Kirundi Study & Dictionary

pē adv ▶ absolutely! extremely! think of that!

iperemi 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ permit, licence

perezida (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ president

-tōto adj ▶ unripe, green (of certain fruits)

agahanamo (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ cliff, steep slope

agaharuramama (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ dropper (med.)

agahēngekezo 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) little place of refuge, narrow escape, remnant of clan or family

agahīnga 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) open space, uninhabited place

agahore 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) kuba agahore to be perfect

agahōri (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ grasshopper

akaburūngu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. period, full stop, (punctuation), 2. little dot

akabuyē (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ pebble, little stone

akadede (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small beads, pearls

akadenderezo 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) persecution

akagīrīre (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ incurable wound, person who goes never to return

akagozi (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ string, rope

akagugu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. one who makes others laugh, 2. one who knows more than is expected of him

akagūma (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. joker, teaser, gossiper, 2. mild revolt

akāheze 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ person or thing completely at end of usefulness (from guhera)

akamanuko (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ descent, slope of hill (pl. rare)

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)

akānīra 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) pertussis, whooping cough, whoop

akaranda 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) person who is great, severe, wise

akarānga 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. culture, norm, 2. appearance

akarohe (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ imperfect thing, diseased body

akārōnda 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. inherited property or position, 2. origin

akarwi (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ group of people, pile of wood

akavutu (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ group of people going along

akavuvu 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ group of people moving along

akazāmba (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ trumpet

akēhe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) tracks of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken

amahoro 5 ▶ peace, (typical greeting: n'amahoro)

amakūngu 5 ▶ mixed crowd of people

amarembe 5 ▶ 1. peace, 2. tranquility (greeting: n'amarembe)

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

Buraya 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ Europe (Sw. Ulaya)

cane cane phr ▶ 1. very much, 2. especially, 3. enormously

ende ▶ 1. allow me, permit (invariable), 2. here take this

guca ururāsago phr ▶ making incisions, cuts to treat sick person (trad. med.)

gucaca (-cace) v ▶ 1. to question, 2. to examine, 3. to ask another to repeat to check his veracity

gucīka (-cītse) v ▶ 1. to break (vi), 2. to tear (vi), 3. to melt (vi), 4. to become, 5. to escape

gucikira (-cikiye) v ▶ to move to another chieftanship, to move away or escape (because of famine for example)

gucīkira (-cīkiye) v ▶ 1. to bend over, bend the foot, 2. to elope, go to husband without being properly married

gucīkiza (-cīkije) v ▶ 1. to talk with someone to try to persuade her to elope, 2. to take wife without marrying her properly

gucīra (-cīriye) v ▶ 1. to determine, 2. to think, 3. to spit, expectorate

gucobogoza (-cobogoje) v ▶ 1. to wear out (vt), 2. to exhaust, 3. to exaggerate, 4. to speak hatefully to another, 5. to tarnish, besmirch, smirch

gucuna (-cunnye) v ▶ to ask persistently, although refused

gucunaguriza (-cunagurije) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. question carefully

gucunaguza (-cunaguje) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. to question carefully

gucūra (-cūye) v ▶ 1. to marry a widow and go to her kraal, 2. to bring a wife back that's gone home, 3. to lead or send back (esp. cows), 4. to address the people (used only of king or other authority)

gucurikanya (-curikanye) v ▶ to speak evil of one another

gufashwa (-fashijwe) v ▶ to be helped

gufata kunguvu (-fashe) phr ▶ 1. to rape, 2. to abuse sexually, 3. to take by force

gufobeka (-fobetse) v ▶ 1. to hide, 2. speak in a mysterious language, 3. explain poorly

gufobōra (-fobōye) v ▶ 1. to reveal, 2. explain, 3. speak clearly

gufudika (-fuditse) v ▶ 1. to reverse syllables in word, 2. to speak carelessly, 3. to be careless

gufungūra (-fungūye) v ▶ (Sw.) to open

gufungura (-funguye) v ▶ 1. to dine, to eat (used of people), 2. serve food, 3. to dilute

gufurungana (-furunganye) v ▶ to turn bad suddenly (weather, person's attitude, etc.)

gufyonyoka (-fyonyotse) v ▶ 1. to break completely (vi), 2. to mash (vi), 3. to be thoroughly cooked, 4. to be completely mashed from being stepped upon

guhaga amatama (-haze) phr ▶ to try to give speech but feel restrained

guhakwa (-hatswe) v ▶ 1. to almost meet with accident but barely escape, 2. to be similar but not exactly the same

guhama (-hamye) v ▶ 1. to hate very strongly, 2. to be mean to, to mistreat, 3. to persecute

guhama (-hamye) v ▶ 1. to search for, 2. to stay in one place permanently

guhamana (-hamanye) v ▶ to persue each other, to persecute each other

guhāmbīra (-hāmbīriye) v ▶ 1. to bind, to tie up, 2. to compel

guhanagura (-hanaguye) v ▶ to wipe off

guhanagurira (-hanaguriye) v ▶ to wipe for, at

guhanagurwa (-hanaguwe) v ▶ to be wiped

guhanaguza (-hanaguje) v ▶ to cause to wipe, wipe with

guhanahana (-hanahanye) v ▶ to punish repeatedly

guhāngama (-hāngamye) v ▶ 1. to be strong, 2. to have authority (esp. of kings or revered person), 3. pay homage to a king

guhānjagira (--nje) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhara (-haze) v ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete

guharira (-hariye) v ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to grant to, 3. to allow another to dominate, 4. to scrape, etc., at, for

guhāririza (-hāririje) v ▶ 1. to speak against, 2. to scold vehemently, 3. to cause to argue

guharisha (-harishije) v ▶ to scrape with

guharura (-haruye) v ▶ to scrape off

guharurwa (-haruwe) v ▶ to be scraped

guhāta (-hāse) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhebūza (-hebūje) v ▶ 1. to tell someone that his friend has died, 2. to be perfect, complete, absolutely wonderful, 3. to surpass all others either good or bad, 4. to deny emphatically, 5. to discourage

guheha (-heshe) v ▶ 1. to blow along, 2. to wipe up (esp. mother wiping baby)

guhēnda (-hēnze) v ▶ 1. to deceive, to cheat, 2. to be expensive

guhenebēra (-henebēye) v ▶ 1. to perish, 2. to come to an end

guhengēshanya (-hengēshanije) v ▶ to speak hesitantly (usually used with negative)

guhera (-heze) v ▶ 1. to finish (vi), come to an end, 2. to grind badly, coarsely, 3. to perish, to be dying

guhēra (-hēreye) v ▶ 1. to begin from, by, 2. to recompense, 3. give to, (prepositional form of guha)

guheraheza (-heraheje) v ▶ 1. to finish completely, 2. to accomplish, 3. to perfect

guhērwa (-hērewe) v ▶ 1. to be compensed, 2. be given

guhetama (-hetamye) v ▶ to be bent, stooped

guhihima (-hihimye) v ▶ to speak where others hear voice but cannot distinguish words

guhīmburwa (-hīmbuwe) v ▶ to be chopped

guhīnga (-hīnze) v ▶ to twist (as arm, rope, etc.)

guhīngūra (-hīngūye) v ▶ 1. to answer (as on exam), 2. find the solution, 3. to repair or improve another's work, 4. to exercise an art, trade, 5. be skillful, to perfect, 6. to return from running away

guhinyuza (-hinyuje) v ▶ 1. to check over a thing, 2. to prove, give proof, 3. to convince, 4. to verify, 5. to condemn, 6. to disgrace, 7. to speak truth, 8. to divine

guhīra (-hīriye) v ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)

guhogōmboka (-hogōmbotse) v ▶ to speak many words (usually quite meaningless ones)

guhona (-honnye) v ▶ 1. to perish, 2. to be sterile

guhorereza (-horereje) v ▶ 1. to appease, calm, 2. to silence

guhorōrwa (-horōwe) v ▶ to refuse to speak (bride) until given money

guhoza (-hojeje) v ▶ 1. to cause to cool, to calm down, 2. to appease, 3. to console, comfort, reassure

guhozwa (-hojejwe) v ▶ 1. to be appeased, 2. be comforted, 3. be cooled

guhumūra (-humūye) v ▶ to open the eyes of another

guhumūza (-humūje) v ▶ to cause to open eyes

guhwāmika (-hwāmitse) v ▶ 1. to put down, 2. prevent from speaking, 3. to calm, appease

guhwāta (-hwāse) v ▶ to peel

guhwihwisha (-hwihwishe) v ▶ 1. to not be certain who a person is, 2. to go carefully because you don't know the path well

guhwirima (-hwirimye) v ▶ to speak where others hear voice but cannot distinguish words

gukamangana (-kamanganye) v ▶ to disappear

gukana (-kannye) v ▶ 1. to smooth out, stretch out (vt) (as skin for drum), 2. to speak evil of, 3. to threaten

gukanaguza (-kanaguje) v ▶ 1. to stare at, 2. look at repeatedly

gukanura (-kanuye) v ▶ 1. to look up, 2. to open eyes

gukarihīsha (-karihīshije) v ▶ to cause to sharpen, sharpen with

gukarīsha (-karīhije) v ▶ 1. to sharpen, 2. excite, 3. stimulate

gukarīshwa (-karīshijwe) v ▶ to be sharpened

gukeba (-kevye) v ▶ 1. to cut (meat, finger, cloth, paper, etc.), 2. to carve, 3. to circumcise, 4. to prune

gukebagiza (-kebagije) v ▶ to feel the way before one with foot or spear

gukēka (-kētse) v ▶ 1. to suppose, 2. to suspect

gukekana (-kekanye) v ▶ to chop person with sword

gukēkwa (-kētswe) v ▶ to be suspected

gukēmūra (-kēmūye) v ▶ 1. to clean, wipe off, wash (esp. body), 2. to butcher, 3. to cut wool of sheep or tail of animal, 4. to cut off top of tree

gukenyera (-kenyeye) v ▶ 1. to persist patiently, 2. prepare to fight, 3. to wear belt, girdle, to tie in at waist

gukenyerera (-kenyereye) v ▶ to persist patiently, in or at

gukenyuka (-kenyutse) v ▶ 1. to be fragile, 2. to die or break suddenly or unexpectedly

gukēsha (-kēsheje) v ▶ 1. to spend all night without sleeping, 2. to clean up a place

gukīngūra (-kīngūye) v ▶ 1. to open, 2. to step aside to make light

gukīnguruka (-kīngurutse) v ▶ to open, step aside to let light in

gukiranira (-kiraniye) v ▶ 1. to argue about, discuss, 2. to try to persuade

gukobeza (-kobeje) v ▶ to strive, persist more strongly than before

gukoma (-komye) v ▶ 1. to strike, 2. to nudge, 3. to touch a person to attract his attention

gukomeza (-komeje) v ▶ 1. to continue, to proceed, 2. make strong, 3. to persevere, to sustain, 4. to confirm

gukomora (-komoye) v ▶ to bite (serpent)

gukōndōka (-kōndōtse) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you

gukōndōra (-kōndōye) v ▶ 1. to succeed in persuading someone to leave his evil ways, 2. to pick squash or corn from stalk

gukōndōrera (-kōndōreye) v ▶ 1. to go together to see something (of many people), 2. to help another to overcome an enemy

gukōra (-kōye) v ▶ 1. to eat what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc. (gukōra ibishishwa), 2. to continually beg

gukoropa (-korofye) v ▶ to mop, wipe, swab

gukovya (-kobeje) v ▶ to hurry, persist, be energetic, strive after

gukubiranya (-kubiranije) v ▶ 1. to fold repeatedly, 2. to cause to return

gukūkira (-kūkiye) v ▶ 1. to pertain to, 2. to be a part of, 3. to be subject to, to depend on

gukungēra (-kungēreye) v ▶ to come together (as crowd of people)

gukurirwa (-kuririwe) v ▶ to be about to give birth, to expect (a child)

gupānga (-pānze) v ▶ (Sw.) 1. to prepare, 2. to wipe off, 3. to pitch (tent), 4. to spread out, 5. to set (the table)

gupfunduka (-pfundutse) v ▶ to open, become untied

gupfundurura (-pfunduruye) v ▶ to loosen, open, untie

gupoperanya (-poperanije) v ▶ to unite (to put things of different types together)

gusāba (-sāvye) v ▶ 1. to scatter, burst, disperse (vi), 2. crack, break in two (all of these because container is too full), 3. to be exhausted

gusagāra (-sagāye) v ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), be many (esp. of cows, also of trees), 2. to get in nose and cause to sneeze (as pepper)

gusagaza (-sagaje) v ▶ 1. to surround, 2. to be in large group (esp. cows, or people sitting)

gusahiriza (-sahirije) v ▶ to cooperate in getting a job done quickly, to give someone a hand

gusamāza (-samāje) v ▶ 1. to wait or long for, 2. to expect, 3. to do something that causes pleasure or amazement, 4. to distract

gusanasana (-sanasanye) v ▶ to repair (something absolutely worn out) repeatedly

gusangangura (-sanganguye) v ▶ to tear down, wipe out, destroy completely

gusangira (-sangiye) v ▶ 1. to eat together, 2. to share, 3. to compete

gusanzāza (-sanzāje) v ▶ to disperse, to scatter (vt)

