na    ▶ 1. and (for words in a series or phrases, but not clauses), 2. by, 3. with, 4. even
-mwe na   phr   ▶ same as
na mba     phr   ▶ not at all, not in the least
na ntāryo     phr   ▶ ever, always
nta na kimwe   phr   ▶ neither, none
rimwe na rimwe   phr   ▶ sometimes
gukorana mu minwe na (-koranye)   phr   ▶ to shake hands with
kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze)   phr   ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)
month   ▶ ukwēzi
(January) ukwezi kwa mbere, Nzero
(February) ukwezi kwa kabiri, Nyamagoma, Ruhuhuma
(March) ukwezi kwa gatatu, Ntwarante
(April) ukwezi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
(May) ukwezi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(June) ukwezi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
(July) ukwezi kwa ndwi, Mukakaro
(August) ukwezi kwa munani, Myandagaro
(September) ukwezi kwa cenda, Nyakanga
(October) ukwezi kwa cumi, Gitugutu
(November) ukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, Munyonyo
(December) ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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November   ▶ ukwēzi kwa cumi na rimwe (or, kw'icumi na rimwe) Munyonyo
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thirteen   ▶ icumi na batatu
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December   ▶ ukwēzi kw'icumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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twelve   ▶ icumi na babiri
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rwāna     adv   ▶ childishly
i bwīna    n   ▶ (no pl.) depths (water)
ubwāna     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) childhood
kwāna (-ānye)     v   ▶ to weep (baby)
kwōna (-ōnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat garden plants, 2. destroy garden (of goats, etc.)
naho     conj   ▶ 1. although, 2. but, 3. whereas, 4. even if
nābi     adv   ▶ badly, poorly
nāwe  ▶ and you
umunāni     adj   ▶ eight, eight times
nāka (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ so-and-so, what's his name (male)
banaka those ones (unnamed people)
inābi     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) evil (noun)
ubumāna     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) godliness
ugucāna   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ ignition
ugusana   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ repairing, mending
urusīna     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ illness where abdomen swells and fills with fluid
gucuna (-cunnye)     v   ▶ to ask persistently, although refused
gucuna (-cunye)   v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, lucky, free from trouble when others are having it, 2. to be carefree,
gucāna (-cānye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a fire, to kindle, 2. to turn against one you've loved
guhana (-hannye)     v   ▶ 1. to punish, 2. rebuke, 3. scold
guhona (-honnye)     v   ▶ 1. to perish, 2. to be sterile
guhuna (-hunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake
guhāna (-hānye)     v   ▶ to give to each other (from guha)
gukana (-kannye)     v   ▶ 1. to smooth out, stretch out (vt) (as skin for drum), 2. to speak evil of, 3. to threaten
gukena (-kennye)     v   ▶ 1. to need, 2. to be poor, 3. be in want
gukina (-kinye)     v   ▶ 1. to play, 2. to screen (film)
gukona (-konnye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut off, 2. to prune, 3. to castrate, to make sterile
gusana (-sanye)     v   ▶ to repair (any woven thing)
gusona (-sonnye)   v   ▶ to respect, revere
gusona (-sonye)     v   ▶ to sew (Sw.)
gusāna (-sānye)   v   ▶ te be related
gusēna (-sēnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to make smooth or level, 2. to polish
gutona (-tonnye)   v   ▶ to be favourite
gutuna (-tunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to pucker, shrink (vi), 2. to lean forward preparing to run
gutāna (-tānye)     v   ▶ 1. to go separate ways, 2. to bring loss or failure, 3. to be unsuccessful, 4. to be unable to do what one attempts, 5. to lose one another
kubona (-bonye)     v   ▶ to see
kubāna (-bānye)     v   ▶ to live together
kugana (-gannye)   v   ▶ to squeeze juice from bananas
kugana (-ganye)     v   ▶ to tell stories of long ago
kugena (-gennye)     v   ▶ 1. to point at, 2. to choose, 3. to determine
kugōna (-gōnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to snore, 2. to purr
kujāna (-jānye)     v   ▶ 1. to take with, 2. to go with, go together with, 3. to match
kumana (-manye)     v   ▶ 1. to be together, 2. to be neighbor, 3. to be a pair, to be a couple
kumena (-mennye)     v   ▶ to break (vt) (esp. object with rather flat surface)
kunaga (-naze)     v   ▶ to sprout after cutting
kunāna (-nānnye)     v   ▶ to resist, refuse somewhat, be refractory
kunēna (-nēnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to eat and drink with, 2. to scorn
kuvuna (-vunnye)   v   ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid
kuvāna (-vānye)   v   ▶ to take away with, to separate (vi)
kuzana (-zanye)   v   ▶ to bring, to fetch
kuzina (-zinye)   v   ▶ to hinder one from harming another
nāmba    ▶ if
nānje  ▶ and I, and me, me too
Bwāna     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (Sw.) Mr., Sir, master
nyina (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their mother (rude)
banyina their mothers (rude)
Imāna (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ God
akāna (ut-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little child (from umwāna)
ijana (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hundred
izina (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ name
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
amazina y'inka poetry praising cattle
amazina y'ubuhizi poetry praising courageousness
amazina y'urugamba war poetry
icāna (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. colt, 2. young of some large animals
ikinjāna   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ century
umwāna (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. child, baby, 2. young of animal
urunana (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion
urunāna (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ rolling stone
urushāna     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) principal rainy season (April)
gufyina (-fyinye)     v   ▶ 1. to tease, 2. to joke, 3. to play
guhwāna (-hwānye)     v   ▶ 1. to meet, 2. to be in agreement, 3. to match, to be equal
gupfāna (-pfānye)     v   ▶ 1. to die with, 2. to be a relative, 3. to lay blame on
gushāna (-shānnye)     v   ▶ to fall continuously (rain)
kumwāna (-mwānye)     v   ▶ to cut each other's hair
kunamba (-namvye)   v   ▶ 1. to struggle, have a difficult life, 2. to lose weight
kungana (-nganye)     v   ▶ 1. to be equal, 2. to be the same, 3. to be so many
kurwāna (-rwānye)     v   ▶ to fight (vi)
kuryana (-ryanye)   v   ▶ to eat each other, to eat together (from kurya)
kuryāna (-ryānye)     v   ▶ to bite (of animals, insects)
kuvyina (-vyinye)   v   ▶ to dance (esp. to music)
kwenēna (-enennye)     v   ▶ 1. to be suspended in air, 2. to swing
kwāmana (-āmanye)     v   ▶ 1. to live together, 2. to be together always (from kwama)
kwānāna (-ānānye)     v   ▶ 1. to cry (of young about to die), 2. to be about to die for lack of moisture (seeds)
kwāsana (-āsanye)     v   ▶ 1. to clash together, 2. to shatter, 3. to make big noise
kwībana (-ībanye)     v   ▶ to steal from each other
kwībona (-ībonye)     v   ▶ to be proud
kwībāna (-ībānye)     v   ▶ to live alone, by oneself
kwīcana (-īcanye)     v   ▶ to kill each other
kwīgina (-īginnye)     v   ▶ 1. to rejoice in coming of another, 2. be very happy
kwīgāna (-īgānye)     v   ▶ 1. to imitate, 2. to replicate, to reproduce, to copy, 3. to study with
kwīhana (-īhannye)     v   ▶ 1. to confess, 2. to correct oneself, to discipline oneself, be converted, 3. to repent
kwīmana (-īmanye)     v   ▶ to be selfish, to refuse to give to another
kwītuna (-ītunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to be wrinkled, 2. to shrink, to shrivel up
kwōnōna (-ōnōnnye)     v   ▶ to destroy, damage, spoil
tuzobonana   phr   ▶ see you!
abavūkana    1   ▶ brothers (from kuvūkana)
ibwēna (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cuspid tooth
itsina (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (gram.) root or stem of word
ingōna (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ crocodile
inyāna (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ calf
ugusekana   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ shock, collision
umunanasi   2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ pineapple spirit
umwūna (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ nose bleed, epistaxis
urubona (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ transparent, shiny thing
urugina (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ reddish, red
gucīkāna (-cīkānye)     v   ▶ 1. to die, 2. to agonize
gufatana (-fatanye)     v   ▶ 1. to stick together, 2. coagulate, thicken (vi)
gufūtāna (-fūtānye)     v   ▶ 1. to be wicked, 2. to have bad habits (after having been good), 3. deteriorate, 4. to go backwards in possessions or habits
guhakana (-hakanye)   v   ▶ 1. to say no, to refuse, 2. to deny
guhamana (-hamanye)   v   ▶ to persue each other, to persecute each other
guharana (-haranye)     v   ▶ to scratch each other
guhebana (-hebanye)     v   ▶ to forsake each other
guhemana (-hemanye)     v   ▶ to be insincere with each other
guherana (-heranye)     v   ▶ to receive a loan and then not pay back
guhitana (-hitanye)     v   ▶ 1. to take, 2. bring in passing
guhorana (-horanye)     v   ▶ to always have, be with
guhubana (-hubanye)     v   ▶ to pass but not meet
guhumāna (-humānye)     v   ▶ to be dirty, unclean, defiled
guhāzāna (-hāzānye)     v   ▶ 1. to disagree, 2. to dispute, 3. to quarrel
gukebana (-kebanye)     v   ▶ to cut each other
gukekana (-kekanye)     v   ▶ to chop person with sword
gukorana (-koranye)     v   ▶ 1. to work together, 2. to touch each other, 3. to meet together
gukurana (-kuranye)     v   ▶ to grow together
gukēbana (-kēbanye)     v   ▶ to be jealous of each other
gupfyina (-pfyinye)     v   ▶ to tease, act foolish (in fun)
gusabana (-sabanye)     v   ▶ to beg each other
gusebana (-sebanye)     v   ▶ 1. to tattle (in order to advance oneself), 2. to gossip
gusekana (-sekanye)     v   ▶ to collide
gusibana (-sibanye)     v   ▶ to slander each other
gusigana (-siganye)     v   ▶ to leave each other
gusobana (-sobanye)     v   ▶ to interlace, intermingle, intertwine, entwine
gusōmana (-sōmanye)     v   ▶ to kiss each other
gutebana (-tebanye)     v   ▶ to keep too long
gutukana (-tukanye)     v   ▶ to slander each other, to yell at each other hateful things
gutāhana (-tāhanye)     v   ▶ to go home together, to take home
gutērana (-tēranye)     v   ▶ to meet together, mix (vi)
gutōrana (-tōranye)     v   ▶ to choose each other
kubohana (-bohanye)     v   ▶ to tie each other
kubonana (-bonanye)     v   ▶ to see each other
kubūrana (-būranye)     v   ▶ to plead a cause
kugabana (-gabanye)     v   ▶ 1. to share, 2. to command each other
kugayana (-gayanye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate each other, 2. to be scornful
kugegena (-gegenye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut up trees or sticks, 2. to whittle, to carve, 3. sharpen stick, 4. to slice crosswise
kugerana (-geranye)     v   ▶ to defy one another
kuguguna (-gugunye)     v   ▶ to bite from cob or bone
kugurāna (-gurānye)     v   ▶ 1. to exchange, 2. to lend, 3. borrow (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very article), 4. to swap
kugōrana (-gōranye)     v   ▶ to annoy each other
kumarana (-maranye)     v   ▶ 1. to spend time together, 2. to finish each other off
kumatana (-matanye)     v   ▶ to stick together (vi)
kumimina (-miminye)     v   ▶ to strain (as water)
kunanira (-naniye)     v   ▶ to tire out, be too difficult for
kunanirwa (-naniwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult
kunaniza (-nanije)     v   ▶ 1. to tire out, 2. to overcome (vt)
kunigana (-niganye)     v   ▶ 1. to fight, 2. to strangle each other
kunobana (-nobanye)     v   ▶ to peck together, each other
kunywāna (-nywānye)     v   ▶ to drink together
kunēnana (-nēnanye)     v   ▶ to scorn each other
kurabana (-rabanye)     v   ▶ to put color on each other
kuragana (-raganye)     v   ▶ 1. to take marriage vows, promise each other, 2. to commit oneself
kurahana (-rahanye)     v   ▶ to grab each other
kurasana (-rasanye)     v   ▶ to shoot at each other
kurihana (-rihanye)     v   ▶ to repay each other
kurimana (-rimanye)     v   ▶ to hoe together
kurogana (-roganye)     v   ▶ to bewitch each other
kurorana (-roranye)     v   ▶ to look at each other
kurābana (-rābanye)     v   ▶ to look at each other
kurēgana (-rēganye)     v   ▶ to accuse each other
kuvugana (-vuganye)   v   ▶ to talk together
kuvumana (-vumanye)   v   ▶ to curse each other
kuvūkana (-vūkanye)   v   ▶ to be brothers and sisters
kuvūrana (-vūranye)   v   ▶ to treat each other
kuzanana (-zananye)   v   ▶ to come together, bring with one
kuzimāna (-zimānye)   v   ▶ to give at feast to, serve a meal to
kwānkana (-ānkanye)     v   ▶ to hate each other
kwūmvana (-ūmvanye)   v   ▶ to understand each other well
nangāhe   adj   ▶ how much?
