Kirundi Study & Dictionary

sa nkoko excl ▶ hop!

sa : imperative of...

gusa (-sa) v ▶ to resemble, to be like, to be similar

sa ▶

her ▶ we, –iwe

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-sa adj ▶ alone, merely, only

hop ▶ sa nkoko
(to ~ about) gusimbagurika

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kwōsa (-ōsheje) v ▶ to put on, or to burn nice-smelling stuff

gusa adv ▶ only, merely

sawa adj ▶ okay, OK, right, correct (Sw.)

n'agasāga phr ▶ goodbye

agasāma 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. chicken pox, 2. measles

amamesa 5 ▶ (Sw.) palm oil

amasāka 5 ▶ sorghum, sorgho

imisa 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ mass (catholic)

isano 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ 1. resemblance, similarity, 2. relationship

isari n ▶ (rare in pl.) extreme hunger or thirst, starvation

isesa 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ research

ibisazi 4 ▶ craziness, madness, insanity, insaneness, lunacy

ubusage 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. fringe, 2. long hair (with butter and mud in it), 3. lock of hair, 4. corn silk

ubusaro 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) beads (esp. big ones)

ubusazi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) folly, willful stirring up of trouble

ubusōsa 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ delicious taste

ugusana 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ repairing, mending

ukumesa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ washing powder

umusase 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ midmorning

gusaba (-savye) v ▶ 1. to pray, beg, ask for, 2. to order

gusama (-samye) v ▶ 1. to hold from falling, 2. to catch something thrown (as ball)

gusana (-sanye) v ▶ to repair (any woven thing)

gusara (-saze) v ▶ to become crazy, foolish, to lose reason

gusasa (-shashe) v ▶ to stay at the king's or a chief's court for a time
inka zishashe amahembe maze of horns

gusesa (-sheshe) v ▶ to look through, to search

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

gusāga (-sāze) v ▶ 1. to be more, to be abundant, 2. to be more than

gusāma (-sāmye) v ▶ 1. to make a big noise, 2. to resound, make an echo, 3. make a bubbling sound

gusāna (-sānye) v ▶ te be related

gusāza (-shaje) v ▶ to get old, worn out

gusēsa (-sheshe) v ▶ 1. to empty out, 2. to spill, 3. to sprout (millet)

gusōsa (-sose) v ▶ 1. to taste good, have good flavor, 2. to be sweet

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

kudesa (-deshe) v ▶ embroider

kugesa (-geshe) v ▶ to harvest millet

kumesa (-meshe) v ▶ to wash clothes, to dye barkcloth

kurasa (-rashe) v ▶ 1. to shoot (arrow), 2. to make a curve, 3. to rise (of sun)

kwātsa (-ākije) v ▶ (from kwaka) 1. to blow the fire, 2. to light a fire

kwītsa (-īkije) v ▶ 1. to reiterate, 2. reinforce the words of another, 3. to ask oneself

kwōnsa (-ōnkeje) v ▶ to nurse a baby, to breastfeed

kwōtsa (-ōkeje) v ▶ 1. to roast in coals, to grill, broil, 2. to bake

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

ubusa adv ▶ 1. nothing, 2. in vain

murisānze phr ▶ be yourself, make yourself comfortable (said to a visitor)

ndabigusavye phr ▶ Please! (from gusaba)

igesa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ time of harvest (millet)

ihasa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ twin

ikosa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) mistake

isasa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ floor tile

imisambi 2 ▶ women's dance, imitating the movements of the crowned crane, Kirimiro region

muzitsa 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ (no pl.) wisdom tooth

gusama inda (-samye) phr ▶ to conceive

gucūtsa (-cūkije) v ▶ to wean

gusabwa (-sabwe) v ▶ to be prayed to, asked for something

gusanza (-shanje) v ▶ 1. to scatter (vt), 2. spread out on something (vt)

gusetsa (-sekeje) v ▶ 1. to entertain, 2. to make laugh, to be funny

gusāmba (-sāmvye) v ▶ 1. to be in agony, to writhe, 2. to have spasms, 3. to declare one's case at a trial

gusānga (-sānze) v ▶ 1. to find, 2. to watch (house)

gusānza (-sānje) v ▶ to take to someone where he is

gusāswa (-shashwe) v ▶ 1. to be spread out (grass), 2. to be made (bed)

gusāvya (-sābije) v ▶ to break and scatter (vt)

kubītsa (-bīkije) v ▶ to entrust, leave something with someone (from kubika)

kumotsa (-mokeje) v ▶ to cause to shout

kunūtsa (-nūkije) v ▶ to fight and defeat completely

kuratsa (-rakije) v ▶ 1. to cause to be angry, 2. to irritate

kurotsa (-rokeje) v ▶ 1. to gulp down, 2. to dump into something, 3. submerge in water

kurōnsa (-ronkeje) v ▶ to give to, give in to

kwīrasa (-īrashe) v ▶ to shoot at oneself

kabisa adv ▶ absolutely, totally, completely, certainly, surely (Sw.)

sayiri 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ barley

sāsita 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ noon, lunch (time) (from Sw. isaha sita)

ipurusa 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ interest (econom., from kuruta)

isabagi 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ galaxy

imisabiko 2 ▶ herbal tea

ubusahuzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. pillage, 2. thievery, 3. plundering

ubusasāte 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching

gusasa akarimi (-shashe) phr ▶ to flatter

gusasa amahembe (-shashe) phr ▶ to be many together (of cows)

gusasa ibwami (-shashe) phr ▶ 1. to go to work for chief or king, 2. to spread grass, 3. to make a bed

gusabana (-sabanye) v ▶ to beg each other

gusabira (-sabiye) v ▶ to pray for

gusabirwa (-sabiwe) v ▶ to be prayed for

gusaduka (-sadutse) v ▶ to crack (vi)

gusagaba (-sagavye) v ▶ 1. to have abundant leaves and branches, 2. to crawl along ground (of vines)

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

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

gusahura (-sahuye) v ▶ 1. to steal, 2. to pillage, 3. to remove everything from burning house

gusakuza (-sakuje) v ▶ to gossip, talk, chatter

gusakāra (-sakāye) v ▶ to put on a roof

gusakārwa (-sakāwe) v ▶ to be roofed

gusakāza (-sakāje) v ▶ to roof with

gusamāra (-samāye) v ▶ 1. to look at in wonder, to be fascinated, 2. to look at without paying attention, to be inattentive, not pay attention

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

gusangwa (-sanzwe) v ▶ 1. to be watched, 2. to be found, 3. to be common

gusanura (-sanuye) v ▶ to repair a house

gusanzwa (-sanjwe) v ▶ to be scattered

gusarara (-saraye) v ▶ 1. to sob, 2. to get hoarse

gusaraza (-saraje) v ▶ to make hoarse

gusarura (-saruye) v ▶ to put design on pot, basket

gusasira (-sasiye) v ▶ 1. to spread grass around something (e.g. around coffee trees), 2. to make bed for

gusasāta (-sasāse) v ▶ to cause itching

gusasūra (-sasūye) v ▶ 1. to gather up grass that has been spread out, 2. to unmake a bed

gusatura (-satuye) v ▶ to split wood, to cut lengthwise

gusaturwa (-satuwe) v ▶ to be split

gusatuza (-satuje) v ▶ to cause to split, split with

gushitsa (-shikije) v ▶ to cause to arrive

gusābira (-sābiye) v ▶ to scatter at, to

gusāguka (-sāgutse) v ▶ 1. to be more, above, abundant, 2. to be too big

gusāsira (-sāsiriye) v ▶ to praise highly one of whom you've heard

gusāsīra (-sāsīye) v ▶ 1. to beat drum continuously, thus setting time for others beating, 2. to go to help another in his work

kuvyūtsa (-vyūkije) v ▶ to lift up one who is lying down

kwībutsa (-ībukije) v ▶ to remind

kwūmūtsa (-ūmūkije) v ▶ to dry (vt)

Ubufaransa 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ France

igifaransa 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ French language

igisōsa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing that tastes good

ikimasa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ male calf

impfāgusa 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ (no pl.) worthlessness

ubusambiri 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ a non-traditional dance of the youth, influenced by neighboring Tanzania, Buragane region

ugusasātwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ itching

gukerutsa (-kerukije) v ▶ to say, tell, divulge

gusabīsha (-sabīshije) v ▶ to cause to pray, pray by means of

gusambūka (-sambūtse) v ▶ 1. to fall down (house, etc.), 2. to come to pieces

gusambūra (-sambūye) v ▶ to tear down, destroy, demolish, undo

gusambūrwa (-sambūwe) v ▶ 1. to be torn down, 2. to be undone

gusambūza (-sambūje) v ▶ to cause to tear down

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

gusangiza (-sangije) v ▶ to give to another to share

gusanzāra (-sanzāye) v ▶ to scatter (vi), spill (anything not liquid)

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

gusanīsha (-sanīshije) v ▶ to cause to repair, repair with

gusarazwa (-sarajwe) v ▶ to be made hoarse

gusasātwa (-sasāswe) v ▶ to itch

gusāmbana (-sāmbanye) v ▶ to commit adultery, to fornicate

gusāzisha (-sshajishije) v ▶ to make old

gutebūtsa (-tebūkije) v ▶ to do quickly

guturitsa (-turikije) v ▶ to burst (vt)

guturutsa (-turukije) v ▶ to lead (e.g. cows out to pasture)

kuganūtsa (-ganūkije) v ▶ to send greetings

kujabutsa (-jabukije) v ▶ to help to cross, to cause to cross

kuramutsa (-ramukije) v ▶ 1. to greet (oneself, not sent by another), 2. to greet in letter, 3. to visit, 4. to stand at door and cough or call 'muraduha'

kwāmbutsa (-āmbukije) v ▶ 1. to exile, 2. chase far away

kwīpfutsa (-īpfukije) v ▶ to cool oneself

sahwānya n ▶ conjunction (gram.)