gusaragurika (-saraguritse) v ▶ 1. to talk or act foolishly, as a crazy person, 2. to ferment quickly, 3. to reject counsel, 4. to be marked, scratched (as cooking pot with design), 5. to burst open in garden (as overripe beans)

gusefagura (-sefaguye) v ▶ to have hiccoughs repeatedly

gusegenya (-segenye) v ▶ to crowd up together (people sitting on floor)

gusegenyeza (-segenyeje) v ▶ 1. to roll along, 2. to carry and put down frequently, 3. to crowd up together (people sitting)

gusengwa (-senzwe) v ▶ to be worshipped

guseruka (-serutse) v ▶ to appear

guserura (-seruye) v ▶ 1. to disclose, 2. to show, cause to appear, 3. make known

gusesēra (-sesēreye) v ▶ to penetrate the skin (as thorn)

gusesereza (-sheshereje) v ▶ 1. to penetrate the skin (esp. under fingernail), 2. to hurt another's feelings

gusesērwa (-sesēwe) v ▶ 1. to have something penetrate the skin, 2. to be hurt by what someone says, 3. to be hurt (as injury)

gusēzerera (-sēzereye) v ▶ 1. to say goodbye at, for, 2. to say goodbye, giving the permission to leave, 3. to prepare a place to sit for (old use)

gusha (-hīye) v ▶ 1. to cook (vi), to burn (vi), 2. to ripen (for certain fruits, esp. bananas)

gushangashirwa (-shangashiwe) v ▶ to be sorrowful, angry, exasperated

gushaza (-shajije) v ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up

gushika (-shitse) v ▶ 1. to arrive, 2. to reach, 3. to happen, take place

gushimika (-shimitse) v ▶ 1. to do one's duty, 2. to persist, to persevere, 3. to hold strongly

gushirwa (-shizwe) v ▶ 1. to not quit without accomplishing a certain thing, 2. to be convinced after proof or persuasion, to be satisfied, 3. to be astonished, 4. to be put

gushīshikara (-shīshikaye) v ▶ 1. to strive, 2. persist, persevere

gushohora (-shohoye) v ▶ 1. to unstitch, 2. to penetrate, 3. to arrive

gushōka (-shōtse) v ▶ 1. to do quickly (esp. used by Batwa), 2. to go to drink (animals), 3. to slip down on spear (of meat they've put on tip – if it falls it's supposed to be diseased), 4. to fall accidentally on spear and be injured

gushorera (-shoreye) v ▶ 1. to touch, 2. to lead the cows
gushorerakw amaboko to take hold of person

gushorerakw amaboko phr ▶ to take hold of person

gushūmbūsha (-shūmbūshije) v ▶ to compensate

gusōmagura (-sōmaguye) v ▶ to kiss repeatedly, passionately

gusona (-sonnye) v ▶ to respect, revere

gusonera (-soneye) v ▶ to honor, respect

gusonerwa (-sonewe) v ▶ to be honored, respected

gusongora (-songoye) v ▶ to sharpen to a point, to be pointed

gusōserwa (-sōsewe) v ▶ to find good, appetizing

gusubira (-subiye) v ▶ to return, to go back (other than where the speaker is)

gusubīra (-subīriye) v ▶ to repeat, to do again

gusubiramwo (-subiremwo) v ▶ to repeat
Mushobora gusubiramwo? Could you please repeat (this)?

gusuhūza (-suhūje) v ▶ 1. to visit the sick, to visit the family of a deceased person, etc. 2. to go to give things to one whose house has burned

gusyēgenya (-syēgenye) v ▶ 1. to scrape feet on floor (esp. because of itching), 2. to kick violently (child)

gutabāra (-tabāye) v ▶ 1. to help without expectation of reward, willingly, 2. to help in battle

gutaragurika (-taraguritse) v ▶ to refuse to listen (almost like a crazy person)

gutarika (-taritse) v ▶ 1. to put up (e.g. arms), 2. to suspend

gutega (-teze) v ▶ 1. to hinder, to hamper, to impede, to obstruct, to prevent, 2. to trap, 3. to bet, 4. to be flat, level

gutēgekanya (-tēgekanije) v ▶ 1. to hesitate between two actions, 2. to have several plans of what to do so that at least one will please the other people, 3. to have two methods of defending yourself, but use the one you hadn't planned on

gutegereza (-tegereje) v ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected

gutēkerwa (-tēkewe) v ▶ to be tied, wrapped up

gutēranura umunwa (-tēranuye) phr ▶ to open the mouth

guterura (-teruye) v ▶ 1. to lift up, 2. to carry, 3. to rape

gutētērwa (-tētērewe) v ▶ 1. to be made fun of, 2. to be humiliated, 3. to be speechless with shame or fear, 4. to be disconcerted

gutēturura (-tēturuye) v ▶ to speak in someone's favor, to defend

gutikira (-tikiye) v ▶ to perish, be destroyed

gutingana (-tinganze) v ▶ to act homosexually, to perform homosexual acts

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

gutobekeranya (-tobekeranije) v ▶ to pierce through, to speak clearly, distinctly, understandably

gutōbōra (-tōbōye) v ▶ to pick (peas, beans, berries) but not pull up vines

gutobora (-toboye) v ▶ 1. to pierce, make a hole, 2. to speak distinctly, 3. to be straight-forward, to have nothing to hide, 4. to hear well, 5. to complete a thing

gutōbōrera (-tōbōreye) v ▶ to pick (peas, beans, etc.) for, at

gutōngōka (-tōngōtse) v ▶ 1. to perish, 2. to be consumed

gutonora (-tonoye) v ▶ to shell, to husk (peas, beans, peanuts, etc.)

gutoroka (-torotse) v ▶ to escape (e.g. as prisoner)

gutotera (-toteye) v ▶ to put ground peanuts in food

gutōza (-tōje) v ▶ to select a person to sell a thing or to bring tax

gutsīndāza (-tsīndāje) v ▶ 1. to stay in one place permanently, 2. to fill up

gutsontsomera (-tsontsomeye) v ▶ to bite (of person)

gutuma (-tumye) v ▶ 1. to send (person, or message), 2. to cause, prompt, be reason for, bring about, bring on, trigger, induce, lead to, result in

gutumagura (-tumaguye) v ▶ to hit repeatedly but gently with fist (mother sometimes does it to child)

gutumbūra (-tumbūye) v ▶ 1. to explain thoroughly, speak distinctly, 2. to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping, 2. to stoop

gutūngāna (-tūngānye) v ▶ to be very straight, perfect

gutūngānya (-tūngānije) v ▶ 1. to make perfect, 2. to put right, 3. to tidy, 4. to organise

guturuka (-turutse) v ▶ to come from, to appear

guturūmbuka (-turūmbutse) v ▶ to come suddenly, appear suddenly

gutururuza (-tururuje) v ▶ 1. to push a person down where he belongs, 2. to squelch, 3. to prevent, to stop, 4. to convince, 5. to catch swarming bees

gututuza (-tutuje) v ▶ to appear out of ground

gutyaza (-tyaje) v ▶ to sharpen, to whet

habaye iki phr ▶ what happened? (from kuba)

hashobora ▶ maybe, perhaps

ibahasha (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ envelope

ibāmba (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ anything bitter, cross person

ibarizo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. carpenter shop, 2. address

ibāziro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ carpenter shop

ibicunduguta 4 ▶ mood, temper

ibirogorogo 4 ▶ one who speaks with senseless repetition of words

ibirorero 4 ▶ glasses, spectacles

ibisohoka n ▶ expense, expenditure

ibitabu 4 ▶ bits of pieces of paper or cloth

ibitāro 4 ▶ dispensary, hospital

ibitēga 4 ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person

icānzo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small opening in backyard enclosure for emergency exits or used by women and children

icēma (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ peanut, groundnut

icībare (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. corner of field belonging to each child, 2. possession (esp. fields or lands), 3. chosen people

icījīji (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. shadow, 2. reflection, 3. specter

icīrore (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. mirror, 2. (in pl.) glasses, spectacles

icīrori (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. mirror, 2. (in pl.) glasses, spectacles

icīzigiro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ hope, confidence

icūbahiro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. respect, 2. reverence, 3. honor, dignity

icūbirizi (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ unexpected thing, anything hidden or unseen that comes to light suddenly

icumu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ spear

icūya (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. civet cat, 2. perspiration, sweat
kubira icuya to perspire

idūshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slate pencil

ifu (ama-) 3 5 sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ flour (pl. used for speaking of different kinds)

ifunderi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ carpenter bee

igifunyiko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

igihe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. time, 2. season, time period, 3. circumstance (in pl.)

igihēko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ amulet, charm (article supposed to have special power to protect)

igihōmbe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something which appears to be strong but is weak

igihōri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ grasshopper

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

igihūmbu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. illegitimate child, 2. dishonest person, 3. untrustworthy, unwise, 4. one who won't stay home, vagabond, gadabout

igihūme (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spirit, superhuman thing, a one-armed and one-legged ghost with grass growing out of its ears that lives in the valley (used as a serious insult)

igihūmura (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing or person stricken with fear

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

igikaratāsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) paper

igikombe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ brow of hill, slopes between two hills

igikūndiro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. permission, 2. affection, sympathy

igipapuro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ large sheet of paper

igipfāmatwi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deaf person

igipfu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ foolish person

igipfundikizo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

igishegu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person consecrated to Kiranga

igishishwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ peeling, bark

igisokoro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gonorrhea, 2. information gained by eavesdropping, 3. eavesdropper

igitīnyiro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ that which is feared or respected

igitoro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. fuel, petrol, petroleum, 2. cartridge, cartridge case

igitoro ca essence phr ▶ petrol, benzin

igitsibo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ crown (woven or plaited), rope

igitūngwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. livestock (sheep and goats), 2. pet

igiturūmbuka (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ sudden happening

iguriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ marketplace for a specific good or product (cloth market, etc.)

ihiganwa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ competition

ihūmure 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ comfort, peace

ihunja 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ spectacular women's dance, with sudden rapid movement in an arc, led by the head and shoulders, Mugamba and Kirimiro region

ijānja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ paw, foot of animal (also used of person carrying something in one hand when it should be two: urafashe mw ijanja)

ijūnja n’ijambo phr ▶ physical strength and discursive force, eloquence (description of a strong and eloquent person, two characteristics allegedly rarely going together)

ikaramu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) pencil

ikēba n ▶ 1. jealously (esp. between wives of same husband), 2. speaking evil of another with whom you share work

ikibero (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper thigh, lap

ikidode (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fine copper wire

ikidodi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fine copper wire

ikigāba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ headstrong person

ikigagara (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse

ikigānda (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ disobedient person

ikigwīnyīra (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing

ikihuha (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument

ikijōra (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mean and quarrelsome person

ikimāka (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person who frequently divorces

ikimuga (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cripple, handicapped person

ikinebwe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very lazy person (rude, derogative)

ikiragi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deaf and dumb person (esp. dumb), 2. mute person

ikirangiranwa 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing

ikirangiranwe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

ikirāto (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shoe
ibirato vyo munzu slippers

ikirema (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person born crippled

ikirende (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gourd (long), 2. person or animal of very nice disposition, no malice

ikirogorogo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ someone speaking with senseless repetition of words

ikivi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. piece of land, 2. certain measure of time or place (e.g. that a person is to work, so long, or so big a place), 3. moment

ikiyōba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ peanut, groundnut

ikiyobe 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ light brown (used of a person who is not very dark)

ikizigira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper arm, humerus

ikiziriko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rope (as for tying animals)

ikizungu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ anything of European or westerners culture

ikoperative (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cooperative

imbazi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ leaves used for perfume

imborērwa (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ drunken person, drunkard

imboro (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ penis (Sw.)