nyabuna     excl   ▶ (an exclamation of affirmation)
ibūrana (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ case, trial
icābona (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ witness
igihuna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ owl
igikōna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ crow
umugina (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. light yellow, 2. reddish, 3. white ant hill
umuhana (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. village, 2. neighbourhood, 3. locality, area around village or dwelling
umuzana (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ rope (of any kind)
gufashana (-fashanye)     v   ▶ to help each other
guhangana (-hanganye)     v   ▶ 1. to be facing each other, be directly in front of, 2. stare at one another
guhāmbana (-hāmbanye)   v   ▶ to bury with (someone)
guhēndana (-hēndanye)     v   ▶ 1. to deceive each other, 2. to be a skillful deceiver
guhīngāna (-hīngānye)     v   ▶ to disagree
guhūngana (-hūnganye)     v   ▶ to flee together
gukwēgana (-kwēganye)     v   ▶ to pull each other
gukwīrana (-kwīranye)     v   ▶ 1. to be worthy of each other, 2. to be enough for
gukāngana (-kānganye)     v   ▶ to frighten each other
gukūndana (-kūndanye)     v   ▶ 1. to love each other, 2. to be romantic, 3. to be dating, to date
gushikana (-shikanye)     v   ▶ to give, offer, make sacrifice, to arrive with
gushākana (-shākanye)     v   ▶ to lust for each other, to marry
guswerana (-sweranye)   v   ▶ 1. to have sex with each other, to fuck each other (rude), 2. to have homosexual intercourse (rude)
gusāmbana (-sāmbanye)     v   ▶ to commit adultery, to fornicate
gusēnyana (-sēnyanye)     v   ▶ to gather wood together
gusūmbana (-sūmbanye)     v   ▶ to not be equal in height or ability
gutapfuna (-tapfunnye)   v   ▶ to chew
gutingana (-tinganze)   v   ▶ to act homosexually, to perform homosexual acts
gutongana (-tonganye)     v   ▶ to quarrel
gutāmbana (-tāmbanye)     v   ▶ to dance together
gutīnyana (-tīnyanye)     v   ▶ to fear each other
gutūngāna (-tūngānye)     v   ▶ to be very straight, perfect
kubwīrana (-bwīranye)     v   ▶ to tell each other
kubāndana (-bāndanye)     v   ▶ to press, crowd together
kubēshana (-bēshanye)     v   ▶ to lie about each other
kugendana (-gendanye)     v   ▶ to walk with
kugāmbāna (-gāmbānye)     v   ▶ to hate one's master
kugūndana (-gūndanye)     v   ▶ to push each other, knock each other down
kunarirwa (-naririwe)   v   ▶ to be tired
kunyurana (-nyuranye)     v   ▶ 1. to alternate, to diverge 2. follow after, 3. be opposite, 4. to cross on path
kuryāmana (-ryāmanye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie down with, to lie down together, 2. to have sex
kurēngāna (-rēngānye)     v   ▶ to pass over, pass aside
kurīndana (-rīndanye)     v   ▶ to watch each other, fight with equal force
kurūndāna (-rūndānye)     v   ▶ 1. to crowd together (vi), 2. to be many
kuvyūkana (-vyūkanye)   v   ▶ to get up together, at same time
kuvāngana (-vānganye)   v   ▶ to mix together (vi)
kuzimbana (-zimbanye)   v   ▶ to defraud each other
kuzīngana (-zīnganye)   v   ▶ to roll up with
kwegerana (-egeranye)     v   ▶ to get close together, crowd together (vi)
kwerekana (-erekanye)     v   ▶ 1. to show, reveal, 2. to prove, 3. to show each other
kwirukana (-irukanye)   v   ▶ 1. to fire (from job), 2. to throw out (of the house)
kwābīrana (-ābīranye)   v   ▶ 1. to wed each other, to marry each other, 2. to receive each other, 3. to reach out for each other
kwāhukāna (-āhukānye)     v   ▶ 1. to seperate, to divorce (vi), 2. to finish (vi)
kwākīrana (-ākīranye)     v   ▶ 1. to take turns, 2. to shine, 3. to be cheerful
kwībirana (-ībiranye)     v   ▶ to plunge in with
kwīcarana (-īcaranye)     v   ▶ to sit together
kwīginana (-īginanye)     v   ▶ to rejoice together, in each other
kwīhakana (-īhakanye)     v   ▶ to deny
kwīkebana (-īkebanye)     v   ▶ to take someone aside
kwīmukana (-īmukanye)     v   ▶ to move with, take with
kwīrukana (-īrukanye)     v   ▶ 1. to chase away, 2. to run together
kwīyonona (-īyononye)     v   ▶ to harm oneself
kwūbakana (-ūbakanye)   v   ▶ to build together
kwūgarana (-ūgaranye)   v   ▶ to shut up with
kwūrirana (-ūriranye)   v   ▶ to climb together
igitsina (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. base of tree, 2. sex, gender
ikibwāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ puppy
murumuna (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ younger brother of boy, younger sister of girl
ukwīhāngāna   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ patience, endurance
gucumitana (-cumitanye)     v   ▶ to pierce each other
guhanahana (-hanahanye)     v   ▶ to punish repeatedly
guharurana (-haruranye)     v   ▶ to count each other
guhererana (-hereranye)     v   ▶ 1. to surround (esp. country), 2. to be beside
guhitirana (-hitiranye)   v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
guhānahāna (-hānahānye)     v   ▶ to give often to each other
gukabirana (-kabiranye)     v   ▶ to wilt
gukorokana     v   ▶ to fall with
gukubirana (-kubiranye)     v   ▶ to retrace one's step
gukubitana (-kubitanye)     v   ▶ to hit each other
gupfāpfāna (-pfāpfānye)     v   ▶ to deteriorate
gupfīndana (-pfīndanye)     v   ▶ to draw lots, divide by lot, to ask a riddle
gusabirana (-sabiranye)     v   ▶ to pray for each other
gusanasana (-sanasanye)     v   ▶ to repair (something absolutely worn out) repeatedly
gusezerana (-sezeranije)     v   ▶ 1. to promise (each other), 2. to engage, 3. to bid each other goodbye, 4. to make a contract
gusigarana (-sigaranye)     v   ▶ to entrust to, leave with
gusitukana (-situkanye)     v   ▶ to collapse with
gusunikana (-sunikanye)     v   ▶ to push each other
gusunurana (-sunuranye)     v   ▶ to push each other violently
gusōtōrana (-sōtōrannye)     v   ▶ to tease each other
gutebagana (-tebaganye)     v   ▶ to be late (slightly)
gutebūkana (-tebūkanye)     v   ▶ to bring or take quickly
guterekana (-terekanye)     v   ▶ to put down together
gutirigana (-tiriganye)     v   ▶ to dislocate (either parts of body, or other things) (vi)
gutāmirana (-tāmiranye)     v   ▶ to smell nice
kubarirana (-bariranye)     v   ▶ to tell each other
kubonerana (-boneranye)     v   ▶ to be transparent, clear
kugarukana (-garukanye)     v   ▶ to return (vt), return with
kujabukana (-jabukanye)     v   ▶ to cross with
kujanirana (-janiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to accept a decision in spite of oneself, 2. to lack opportunity to say what you intended
kumījīrana (-mījīranye)     v   ▶ to sprinkle each other
kunanirana (-naniranye)     v   ▶ to be absolutely too difficult
kunogerana (-nogeranye)     v   ▶ to love each other
kuragirana (-ragiranye)     v   ▶ to pasture together
kurakirana (-rakiranye)     v   ▶ to be angry at each other
kuramukana (-ramukanye)     v   ▶ to get up in such and such a condition
kurekurana (-rekuranye)     v   ▶ to let go of each other
kurokorana (-rokoranye)     v   ▶ to save each other
kurorērana (-rorēranye)     v   ▶ to wait for each other
kurābirana (-rābiranye)     v   ▶ to look at something together
kurāzirana (-rāziranye)     v   ▶ to talk in one's sleep
kuyoberana (-yoberanye)   v   ▶ to be unknown
kuzirikana (-zirikanye)   v   ▶ 1. to know, 2. to think over, 3. to meditate
kwāmbukana (-āmbukanye)     v   ▶ 1. to take far away, 2. to go with
kwīgūngana (-īgūnganye)   v   ▶ to be selfish
kwīhāngāna (-īhāngānye)     v   ▶ 1. to endure, to be patient, 2. to wait
(said when patience is needed or expected, like a consolation)
kwīnjirana (-īnjiranye)     v   ▶ to enter with
kwīshurana (-īshuranye)     v   ▶ 1. to pay debts to each other, 2. to pay with
kwūmvīkana (-ūmvīkanye)   v   ▶ 1. to understand one another, 2. to sound well, 3. to be heard plainly, 4. to be clear (understandable), 5. to come to a compromise
umukazāna (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ daughter-in-law
umutamana (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ outer garment
gufurungana (-furunganye)     v   ▶ to turn bad suddenly (weather, person's attitude, etc.)
gufurāngana (-furānganye)     v   ▶ to turn bad suddenly (weather, attitude, etc.)
guhinyurana (-hinyuranye)     v   ▶ to mistrust each other
guhwērerana (-hwēreranye)     v   ▶ to die with, in the arms of
guhāmbīrana (-hāmbīranye)   v   ▶ to tie each other
guhīngītana (-hīngītanye)     v   ▶ to hesitate
guhūngabana (-hūngabanye)     v   ▶ to blow (in wind) (vi)
gukamangana (-kamanganye)     v   ▶ to disappear
gukayangana (-kayanganye)     v   ▶ to be dazzling, shining, to glisten
gusharikana (-sharikanye)     v   ▶ to be jealous of each other
gutambukana (-tambukanye)     v   ▶ to walk together
gutandukāna (-tandukānye)     v   ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to cut off, chop off, sever, slice off, amputate, hack off, 3. to disconnect, 4. to part with, 5. to be different, be distinct
gutangurana (-tanguranye)     v   ▶ to begin together
gutangīrana (-tangīranye)     v   ▶ to bar the path for each other
gutondekana (-tondekanye)     v   ▶ to march in a line
gutumbagana (-tumbaganye)     v   ▶ to be swollen, to swell (esp. of dead animals, also of beans, etc.)
kubomborana (-bomboranye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a great noise, 2. strike together (vi)
kubāngikana (-bāngikanye)     v   ▶ 1. to be near, adjacent, beside, 2. to be parallel
kubūngirana (-būngiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to share, have things in common, 2. to visit a friend
kumenyerana (-menyeranye)   v   ▶ to get acquainted with each other, to get accustomed to each other
kumenyēkana (-menyēkanye)     v   ▶ to be well known
kurirīmbana (-rirīmbanye)     v   ▶ to sing with (as, with joy, not people)
kurongorana (-rongoranye)     v   ▶ to have sex (without being married) (lit. to marry each other)
kuryārukana (-ryārukanye)     v   ▶ to abuse one you formerly loved
(amagara yandyarutse – my strength has left me)
kurēngerana (-rēngeranye)     v   ▶ 1. to be overripe (bananas), 2. to have too much to do
kurūngikana (-rūngikanye)     v   ▶ to send with
kuvurungana (-vurunganye)   v   ▶ to make a lot of noise, to strive and crowd together
kuzimangana (-zimanganye)   v   ▶ to be obscured, be blurred, disappear
kuzindukana (-zindukanye)   v   ▶ to go early together
kwīgarukana (-īgarukanye)     v   ▶ to return of one's will
kwīhererana (-īhereranye)     v   ▶ to be alone with
kwīkebukana (-īkebukanye)     v   ▶ to go aside with someone to talk privately
kwūhagirana (-ūhagiranye)   v   ▶ to bathe each other
igihe c'imana   phr   ▶ God's time
umusi w'Imāna   phr   ▶ Sunday
inakigabiro   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ traditional sacred drum "lady of the land"
isēnyerana (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ crash of something falling
inginagina (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ earth of reddish brown color (e.g. urūzi rwahindutse inginagina)
mwēne nyina (b-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. brother, 2. sister (lit. child of his/her/their mother)
kurya umwana (-riyrīye)   phr   ▶ 1. to have intercourse, 2. to fornicate
guhamagarana (-hamagaranye)   v   ▶ to call each other, to invite each other
guhitikirana (-hitikiranye)     v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
guhorahabona (-horahabonye)     v   ▶ to live near a public place (where many pass by)
gukurikirana (-kurikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to follow one after the other, 2. to pursue, 3. to monitor
gupfunyirana (-pfunyiranye)     v   ▶ to be folded, wrinkled
gutēraterana (-tērateranye)     v   ▶ to come one by one till there are many
kugerekerana (-gerekeranye)     v   ▶ to be placed on top
kunwengurana (-nwenguranye)     v   ▶ to talk together in whispers
kunyananyana (-nyananyanye)     v   ▶ to have absolutely all one wants (no need of any kind) and to be a bit showy about it
kurabagirana (-rabagiranye)     v   ▶ to flash (as lightning)
kwōngorerana (-ōngoreranye)     v   ▶ to whisper to each other
umusi ur'izina   phr   ▶ on a certain day
ibigirānkana    n   ▶ willfully, intentionally, on purpose, willingly
umusirigana (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ soldier
kurera umwana (-reze)   phr   ▶ to babysit
gucambagirana (-cambagiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to stir around, 2. to struggle, 3. to not stay in place
guhindikirana (-hindikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another
gukwīragirana (-kwīragiranye)     v   ▶ to go everywhere
kurandagurana (-randaguranye)     v   ▶ 1. to talk unkindly to each other, 2. to quarrel
icūmba c'abana   phr   ▶ children's room
umurēzi w'abana   phr   ▶ children's nurse
igikayangana (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something dazzling, shining, glistening, 2. enamel
ikigirwamāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ idol, object of worship
umusēngezana (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of one's brother (if one is a girl)
amaso y’inyana   phr   ▶ eyes of a calf (compliment describing the beauty of a girl or woman)
kidapfunyirana   adj   ▶ crease resistant, unbreakable
gufatana urunana (-fatanye)   phr   ▶ to form a circle by holding hands
umukozi dukorana (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ collegue (from gukorana)
amasubirayo y'inyana     phr   ▶ about 3:00
-mwe   adj   ▶ 1. one, single, 2. some (with pl. prefix), 3. same, (see hamwe, kumwe, kimwe, rimwe, rimwe na rimwe)
-nyuma   adv   ▶ last, final
-okeje   adj   ▶ grilled, roasted (from kwōtsa)
ibitoke vyokeje roasted bananas
agahēngekezo     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) little place of refuge, narrow escape, remnant of clan or family
agakarabo (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ pot with long narrow neck
agakwegamajwi   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ antenna, aerial
agasaho (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. backpack, 2. traditional shoulder bag
agatūku (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ gnat, tiny fly
ahubwo   adv   ▶ instead, rather, alternatively, nay
akabindo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ napkin, sanitary towel
akadonongo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ traditional small fiddle, small monochord instrument
akamaramasenge (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ lady-finger bananas
akamashu (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ trap, snare
akamere (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)
akameremere (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)
amagara yandyarutse   phr   ▶ my strength has left me (from kuryārukana)
amenya     adj   ▶ naked
antene   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ antenna, aerial
bavyāra bācu   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousins
bihurugūshwi    4   ▶ kwumva bihurugushwi to be unable to hear well
bitangāje   phr   ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)
Bujumbura     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ largest city and former capital of Burundi, originally called Usumbura, it was renamed to Bujumbura at independence, mainly for the negative meaning of Usumbura in Swahili
dāta wacu (ba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my/our paternal oncle
gacaca    n   ▶ traditional trial headed by local elders
guca inoni   phr   ▶ to finger snap
gucukūmbura (-cukūmbuye)   v   ▶ 1. to explore, 2. to navigate the internet
gufata neza (-fashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to manage well, 2. to be responsible
gufurama (-furamye)     v   ▶ 1. to go naked, 2. to be overcome with sleep and fall over – sleeping right there
gufutānya (-futānije)     v   ▶ 1. to grow thinner, 2. go backwards inadvertently
gufyāta (-fyāse)     v   ▶ 1. to be flat (esp. of nose), 2. to flatten out (vt), 3. to tramp on something unintentionally
guhahaza (-hahajije)   v   ▶ 1. to rule over, to dominate, 2. to mistreat, to oppress
guhānda (-hānze)     v   ▶ 1. to prepare ground (for amasaka), 2. to pierce, scratch (e.g. with nail)
guhānyura (-hānyuye)     v   ▶ 1. to prune, 2. cut banana from stalk
guharira (-hariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to grant to, 3. to allow another to dominate, 4. to scrape, etc., at, for
guhēra (-hēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin from, by, 2. to recompense, 3. give to, (prepositional form of guha)
guherereza (-herereje)     v   ▶ 1. to put to one side, 2. to offer at, for, in the name of
guheza (-heje)     v   ▶ 1. to finish, to complete, to end (vt), 2. to achieve, 3. to conclude, 4. to exhaust
(often used for 'then' when one action is directly followed by another, e.g. Umwigisha ahanura abana, araheza arabasezera = the teacher admonished the children, then he bid them goodbye)
guhīra (-hīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)
guhīrwa (-hīriwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, to be lucky, 2. to be blessed, 3. to be happy
guhora (-hoze)     v   ▶ 1. to cool (food or liquid) (vi), 2. to always do, continue, be eternal, 3. to be silent, become calm
guhoraho (--zeho)     v   ▶ to be eternal, forever
guhūma (-hūmye)   v   ▶ to howl (like hyena or owl)
guhumirwa (-humiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, luckless, hapless, 2. be in difficulty, 3. 'haven't got a chance'
guhura (-huze)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to eat what you've always eaten, 2. to take objects out of flesh (as witch traditional doctor supposedly does)
guhūza (-hūje)     v   ▶ 1. to put together, 2. to cause to meet, 3. to connect, to couple, to associate, 4. to coordinate
gukangīra (-kangīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to frighten unintentionally, 2. to threaten, scold
gukebura (-kebuye)     v   ▶ to signal to someone
gukomānga (-komānze)     v   ▶ to knock (originally, to strike earth to make ants come out)
gukomorwa (-komowe)     v   ▶ to be bitten (by snake)
gukōra (-kōye)     v   ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg
gupfungānya (-pfungānye)     v   ▶ to be narrow
gusamāra (-samāye)     v   ▶ 1. to look at in wonder, to be fascinated, 2. to look at without paying attention, to be inattentive, not pay attention
gusesema (-sesemye)     v   ▶ to cause nausea
gusesemwa (-sesemwe)     v   ▶ to be nauseated
gusesereza (-sheshereje)     v   ▶ 1. to penetrate the skin (esp. under fingernail), 2. to hurt another's feelings
gusha (-hīye)     v   ▶ 1. to cook (vi), to burn (vi), 2. to ripen (for certain fruits, esp. bananas)
gushigikiza (-shigikije)     v   ▶ to cause or enable to hold up, support
gushirukanya (-shirukanye)     v   ▶ to be shameless, unafraid, bold
gushishwa (-shishwe)     v   ▶ to be nauseated by repulsive thing
gushobora (-shoboye)     v   ▶ 1. to be able, to can, 2. to manage, to succeed
gushoboza (-shoboje)     v   ▶ to enable
gusigūza (-sigūje)     v   ▶ to demand explanation
gusōba (-sōvye)     v   ▶ to urinate
gusōmagura (-sōmaguye)     v   ▶ to kiss repeatedly, passionately
gutangīza (-tangīje)   v   ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something
gutikiza (-tikije)     v   ▶ to destroy, exterminate
gutītūra (-tītūye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken
gutītūza (-tītūje)     v   ▶ to cause to lose original force, to cause to disillusion
gutūmbūra (-tūmbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut down banana stalk, 2. to be a widow (of chief, etc.)
