi
En-En dictionary 
port   ▶ ikivuko
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
event   ▶ (meeting) ikoraniro
 (festival day) ibirori
En-En dictionary 
action   ▶ igikorwa
En-En dictionary 
extremist   ▶ intakonywa (from kugōnda)
En-En dictionary 
keyboard   ▶ inanganyabwonko
En-En dictionary 
bank   ▶ (of river) inkokoro
(of river, lake) inkōmbe, inkengera
En-En dictionary 
deed   ▶ igikorwa
En-En dictionary 
sin   ▶ (to ~) gucumura, kugabitānya, gukora icāha
En-En dictionary 
hollow   ▶ (to ~ out) gukorogoshora
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
light   ▶ (to ~ fire, lamp) gucāna, kudomeka, gukongereza, kwātsa
(the path, esp. with torch) kumurika
(to become ~ suddenly, early in morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
(to come to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(to put out) kuzimya
En-En dictionary 
loan   ▶ (to ~) gutīza, gukopesha
En-En dictionary 
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
En-En dictionary 
colonialist   ▶ umukoloni, umukoroni
En-En dictionary 
how are you  ▶ urakomeye? amakuru?
(informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
En-En dictionary 
doubt   ▶ (to ~) kwīyubāra, gukekeranya, gushidikanya
 (oneself) kwīkēkako
En-En dictionary 
cry   ▶ (to ~, weep) kurira, kwāna, kwānira
 (to give ~ of alarm) gukoma induru
 (to give startled ~) gutura ubuku
 (to sob silently) gupfunagira
 (out) kuyogora
 (out for help) kuborōga
 (to ~, young about to die) kwānāna
En-En dictionary 
shout   ▶ (to ~) gukoma indūru, gusemerera
 (for help) gutakāmba, gutaka, kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (in sudden fear) gutūra ubuku
 (to frighten away) kwāmira
En-En dictionary 
gay   ▶ (homosexual person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
En-En dictionary 
really   ▶ koko, cane, kuvyukuri, n'ukuri, y'ukuri, c'ukuri etc.
En-En dictionary 
board   ▶ (of people) abantu bari kuri komite
En-En dictionary 
company   ▶ (business) ikompanyi, isosiyete
(friends, visitors) abashitsi
En-En dictionary 
modern   ▶ kigezweko, -gezweko
En-En dictionary 
porter   ▶ umwikorezi
En-En dictionary 
service   ▶ (church ~) amasengēsho
(as work) igikorwa
En-En dictionary 
long   ▶ (adj.) –rēre
 (~ thing, as banana stalk) umusoko
(to live, last ~) kurāmba
En-En dictionary 
rule   ▶ itegeko
En-En dictionary 
succeed   ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
En-En dictionary 
injury   ▶ uruguma, igikomere
 (incurable) akagīrīre
En-En dictionary 
wail   ▶ (to ~) kuborōga, gukoma indūru, kuniha
En-En dictionary 
disloyalty   ▶ uguca kubiri n'amategeko
En-En dictionary 
computer   ▶ inyabwonko
En-En dictionary 
mop   ▶ (to ~) gukoropa
En-En dictionary 
staff   ▶ abakozi
En-En dictionary 
breed   ▶ ubwōko
En-En dictionary 
sustain   ▶ (to) gukomeza
En-En dictionary 
proceed   ▶ (to) gukomeza
En-En dictionary 
powerful   ▶ (to be) gukomera
En-En dictionary 
fig tree  ▶ umusukōni, umusokōni
En-En dictionary 
computer science  ▶ isesa nyabwonko
En-En dictionary