imburakimazi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ worthless thing or person

imfunya (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ child that doesn't grow properly

umubavu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (sg. rare) bark of tree used for perfume

imibēmbe 2 ▶ leprosy
umunyamibēmbe leper

imoketi 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ fitted carpet, wall-to-wall carpet

impāno (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift (nothing expected in return), donation

impōngo (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ deer, antelope

impore (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ peace

impumyi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ blind person

impururu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. loop of rope, 2. lasso, 3. slip knot

imvugakuri (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ someone speaking the truth, an honest person

imvugarimwe (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ all speaking together

imvugo (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. speech, 2. rhetoric

imvūndēri (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ carpenter bee

imvuto (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ropes or whatever is used to bind a thief or criminal

ināmbu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ appetite, desire for a certain food

indāsago (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)

inderetsi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. supervisor, 2. spy

indonongo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ rare monochord fiddle, played against the collarbone, the open mouth serving as a second sounding board

indoromyi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument

indushi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person

indwāra y'ibitēga phr ▶ person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person

ingāma (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)

ingaruka 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. consequence, 2. result, 3. effect, impact, 4. repercussion

ingeregere (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ small antelope, gazelle

ingoga (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. quickness, 2. agility, 3. eagerness, 4. speed, haste

ingorore (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ fee paid for permission to buy or sell, redemption price

ingoyi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ rope, chain, bonds

ingūge (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ape, primate, monkey

injīshi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thick rope

inka n’imirima phr ▶ a cow in the field (description of a calm, composed and serene person)

inkari (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. urine, 2. piss, pee (slang)

inkazi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ sharp instrument or person

inkēngērwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ despised thing or person

inkingu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ slope

inkogoto (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ scar left by person scratching or biting another

inkorora y'akānīra phr ▶ pertussis, whooping cough, whoop

inkūka (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. slope of hill, 2. beach, shore, strand, coast, 3. ransom, redemption price

inshūmbūshanyo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ compensation, that which replaces what one has lost

insiguro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meaning, 2. definition, 3. explanation, 4. speech (from gusigūra)

intābwīrwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. disobedient person, 2. headstrong, stubborn person

intahava (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ permanent thing (stays in family)

intakonywa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stubborn person (lit. 'who will not be bent', from kugōnda), 2. extremist

intānga (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ semen, sperm

intashīma (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ungrateful person

intēko (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ group (esp. of people), multitude

intoboro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hole (in paper, cloth, container)

inyakamwe 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ person living alone, one by himself

inyoberwa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ignorant person

inyōnga (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ presence of great person, at his feet

inyōngōri (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ small centipede

inyōshwa (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ leading, persuasion

inyundo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ in the presence of (lit. knees) (some great person)

inzāmba (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ trumpet, calling horn

inzanyi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ penis

inzogera (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bells used as musical instrument, strapped to feet or arms, 2. bells bound to hunting dog to raise the game

ipansiyo (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pension

ipilipili (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ (Sw.) pepper

ipirimu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ pen

ipiripiri (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ (Sw.) pepper

irore (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. mirror, 2. (in pl.) glasses, spectacles

irozi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (used in pl.) spell, charm, hex, magic formula, conjuration

irugu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ nape of neck

isaramara (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) carpenter shop

isenga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. cave, 2. perfume, nice-smelling oil

isengero (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. crowd, 2. church congregation (people)

ishāmvu (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ inherited property, piece of land

ishengero (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. crowd, 2. church congregation (people)

isoni (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. shame, 2. respect, 3. timidity, 4. bashfulness

isuparadra (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ adhesive tape, sticking plaster

itōngo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. cultivated field, 2. property, 3. real estate

itōto adj ▶ 1. fat, 2. healthy (plant or person)

ivūriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ dispensary, clinic, small hospital, health center

ivyabaye 4 ▶ things that happened in the past

ivyōngoreranyo n ▶ whispers, gossip (what's said in whispers)

ivyōngoshwe 4 ▶ whispers (sound of)

iyugi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. copper or leather shells at the ankles of intōre dancers, 2. white shell charm worn around the neck by eight-born child (called Mayugi)

kira phr ▶ bless you! get well! (imperative of gukira)

kuba (-baye) v ▶ 1. to be, 2. to become, 3. to live
habaye iki? what happened?
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance

kuba agahore (-baye) phr ▶ to be perfect

kubabara (-babaye) v ▶ 1. to suffer, hurt, 2. to be sad (vi), 3. to care about, 4. to feel, experience (negative emotion)

kubāga (-bāze) v ▶ 1. tu butcher, to slaughter, dress an animal, 2. to operate

kubāmba (-bāmvye) v ▶ 1. to stretch out skin to dry by putting sharpened pegs around edges, 2. to crucify

kubāmbūrwa (-bāmbūwe) v ▶ to be removed from cross or pegs

kubāndūra (-bāndūye) v ▶ 1. to pry up, 2. push out (e.g. wind bulges out cloth), 3. to appear suddenly (as sun at dawn)

kubangura (-banguye) v ▶ 1. to grasp in peparation to strike, 2. to prepare oneself to strike

kubangūranya (-bangūranije) v ▶ 1. to make peace, 2. to separate fighters

kubembeteranya (-bembeteranije) v ▶ to try to persuade someone in an underhanded way

kubēnja (-bēnje) v ▶ 1. to ripen, 2. become yellow or reddish

kubīngūra (-bīngūye) v ▶ 1. to slap in the face, 2. to sideswipe

kubira icuya (-bize) phr ▶ to perspire, to sweat

kubobōteza (-bobōteje) v ▶ to speak very beseechingly

kuboneka (-bonetse) v ▶ 1. to appear, be visible, to seem, 2. to be accessible, available, obtainable

kubonekera (-bonekeye) v ▶ to appear to

kubūmbūra (-būmbūye) v ▶ to open (mouth or book)

kubūndabūnda (-būndabūnze) v ▶ 1. to hide oneself, 2. sneak along, 3. to go along stooped over

kubūngira (-būngiye) v ▶ 1. to search for a buyer for, at, 2. to move to a new chieftanchip in order to be with a certain person

kubūrira (-būriye) v ▶ 1. to tell what's going to happen, 2. to announce, notify, inform, 3. to warn of danger

kudandahirwa (-dandahiwe) v ▶ to be drunk enough to feel superior

kudandikanya (-dandikanije) v ▶ to twist fibers in making thread or rope

kudebagura (-debaguye) v ▶ 1. to speak foolishly, 2. to be unintelligent, 3. to be ignorant (used in NT for barbarous)

kudeha (-deshe) v ▶ 1. to be lazy, 2. to refuse to give the name of a dead person

kudendereza (-dendereje) v ▶ 1. to persecute, 2. accuse falsely

kudēndūka (-dēndūtse) v ▶ 1. to die, perish (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time), 2. to break completely (bone) (vi)

kudōbēra (-dōbēye) v ▶ to walk about in house without permission

kudohōka (-dohōtse) v ▶ 1. to come apart (e.g. chains), 2. to escape, 3. to get thin

kudōmbagiza (-dōmbagije) v ▶ to choose things or people from group not in consecutive order

kudūndēga (-dūndēze) v ▶ 1. to be still alive, 2. to be well (often used of old people)

kugāguka (-gāgutse) v ▶ to be split open (flesh, when wounded)

kuganūka (-ganūtse) v ▶ 1. to send greetings, 2. to go home (often used in farewell to one's superior: ndaganutse)

kugānza (-gānje) v ▶ to rule over, govern (past also njije)
ganza, sabwe! long live the king! (greeting to superior)

kugaragara (-garagaye) v ▶ 1. to be empty, 2. open to view, 3. to be evident, apparent, to be obvious

kugaragura (-garaguye) v ▶ 1. to look things over in prospect of buying, 2. to turn over and over (vt), 3. to palpate, to examine

kugarānzura (-garānzuye) v ▶ 1. to serve king, 2. to open, 3. to unfold

kugaruka (-garutse) v ▶ to return (vi) to place where speaker is

kugegena (-gegenye) v ▶ 1. to cut up trees or sticks, 2. to whittle, to carve, 3. sharpen stick, 4. to slice crosswise

kugemura (-gemuje) v ▶ to present a gift (with something expected in return)

kugendanira (-gendaniye) v ▶ 1. to follow, 2. accompany, 3. obey (a chief or superior)

kugēndūra (-gēndūye) v ▶ to explore, to inspect

kugengarara (-gengaraye) v ▶ to be almost ripe (esp. corn)

kugenzūra (-genzūye) v ▶ 1. to judge weather by sky, 2. to try to know something, 3. seek information, 4. to inspect

kugerageza (-gerageje) v ▶ 1. to tempt, attempt, 2. to experiment, to try, to try out, 3. to make an effort

kugereka (-geretse) v ▶ 1. to place thing above another, 2. repeat, 3. add to, 4. to crow second time in morning

kugerekeranya (-gerekeranije) v ▶ 1. to place one thing above another, 2. repeat, add to

kugira umwizero (-gize) phr ▶ to be hopeful, to have hope, to be optimistic

kugōbēra (-gōbēye) v ▶ 1. to force, to compel, to exert pressure, 2. plead with, 3. to insist, 4. to constrain

kugōbērwa (-gōbēwe) v ▶ to be compelled, forced

kugobōdoka (-gobōdotse) v ▶ to be freed from speech impediment

kugobwa (-gobewe) v ▶ to have speech impediment, be tongue-tied

kugurīsha (-gurīshije) v ▶ 1. to sell, to cause to buy, 2. to peddle, to hawk

kugwagura (-gwaguye) v ▶ 1. to be used but not worn out, 2. to swoop, 3. to be old but still strong (person, garment, etc.)

kujabuka (-jabutse) v ▶ 1. to cross river, valley, 2. (also used of woman who has come to the menopause), 3. to finish menstrual period

kujegeza (-jegeje) v ▶ 1. to silence one's opponent by speaking the truth, 2. to astound, astonish, 3. to roll about (vt), 4. throw down, 5. to surprise

kujīngitwa (-jīngiswe) v ▶ to be very angry, exasperated

kujīsha (-jīshe) v ▶ 1. to weave, knit, tie cow's legs while milking, 2. to make wax for honey (bees), 3. to close doors (used only in speaking of royal palace)

kujorera (-joreye) v ▶ to surprise, to stun, to render speechless

kujorerwa (-jorerewe) v ▶ 1. to be speechless (with surprise or defeat), be dumbfounded, be surprised, be stunned, 2. gesture of putting one's hand to his face

kujoreza (-joreje) v ▶ to astound, leave one speechless

kujumarara (-jumaraye) v ▶ to be speechless with astonishment

kumanika (-manitse) v ▶ 1. to hang up, to suspend, 2. to raise up

kumanuza (-manuje) v ▶ 1. to come down, 2. to depend on help of

kumara (-maze) v ▶ 1. to finish (vt), 2. to spend time, 3. to last, 4. to destroy

kumarana (-maranye) v ▶ 1. to spend time together, 2. to finish each other off

kūmbure ▶ perhaps, maybe, probably

kumēnja (-mēnje) v ▶ to rebel against authority, to fight for independance

kumenya (-menye) v ▶ 1. to know, 2. to be acquainted, 3. to recognize, identify, realize, register, perceive, grasp, understand, discern, apprehend, notice

kumyīra (-myīriye) v ▶ to wipe child's nose

kumyōka (-myōtse) v ▶ to be peeled

kumyōra (-myōye) v ▶ to gather, harvest (esp. corn), to peel, skin

kuneganega (-neganeze) v ▶ to come to greet often (when one is in disfavor in hopes of gaining favor)

kunegura (-neguye) v ▶ 1. to denounce, 2. to blame, 3. speak evil of, 4. to make fun of, 5. to criticize,

kunengesēra (-nengesēreye) v ▶ to fill to the brim, to surpass others altogether, to be perfect

kunoba (-novye) v ▶ to peck, pick up

kunobana (-nobanye) v ▶ to peck together, each other

kunogēra (-nogēye) v ▶ 1. to love deeply and obey, 2. to persist

kunōnōka (-nōnōtse) v ▶ 1. to be healthy, have vitality, 2. to be supple, strong (as rope), 3. to be flexible, 4. to be comfortable, 5. to have virility, to be manly, to be homosexual (gay)

kunwengurana (-nwenguranye) v ▶ to talk together in whispers

kunyara (-nyaye) v ▶ to urinate, to pee, to piss

kunyegera (-nyegeye) v ▶ to hide (vi), penetrate into

kunyeguruka (-nyegurutse) v ▶ to reappear, come out of hiding

kunyerera (-nyereye) v ▶ to be slippery, to slip

kunyereza (-nyereje) v ▶ to cause to slip, make slippery

kunyika (-nyitse) v ▶ 1. to slide (landslide), 2. to pack down (vi), 3. to come to an end, be completely destroyed (while you are watching, to suddenly disappear as you watch)

kunyuruza (-nyuruje) v ▶ to secretly help someone to escape by taking his things for him (e.g. one who plans to leave steals bit by bit things to take)

kur'ūbu ▶ perhaps

kurabika (-rabitse) v ▶ 1. to wilt, to cause to faint, 2. to be colored, 3. to strike down and almost kill (either person or tree)

kurabuka (-rabutse) v ▶ 1. to be cooked after stirring up the fire a second time, 2. to perceive, to understand, 3. to come when called, to flash by

kurama (-ramye) v ▶ to be strong, durable, long-lived (things, not people)

kurambira (-rambiye) v ▶ to weary by a long speech or delay

kurambirwa (-rambiwe) v ▶ 1. to be wearied by long speech or delay, 2. to become impatient, 3. to be bored

kuramiriza (-ramirije) v ▶ to persist, work hard at, to go steadily forward

kuramura (-ramuye) v ▶ 1. to swell up in welts (when beaten or burned), 2. to strike another and peel the skin off, 3. to put temper in metal, 4. to wean

kurandamuka (-randamutse) v ▶ 1. to speak thoughtlessly, loudly, 2. to walk in one's sleep, to start up in one's sleep, 3. to come all together at call of trouble

kurandamukira (-randamukiye) v ▶ to speak loudly to

kuranduka (-randutse) v ▶ 1. to die, perish, 2. to become uprooted

kurāngāra (-rāngāye) v ▶ to be empty, be wide open, to get left behind as you stare at something

kurāngāza (-rāngāje) v ▶ to leave open

kurangurura (-ranguruye) v ▶ to speak loudly, to raise the voice

kurāra (-rāye) v ▶ 1. to spend the night, to pass the night, 2. to lodge

kurārīra (-rārīye) v ▶ to spend the night at

kureka (-retse) v ▶ 1. to let, allow, permit, 2. to end, stop, cancel

kurēmba (-rēmvye) v ▶ 1. to be smooth, silky soft, 2. to put forth new leaves, 3. to be fresh, attractive (person), 4. to get well after serious illness

kurēnga (-rēnze) v ▶ 1. to surpass, go beyond, 2. to break (the law), 3. to disappear, to set (of sun), 4. to be more
urēnge i Gitega! pass by Gitega! go beyond Gitega!

