pin   ▶ umusumāri (Sw.), agapengeri
(clothespin) umunēngo
 (safety) igikwāsho, igikwāshu
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safety pin  ▶ igikwāshu
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igikwāshu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ safety pin
umusumāri (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (Sw.) nail, pin
akānīra     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) pertussis, whooping cough, whoop
amarira    5   ▶ (no sing.) weeping
barutungaboro     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. elders and rulers (esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor), 2. (in sing.) one who helps the poor
gufukura (-fukuye)     v   ▶ to have sloping sides (like soup dish)
gufurama (-furamye)     v   ▶ 1. to go naked, 2. to be overcome with sleep and fall over – sleeping right there
guhasha (--hije)     v   ▶ 1. to receive something as a gift or loan but return reluctantly and late, 2. to chase out quickly, 3. to refuse to go on helping someone
guheha (-heshe)     v   ▶ 1. to blow along, 2. to wipe up (esp. mother wiping baby)
gukēsha (-kēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to spend all night without sleeping, 2. to clean up a place
gukomba (-komvye)     v   ▶ to curve finger (as in scraping food from dish)
gususumira (-susumiye)     v   ▶ to tremble (as hands in grasping or result of sickness)
gutēmba (-tēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall, flow, run (as water), 2. to be sloping
gutumbūra (-tumbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to explain thoroughly, speak distinctly, 2. to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping, 2. to stoop
ibirare    4   ▶ 1. effect of sleeping badly, 2. 'morning after' headache
icūmba co kuryamamo   phr   ▶ sleeping room
igisokoro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gonorrhea, 2. information gained by eavesdropping, 3. eavesdropper
igitēza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ creeping vine (almost impossible to kill)
ikinēzēro (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ joy, happiness
ikirago (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat (kind used for sleeping)
inanasi (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pineapple
inkomānzi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. upset plans, rapping, tapping, 2. reason, cause
inkorora y'akānīra   phr   ▶ pertussis, whooping cough, whoop
intozi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pincher ant
itiro     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ (no pl.) sleep, sleepiness
kugaragurika (-garaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to writhe, 2. toss about on ground, 3. change opinion often
kugora (-goye)     v   ▶ to do woman's work (housekeeping)
kujōba (-jōvye)     v   ▶ to be soaked, dripping wet
kujobanya (-jobanije)     v   ▶ to rain long time without stopping
kuvūmbura (-vūmbuye)   v   ▶ 1. to have natural intelligence (yavumbuye ubwenge), 2. to pick up droppings of animals and put them in garden
ubureve     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ lisping, speech defect (esp. for s, sh, c)
uburuhūkiro     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. resting place, 2. refuge, 3. stopping place
uburyamo   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ sleeping (from kuryāma)
ukuvuga nabi abandi   phr    9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ gossiping, backbiting
umukokezi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer, keeping the basic rhythm
umunanasi   2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ pineapple spirit
umunēngo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pincer used by snuff smokers, clothespin
umunēzēro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ joy, happiness
umuraha   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pineapple spirit
umusābisābi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps dropping things here and there
urutozi   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ pincher ant
answer   ▶ inyīshu, igisubizo
(as on examination) impīngūro
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ant   ▶ (flying, edible) iswa
 (pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (soldier) uburima
 (sugar) ikinywabūki
 (tiny) ubunyegeri, urunyegeri
 (white) umuswa
 (white ~ hill) umugina
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bumblebee   ▶ impingwe
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change   ▶ (vi) guhinduka
 (vt) guhindura
 (esp. colour) kubēngūka, kubēnjūka
 (mind) guhindura
(money) kuvūnja
 (often) guhindagura
 (opinion often) kugaragurika
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clothespin   ▶ umunēngo
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curve   ▶ (as in river) ikigonzi
 (to ~) kugoreka, guheta, kugonda
 (to ~ finger, as in scraping dish) gukomba
 (to make ~) kurasa
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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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drop   ▶ (of liquid) ima, itōnyānga, igitōnyānga
 (to ~) gusekura
 (to ~ fruit, tree) guhunguruka
 (in water or food, vi) kudibuka
 (to let fall ~ by ~) gutōnyāngiriza
 (to let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
 (~ out of something because you know you're in the wrong) kwōnjorora