akazatsa (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ very tiny thing

isaganiro 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ space, cosmos

isambusa (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ samosa (fried pastry of Indian origin)

mutsitsa (mi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ wisdom tooth

ubusāmbanyi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) adultery

guhwebutsa (-hwebukije) v ▶ 1. to watch out for danger, 2. examine carefully

gusabagira (-sabagiye) v ▶ to lap (as dog)

gusabirana (-sabiranye) v ▶ to pray for each other

gusabiriza (-sabirije) v ▶ 1. to pray, 2. to beg, 3. to ask frequently

gusagarara (-sagaraye) v ▶ to put out great branches

gusahagura (-sahaguye) v ▶ to be greedy

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

gusakārira (-sakāriye) v ▶ to put on roof for

gusamagira (-samagiye) v ▶ to memorize

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

gusanganwa (-sanganywe) v ▶ to be found in possession of

gusangīsha (-sangīshije) v ▶ to cause to watch

gusanzāzwa (-sanzājwe) v ▶ to be scattered

gusasagara (-sasagaye) v ▶ to have many children when one is the last of the family

gusatagura (-sataguye) v ▶ to break to bits (vi)

gusatagurwa (-sataguwe) v ▶ to be broken to bits

gusaturira (-saturiye) v ▶ to split wood at, for

gusābagira (-sābagiye) v ▶ to scatter everywhere (vi)

gusābagiza (-sābagije) v ▶ to scatter everywhere (vt)

gusāsīrira (-sāsīriye) v ▶ to rejoice in the coming of another

gutambutsa (-tambukije) v ▶ to cause to step, stride

kunyarutsa (-nyarutse) v ▶ to accelerate

kunyānyasa (-nyānyashije) v ▶ to hurry

kwūrurutsa (-ūrurukije) v ▶ to cause to climb down

samuragwa (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ heir

guhagurutsa (-hagurukije) v ▶ to have one stand up

gukomeretsa (-komerekeje) v ▶ to wound

gusanganira (-sanganiye) v ▶ 1. to go to meet, 2. to greet, 3. to welcome

gusanganirwa (-sanganiwe) v ▶ to be met

gususurutsa (-susurukije) v ▶ to make hot

kubariritsa (-baririkije) v ▶ to seek information about someone

kunyaragasa (-nyaragashije) v ▶ to hurry

kwāndurutsa (-āndurukije) v ▶ 1. to provoke, 2. to start a quarrel

sasarugari n ▶ kind of sweet potato

isaganirizo 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ space, cosmos

imbaragasa (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ flea

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

kugēnda gusa (-giye) phr ▶ to go naked

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

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)

gusatagurika (-sataguritse) v ▶ to break to bits (vi)

gusōmborotsa (-sōmborokeje) v ▶ 1. to attack, 2. to provoke to fight

kwīkomeretsa (-īkomerekeje) v ▶ to hurt oneself

kwīsusurutsa (-īsusurukije) v ▶ to warm oneself

amasambambwika 5 ▶ mumps

kuruhira ubusa (-ruhiye) phr ▶ to give birth to a child who dies at once

gusimbaguritsa (-simbagurikije) v ▶ to cause to jump, etc.

agasaho k'umutima phr ▶ heart cavity

-kenewe adj ▶ necessary

-mwe adj ▶ 1. one, single, 2. some (with pl. prefix), 3. same, (see hamwe, kumwe, kimwe, rimwe, rimwe na rimwe)

-mwe na phr ▶ same as

-okeje adj ▶ grilled, roasted (from kwōtsa)
ibitoke vyokeje roasted bananas

-ti v ▶ says (verb without infinitive)
ati he, she says
avug'ati he, she says that

agahamo 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) hatred, refusal

agakiza 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) salvation

agashinguramunyu (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ saltshaker, saltcellar

akabindo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ napkin, sanitary towel

akabōnge 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. sadness, sorrow, 2. vacation, 3. depression

akāhebwe (utw-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. something forsaken, 2. worn out thing

akamaro (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. profit, benefit, usefulness, value, 2. objective, goal, 3. use, usage

akunyu 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ little salt (from umunyu)

amanyama 5 ▶ 1. cheekiness, sassiness, 2. cantankerousness, 3. pride, arrogance, 4. disobedience, 5. ambition

amate 5 ▶ saliva

ati v ▶ he, she says (from -ti)

bambe ▶ 1. excuse me (e.g. I said a wrong word, misspoke myself), 2. but rather (when correcting oneself)

bitangāje phr ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)

erega ▶ look! see here! say! on the contrary

gucūngura (-cūnguye) v ▶ to redeem, to ransom, to save

gucurīra intimba (-curīriye) phr ▶ to sing or play a sad song

guhāga (-hāze) v ▶ 1. to be satisfied, to be full, 2. to eat a lot
simpaze I am not satisfied

guhāgīsha (-hāgīshije) v ▶ to cause to be satisfied, to satisfy with

guhakana (-hakanye) v ▶ 1. to say no, to refuse, 2. to deny

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

guhānda (-hānze) v ▶ 1. to prepare ground (for amasaka), 2. to pierce, scratch (e.g. with nail)

guhāza (-hājije) v ▶ 1. to satisfy, 2. to finish milking a cow

guhāzāna (-hāzānye) v ▶ 1. to disagree, 2. to dispute, 3. to quarrel

guhāzwa (-hāgijwe) v ▶ to be satisfied

guheba (-hevye) v ▶ to leave, forsake

guhebana (-hebanye) v ▶ to forsake each other

guhebera (-hebeye) v ▶ to forsake at, for, because of

guhebēsha (-hebēsheje) v ▶ to cause to forsake

guhebēshwa (-hebēshejwe) v ▶ to be caused to forsake

guhebura (-hebuye) v ▶ to forsake completely

guhebwa (-hebwe) v ▶ to be forsaken

guhema (-hemye) v ▶ 1. to offer but take back, 2. to be insincere, 3. to make fun of, 4. to be ironic, sarcastic

guhembesha (-hembesheje) v ▶ to demand salary, to ask for wage

guhēmbwa (-hēmbwe) v ▶ to be paid, to receive a salary

guhemuka (-hemutse) v ▶ 1. to fail to keep one's word, 2. to disappoint, 3. to betray a secret

guhemukira (-hemukiye) v ▶ 1. to disappoint, to fail another, 2. to deceive

guhīmba (-hīmvye) v ▶ 1. to be satisfied (rude), 2. to have plenty, 3. eat plenty, 4. be drunk (used always in a very negative way)

guhīngāna (-hīngānye) v ▶ to disagree

guhitikirana (-hitikiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

guhitira (-hitiye) v ▶ 1. to be put away, saved up for a year, 2. to be of the previous year (beans, etc.)

guhitirana (-hitiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

guhitiza (-hitije) v ▶ to save beans, etc., for a year

guhuna (-hunnye) v ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake

guhunisha (-hunishije) v ▶ to cause another to forsake

gukamangana (-kamanganye) v ▶ to disappear

gukara (-kaze) v ▶ 1. to be savage, 2. fierce, cruel, harsh, 3. bitter

gukēra (-kēreye) v ▶ 1. to rejoice at arrival of someone, 2. give warm welcome (one does not say it of himself)

gukerera (-kereye) v ▶ to saw, cut with sawing motion, cut neck of animal, cut grass

gukingitiranya (-kingitiranije) v ▶ to not say directly ('go around Robin Hood's barn')

gukira (-kize) v ▶ 1. to get well, recover, heal (vi), 2. to be safe, 3. to be rich

gukiza (-kijije) v ▶ 1. to heal (vt), 2. to save, 3. to deliver

gukizwa (-kijijwe) v ▶ to be saved, delivered

gukora (-koze) v ▶ 1. to work, 2. to do, 3. to touch, 4. to make cough (spit), 5. to be fatal, 6. it's enough (salt, medicine, etc.) in something else, 7. to produce
urakoze (or, wakoze) thank you
uzoba ukoze thanks in advance

gukoza (-kojeje) v ▶ 1. to dip in sauce, to dunk, 2. to eat two kinds of food together

gukwīra (-kwīye) v ▶ 1. to be necessary, 2. be enough, to suffice, 3. to ought, 4. to be worthy, 5. to suit, 6. to be correct, 7. to become known everywhere, spread abroad (vi)

gupfa (-pfūye) v ▶ 1. to die, 2. to do anyhow, 3. to be in disagreement

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

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

gushavura (-shavuye) v ▶ to be cross, sad

gushavuza (-shavuje) v ▶ to make cross, sad

gushengeza (-shengeje) v ▶ to take someone to chief (or other), esp. for trial or accusation

gushikana (-shikanye) v ▶ to give, offer, make sacrifice, to arrive with

gushīma (-shīmye) v ▶ 1. to praise, 2. to be satisfied with, 3. to appreciate, to admire, 4. to congratulate