guturika (-turitse)     v   ▶ 1. to burst, 2. to break out (as with rash), to erupt, 3. to explode, detonate, blow up
gutūtūra (-tūtūye)   v   ▶ 1. to prune, 2. to take dry leaves out of banana trees
gutwāra (-twāye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry, to transport, 2. to take away, 3. to govern (a country), 4. to manage, control
gutwāra inda (-twāye)   phr   ▶ to be pregnant
gutwāra inda y'indāro (-twāye)   phr   ▶ to be pregnant through adultery
gutwāra inda y'ishushu (-twāye)   phr   ▶ to be pregnant through adultery
gutwārira (-twāriye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry to, for, 2. to govern in name of
ibicuba  4   ▶ pastoral singing, traditional sung poetry in honor of cattle
ibihūndahūnda    4   ▶ dry banana leaves
ibinyavu    4   ▶ (no sing.) mineral matter (inanimate things)
ibisazi    4   ▶ craziness, madness, insanity, insaneness, lunacy
ibitōke vyokeje   phr   ▶ roasted bananas (see also -okeje)
icegera (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ lieutenant
idono (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ large bow like monochord instrument with calabashes as resonance body
igifwera (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ snail
igihubahuba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ bark of banana tree
igihugu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. country, 2. nation
igihuma (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep hole in ground in a grassy place where pregnant girls and lepers were thrown
igihūnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dry banana leaves
igihururu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who can't keep a secret or says inappropriate things
igikānge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)
igikanu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ nape of the neck
igipaca (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a kind of banana for brewing beer
igisamunyu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kind of bananas (for cooking)
igisesema (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ nausea
igisōkōzo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional riddle loved by children
igisoro (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional board game for 2 players ('African chess')
igisubiramuhira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ woman who has left many husbands and gone home and finally builds at parent's home (same for a man)
igisukari (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ red banana
igisundi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ vagina
igitōke (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ banana tree, banana, plantain
igitōki (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ banana tree, banana
igituba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ vagina, vulva
igitumbatumba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ trunk of banana tree after banana is cut
ihānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. nation, 2. foreign country
ihuba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ dry banana leaf
ikidukikije (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. nature, natural world, 2. environment, surrounding (usually used in pl., from gukīkiza)
ikigōngogōngo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ central part of banana leaf
ikigonzi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ loop, curve (as of snake, river)
ikihindu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional gender-crossing priest
ikimaze (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional gender-crossing priest
ikimazi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. sacrifice, 2. profit (not financial), benefit, 3. value
ikimpwiri (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ song for two alternating choirs
ikinini (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cinchona tree, 2. tablet, pill (from Fr. quinine)
ikinyamunya (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kind of banana
ikirandamuke (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who always disagrees in an 'inama', who says things he shouldn't when with others
ikirere (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ banana leaves
ikirungurira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ nausea
ikiyobezabwenge (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ narcotic drug
ikiyoka (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ big snake
imānza  6   ▶ (sg. urubānza) 1. trial, 2. affair, 3. judgment, condemnation
imbāndwa (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ nature spirit
imbōmbāne (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tight place, very narrow place
imbugu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ vaccination
imfyisi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hyena
impāno (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift (nothing expected in return), donation
imvūkira   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ native, indigenous
imvuto (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ropes or whatever is used to bind a thief or criminal
inarugo (ba inarugo-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wife (as manager of the household)
inda (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stomach, 2. pregnancy, 3. louse
indagu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ divination
indāsago (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)
indebuye (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ long narrow sack for food
indigiti   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ traditional monochord fiddle
indono (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ large bow like monochord instrument with calabashes as resonance body
indushi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person
inkuba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thunder (actually, the imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
inkumi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. girl of marriageable age, 2. teenage girl
inoni (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ finger snap
insiguro (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meaning, 2. definition, 3. explanation, 4. speech (from gusigūra)
insobanuro (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. explanation, 2. definition, 3. meaning, semantics, 4. reference
integuro (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. preparation, plan, 2. ornament
intōre (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dancer, 2. youth, 3. traditional young warrior, 2. handsomeness and good character
inyizamvugo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ dictionary
inyongera   phr   ▶ additional, supplementary, extra
inzāra (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ fingernail
inzōka (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ snake, worm
irindazi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ donut like snack food, served with tea
irugu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ nape of neck
iseseme   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ nausea
ishiga (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (usually used in pl., amashiga) three stones of traditional fireplace
ishirahamwe mpuzamakungu   phr   ▶ international organisation
isinagogi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ synagogue
itahīriro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ end, finality, residence
itanure (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ furnace, kiln
itara (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. lamp, lantern, 2. light (not natural daylight)
ivyunyunyu  4   ▶ carbonate
izeze (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ traditional fiddle, small monochord instrument played with a bow
izīko (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. traditional fireplace, consisting of three stones (see amashiga), 2. stove, cooker
izina ryanje ni   phr   ▶ my name is ...
jēwe    ▶ I, me
jeho I (in contrast to another)
nānje and I (me)
nkānje like me
kamaramagāmbo     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. judge with final decision, 2. influential older man
karyenda   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum, hidden in its sanctuary and only brought forth on very rare occasions like the umuganuro festival
Kiranga     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (high priest of the Burundian traditional supreme god, mediator between the traditional god and man, today associated by Christians with the devil)
ubuzimuzimu fetishes
igihwēba, igishegu one dedicated to service of ~
kuvōvōta to give oneself to ~
kubāndwa to dance in honor of
kubāndwa to be devoted to his service
guterekēra to worship ~
kubāmbīsha (-bāmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to crucify, to nail with
kubēra (-bereye)     v   ▶ to be suitable, apt (prepositional form of kuba)
kuboneka (-bonetse)     v   ▶ 1. to appear, be visible, to seem, 2. to be accessible, available, obtainable
kudeha (-deshe)     v   ▶ 1. to be lazy, 2. to refuse to give the name of a dead person
kudōnda (-dōnze)     v   ▶ 1. to narrate, 2. tell events one after another, 3. to relate
kugaba (-gavye)     v   ▶ 1. to rule over, dominate, be master, 2. to be on guard, prepared for, 3. to pass out gifts
kugānga (-gānze)     v   ▶ to urinate (cows)
kugēnda amēnya (-giye)   phr   ▶ to go naked
kugēnda gusa (-giye)   phr   ▶ to go naked
kugira inda (-gize)   phr   ▶ to be pregnant
kugombōra (-gombōye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut banana leaves, 2. to relieve another on duty (as soldier)
kugwīra (-gwīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), 2. to be abundant, (prepositional form of kugwa)
kumera (-meze)     v   ▶ 1. to be such as, 2. to be found so, 3. to become, 4. to be in a certain state, 5. to germinate, to sprout
kuneshereza (-neshereje)     v   ▶ to enable to conquer
kunyara (-nyaye)   v   ▶ to urinate, to pee, to piss
kunyegētera (-nyegēteye)     v   ▶ to go through a narrow pass, to creep along, to sneak in
kurabagiza (-rabagije)   v   ▶ to illuminate
kuremērwa (-remērewe)     v   ▶ 1. to be weighed down, heavy-laden, 2. to be pregnant
kurengwa (-renzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to slander a superior (not intentionally but he interprets it that way), 2. to break taboo
kurobeza (-robeje)     v   ▶ to put into water, to be caught and unable to extricate oneself
kurondera (-rondereye)     v   ▶ 1. to search for, 2. to look for, 3. to reach for, 4. to browse, surfe, navigate (internet)
kuroranirwa (-roraniwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, be lucky, 2. to have a lot (may be even a lot of debts or trouble)
kurungurirwa (-rungurirwe)   v   ▶ to be dizzy, to feel nausea
kuryana inyuma     phr   ▶ (Sw.) to have anal intercourse
kutagira isoni   phr   ▶ 1. to be shameless, unashamed, 2. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kuvuguta (-vuguse)   v   ▶ 1. to blow with bellows, 2. to stoke (fire), 3. to squeeze out banana juice
kuvūmbura (-vūmbuye)   v   ▶ 1. to have natural intelligence (yavumbuye ubwenge), 2. to pick up droppings of animals and put them in garden
kuzīra (-zīze)   v   ▶ to come at (time, prepositional form of kūza)
kwāga (-āze)   v   ▶ 1. to scratch with fingernail, to scratch lightly, 2. to be narrow
kwākura (-ākuye)     v   ▶ to signal to come
kwāmaho (-āmyeho)     v   ▶ to be eternal (from kwama)
kwāmūka (-āmūtse)     v   ▶ to be born of, to originate
kwānduruka (-āndurutse)     v   ▶ to originate, to come from
kwāza (--gije)     v   ▶ to make narrow
kwāzwa (--gijwe)     v   ▶ to be made narrow
kwerura (-eruye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell publicly, make known, 2. to be unashamed, shameless, 3. to be bold (esp. of young girl), 4. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kwīdohōra (-īdohōye)     v   ▶ 1. to get away secretly, 2. sneak out of an argument or obligation, 3. to slip out little by little (of nail, etc.)
kwīgera (-īgeze)     v   ▶ 1. to try on clothes, 2. to have done, 3. to arrive at (e.g. har'aho wigeze kumubona? – have you ever seen him?)
kwīnōnōra (-īnōnōye)   v   ▶ to exercise, to do gymnastics
kwīrengagiza (-īrengagije)     v   ▶ 1. to procrastinate, 2. put off doing what one should, 3. to act indifferent, 4. to ignore someone, 5. to not give answer when asked, 6. to not show one's feelings, be reserved
kwīta (-īse)     v   ▶ to name, to call
kwītira (-ītiye)     v   ▶ to name for
kwītiranwa (-ītiranywe)     v   ▶ to be named after another
kwītiranya (-ītiranije)     v   ▶ to get names confused
kwītirira (-ītiririye)     v   ▶ to name because of, in memory of
kwītirisha (-ītirishije)     v   ▶ to cause to name
kwītwa (-īswe)     v   ▶ to be named, to be called
kwīyereka (-īyeretse)     v   ▶ 1. to show oneself, 2. to parade, dance as traditional warriors did displaying their weapons
kwūhagira (-ūhagiye)   v   ▶ to bathe (vt) (originally associated with ceremonial cleansing at time of a death in family)
kwumva bihurugūshwi (-umvise)   phr   ▶ to be unable to hear well
kwūnamīsha (-ūnamīshije)   v   ▶ see kwunamika
mama wacu (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, our maternal aunt
māsēnge (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, our paternal aunt
nyogosēnge your paternal aunt
mayoneze  n   ▶ mayonnaise (Fr. mayonnaise)
Mungu   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ God (from Sw., term introduced by missionaries in contrast to the traditional Kirundi term Imāna)
murimirwa   2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one ploughs", kept at Gishora
mushakisharubuga (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ internet browser, internet navigator, explorer
mwēbwe    ▶ you (pl.)
mwēho you, in contrast to others
nāmwe and you
nkāmwe like you
mwēne dāta wācu (b-)     phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my paternal cousin (boy or girl)
bene dāta wācu my paternal cousins (boys and girls)
mwēne wācu (b-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. my sibling of the same sex, 2. my cousin (paternal)
niho   emph   ▶ (emphatic particle placing emphasis on the preceding constituent)
umwana niho the/ this/ that child (emphasizing the child)
nītwa   phr   ▶ my name is ..., I am called ...
ntūze    ▶ so-and-so, what's-his-name
nyabuhoro   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ traditional sacred "dispenser of peace" drum
nyinābo (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their maternal aunt
nyogosēnge (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of your father, your paternal aunt
nyokorome (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle
nyokorume (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle
nyōkwanyu     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your maternal aunt
Nzero    n   ▶ January, name of moon
ruciteme   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one clears brush", kept at Gishora
rukinzo   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum accompanying the king wherever he went, was exchanged with every new reign
Ryangombe    n   ▶ other name for Kiranga
sēwabo (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their paternal aunt
sō (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father (of person spoken to)
so wawe your father
so wanyu your paternal uncle
twēbwe  ▶ we, us
tweho we (in contrast to others)
nātwe and we, us
nkātwe like us
twempi both of us
twese all of us
ubuherūka     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. end, 2. the very last time, 3. finally, 4. at last
ubusagwe (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ poison of snake or other animal (in mouth)
ubusambiri   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ a non-traditional dance of the youth, influenced by neighboring Tanzania, Buragane region
ubutūku   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ gnat, tiny fly
ubuyobozi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ leadership, administration, management
ubwāmbure     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ nakedness
ubwāto (am-)     8   5  sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ 1. boat, 2. traditional dugout canoe
(plural only used for indefinite numbers)
amāto menshi = many boats, but
ubwāto bubiri = two boats
ubwenegihugu   8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ nationality
ubwōko (am-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. race, 2. nation, 3. tribe, 4. kind, species, breed
uduhembe  7   ▶ feeler, antenna (of insect)
udutonzi  7   ▶ feeler, antenna (of insect)
ugucandaga   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ vaccination
uguhūza   9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. connection, 2. coordination, 3. synchronisation, 4. harmonization
ugusohora   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. expulsion, throwing out, 2. traditional ceremony on the sixth day after a child's birth where the baby is presented
ugusūzuma   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ examination, inspection
Uhoraho    n   ▶ the Lord (lit. eternal one)
ukwāndukiza   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ contamination, transmission of a contagious disease
ukwātira   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. traditional initiation ceremony, 2. dedication, ordination, initiation
umugarariji (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. criminal, 2. insurgent
umugazo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ canal for irrigation
umugēnde (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. canal, tiny stream, 2. long band of cloth
umugera (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. sprout, 2. point, 3. nail, 4. sting (of insect)
umugesera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wicked person, revolutionary, very skillful person
umugome (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ revolutionary
umugōrwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate, miserable person
umuhamagazi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ lowest rank in traditional Burundian administration
umuhānyu (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ one banana, one head of grain, etc.
umuhīrwe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ fortunate person
umuhūnda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stick with nail in the end of it, metal on end of spear (not the point)
umuhwi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ ripe banana
umukama (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. lord, 2. master, 3. monarch
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
umukenke (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ savanna
umukokezi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer, keeping the basic rhythm
umukōndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. navel, 2. spot opposite door or house, 3. end of boat
umumisiyoneri (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ missionary
umuneke (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ ripe banana
umunsi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumunsi today
uyumunsi uyumunsi this very day
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
umurushwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umusoko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long thing (esp. stalk of bananas, etc.)
umusumāri (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (Sw.) nail, pin
umusundi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ vagina
umutego (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ trap, snare
umutimbo (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer "one who hits hard"
umutīndi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umutobe w'ibitoki   phr   ▶ banana juice
umutoni (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ favorite (from gutona)
umutoto (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ banana leaf (when green)
umutsīnda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ young banana shoot
umutundiro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stones, nails, etc., which witch doctor pretends to take from swollen place on body
umuvunyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ advocate, lawyer, defender (from kuvuna)
umuvuzamurisho (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer, following the movement of the dancer
umuvyara (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousin
umwāmbure (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ naked person
umwenegihugu (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ citizen, native, national
urubānza     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (pl. imanza) 1. trial, 2. affair, 3. judgment, 4. condemnation
urugombōzo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ knife for cutting banana leaves
urukiko (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ court, tribunal
urukiramēnde     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ any four-sided figure (originally, a place fixed for pole-vaulting)
urumāmbo (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ nail, peg
urunani (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ holding hands to form circle or line (gufatana urunani)
urunyariro   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) backyard, behind the backyard (where one went to urinate, from kunyara)
ururāsago     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)
urusokozo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ traditional large comb
urusumanyenzi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. cliff from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown, 2. pit, abyss
urutōke (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ banana plantation, banana farm
urwāra (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. fingernail, 2. toenail, 3. claw, 4. hoof
urwaruka   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ (no pl.) youth, group of teenagers
urwārwa (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ banana beer (also urwāgwa, urwāwa, the plural is only used when the beer is criticized)
Usumbura  n   ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili
we  ▶ you (sing.)
weho you, etc. (in contrast to another)
nāwe and you
nkāwe like you
yewe! you there! (sing.), (exclamation of surprise)
yemwe! you there!
yemwe gaye! (exclamation of astonishment)
wē  ▶ he, she, him, her
na wē and he, and she
nka wē like him, like her
wītwa nde   phr   ▶ what is your name?