kurēngerana (-rēngeranye) v ▶ 1. to be overripe (bananas), 2. to have too much to do

kurēnguka (-rēngutse) v ▶ 1. to approach, come into sight, 2. to introduce oneself, 3. to answer to a superior when called, to come running

kurengwa (-renzwe) v ▶ 1. to slander a superior (not intentionally but he interprets it that way), 2. to break taboo

kurerembuza (-rerembuje) v ▶ to glance at, to speak without arriving at the point

kurerura (-reruye) v ▶ to carry in tipoy (not sick person)

kurindīra (-rindīriye) v ▶ to wait for, to expect

kurirīmbana (-rirīmbanye) v ▶ to sing with (as, with joy, not people)

kurofokwa (-rofokwe) v ▶ to speak unwisely or rudely

kurogota (-rogose) v ▶ 1. to speak evil of the king, 2. to blaspheme

kuroraniriza (-roranirije) v ▶ to prepare, make perfect

kurorānya (-rorānije) v ▶ to make straight, put in order, to arrange properly, to place facing each other

kurtyekeza (-rtyekeje) v ▶ to speak sarcastically, ironically

kurumūra (-rumūye) v ▶ to open, take off lid (of basket)

kurūngika (-rūngitse) v ▶ 1. to send (esp. person rather than message), 2. to address

kurunguriza (-rungurije) v ▶ to ripen (of fruits)

kurwānya (-rwānije) v ▶ to fight with, to cope with (vt)

kurya (-riyrīye) v ▶ to eat (used for people and animals)
(more polite, for people only) gufungura

kuryōherwa (-ryōhewe) v ▶ 1. to find it good, 2. to find pleasure, 3. to feel, experience (positive emotion)

kuvōvōta (-vōvōse) v ▶ 1. to talk nonsense when drunk, to say a lot of slanderous talk, 2. to speak incoherently, 3. to rain early in morning or for a long time, 4. to give oneself to the service of Kiranga (also kubāndwa), 5. to divine

kuvuga (-vuze) v ▶ 1. to speak, to say, 2. to discuss, 3. to claim

kuvuga ubureve (-vuze) phr ▶ to speak with a speech defect

kuvugīsha (-vugīshije) v ▶ to cause to speak

kuvugīsha ukuri (-vugīshije) phr ▶ to be honest, to cause to speak the truth

kuvugutirwa (-vugutiwe) v ▶ to be tempered (as metal)

kuvūmba (-vūmvye) v ▶ to go where folks are drinking in hopes of getting some, to beg (for beer)

kuvumereza (-vumereje) v ▶ to call continuously and persistently

kuvutagura (-vutaguye) v ▶ to break in two (as rope or chain)

kuvuza (-vugije) v ▶ 1. to cause to speak, 2. to play instrument, 3. to beat drum

kuyoba (-yovye) v ▶ 1. to get lost, 2. to err in counting or in speaking, 3. to make a mistake, 4. to speak evil of ruler, 5. to break the law

kuyogera (-yogeye) v ▶ to perish, to be killed unjustly

kuyōnga (-yōnze) v ▶ 1. to melt (e.g. sugar, salt), 2. to disappear, 3. to be absorbed

kuyōngayōnga (-yōngayōnze) v ▶ to melt away, disappear

kuyugayuga (-yugayuze) v ▶ to go from place to place to sit (because of fear, or because others speak evil of you), sit fidgeting

kuzāma (-zāmye) v ▶ to waver, flutter (not person)

kuzibūka (-zibūtse) v ▶ to open (vi), clear (vi), to hear well suddenly (vi)

kuzibukīra (-zibukīriye) v ▶ to avoid, to duck to keep from being struck, escape

kuzibūra (-zibūye) v ▶ 1. to open, 2. to clear, 3. unstop, unblock, 4. to pierce (vt)

kuziga (-zize) v ▶ 1. to dye, 2. to think about, 3. to expect to get something, 4. to suppose

kuzigiriza (-zigirije) v ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted

kuzika (-zitse) v ▶ 1. to dig under crop or grass, 2. to bury (a person)

kuzimangana (-zimanganye) v ▶ to be obscured, be blurred, disappear

kuzīmba (-zīmvye) v ▶ 1. to fraud, to swindle, 2. make the price very high, to overcharge, 3. to be expensive

kuzimira (-zimiye) v ▶ to go astray, to get lost (of persons)

kuzīnda (-zīnze) v ▶ 1. to be difficult to say or know, 2. to cause to forget, 3. to escape the memory

kuzingirikira (-zingirikiye) v ▶ to force, to command a person to do what he doesn't want to, use violence, to make another lose his case

kuzirika (-ziritse) v ▶ to tie with rope (as goat out to pasture)

kuziririza (-ziririje) v ▶ 1. to absolutely refuse, 2. to superstitiously observe certain days, 3. to observe a taboo

kuzīrōra (-zīrōye) v ▶ to persist in old customs, to observe class distinctions

kuzirukaniriza (-zirukanirije) v ▶ to give penuriously to

kuzirukanya (-zirukanije) v ▶ 1. to give penuriously, put in only a little (e.g. salt), 2. to infringe, violate, contravene

kuzūnguruka (-zūngurutse) v ▶ to go around, to cycle (the stem 'zungu' is also the origin of umuzungu, which does not mean 'white person' but rather 'someone going around', describing the first European explorers)

kuzyātira (-zyātiye) v ▶ to have lived or to have worked in one place many years, be experienced

kwāduka (-ādutse) v ▶ 1. to appear suddenly, 2. to be introduced, 3. to be new

kwāhukāna (-āhukānye) v ▶ 1. to seperate, to divorce (vi), 2. to finish (vi)

kwāhukānya (-āhukānije) v ▶ 1. to seperate, divorce, 2. to finish (vt)

kwākīrwa (-ākīwe) v ▶ 1. to be received, to be taken, 3. to be helped with burden

kwāmūra (-āmūye) v ▶ 1. to gather fruit, to harvest (esp. from perennial plants), 2. to bring things in from sun (from kwanikira)

kwāndāza (-āndāje) v ▶ to help a sick person walk

kwānkika (-ānkitse) v ▶ to try repeatedly unsuccessfully

kwāsama (-āsamye) v ▶ to open the mouth, to be open (mouth)

kwāsamika (-āsamitse) v ▶ to cause to open the mouth

kwāsamira (-āsamiye) v ▶ to open the mouth for

kwātura (-ātuye) v ▶ 1. to make known, 2. bring into open from hidden place, 3. to confess, 4. to pronounce clearly, to articulate, 5. to open (flower)

kwāturuka (-āturutse) v ▶ to crack, to open (vi)

kwāturura (-āturuye) v ▶ tu burst open (vt)

kwegeranya (-egeranije) v ▶ to put things (or people) close together

kwenda (-enze) v ▶ to barely escape (e.g. yenze gupfa he nearly died)

kwenēna (-enennye) v ▶ 1. to be suspended in air, 2. to swing

kwēra (-ēze) v ▶ 1. to be white, 2. to be pure, 3. to be innocent, 4. to ripen, 5. to get the first teeth

kwīcumba (-īcumvye) v ▶ to be wrapped up together

kwīdōga (-īdōze) v ▶ 1. to fume and fret, 2. to be cross, 3. to gripe, 4. hold hard feelings

kwīgaba (-īgavye) v ▶ 1. to rule oneself, be independent, 2. to do as one pleases

kwīganza (-īganje) v ▶ 1. to rule oneself, 2. to be independent, 3. to be emancipated

kwīgaranzura (-īgaranzuye) v ▶ to depart from respected person

kwīgarura (-īgaruye) v ▶ 1. to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly, 2. be converted

kwigemura (-igemuye) v ▶ to elope, go to husband without being properly married (kwigemura ku mugabo)

kwīgumira (-īgumiye) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. be energetic

kwīhana (-īhannye) v ▶ 1. to confess, 2. to correct oneself, to discipline oneself, be converted, 3. to repent

kwīhanagura (-īhanaguye) v ▶ to wipe oneself

kwīhanaguza (-īhanaguje) v ▶ to wipe oneself with

kwīhāngāna (-īhāngānye) v ▶ 1. to endure, to be patient, 2. to wait
(said when patience is needed or expected, like a consolation)

kwīheba (-īhevye) v ▶ 1. to be discouraged completely, to despair, to be desperate, 2. to sacrifice oneself to or for

kwīhumūra (-īhumūye) v ▶ to wash in one's eyes, rub sleepers from one's eyes

kwīhūta (-īhūse) v ▶ to hurry, to speed, to be faster

kwījajara (-ījajaye) v ▶ to die, to peg out, to die a wretched death (rude, used of a person scorned by others)

kwīkubiranya (-īkubiranije) v ▶ 1. to fold itself repeatedly, 2. to do the same exercise repeatedly

kwīmyīra (-īmyīriye) v ▶ to blow one's nose, to wipe one's nose

kwīrāza (-īrāje) v ▶ to spend the night alone

kwīriranwa (-īriranywe) v ▶ to spend the day together

kwīrirwa (-īririwe) v ▶ to spend all day, to last all day

kwīrirwako (-īrirweko) v ▶ to spend the whole day at a certain task

kwīsegura (-īseguye) v ▶ to lie on a pillow, to make a sick person lean on one

kwishongora (-ishongoye) v ▶ speaking or chanting of a lyrical poem characterized by long phrases (where emphasis is on the lyrical text, not accompanied by dancing)

kwīsomōra (-īsomōye) v ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)

kwītega (-īteze) v ▶ 1. to hope for, 2. to wait for

kwītōnganya (-ītōnganije) v ▶ 1. to talk together in whispers, 2. to talk to oneself

kwītwāra (-ītwāye) v ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)

kwītwaririka (-ītwariritse) v ▶ 1. to be eager, earnest, zealous, persistent, 2. to take care of, be concerned about

kwiyakira (-iyakiye) v ▶ to enter without permission

kwīyambagura (-īyambaguye) v ▶ 1. to torment oneself with grief, 2. to try to find food for unexpected guests

kwīyongeranya (-īyongeranije) v ▶ to repeat many times

kwīzera (-īzeye) v ▶ 1. to trust, 2. to believe, 3. to hope

kwīzigira (-īzigiye) v ▶ 1. to believe, 2. to hope, 3. to trust in, to have confidence in, 4. to expect

kwīzigiza (-ījigije) v ▶ to cause to hope, trust

kwongera (-ongeye) v ▶ 1. to repeat, do again, 2. to give more, 3. to augment, to increase (vt), 4. to accelerate

kwōngorera (-ōngoreye) v ▶ to whisper

kwōngorerana (-ōngoreranye) v ▶ to whisper to each other

kwūbaha (-ūbashe) v ▶ 1. to respect, 2. to reverence, honor

kwūbahira (-ūbahiye) v ▶ to respect for

kwūbahuka (-ūbahutse) v ▶ 1. to lack respect, be disrespectful, 2. to be insolent, 3. to dare, to be bold, 4. to speak fearlessly

kwūbahwa (-ūbahwe) v ▶ to be respected

kwūbīra (-ūbīriye) v ▶ 1. to come unexpectedly finding one unprepared, 2. to happen suddenly

kwūbiriza (-ūbirije) v ▶ to attack unexpectedly

kwūburuka (-ūburutse) v ▶ 1. to peel (vi) (skin after a burn), 2. to become right side up

kwūgurura (-ūguruye) v ▶ to open

kwūgurūrira (-ūgurūriye) v ▶ to open for

kwūgurūrwa (-ūgurūwe) v ▶ to be opened

kwūgurūza (-ūgurūje) v ▶ to cause to open

kwūmirwa (-ūmiriwe) v ▶ to be speechless in defeat, or surprise, or misfortune

kwūmiza (-ūmije) v ▶ to astonish, render speechless

kwūzura (-ūzuye) v ▶ 1. to be full, 2. be be perfect, 3. to be complete, 4. to be reconciled

kwūzuza (-ujuje) v ▶ 1. to fill, 2. make perfect, 3. to reconcile

mpa phr ▶ give me... (imperative of guha)

mukūndwa (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dear, beloved (person)

musāza (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ brother (of girl)
musazanje my brother (girl speaking)
musaza wiwe her brother
musazacu our brother (girls speaking)
musaza wanyu your brother (spoken to girls)

mushikanje (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my brother (boy speaking)

n'amahoro phr ▶ 1. it it peace? is all well? (as question), 2. it is peace! it's all well! (as answer)

n'amarembe phr ▶ it is peace! it's all well! (as answer to question n'amahoro)

nāka (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ so-and-so, what's his name (male)
banaka those ones (unnamed people)

ndagize bwakeye phr ▶ Good morning (to a superior)

ndaguhaye bwakeye phr ▶ Good morning (to a superior)

ndakwīkebanuye phr ▶ goodbye (used when adressing a superior)

ndakwītwāyeko phr ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)

ndīgaranzuye phr ▶ (greeting, said when taking leave from a respected person)

ndikebanuye phr ▶ goodbye (to a superior)

nkēka n ▶ perhaps

nta muntu phr ▶ no person, nobody

nyabuhoro 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ traditional sacred "dispenser of peace" drum

nyarucari n ▶ (no pl.) poor man, poverty-stricken person

rugagamisha 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ microscope

sabwe excl ▶ present! here! (exclamation to a superior, lit. let it be asked)

sō (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father (of person spoken to)
so wawe your father
so wanyu your paternal uncle

ubu adv ▶ now, currently
ubu nyene right now, immediately
kur'ubu perhaps

ububoneke 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) appearance

ubudede 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) beads, big perls

ubugabo 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. authority, 2. bossiness, 3. manhood, penis

ubukūngu 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ group of attendants or helpers to elders

ubupfunya 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) failure to grow properly

uburagi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) dumbness (of speech)