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

gushisha (-shishe) v ▶ 1. to be big, fat, chubby 2. to be flourishing (of growing things, child), 3. to be very dirty, unpleasant, repulsive, 4. to tie beans to hedge to dry

gushūmbūsha (-shūmbūshije) v ▶ to compensate

gushungumirwa (-shungumiwe) v ▶ to be angry because of accusation

gusīga (-sīze) v ▶ 1. to anoint, 2. to rub (ointment), 3. to massage

guswāganya (-swāganye) v ▶ to joke, say things to make others laugh, to be kidding

gutangīrira (-tangīriye) v ▶ to bar passage at, for

gutangīriza (-tangīrije) v ▶ to cause to bar passage, to bar passage with

gutangīrwa (-tangīriwe) v ▶ to be hindered, have passage barred

gutāta (-tāse) v ▶ 1. to complain, 2. to scold, 3. to discuss, 4. to disagree, 5. to conflict

gutota (-tose) v ▶ 1. to sprinkle 'medicine' around to protect from evil, 2. to be saturated

gutotēsha (-totēsheje) v ▶ to saturate with

gutubika (-tubitse) v ▶ 1. to tie together, to tie up hole in sack, 2. to put on tourniquet

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

gutuntura (-tuntuye) v ▶ to grieve (vi), be sad

gutunturirwa (-tunturiwe) v ▶ to grieve over, feel sad

hamwe adv ▶ 1. together, here together, 2. equally, even, same

ibirashi 4 ▶ (no sing.) stuff in eyes when one wakes up, 'sand'

ibisingosingo 4 ▶ frown, showing disapproval on one's face

ibitāro 4 ▶ dispensary, hospital

ibitsingotsingo 4 ▶ frown, showing disapproval on one's face

igihēmbo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. pay, salary, wage, 2. reward, 3. prize

igihitira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something that's been saved up for a year (beans, etc.)

igihūmbi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thousand

igihururu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who can't keep a secret or says inappropriate things

igikwāshu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ safety pin

igisubiramuhira (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ woman who has left many husbands and gone home and finally builds at parent's home (same for a man)

igitēro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. legion, division, 2. assault

igunira (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) burlap, sack, bag

ikambambiri (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sandal with strap between the big and other toes

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

ikigānīro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. conversation, discussion, 2. dialogue, exchange, 3. interview, 4. program (entertainment, TV)

ikimazi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. sacrifice, 2. profit (not financial), benefit, 3. value

ikirandamuke (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who always disagrees in an 'inama', who says things he shouldn't when with others

ikirare (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forsaken field

ikirēgo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. accusation, 2. complaint

ikiyāgo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ conversation (often used in pl.)

ikiza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ disaster, famine, epidemic

imbūrano (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ conversation, discussion

imirarwe 2 ▶ (no sing.) 1. sassiness, 2. impoliteness

impēmbo (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. pay, salary, wage, 2. tip, 3. reward

imperēzwa (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ offering, sacrifice

impīngūro (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ answers (as on an exam), redoing an unsatisfactory job

imvūnja (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ jigger, chigoe flea, sand flea

inakigabiro 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ traditional sacred drum "lady of the land"

indebuye (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ long narrow sack for food

inka zishashe amahembe phr ▶ maze of horns (see gusasa and ihēmbe)

inkwēto (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ sandal

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

intimba (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. sadness, 2. sorrow, 3. grief
gucurira intimba to sing (or play) sad song

intumbaswa (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ physalis, kind of gooseberry

irake (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand

iraki (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand

irozari (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ rosary

isābato (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ Sabbath

isafuria (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ saucepan, cooking pot, kettle

isafuriya (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ saucepan, cooking pot, kettle

isaho (ama-) 3 5 sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ sack, bag

isaradi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ salad

ishetani (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. devil, satan, 2. demon

ishirahamwe (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ association, NGO, organisation

ishirahamwe mpuzamakungu phr ▶ international organisation

isīnzi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ a great number (about ten thousand and above)

isosi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sauce

itu ▶ you don't say? is that really so?

ivūnja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ jigger, chigoe flea, sand flea

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

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

karyenda 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum, hidden in its sanctuary and only brought forth on very rare occasions like the umuganuro festival

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

kubara (-baze) v ▶ to say, tell

kubīka (-bītse) v ▶ to put away, to store, save

kubūmba (-būmvye) v ▶ 1. to mold, work with clay (bricks, pottery), 2. to satisfy, 3. be sufficient for

kubwa ▶ 1. according to, 2. on account of, 3. because of, 4. for the sake of

kudūmba (-dūmvye) v ▶ to dunk, do dip in salt

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

kugaya (-gaye) v ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to be dissatisfied

kugēnda (-giye) v ▶ 1. to go, to walk, 2. to leave, 3. generally going by any means (driving, sailing etc.)

kugēnda buje (-giye) phr ▶ to return to parental home when angry at husband (said of wife)

kugerera (-gereye) v ▶ 1. to measure, 2. to pay salary

kugeseza (-geseje) v ▶ to massacre

kugira (-gize) v ▶ 1. to do, 2. to make, 3. to have, 4. to think, 5. to say

kugubwa (-gubwe) v ▶ to be settled down nicely, good pleasant living (pass. of kugwa)

kujanirana (-janiranye) v ▶ 1. to accept a decision in spite of oneself, 2. to lack opportunity to say what you intended

kujaniranwa (-janiraniwe) v ▶ 1. to accept a decision in spite of oneself, 2. to lack opportunity to say what you intended

kumemēra (-memēreye) v ▶ to sprinkle as with powder, salt

kumwemwamwemwa (-mwemwamwemwe) v ▶ to smile (manifest pleasure, but not necessarily show teeth)

kungana (-nganye) v ▶ 1. to be equal, 2. to be the same, 3. to be so many

kuniga (-nize) v ▶ 1. to strangle, 2. to choke, suffocate, stifle, 3. to grab by neck, 4. to tie neck of a sack

kunkīranya (-nkīranije) v ▶ to assault, to attack (esp. young man assaulting girl)

kunuma (-numye) v ▶ to be quiet, silent, say nothing

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

kurāba igitsure (-rāvye) phr ▶ 1. to frown at, 2. to look at another in disapproval

kurahuruza (-rahuruje) v ▶ 1. to make one tell the truth, 2. to make one go back on what he said

kurānga (-rānze) v ▶ 1. to indicate, 2. to inform, make known, announce, 3. to tell, say

kuraraguza (-raraguje) v ▶ 1. to look all about, 2. to be saucy

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

kuringanira (-ringaniye) v ▶ to be equal, the same size

kurogōra (-rogōye) v ▶ 1. to overcome or remove enchantment, 2. to taste to prove that it's safe for others

kurokoka (-rokotse) v ▶ 1. to get well, 2. to be saved

kurokora (-rokoye) v ▶ to save, rescue, heal

kurokorana (-rokoranye) v ▶ to save each other

kurokorwa (-rokowe) v ▶ to be saved, healed

kurokoza (-rokoje) v ▶ to get well when others around are dying, to save by means of

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

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

kuryōherereza (-ryōherereje) v ▶ to enforce what one has said, drive it home

kuva (-vuye) v ▶ 1. to come from, 2. to shed, 3. to leak, 4. to let flow from
kuva mu modoka to get out of the car
have get out of my way, get out of there
vaho (same as have)

kuvāvānura (-vāvānuye) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to forsake one another

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

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

kuvuguruza (-vuguruje) v ▶ to contradict, to disagree

kuvugwa (-vuzwe) v ▶ to be said, spoken

kuvyūkana (-vyūkanye) v ▶ to get up together, at same time

kuwa gatandatu n ▶ Saturday

kuyāga (-yāze) v ▶ 1. to talk, chatter, animate a conversation, 2. visit

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

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

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

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

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

kwīgura (-īguze) v ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything

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

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

kwījīrwa (-ījīriwe) v ▶ to be sad, utterly downcast

kwīkebanura (-īkebanuye) v ▶ to end a conversation

kwīkiza (-īkijije) v ▶ to save oneself

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

kwīrokora (-īrokoye) v ▶ to save oneself

kwīyama (-īyamye) v ▶ kwīyama isazi to switch off flies (cow)

kwīyandagaza (-īyandagaje) v ▶ to say mean things in trying to provoke another

kwongera umushahara (-ongeye) phr ▶ to increase the salary

kwūhīra (-ūhīye) v ▶ 1. to pour water on another's hands, 2. to give salt to domestic animals (usually in other food)

kwūhirwa (-ūhiwe) v ▶ to be given salt (cows)

kwūhiza (-ūhije) v ▶ to cause to give salt to cows

māmbu ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)

murimirwa 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one ploughs", kept at Gishora

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

mwēne wācu (b-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. my sibling of the same sex, 2. my cousin (paternal)

mwīriwe n ▶ 1. good afternoon, good evening, 2. hello (in afternoon/evening, greeting used when meeting for second time same day)

ndagumye phr ▶ I'm well (said as answer to the question: uragumye?)

ndahāze phr ▶ I am full, I am satisfied

ndakomeye phr ▶ I am fine (said as answer to the question: urakomeye?)

