Kirundi Study & Dictionary

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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place ▶ (to) gushira
(to ~ here and there) gukwīragiza
(in order) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
(facing each other) kurorānya
(objects together in irregular fashion, end for end) gucurikiranya
(obliquely) guhirika, gukīkama
(be placed obliquely) gukīka
(on) gushikiriza
(one thing above another) kugereka, kugerekeranya
(oneself) guherēra
(somewhere) gushiraho
(two things side by side, parallel) kubāngikanya
(to be placed wrong end to) gucurama
(to give place to each other) kubisīkanya
(to hold in) kugumya
(to leave a) gushingūka
(to make) kubisa
(to make for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
(to put a thing in its certain ~) gutereka
(to remain in ~ of another) gusigarira
(to stand in a certain ~ thus making ~ for another) kubisiriza
(to take the ~ of another) kwākīra
(to take the ~ of another watching) kubangūra
(to go from ~ to ~) kuyugayuga

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royal place ▶ umurwa

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resting place ▶ uburuhūkiro

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dwelling place ▶ uburagamo, ikiragamo

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smelting place ▶ urugānda

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stopping place ▶ uburuhūkiro

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butchering place ▶ ibāgiro

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uninhabited place ▶ agahīnga, ubutēri, ubutēritēri

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slaughtering place ▶ ibāgiro

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take place, happen ▶ (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
(unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra

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in place of, rather than ▶ hāko

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pocket ▶ umupfuko
(to take from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora

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pasture ▶ (belonging to great chief) icānya
(fresh, new shoots of grass) umugutu
(to ~, vi) kwāhuka
(to ~, vt) kuragira, kurīsha
(animals in good place) kwāhura
(in greener pastures, vt) kugisha
(to lead cows to) guturutsa

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pasture ▶ (to ~, vi) kwāhuka
(to ~, vt) kuragira, kurīsha
(animals in good place) kwāhura
(in greener pastures, vt) kugisha
(to lead cows to) guturutsa

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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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live ▶ kuba
(live at, to dwell) gutura
(breathe, to still live) guhēma
(to be alive) kubaho
(to cause to) kubēshaho
(long time) kurāmba
(near a public place) guhorahabona
(together) kwāmana, kubāna, kumana
(long live the king!) ganza, sabwa!

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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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rule ▶ (to) kugera, kugaba, kugānza, guhahaza
(kindly) kwengēnga
(try to in another's place) kurēngera

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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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clean ▶ -īza
(to be) guca
(to become) guhumānuka
(to make) gusukura, guhumānura
(out ear wax) gukurugutura
(out path) gusibūra
(sweep) gukubūra
(up) kwēnzūra
(up a field) gukāngaza
(up a place) gukēsha
(up one's plate completely) gukōmba inkono

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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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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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water ▶ amazi
(rapidly flowing) umupfūnda
(anything that falls in) ikirohe
(dirt in) ikirohe
(large deep place of) icōgo
(thing for drawing) ikivōmesho
(to ~ plants) gusukira, kuvōmera
(to draw, go for) kuvōma
(to be covered with) kurengerwa
(to be in) kubōmbeka
(to filter ~) kuyōra amazi
(to flow softly, quietly) kuyōmbekēra
(to go in, swim) kwōga
(to have dirt in) gutobeka
(to pour on another's hands) kwūhīra
(to put into) kurobeza
(to remove foreign article) gutosōra

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

gupfīra (-pfīriye) v ▶ to die for, at, in the place of

gutaba (-tavye) v ▶ 1. to dig up the earth, 2. to prepare a place for building, 3. to level

cooker ▶ amashiga y'ikizungu
(traditional cooking place) iziko

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wander ▶ (about) kugaramāngira, kuyerēra, kwīyenzereza, kuyēnzēra
(from place to place) kwāngāra, guhugūmba, kuzerēra

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gutānya (-tānije) v ▶ 1. to separate, to detach, 2. to divide, 3. to isolate, 4. send workers some to one place and some to another, to cut or split

kwāngāra (-āngāye) v ▶ to wander about from place to place

prepare ▶ (to ~) gutegūra, guteganya, kuroraniriza
(food quickly for one) kuzina
(ground for sorghum) guhānda
(oneself to strike) kubangura
(a place for building) gutaba
(place for newborn baby) kubīkīra
(things for a trip) gutēkera
(to fight) gukenyera
(to go) kwīkora
(one who prepares for another) integūza