Uburaya 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ Europe (Sw. Ulaya)

ubureve 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ lisping, speech defect (esp. for s, sh, c)

ubushaza 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) peas

ubutēkānyi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) peace, calm, quiet

ubutumwa bwiza phr ▶ gospel, good news

ubuzimuzimu 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions

ubwība 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. thievery, 2. time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out

ubwigēnge 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. freedom, 2. independence

ubwīkūnzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ self-respect

ubwīshaza 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) peas

ubwo ▶ 1. perhaps, 2. now that, 3. since, 4. seeing that, 5. moreover

ubwōko (am-) 8 class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. race, 2. nation, 3. tribe, 4. kind, species, breed

udukōkōrwa 7 ▶ peelings, leaves or bark stripped from tree

ugufashanya 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ collaboration, cooperation

ugusūzuma 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ examination, inspection

ukugerageza 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. effort, 2. attempt, endeavor, 3. experiment

ukumenyēra 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. experience, 2. knowledge, 3. skill

ukumererwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ state, condition, shape

ukwāma wihebuye phr ▶ pessimism (from kwāma)

umubāji (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ carpenter

umubāno (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. living together, 2. cooperation, 3. neighborhood

umubēmbe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ leper

umubi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ bad person

umubidadi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay

umubiligi (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Belgian person

umubirigi (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Belgian person

umubo (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi

umucurarānzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ harper, one who plays instrument

umudage (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (used in northern region of Burundi)

umudagi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (referring to the German greeting 'Guten Tag')

umufafara (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken

umufafare (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken

umufaransa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ French (person)

umufasha (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ helper

umufundikizo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid, stopper

umufunyiko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

umugānda (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bundle (of sticks, rope, etc.) wood of the hut

umuganda (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Ugandan (person)

umugano (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hollow bamboo, pipe, tube

umugere (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. kick, 2. foot of animal or person
gutera imigere to kick

umugesera (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wicked person, revolutionary, very skillful person

umugeyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay

umugisha (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ blessing, prosperity

umugōngo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ back (of person or animal)

umugororotsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person

umugorotsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person

umugōrwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate, miserable person

umugoyigoyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weak person (because of illness, etc.)

umugozi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ string, rope

umugumo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others

umuguzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ buyer, shopper, customer

umugwanēza (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ meek person

umuhāmbāzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ harsh person, difficult person, wicked person

umuhānga (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. skilled person, 2. intelligent person, 3. eloquent person

umuhanzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. singer, 2. musician, 3. performer (Rw.)

Umuhindi (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Indian person

umuhīnga (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skilled person, master of an art

umuhīrwe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ fortunate person

umuhizi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. handsome or skilled person, 2. courageous person

umuhotora (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ rope made from papyrus

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)

umuhururu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ row, line of people, animals or objects

Umuhutu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Hutu (person)

umuhwēre (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dying person

umuhwi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ ripe banana

umujinya (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. grudge, 2. bad temper

umujūmbu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ copper

umujūmpu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ copper

umukamakare (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ old woman (respectful term)

umukēcuru (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ old woman, widow (not very respectful term, can be used though by little children, or by grandchildren towards their grandmother)

umukene (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ needy person

umukenya (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Kenyan (person)

umukōbwācu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of my sister (when girl speaking), 2. daughter of my brother (when boy speaking)

umukokayi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person reruiting the clients for a taxi or bus

umukongomani (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Congolese person

umukonotsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. strong virile person, 2. homosexual person, gay

umukozi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. worker, workman, employee, laborer, 2. staff, workforce, personnel, crew (pl.)

umukuku (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. ditch, trench, ravine, 2. line, row (of people or animals), 3. herd of animals (tame or wild)

umukūndanyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ charitable, kind person

umukuru (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. elder, important person, 2. male adult

umumanuko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ descent, slope of hill

umumenyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. scholar, scientist, knowledgable person, 2. prophet

umumoso (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi

umumyōre (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stripe from beating

umunebwe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ lazy person

umuneke (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ ripe banana

umuninahazwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ honored person

umuntu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person, human being

umuntu ahishirigwa (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ overseer, supervisor, superintendent

umuntu kanaka (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. a certain person, 2. someone, somebody

umuntu w'inkuba (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skillful person

umunyabutike (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ shopkeeper

umunyabwēnge (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wise person

umunyabwīra (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ industrious person

umunyafirika (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person

umunyagahwāyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. deceitful person, 2. flatterer, 3. braggart

umunyagikūndiro (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person worthy of praise or love

umunyakuri (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ thruthful person

umunyamerika (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ American (person)

umunyamibēmbe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ leper

umunyamugamba (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi

umunyankīko (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ stranger, foreigner, person from far away (who lives near border)

Umunyarwanda (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Rwandan person, Rwandese

umunyekongo (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Congolese person

umunyembabazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ merciful person

umunyenkomezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ strong person

umunywera (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person who gets thin gradually, person sick with wasting away disease

umupede (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay (rude, derogative)

umupfu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dead person

umupfundikizo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid, stopper

umuranguzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ buyer, shopper

umurēmberezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps police occupied while one sought escapes

umurēngera (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person with many children, great riches, possessions, countless things

umuringa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ metal bracelet (esp. of brass or copper)

umurokore (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ saved person

umurushwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person

umurwa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ slope of hill, royal place

umurwāyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sick person

umurwāza (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ helper of the sick

umusazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ crazy person

umusekuzo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pestle for grinding in mortar

umushaba (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ heart, spirit of person

umushaha (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ spirit of a person, mind, heart (not physical)

umushēnzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ heathen person, uncivilized person

umushikirwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ superintendent

umushinwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Chinese person (from Fr. chinois)

umushiranzigo (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ kind person

umusokoro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ spears on big reeds and grasses

umuswezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. sexually very active person, 2. homosexual person, gay person (from guswera)

umutabāzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ helper, defender

umutīndi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person

umutinganyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay

umuumutsibo 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ women's dance, characterized by movement of the legs and pelvis but without eroticism, celebrating the birth of a child, Buyogoma region

umutūmba (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. stem, trunk of tree, 2. torso of person or animal

umutūngu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ ignorant person, fool

umutūngwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ honored person, owner of kraal

Umutūtsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Tutsi (person)

Umutwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Twa (person), pygmy

umuvuguvugu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sound of stick or string whipped through air, sound of things blown by wind, whir

umuvugwa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person of verb (gram.)

umuvūmvu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kind of tree (fiber used for rope)

umuyuda (Aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Jew (person)

umuzabibu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ vine grapes

umuzana (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ rope (of any kind)

umuzūngu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (lit. 'someone going around', referring to the first European explorers, from kuzunguruka)

umuzūngukazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (female)

umwāmbure (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ naked person

Umwarabu (Ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Arab person

umwera (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person

umwerānda (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. just person, 2. righteous person, 3. good person, 4. holy person

umwerēra (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ milk or beer given to sick person

umweruzi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ impertinent person

umwirabura (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person, black person

umwīrabure (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person, black person

umwītwaririko (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. zeal, 2. persistence, 3. anxiety, 4. care

umwīzero (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. beliefs, 2. confidence, 3. hope

umwīzigirwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trustworthy or faithful person

umwongereza (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ English person

umwōro (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person

umwūbahwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ respected person

umwūga (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. craft, art, special skill, 2. occupation, profession

umwūmwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person whose mouth is very dry

urubāngo (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ spear or stick stuck in person or in ground, wire

urubavu (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ side (of person)

urudēndevu (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)

urudubi (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ that which a person says or does for which he may be convicted, result of failure to keep promise, dilemma, difficulty

uruhānde (impānde) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ side (not of person)

uruhige (impige) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ grasshopper

uruhusha (impusha) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. permission, 2. rest, 3. vacation, 4. week

urukaratāsi (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ (Sw.) paper, sheet of paper

urukīnja (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. council, 2. circle of people

urumāmbo (i-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ nail, peg

urumbēte (i-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ trumpet

urunana (i-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion

urupapuro (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ paper, page, sheet of paper

urupfunguruzo (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. key (Sw.), 2. bottle opener

ururangiranwa 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing

ururangiranwe (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

ururāsago 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)

ururinga (ind-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ fine copper bracelet

urusāngo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' people rub on to make others like them

urusenda (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ pepper

uruti (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. column, pillar 2. shaft (of a spear)

uruyige (inzige) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ locust, grasshopper

uruzabibu (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ vineyard, grape

urwūya 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) perspiration

Usumbura n ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili

utwōngoshwe 7 ▶ whispers (sound of)

utwuzango 7 ▶ (no sing.) appetizer

yomba conj ▶ maybe, perhaps

yūko ▶ that (esp. to introduce indirect quotation or other dependent clause)

abrasion ▶ (to strike another and peel off the skin) kuramura

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absolutely ▶ de, dede, me, pē, rwose, kabisa (Sw.)

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accident ▶ agisida, inzeduka, icāgo, icaduka
(to barely escape) guhakwa
(to fall on spear) gushōka

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accomplice ▶ (one who keeps police accupied while one sought escapes) umurēmberezi

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address ▶ (to ~) kurūngika
(of letter) irangiro, ideresi, ibarizo
(to ~ the people, as king or other authority) gucūra

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adhesive tape ▶ (plaster) isuparadra

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air ▶ impwēmu, impemu, ikirēre
(to air) kwānikira

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alive ▶ –zima
(to be still alive, of old people) kudūndēga

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alone ▶ -sa
(to be) kwīherēra
(to do) kwīgūnga
(to spend the night ~) kwīrāza
(I am lonely) mfise irungu

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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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antelope ▶ impōngo, ingeregere

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application ▶ umwēte, impera y'icigwa

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arm ▶ ukuboko, ukuboke
(upper) ikizigira
(left ~) ukuboko kw'ibubamfu, ukubamfu
(right ~) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuryo
(to raise one's ~, to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
(to stretch out) kurāmvura
(to take a child in ~) kurera, gukīkira

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arrange ▶ gutūmbereza
(according to length, height) gusūmbanya
(properly) kurorānya
(place in order) kuringaniza

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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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asking ▶ (earnestly persist in ~ for something) kuzigiriza
(one who is always ~ for things) umusabisabi

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assemble ▶ kurementanya
(people) gukoranya
(things to give to someone) gusorōranya

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assist ▶ gufasha
(one in trouble of grief) kwīrūra
(a sick person in walking) kwāndāza

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attack ▶ gusōmborotsa, gusōmboroza
(esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
(lead troops to ~) kugomora
(unexpectedly) kwūbiriza

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attendants ▶ (group of helpers to elders) ubukūngu

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authority ▶ ububwīriza, ubugabe, ubugabo, ingānji, ubutwāre
(to have, esp. kings or revered person) guhāngama
(to rebel against) kumēnja
(to take on oneself) kurēngera

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back ▶ (at the back) inyuma
(of chair) icēgamo
(of person or animal) umugōngo
(small of) ikiyunguyungu

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bad ▶ (adj.) –bi
(~ person) umubi
(~ luck) icāgo, akaga
(that which is ~) ikibi

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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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barren ▶ (to be, person) kugūmbaha
(plants) kurūmba
(place) uruharabuga
(thing, corn, etc.) ikirūmbirane
(to become from lack of fertilizer) guseba

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barrenness ▶ (of person) ubugūmba
(of land) ukutamera, igaduka, ukugaduka, ukugagarara

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bee ▶ uruyūki
(carpenter) imvūndēri
(to catch swarming bees) gutururuza
(to put in new hive) kwātira
(~ sting) urubōyi
(~ hive) igitiba
(bring down ~ hive) kwegura
(to put up ~ hive) kwegeka

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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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beginning ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
(of dry season, about June) impēshi

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behold ▶ (to) kurabukwa
(imperative) ehe!