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

no conj ▶ and (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku)
kurima no gusatura biraruhisha Hoeing and splitting wood is tiring

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

ruciteme 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one clears brush", kept at Gishora

rukinzo 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum accompanying the king wherever he went, was exchanged with every new reign

ubudīgidīgi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) tickling sensation

ubukame 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) sap (sweet)

ubura (ama-) 8 class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. of same blood, 2. intestines (used in pl.)

uburezi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. accusation (old), 2. education

ubutumwa 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. message, 2. text

uguhagarara 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ standstill, stop, stoppage, arrest, cessation

uguhūza 9 class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. connection, 2. coordination, 3. synchronisation, 4. harmonization

ugukanda (-kanze) 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. massage, 2. pressing

ugupfa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ disagreement, conflict

ugutsirita 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ rubdown, massage

ukuziganya 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ saving (econ.)

umēnga ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably

umēngo ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably

umubūrano (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ conversation, discussion

umugega (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ clothing worn underneath, as sack dress

umugōnzo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ salt made by saking the ashes of a certain plant in water

umukenke (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ savanna

umukiza (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ savior

umukuza (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long gourd, sack made of skin

umunyakisaka (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ member of the Abanyakisaka lineage of drummers

umunyamwuga (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ craftsman, artisan

umunyu (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ salt

umupfuko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. pocket, 2. sack, 3. bag, 4. purse (also umufuko)

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

umurokozi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ deliverer, rescuer, savior

umusēnyi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sand

umushahara (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ salary, wages

umushahara ubaye baye phr ▶ normal, appropriate or average salary

umusumēno (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ saw

umwūmbati (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ manioc, cassava

uretse conj ▶ excluding, except, save for, other than

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

urugēndo rwiza phr ▶ Have a good journey! Safe journey!

uruhamo 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) hatred, refusal

urukerezo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ saw

urukero (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ saw

above ▶ hejuru
(to be) guhanama
(to be in excess) gusāguka

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

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abundant ▶ (to be) kugwīra, gusāga, gusāguka
(to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba

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accelerate ▶ kunyarutsa, gushiramo
(a car) kwongera umuriro

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act ▶ (to ~ as go-between) kurehereza
(~ as if to beat, but not do it) kugera
(~ foolishly) kwītūtānya, gusaragurika, kudāyāngwa
(~ foolishly in fun) gupfyina
(~ homosexually) gutingana
(~ ignorantly) kwītūtānya
(~ indifferent) kwīrengagiza
(to ~ or go secretly because of fear) kwōmba

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adulterer ▶ umusāmbanyi

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adultery ▶ ubusāmbanyi
(to commit) gusāmbana
(euphemistically, of man) kwīsomōra
(to be pregnant through) gutwāra inda y'ishushu, gutwāra inda y'indāro

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afternoon ▶ inyuma ya sasita, ku muhīngamo, umuhīngamo
(late, early evening) umugorōba, akagorōba
(good afternoon!) mwīriwe

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agony ▶ (to be in) gusāmba

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allow ▶ gukūndira, kureka
(to go) kurekura
(to pass) kubisa
(another to dominate) guharira
(another to pass) kubisiriza
(allow me) enda

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

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amazement ▶ (to do something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza

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analogy ▶ isano

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anger ▶ uburake, uburakari, ishavu, ubusugurirwe,
(rare) ipfūhe, ifūhe
(to soften another's) gufyīta
(to tear clothes in) kumwāga
(to treat with) gushinyagura
(word that remains in heart and causes anger) isata burēnge

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angry ▶ (to be) kuraka, kurakara, gupfūhagushangashirwa
(to be very) kujīngitwa
(because of accusation) gushungumirwa
(to suddenly get ~, when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka

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animal ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
(fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika

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announce ▶ kubūrira, kubūra, kurānga
(oneself) kwībūra
(to stand at door and call greeting) kuramutsa
(the death of someone) kubika, kubikira
(everywhere) gukwīragiza, gukwīza

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army ▶ ingabo, igisata

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arrow ▶ umwampi
(to feather an ~) gutanaga
(to shoot an ~) kurasa

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ask ▶ (another to repeat to check his veracity) gucaca
(each other) kubazānya
(each other to explain) gusiguzānya
(each other riddles) gusōkōrānya
(for) gusaba
(for daily) kubōbōtereza
(frequently) gusabiriza
(many in order to verify) gushīshōza
(many questions) kubazagiza
(of someone that which he has promised) guhāngūra
(oneself) kwībaza, kwītsa
(over and over again) kubaririkiza
(persistently, though refused) gucuna
(question) kubaza
(a riddle) gusōkōza
(stupid questions) kudedēmvya

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

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

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attention ▶ (to pay ~) kwītōndera
(to look at without paying ~) gusamāra
(to pay no ~) gusamāra, gutimba

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avoid ▶ kuzibukīra
(saying something directly) gukingitiranya

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bag ▶ isaho
(backpack, shoulder bag) agasaho
(big) indaha
(sack) igunira, umupfuko
(sports bag) ishakoshi
(small sports bag, ladies purse) agashakoshi
(suitcase) ivarise

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bake ▶ kwōtsa

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banana ▶ igitōke, igitōki, umuneke
(plantation) urutoke
(one or one hand of) umuhānyu
(ripe) umuhwi, umuneke
(kinds of) ikinyamunyu, igisamunyu
(beer banana) igipaca
(lady-finger) akamaramasenge
(red banana) igisukari
(bark of tree) igihubahuba
(beer) urwārwa
(sweet drink) umutobe
(leaf, green) umutōto
(leaf) ikirere
(leaf, dry) ihuba
(leaves, dry) igihūnda, ibihūndahūnda
(center of leaf) ikigongo-gongo
(leaves, knife for cutting) urugombōzo
(young shoot) umutsīnda
(trunk after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
(to cut leaves) kugombōra
(to cut from stalk) guhānyura
(to cut stalk) gutūmbūra
(to remove dry leaves) gutūtūra
(to squeeze juice from) kugana, kuvuguta

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bandit ▶ umusahuzi

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barley ▶ sayiri

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base ▶ (of brain) agakomokomo
(of tree) itsina, igitsina
(of bed) isaso y'uburiri

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basket ▶ (big) intonga, igitēbō
(deep, uncovered) ikigagara, igisāmba, igisāngāza
(flat, small) icibo
(flat with lid) inkōko
(little) akēbo
(shallow) ikivūmvu
(tall) inkēnga
(tall, pointed) igiseke, igisīmbo
(border of) umusōzo
(lid, cover) umutemere
(nicely made) indemano
(to cover) kurumya
(to remove lid) kurumūra
(to be upside down) kwūbika

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beads ▶ ubudede, akadede
(esp. big ones) ubusaro

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bed ▶ igitanda, uburiri
(foot of) imirāmbizo
(under a ~) urutara
(to go to) kuryāma
(to make) gusāsa
(to put to) kuryāmika
(to unmake) gusasūra
(time to go to) amaryāma

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beg ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
(continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
(earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
(for beer) kuvūmba
(habitually) gusegerereza

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beggar ▶ umusēzi, umusabisabi
(one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it) imvūmūre

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bidet ▶ akabesani nyamabanga

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big ▶ -nini
(to be too) gusāguka, kudēnda
(to be, of growing things, esp. child) gushisha

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bird ▶ ikiguruka
(little ones) inyoni
(crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
(crow) igikōna
(dove) intunguru, inuma
(duck) imbati
(eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
(goose, wild) igisafu
(hawk) igisiga
(kite) ikinyakabaka
(parrot) gasuku
(partridge) inkwāre
(robin, African) inyōmvyi
(that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
(wagtail) inyamanza

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birth ▶ ivuka
(to give ~) kuvyāra
(to be about to give ~) gukurirwa
(to be about to give ~, of cow) kudigiriza
(to give ~, to litter, esp. dog) kubwāgura
(to come to day to give ~) kuramukwa
(to give ~, to child who dies at once) kuruhira ubusa
(to aid woman in childbirth) kuvyāza

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bits ▶ utumānyagu
(of paper, cloth) ibitabu
(break into, vt) kumenagura, kumānyagura, gusatagura, kuvunagura, kuvunaguza, gucagagura
(break into, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika

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blood ▶ amaraso
(clot) umugoma
(of same blood) ubura
(of cow, drawn out to drink) ikiremve
(spurting of) umupfūnda
(~ circulation) itembera ry'amaraso
(~ transfusion) ugutera amaraso
(~ vessel) umutsi

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blow ▶ (vt) guhūha, guhūngabanya
(vi) guhūngabana
(air into ball) guhaga
(along) guheha
(be blown up) kuboboka
(hard) guhūhūta
(in wind) kuzūnga, kuzūngazūnga
(one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out chaff) kugosōra
(the fire) kwātsa
(up) gupfunereza
(with bellows) kuvuguta

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bowl ▶ ibakure (Sw.), akabakure
(salad ~) igikoresho cumisha imboga
(sugar ~) agashingurasukari

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box ▶ isandugu
(small tin) umukebe
(of matches) ikibiriti (Sw.)
(to ~) gukubagura

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branch ▶ ishami
(serving to close entrance) imyugariro, imihogero, imihangazo
(to cut off) gukōkōra
(to put forth) gushamika
(to put out great) gusagarara, gutabarara

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break ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumeneka, kumānyuruka
(vt) guca
(and scatter, vt) gusāvya
(any slender thing, vi) kuvunika
(any slender thing, vt) kuvuna
(completely, vi) kudēndūka, gufyonyoka, kuvunagura
(in two) gusāba
(the law) kurēnga, kuyoba
(object with flat surface, vt) kumena
(off by burning, tree, etc.) gutemuka
(off a piece, bread) kubega
(out, as rash) guhurira, guturika
(rope, chain) kuvutagura
(suddenly, unexpectedly) gukenyuka
(a taboo) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
(to bits, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika, kuvunagura, kumānyagura
(to bits, vt) gucagagura, kumenagura, gusatagura, kuvunaguza
(up, vi) kumānyagurika, kumānyuka
(up, vt) kujānjagura
(a break, as bone) imvune