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gucungūra (-cungūye) v ▶ to leave an intention or place

gukīkama (-kīkamye) v ▶ 1. to slant (vi and vt), 2. to place obliquely

kubangūra (-bangūye) v ▶ 1. to diminish, 2. to relax, 3. to take another's place in watching

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

kuvyarira (-vyariye) v ▶ to give birth at (time, place)

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

kwākīra (-ākīriye) v ▶ 1. to receive, take from another, 2. to take another's place or burden, 3. to accept

watching ▶ (to take another's place in) kubangūra

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watering ▶ ukuvōmera
(can) ishwāro, ikivōmerezo
(place) urugomero, urugomero rw'inka, rw'ibitungwa
(to make a ~ place) kugomera

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gukirānura (-kirānuye) v ▶ to straighten up (vt), to place in order, rearrange

gusigarira (-sigariye) v ▶ 1. to remain in the place of, 2. to replace

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

kubūranira (-būraniye) v ▶ to plead the case of, at, in place of, to intercede for

kujarajara (-jarajaye) v ▶ 1. to search in vain, 2. to go from place to place

kujuragiza (-juragije) v ▶ 1. to cause to work at several tasks at once, 2. to knock from place to place, 3. to jiggle

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

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

kuzigamira (-zigamiye) v ▶ to protect at, for, in the place of

obliquely ▶ (to place) guhirika

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agatēmbwe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) cliff, steep place

iborēro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place of rotted things

isēsero (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place where water has flooded

imbōmbāne (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tight place, very narrow place

impehemyi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place around trees where nothing else grows

impongano (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bribe, 2. one who takes place of guilty man

urukiramēnde 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ any four-sided figure (originally, a place fixed for pole-vaulting)

guhanganya (-hanganije) v ▶ to place facing each other

gukwīragiza (-kwīragije) v ▶ 1. to scatter, place here and there, 2. announce everywhere

kunyuragiza (-nyuragije) v ▶ to go from place to place

kuringaniza (-ringanije) v ▶ to make equal, place in order

kubisīkanya (-bisīkanije) v ▶ 1. to cross, 2. make place for one another to pass

put ▶ gushira
(away) kubīka, gushingūra
(away the harvest) kwīmbura
(away beans for a year) guhitiza
(away for a year, to be ~) guhitira
(away, for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(away, to take to) kwāndūra
(back) gusubīza
(bees in new hive) kwātira
(down) guhwāmika
(down roughly) gusekura
(forth new leaves) kurēmba
(hand to face in gesture of surprise) kujorerwa
(handle on) gukwikira
(higher) gukiriza
(in certain place) kugabānyānya
(in order) kurorānya
(into water) kurobeza
(near fire to dry) gutara
(on clothes) kwāmbara, kwīyambika
(on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
(off doing what one should) kwīrengagiza
(oneself above where he belongs) kwītāra
(out fire, light) kuzimya
(out great branches) gusagarara
(out in sun) kwānikira
(outside) gusohora
(right) gutūngānya
(skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk) kwōrokēra
(something cool on burn) gupfuvya
(somewhere) gushiraho
(things together) kurementanya, gusorōranya
(to bed) kuryāmika
(together) kwegeraniriza, guhūza, gutororokanya, kwegeranya
(to one side) guherereza
(to sleep) gusinziriza
(to work) kwāhura
(up, e.g. arms) gutarika
(up bee hive) kwegeka
(wood on fire) gukomānya
(yeast in beer) kubetera

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uruharabuga (imparabuga) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ barren place, bare place on a hill

guhorahabona (-horahabonye) v ▶ to live near a public place (where many pass by)

kubāngikanya (-bāngikanije) v ▶ 1. to start a job before finishing the previous one, 2. do two things at once, 3. to place two things parallel, or side by side

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

gucambagirana (-cambagiranye) v ▶ 1. to stir around, 2. to struggle, 3. to not stay in place

gucurikiranya (-curikiranije) v ▶ to place objects together in irregular fashion – end for end

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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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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move ▶ (vi) kwīmuka
(vt) kwīmura
(about) gutēmbēra (Sw.)
(things to another place) gutūnda, gutereka
(to another chieftanship) gucikira
(to a new location) kujōnjōra
(to cause to move) gusegenyesha

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sore ▶ igikomere
(little) akarōnda
(to be) gutonekara
(in one's muscles) kunywāguka
(to hit a ~ place) gutoneka
(to have running sores) kujējēta

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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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hāko conj ▶ 1. rather than, 2. in place of

ubutēri 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ uninhabited place

gusīza (-sīje) v ▶ to prepare a place

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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knock ▶ gukomānga
(down each other) kugundana
(down in fight) gutūra hāsi
(down, strike against to ~ down, dead tree) gusita
(from place to place) kujuragiza
(over) gutembagaza

