kugera (-geze)     v   ▶ 1. to command, rule, 2. measure, 3. reach a certain point, 4. to arrive, 5. to act as if to beat but not do it, 6. to be ready
kugera ikirēnge (-geze)   phr   ▶ to walk in footsteps of another
kugerana (-geranye)     v   ▶ to defy one another
kugerageza (-gerageje)     v   ▶ 1. to tempt, attempt, 2. to experiment, to try, to try out, 3. to make an effort
kugeragezwa (-geragejwe)     v   ▶ to be tempted
ikirēnge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ foot
kugera ikirēnge walk in footsteps of another
kugēnda n'ibirēnge to walk barefoot
act   ▶ (to ~ as go-between) kurehereza
(~ as if to beat, but not do it) kugera
(~ foolishly) kwītūtānya, gusaragurika, kudāyāngwa
(~ foolishly in fun) gupfyina
(~ homosexually) gutingana
(~ ignorantly) kwītūtānya
(~ indifferent) kwīrengagiza
(to ~ or go secretly because of fear) kwōmba
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arrive   ▶ kugera, gushika
 (~ at) kwīgera
 (at the top) kurēngēra
 (cause to ~) gucimbataza
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attempt   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (something beyond one's strength) gukenyukirwa
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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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command   ▶ ibwīrizwa, itegeko, itegekoicāgezwe, amatēka
 (one who gives commands) umugezi
 (to ~) kubwīriza, kugera, gutegeka
 (a person to do what he doesn't want to) kuzingirikira
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defy   ▶ (one another) kugerana
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effort   ▶ ukugerageza
(to make an ~) kwāndāra, kugeza, kugerageza
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feign   ▶ (to ~ beating) kugera
 (to ~ working) gushaza
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footstep   ▶ (to walk in ~ of another) kugera ikirēnge
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point   ▶ umugera, isōnga, igisōnga, umusōnga
(to reach a certain ~) kugera
(to sharpen to a ~) gusongora
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reach   ▶ (to) gushika
 (a certain point) kugera
 (for) kurondera
(term, pregnancy) kuramukwa
 (goal) gushika kw'ihangiro
(up) gutaramura
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ready   ▶ (to be) kugera
(to be ~ for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
 (be ~ for harvest) kwīyerēra
 (to prepare things for trip) gutēkera
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rule   ▶ (to) kugera, kugaba, kugānza, guhahaza
 (kindly) kwengēnga
 (try to in another's place) kurēngera
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tempt   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza, kwōsha
 (one into something then leave him) gusuka
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try   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (on clothes) kwīgera
 (over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
 (to get out of work) gushaza
 (to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
 (to know something) kugenzūra
 (to persuade) gukiranira
 (to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
 (to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
 (to surpass another) guhiga
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walk   ▶ kugēnda, kugēndagēnda
(backward) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
(esp. at night) kwīkānya
(help sick person ~) kwāndāza
(in footsteps of another) kugera ikirēnge
(in one's sleep) kurandamuka
(in water) kuvōgera
(noisily) gukacagira
(on tiptoe) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(stealthily) gukacakaca, kwōmboka
(to take a ~, go for a ~) kugēndagēnda, gutēmbēra
(~ about in house without permission) kudōbēra
(barefoot) kugēnda n'ibirēnge
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experiment   ▶ ukugerageza
(to) kugerageza
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measure   ▶ (to ~) gupīma, kugera, kugerera
(to ~ a fixed time) kugerereza
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 kugera found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 96  ▶ Pronoun nde?
 kugera found in: Imigani (tales)
Umugani 32  ▶ Igituma abatwa banenwa