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brigand ▶ umusahuzi

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broil ▶ kwōtsa

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broiled meat ▶ uburyo bwo kwotsa

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brother ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere

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bubbling ▶ (of water in spring) agaseba
(to make sound of) gusāma

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

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bush ▶ igisaka
(kind of) igisuru
(kind with thorns and edible berries) umukēre
(the) igisanze

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calf ▶ inyana
(male) ikimasa
(of leg) intege, inyāma y'akibitsi

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

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case ▶ (container) urwūbati
(law) ibūrana
(to declare one's case at a trial) gusāmba
(to know the facts of) guhinyura
(to make another lose his) kuzingirikira
(to take ~ to chief) kubūranya
(to take ~ to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
(to win ~) gutsīnda

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catch ▶ gufata, gucakīra
(ball, anything thrown) gusama
(a disease from another) kwāndura
(from falling) gusama
(one who starts to fall) kuramira
(swarming bees) gutururuza
(up with) guhāmvya

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cavity ▶ (heart) agasaho, agasaho k'umutima

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chase ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
(away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
(away because of hatred) gutuza
(away evil spirits) gusēnda
(flies off cows) kuzīnga
(hunt) guhīga
(others out of house) guturumbura
(out quickly) guhasha

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chatter ▶ gusakuza, kuyāga

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cheek ▶ umusaya, itama

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chest ▶ (box) isandugu

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chicken ▶ inkoko
(hen) inkokokazi
(rooster) isāke
(wing of) icūbi

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chicken pox ▶ ibihara, agasāma

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chief ▶ (great) umuganwa
(sub) umutwāre
(to go to with trouble, complaint) gushengera, gushengerera
(to remove) gukōmbōra
(to take someone to for trial or accusation) gushengeza

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chin ▶ urwasakusaku, urusakanwa, igwasakusaku

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city ▶ umuji (Sw.)
(large) igisagara
(~ dweller) umunyagisagara

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clan ▶ umuryāngo
(populous) igisata

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clash ▶ (together) kwāsana, kubomborana
(vt) kubomboranya

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clear ▶ (as water) umusarara
(to be ~, transparent) kubonerana
(to be ~, understandable) kwūmvīkana
(to ~, vt) kuzibūra
(to ~ suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
(off) kuyōra
(off, as table) gupāngūra (Sw.)
(up) kuvāngūra

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clock ▶ isaha

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cock ▶ isāke

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collapse ▶ (vi) guhenuka, guhomvoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusiduka, gusituka
(vt) gusitura

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come ▶ kūza
(all together suddenly) kurandamuka
(apart) gushānyūka, kudohōka
(to come at) (time) kuzīra
(to do something) guherūka
(to an end) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(be coming to an end) guherengetera
(down) kumanuka, kumanuza, kwūruruka
(from) kwāduka, kwānduruka, gukomoka, guturuka, kuva, kuvuduka
(to greet often when one is in disfavour in hopes of gaining favour) kuneganega
(~ here) ingo, ngo, ngwino
(into sight) kurēnguka
(to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(one by one) gutororokanya, gutēraterana
(out, teeth, hoe handle, etc.) guhongoka
(out, stake) gushingūka
(out of water) kwōgorora
(suddenly) guturūmbuka
(to, after fainting) guhembūka
(to pieces) gusambūka
(to the throne) kwīma ku ngoma
(together, crowd) gukungēra
(unexpectedly) kwubīra
(unsewn) gusonoroka (Sw.)
(untied) kubohōka, gupfunduka
(up of itself) kwimeza
(up out of water) kwiburuka
(up thickly, thus not do well) gusorora
(upon suddenly) kwūbuka
(when called) kurabuka
(with) kuzanana

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commit ▶ (adultery) gusāmbana
(a crime) gucumura
(be unwilling to ~ oneself) kwīyumānganya
(oneself) kuragana
(suicide) kwīgaragura, kwīyahura, kwīyica

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common ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana

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conceive ▶ gusama inda

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conjunction ▶ (gram) sahwānya

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cooperate ▶ (in getting job done quickly) gusahiriza

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corn ▶ ikigōri
(cob) igitiritiri
(early kind) isega
(kind with big kernel) ikijigo
(ground corn that has first been roasted) igikweme
(silk) ubusage
(tender new) igishōro
(yellow kind) amashigisha
(to shell) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
(wheat) ingano

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counsel ▶ ināma, ingīngo
(one who gives) umuhanūzi
(to reject) gusaragurika
(to take) guhūza ināma

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cover ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko

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cow ▶ inka
(brownish black) ikirāyi
(gray) uruhīza
(white) igihororo
(~ without horns) imvure
(blood of, to drink) ikiremve
(~ path) umuhōra
(to be at rest) kuvyāgira
(to be many) gusagara
(to be many together) gusasa amahembe
(to ask ~ from one to whom ~ was given) kwōkōza
(to chase flies off) kuzīnga
(to entrust ~s to another and they increase while there) gutongoza
(to get medicine to make ~ like her calf) kwōrokereza
(to lead) kuyobora, gushorera
(to lead to pasture) guturutsa
(to put skin of dead calf before ~ to make her to give milk) kwōrokēra
(to return ~ or calf to one from whom one received a ~) kwōkōra
(to take up hill) kurārūra
(to tie legs while milking) kujīsha

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crack ▶ umuga, umugāga
(med) umusaru
(in earth) ikigāga
(in foot) ikivutu

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crane ▶ (golden-crested) umusāmbi

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crawl ▶ kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
(along ground, vines) gusagaba

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craziness ▶ ibisazi

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

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creep ▶ (along) kunyegētera
(on hands and knees) kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
(as vine) kurānda, gusagaba

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cross ▶ umusaraba (Sw.)

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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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cut ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
(banana leaves) kugombōra
(banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
(chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
(crosswise) kugegena
(down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
(easily) gutemuka
(easily, grass) kwāhirika
(eyes out) kunogora
(grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
(grass for use) kwāhira
(grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
(hair) kumwa
(in big chunks) guketagura
(in even lengths) gucacūra
(in many pieces) guhimbagura
(in pieces) gukebagura
(lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
(meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
(neck of animal) gukerera
(off) gukona
(off branches) gukōkōra
(off tail of animal) gukēmūra
(off top of tree) gukēmūra
(tree) gukera, gutema, guca
(trees for building) guhimbura
(up) gukekagura
(up into small pieces) gukeka
(up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
(trees or sticks) kugegena
(with one blow) gutemura
(with sawing motion) gukerera
(wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
(wool of sheep) gukēmūra

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dance ▶ intāmbo
(of men) umuhamirizo, ibirorēro, agasimbo, umuyebe
(of women) ihunja, imisambi
(of women, celebrating a child's birth) umutsibo
(of women celebrating the birth of twins) igisuru
(non-traditional, of youth) ubusambiri

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danger ▶ akāga, irīnde
(to go into without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(to warn of) kubūrira
(to watch out for) guhwebutsa

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day ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka

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declare ▶ guhamya
(one's case at a trial) gusāmba
(strongly) kwihanukira

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defense ▶ (to make one's ~ at a trial) gusāmba

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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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dessert ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako

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destroy ▶ guhomvora, guhonnya, guhonyora, gukōmbōra, kwōnōna, gusambūra, gutikiza, kuyigiza, kumara
(completely) gukomvōmvora, gusangangura, gusiribānga
(by fire) kuyigiza
(garden, of goats etc.) kwōna
(the work of another) gusīvya

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detergent ▶ isabuni y'ifu, ubwoko bw'ifu

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disapprove ▶ (to look at another with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
(showing disapproval on one's face) ibitsongotsingo, or, ibisingosingo

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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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dip ▶ (in salt) kudūmba
(in sauce) gukoza
(water) kudaha

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disagree ▶ (to) guhāzāna, kuvuguruza, guhīngāna, gutāta
(one who always disagrees in a council meeting) ikirandamuke

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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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dish ▶ isahāne, isahāni
(meal) ivyokurya
(pyrex) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
(to ~ up food) kwārura
(to do the ~es) kwoza ivyombo

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disperse ▶ gusāba, gusanzāza

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distract ▶ gusamāza

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divulge ▶ gukerukiriza, gukerutsa

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do ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
(again) kwongera
(always) kwāma, guhora
(anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
(continually) kwāma, guhora
(the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
(even more) kurushiriza
(first) kubānza, gushūza
(forcefully) kwīhanukīra
(habitually) kumēnyera
(have too much to ~) kurēngerana
(the impossible) gufyidikīra
(~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
(housework) kugora
(one's duty) gushimika
(quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
(quickly and carelessly) kuraha
(quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
(~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
(something alone) kwīgūnga
(something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
(something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
(that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
(two things at once) kubāngikanya
(unwillingly) kugoyagoya
(unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
(the washing up) kwoza ivyombo

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drive ▶ (a car) gutwara, gutwara imodoka
(~ cows) kuyobora
(it home, enforce what one has said) kuryōherereza
(out, esp. evil spirits) guhasha, gusēnda
(stake in ground) gushīnga