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order ▶ (to) gutumiza, gusaba
(to place in) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya

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stand ▶ guhagarara
(erect) kwēma, kwemarara
(erect for a long time) gushibama
(in a certain place) kubisiriza
(in another's light) gukīnga
(in line) gutōnda
(on tiptoe) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
(on tiptoe to get something) gusumburukwa
(up) guhaguruka, kuva hasi
(to have one ~ up) guhagarika, guhagurutsa

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

ishāyo n ▶ (no pl.) muddy place (deep mud)

icīto (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ place of another

icōgo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ large deep place of water, stream

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

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

kwīmika (-īmitse) v ▶ to make king, place on throne, to enthrone

burned ▶ (food forgotten) gutetera
(~ over place) umuyōnga

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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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refuge ▶ ubuhūngiro, ubwīrukiro, ubukiriro, uburuhūkiro
(little place of) agahēngekezo

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remain ▶ kuguma
(in one place permanently) guhama
(in place of another) gusigarira
(still, quiet) kwīyorosha

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reside ▶ gutura
(in on place permanently) guhama

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rotted ▶ (things, place of) iborēro

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strike ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
(against in order to knock down) gusita
(down and almost kill) kurabika
(one against the other, knees) gukomānya
(oneself) kwīkubita
(oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
(sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
(thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
(prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
(to raise one's arm to) kubangurira

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throne ▶ intebe
(to come to) kwīma, kungoma
(to place on) kwīmika

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ahāntu 10 class 10
singular: aha- ▶ (no pl.) place

amahodoka 5 ▶ about 1:00 (when cows leave drinking place)

icānya (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ place surrounding great chief's kraal, good pastures

imbuga (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place for spreading out grain

uburagamo 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) dwelling place

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

guherēra (-herēreye) v ▶ to place oneself, to be located

guhirika (-hiritse) v ▶ 1. to slant, 2. place obliquely

guhubura (-hubuye) v ▶ to dig and break through to hollow place

gusēzera (-sēzeye) v ▶ 1. to bid goodbye, to dismiss, 2. to fix up nice place to sit (old use)

gutereka (-teretse) v ▶ 1. to put a thing in its certain place, to put on the ground, 2. to deposit, 3. to offer gift, 4. to move something to another place

gutoneka (-tonetse) v ▶ to hit a sore place

gutīriza (-tīrije) v ▶ to lend for, in the place of

kubīkīra (-bīkīye) v ▶ 1. to book (a room, hotel) 2. to fix place for new baby, 3. to wrap up baby

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

deliver ▶ (sense of save) gukiza
(child) kuvyāra
(to be about to, cow only) kwerēra, kudigiriza
(help to) kuvyāza
(to take something out to an appointed place) gusokorora

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meeting ▶ igikorane, igikoraniro, itēraniro, ināma
(~ place) ihūriro

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amasumo 5 ▶ place where food is plentiful

irīro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. dining room, 2. eating place

icīcaro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ chair, any place to sit

igihamo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wide path or cleared place

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

igitabo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. book, 2. altar, place to offer to the gods

ikigega (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ storage place for grain

urugānda (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ factory, workshop, smelting place

guhugūmba (-hugūmvye) v ▶ 1. to wander from place to place, to not stay at home, 2. to be fearful, uncertain, 3. to be double-minded

gushiraho (-shizeho) v ▶ 1. to put somewhere, to place somewhere, 2. to establish

gusēmbēra (-sēmbēreye) v ▶ to sojourn (esp. in search for place to build)

kurēngera (-rēngeye) v ▶ to take authority on oneself, to try to rule or act in another's place

building ▶ inyūbako, inyūbakwa
(public) inyūbakwa za leta
(to find new ~ site) kugerēra
(to prepare a place for ~) gutaba
(~ site) urugerēro, ikibānza, ishantiye

