rather   ▶ (very) cane
(but ~) bambe
(would ~, to prefer) gupfuma
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rather than  ▶ hāko
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kugurāna (-gurānye)     v   ▶ 1. to exchange, 2. to lend, 3. borrow (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very article), 4. to swap
kurūngika (-rūngitse)     v   ▶ 1. to send (esp. person rather than message), 2. to address
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)
bambe    ▶ 1. excuse me (e.g. I said a wrong word, misspoke myself), 2. but rather (when correcting oneself)
borrow   ▶ (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very thing) kugurāna
 (a thing to be returned) gutīra
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ikirarashamba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one that likes to go by himself rather than with others
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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hāko   conj   ▶ 1. rather than, 2. in place of
kumena (-mennye)     v   ▶ to break (vt) (esp. object with rather flat surface)
gupfuma (-pfumye)     v   ▶ to prefer (as the lesser of two evils), would rather
seclude   ▶ (one who likes to go by himself rather than with others) ikirarashamba
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guca i musozi   phr   ▶ to go by land rather than cross stream or lake
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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ahubwo   adv   ▶ instead, rather, alternatively, nay
cane     adv   ▶ 1. much, 2. very, rather, 3. exceedingly, 4. really, 5. too, 6. a lot
 rather found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
  ▶ Introduction
lesson 62  ▶ Months, Days of the Week, Telling Time
lesson 68  ▶ Negative Imperative and Subjunctive
lesson 91  ▶ Dependent Clauses
lesson 94  ▶ Relative Clauses
lesson 98  ▶ Prepositional Form of Verb
lesson 107  ▶ Associative Verbs
 rather found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 27  ▶ Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
chapter 45  ▶ Idiomatic uses of –bona
chapter 54  ▶ Comparisons
chapter 79  ▶ Various Expressions