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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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drum ▶ ingoma
(sacred royal ~) karyenda
(sacred ~ ”for whom one ploughs”) murimirwa
(sacred ~ ”for whom one clears brush”) ruciteme
(sacred ~ accompanying the king) rukinzo
(sacred ~ ”dispenser of peace”) nyabuhoro
(sacred ~ ”lady of the land”) inakigabiro
(to beat ~) kuvuza
(to beat continuously, thus setting time for others beating) gusāsīra
(stick for beating ~) umurisho, umukembe

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dry ▶ (vi) kwūma,
(vt) kwūmūtsa, kwūmya
(in sun or near fire) kumūkishirīza
(to be) kugaduka
(to become) gukanyuruka, kwūmūka
(to become too ~ while cooking) kuyēnga
(to put food in sun to ~) gukavya
(to put near fire to ~) gutara
(up) kugaduka, kugangara, gukaba, gukama, gukamya
(up and be stiff, clothes or food) gutetera
(up, breasts) gucūka

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duck ▶ imbāti, imbata, igisapfu

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dump ▶ (all out at once) gucuncubura
(into something) kurotsa

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dung ▶ amavyi, amase
(human) umusarani

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dye ▶ urushānga
(to ~) kuraba, kuziga
(barkcloth) kumesa

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eat ▶ kurya, gufungura, kunogera, kunoza, kurandagura
(a lot) guhāga, guhīmba
(cause to ~ a lot) gupfunereza
(by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
(garden plants, of goats) kwōna
(to refuse to) kuzira
(to refuse to ~ or drink with) kunēna
(together) gusangira
(to ~ what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc.) gukōra
(two kinds of food together) gukoza
(with instrument) kurīsha

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echo ▶ (to make an) gusāma

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elderly ▶ (person) umusāza

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embroider ▶ kudesa

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embroidery ▶ ubuhinga bwo kudesa

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empty ▶ (to be) kugaragara, kurāngāra
(to make) kugaragara, kugaragaza
(to ~ out) gusēsa

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end ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
(~ of boat) umukōndo
(at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
(to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
(to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
(to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
(to finish) guheza

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enforce ▶ (what one has said) kuryōherereza
(the law) gutegeka

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enough ▶ (to be) gukwīra
(to be more than ~) gucāguka
(to be ~ for) gukwīrana
(to have) gukwīrwa
(it's ~) birabāye, karabāye, birakwīye
(it's ~, as salt or medicine in something else) gukora
(that's enough, it's fine) basi!

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entrust ▶ kubītsa, kuzēza
(~ to) kurindīsha, gusigarana
(~ flock to another to pasture) kuragiza
(~ something to another and it increases while there) gutongoza

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entrusted ▶ (thing ~ to another) ikibītsanyo, ingwāti

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error ▶ ifuti, ikosa, ikosha

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examine ▶ gucaca, gucunaguza, gucunaguriza, gupīma, gusūzuma, guhwebutsa, kurāba
(to look intently at) kwihweza
(in prospect of bying) kugaragura

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excess ▶ igisāga
(to be in, left over) gusigara

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excrement ▶ amavyi
(human ~) umusarani

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exhausted ▶ (to be) gucobogora, gukenyukirwa, gusāba, kurangira
(utterly worn out by hard work) gutama

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exile ▶ (to) kwāmbutsa

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expect ▶ (to) gusamāza, kwīzigira, kurindīra
(to get a certain thing) kuziga
(to ~ a child) gukurirwa

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expedite ▶ (to cooperate in getting a job done quickly) gusahiriza

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eye ▶ ijīsho
(to close one's eyes) guhumiriza
(to cut ~ out) kunogora
(to fall into, or hurt) gutosekaza
(to get something in) gutosekara
(to make another close his) kwūnamika
(top open) gukanura
(to open ~ of another) guhumūra
(to remove foreign body from ~) gutosōra
(to wash in one's ~) kwīhumūra
(foreign body in) igitotsi
(matter in) ibikaragāshi
('sand', esp. a certain type of conjunctivitis) uburire
('sand' on awakening) ibirashi
(tiny insect in) akanyarira jisho

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face ▶ amaso, mu maso
(in his face) mu maso hiwe
(to be facing each other) guhangana
(to make a ~ over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
(to put one's ~ in one's hands in deep thought) kwitangira itama
(~ to ~) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
(showing disapproval on one's ~) ibitsingotsingo

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faint ▶ kurāba
(to be) kudendebukirwa
(to feel) kuyāmīra
(from hunger) kugwīra isari

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fall ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
(accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
(and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
(and skin oneself) gukungagurika
(before) kwikubita imbere
(down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
(down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
(down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
(down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
(down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
(down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
(from high above) guhanantuka
(from stalk) guhūnguka
(heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
(in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
(in, cause to) gusitura
(in love) kubēnguka
(into water or food) kudibuka
(not fall, rain) gutara
(to the ground) guhūndagara
(with) gukorokana
(with a din) guhongoroka
(to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
(to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
(let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza

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fascinated ▶ (to be) gusamāra

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feces ▶ (human) umusarani

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feel ▶ kwūmva
(around for) gukabakaba
(to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
(to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
(faint) kuyāmīra
(joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
(to not ~ anything) gutimba
(of) gukorakora
(pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
(the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
(the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza

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ferment ▶ (vt) kwāmbira
(vi) kubira, gututūmba
(quickly) gusaragurika

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field ▶ ubwātsi, indimiro
(battle) urugāmba
(corner belonging to each child) icībare
(forsaken, abandonded) ikirare
(cultivated) itōngo
(to clean up) gukāngaza
(playground) ikibuga
(airfield) ikibuga c'indege

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find ▶ kurōnka, gusānga
(fault with everything) kunēbagura
(new building site) kugerēra
(one's way after being lost) guhubūka, kuzimuruka
(to be able to be found when looked for) kurondereka
(to fail to ~) kubura, guhusha
(something you ~) ikinobano

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fire ▶ umuriro
(bit of) umucānwa
(built for cows) icōtero
(made in enclosure for animals) igicāniro
(to blow the) kwātsa
(to destroy by) kuyigiza
(to extinguish) kuzimya
(to go out) kuzima
(to keep ~ going) gucānira
(to light) kudomeka
(to make, start, build) gucāna, gukongereza
(to put out) kuzimya
(to put wood on ~) gukomānya
(to set ~ to) guturira
(to fire from job, dismiss, throw out of house) kwirukana
(altar fire) igicāniro

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flatter ▶ (to) gusasa akarimi

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flavor ▶ icānga, uburyōhe, ubusōse, akanovera
(thing with good ~) igisōsa
(to be of the ~ of) gusōsera
(to have good ~) gusōsa

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flea ▶ imbaragasa

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flower ▶ ishurwe
(calix) ingovyi
(stamen) umweza
(pistil) isage
(pollen) umurāyi
(ovary) intorobwa

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fly ▶ isāzi
(big, tsetse) ikibugu
(tiny) agatūku, ubutūku

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foliage ▶ (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba

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folly ▶ ubupfu, ubusazi

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food ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
(food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
(baby ~) umusururu
(big portion of) irobe
(and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
(for a journey) impāmba
(without salt) ibise
(one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
(place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
(to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
(to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
(to burn, vi) kuzigira
(to dish up) kwārura
(to eat, to serve) gufungura
(to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
(to go to find ~) gusuma
(to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
(to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
(to serve) gufungura
(to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura

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

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foolishly ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
(to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
(to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika

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fringe ▶ ubusage, ubuyōnga

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garment ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu
(for work) icāmbazo
(long) umwitēro
(long, trails on ground) imvune
(of barkcloth, nicely sewn) indemano
(outer) ipfūndo, umutamana
(that is too big) igisāga
(that isn't very long) igikwēmu
(with sleeves or armholes) umwīnjiro

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gather ▶ kumyōra
(building materials) guhumbira
(firewood) gusēnya
(food from garden) gusoroma, kwāha
(fruit) kwāmūra
(in loose garment at waist and tie) gukenyera
(little sticks) gutōrōra
(manure for garden) kuvūmbura
(up) kwāndura, gusorōranya, gutororokanya
(pollen and nectar) kudaha
(up grass that has been spread out) gusasūra

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give ▶ guha, guhēsha, gutānga
(back) gusubīza
(back cow, calf to one from whom one received a cow) kwōkōra
(birth) kuvyāra
(birth, cow about to ~) kudigiriza
(cow a second time to one who has brought many gifts) guhetera inkoni
(example) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
(gift to bride so she will talk) guhorōra
(give me...) mpa
(good measure) kunengesēreza
(in to) kurōnsa
(information) kurangīra
(life to) kubēshaho
(more) kwongera, kwongeza
(oneself to) kwīhāmbīra
(oneself to service of Kiranga) kubāndwa, kuvōvōta
(over a possession) kwegura
(penuriously) kuzirukanya
(pledge or security) kugwatiriza
(present) kugabira
(refuse to) kwīma
(refuse to ~ another his own) kugūnga, kwīmana
(sacrifice) gushikana
(someone a hand) gusahiriza
(someone a heavy load) kuremēka
(to) guha, guhēra, guhēreza, kurōnsa, gushikiriza
(to each other) guhāna
(to each other often) guhānahāna
(to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(talk) kugamba
(up everything) kwīgura
(warm welcome, one does not say it of himself) gukēra

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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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goodbye ▶ n'agasaga, n'akagaruka, n'agahindukira, n'agahumuza, n'agahwane, n'akababa, n'akaza, n'akabandanya, n'akazoza, buroca, turabonanye, ku Mana, ndakwinyungushuye
(to superior) ndakwikebanuye, ndikebanuye, ndigaranzuye
(to bid) gusēzera

