Kirundi Study & Dictionary

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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hard person ▶ umuhāmbāzi

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just person ▶ umwēranda

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needy person ▶ umukene

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noble person ▶ umupfāsoni

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honored person ▶ umuninahazwa, umutūngwa, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(in adressing him), umupfāsoni

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lovable person ▶ umunyagikūndiro

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merciful person ▶ umunyembabazi

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faltering person ▶ urudēndevu

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miserable person ▶ umugōrwa

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righteous person ▶ umugorotsi
(to be) kugororoka

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courageous person ▶ umuhizi, intwāri

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handicapped person ▶ ikimuga

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presence ▶ (of great person) inyōnga, inyundo

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

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

certain ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka

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eloquent ▶ (~ person) umuhānga

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

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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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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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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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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wear ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
(belt, girdle) gukenyera
(many clothes) guhūnda
(out) gushira, gutamiza
(out completely) guhombōza
(out person) gutamya

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grasp ▶ (to take hold of person) gushorerakw amaboko
(in preparation to strike) kubangura

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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akamere (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

despised ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
(to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

gushorerakw amaboko phr ▶ to take hold of person

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

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congenital ▶ ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
(malformed person) ikirema

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

akameremere (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)

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

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

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

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

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

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

bite ▶ gushikura
(as animal, or pain) kurandagura
(of animal, insect) kuryāna
(insect) gusurira
(of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
(serpent) gukomora

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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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deaf ▶ (~ person) igipfāmatwi
(~ and dumb person) ikiragi

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foot ▶ ikirēnge
(of animal) ijānja
(of animal or person) umugere
(of bed) imirāmbizo
(of mountain) umucāmo

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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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kind ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda

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lock ▶ (to ~, to close) gukīnga
(to ~ person up) kudādira

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

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

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

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

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

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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crazy ▶ (person) umusazi
(to be) gusara
(to talk or act like a ~ person) gusaragurika

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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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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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sharp ▶ (instrument, person) inkazi
(to be, instrument) gutyara, gukariha
(taste) gukara

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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select ▶ kurobānura
(a person to sell a thing or to bring tax) gutōza

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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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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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healthy ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(plant, person) itōto
(to be) kunōnōka, gukira
(to be very, strong) gutetera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

igikānge (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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worthless ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
(thing) imicekwa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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dumb ▶ (deaf and dumb person) ikiragi

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faithful ▶ (to be) kuyoboka
(~ person) umwīzigirwa

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gay ▶ (homosexual person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

nta muntu phr ▶ no person, nobody

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

blind ▶ (to be) guhuma
(person) impumyi

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

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

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criminal ▶ (person) umugarariji
(~ bonds) imvuto

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cripple ▶ ikimuga
(person born crippled) ikirema

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deceitful ▶ (person) umunyagahwāyi

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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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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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docile ▶ (person or animal) ikirende

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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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dying ▶ (person) umuhwēre

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elderly ▶ (person) umusāza

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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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favorite ▶ (person) umutoni
(~ child) umuhērerezi
(~ servant or friend) umwīshikira
(to be) gutona

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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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foolish ▶ (to be) kujūjūta, gusara
(person) injurajuzi, igipfu

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fortunate ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
(to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa

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great ▶ (important) –kuru
(to be very) guhāmbāra
(person who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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harsh ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
(to be) guhāmbāra

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headstrong ▶ (person) ikigāba, intābwīrwa

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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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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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ignorant ▶ (person) umutūngu, inyoberwa
(to be) kudebagura

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important ▶ ngombwa, –kuru
(person) umukuru

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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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lazy ▶ (person) umunebwe
(very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
(to be) kudeha, kunebwa

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malice ▶ (person with no) ikirende

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meek ▶ (person) umugwanēza
(to be) gutēkereza

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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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nature ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
(spirit) imbāndwa

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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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impertinent ▶ (person) umweruzi

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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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prostitute ▶ (person) maraya (Sw.)

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quarrelsome ▶ (person) ikijōra

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rank ▶ igiti
(person of high ~) umupfāsoni

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respected ▶ (person) umwūbahwa
(that which is ~) igitīnyiro

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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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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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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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severe ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
(one who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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skilled ▶ inkerebutsi
(person) umuhānga, umuhīnga, umuhizi, umugesera, umufūndi (Sw.), umuntu w'inkuba

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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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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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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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truthful ▶ (person) umunyakuri, imvugakuri

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uncivilized ▶ (person) umushēnzi

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unfortunate ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
(to be) guhumirwa

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ungrateful ▶ (person) intashīma

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untrustworthy ▶ (person) igihūmbu

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unwise ▶ (person) igihūmbu

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usefulness ▶ akamaro
(person or object completely at end of ~) akāheze

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wasting disease ▶ (person with) umunywera

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weary ▶ (person) indushi
(to ~) gutamya, kurambira
(to be) kuruha

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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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