name   ▶ izina
 (to name) kwīta
 (to be named after) kwītiranwa
 (to get names confused) kwītiranya
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my name is  ▶ nītwa ..., izina ryanje ni ...
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what's your name  ▶ wītwa nde?
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nāka (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ so-and-so, what's his name (male)
banaka those ones (unnamed people)
Ryangombe    n   ▶ other name for Kiranga
nītwa   phr   ▶ my name is ..., I am called ...
Nzero    n   ▶ January, name of moon
gutwārira (-twāriye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry to, for, 2. to govern in name of
izina ryanje ni   phr   ▶ my name is ...
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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kudeha (-deshe)     v   ▶ 1. to be lazy, 2. to refuse to give the name of a dead person
kwītira (-ītiye)     v   ▶ to name for
govern   ▶ (to) kugānza, kurōngōra
(a country) gutwāra
 (in name of) gutwārira
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kwītirira (-ītiririye)     v   ▶ to name because of, in memory of
Usumbura  n   ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili
guherereza (-herereje)     v   ▶ 1. to put to one side, 2. to offer at, for, in the name of
kwītirisha (-ītirishije)     v   ▶ to cause to name
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
igikayangana (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something dazzling, shining, glistening, 2. enamel
integuro (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. preparation, plan, 2. ornament
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
kwīta (-īse)     v   ▶ to name, to call
kwītiranwa (-ītiranywe)     v   ▶ to be named after another
kwītiranya (-ītiranije)     v   ▶ to get names confused
kwītwa (-īswe)     v   ▶ to be named, to be called
ntūze    ▶ so-and-so, what's-his-name
urunana (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion
wītwa nde   phr   ▶ what is your name?
axe   ▶ ikibēzi, incābiti, imarabiti, intoraguzo
 (small ornamental) urunana
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moon   ▶ ukwēzi
 (name of) Nzero
 (to wane) gutūba
 (to wax) gutūbūka
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what's-his-name   ▶ naka, –ntūze
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 name found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 6  ▶ Possessive Particle
lesson 16  ▶ –ra Present Tense of Verb
lesson 20  ▶ Review 11 - 19
lesson 40  ▶ Review 31 - 39
lesson 41  ▶ –ose (All, Every)
lesson 96  ▶ Pronoun nde?
lesson 102  ▶ Miscellaneous Words
lesson 123  ▶ Narrative Tenses I
 name found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 34  ▶ kwama, guhora – “to always...”
 name found in: Music & Lyrics
Music   ▶ Garagaza