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beseechingly ▶ (to speak very) kubobōteza

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bind ▶ guhāmbīra, kuboha
(ropes or whatever is used to bind a criminal) imvuto

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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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blind ▶ (to be) guhuma
(person) impumyi

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bottle ▶ icupa (Sw.)
(small) agacupa
(~ opener) urupfunguruzo

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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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bread ▶ (european) umukate (Sw.)
(african) umutsima
(loaf of) irobe
(lump of) intore
(soft part of) akavunji k'umukate
(to make) gucūmba
(to put ground-, peanuts, etc. in ~) gutotera

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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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bride ▶ umugeni
(to give gift to ~, so she will talk) guhorōra
(to refuse to speak till given gift, ~) guhorōrwa

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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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bundle ▶ umuzigo
(esp. dead person wrapped for carrying) ikigagara
(of grass or grain) umukama
(of sticks, rope) umugānda
(to tie up a ~) gutēkera
(clothes) ibaro

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burst ▶ (vi) gusāba, guturika
(vt) guturitsa
(into light, dawn) kwēnzūra
(open, vt) kwāturura
(open in garden, overripe) gusaragurika

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bury ▶ guhāmba
(a person) kuzika
(one's face in one's hans in deep thought) kwītangira itama

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button ▶ igipfūngo (Sw.), igifūngo, igipesi

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buy ▶ (to) kugura, kununūra
(to ~ and sell) kudāndaza, guhānjura
(to ~ a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
(look things over in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(to ~ very much) kurangura

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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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canape ▶ (for apēritif) igicucume c'ivyamwa bidatetse

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cap ▶ (of pen) agapfundikizo, akarumyo k'ikaramu
(headgear) ingofero

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carpenter ▶ umubāji, umunyamatanga, umufundi amanika inzu
(to do carpentry) kubāza
(~ bee) ifundēri
(~ shoo) ibarizo, isaramara

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carry ▶ guterura, gutwāra
(away, as water does) gukubebera
(carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
(for) gutwāza
(in basket, person not sick) kurerura
(on back) guheka
(on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
(on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
(and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma

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charm ▶ (heathen) igihēko
(heathen, worn on head) urugori
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
('medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) ururēmbeko
(spell, hex) amarozi
(white shell worn by children) iyugi

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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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chosen ones ▶ (list of) itōrero
(people) icībare

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church ▶ (building) urusengero
(people) ishengero, isengero
(roll) itōrero

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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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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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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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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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command ▶ ibwīrizwa, itegeko, itegekoicāgezwe, amatēka
(one who gives commands) umugezi
(to ~) kubwīriza, kugera, gutegeka
(a person to do what he doesn't want to) kuzingirikira

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condemned ▶ (to be) gucirwakw itēka
(person) umuyobe

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confinement ▶ (time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out) ubwība

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congenial ▶ (to be) kuba ikirende
(person of very nice disposition) ikirende

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congenital ▶ ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
(malformed person) ikirema

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convince ▶ kwemeza, gutururuza, guhinyuza
(to be convinced, after proof or persuasion) gushirwa

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cork ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo

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cradle ▶ (a skin) impetso, ingovyi, insimbizo, ingerano

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crazy ▶ (person) umusazi
(to be) gusara
(to talk or act like a ~ person) gusaragurika

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criminal ▶ (person) umugarariji
(~ bonds) imvuto

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cripple ▶ ikimuga
(person born crippled) ikirema

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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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custom ▶ umugēnzo, ingeso
(ancient) akārānda
(to persist in old) kuzīrōra

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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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deaf ▶ (~ person) igipfāmatwi
(~ and dumb person) ikiragi

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deceitful ▶ (person) umunyagahwāyi

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defect ▶ (speech defect, esp. s, sh, c) ubureve, kuvuga ubureve

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demote ▶ (to push a person down) gutururuza

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depart ▶ kwīgīra, kugēnda
(quickly) gushibuka
(from respected person) kugaranzura

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despised ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
(to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka

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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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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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director ▶ umuyobozi
(cooperatives director) umuyobozi w'ikoperative, w'ishirahamwe
(principal) umuyobozi w’ishule

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disease ▶ indwāra
(AIDS) sida
(billharcia) birariziyoze
(boil, abscess) igihute
(burn) ubushe
(bronchitis) indwara yo mu mahaha
(chicken pox) ibihara, agasāma
(diarrhea) ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo
(elephantiasis) imisozi
(epilepsy) intandara
(eyes: certain kind of conjunctivitis) uburire
(fever) inyonko
(goiter) umwīngo
(gonorrhea) igisokoro
(leprosy) imibēmbe
(malaria) marariya, inyonko
(meningitis) umugiga
(mole) isunūnu
(mumps) amasambambwika
(pleurisy) umusōnga
(pneumonia) umusōnga
(recurrent fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(rheum, disease of eyes) ururire
(rheumatism) amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
(smallpox) akarānda
(sore, little) akarōnda
(syphilis) agashāngāra
(tick fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(typhus) tifusi
(tuberculosis) igitūntu, agatūntu
(ulcer) igikomere
(ulcer, bad) igisebe
(ulcer, pain from tropical) igitema
(wart) isunūnu, intongāngira
(whooping cough) akānira, inkorora y'akanira
(yaws) ibinyoro
(cause of ~ something supposed to be in person making him sick) ibitēga
(person sick with wasting ~) umunywera
(to be a contagious ~) kwāndukira
(to catch contagious ~) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
(to transmit) kwāndukiza
(to have an incurable ~) kugīrīra
(to improve, begin to feel better) gutenzukirwa

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dishonest ▶ (to be) kugūnga, guheranira
(person) igihūmbu

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disobedient ▶ (person) ikigānda, intābwirwa, intabarirwa
(to be) kugambarara, kugāba, kwānkika

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disposition ▶ (person or animal of very nice ~) ikirende

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dizziness ▶ ikizunguzungu
(to experience ~) kuzērērwa

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docile ▶ (person or animal) ikirende

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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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drunk ▶ (person) imborērwa
(to be) kuborērwa, guhīmba
(to be ~ enough to feel important) kudandahirwa
(to make ~) kuborēra

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dry season ▶ ici
(beginning of, about June) impēshi

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dumb ▶ (deaf and dumb person) ikiragi

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dumbness ▶ (of speech) uburagi

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dying ▶ (person) umuhwēre

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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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elderly ▶ (person) umusāza

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elope ▶ (go to husband without being properly married) gucīkira, kwigemura
(to try to persuade to elope) gucīkiza

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end ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
(~ of boat) umukōndo
(at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
(to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
(to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
(to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
(to finish) guheza

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err ▶ (to be wrong, to ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
(to ~, be on wrong path) kuzimagirika

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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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Europe ▶ Uburaya, Buraya

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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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examine ▶ gucaca, gucunaguza, gucunaguriza, gupīma, gusūzuma, guhwebutsa, kurāba
(to look intently at) kwihweza
(in prospect of bying) kugaragura

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example ▶ icītegererezo, akarorero, ikigereranyo
(evil ~) akābarore
(person to be imitated) iremezo
(to give an) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero

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expedite ▶ (to cooperate in getting a job done quickly) gusahiriza

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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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faithful ▶ (to be) kuyoboka
(~ person) umwīzigirwa

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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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fear ▶ ubwōba
(great) agatēngo
(of losing position) igihababu
(~ to hurt another because you love him) impuhwe
(thing or person stricken with ~) igihūmura
(to act or go secretly because of ~) kwōmba
(to jump with ~, in heart) guhahama
(to shout in sudden ~) gutura ubuku

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fee ▶ ikibuguro, ihadabu (Sw.)
(paid for permission to buy or sell) ingorore
(payed to shaman) ingemu
(to collect) kubuguza
(to pay) kubugura

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feel ▶ kwūmva
(around for) gukabakaba
(to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
(to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
(faint) kuyāmīra
(joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
(to not ~ anything) gutimba
(of) gukorakora
(pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
(the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
(the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza

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feet ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
(to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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fetish ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
(gourd used) intendēri
(heathen charm on head) urugori
(spotted barkcloth) indome
(things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
(charm) igiheko

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fever ▶ (illness) inyōnko, umururūmbo
(temperature) umuriro, umucānwa, ubushūhe
(to have high fever) umucānwa ururumba (from kururūmba)

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fighter ▶ umusīnzi
(to seperate ~s) kubangūranya, gutatūra

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fist ▶ igipfūnsi
(to hit with ~ repeatedly but gently, mother with child) gutumagura

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fitted ▶ (~ carpet) imoketi, indava

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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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foolish ▶ (to be) kujūjūta, gusara
(person) injurajuzi, igipfu

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foolishly ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
(to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
(to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika

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foot ▶ ikirēnge
(of animal) ijānja
(of animal or person) umugere
(of bed) imirāmbizo
(of mountain) umucāmo

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forsake ▶ guheba, guhuma
(one another) kuvāvānura
(to succeed in persuading someone to ~ his evil ways) gukōndōra

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fortunate ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
(to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa

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freed ▶ (to be ~ from speech defect) kugobōdoka

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gift ▶ ingabano, ingabire, ishikanwa, itūro, ingemu, ikado
(of appreciation or thanks) ishīmwe, igishīmo
(given on return from journey) iganūke
(nothing expected in return) impāno
(to chief to get something from him) ingororano
(to make up for offending someone) icīru
(to offer ~) gutereka, gutūra
(to pass out ~, distribute) kugaba
(to present, with something expected in return) kugemura

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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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glasses ▶ (spectacles) ivyīrori, ibirorero, irori

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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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goat ▶ impene, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(heard of) inzirikwa
(male) impfizi
(young male) agasugurume
(skin for carrying baby) ingovyi
(billy ~) isuguru, ihebe

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good morning ▶ (greeting) bwakeye, mwaramutse
(to tell chief or superior that someone sends in 'bwakeye') gukānda

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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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gossip ▶ urusaku
(in whispers) ivyōngoreranyo
(to ~) kuregeteranya, gusakuza, kuregeteza, kuregetereza

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grain ▶ impeke, intete, urutete
(a single) agatete
(place for spreading out) imbuga
(storage place) ikigega
(to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
(to form) guhūnda
(to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura

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grape ▶ uruzabibu
(grapevine) umuzabibu

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grasp ▶ (to take hold of person) gushorerakw amaboko
(in preparation to strike) kubangura

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great ▶ (important) –kuru
(to be very) guhāmbāra
(person who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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green ▶ akaātsi gatoto
(unripe, of certain fruits) –toto
(to become green, as grass when rains begin) gutōha, gutotahara

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greet ▶ gusanganira
(by oneself in person or in letter) kuramutsa
(for) gutahiriza
(for another) gutāsha
(one another) kuramūkanya

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gripe ▶ kwīdōga

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group ▶ umuce, umuco, igico
(of people) umurwi, intēko
(of people, moving along) akavuvu
(standing or sitting) akarwi
(to be in large ~, cows or people standing) gusagaza

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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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hair ▶ (of baby) imvanda
(bit on top of head) isūnzu
(of human head) umushatsi
(except of human head) ubwōya
(one) urwōya
(pubic) inzya
(hair line) amasoso
(long with mud in it) ubusage
(tan in color, goats) umufumbēre
(white from old age) imvi, uruvi
(to cut) kumwa
(to dampen before cutting) kuvubika
(to have long) guhīmbira
(to have shaved off) kwīkemūra
(to let grow long) gutongoza

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hands ▶ (to close together) gufumbata
(to pour water on another's) kwūhīra
(imperatif: ”hold out your ~!”) tega iminwe
(to lay ~ on) kurambikakw ibigānza

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happen ▶ (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
(unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra

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harsh ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
(to be) guhāmbāra

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harvest ▶ ishwābūra, ivyīmburwa, ibirimwa, umwīmbu
(esp. millet) igenya, igesa
(to ~) kwīmbura, gushwābūra
(corn) kumyōra
(millet) kugenya, kugesa
(esp. perennial plants, fruit) kwāmūra
(to be ready for) kwīyerēra
(to put away the) kwīmbura

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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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headstrong ▶ (person) ikigāba, intābwīrwa

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healthy ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(plant, person) itōto
(to be) kunōnōka, gukira
(to be very, strong) gutetera

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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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help ▶ gufasha
(another get up) kuvyūra
(exclamation: help please!) ntabāra
(in battle) gutabāra
(in trouble or grief) kwīrūra
(one another) gufatanya
(one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
(one in trouble) kwēmanga
(oneself even if you do not know how to do the thing) kwīgereza
(oneself, relieve one's own need) kwīkenūra
(overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera
(secretly someone to escape by taking his things for him) kunyuruza
(sick person walk) kwāndāza
(to call for ~) kwāmbaza, gutabāza
(~ to carry) gutwāza
(to cry out for) kuborōga
(to go to ~ another in his work) gusāsira
(without expectation of reward) gutabāra

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helper ▶ umutabāzi, umufasha
(of the sick) umurwāza
(group of attendants or helpers to elders) ubukūngu

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here ▶ aha, hano, ino, ngaha
(exclamation to superior: here!) sabwe

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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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hit ▶ (to) gukubita
(repeatedly but gently with fist, mother with child) gutumagura
(a sore place) gutoneka

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hold ▶ gufata
(fast to) kugumiriza
(from falling) gusama
(hard feelings) kwīdōga
(in place) kugumya
(lightly) kwānjānjwa
(out) kubangira
(out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
(of rope, vi) kudādira
(strongly) gushimika
(take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
(to) kwūmira
(up) gushigirika

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hole ▶ (deep ~ in ground in grassy place) igihuma
(for planting beans) ibāngo
(in paper, cloth, container) intoboro, icehere
(in ground) ikuzimu, i kuzimu, ikinogo, icōbo, urwōbo, igishimu
(small ones like rats make) umwōbo, umwēnge
(to get a ~ in) gutoboka
(to ahve ~ from insects) kunyengetērwa
(to make ~) kunyengetēra
(to make ~ in stone) gukorogoshora
(to make a small ~ for setting out tree or plant) gukoba
(to tear a big ~, vi) kumānyuka
(to tie up ~ in sack) gutubika
(to pierce a ~) gutobora
(thing with ~ in it) umwēnge

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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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hope ▶ icīzigiro, ivyīzigiro, umwīzero

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hunger ▶ inzara
(extreme) isari
(for certain food, appetite) ināmbu
(to faint from) kugwīra isari

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ignorant ▶ (person) umutūngu, inyoberwa
(to be) kudebagura

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impediment ▶ (to have speech) kugobwa
(to be freed from) kugobōdoka

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important ▶ ngombwa, –kuru
(person) umukuru

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importunity ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
(to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna

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incision ▶ ururāsago, indāsago
(to make ~ to treat a sick person) guca ururāsago

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industrious ▶ (person) umunyabwīra

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inheritance ▶ umwāndu, uburage, umurage, iragi
(inherited property) ishāmvu
(inherited property or position) akārōnda
(to leave ~) kuraga

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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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itching ▶ uburyi, ubusasāte
(to scrape feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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kind ▶ (species) ubwōko
(what kind?) –ki?
(what kind of) ki?