ability   ▶ ububāsha, ubushobozi
 (to not be equal in) gusūmbana
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above   ▶ hejuru
 (to be) guhanama
 (to be in excess) gusāguka
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abuse   ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
 (one formerly loved) kuryārukana
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accept   ▶ kwemera
(to cause to) kwemeza
(a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(not accept helpful suggestions) gutagara
(not accept judgement rendered) kudadika, gutagara
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accompany   ▶ kwāmbukana, kugendanira, guherekeza
 (to be accompanied to wedding, as bride is) gushīngirwa
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accordion   ▶ kinanda
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accuse   ▶ kwāgiriza, kurēga, kwitwarira
 (falsely) kudendereza
 (each other of spoiling a plan) gutanakw ibirake
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accustomed   ▶ (to be) kumenyēra, kumogorera
 (to get ~ to each other) kumenyerana
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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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adjacent   ▶ (to be) kubāngikana
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adultery   ▶ ubusāmbanyi
(to commit) gusāmbana
(euphemistically, of man) kwīsomōra
(to be pregnant through) gutwāra inda y'ishushu, gutwāra inda y'indāro
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advice   ▶ ināma, ingīngo
 (to seek) kugīsha
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advise   ▶ guhanūra, guhubūra, kugira ināma
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agonize   ▶ gucīkāna, kwībabaza
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agreement   ▶ igikumu, ināma
 (contract) isezerano
 (gutēra igikumu)
(to be in) kubwiririkanya, guhwāna, gutātūka
 (to reach an) gutegēranya
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allow   ▶ gukūndira, kureka
 (to go) kurekura
 (to pass) kubisa
 (another to dominate) guharira
 (another to pass) kubisiriza
 (allow me) enda
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alternate   ▶ kunyurana
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alternation   ▶ (of day and night) ikurikirana ry'imitaga n'amajoro
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although   ▶ naho, nubwo
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always   ▶ na ntāryo, imisi yose
 (~ do) kwāma, guhora
 (~ have) guhorana
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and   ▶ (for connecting clauses) kandi, uteko
 (for connecting words in series) na
 (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku) no
 (and then) maze
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animal   ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
 (fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika
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answer   ▶ inyīshu, igisubizo
(as on examination) impīngūro
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ant   ▶ (flying, edible) iswa
 (pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (soldier) uburima
 (sugar) ikinywabūki
 (tiny) ubunyegeri, urunyegeri
 (white) umuswa
 (white ~ hill) umugina
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antenna   ▶ (radio) agakwegamajwi, antene y'iradiyo
(feeler of insect) uduhembe, udutonzi
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appetite   ▶ ināmbu, akayabagu
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arrow   ▶ umwampi
 (to feather an ~) gutanaga
 (to shoot an ~) kurasa
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artery   ▶ umutsi mvomezi
(pulmonary) umutsi ujana amaraso mu mahaha
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aside   ▶ (to go aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
 (to take someone ~) kwīkebana
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ask   ▶ (another to repeat to check his veracity) gucaca
 (each other) kubazānya
 (each other to explain) gusiguzānya
 (each other riddles) gusōkōrānya
 (for) gusaba
 (for daily) kubōbōtereza
 (frequently) gusabiriza
 (many in order to verify) gushīshōza
 (many questions) kubazagiza
 (of someone that which he has promised) guhāngūra
 (oneself) kwībaza, kwītsa
 (over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (persistently, though refused) gucuna
 (question) kubaza
 (a riddle) gusōkōza
(stupid questions) kudedēmvya
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attitude   ▶ ukugira iciyumviro
 (to turn bad suddenly) gufurungana
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August   ▶ ukwēzi kwa munani, Myandagaro
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aunt   ▶ (maternal, my) māma wācu
(maternal, your) nyokwānyu
(maternal, his, her, their) nyinābo
(paternal, my) māsenge
(paternal, your) nyogosenge
(paternal, his, her, their) inasenge
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axe   ▶ ikibēzi, incābiti, imarabiti, intoraguzo
 (small ornamental) urunana
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baby   ▶ umwāna, uruhīnja, uruyōya
 (not old enough to know fear) igifatanzoka
 (tiny ~) uruhīnja
 (~ clothes) icahi
(~ food) umusururu
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backwards   ▶ (to go) kwīfūtānya
 (inadvertently) gufutānya
 (walk) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
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badly   ▶ nābi
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banana   ▶ igitōke, igitōki, umuneke
 (plantation) urutoke
(one or one hand of) umuhānyu
 (ripe) umuhwi, umuneke
 (kinds of) ikinyamunyu, igisamunyu
 (beer banana) igipaca
 (lady-finger) akamaramasenge
 (red banana) igisukari
 (bark of tree) igihubahuba
 (beer) urwārwa
 (sweet drink) umutobe
 (leaf, green) umutōto
 (leaf) ikirere
 (leaf, dry) ihuba
 (leaves, dry) igihūnda, ibihūndahūnda
 (center of leaf) ikigongo-gongo
(leaves, knife for cutting) urugombōzo
 (young shoot) umutsīnda
 (trunk after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
 (to cut leaves) kugombōra
 (to cut from stalk) guhānyura
 (to cut stalk) gutūmbūra
 (to remove dry leaves) gutūtūra
 (to squeeze juice from) kugana, kuvuguta
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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
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base   ▶ (of brain) agakomokomo
(of tree) itsina, igitsina
(of bed) isaso y'uburiri
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be   ▶ kuba, -ri, kumera, kuramuka
 (at, to have been at) guherūka
 (beside) kubāngikana, guhererana
 (in water) kubōmbeka
 (with always) guhorana
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bean   ▶ igiharage
(green) umubīmba, umukerere, umukonyogo
(lima) igiharo
(red) ishigisha
(small red) uduharawe
(leaves) umukubi
(leaves, first two) ingāmba
(pod) urusokoro
(sprout) umugōndōra
(that have been put away for a year) igihitira
(to put ~ away for a year) guhitiza
(to put away ~ for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(to tie ~ on hedge to dry) gushisha
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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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bell tower  ▶ umunara
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bend   ▶ (vt) guheta
 (as joint) kugōnda
 (curve) kugoreka
 (down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
 (over) kujōndamika, kwūbama
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beside   ▶ iruhānde, hambavu
 (to be) guhererana, kubāngikana
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bind   ▶ guhāmbīra, kuboha
 (ropes or whatever is used to bind a criminal) imvuto
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bird   ▶ ikiguruka
 (little ones) inyoni
 (crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
 (crow) igikōna
 (dove) intunguru, inuma
 (duck) imbati
 (eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
 (goose, wild) igisafu
 (hawk) igisiga
 (kite) ikinyakabaka
 (parrot) gasuku
 (partridge) inkwāre
 (robin, African) inyōmvyi
 (that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
 (wagtail) inyamanza
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bite   ▶ gushikura
 (as animal, or pain) kurandagura
 (of animal, insect) kuryāna
 (insect) gusurira
 (of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
 (serpent) gukomora
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bits   ▶ utumānyagu
 (of paper, cloth) ibitabu
 (break into, vt) kumenagura, kumānyagura, gusatagura, kuvunagura, kuvunaguza, gucagagura
 (break into, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika
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blow   ▶ (vt) guhūha, guhūngabanya
(vi) guhūngabana
(air into ball) guhaga
(along) guheha
(be blown up) kuboboka
(hard) guhūhūta
(in wind) kuzūnga, kuzūngazūnga
(one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out chaff) kugosōra
(the fire) kwātsa
(up) gupfunereza
(with bellows) kuvuguta
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blurred   ▶ (to be) kuzimangana
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bonds   ▶ (criminal) imvuto
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bone   ▶ igufa
 (to break, vt) kuvuna
 (to break, vi) kuvunika
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borrow   ▶ (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very thing) kugurāna
 (a thing to be returned) gutīra
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bracelet   ▶ agakomo
(brass) umububa, umwākaka
(of copper wire) ikidodi, ikidode
(of grass) umunoni
(of metal) akanyabugoro, umurīnga
(of wire) inyerere
(worn at dances) urunana
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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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bring   ▶ (to ~) kuzana
 (back) kugarura
 (back from far away) guhabūra
 (back wife after she's gone home) gucūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down bee hive) kwegura
 (from dark into light) kwāndagaza
 (from hiding) kunyegurura
 (greeting) gutāsha
 (in passing) guhitana
 (into open from hidden place) kwātura
 (loss or failure) gutāna
 (new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
 (out of hiding) gufurūra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (things in from sun) kwāmura
 (things and put them together to give to someone) gusorōranya
 (to pass) gucimbataza
 (together) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (up child) gukuza, kurera
 (water) kudahira, kuvōma
 (with one) kuzanana
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broken   ▶ (to be easily) kuvunagurika
 (to be suddenly) gukenyurwa
 (to bits) kujānjagurika
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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
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brown   ▶ (to ~ food) guhindukiza mu mavuta
(colour) c'inzobe, c'umugina, c'akaga, ibihogo
(light ~) akagājo, umuyēnzi
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bud   ▶ umunago, umuribo, amaso y'ibiterwa
(to ~) gushūrika
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build   ▶ kwūbaka
 (a fire) gucāna
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by   ▶ na
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calf   ▶ inyana
 (male) ikimasa
(of leg) intege, inyāma y'akibitsi
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call   ▶ (to ~) guhamagara
 (in sense of name) kwīta
 (continuously and persistently) kuvumereza
 (for help) kwāmbaza, gutābaza, gutaka, gutakāmba
 (from hill to hill) gusemerera
 (loudly for help) gutakāmba
 (across the hills, implies scorn of one doing it) kumoka
 (to one who cannot answer) gucurīra
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canine   ▶ ibwēna
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carefree   ▶ (to be free from trouble when others have it) gucuna
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case   ▶ (container) urwūbati
 (law) ibūrana
 (to declare one's case at a trial) gusāmba
 (to know the facts of) guhinyura
 (to make another lose his) kuzingirikira
 (to take ~ to chief) kubūranya
 (to take ~ to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
 (to win ~) gutsīnda
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castrate   ▶ (to) gukona, gushāhura
 (castrated male) inkone
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caught   ▶ (to be ~ and unable to extricate oneself) kurobeza
 (to be ~ stealing) gusūmirwa
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cause   ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, igituma, imvo
 (to plead a ~) kubūrana
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chase   ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
 (away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
 (away because of hatred) gutuza
 (away evil spirits) gusēnda
 (flies off cows) kuzīnga
 (hunt) guhīga
 (others out of house) guturumbura
 (out quickly) guhasha
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chew   ▶ (to) guhekenya, kunoza, gutapfuna
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child   ▶ umwāna, umugisye, umukeme, umurerwa
(before he begins to know anything) igitambamboga, igitwengerabarozi
(disobedient) intabarirwa
 (first-born) imfura
(healthy, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(illegitimate) igihūmbu, ikivyārwa
(learning to walk) ikidegedege, intavyi
(male) umuyibigi
(of) mwene
(of mixed marriage) ikivyārwa
(only) ikinege, umwāna w'ikinege
(derogative) umuhimbiri
(small) ikibondo
(starting to know a little) umwankavu
(that doesn't grow properly) imfunya
(unwanted or orphan) intābwa
(up to 8 or 10 years) umugimbi
(weaned) umucūko, umukurira
(youngest or favourite) umuhererezi
(~ care) ubuhinga bwo kurera abana
(~ benefit) imfashanyo y'umuryango
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childhood   ▶ ubwāna, ubuto
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childishly   ▶ rwāna
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china   ▶ (porcelain) ibumba ryera
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choose   ▶ kugena, kurobānura, gutōra, gutōranya
 (esp. in action) guhitamwo
 (at random from group) kudōmbagiza
 (leaders) kwātira
 (one to sell a thing) gutōza
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chop   ▶ (trees) guhīmbura
 (with axe) gukera
 (with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (with sword) gukekana
 (up in pieces) gucagagura
(off) gutandukāna
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circle   ▶ imburūngu, umuzingi
 (of people) urukīnja
 (to) guca umuzingi
(to form ~) kuziguza
 (to form ~ by holding hands) gufatana urunana
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cirrhosis   ▶ (of the liver) urusina
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clash   ▶ (together) kwāsana, kubomborana
 (vt) kubomboranya
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clear   ▶ (as water) umusarara
 (to be ~, transparent) kubonerana
(to be ~, understandable) kwūmvīkana
(to ~, vt) kuzibūra
 (to ~ suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
 (off) kuyōra
 (off, as table) gupāngūra (Sw.)
(up) kuvāngūra
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cliff   ▶ agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
 (from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi
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close   ▶ (to) gufunga (Sw.), gukīnga, gukīngiriza, kurumya, kwūgara
 (doors of royal place) kujīsha
 (entrance with branches) guhāngāza
 (hands together) gufumbata
 (one's eyes) guhumiriza
 (path) gutangīra
 (to make another to ~ his eyes) kwūnamika
 (up completely) guhindira
 (to get close together) kwegerana
 (to put things or people ~ together) kwegeranya
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coagulate   ▶ (to) gufatana, kuvura
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collide   ▶ gusekana
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colour   ▶ irāngi
 (black) umukata, umufyiri, agafyīri,
 (very) umuvyiro
 (black mud) urushānga
 (blue) ubururu
 (brown) ibihogo
 (brown, light) akagājo, umuyēnzi
 (brownish black cow) ikirāyi
 (gray) -vivi, agahīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
 (green) akātsi gatoto
 (orange) umutugutu
 (red, like mud) agahama
(tan hair, of goats) umufūmbere
 (very white) derere
 (yellow) umuhōndo, umutugutu
 (yellow, dark) ibihogo
 (yellow, light, reddish) umugina
 (to be black) kwīrabura
 (to be white) kwēra
 (to become yellow or reddish, in ripening) kubēnja
 (to colour) kuraba
 (to ~ in) gusiga amabara
 (to change ~, fade) kubēnjūka, kubēngūka
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colt   ▶ (animal) icāna
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comb   ▶ igisokozo
 (old traditional comb) urusokozo
 (of chicken) umubiko, urugaragara
 (to comb) gusokoza
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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
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commit   ▶ (adultery) gusāmbana
 (a crime) gucumura
 (be unwilling to ~ oneself) kwīyumānganya
 (oneself) kuragana
 (suicide) kwīgaragura, kwīyahura, kwīyica
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common   ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana
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confess   ▶ kwātura, kwīhana, kwīrega, kwemerana
 (one is wrong to avoid being caught) kwīyagiriza
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conquer   ▶ kunēsha, gufata ikibanza
 (enable to) kuneshereza
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converted   ▶ (to be) kwigarura, kwīhana, gukizwa
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cooker   ▶ amashiga y'ikizungu
 (traditional cooking place) iziko
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copy   ▶ kwīmura, kwīgāna
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correct   ▶ (to) guca itēka
(to be ~) ikwiye, nzīza
(to ~ mistake) gukosōra, gukoshōra (Sw.)
(to ~ oneself) kwīhana
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council   ▶ ināma, urukīnja
 (in center of) ikōmbe
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counsel   ▶ ināma, ingīngo
 (one who gives) umuhanūzi
 (to reject) gusaragurika
 (to take) guhūza ināma
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cousin   ▶ (paternal) mwēne dāta wācu, mwēne wācu
(maternal) umuvyara, bavyāra bācu
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crash   ▶ (of something falling) isēnyerana
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crease resistant  ▶ kidapfunyirana
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crocodile   ▶ ingōna
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crow   ▶ (bird) igikōna
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crowd   ▶ urugāmba, ishengero
 (esp. people running) igugu
 (mixed ~ of people) amakūngu
 (one who keeps ~ back) umukumirizi
 (to ~) kubānda, kubāndana
 (to go together to see something) gushwabāduka
 (out: to not grow because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (together) kurūndāna, kwegerana, kuvurungana
 (together, people sitting) gusegenya, gusegenyeza
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curse   ▶ umuvumo
 (to ~) kuvuma
 (to ~ each other ) kuvumana
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curtain   ▶ irido
 (net ~) ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana
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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
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damage   ▶ ubwōnōnyi
 (to ~) kwōnōna, guhara
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dance   ▶ intāmbo
(of men) umuhamirizo, ibirorēro, agasimbo, umuyebe
 (of women) ihunja, imisambi
 (of women, celebrating a child's birth) umutsibo
 (of women celebrating the birth of twins) igisuru
 (non-traditional, of youth) ubusambiri
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daughter-in-law   ▶ umukazāna
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day   ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka
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dazzling brightness  ▶ (sun, moon) umutāri
 (to be) gukayāngana
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debt   ▶ umwēnda, ideni
 (payment of) inyīshu
 (to be in ~, but refuse to pay) guherana, kurīrīra
 (to pay a ~) kwīshura
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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deceiver   ▶ umuhumbūzi, umuhūmvyi, umusukanyi
 (one who goes about lying) indimanya
 (to be a skillful) guhēndana
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decision   ▶ (final) ingīngo
 (to accept a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
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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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defiled   ▶ (to be) guhumāna
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defy   ▶ (one another) kugerana
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demand   ▶ (explanation) gusigūza
 (from) kwāka
 (more) kwongeza
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deny   ▶ guhakana, kwīma
 (emphatically) guhebūza, kwīhakana
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depth   ▶ amajēpfo, uburēbure
 (of heart) ubwīgobeko
 (of water) i bwīna
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desire   ▶ ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza
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destroy   ▶ guhomvora, guhonnya, guhonyora, gukōmbōra, kwōnōna, gusambūra, gutikiza, kuyigiza, kumara
 (completely) gukomvōmvora, gusangangura, gusiribānga
 (by fire) kuyigiza
 (garden, of goats etc.) kwōna
 (the work of another) gusīvya
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deteriorate   ▶ gufūtāna, gusērūka, kwōnōnekara, gushānyūka, gupfāpfāna, kubora
(to cause to) gusērūra
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determine   ▶ gucīra, kugabira, gushāmira, kugena
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die   ▶ (to) gupfa, gucīkāna, guhwēra, kuranduka
 (of king) gutānga
 (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time) kudēndūka
 (to be about to) kugoyagoya
 (suddenly) kweguka, kugaduka
 (suddenly and unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (used of person scorned by others) kwijajara
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different   ▶ (to be) gutandukāna
 (anything that is ~ from others in group) indobeke
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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
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directly   ▶ (to be in front) guhangana
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dirty   ▶ –bi
 (to be) guhumāna, gucafura
(to be very) gushisha
 (to become, get) kwāndura
 (~ oil) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini
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disagree   ▶ (to) guhāzāna, kuvuguruza, guhīngāna, gutāta
 (one who always disagrees in a council meeting) ikirandamuke
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disappear   ▶ gukamangana, kuyōnga, kuyōngayōnga, kuzimangana, kurēnga
 (suddenly as you watch) kunyika
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dishcloth   ▶ agahanaguzo k'imeza
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dislocate   ▶ (a bone) guhinyagara
 (part of body, or things, vi) gutirigana
 (vt) gutiriganya
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dismiss   ▶ gusēzera, kwirukana
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divide   ▶ kugabanya, kugabura, kugaburira, gutānya
 (by lot) gupfīndana
 (up loads among several) kugabāngānya
 (up work or load to make it easier) kwīyorohereza
 (to buy a thing together and then ~ it) gusorōra
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divorce   ▶ (vi) kwāhukāna,
 (vt) kwāhukānya
 (changing wife or husband frequently) ubumāka
 (one who frequently ~) ikimāka
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do   ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
 (again) kwongera
 (always) kwāma, guhora
 (anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
 (continually) kwāma, guhora
 (the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
 (even more) kurushiriza
 (first) kubānza, gushūza
 (forcefully) kwīhanukīra
 (habitually) kumēnyera
 (have too much to ~) kurēngerana
 (the impossible) gufyidikīra
 (~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
 (housework) kugora
 (one's duty) gushimika
 (quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
 (quickly and carelessly) kuraha
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
 (a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
 (something alone) kwīgūnga
 (something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
 (something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
 (that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
 (two things at once) kubāngikanya
 (unwillingly) kugoyagoya
 (unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
 (the washing up) kwoza ivyombo
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draw   ▶ gukwēga, gusokōra
 (lots) gupfīndana
 (near) kwegēra
 (pictures) gushushanya
 (things back together) guhindānura
 (up) gukōba
 (water) kudaha, kuvōma
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drink   ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
 (sweet banana) umutobe
 (soft ~) ifanta
 (to ~) kunywa
 (to ~, of king) gukamagura
 (animals, go to ~) gushōka
 (after a meal) kwīshōza
 (all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
 (to cease to ~) guhodoka
 (from a reed) gusōma
 (from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
 (in) kubōmba
 (to lead animals to ~) gushōra
 (to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
 (to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
 (to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba
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drum   ▶ ingoma
 (sacred royal ~) karyenda
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one ploughs”) murimirwa
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one clears brush”) ruciteme
 (sacred ~ accompanying the king) rukinzo
 (sacred ~ ”dispenser of peace”) nyabuhoro
 (sacred ~ ”lady of the land”) inakigabiro
 (to beat ~) kuvuza
 (to beat continuously, thus setting time for others beating) gusāsīra
 (stick for beating ~) umurisho, umukembe
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eagle   ▶ inkona, impūngu, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka
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earth   ▶ (world) isi
 (soil) agataka, ivu
 (hard-packed) urutare
 (interior of) ikuzimu, i kuzimu
(of reddish brown color) inginagina
 (to shake, vi) gutigita
 (to slide) gutemuka, kunyika, gusiduka
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earthenware   ▶ inkono y'ibumba ikayangana
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eat   ▶ kurya, gufungura, kunogera, kunoza, kurandagura
(a lot) guhāga, guhīmba
(cause to ~ a lot) gupfunereza
(by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
(garden plants, of goats) kwōna
(to refuse to) kuzira
(to refuse to ~ or drink with) kunēna
(together) gusangira
(to ~ what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc.) gukōra
 (two kinds of food together) gukoza
(with instrument) kurīsha
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effeminate   ▶ (traditional gender-crossing priest) ikihindu, ikimaze
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eight   ▶ umunāni
 (eight times) umunāni
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eighty   ▶ mirongumunāni, mirongwināni
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elder   ▶ umujēnāma, umukuru, umushīngantahe, umujanāma
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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enamel   ▶ igikayangana
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endure   ▶ kwīhāngāna, gushinyiriza
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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!