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goose ▶ (wild) igisafu

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gossip ▶ urusaku
(in whispers) ivyōngoreranyo
(to ~) kuregeteranya, gusakuza, kuregeteza, kuregetereza

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grass ▶ ivyātsi, ubwātsi
(kind poisonous to cows) inzūzi
(pieces of a certain kind used for weaving) agatēte
(tall) ubwātsi
(in water) igikāngaga
(~ knife) umupānga
(to cut) gukera, gukerera, gutema
(to cut for use) kwāhira
(to dig out rapidly) gusūriranya
(to gather up that which has been spread out) gusasūra
(to leave grass growing in kraal) gutongoza
(to spread) gusasa
(to spread around something, as coffee) gusasira
(to weed out quickly) kurandagura

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greedy ▶ (to be) gusahagura
(for a certain food and want that only) kunohorwa

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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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greetings ▶ (to bring, bear ~) gutāsha
(to send ~) kuganūka, kuganūtsa

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grieved ▶ (to be) kwiganyira, kwītsa umutima

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grill ▶ akayungiro botsako

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grilled meat ▶ uburyo bwo kwotsa

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group ▶ umuce, umuco, igico
(of people) umurwi, intēko
(of people, moving along) akavuvu
(standing or sitting) akarwi
(to be in large ~, cows or people standing) gusagaza

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grudge ▶ umujinya, ishavu, inzika, inzigo, igono
(lasting) isata burēnge
(that never ends) akazika
(to have ~ against) gukanira

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guard ▶ umurīzi, umurīnzi, umunyezamo, umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. daytime) umusānzi
(one who stands on ~) umushibamyi
(to ~) kuzigama, kurinda
(to be on ~) kuba māso, kugaba
(oneself) kwihahiriza
(watch over carefully) kugendeza

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gulp ▶ (down) kurotsa
(down water) kwātīra

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hair ▶ (of baby) imvanda
(bit on top of head) isūnzu
(of human head) umushatsi
(except of human head) ubwōya
(one) urwōya
(pubic) inzya
(hair line) amasoso
(long with mud in it) ubusage
(tan in color, goats) umufumbēre
(white from old age) imvi, uruvi
(to cut) kumwa
(to dampen before cutting) kuvubika
(to have long) guhīmbira
(to have shaved off) kwīkemūra
(to let grow long) gutongoza

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harvest ▶ ishwābūra, ivyīmburwa, ibirimwa, umwīmbu
(esp. millet) igenya, igesa
(to ~) kwīmbura, gushwābūra
(corn) kumyōra
(millet) kugenya, kugesa
(esp. perennial plants, fruit) kwāmūra
(to be ready for) kwīyerēra
(to put away the) kwīmbura

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harvest time ▶ umwēro, iyēra, iyīmbura
(millet) igesa

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he ▶ wē, wēwe
(in contrast to another) weho
(he says) ngo, ati

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heir ▶ samuragwa, umuragwa

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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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herb tea ▶ imisabiko

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here ▶ aha, hano, ino, ngaha
(exclamation to superior: here!) sabwe

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hoarse ▶ (to be) kujwigira
(to become) gusarara

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hold ▶ gufata
(fast to) kugumiriza
(from falling) gusama
(hard feelings) kwīdōga
(in place) kugumya
(lightly) kwānjānjwa
(out) kubangira
(out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
(of rope, vi) kudādira
(strongly) gushimika
(take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
(to) kwūmira
(up) gushigirika

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hole ▶ (deep ~ in ground in grassy place) igihuma
(for planting beans) ibāngo
(in paper, cloth, container) intoboro, icehere
(in ground) ikuzimu, i kuzimu, ikinogo, icōbo, urwōbo, igishimu
(small ones like rats make) umwōbo, umwēnge
(to get a ~ in) gutoboka
(to ahve ~ from insects) kunyengetērwa
(to make ~) kunyengetēra
(to make ~ in stone) gukorogoshora
(to make a small ~ for setting out tree or plant) gukoba
(to tear a big ~, vi) kumānyuka
(to tie up ~ in sack) gutubika
(to pierce a ~) gutobora
(thing with ~ in it) umwēnge

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hot ▶ (to be) gushūha, gucānīrwa
(esp. fever) kururūmba
(moderately) gususuruka
(to make hot) gususurutsa

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hour ▶ isaha (for various hours of day, see under 'day')

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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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hunger ▶ inzara
(extreme) isari
(for certain food, appetite) ināmbu
(to faint from) kugwīra isari

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hurry ▶ kwīhūta, kwīruka, gukovya, gukōkōbereza, gukwākwānya, kunyānyasa, kunyaragasa, kunyaruka, gushibuka
(of child only) kudirigiza
(to go) kubāndānya
(to go and return) gutebūka
(along, as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants) kurārāta
(to be in a ~) gufuruguta
(to do in a ~) kubanguka
(to not be in a ~) kwītōnda

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hurt ▶ (vi) kubabara, gutonekara
(vt) kubabaza
(another's feelings) gusesereza
(to be ~ by what one says, or in injury) gusesērwa

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if ▶ asangwa, iyo, namba, ni, iyaba

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inattentive ▶ (to be) gusamāra

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incense ▶ (to burn nice smelling stuff) kwōsa

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incision ▶ ururāsago, indāsago
(to make ~ to treat a sick person) guca ururāsago

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indict ▶ (to take someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza

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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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inquire ▶ (about someone) kubariritsa
(to ask for particulars or description) kudondōza
(to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza

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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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interest ▶ amatsiko
(to ~) kuryōsha, kwitaho
(to lose) gutenzēkanya, gutēzūra, gutezēkanya
(economy) inyungu, ipurusa

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irritate ▶ kugōra, kuratsa

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itch ▶ amahere, uruhere, uburyi, ukuribwa ku mubiri, ugusasatwa, ukuribwaribwa

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itching ▶ uburyi, ubusasāte
(to scrape feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya

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lack ▶ (of foresight) igihababu
(to ~) kubura, kugōmba, guhaza, guteba, gukērērwa
(opportunity to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(respect) kwūbahuka

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lead ▶ (to) kwōsha, kurōngōra
(a discussion) kuremesha ikiganiro
(esp. cows) gucūra, kuyobora, gushorera
(animals to drink) gushōra
(astray) guhuvya, kuzimiza
(cows to pasture) guturutsa
(to attack) kugomora
(out, to show the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura

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leave ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
(behind) gusiga
(country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(country because of famine) gusuhūka
(grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
(group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
(inheritance) kuraga
(intention or place) gucungūra
(open) kurāngāza
(out) guhaza
(over) gusigaza
(place) gushingūka
(something with someone) kubītsa
(with) gusigarana

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leaves ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
(stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
(used for perfume) imbazi
(see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
(to put forth new) kurēmba
(to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra

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lengthwise ▶ (to cut) gusatura

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lift up ▶ gukiriza, guterura
(from ground) kurārūra
(one who is lying down) kuvyūtsa
(the head) kuraramuka

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like ▶ bēne, nka
(conj.) nk'uko
(like that) -rtyo
(like this) -rtya
(to be like) gusa
(to look like) gushusha
(to like) gukūnda
(for a short time) guharara
(to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra

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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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long ▶ (to ~ for) gusamāza, gukūmbura
(thing for which one longs) igishika

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look ▶ (evil) igitsūre
(all about) kuraraguza
(around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
(at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
(at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
(at hastily) kurangaguza
(at in wonder) gusamāra
(at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
(to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
(at oneself) kwīrāba
(at repeatedly) gukanaguza
(at without paying attention) gusamāra
(at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
(behind) gukebuka
(carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
(for) kurereka, kurondera
(esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
(for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
(from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
(in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
(like) gushusha
(over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
(through) gusesa
(towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
(up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura

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lose ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
(by death) gupfīsha
(by death, one's child) gupfusha
(interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
(one another) gutāna
(one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
(original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
(to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
(one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
(weight) kugōgōra

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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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many ▶ –inshi
(how many?) –ngāhe?
(so many) –ngāho
(to be ~) kurūndāna
(to be, esp. cows, trees) gusagāra
(to be so) kungana

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mark ▶ (made by hoe or axe) ibāngo
(of a blow) umuramu
(to ~) kudoma
(to have marks, scratches, as pot) gusaragurika
('get on the mark') gutuna

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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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May ▶ (month) ukwēzi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(month of heavy rains) urushāna

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mean ▶ (to be ~ to) guhama
(to say ~ things in trying to provoke another) kwīyandagaza

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medicine ▶ umuti
(for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
(to make people like one) urusango
(material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
(to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
(to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka

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meet ▶ guhāmvya, guhwāna, guhūra
(to go to) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together) gukorana, gutērana
(to cause to ~ together) gukoranya, gutēranya

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melt ▶ gucika, gushōnga, kuyaga
(away) kuyōngayōnga
(to cause to) kuyagiriza
(sugar, salt) kuyōnga

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memory ▶ ubuzīndūtsi
(word that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger) isata burēnge
(to escape the ~) kuzīnda

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mending ▶ ukuremura, ugusana

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merely ▶ -sa, gusa

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millet ▶ uburo
(one head) ururo
(harvest of) igenya, igesa
(harvester) umugenyi
(to harvest) kugenya, kugesa

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miscarriage ▶ ukuruhira ubusa

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misspeak ▶ (err in speaking) kuyoba
('excuse me, I said a wrong word, misspoke myself') bambe