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king ▶ umwāmi
(entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
(house of) ingoro
(pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
(to become) kwīma
(to die) gutānga
(to make) kwīmika
(to sit) kuvyāgira
(to speak evil of ~) kurogota

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kiss ▶ gusōma
(repeatedly, passionately) gusōmagura
(each other) gusōmana

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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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lack ▶ (of foresight) igihababu
(to ~) kubura, kugōmba, guhaza, guteba, gukērērwa
(opportunity to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(respect) kwūbahuka

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language ▶ ururimi
(evil, esp. of young girl) ubweruzi
(to speak in a mysterious ~) gufobeka

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last ▶ imperūka
(one of anything) imperēra
(one of family who has no children) imponnyi
(at ~) ubuherūka, aho rēro
(to be ~, previous) guherūka

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lazy ▶ (person) umunebwe
(very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
(to be) kudeha, kunebwa

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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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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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leaves ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
(stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
(used for perfume) imbazi
(see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
(to put forth new) kurēmba
(to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra

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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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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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lock ▶ (to ~, to close) gukīnga
(to ~ person up) kudādira

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long-lived ▶ (to bethings, not people) kurama
(people) kurāmba

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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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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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malice ▶ (person with no) ikirende

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marketplace ▶ isoko
(small) akaguriro
(~ for one specific product) iguriro

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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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mashed ▶ (to be completely from being stepped on) gufyonyoka

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measure ▶ ingero, urugero, urugezo
(tape ~) imetero y'impuzu
(by hand or by steps) itāmbwe
(of work) ikivi

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meat ▶ inyāma
(dried) umurānzi
(fat) ibinure
(to slip down on spear – if it slips it's supposed to be diseased) gushōka

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medicine ▶ umuti
(for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
(to make people like one) urusango
(material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
(to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
(to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka

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meek ▶ (person) umugwanēza
(to be) gutēkereza

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memory ▶ ubuzīndūtsi
(word that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger) isata burēnge
(to escape the ~) kuzīnda

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menstrual ▶ (to have finished ~ period) kujabuka

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metal ▶ icūma
(foot piece on spear) umuhūnda
(ore) ubutare
(piece placed on stoves over fire to set pot on) ikinjanja
(sheet of, for roof) ibāti

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microscope ▶ rugagamisha

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misspeak ▶ (err in speaking) kuyoba
('excuse me, I said a wrong word, misspoke myself') bambe

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mistake ▶ ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
(to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba

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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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mood ▶ (gram.) umuvugire
(temper) ibicunduguta, imico

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mortar ▶ ikarabasasi, ubudongo bw'isima
(for grinding) isekuru (or isekuro)
(pestle for) umusekuzo
(to grind or shell in wooden mortar) gusekura

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mountain ▶ umusozi
(large ~) igisozi
(foot of) umucāmo
(peak) impīnga

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mouth ▶ akanwa
(big, many) amanwa
(person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
(to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
(to put in the ~ of) gutamika
(to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura

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naked ▶ amēnya
(person) umwāmbure
(to go) kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa, gufurama

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nape ▶ (of neck) igikanu, irugu

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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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nature ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
(spirit) imbāndwa

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never ▶ nta ho, ntabwo
(dependant clause) ata ho

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night ▶ ijoro
(to be) kwīra
(to be almost over) gushīra
(e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca)
(to lodge for the) kurāza
(to spend the ~) kurāra
(to spend the ~ alone) kwīrāza
(to spend the ~ at) kurārīra
(to watch, as watchman) kurārīra

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none ▶ nta, ata (in dependent clause)

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nut ▶ (peanut, groundnut) icēma

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observe ▶ kwītegereza, kurāba
(carefully) gukengūza, kwihwēza
(class distinctions) kuzīrōra
(to superstitiously ~ certain days) kuziririza
(a taboo) kuziririza

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offering ▶ impērezwa, ishikanwa, itūro

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old ▶ (age) ubukuru, zabukuru
(man) umutāma
(person) umusāza
(woman) umutāmakazi, umukamakare
(to be) kurāmba
(to be, but still strong) kugwagura, guhūmura
(to become) gusāza
(to become, woman) gukēcura
(to grow) gutāma

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originate ▶ (person) kwāmūka, kwānduruka, gukomoka

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over-ripe ▶ (to be ~ by nightfall) kwīrīra

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pancake ▶ ikerepe

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partition ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, urusīka, igisīka
(of reeds) impete

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pay ▶ ingero, urugero, igihēmbo, impēmbo
(salary) umushahara

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pea ▶ ubushaza, ubwīshaza

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peace ▶ amahoro, impore, amarembe, ihūmure, ubutekanyi
(to make ~) kubangūranya

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peak ▶ (of mountain) impīnga

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peanut ▶ icēma, ikiyōba
(to put ~ in food) gutotera

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pebble ▶ akabuye

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peck ▶ kunoba

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pediatry ▶ ubuvuzi bw'indwara z'abana

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peel ▶ guhwāta, kumyōra
(of skin after burn) kwūburuka

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peeling ▶ igishishwa, udukōkōrwa

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peg ▶ urumāmbo, ijisho ry'ikirenge
(to stretch out skin to dry by putting sherpened pegs around edges) kubāmba

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pelvis ▶ ikiyunguyungu

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pen ▶ (for writing) ipirimu

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pencil ▶ ikaramu (Sw.)
(for slate) idushi
(~ box) agapfuko k'amakaramu

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penetrate ▶ (into) kunyegera
(skin, esp. under fingernail) gusesēra, gusesereza

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pension ▶ ipansiyo

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penuriously ▶ (to give) kuzirukanya

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people ▶ abantu
(group of) akarwi
(group moving along) akavuvu

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pepper ▶ (Sw.) ipiripiri, ipilipili, agapiripiri, impiripiri
(chilli) urusenda

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perceive ▶ kurabuka, kurabukwa

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perfect ▶ guheraheza, guhīngūra
(to be) kuba agahore, guhebūza, kunengesēra, gutūngāna, kwūzura
(to make) kuroraniriza, gutūngānya, kwūzuza

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perfume ▶ isenga
(bark used for) imibavu
(leaves used for) imbazi
(to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa

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perhaps ▶ kūmbure, kur'ubu, nkēka, hashobora, yomba

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period ▶ (punctuation) kaburūngu

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perish ▶ (to) guhenebēra, guhona, kuranduka, gutikira, gutōngōka, kuyogera, kudēndūka, guhera

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permanent thing ▶ intahava

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permission ▶ uruhusha, igikūndiro

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permit ▶ (to) kureka, gukūndira
(to ~ to go) kurekura
(permit me!) enda

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persecute ▶ kudendereza, guhama
(each other) guhamana

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persecution ▶ akadenderezo

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persevere ▶ gukomeza, gushīshikara, gushimika

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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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persistent ▶ (to be) kwītwaririka

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persistence ▶ umwītwaririko

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persistently ▶ (to as, although refused) gucuna

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impertinent ▶ (person) umweruzi

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perspiration ▶ icūya, urwūya, icūya, ukubira icūya

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perspire ▶ kubira icūya

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persuade ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
(to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
(to try to ~) gukiranira

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persuasion ▶ inyōshwa

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pestle ▶ (for grinding in mortar) umusekuzo

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pet ▶ igitungwa

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pick ▶ (a chicken) kumōngōra
(a fight) gusōtōra
(peas, beans, berries) gutōbōra
(squash, corn) gukōndōra
(up) gutōra, kuyōra
(up, as birds do) kunobagura, kunoba
(up bits of food here and there) kunūranura
(up here and there) gutōragura
(up manure and put in garden) kuvūmbura

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piece ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igice
(of bread) ikibege
(of fruit) icamwa
(of land) ishāmvu, ikivi
(of paper or cloth) ibitabu
(of something that has been cut) igisate
(to come to pieces) gusambūka
(to tear in pieces) gutabagura

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pin ▶ umusumāri (Sw.), agapengeri
(clothespin) umunēngo
(safety) igikwāsho, igikwāshu

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pipe ▶ (as hollow bamboo) umugano

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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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plug ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo

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point ▶ umugera, isōnga, igisōnga, umusōnga
(to reach a certain ~) kugera
(to sharpen to a ~) gusongora

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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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poverty-stricken ▶ (person) umufafara, umufafare, nyarucari

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praise ▶ ishīmwe, amatāzīrano
(person worthy of ~ or love) umunyagikūndiro

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presence ▶ (of great person) inyōnga, inyundo

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present ▶ (gift) ingabire, ishimwe, impano, ikado, itūro
(to give) kugabira
(to receive) gushikirwa
(to ~ a gift with something expected in return) kugemura

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present ▶ (exclamation to a superior) sabwe!

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prevent ▶ kubuza, gutururuza
(from speaking) guhwāmika
(one from harming another) kuzina

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prisoner ▶ imbohe, umunyororo
(to escape) gutoroka

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prostitute ▶ (person) maraya (Sw.)

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punish ▶ guhana
(by death on the spot) kwīciraho
(repeatedly) guhanahana

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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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quarrelsome ▶ (person) ikijōra

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rank ▶ igiti
(person of high ~) umupfāsoni

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rape ▶ guterura

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reason ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, imvo, igituma
(to ~ with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
(to ~ within oneself) kwībūranya
(to be tired without ~) kudendebukirwa
(to lose ~) gusara

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remain ▶ kuguma
(in one place permanently) guhama
(in place of another) gusigarira
(still, quiet) kwīyorosha

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render ▶ (speechless) kwūmiza

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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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repetition ▶ (one who speaks with senseless repetition of words) ikirogorogo

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reproach ▶ (bringing ~ on others) ububwa
(~ a dead person thus making it hard for loved ones) kwītāmba ku muvyimba

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reside ▶ gutura
(in on place permanently) guhama

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respect ▶ isoni, icūbahiro
(that which is respected) igitīnyiro
(to ~) gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
(to lack) kwūbahuka

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respected ▶ (person) umwūbahwa
(that which is ~) igitīnyiro

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respond ▶ kwīshura
(when called) kwītaba
(to answer to superior when called) kurēnguka

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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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reward ▶ ingero, urugero, impēra, igihembo

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ring ▶ impeta
(to form a ~) gukora impeta

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ripe ▶ (to be almost, esp. corn) kugengarara
(to be ready for harvest) kwīyerēra

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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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row ▶ umuhururu, umurōngo
(of people or animals) umukuku

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rudely ▶ (to speak ~) kurofokwa

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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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salary ▶ igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo
(to demand, to ask for) guhembesha
(to pay) guhēmba, kugerera

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sarcastically ▶ (to speak) kurtyekeza

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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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scar ▶ inkovu
(from medical cutting) ururāsago, indāsago
(left by person scratching or biting another) inkogote
(on gourd or skin) umuguma
(of plant) ibango

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scrape ▶ guhara, guharura
(feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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season ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
(beginning of dry ~) impēshi
(~ of early rains) agatasi
(time for planting small seeds) ibiba

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section ▶ (of people) umuco, igico

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select ▶ kurobānura
(a person to sell a thing or to bring tax) gutōza

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send ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
(person rather than message) kurungika
(back) kurekura
(back, esp. cows) gucūra
(back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(forth shoots) gutōha
(from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
(greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
(in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
(workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya

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senseless ▶ (one) imburabwēnge
(one who speaks with ~ repetition of words) ikirogorogo

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severe ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
(one who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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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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sharp ▶ (instrument, person) inkazi
(to be, instrument) gutyara, gukariha
(taste) gukara

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shell ▶ (of gun) urusoro
(peanuts, etc.) ibishishwa
(egg) ikibarara
(carapace) ikigaragamba, umuruka

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shop ▶ (boutique) ibutike
(little shop) iduka
(carpenter) ibarizo, isaramara
(baker's) icumbiro ry'imikate
(cake ~) icumbiro n'iriro ry'imikate
(butcher's) idandarizo ry'inyāma

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sick ▶ (person) umurwāyi
(child) uruzingo
(to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
(to be often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
(i.e. indwara irambūngamwo)
(to assist ~ person in walking) kwāndāza
(to make) kurwāza
(to be taken ~ suddenly, supposedly from python looking at one) gukāngwa
(to visit the ~) gusuhūza
(to take care of the ~) kurwāza

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side ▶ (of person) urubavu
(not of person) uruhānde
(on this ~) hīno
(on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
(on that ~) hīyo
(on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
(on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
(on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
(to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
(to lay someone on his) gukīkira
(to lie on one's ~) gucurama
(to put to one ~) guherereza
(to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura

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sideswipe ▶ kubīngūra

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silence ▶ agacerere
(to ~) gucereza, kuzibiza, guhoza, kuzibiranya
(by motion of the hand) kumama
(one's opponent by speaking the truth) kujegeza

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sit ▶ kwīcara
(to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
(of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
(together talking for a long time) gutūrika
(to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
(place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero

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skill ▶ ubuhizi, ukumenyēra
(special) umwūga