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entrust   ▶ kubītsa, kuzēza
 (~ to) kurindīsha, gusigarana
 (~ flock to another to pasture) kuragiza
 (~ something to another and it increases while there) gutongoza
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equal   ▶ (to be) kungana, kuringanira
 (in length, height) kurēha
 (to make ~) kuringaniza, kunganya, kurēhēsha
 (to not be ~ in length, height or ability) gusūmbana
 (to make ~ in length, height) kurēsha
 (to make oneself ~ to another) kwīgereranya
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escape   ▶ (narrow) agahēngekezo
 (to ~) kudohōka, gucīka, gutoroka, kuzibukīra
 (to barely ~ an accident) guhakwa, kwēnda
 (the memory) kuzīnda
 (to secretly help someone to ~ by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
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even   ▶ na, hamwe
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ever   ▶ na ntāryo
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evil   ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
 (adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
 (to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
 (to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
 (to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
 (to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
 (to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
 (to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
 (to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
 (speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (~ deed) ubuhūmbu
 (example) akābarore
 (~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
 (~ look) igitsūre
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exalt   ▶ guhaya, kuninahaza
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examine   ▶ gucaca, gucunaguza, gucunaguriza, gupīma, gusūzuma, guhwebutsa, kurāba
 (to look intently at) kwihweza
 (in prospect of bying) kugaragura
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exchange   ▶ gukāba, kugurāna
 (clothes or other article for a time) kunyurānyura
(greetings) kuramukānya
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extra   ▶ (additional) inyongera
 (to be left over) gusigara
 (~ digit, toe, teat) indorerezi
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eye   ▶ ijīsho
(to close one's eyes) guhumiriza
(to cut ~ out) kunogora
(to fall into, or hurt) gutosekaza
(to get something in) gutosekara
(to make another close his) kwūnamika
(top open) gukanura
(to open ~ of another) guhumūra
(to remove foreign body from ~) gutosōra
(to wash in one's ~) kwīhumūra
(foreign body in) igitotsi
(matter in) ibikaragāshi
('sand', esp. a certain type of conjunctivitis) uburire
('sand' on awakening) ibirashi
(tiny insect in) akanyarira jisho
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face   ▶ amaso, mu maso
(in his face) mu maso hiwe
 (to be facing each other) guhangana
 (to make a ~ over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (to put one's ~ in one's hands in deep thought) kwitangira itama
 (~ to ~) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
 (showing disapproval on one's ~) ibitsingotsingo
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fail   ▶ gucumukura
 (another) guhemukira
 (to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
 (to do what one intended) kudehūra
 (to find) kubura, guhusha
 (to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
 (to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
 (to return) kugīrīra
 (in on'e task) gusibanganya
 (to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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failure   ▶ (result of ~ to keep promise) urudubi
 (to bring ~) gutāna
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fall   ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
 (accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
 (and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
 (and skin oneself) gukungagurika
 (before) kwikubita imbere
 (down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
 (down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
 (down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
 (down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
 (down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
 (down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
 (from high above) guhanantuka
 (from stalk) guhūnguka
 (heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
 (in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
 (in, cause to) gusitura
 (in love) kubēnguka
 (into water or food) kudibuka
 (not fall, rain) gutara
 (to the ground) guhūndagara
 (with) gukorokana
 (with a din) guhongoroka
 (to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
 (to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
 (let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza
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favorite   ▶ (person) umutoni
 (~ child) umuhērerezi
 (~ servant or friend) umwīshikira
 (to be) gutona
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feast   ▶ amazimāno, inzimāno
 (to give a ~ to) kuzimāna
 (one who is in charge of food at) umuteretsi
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feather   ▶ iryōya
 (to ~ an arrow) gutanaga
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filter   ▶ (to ~ water) kumimina, kuyōra amazi
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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
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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
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flash   ▶ (to ~, as lightning) kurabagirana, kurabiriza, kuravya
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follow   ▶ kugendanira, guherekeza, gukurikira, gukwirikira
 (after) kunyurana
 (closely) kwōma
 (a fad) guharara
 (old customs) kuzīrōra
 (one after the other) gukurikirana
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food   ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
 (food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
 (baby ~) umusururu
 (big portion of) irobe
 (and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
 (for a journey) impāmba
 (without salt) ibise
 (one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
 (place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
 (to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
 (to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
 (to burn, vi) kuzigira
 (to dish up) kwārura
 (to eat, to serve) gufungura
 (to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
 (to go to find ~) gusuma
 (to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
 (to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
 (to serve) gufungura
 (to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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foolishly   ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
 (to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
 (to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika
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forbid   ▶ (to) kwāmira, kwīhaniza, kuziza, kuvuna, kubuza
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force   ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhadikiriza, kuzingirikira
 (someone to do something against his will) guhāta
 (to obey) kugandūra
 (to lose original ~) gutītūra
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forget   ▶ kwibagira, kuzīndwa
 (to cause to) kwibagiza, kuzīnda
 (for a moment) guhūndukwa
 (how to do something once known) guhuna
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fortunate   ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
 (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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fragrant   ▶ (to be) gutāmirana
 (oil) isenga
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friend   ▶ umugēnzi
 (close ~) umukūnzi
 (intimate ~, the one you share your last hidden food with) somambike
 (most intimate ~, ”you die - I die”) pfampfe
 (to visit a ~) kubūngirana
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fright   ▶ (to fall down together in) guhindikirana
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frighten   ▶ kudigiriza, gukānga, gutīnyīsha, gutēra ubwōba, kuvyigiriza
 (away with shouting) kwāmira
 (unintentionally) gukangīra
 (to make a loud frightening noise) guturagara
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front   ▶ (in ~ of) imbere
 (to be directly in) guhangana, gutūmbēra
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game   ▶ (play) igikino, urukino, umukino
 (game field) urukino
 (traditional board ~) igisoro, urubugu
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garment   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (long) umwitēro
 (long, trails on ground) imvune
 (of barkcloth, nicely sewn) indemano
 (outer) ipfūndo, umutamana
 (that is too big) igisāga
 (that isn't very long) igikwēmu
 (with sleeves or armholes) umwīnjiro
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get   ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra
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girl   ▶ umukōbwa, umwīgeme
 (~ reaching age of puberty) umuzēzwa
 (teenage ~) inkumi
 (beautiful ~) nyiramwiza
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give   ▶ guha, guhēsha, gutānga
(back) gusubīza
(back cow, calf to one from whom one received a cow) kwōkōra
 (birth) kuvyāra
(birth, cow about to ~) kudigiriza
(cow a second time to one who has brought many gifts) guhetera inkoni
(example) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
(gift to bride so she will talk) guhorōra
(give me...) mpa
(good measure) kunengesēreza
(in to) kurōnsa
(information) kurangīra
 (life to) kubēshaho
(more) kwongera, kwongeza
(oneself to) kwīhāmbīra
(oneself to service of Kiranga) kubāndwa, kuvōvōta
(over a possession) kwegura
(penuriously) kuzirukanya
(pledge or security) kugwatiriza
(present) kugabira
(refuse to) kwīma
(refuse to ~ another his own) kugūnga, kwīmana
(sacrifice) gushikana
(someone a hand) gusahiriza
 (someone a heavy load) kuremēka
(to) guha, guhēra, guhēreza, kurōnsa, gushikiriza
(to each other) guhāna
(to each other often) guhānahāna
(to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(talk) kugamba
(up everything) kwīgura
(warm welcome, one does not say it of himself) gukēra
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glisten   ▶ gukayāngana
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go   ▶ kugenda, kwigira, kuja
(after) kugīra
(ahead a little) kwūnguruza
(all through a house) kuvōgera
(around) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(around difficulty) kuzunguruka umutego, gukikuza umutego
(around 'Robinhood's barn') gukingitiranya
(aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
(astray) kuzimira
(away secretly) kwīdohōra
(back and forth) kunyura
(back on what he said, make one) kurahuruza
(backward) kwītūtānya, kugēnda umugōngo
(backward inadvertently) gufūtānya
(beyond) kurēnga
(by car) kugēnda n'umuduga
(by boat) kugēnda n'ubwato
(by land rather than cross river or lake) guca i musozi
(carefully not knowing path) kwātīra
(elsewhere) kugerēra
 (everywhere) gukwiragirana, guhetūra
(far away) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(for food) gusuma
(forward) gutēra imbere
(forward little by little) kwūngururuza, kwūnguruza
(forward steadily) kuramiriza
(for a walk) kugēndagēnda
(from one thing to another) kurārāta
(from place to place) kunyuragiza, kuyugayuga
(gaily) kudayadaya
(here and there, child) kurērēta
(home) gutāha, kuganūka
(home from work) kugodoka
(home, of wife when angry) kugēnda buje
(into danger without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(let's go!) hoji, hogi, tugende
(naked) gufurama, kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa
(on tiptoe) kuyōmbōka
(out, fire, light) kuzima
(out to a certain place) gusokoroka
(outside) gusohoka
(to prepare to go) kwīkora
(quietly) kuyōmbōka
(rapidly) gukinagira
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(right in path, animal) gutōta
(round) gukikuza
(secretly because of fear) kwōmba
(seperate ways) gutāna
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(slowly, of convalescent) kwāndāra
(softly) kuyōmbōka
(steadily forward) kuramiriza
(stealthily) kunyobanyoba, kwiyombayomba, kuyombayomba
(straight forward) gutūmbereza
(through a narrow pass) kunyegētera
(to bed) kuryāma
(to chief or superior for something) kwītwāra, gushengera, gushengerera
(to find food) gusuma
(to help another in his work) gusāsīra
 (to meal uninvited) kwigemagema
(to meet) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together to produce food for guests) gutērēra
(together to see, crowd) gukōndōrera
(toward) kurora, kwerekera, kwerekeza
(uncertain of the way) guhushagirika
(uncertainly) kudāguza
(up, as hill) kudūga
(up in smoke) gupfūnduka
(walking, esp. at night) kwīkanya
(to wedding) gutāha ubukwe
(well, to cause to ~) kugēnza
(with) kwāmbukana, kujāna
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God   ▶ Imāna, Mungu (Sw.)
