kuvuna (-vunnye)   v   ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid
kuvunagura (-vunaguye)   v   ▶ to break to bits
kuvunaguza (-vunaguje)   v   ▶ to cause to break to bits, break with
kuvunagurika (-vunaguritse)   v   ▶ to be easily broken
umuvunyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ advocate, lawyer, defender (from kuvuna)
bits   ▶ utumānyagu
 (of paper, cloth) ibitabu
 (break into, vt) kumenagura, kumānyagura, gusatagura, kuvunagura, kuvunaguza, gucagagura
 (break into, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika
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bone   ▶ igufa
 (to break, vt) kuvuna
 (to break, vi) kuvunika
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break   ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumeneka, kumānyuruka
 (vt) guca
 (and scatter, vt) gusāvya
 (any slender thing, vi) kuvunika
 (any slender thing, vt) kuvuna
 (completely, vi) kudēndūka, gufyonyoka, kuvunagura
 (in two) gusāba
 (the law) kurēnga, kuyoba
 (object with flat surface, vt) kumena
 (off by burning, tree, etc.) gutemuka
 (off a piece, bread) kubega
 (out, as rash) guhurira, guturika
 (rope, chain) kuvutagura
 (suddenly, unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (a taboo) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
 (to bits, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika, kuvunagura, kumānyagura
 (to bits, vt) gucagagura, kumenagura, gusatagura, kuvunaguza
 (up, vi) kumānyagurika, kumānyuka
 (up, vt) kujānjagura
 (a break, as bone) imvune
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broken   ▶ (to be easily) kuvunagurika
 (to be suddenly) gukenyurwa
 (to bits) kujānjagurika
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defend   ▶ guhāngāza, gutēturura, kuvuna
 (another) gukīmbūka
 (oneself, take case to chief) kubūranya, kwīkirānura
 (to have 2 methods of defending oeself but use one you hadn't planned on) gutēgekanya
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forbid   ▶ (to) kwāmira, kwīhaniza, kuziza, kuvuna, kubuza
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 kuvuna found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 122  ▶ Summary of Tenses