 (one who keeps dropping things here and there) umusābisābi
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elder   ▶ umujēnāma, umukuru, umushīngantahe, umujanāma
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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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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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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information   ▶ inkenuzo
 (gained by eavesdropping) igisokoro
 (to give) kurangīra
 (to seek) kugenzūra
 (to seek about someone) kubariritsa
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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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mat   ▶ (grass mat to sit on) umusēzero
 (made of slipt papyrus) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
 (sleeping) ikirago
 (small) umukeka
 (very nice, used by king or chief) indāva
 (worn-out) umusāmbi
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mountain   ▶ umusozi
 (large ~) igisozi
(foot of) umucāmo
 (peak) impīnga
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nod   ▶ (in sleeping) gutūringiga
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peak   ▶ (of mountain) impīnga
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pincer   ▶ (of wood used by snuff smokers) umunēngo
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pineapple   ▶ inanasi
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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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rain   ▶ imvura
 (light, fine) urunyanyāga
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early rains) agatāsi
 (very heavy) isegenya
 (very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
 (wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (to ~) kugwa
 (with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
 (to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
 (early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
 (heavily) guhonoka
 (a long time without stopping) kujobanya
 (on) kuvubira
 (softly) kunyanyāga
 (to threaten to) gukuba
 (to fall continuously) gushāna
 (to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
 (to go for shelter in) kwūgama
 (to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka
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refuse   ▶ kwānka, kugāmbāna, guhakana, kunana
 (absolutely) guta agati, kuziririza
 (esp. girl to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (strongly) gukankamira
 (to acknowledge one's wrong) kudadarara
 (to eat) kuzira
 (to eat or drink with) kunēna
 (to eat what you've always eaten) guhura
 (to give) kwīma
 (to give to another) kwīmana
 (to give another his own) kugūnga
 (to go on helping someone) guhasha
 (to listen, almost as crazy) gutaragurika
 (to listen to authority) kugarariza
 (to obey) kugaranya
 (to repay loan) guheranira
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repeat   ▶ gusubīra, kwongera, kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (many times) kwiyongeranya
 (to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping) gutumbūra
 (to ask another to ~ in order to check his veracity) gucaca
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rulers   ▶ (and elders, esp. in function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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sleep   ▶ itiro
 (to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
 (to fall asleep) gusinzīra
 (to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
 (to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
 (sitting up) gutūringiga
 (to talk in one's) kurāzirana
 (to walk in one's) kurandamuka
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spend   ▶ (all day) kwīrirwa
 (all night without sleeping) gukēsha
 (the night) kurāra
 (the night alone) kwīrāza
(time) kumara
 (time together) kumarana
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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tire   ▶ ikigōmbo
 (wheel tire) ipine
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top   ▶ (of roof) agatwe
 (of mountain or hill) impīnga, igikombe
 (to arrive at) kurēngēra
 (to cut ~ of grass or tree) gukēmūra
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tremble   ▶ guhīnda agashitsi, kujugumira
(as hands in grasping) gususumira
 (earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (in fear) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kudugudwa
 (of hands, from cold or fever) gutetemera
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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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wet   ▶ –bisi
 (vt) kunyāgira
 (to be dripping) kujōba
 (to get ~ in rain) kunyāgirwa
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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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pajamas   ▶ ipinjama
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drummer   ▶ (~ following the movement of the dancer) umuvuzamurishyo
 (~ keeping the basic rhythm) umukokezi
 (traditional ~, "one who hits hard") umutimbo
 (members of drummer lineages) abazimbura, abanyuka, abanyakisaka
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