(who is all seeing) Indāvyi
 (the Creator) Rurema
 (the Lord, Eternal One) ūhoraho
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godliness   ▶ ubumāna
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goodbye   ▶ n'agasaga, n'akagaruka, n'agahindukira, n'agahumuza, n'agahwane, n'akababa, n'akaza, n'akabandanya, n'akazoza, buroca, turabonanye, ku Mana, ndakwinyungushuye
(to superior) ndakwikebanuye, ndikebanuye, ndigaranzuye
(to bid) gusēzera
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govern   ▶ (to) kugānza, kurōngōra
(a country) gutwāra
 (in name of) gutwārira
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grind   ▶ gusya, gukwema, kunoza, kumenagura, gusyokora
(in wooden mortar) gusekura
 (poorly, coarsely) guhera
 (quickly) gukwemagura
 (to crush grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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grow   ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
 (after cutting) kunaga
 (larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
 (let hair ~ long) gutongoza
 (old) gutāma
 (rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
 (smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
 (to cause to grow) gukuza
 (to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
 (to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (very fast, child) kugurugūmba
 (well) kubaduka
 (child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya
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habits   ▶ imico
 (to have a bad habit, having been good) gufūtāna
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haemorrhage   ▶ ukuvirirana
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half-mast   ▶ (at ~) bwa kinanda
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happy   ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbāra, guhīrwa, gushanyuka, guhīmbārwa, gushwāshwānuka
 (very) kudayadaya, kugāyagāya, kwigina
 (to make) kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kugāzagāza
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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
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harm   ▶ (because of revenge) kuziza
 (in order to avenge) guhōra
 (to desire to ~ another without reason) gukānkamwa
 (to prevent one from harming another) kuzina
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harp   ▶ inānga
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hate   ▶ kwānka, kugaya, gukēngēra, gutītūra, guhama
 (cause people to hate that which they had liked) gutītūra
 (everything) kunebagura
 (one's master) kugāmbāna
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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
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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
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hear   ▶ kwūmva
 (to be unable to ~ well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
 (well) gutobora
 (well, suddenly) kuzibuka
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heard   ▶ (to be ~ plainly) kwūmvīkana
 (to speak so that one is heard but not understood, because of distance) guhwirima, guhihima
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hemorrhage   ▶ kuva amaraso
(from nose) umwūna
(of woman) ubutīnyānka
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hesitate   ▶ guhigima, guhīngītana, kwīyubāra, guhigimānga, gukēkeranya, kujuragirika
 (between two actions) gutēgekanya
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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
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hinder   ▶ kubuza, gutangīra, guteba, gutēsha
 (from harming another) kuzina
 (from hearing) kubugiriza
 (to try to ~ from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
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holding   ▶ (hands to form circle or line) gufatana urunana
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homosexual   ▶ (person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
(to be gay) kunōnōka
(to have ~ intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to act as ~, commit ~ acts) gutingana
(to have ~ intercourse, rude) guswerana nk'imbwa
(effeminate traditional priest) ikihindu, ikimaze
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honored person  ▶ umuninahazwa, umutūngwa, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(in adressing him), umupfāsoni
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hundred   ▶ ijana
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hunger   ▶ inzara
 (extreme) isari
 (for certain food, appetite) ināmbu
 (to faint from) kugwīra isari
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hyena   ▶ imfyisi
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I   ▶ jēwe, je
 (concerning me, I in contrast) jeho
 (and I) nānje
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idol   ▶ ikigirwamāna, igisengwa, igishushānyo
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if   ▶ asangwa, iyo, namba, ni, iyaba
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ignition   ▶ ugucana, ukudomeka, ugufatisha
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ill   ▶ (to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
 (often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
 (to become ~ one after another) guhindikirana
 (to lie around ~ long time) kuvūnda
 (see also under 'sick')
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imitate   ▶ (to ~) kwīgāna
(one to be imitated) iremezo
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importunity   ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna
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insect   ▶ igikōko, agakōko
 (many small) ubukōko
 (ant, flying, edible) iswa
 (ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (ant, soldier) uburima
 (ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
 (ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
 (ant, white) umuswa
 (ant hill, white) umugina
 (bedbug) igiheri, igihere
 (bee) uruyūki
 (bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
 (bug) agasīmba
 (bumblebee) impingwe
 (butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
 (centipede, small) inyōngōri
 (chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (cicada) ijeri
 (cockroach) inyēnzi
 (fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
 (fly, house) isāzi
 (flea) imbaragasa
 (gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
 (grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
 (jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (locust) uruyige
 (louse) inda
 (mosquito) umubu
 (moth) ikinyungunyungu
 (tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
 (tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
 (tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
 (wasp) ivūbi
 (to sting or bite) gusurira
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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
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intelligence   ▶ ubuhanga, ubwēnge, ubuhīnga
 (to have natural ~) kuvūmbura
 (e.g. yavūmbuye ubwēnge)
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intentionally   ▶ ibigirānkana
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interlace   ▶ (vi) gusobana
 (vt) gusobanya
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intermingle   ▶ gusobana
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irrigation   ▶ (canal) umugazo
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joke   ▶ gufyina, kujajura, guswāganya, kujāndajānda, gufyinata
 (with lots of words) kurimbūra
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judge   ▶ umucamānza, umucamatēka
 (with final decision) kamaramagāmbo
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jump   ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
 (about) gukinagira
 (from above) gushunguruka
 (in one's sleep) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (in surpise) guhahabuka
 (in surprise or when awakened) kuzanzamuka, gukanguka
 (up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (when stung or bitten) gushikurwa
 (with fear, heart) guhahama
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keep   ▶ kugumya
 (a fire going) gucānira
 (for the night) kurāza
 (law) kwītōndera
 (things for oneself) kwīgūnga
 (too long) gutebana
 (not ~ one's wordto do that which one has declared he would not do) kwīrahuruza
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kiss   ▶ gusōma
 (repeatedly, passionately) gusōmagura
 (each other) gusōmana
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knife   ▶ imbugita, icūma
(for cutting banana leaves) urugombōzo
 (long) inkōta
 (long, broad) umupānga
 (long-handled, curved) umuhoro
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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
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know   ▶ kumenya, -zi, kuzirikana
 (another's thoughts completely) kuvōgera
 (facts of a case) guhinyura
 (for certain) kujījūka
 (to not ~) kuyobera, kuyoberwa
 (to not ~ what to do) mwījījānya, kurīgānirwa
 (to try to ~ something) kugenzūra
 (one who knows more than is expected of him) akagūgu
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known   ▶ (to be) guhinyuka
 (to be well ~) kumenyēkana, kurangiranwa
 (to become) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (to be made) kwāndagara, kwāndagaza
 (to make) kwērura, gukwīza, kumenyēsha
(to make) gukwīragiza, kurānga, guserura, kwāngaza, kwātura, guhishūra, kwāmāmaza
 (well ~ person or thing) ururangiranwe, ikirangiranwe
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kraal   ▶ urugo
 (entrance to king's) ikirīmba
 (head of) sēnaka
 (owner of) umutūngwa, nyene
 (with many houses of members of one family) ikigwati
 (within the kraal) intangāro
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lack   ▶ (of foresight) igihababu
(to ~) kubura, kugōmba, guhaza, guteba, gukērērwa
(opportunity to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(respect) kwūbahuka
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late   ▶ (to be) gucerērwa, guteba, gukerērwa, gutinda
 (slightly) gutebagana
 (of rains) gutara
 (to become, in day) kwīra
 (to cause to be) gutevya, gusīvya
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leaf   ▶ ibabi, ikibabi
(banana, dry) ihuba, igihūnda
(banana, green) umutōto
(central part of banana ~) ikigongogongo
(bean) umukubi
(pumpkin) umusoma
(used for perfume) imbazi
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lean   ▶ (against, vt) kwegamika, kwegeka
 (against, vi) kwegamira
 (forward, preparing to run) gutuna
 (on, esp. in getting up) kwīshimikiza, gushimikira
 (over) guhengama
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leave   ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
 (behind) gusiga
 (country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
 (country because of famine) gusuhūka
 (grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
 (inheritance) kuraga
 (intention or place) gucungūra
 (open) kurāngāza
 (out) guhaza
 (over) gusigaza
 (place) gushingūka
 (something with someone) kubītsa
 (with) gusigarana
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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
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length   ▶ umurambararo, uburēbure
 (to be of equal ~ or height) kurēha
 (to arrange according to ~ or height) gusūmbanya
 (to make of equal ~) kurēsha
 (to not be of equal ~ or height) gusūmbana
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level   ▶ inivo
(to be) gutega
 (to make) gusēna, gutaba
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lighting   ▶ ugucana, ukudomeka, ugufatisha, ukubonesha
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lightning   ▶ umuravyo
 (to flash) kurabagirana, kurabiriza, kuravya
 (to be struck by) guhūndagara
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line   ▶ umurōngo
 (of people, animals, etc.) umuhururu, umukuku
 (typographical) umukwēgo, agakwego
 (to ~ up, vi) gutōnda
 (to ~ up, vt) gutōndēsha, gutōndekanya
 (to march in a ~) gutōndekana
 (to ~ up workers) kurārika
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live   ▶ kuba
 (live at, to dwell) gutura
 (breathe, to still live) guhēma
 (to be alive) kubaho
 (to cause to) kubēshaho
 (long time) kurāmba
 (near a public place) guhorahabona
 (together) kwāmana, kubāna, kumana
 (long live the king!) ganza, sabwa!
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loan   ▶ (to receive and then not pay back ~) guherana
 (to refuse to pay ~) guheranira
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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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loop   ▶ (of rope, lasso) impururu
 (of snake, river) ikigonzi
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Lord   ▶ umwāmi, umukama
 (the Lord, Eternal One) ūhoraho
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lose   ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
 (by death) gupfīsha
 (by death, one's child) gupfusha
 (interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
 (one another) gutāna
 (one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
 (one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
 (original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
 (to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
 (one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
 (weight) kugōgōra
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loss   ▶ ubuhōmbe, uruhōmbo, igihōmbo
 (to bring) gutāna
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lot   ▶ (in casting lots) ihēmbe, ubupfīndo
 (to cast) gupfīnda
 (to draw) gupfīndana
 (to have a ~, even debts or troubles) kuroranirwa
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lust   ▶ (to ~) gushākana
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made   ▶ (to be ~ narrow) kwāzwa
 (to be ~ poorly) guhōmba
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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
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male   ▶ izinamuhūngu
 (animal, esp. goat) impfīzi, imfīzi
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many   ▶ –inshi
 (how many?) –ngāhe?
 (so many) –ngāho
 (to be ~) kurūndāna
 (to be, esp. cows, trees) gusagāra
 (to be so) kungana
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mark   ▶ (made by hoe or axe) ibāngo
 (of a blow) umuramu
 (to ~) kudoma
 (to have marks, scratches, as pot) gusaragurika
 ('get on the mark') gutuna
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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
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marry   ▶ (each other) kwābīrana, kuragana
(each other, rude) kurongorana
(of bride) kwābīrwa, kurongorwa
 (of groom) kwābīra, kwēnda (rude), kurongora
 (a widow and go to her kraal) gucūra
 (to refuse, esp. girl to refuse to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (to take wife without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (to go to husband without being married) gucīkira
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master   ▶ Bwana (Sw.), umukama, umushīngantāhe, nyene
 (my, our) dātabuja
 (your) shōbuja
 (his, her, their) shēbuja
 (of an art) umuhīnga
 (to be) kugaba
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May   ▶ (month) ukwēzi kwa gatanu, Rusama
 (month of heavy rains) urushāna
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me   ▶ jēwe,
 (and me) nānje
 (like me) nkānje
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meet   ▶ guhāmvya, guhwāna, guhūra
 (to go to) gusanganira, gutegēra
 (together) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to ~ together) gukoranya, gutēranya
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meeting   ▶ igikorane, igikoraniro, itēraniro, ināma
 (~ place) ihūriro
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mending   ▶ ukuremura, ugusana
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menu   ▶ ikarita ivyērekana
(set ~) imfungurwa zitegekanijwe ku munsi
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miss   ▶ gusība
 (aim and) guhusha
 (be lonesome for) gukūmbura
(each other on path) kunyuranwa
 (fail to find) kubura
 (pass by but not meet) guhubana
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mister   ▶ Bwana (Sw.), Bgana, umushīngantāhe
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money   ▶ (from German Heller) amahera
 (from French Franc) ifarānga, amafaranga
 (to change ~) kuvūnja
(to lend ~) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
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moon   ▶ ukwēzi
 (name of) Nzero
 (to wane) gutūba
 (to wax) gutūbūka
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mother   ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina
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mother-in-law   ▶ (my) mābukwe
(your) nyokobukwe
 (his, her, their) inabukwe
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mouth ulcer  ▶ ibisebe biterwa n'isuna
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musical   ▶ (instrument, esp. zither) inānga
 (with strings) agahugūgu
 (large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
 (to play) gucurarānga, kuvuza
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nail   ▶ umugera, urumāmbo, umusumari (Sw.)
(fingernail, toenail) urwāra
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naked   ▶ amēnya
 (person) umwāmbure
(to go) kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa, gufurama
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nakedness   ▶ ubwāmbure
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name   ▶ izina
 (to name) kwīta
 (to be named after) kwītiranwa
 (to get names confused) kwītiranya
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nape   ▶ (of neck) igikanu, irugu
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napkin   ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo
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narrate   ▶ kudōnda
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narrow   ▶ (to be) kwāga, gupfungānya
 (to make) kwāza
 (to go through ~ pass) kunyegētera
 (~ escape) agahēngekezo
 (~ place) imbōmbāne
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nation   ▶ ihānga, ubwōko, ishānga
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native   ▶ imvukira, umwenegihugu
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nature   ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
 (spirit) imbāndwa
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nausea   ▶ igisesema, iseseme, ikirungurira
(to cause) gusesema
(to feel) kurungurirwa
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nauseated   ▶ (to be) gusesemwa
 (by repulsive thing) gushishwa
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navel   ▶ umukōndo
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near   ▶ hāfi, hāfi ya (followed by 'ya' if there is an object)
(to be) kubāngikana
 (to draw ~) kwegēra, kwīyegereza
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need   ▶ ubukene, ibikenewe
(to be in ~) gukena
 (to ~) gukenera
 (to be in, having lost one's possessions) gusurura
 (to have ~ of) kwōndera
 (to help one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
 (to relieve) gukenura
 (supplying of) ubukenuke
 (to have one's needs supplied) gukenuka
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neighbour   ▶ umuturanyi, umubānyi
 (to be) kumana
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nephew   ▶ (son of brother) umuhūngwacu, umusēngezana
 (nephew or niece, child of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
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net curtain  ▶ ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana
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nice   ▶ -īza, nyawo, etc.
(to be ~ to look at) kuroreka
(~ to meet you) ni vyiza kubonana nawe
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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
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no   ▶ oya
 (adj.) nta, ata
(emphatic) oyāye, ishwi, eka, ekāye, wapi
(to say ~) guhakana
 (euphemism for a polite No) nzokubarira (lit. I will let you know)
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noise   ▶ urwamo
 (loud, frightening) umuturagaro
 (esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
 (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
 (of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
 (of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
 (to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
 (to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
 (to make a loud frightening) guturagara
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noon   ▶ isaha sita, sasita, amashōka, ku mamina ngohe
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nose   ▶ izūru, itonde
 (bridge of) umwīrīri
 (nosebleed) umwūna
 (to get in and cause to sneeze) gusagāra
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not   ▶ nta, ata
(is not, are not) si
(not at all) na mba! īshwī!
(not a bit) n'intete
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nothing   ▶ (a ~) imburūngu, igaragara
(adv.) ubusa
 (adj.) ntanakimwe
 (to say ~) kunuma
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noun   ▶ izina
 (class of) umutigiri
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object   ▶ (of worship) ikigirwamāna
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obscured   ▶ (to be) kuzimangana
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offer   ▶ (to) gutānga, kubangira, gushikana
 (gift) guterēka, gutūra
 (presents) guhōnga
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (to spirits) guterekēra
 (but take back) guhema
 (place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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one   ▶ -mwe, rimwe
 (one solitary thing) urudēnde
 (one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
 (to come ~ by ~) gutororokanya
 (~ by ~) isorōsoro
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opportunity   ▶ umwānya, uburyo
 (to lack ~ to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
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opposite   ▶ (to be) kunyurana
 (to make) kunyuranya
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outer   ▶ (garment) umutamana
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overcome   ▶ kunēsha, gutsīnda, kunaniza
 (to be ~ by something difficult) kunanirwa
 (to ~ an enchantment) kurogōra
 (seek assistance to) kugomorera
 (to help another ~ enemy) gukōndōrera
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owl   ▶ igihuna
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owner   ▶ (of) nyene
 (of kraal) umutūngwa, sēnaka
 (to be sole) kwegukira
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pair   ▶ (to ~) guhūza
(to be a ~) kumana
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parallel   ▶ (to be) kubānga, kubāngikana
 (to make) kubāngikanya
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pass   ▶ guhita
 (allow to) kubisa
 (allow another to) kubisiriza
 (between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
 (by, but not meet) guhubana
 (gas) gusurira
 (out gifts) kugaba
 (out of sight) kurēngāna
 (over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
 (the night) kurāra
(through) guca
 (to bring to ~) gucimbataza
 (to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
 (to bring in passing) guhitana
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patient   ▶ (to be) kwīhāngāna
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pediatry   ▶ ubuvuzi bw'indwara z'abana
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penetrate   ▶ (into) kunyegera
 (skin, esp. under fingernail) gusesēra, gusesereza
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perfect   ▶ guheraheza, guhīngūra
 (to be) kuba agahore, guhebūza, kunengesēra, gutūngāna, kwūzura
 (to make) kuroraniriza, gutūngānya, kwūzuza
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perish   ▶ (to) guhenebēra, guhona, kuranduka, gutikira, gutōngōka, kuyogera, kudēndūka, guhera
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persecute   ▶ kudendereza, guhama
(each other) guhamana
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persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
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persistently   ▶ (to as, although refused) gucuna
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pierce   ▶ (to) gucumita, gutobora, kuzibūra
 (in order to kill) gusogōta
 (through) gutobekeranya
 (as with a nail) guhānda
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pineapple   ▶ inanasi
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place   ▶ ikibānza, ahantu
 (around trees where nothing else grows) impehemyi
 (damp) ikinyōta
 (for spreading out grain) imbuga
 (meeting ~) ihūriro
(of another) igishīngo, icīto
 (prepared to put anything) igitereko
 (smelting) urugānda
 (to offer to the gods) igitabo
 (to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
 (to sit) umusēzero
 (uninhabited) agahīnga
 (very narrow, tight) imbōmbāne
 (where food is plentiful) ubusumo
 (where water has flooded) isēsero
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play   ▶ (to) gukina, gufyina, gufyinata
 (musical instrument) kuvuza, gucurarānga
 (musical instrument vigorously) kwōmānza
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plead   ▶ (a cause) kubūrana
 (earnestly for something) kubobōta
 (with) kugōbēra
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poison   ▶ ubumara, uburozi, ishano
 (of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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polish   ▶ (to) gukurūngira, gukuyēngeza, gusēna
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ponder   ▶ (think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, gutegēra, kuzirikana