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ikinyōta (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ damp place (not really swamp)

ubutēritēri 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ uninhabited place

umuyōnga (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ burned-over place

urugomero (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ watering place

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)

kubisiriza (-bisirije) v ▶ to stand in a certain place to allow another to pass

kugerekera (-gerekeye) v ▶ to place on top at, for

kurihirira (-rihiriye) v ▶ to pay in the place of

iyakīriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place to receive money, or other things

igitereko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. place prepared to put anything, 2. lamp stand

umusēzero (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ place to sit, grass mat to sit on

gushikiriza (-shikirije) v ▶ to place on, give to, return to

kubonekēsha (-bonekēsheje) v ▶ to place in sight

substitute ▶ (one who takes place of guilty man) impongano
(for another) kwākīra

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ikidēngēri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pool, place where water has overflowed its banks, floods

time of day ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba

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

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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dig ▶ kwīmba, kurima
(and break through to hollow place) guhubura
(as chicken does) gukoba
(out grass rapidly) gusūriranya
(under crop, grass) kuzika
(up) gusibanganya
(up the earth) gutaba
(up sweet potatoes with fingers, or, to make hole for setting out tree) gukoba
(to be impossible to dig even though water is on top) gutūta

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fix ▶ (up nice place to sit) gusēzera

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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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hiding ▶ (in ~) impisho
(hiding place) ubwīhisho
(to bring from) kunyegurura, gufurūra, guhishūra

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hit ▶ (to) gukubita
(repeatedly but gently with fist, mother with child) gutumagura
(a sore place) gutoneka

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muddy ▶ (deep ~ place) ishāyo
(to be) gushāya

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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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sojourn ▶ (esp. in serach of place to build) gusēmbēra

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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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work ▶ (to ~) gukora
(at several tasks at once) kujuragira
(carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
(complainingly) kugimīra
(for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
(for oneself) kwīkorera
(hard) gucumukura, gutama
(hard at) kuramiriza
(lazily) kuregarega
(rapidly) gufuruguta
(together) gukorana
(unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
(with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
(with wood) kubāza
(with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
(to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
(to do housework) kugora
(to feign) gushaza
(to put to) kwāhura
(to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
(to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
(to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira

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igishīngo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ place of another

ikigo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ enclosed backyard (private place)

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

ubukiru 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) place where steps are cut in hillside, rough place, bumps, hillocks

uburuhūkiro 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. resting place, 2. refuge, 3. stopping place

ubushiriro 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) place of destruction

ubusumo 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ place where food is plentiful

ubwīhisho 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) hiding place

umutundiro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ stones, nails, etc., which witch doctor pretends to take from swollen place on body

akaguriro (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small marketplace

amāmo 5 ▶ (no pl.) birthplace

gucurama (-curamye) v ▶ 1. to bow down, 2. to lie on one's side, 3. to be placed wrong end to

gukīka (-kītse) v ▶ 1. to slant (vi), 2. to be placed obliquely

gukomwa (-komwe) v ▶ 1. to be struck, 2. be displaced

gushingūka (-shingūtse) v ▶ to leave a place, to come out (stake)

gushira (-shize) v ▶ 1. to put, to place, 2. to wear out, to finish (vi)

gusokoroka (-sokorotse) v ▶ to go out to a certain place, to come out of

gusokorora (-sokoroye) v ▶ to take something out to an appointed place, to take out of, reveal

gutara (-taze) v ▶ 1. to be late (of rains), to not fall, 2. to put near fire to dry, scorch or roast, 3. to put beer in a warm place, 4. to argue and swear that you're right, 5. to take one's case to chief knowing you're right

gutarataza (-tarataje) v ▶ to try over and over in several places and ways

gutūnda (-tūnze) v ▶ 1. to get mildewed, musty, 2. to move things to another place, to unload

ibāgiro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slaughtering place, slaughterhouse

ifuro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. froth, foam, 2. stove, oven, 3. fireplace
kubīmba ifuro to froth at the mouth

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

ihūriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. meeting place, 2. appointment

ikibānza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. place, 2. room (space), 3. building site

ikinjanja (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ piece of metal placed on stones over fire to set pot on

ikiragamo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dwelling place, housing

ingovyi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. placenta, 2. skin for carrying baby

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

ishiga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (usually used in pl., amashiga) three stones of traditional fireplace

isoko (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ market, general marketplace

iwācu 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ at our place, our home

izīko (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. traditional fireplace, consisting of three stones (see amashiga), 2. stove, cooker

kubisa (-bishije) v ▶ to make place, allow to pass

kuburanirwa (-buraniwe) v ▶ to be hungry after hunting for food in various places

kugabāngānya (-gabāngānije) v ▶ 1. to put in different places, 2. divide up (loads) among several

kugerekerana (-gerekeranye) v ▶ to be placed on top

kugerekwa (-geretswe) v ▶ to be placed on top

kugoborora (-goboroye) v ▶ 1. to take from pocket or other concealed place, 2. to reveal

kugobōtora (-gobōtoye) v ▶ 1. to take one out of difficulties or hard places, 2. to take out from, 3. to free, to clear

kugomera (-gomeye) v ▶ 1. to revolt against, 2. to dam stream to form watering place, to dyke up

kugumya (-gumije) v ▶ 1. to maintain, 2. to keep, 3. make firm, hold in place, 4. cause to stay

kujuragira (-juragiye) v ▶ to be undecided, to not stay in one place, to work at several tasks at once

kwāhura (-āhuye) v ▶ 1. to pasture animals in good place, 2. to put to work

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)

umuguma (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ weak place, as scar, on skins or gourds