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skilled ▶ inkerebutsi
(person) umuhānga, umuhīnga, umuhizi, umugesera, umufūndi (Sw.), umuntu w'inkuba

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skin ▶ uruhu, urukoba, urusāto
(for carrying baby) ingovyi
(worn by king or great chief) inyambarabāmi
(scaly) ibikaragāshi
(to ~) kumyōra, gukungura
(to fall and ~ oneself) gukungagura, gukunguka
(to remove ~ from drying) kubāmbūra
(to stretch out to dry by pegging) kubāmba
(to have something penetrate the) gusesērwa
(crack in foot) ikivutu

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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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slate ▶ urubāho, igisate, ikigura
(pensil) idushi

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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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sneeze ▶ kwāsamura
(to get in nose and cause to ~, as pepper) gusagāra

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sorghum beer ▶ impeke, indimwa

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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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space ▶ umwānya, ikibānza
(open) agahīnga
(a small space) akanya
(cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
(to take up ~) gutabarara

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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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spear ▶ icumu
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(spears on big reeds and grasses) umusokoro
(to fall on ~ and be injured) gushōka

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speech ▶ imvugo, insiguro
(defect, esp. for s, ch, c) ubureve, e.g. kuvuga ubureve
(to be freed from ~ impediment) kugobōdoka
(to have ~ impediment) kugobwa
(to try to give ~ but feel restrained) guhaga amatama

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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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split ▶ (vi) kurara
(vt) gutānya
(in two) kwīmānya
(open, as over-ripe beans) gusaragurika
(up) kwōmānza
(wood) gusatura
(to be split open as flesh when wounded) kugāguka

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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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stethoscope ▶ icuma gipima itera ry'umutima, icuma gipima indihaguzi

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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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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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stop ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
(vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
(diarrhea) gufutīsha
(quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
(~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
(a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
(up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka

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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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strip ▶ (leaves from tree or stick) gukōkōra
(one of his clothing) gukoba, gukākagura
(cloth) igitabu c'impuzu
(paper) umuzingo

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stripe ▶ (from beating) umumyōre
(mark of a blow) umuramu

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strong ▶ (person) umunyenkomezi
(something which appears to be ~, but is weak) igihōmbe
(to be) guhāngama, gukomera, kurema, kurama, kunōnōka
(to be very) gutetera, gushikama
(to make) gukomeza
(to make very) gushikama
(to remain) gushikama

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stubborn ▶ (person) intākonywa, intābwīrwa
(to be) kugimīra

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sudden ▶ (happening) igiturūmbuka

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suddenly ▶ giturūmbuka
(as death or accident) bukumbi
(to come) guturūmbuka
(to happen) kwūbira

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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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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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tall ▶ –rē-re, muremure etc.
(or big thing, esp. person) ingāma
(e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
(and fat) ikigwīnyīra

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temper ▶ (put temper in metal) kuramura

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thigh ▶ (upper) ikibero
(thighs, buttock) itako

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thin ▶ -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
(to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
(to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
(to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
(to get very) kugōgōra
(to ~ out plants) kwānkanya

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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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thoughtlessly ▶ (to speak) kurandamuka

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tie ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
(beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
(clothes at waist) gukenyeza
(cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
(firmly) kudādira
(neck of sack) kuniga
(oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
(securely) kudaga
(together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
(up a bundle) gutēkera
(with knot) gupfundika
(as goat in pasture) kuzirika

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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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tip ▶ isōnga, igisōnga
(payment) impēmbo, agashirukabute
(to ~ head back) kurarama
(to ~ head to one side) guhengama

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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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touch ▶ gukora, gukorako, gukorakora, gushorera
(a person to attract his attention) gukoma

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track ▶ ikānda
(of animal) umwānza
(of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken) akēhe
(to make) guhonyora

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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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trunk ▶ (of tree, person, animal) umutūmba
(of banana tree after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba

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trustworthy ▶ (person) umwīzigirwa, umunyakuri
(to be) kwīzigirwa

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truth ▶ ukuri, impamo
(to hide the ~) kwīyobagiza
(to make one tell the ~) kurahuruza
(to speak the ~) guhinyuza
(to tell the whole ~, without hiding a thing) kwātagura
(someone speaking the ~) imvugakuri

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truthful ▶ (person) umunyakuri, imvugakuri

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try ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
(on clothes) kwīgera
(over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
(to get out of work) gushaza
(to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
(to know something) kugenzūra
(to persuade) gukiranira
(to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
(to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
(to surpass another) guhiga

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twist ▶ gukānya, guhotora
(as arm, rope, etc.) guhīnga
(fibers in making rope, thread) kudandikanya
(one's foot) guhinyagara
(to wriggle and ~) kwīnyuguta

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uncertain ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
(to be, of what to do) kuzāzānirwa
(to be, of what a person is, to go carefully because one does not know the path well) guhwihwisha
(to go ~ of the way) guhushagirika

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uncivilized ▶ (person) umushēnzi

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underhanded ▶ (to persuade someone in ~ way) kubembeteranya

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unexpectedly ▶ (to come, to happen, finding one unprepared) kwūbīra

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unfortunate ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
(to be) guhumirwa

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ungrateful ▶ (person) intashīma

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unite ▶ (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
(unite in) gupoperaniriza

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unkind ▶ (to speak unkindly to each other) kurandagurana

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unripe ▶ –toto

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unstop ▶ kuzibūra
(become unstopped) kuzibūka

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unsuccessful ▶ (to be) gutāna
(try repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika

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untrustworthy ▶ (person) igihūmbu

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unwise ▶ (person) igihūmbu

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unwisely ▶ (to speak) kurofokwa

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usefulness ▶ akamaro
(person or object completely at end of ~) akāheze

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vine ▶ (creeping) igitēza
(grape) umuzabibu
(of certain sort) umurāndarānda
(red flowering) umukakampiri
(sweet potato) imibuto, umuvyūka
(pumpkin) umuvyūka

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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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walk ▶ kugēnda, kugēndagēnda
(backward) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
(esp. at night) kwīkānya
(help sick person ~) kwāndāza
(in footsteps of another) kugera ikirēnge
(in one's sleep) kurandamuka
(in water) kuvōgera
(noisily) gukacagira
(on tiptoe) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(stealthily) gukacakaca, kwōmboka
(to take a ~, go for a ~) kugēndagēnda, gutēmbēra
(~ about in house without permission) kudōbēra
(barefoot) kugēnda n'ibirēnge

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wasting disease ▶ (person with) umunywera

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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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weak ▶ (person) umugoyigoyi
(~ and faltering person) urudēndevu
(place, as scar, on skins or gourds) umuguma
(something that appears to be strong but is ~) igihōmbe
(to be ~) kudendebukirwa, kugabanuka, kugira intege, kugoyagoya, kumugara
(to be ~ and floppy) kuregarega

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wear ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
(belt, girdle) gukenyera
(many clothes) guhūnda
(out) gushira, gutamiza
(out completely) guhombōza
(out person) gutamya

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wearied ▶ (to be ~, by long speech or delay) kurambirwa

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weary ▶ (person) indushi
(to ~) gutamya, kurambira
(to be) kuruha

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well ▶ nēza
(to be) kuguma, gukomera
(to be, esp. of old people) kudūndēga
(to not be) kuyōka
(to get) gukira, kurokoka
(to get after serious illness) kurēmba
(to get when others around are dying) kurokoza

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what ▶ iki ?
(what happened?) habaye iki?

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whirring ▶ (sound of stick or string whipped through air) umuvuguvugu

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white ▶ cēra
(anything ~) igitare
(cow) igihororo
(something spotlessly) umwēru
(person) umwera, umuzūngu (lit. one who aimlessly travels around)
(potato) igihaya, ikiyāra, ikiraya, intofanyi
(to be) kwēra
(to make) kwēza

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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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widow ▶ umupfākazi
(disrespectful term) umukēcuru
(to be, of chief, etc.) gutūmbūra
(to become) gupfākara

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wife ▶ umugēnzi, umugore
(abandoned) intabwa
(favorite) inkūndwākazi
(wife of) muka
(wife of king, chief) umwāmikazi
(to bring back ~ after she's gone home) gucūra
(to lose ~ by death) gupfākara
(to send ~ back to husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(to take) kwābīra
(to take, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza

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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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wise ▶ (person) umunyabwēnge, akaranda
(to be) gukerebuka

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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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worm ▶ inzōka
(tapeworm) igikāngaga
(white, found in soil) igikogoshi

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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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worthless ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
(thing) imicekwa

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worthy ▶ (person ~ of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
(to be ~) kubērwa, gukwīra

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wrap ▶ kwīfubika, gupfuka
(new-born baby) kubīkīra
(to be wrapped up together) kwīcumba

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national ▶ (person) umwenegihugu

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guave ▶ ipera, ipera y'ikizungu

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English ▶ (person) umwongereza
(language) icongereza

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president ▶ perezida, umuperezida, umukuruwigihugu, umukuru w'igihugu

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cooperative ▶ ikoperative

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wage ▶ (salary) igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo

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petrol ▶ ibitoro, igitoro ca essence

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brake ▶ (reduce speed) kugabanya vitesse

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French ▶ (person) umufaransa
(language) igifaransa
(french fries) ifiriti

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American ▶ (person) umunyamerika

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Belgian ▶ (person) umubirigi, umubiligi

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African ▶ (person) umwirabura, umunyafirika

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Arab ▶ (person) Umwarabu

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Rwandan ▶ (person) Umunyarwanda
(language) Kinyarwanda, ikinyarwanda

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Indian ▶ (person) Umuhindi

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Congolese ▶ (person) umunyekongo, umukongomani

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pertain ▶ (to ~ to) gukukira

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cope ▶ (to ~ with) kurwānya

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penis ▶ inzanyi, imboro (Sw.), ubugabo

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German ▶ (person) umudagi
(language) ikidagi

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condition ▶ (state, shape) ukumererwa, ubumere
(good discursive ~) ijāmbo
(good physical ~) ijūnja

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shape ▶ (state, condition) ukumererwa

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handsome ▶ -īza
(person) umuhizi

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answer ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
(to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
(~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
(delay to) kurēngagiza
(to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
(quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
(to superior when called) kurēnguka
(when called) kwītaba

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dear ▶ (person) mukūndwa

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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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hope ▶ (to ~) kwīzigira, kwīzera
(for) kwītega

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person ▶ umuntu
(bad) umubi
(Black or African) umwirabura
(cross) ibāmba
(courageous) intwāri
(dedicated to Kiranga) igihwēba, igishegu
(dishonest) igihūmbu
(elderly) umusāza
(fearful) igihumura
(from far away) umunyankīko
(good, kind, just, holy, righteous) umwerānda
(grammar, ~ of verb) umuvugwa
(handsome) umuhizi
(hard to get along with) ikigoryi
(harsh) umuhāmbāzi
(honest, speaking truth) imvugakuri, umunyakuri
(honorable) umupfāsoni, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(intelligent, skilled, eloquent) umuhānga
(kind and charitable) umukūndanyi
(lovable) umunyagikūndiro
(malformed) ikirema
(mean and quarrelsome) ikijōra
(meek) umugwanēza
(merciful) umunyembabazi
(miserable) umugōrwa
(of high rank, noble character) umupfāsoni
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(one by himself) inyakamwe
(sharp) inkazi
(skillful) umuntu w'inkuba, umugesera
(strong) umunyenkomezi
(stubborn) intakonywa, intābwīrwa
(tall, fat) ikigwīnyīra
(weak) umugoyigoyi, urudēndevu
(white) umuzungu, umwera
(who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
(with many children) umurēngera
(worthy of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro

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ironic ▶ (to be ~) guhema
(to speak ironically) kurtyekeza

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kind ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda

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loan ▶ (to ~) gutīza, gukopesha

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Kenyan ▶ (person) umukenya

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Ugandan ▶ (person) umuganda

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gay ▶ (homosexual person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi

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burn ▶ (vi) gusha
(and break off, tree, etc.) gutemuka
(easily, quickly, vi) gutemuka
(food, vi) kuzigira
(food slightly, vi) kuyēnga
(incense, nice smelling bark) kwōsa
(in the mouth) gukera
(let burn) kuzigiza
(quickly, vt) kubabura
(up, vt) guturira, kuyigiza
(to peel after a burn) kwūburuka
(to put something cool on a burn) gupfuvya

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black ▶ (person) umwirabura

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board ▶ (of people) abantu bari kuri komite

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permit ▶ iperemi
(driver's licence) iperemi yo gutwara umuduga

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mute ▶ (person) ikiragi

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peg out ▶ (to) kwījajara

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sheet ▶ (paper) urupapuro, urukaratāsi

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shell ▶ (to ~, corn) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
(to ~, peas, beans, peanuts, etc.) gutonora, gushishagura
(in wooden mortar) gusekura

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incoherently ▶ (to speak ~) kuvōvōta

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succeed ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra

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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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pessimism ▶ ukwāma wihebuye

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Chinese ▶ (person) umushinwa, (language) igishinwa

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spring ▶ (about June, early summer) impēshi

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eloquent ▶ (~ person) umuhānga

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honest ▶ (to be) kuvugīsha ukuri
(~ person) imvugakuri

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pressure ▶ (air ~) ipepu

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envelope ▶ ibahasha

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	do you know kwanka ?
	none urarizi oppose ?