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poor   ▶ (man) nyarucari
(person) umufafara, umufafare, umwōro
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungaboro
(to be) gukena
(to become ~ after wealth) gucobogora
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pot   ▶ (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria
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prepare   ▶ (to ~) gutegūra, guteganya, kuroraniriza
 (food quickly for one) kuzina
 (ground for sorghum) guhānda
 (oneself to strike) kubangura
 (a place for building) gutaba
 (place for newborn baby) kubīkīra
 (things for a trip) gutēkera
 (to fight) gukenyera
 (to go) kwīkora
(one who prepares for another) integūza
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press   ▶ kubānda, kubāndana
 (down) gutsindagira
 (in order to smooth) gupfunyūra
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prevent   ▶ kubuza, gutururuza
 (from speaking) guhwāmika
 (one from harming another) kuzina
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priest   ▶ umuhērezi
 (traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
 (catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri
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profit   ▶ amamaro, inyungu, imāri
 (not financial) ikimazi
 (to ~) guhōmbōka, kumarira
 (to make) kwūnguka, kwūngura
 (to make no ~) guhōmba
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promise   ▶ indagano, umuhāngo, iragi, isezerano
 (to ~) kuraganira, gusezerana, kuragana
 (to fail to keep) gutēzūra
 (to fail to give what one has promised) kugaramāngira
 (to ~ and then pretend you haven't) kwiyobagiza
 (result of failure to keep ~) urudubi
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proud   ▶ (to be) kwīkakīsha, kwīmānya, kwīshīma, kwībona
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prove   ▶ kwāgiriza, kwerekana, guhinyuza, kujījūra
 (that a drink is not poisoned) kurogoza
(to one that he's wrong) kujīnjibura
 (a prove) icemezo
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prune   ▶ (to ~) guhānyura, gukona, gutūtūra
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pucker   ▶ gutuna
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punish   ▶ guhana
 (by death on the spot) kwīciraho
 (repeatedly) guhanahana
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pup   ▶ ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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puppy   ▶ ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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purpose   ▶ urwēgo, umugambi, igituma
(on ~) ibigirānkana
 (to do it on ~) kubigira ku mpaka
(or, ibigirankana)
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purr   ▶ kugōna, guhara
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pursue   ▶ (go after) kugīra, guhamana
(one another) kugenzanya
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push   ▶ gusunika
 (another down) gukungagura
 (each other) kugundana, gusunurana
 (forward) gusekura
 (a person down where he belongs) gutururuza
 (out, e.g. wind bulging cloth) kubāndūra
 (violently) gusunura
 (to help to) gusunuza
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put   ▶ gushira
(away) kubīka, gushingūra
(away the harvest) kwīmbura
(away beans for a year) guhitiza
(away for a year, to be ~) guhitira
(away, for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(away, to take to) kwāndūra
(back) gusubīza
(bees in new hive) kwātira
(down) guhwāmika
(down roughly) gusekura
(forth new leaves) kurēmba
(hand to face in gesture of surprise) kujorerwa
(handle on) gukwikira
(higher) gukiriza
(in certain place) kugabānyānya
(in order) kurorānya
(into water) kurobeza
(near fire to dry) gutara
(on clothes) kwāmbara, kwīyambika
(on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
(off doing what one should) kwīrengagiza
(oneself above where he belongs) kwītāra
(out fire, light) kuzimya
(out great branches) gusagarara
(out in sun) kwānikira
(outside) gusohora
(right) gutūngānya
(skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk) kwōrokēra
(something cool on burn) gupfuvya
(somewhere) gushiraho
(things together) kurementanya, gusorōranya
(to bed) kuryāmika
(together) kwegeraniriza, guhūza, gutororokanya, kwegeranya
(to one side) guherereza
(to sleep) gusinziriza
(to work) kwāhura
(up, e.g. arms) gutarika
(up bee hive) kwegeka
(wood on fire) gukomānya
(yeast in beer) kubetera
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quarrel   ▶ intonganya, imitongano, amahāne
(to ~) gutongana, gutonganya, kurandagurana, guhārīra, guhāzāna
(to be always looking for) kwītōraguza
 (to start a) kwāndurutsa
 (to stop ~ and make them like each other) kwūnga
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rag   ▶ igihanaguzo, igitāmbara co guhanagura
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rain   ▶ imvura
 (light, fine) urunyanyāga
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early rains) agatāsi
 (very heavy) isegenya
 (very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
 (wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (to ~) kugwa
 (with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
 (to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
 (early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
 (heavily) guhonoka
 (a long time without stopping) kujobanya
 (on) kuvubira
 (softly) kunyanyāga
 (to threaten to) gukuba
 (to fall continuously) gushāna
 (to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
 (to go for shelter in) kwūgama
 (to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka
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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
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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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rebuke   ▶ guhana, gukankamira
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receive   ▶ (to) kwābīra, kwākīra, kurōnka
 (back security) kugwatūra
 (from someone's hands) kwēnda
 (in one's hands) kwābīra
 (loan and then not pay back) guherana
 (more) kurushiriza
 (physically) gutēga
(presents) gushikirwa
 (something as a gift or loan and repay reluctantly and late) guhasha
 (place to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
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red   ▶ agahama, urugina
(to be) gutukura
 (esp. sky) kwīrasira
 (to make) gutukuza
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reddish   ▶ umugina, urugina
(to become, fruits) kubēnja
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refractory   ▶ (to be) kunana
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refuse   ▶ kwānka, kugāmbāna, guhakana, kunana
 (absolutely) guta agati, kuziririza
 (esp. girl to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (strongly) gukankamira
 (to acknowledge one's wrong) kudadarara
 (to eat) kuzira
 (to eat or drink with) kunēna
 (to eat what you've always eaten) guhura
 (to give) kwīma
 (to give to another) kwīmana
 (to give another his own) kugūnga
 (to go on helping someone) guhasha
 (to listen, almost as crazy) gutaragurika
 (to listen to authority) kugarariza
 (to obey) kugaranya
 (to repay loan) guheranira
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rejoice   ▶ kunēzērwa
 (at arrival of someone) gukēra
 (in another's troubles) gukēkeza
 (in coming of another) kwigina, gusāsīrira
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relate   ▶ kudōnda
 (stories of long ago) kugana
 (to tell others what you've heard) kwīgānira
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relative   ▶ incuti
 (to be) gupfāna
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remove   ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
 (clothing) kwāmbūra
 (completely) gutōngōra
 (dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
 (enchantment) kurogōra
 (everything from burning house) gusahura
 (foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
 (from cross) kubāmbūra
 (from fire or oven) kwōkōra
 (from hiding) guhishūra
 (from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (lid of basket) kurumūra
 (load from head) gutūra
 (skin from drying) kubāmbūra
 (sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
 (taboo) kuzirūra
 (things) kuyōra
 (things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
 (thorn or sliver) guhāndūra
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repair   ▶ guhīngūra
 (car) gukanika imodoka
 (house) gusanura
 (something absolutely worn out, or, ~ repeatedly) gusanasana
 (woven thing) gusana
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repent   ▶ kwīhana
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repulsive   ▶ (to be) gushisha
 (to be nauseated by a ~ thing) gushishwa
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resist   ▶ kwānka, kurandagura, kunana
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respect   ▶ isoni, icūbahiro
 (that which is respected) igitīnyiro
 (to ~) gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
 (to lack) kwūbahuka
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retrace   ▶ (one's steps) gukubirana
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return   ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
 (other than where speaker is) gusubira
 (vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
 (from far away) guhabūka
 (from hunting) guhīgūka
 (from running away) guhīngūra
 (from war) gutabāruka
 (home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
 (to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
 (to fail to) kugīrīra
 (to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
 (to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
 (with) kugarukana
 (person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
 (an investment ~) umwimbu
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reveal   ▶ kwāndagara, kwātura, kwerekana, gufobōra, gufurūra, kugaragara, kugaragaza, kugoborora, guhishūra, kunyegurura, gusokorora
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (what is false) guhūmuriza
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revere   ▶ gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
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revert   ▶ kwīfūtānya, gufūtāna
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riddle   ▶ igisōkōzanyo, igisōkōzo, igisakuzo
 (to ask) gusōkōza, gupfīnda, gupfīndana
 (to solve) gupfīndūra
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ripen   ▶ kwēra
 (become yellow or reddish) kubēnja
 (for certain fruites, esp. bananas) gusha
 (of fruits) kurunguriza
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rolling stone  ▶ urunāna
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root   ▶ umuzi, igishitsi
 (of word) itsina
 (to pull out by roots) kurandura, gusitura, kumomora
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rope   ▶ ingoyi, umugozi, akagozi, umuzana, ikiziriko
 (to bind criminal) imvuto
 (heavy) injīshi
 (loop of) impururu
 (made of papyrus) umuhotora
 (woven or plaited) igitsibo
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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
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sack   ▶ umupfuko, isaho
 (burlap) igunira
 (long narrow for food) indebuye
 (made of skin) umukuza
 (to tie neck of) kuniga
 (to tie up hole in) gutubika
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sacrifice   ▶ ikimazi, impērezwa
 (to ~ for) kwīgura, kwīheba
 (to give, offer, make) gushikana
 (place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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salt   ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra
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same   ▶ (the) hamwe
(to be the) kungana
(to be the ~ size) kuringanira
(to be ~ length, height) kurēha
(to make ~ length, height) kurēsha
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saved   ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira
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say   ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu
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scold   ▶ guhana, gukangīra, gusīndira, gutāta, gukankamira, gutonganya
 (vehemently) guhāririza, guhahiriza
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scratch   ▶ umukwābu
 (to ~) gukūba
 (as wood, slate, etc.) guharura, guharagura
 (oneself) kwīyāga
 (with fingernails) kwāga
(with a nail) guhānda
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secret   ▶ ibānga
 (to betray) kumena ibānga, guhemuka
 (one who can't keep) igihururu
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see   ▶ kubona
 (after being blind) guhumūka
 (see here!) erega
 (that someone wishes to see you alone) gukebuka
 (through deceit) guhinyura
 (with comprehension) kurabukwa
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seeing   ▶ (face to face) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
 (~ one indistinctly because he went to fast) rurabwe
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selfish   ▶ (to be) kwīgūnga, kwīmana, kwīgūngirako, kwīgūngagiza, kwīkūnda
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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
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serve   ▶ gusukūrira
 (as a servant) kujakarira, gushūmba
 (food) gufungura
 (king) kugarānzura
 (meal to) kuzimāna
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sew   ▶ kubarīra, gusona (Sw.), gushona
(together) kwōmeka
 (come unsewn) gusonoroka
 (~ back on) gusubira, kubarira
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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
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share   ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
 (to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
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sharpen   ▶ gutyaza
(stick) kugegena
 (to a point) gusongora
 (instrument) gukarisha
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shining   ▶ (to be) gukayangana
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shock   ▶ ugusekana
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shoot   ▶ (sprout) umunago
 (tiny, of bean or other plant) umugoreko
 (new shoots of grass, fresh pasture) umugutu
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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show   ▶ kwereka, kwerekana, gufurūra, guserura, kubonēsha
 (contempt, by spitting) gucīra inyeri
(off) kwīkakīsha
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (the way) guhubūra, kurangīra, kuyobora
 (the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura
 (to not ~ one's feelings) kwīrengagiza
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shrink   ▶ gutuna, kwītuna
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shrivel   ▶ kwītuna
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sibling   ▶ umuvukanyi
 (my ~ of the same sex) mwēne wācu
(to be) kuvūkana
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single   ▶ (one) -mwe, umwe, rumwe etc.
(one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
(single object) urudēnde
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sister   ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa
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slander   ▶ igitutsi
 (to ~) gucōkōra, gukera, gusiba, gutuka
 (a superior unintentionally, but he believes it intentional) kurengwa
 (to say a lot of slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
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sleep   ▶ itiro
 (to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
 (to fall asleep) gusinzīra
 (to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
 (to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
 (sitting up) gutūringiga
 (to talk in one's) kurāzirana
 (to walk in one's) kurandamuka
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slip   ▶ kunyerera
 (down on spear, meat if it slips it's supposedly diseased) gushōka
 (out little by little, e.g. nail) kwīdohōra
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slope   ▶ inkingu
 (of hill) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
(steep) agahanamo
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smell   ▶ ububabwe, ubumote
 (to ~, vt) kwīnukiriza, kwūmva, kwūmviriza, kwīmōtereza
 (to smell bad, vi) kunūka
 (to smell good, vi) kumōta
 (smell spreading, smell filling the air, vi) gutāmirana
 (to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
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smooth   ▶ (to be) kurēmba
 (to ~ out) gukana, gukuyēngeza
 (to make) gukurūngira, gusena, gupfunyūra
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snore   ▶ gufuha, kugōna
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so-and-so   ▶ naka, –ntūze
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so many  ▶ –ngaho
 (to be) kungana
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sob   ▶ gusarara
 (silently) gupfunagira
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soldier   ▶ ingabo, umusirigana, umusoda, umusirikare, intōre
 (ants) uburima
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sometimes   ▶ rimwe na rimwe, rimwe-rimwe, hamwe-hamwe
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song   ▶ indirīmbo, ururirimbo
(~ for two alternating choirs) ikimpwiri
(milling ~) indengo
(war songs) amazina y'ubuhizi, amazina y'urugamba
(sing or play plaintive) gucurira intimba
see also singing
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sound   ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
 (well) kwūmvīkana
 (to make a bubbling ~) gusāma
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speak   ▶ (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
 (all speaking together) imvugarimwe
 (to ~) kuvuga
 (against) guhāririza
 (carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
 (distinctly) gutobora
 (distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
 (evil of one another) gucurikanya
 (evil of) gukana, kunegura
 (evil of the king) kurogota
 (evil of a ruler) kuyoba
 (fearlessly) kwūbahuka
 (foolishly) kudebagura
 (hatefully) gucobogoza
 (hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
 (in a mysterious language) gufobeka
 (incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
 (many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
 (sarcastically) kurtyekeza
 (the truth) guhinyuza
 (thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
 (unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
 (very beseechingly) kubobōteza
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
 (without arriving at point) kurerembuza
 (to cause to) kuvuza
 (to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
 (to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
 (give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
 (refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa
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spend   ▶ (all day) kwīrirwa
 (all night without sleeping) gukēsha
 (the night) kurāra
 (the night alone) kwīrāza
(time) kumara
 (time together) kumarana
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spirit   ▶ igihūme, impwēmu, umuzimu
 (Holy Spirit) Mpwemu Mweranda, Mpwemu Yera
 (nature spirit) imbāndwa
 (of person) umushaha
 (to chase away or drive out evil ~) gusēnda
(to offer to ~) guterekēra
 (~ worship) ubuzimuzimu
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spoil   ▶ (to ~, vi) kubora, kwōnōna
(vt) kuboza
 (of foods) kugāsha
 (another's reputation) kwāmbika ibara
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sprout   ▶ umugera, ingūndu, umunago
 (bean) umugōndōra
 (sorghum) ikirōnge
 (to ~) kumera
 (to ~, millet) gusēsa
 (after cutting) kunaga
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squeeze   ▶ gukānya
 (juice from bananas) kugana, kuvuguta
 (juice to last drop) gukanyūra
 (out seed of fruit) gufyura
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stalk   ▶ (of bananas) igitoki
 (of sorghum) igishakshaka
(to fall from) guhūnguka
 (to pluck from) kumyōza
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stare   ▶ (at) gufyura amāso, guhānga amāso, gukanaguza
 (at one another) guhangana
 (at without seeing) guturumbura, gutumbagura
 (to get left behind as you ~ at something) kurāngāra
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start   ▶ kwānzika, gutangura
 (by) kubānza
 (early in the morning) kuzinduka
 (fire) gucāna
 (job before finishing the previous one) kubāngikanya
 (the day) kuramuka
 (something) gutangīza
(up from ground, e.g.g locusts) guharara
 (up in one's sleep) kurandamuka
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stay   ▶ kuguma
 (at king's court) gusasa
 (away frequently from home) guhīmbira
 (for a time) gusībira
 (in one place permanently) guhama, gutsīndāza
 (to cause to) kugumya
 (to not ~ at home) guhugūmba
 (to not ~ in place) kujuragira, gucambagirana
 (one who does not ~ home) igihūmbu
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steal   ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
 (from each other) kwībana
 (habitually) guhīmbira
 (to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa
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stem   ▶ umutūmba
 (of word) itsina
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sterile   ▶ (to be) kugūmbaha, guhona
 (to make) gukona, gushāhura
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steward   ▶ umujēnāma, umujanāma
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stick   ▶ igiti
(for beating drum) umurisho, umukembe
(large, stuck in ground) inkīngi, igikīngi
(short, club) ingāge
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(thrown to kill bird etc.) injugujugu
(walking) inkoni
(with nail in end) umuhūnda
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stir   ▶ gucucuma, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
 (around) gucambagirana
 (in one's sleep) guhahamuka
 (porridge) gushigisha
 (up trouble) kugūmūka
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stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
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stoop   ▶ gutumbūra
 (down) kujōndamika, kwūbama
 (over) kwūnama
 (to go along stooped over) kubūndabūnda
 (to make another ~) kwūnamika
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stored   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
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straight   ▶ (to be) kugororoka, kudadarara
 (to be very) gutūngāna
 (to make) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (to make ~ for) gutūmbereza
(to stand up ~) guhagarara
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strain   ▶ (muscle) gukāshuka, guhānyuka
 (water) kumimina
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stretch   ▶ (vi) kwāguka, kweguka
 (vt) kwāgura
 (oneself) kwīgorōra
 (oneself out on ground) kurambarara
 (a bow) gufōra
 (out, vi) kwirāmvura
 (out, as skin for drum) gukana
 (out arm) kurāmvura
 (out skin to dry by pegging) kubāmba
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strike   ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
 (against in order to knock down) gusita
 (down and almost kill) kurabika
 (one against the other, knees) gukomānya
 (oneself) kwīkubita
 (oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
 (sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
 (thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
 (prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
 (to raise one's arm to) kubangurira
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strive   ▶ gukobeza, gushīshikara, guharanira
(~ after) gukovya
 (~ and crowd together) kuvurungana
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struggle   ▶ (to stir) gucambagirana
(to have a hard life) kunamba
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Sunday   ▶ icūmwēru, umusi w'Imāna, kuw'Imāna, kuwa Mungu (Sw.), kw'iyīnga
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surround   ▶ kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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suspended   ▶ (to be, in air) kwenēna
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swell   ▶ kuvyīmba, kubōmboka, gutumba
(as beans) gukakama
 (as beans, bread) gututūmba
 (bread) gukuka
 (esp. dead animal, also beans) gutumbagana
 (in welts) kuramura
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swing   ▶ kwenēna
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swollen   ▶ (to be ~) gutumbagana
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synagogue   ▶ isinagogi
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take   ▶ gufata, gucakīra, guhitana
 (another's place in watching) kubangūra
 (apart what has been stuck together) kumatūra
 (authority on oneself) kurēngera
 (away) gukūra, gushingūra, gutwāra
 (away from) kwāka, kunyaga
 (away completely) gukōmbōra, gutōngōra
 (away with) kuvāna
 (by force) kunyaga
(care of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka
 (care of, very good) kubukabuka
 (case to chief or court) kubūranya
 (case to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
 (child in arms) kurera, gukīkira
 (council together) guhūza ināma
 (cows uphill) kurārūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down tent) gupāngūra
 (everything for oneself) kwīgūngirako
 (far away) kwāmbukana
 (firm hold of) kubāngiriza
 (from another) kwākīra
 (from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
 (here, take this) enda
(hold of) gufata
 (hold of person) gusūmira, gushorerakw amaboko
 (home) gutāhāna
 (home object or cows after being away long time) kugishūra
 (in one's arms) kugūmbīra, gukīkira
 (mouthful) gutamira
 (oath) kurahīra
 (off clothes) kwīyambura
 (off lid of basket) kurumūra
 (out) gusokōra
 (out of) gukūra, gusokorora, kugobōtora
 (out of hole in ground what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (outside) gusohora
 (picture) gucapura (Sw.)