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

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bare ▶ (place on hill) uruharabuga

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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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birthplace ▶ amāmo

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cleared ▶ (place) igihamo

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damp ▶ (place ~, but not swamp) ikinyōta
(to be) gukanya, gutīmba

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decayed ▶ (place of ~ things) iborēro

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destruction ▶ amahonero, ubwōnōnyi
(place of) ubushiriro

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eating ▶ (place) irīro

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fireplace ▶ izīko (three stones placed for ~ , see amashiga), ifuro

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flood ▶ ikidēngēri, umwūzure
(place where water has flooded) isēsero
(to be flooded in house) kuvīrwa

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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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hard ▶ (to be) kuguma, guhāmbāra, gukara, gukomera, kudadarara, gukomāntara
(to be, earth) gutūta
(to be difficult) kugōra, gukomera
(to have a ~ life) kunamba
(to make ~ for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(to make ~, hearted) gukomāntaza
(to take out of ~ places) kugobōtora

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house ▶ inzu
(in ruins) umusaka
(little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
(of king) ingoro
(temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
(small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
(place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
(to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
(to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
(to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
(to put roof on) gusakāra
(to repair a) gusanura

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hungry ▶ (to be) gusōnza
(to be ~ for) kwōndera
(after hunting for food in various places) kuburanirwa

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marketplace ▶ isoko
(small) akaguriro
(~ for one specific product) iguriro

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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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offer ▶ (to) gutānga, kubangira, gushikana
(gift) guterēka, gutūra
(presents) guhōnga
(sacrifice) gushikana
(to spirits) guterekēra
(but take back) guhema
(place to offer to the spirits) igitabo

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overflow ▶ ibibōgabōga, umusēsekara
(place where river has overflowed the banks) ikidēngeri
(to ~) kubōgabōga, gusēsekara

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placenta ▶ ingovyi

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plenty ▶ (to eat) guhāga
(to eat, rude) guhīmba
(to have plenty) guhīmba
(place where food is plentiful) ubusumo, amasumo

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receive ▶ (to) kwābīra, kwākīra, kurōnka
(back security) kugwatūra
(from someone's hands) kwēnda
(in one's hands) kwābīra
(loan and then not pay back) guherana
(more) kurushiriza
(physically) gutēga
(presents) gushikirwa
(something as a gift or loan and repay reluctantly and late) guhasha
(place to receive money or other things) iyakīriro

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replace ▶ gusigarira

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rough ▶ (place) ubukiru

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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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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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steep ▶ (place) agatēmbwe

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step ▶ intambuko
(measure by steps) itāmbwe
(place where steps are cut in hillside) ubukiru
(to ~) gutambuka
(aside to make light) gukīngūra, gukīnguruka
(on) guhonyora
(take little steps) kunyonyera

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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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storage ▶ (place for grain) ikigega

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tight ▶ (place) imbōmbāne

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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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witch doctor ▶ umupfumu
(certain kind) umumago
(to have him bewitch someone) kuraguza
(to have him divine) kuraguza
(to seek out evil doers) kuragura
(to take out objects from the body) guhura
(bits of things used for divining) agatēte
(stones, etc. which he claims to take from swollen places on body) umutundiro

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worker ▶ umukozi
(in metals) umucūzi
(paid) umucāngero
(to hire, line up) kurārika
(to send some to one place, some to another) gutānya

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wrong ▶ (to be ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to be ~ end to) gucurika
(to be placed ~ end to) gucurama
(to drop out of something because you know you're in the ~) kwōnjorora
(to try to hinder from doing ~) guhōyahōya

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place found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

lesson 11 ▶ Class 3 in–, in– (continued)

lesson 12 ▶ Verb –ri

lesson 18 ▶ Class 5 i–, ama–

lesson 20 ▶ Review 11 - 19

lesson 23 ▶ Class 6 uru–, in–

lesson 29 ▶ Future Tense

lesson 33 ▶ Class 10 aha-

lesson 43 ▶ –ndi (Other)

lesson 47 ▶ Word Order

lesson 69 ▶ Possessive Particle –a Changed to –o