(place of another) kwākīra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (someone aside) kwīkebana
 (someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
 (something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
 (to put away) kwāndūra
 (to someone) gushīra
 (to someone where he is) gusānza
 (turns) kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, kuja imbu, gukūranwa
 (up space) gutabarara
 (walk) kugēndagēnda
 (wife) kwābīra
 (wife, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (with) kujāna
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talk   ▶ kuyāga, gusakuza, kugānīra
 (foolishly, or act) gusaragurika
 (give discourse) kugamba
 (in one's sleep) kurāzirana
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) guhogora
 (a lot) kuregeteza
 (nonsense when drunk) kuvōvōta
 (over) gutegēranya
 (slanderously) kuvōvōta
 (together in whispers) kunwengurana, kwītōnganya
 (to oneself) kwītonganya
 (unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to sit together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (one who talks a lot, esp. tells others what to do) ingāre
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tardy   ▶ (to be) guteba, gukērērwa, gutebagana
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tattle   ▶ (in order to advance oneself) gusebana, kuregetereza, kuregeteranya
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tease   ▶ kudāyāngwa, gufyina, gufyinata, gupfyina, kujandajanda, gusōtōra
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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thicken   ▶ kuvura, gufatana, kuvuza
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think   ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
 (about) kuziga
 (over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
 (to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
 (think of that!) pe!
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threaten   ▶ kudigiriza, guhahiriza, guhiga, kwīhanikirza, gukana, gukangīra, kuvyigiriza
 (to rain) gukuba
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thunder   ▶ umuturagaro, inkuba (refers to imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
(to ~) guturagara
 (thunderstorm) ikivura
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time   ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
 (another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
 (the very last) ubuherūka
 (of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
 (to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
 (to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
 (to spend ~ together) kumarana
 (to waste one's ~) gukinanga
 (how many ~) kangahe?
 (many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi
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time of day  ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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together   ▶ hamwe
 (all) icārimwe
 (living) umubāno
 (all speaking) imvugarimwe
 (with) kumwe
 (sticking) akaramata
 (trees grown very close ~) impatane
 (to be) kumana
 (to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (to come, as crowd) gukungēra
 (to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
 (to crowd ~) kwegerana
 (to get close) kwegerana
 (to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
 (to live) kubāna
 (to live, be always) kwāmana
 (to meet) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
 (to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
 (to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
 (to spend time) kumarana
 (to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
 (to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
 (to strive and crowd) kuvurungana
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tooth   ▶ iryīnyo
 (back) ijigo
 (cuspid) ibwēna
 (front) amarwi
 (wisdom) muzitsa, mutsitsa
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towel   ▶ agatambaro gahanagura
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tower   ▶ umunara
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trace   ▶ (copy) gucapa urabiye ku rupapuro rubonerana
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trample   ▶ guhonyanga, guhonyora, guhonyagura, gusiribānga, gukāndagira
 (unintentionally) gufyāta
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transparent   ▶ (to be) kubonerana
 (thing, or shiny) urubona
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tree   ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane
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trial   ▶ urubānza, ibūrana
 (to declare one's case at a ~) gusāmba
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trouble   ▶ icāgo, amaganya, amagōrwa, amarushwa, akaga
 (to ~) kugōra
 (to be free from ~, when others have it) gucuna
 (to help one in ~) kwemānga
 (to stir up ~) kugūmūka
 (med) uguta umutwe
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trunk   ▶ (of tree, person, animal) umutūmba
 (of banana tree after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
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turn   ▶ urubu
 (to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
 (to have one's) kuramukirwa
 (about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
 (against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
 (around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
 (around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
 (away, vt) guhīnda
 (back, vt) gukuba
 (as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
 (on side, vt) guhēngeka
 (one's head) gukebuka
 (over and over, vt) kugaragura
 (right side up) gucurūra
 (upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
 (upside down or wrong end to) gucurika
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ulcer   ▶ igikomere, igisebe
 (pain from tropical ~, one that develops rapidly) igitema
 (mouth ~) ibisebe biterwa n'isuna
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unable   ▶ (to be) kudashobora
(to do what one attempts) gutāna
 (to hear well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
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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
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unclean   ▶ (to be) guhumāna
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understand   ▶ gutāhūra, kurabuka, guhubūka
 (to cause to) gutāhūza, gutegereza, gukurugutura
 (to hear) kwūmva
(to think over) gutegēra
(after thinking over) gutegereza
(one another) kwūmvīkana, kwūmvana
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understandable   ▶ (to be) gutāhūka, kwūmvīkana
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unkind   ▶ (to speak unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
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unknown   ▶ (to be) kuyoberana, kuyobera
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unsuccessful   ▶ (to be) gutāna
 (try repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
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us   ▶ twebwe, tweho
 (and us, we) nātwe
(both of us) twempi
(all of us) twese
(like us) nkātwe
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utensil   ▶ (basin) umubēhe, ikibēhe
 (bowl) ibakure
 (clay cooking pot) inkono, inaga, impānge
 (tall clay water pot) umubīndi
 (cooking) icōmbo
 (small covered container) ikazānga
 (small pot girls put butter in) ikebano, urwāvya
 (spoon) ikiyīko
 (very large pot) intāngo
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venom   ▶ (poison of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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village   ▶ umuhana (used usually in plural)
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vision   ▶ imbonankubone
 (to regain) guhumūka
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visit   ▶ kugēndera, kugēndagēndera, kurāba, gutēmbēra (Sw.), gusēmbēra, guterabiri, kuyāga
 (a friend) kubūngirana
 (the sick, to go to help one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (someone important) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to retun from visiting chief) gushengurūka
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wait   ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
 (for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
 (for another a long time) kugungarara
 (for someone expected) gutegereza
 (opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
 (the right moment) guhēngēra
 (wait!) hīnge!
 (waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo
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want   ▶ ubukene
 (to be in ~) gukena
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waste   ▶ kwāya
 (one's time) gukinanga
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way   ▶ inzira
 (to feel the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza, guhwihwisha
 (to find one's way after being lost) guhubūka
 (to go seperate ways) gutāna
 (to show the ~, put on right path) guhubūra, kurangīra
 (by the way) hārya
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weaker   ▶ (to lose original force, to be ~) gutītūra
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weather   ▶ (severe cold) igikonyozi
 (cloudy but not rainy) urufuri
 (to be cool) gupfuka
 (to turn bad suddenly) gufurūngana
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weep   ▶ kurira, kwānira, kwāna
 (to weep over) kuririra
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what's-his-name   ▶ naka, –ntūze
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whisper   ▶ (to) kwītōnganya, kwōngorera, kunwengurana
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whittle   ▶ kugegena
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whore   ▶ marāya, indaya (Sw.)
(woman who has left many husbands and finally gone and built at parent's home) igisubiramuhira
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wicked   ▶ (person) umuyobe, umugesera, umuhāmbāzi
 (to be) guhāmbāra
 (to be very) kugabitanya
 (to be, having been good) gufūtāna
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willfully   ▶ bigirankana
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willingly   ▶ bigirankana
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wilt   ▶ gukaba, gukabirana, kuraba, kurabika
 (to revive after being wilted) kurabūka
 (to be wilted, about to die) kwānāna
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wipe   ▶ guhanagura, gukēmūra, gupānga (Sw.), gukoropa
(esp. mother, wiping baby) guheha
 (child's nose) kumyīra
 (one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out) gusangangura
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wire   ▶ urubāngo, urubari, urunāri
 (coarse) urutāhe
 (copper, fine) ikidodi
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with   ▶ na
(between two infinitives) no
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witness   ▶ icābona, agahinyuza, umushīngantāhe
 (fact) intāhe
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woman   ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
 (married ~) umugore
 (lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
 (elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
 (elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira
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word   ▶ ijāmbo, amajāmbo, amagambo
 (root or stem) itsina
 (one who speaks with senseless repititions of ~) ikirogorogo
 (to not keep one's ~, or to do that which you declared you wouldn't) kwīrahuruza
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worn out  ▶ (clothes) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(mat) umusāmbi
(thing) akāhebwe, umushiro
(to be, of soil no longer productive) gutītūka
(to become) gusāza, gucobogora, gutama
(to repair repeatedly something absolutely ~) gusanasana
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wrinkle   ▶ umukanya
 (as in cloth) umupfunyu
 (in face) umunya, injebejebe
 (to ~) gupfunya, gupfunyirana
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wrinkled   ▶ (to be) kwītuna, gupfunywa, gupfunyirana
 (to begin to get ~ with age) gukāmba
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yell   ▶ (at each other hateful things) gutukana
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yellow   ▶ umuhōndo, umugina, umutugutu
 (dark) ibihogo
 (of egg) umutugutu
 (to become ~) kubēnja
 (to become yellowish) kubēnjūka
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you   ▶ (sing.) wewe, weho, we
 (pl.) mwebwe, mweho
(and you) nawe, namwe
(like you) nkawe, nkamwe
(mainly in greetings, questions) ga
(you there!) yewe! yemwe!
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young   ▶ –to, -tō-to, –toya, –tonya
 (of animal) umwāna, icāna, umukāngara
 (of small animal) imbūnda
 (plants for transplanting) ingemwe
 (girl, unmarried) inkumi
(man, unmarried) umusore
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national   ▶ (person) umwenegihugu
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related   ▶ (to be) gusāna
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neighbor   ▶ umuturanyi, umubānyi
 (to be) kumana
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howl   ▶ (to howl like hyena or owl) guhūma
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collegue   ▶ umukozi mugenzi, umukozi dukorana
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drug   ▶ (medical) umuti
 (narcotic) ikiyobezabwenge
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sex   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka, kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual intercourse, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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acquainted   ▶ (to be ~) kumenya
 (to be ~ with) kumenyera
 (to be ~ with each other) kumenyerana
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century   ▶ ikinjāna
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drummer   ▶ (~ following the movement of the dancer) umuvuzamurishyo
 (~ keeping the basic rhythm) umukokezi
 (traditional ~, "one who hits hard") umutimbo
 (members of drummer lineages) abazimbura, abanyuka, abanyakisaka
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zither   ▶ inānga
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fiddle   ▶ (monochord traditional instrument) indigiti, indonongo, akadonongo, izeze
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warrior   ▶ (young traditional) intore
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cross   ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
 (to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
 (to make ~) gushavuza
 (to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
 (to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
 (to ~ road) kwambuka
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intercourse   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual ~) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to have anal ~) kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual ~, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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love   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda, kugomwa
 (to cause to ~) gukūndīsha
 (deeply and obey) kunogēra
 (~ each other) kunogerana, gukūndana
(turn against one you've loved) gucāna
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vagina   ▶ igituba, umusundi, igisundi
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repairing   ▶ ukuremura, ugusana
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tie   ▶ ikaruvati
 (traditional, worn on shoulder at dances) umwōgo
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tire   ▶ (to ~ out) kunanira, kunaniza, guzamiza, gutamya
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fuck   ▶ (to ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
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nurse   ▶ (children's) umurēzi w'abana
 (medical, male) umuforoma
(medical, female) umuforomakazi
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dance   ▶ (to ~) gutāmba, guhamiriza
(parade dancing as traditional warriors) kwīyereka
 (~ to music) kuvyina
 (to cause to ~) kuvyinisha
 (to ~ in honor of) kuvyinira, gutambira
 (to ~ together) gutambana
 (in honor of Kiranga) kubāndwa
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anal   ▶ mu nyo
 (to have anal intercourse) kuryana inyuma (Sw.)
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bifurcate   ▶ kunyurana
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blame   ▶ (to ~) kunegura, gupfāna
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bow   ▶ (to ~ down) gucurama, kwūnama
 (to ~ the head) kwūnama
 (to ~ the neck) kugōnda izosi
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breakfast   ▶ akavunamusase
 (~ tea) akāyi
(to have a ~ tea) gufata akāyi
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brothers   ▶ abavūkana (from kuvūkana)
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keyboard   ▶ inanganyabwonko
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carve   ▶ (to) gukeba, kugegena
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screen   ▶ (to ~ a film) gukina
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disconnect   ▶ (to) gutandukāna
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epistaxis   ▶ umwuna
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even if  ▶ naho
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lucky   ▶ (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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fight   ▶ (to ~) kurwāna, kunigana, kurandagura, gusugurirwa,
(vt) kurwānya
(~ and defete completely) kunūtsa
(aggrevate a ~) kubūnga
(for) kumaranira
(for independance) kumēnja
(in fun) gukubagura
(one bigger than oneself) guhaga
(to pick a ~) gusōtōra
(to provoke a ~) gusōmborotsa
(to stop fighting) gutātūka
(with equal force) kurindana
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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
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weight   ▶ uburiba
(to lose) kunamba
(to lose a lot of ~) kugōgōra
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swap   ▶ (to) kugurāna, gukāba
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God bless you  ▶ Imāna ibahezagire!
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work   ▶ (to ~) gukora
 (at several tasks at once) kujuragira
 (carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
 (complainingly) kugimīra
 (for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
 (for oneself) kwīkorera
 (hard) gucumukura, gutama
 (hard at) kuramiriza
 (lazily) kuregarega
 (rapidly) gufuruguta
 (together) gukorana
 (unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
 (with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
 (with wood) kubāza
 (with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
 (to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
 (to do housework) kugora
 (to feign) gushaza
 (to put to) kwāhura
 (to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
 (to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
 (to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira
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replicate   ▶ (to ~) kwīgāna
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breastfeeding   ▶ umwāna yonka
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praise   ▶ (to) gushīma, guhīmbāza, gushemagiza, gutāzīra, guhaya, gushīmagiza
 (for something received) gushemeza
 (highly) kuninahaza
 (highly, one of whom you've heard) gusāsira
 (often) guhayagiza
 (oneself) kwīhaya, kwīshima
 (oneself often) kwīhayagiza
 (the wealth of another) gukāma
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slice   ▶ (to ~ vegetables) guhīmbura
 (to ~ crosswise) kugegena
 (to ~ lengthwise) gusatura
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mistrust   ▶ (to ~) kwīkēnga, gukēba
 (each other) guhinyurana
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question   ▶ (to ask) kubaza
 (to ~ in sense of examine) gucaca
 (to ~ carefully) gucunaguza, gucunaguriza
 (to ~ so strongly that one dares not deny again) kujīnjibura
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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
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neighbourhood   ▶ umuhana, umubāno
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babysit   ▶ (to) kurera umwana
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God's time  ▶ igihe c'imana
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couple   ▶ (to ~) guhūza
(to be a ~) kumana
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monitor   ▶ (to) gukurikirana, kurāba
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match   ▶ (to ~) guhwāna, kujāna
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nature   ▶ ibidukikije
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point   ▶ (to) kwereka
(to ~ at) kugena, kugenekereza, gutūnga urutoke
(~ out the way) kugereraniriza
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worship   ▶ amasengēsho
(catholic) imisa
(gourd used as object of) indendēri
(objects used in ~ of Kiranga) ubuzimuzimu
 (object of) ikigirwamāna
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kindle   ▶ (to) gucāna, kudomeka
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long   ▶ (adj.) –rēre
 (~ thing, as banana stalk) umusoko
(to live, last ~) kurāmba
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meditate   ▶ (to) kuzirikana
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my name is  ▶ nītwa ..., izina ryanje ni ...
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nasal cartilage  ▶ umwīrīri
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part   ▶ (to ~ with) gutandukāna
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rainy season  ▶ itumba
(early, Sept.-Oct.) agatāsi
(principal, Feb.-May) urushāna
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shatter   ▶ (to) kwāsana
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savanna   ▶ umukenke
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sex   ▶ igitsina
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brainstorm   ▶ (to) kugurāna ivyītegererezo
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stick   ▶ (to ~ out, as garment with something under it) kudundūra
(to stick) guhoma, guhomesha uburembo
(~ together, vi) gufatana, kumata, kwōmeka, kumatana
(vt) gufatanya, guhoma, kumatanya
(~ up for another) gukīmbūka
(put ~ in ground) gushīnga
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suggestion   ▶ ināma
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certain   ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka
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gossiping   ▶ ukuvuga nabi abandi
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discipline   ▶ indero
(to ~ oneself) kwīhana
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someone   ▶ umuntu kanaka
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romantic   ▶ (to be) gukūndana
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neither   ▶ nta na kimwe
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fornicate   ▶ (to) gusāmbana, kwenda, kurya umwana
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date   ▶ (to ~) gukūndana
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internet   ▶ ingurukanabumenyi (from kwīrukana and ubumenyi)
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engage   ▶ (to ~) gusezerana
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compromise   ▶ (to come to a ~) kwūmvīkana
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fetch   ▶ (to) kuzana
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conference   ▶ ināma
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amputate   ▶ (to) gutandukāna
(to be amputated) gucībwa
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nationality   ▶ ubwenegihugu
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somehow   ▶ kanaka
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how much  ▶ nangāhe
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