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mist ▶ urwīrungu, igipfūngu
(to ~) kunyanyāga
(condensation) umuhisha

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mistake ▶ ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
(to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba

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mongoose ▶ isambwe

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month ▶ ukwēzi
(January) ukwezi kwa mbere, Nzero
(February) ukwezi kwa kabiri, Nyamagoma, Ruhuhuma
(March) ukwezi kwa gatatu, Ntwarante
(April) ukwezi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
(May) ukwezi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(June) ukwezi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
(July) ukwezi kwa ndwi, Mukakaro
(August) ukwezi kwa munani, Myandagaro
(September) ukwezi kwa cenda, Nyakanga
(October) ukwezi kwa cumi, Gitugutu
(November) ukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, Munyonyo
(December) ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, Kigarama

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more ▶ –ndi
(to be) gusāga, gusāguka
(to do even) kurushiriza

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mortar ▶ ikarabasasi, ubudongo bw'isima
(for grinding) isekuru (or isekuro)
(pestle for) umusekuzo
(to grind or shell in wooden mortar) gusekura

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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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multiply ▶ (vi) kugwīra, gusagāra
(vt) kugwīza, gucimbataza, kwūngura
(because of having fed well, cows) kugisha
(rapidly, as insects) kujagata
(rapidly) kurōndōka
(as seeds, cows, etc.) kurondōra

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mumps ▶ amasambambwika

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naked ▶ amēnya
(person) umwāmbure
(to go) kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa, gufurama

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no ▶ oya
(adj.) nta, ata
(emphatic) oyāye, ishwi, eka, ekāye, wapi
(to say ~) guhakana
(euphemism for a polite No) nzokubarira (lit. I will let you know)

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noise ▶ urwamo
(loud, frightening) umuturagaro
(esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
(of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
(of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
(of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
(to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
(to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
(to make a loud frightening) guturagara

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noon ▶ isaha sita, sasita, amashōka, ku mamina ngohe

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nose ▶ izūru, itonde
(bridge of) umwīrīri
(nosebleed) umwūna
(to get in and cause to sneeze) gusagāra

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nothing ▶ (a ~) imburūngu, igaragara
(adv.) ubusa
(adj.) ntanakimwe
(to say ~) kunuma

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number ▶ igiharūro, nimero
(a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
(of things) igitigiri

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nurse ▶ (vi) kwōnka
(vt) kwōnsa
(to ~ an invalid) kurwāza
(to ~ from a cow) kugoba

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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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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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only ▶ gusa, nyene
(adj.) -sa

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open ▶ (vi) kwāturuka, gukīnguruka, gupfunduka
(vt) gufungūra (Sw.), kugarānzura, gukīngūra, gupfundurura, kurumūra, kwūgurura, kuzibūra
(the eyes) gukanura
(the eyes of another) guhumūra
(flower) kwātura
(the mouth) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
(mouth, or book) kubūmbūra
(suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
(to be ~ to view) kugaragara
(to be wide ~) kurāngāra
(to leave ~) kurāngāza
(space) agahīnga

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opponent ▶ (in game) uwo muhiganwa, uwo mudasangiye umurwi, uwuhiganwa

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opportunity ▶ umwānya, uburyo
(to lack ~ to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa

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pan ▶ (frying ~) ipanu
(saucepan) isafuria, isafuriya

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pass ▶ guhita
(allow to) kubisa
(allow another to) kubisiriza
(between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
(by, but not meet) guhubana
(gas) gusurira
(out gifts) kugaba
(out of sight) kurēngāna
(over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
(the night) kurāra
(through) guca
(to bring to ~) gucimbataza
(to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
(to bring in passing) guhitana

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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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pay ▶ ingero, urugero, igihēmbo, impēmbo
(salary) umushahara

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perfume ▶ isenga
(bark used for) imibavu
(leaves used for) imbazi
(to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa

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piece ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igice
(of bread) ikibege
(of fruit) icamwa
(of land) ishāmvu, ikivi
(of paper or cloth) ibitabu
(of something that has been cut) igisate
(to come to pieces) gusambūka
(to tear in pieces) gutabagura

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pillage ▶ iminyago, ubusahuzi
(to ~) kunyaga, gusahura

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pin ▶ umusumāri (Sw.), agapengeri
(clothespin) umunēngo
(safety) igikwāsho, igikwāshu

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pistil ▶ (of flower) isage

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plate ▶ isahāni, isahāne
(to ~ as with silver) kumadika
(to clean up one's ~ completely) gukōmba

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pleasure ▶ igihīmbāro
(to do something that causes) gusamāza
(to give) kunēzēra

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plunder ▶ isahu, inyagano, iminyago, urunyago

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plunderer ▶ umusahuzi

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poison ▶ ubumara, uburozi, ishano
(of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe

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populous ▶ (tribe or family) ikigaga
(strong) igisata

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pot ▶ (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria

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pour ▶ (to ~ into) gusuka
(to shed) kuvīra
(to ~ out) gusēsa
(~ forth water, as spring) kududubiza
(~ milk down another's throat) kuramiza
(~ water on another's hands) kwūhīra
(~ water on hair before cutting it) kuvuba

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pray ▶ gusaba, gusenga
(frequently) gusabiriza

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prayer ▶ igisabīsho, isengēsho

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present ▶ (exclamation to a superior) sabwe!

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priest ▶ umuhērezi
(traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
(catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri

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provoke ▶ kwāndurutsa, gusomboroza
(to fight) gusōmborotsa

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pudding ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako

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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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python ▶ isato

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quarrel ▶ intonganya, imitongano, amahāne
(to ~) gutongana, gutonganya, kurandagurana, guhārīra, guhāzāna
(to be always looking for) kwītōraguza
(to start a) kwāndurutsa
(to stop ~ and make them like each other) kwūnga

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quickly ▶ n'ingoga, vuba vuba
(to do) gukwākwānya, gutebūka, gutebūtsa
(to do ~ and carelessly) kuraha
(to do, esp. used by Batwa) gushōka

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raise ▶ gusokōra
(animals) gutūnga
(arm) kurāmvura, gutarika
(arm to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
(clamor) kugūmūka
(eyes) kurarama
(from dead) kuzūra
(higher) kurārūra
(in sense of increase) kwongera
(head) kurāngamiza, kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra
(up) kumanika, kwūnamūka, kurāngamiza, kwūnamūra, kuraramuka, kuvyūra, kuvyūtsa
(voice) kurangurura

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rash ▶ (to break out with) guturika
(of spots etc.) ugusesa amahere

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reason ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, imvo, igituma
(to ~ with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
(to ~ within oneself) kwībūranya
(to be tired without ~) kudendebukirwa
(to lose ~) gusara

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recollection ▶ (words that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger) isata burēnge

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reinforce ▶ (what one has said) kuryōherereza
(the words of another) kwītsa

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reiterate ▶ kwītsa

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reject ▶ gushibura
(council) gusaragurika
(food that you've always eaten) guhura

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rejoice ▶ kunēzērwa
(at arrival of someone) gukēra
(in another's troubles) gukēkeza
(in coming of another) kwigina, gusāsīrira

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relationship ▶ isāno

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remind ▶ kwībutsa
(of one who is dead, or of something forgotten) gucūza

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remove ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
(clothing) kwāmbūra
(completely) gutōngōra
(dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
(enchantment) kurogōra
(everything from burning house) gusahura
(foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
(from cross) kubāmbūra
(from fire or oven) kwōkōra
(from hiding) guhishūra
(from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
(grass from house) gukākura
(lid of basket) kurumūra
(load from head) gutūra
(skin from drying) kubāmbūra
(sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
(taboo) kuzirūra
(things) kuyōra
(things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
(thorn or sliver) guhāndūra

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repair ▶ guhīngūra
(car) gukanika imodoka
(house) gusanura
(something absolutely worn out, or, ~ repeatedly) gusanasana
(woven thing) gusana

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resemblance ▶ isāno

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resemble ▶ gusa, gushusha

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resound ▶ gusāma

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riddle ▶ igisōkōzanyo, igisōkōzo, igisakuzo
(to ask) gusōkōza, gupfīnda, gupfīndana
(to solve) gupfīndūra

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right ▶ (hand, side) uburyo, ukuryo, iburyo
(~ arm) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuboko kw'ukuryo
(all right) niko, ni ko, n'ūko, sawa
(right now) non'aha, ubu nyene
(to be) kugororoka
(to become ~ side up) kwūburuka
(to turn ~ side up) kwūburura, gucurūra
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rwiza rw'impuzu
(to put ~) gutūngānya

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rise ▶ (arise from lying) kuvyūka
(of sun) kubāndūka, kurasa (e.g. umutwēnzi urabāndūtse)
(of anything containing leaven) gukuka, gukakama, gututūmba
(from the dead) kuzūka

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roast ▶ gukarānga, gutara
(easily) gukarāngika
(in coals) kwōtsa

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roof ▶ igisēnge
(house with high pointed ~) umushōnge, agashūngēre
(to put on a) gusakāra

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rooster ▶ isāke, inkoko

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rubdown ▶ (massage) ugutsirita

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ruins ▶ (house in) umusaka

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sabbath ▶ isabato

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sack ▶ umupfuko, isaho
(burlap) igunira
(long narrow for food) indebuye
(made of skin) umukuza
(to tie neck of) kuniga
(to tie up hole in) gutubika

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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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sad ▶ (to be) kubabara, kwījīrwa, gushavura, gutuntura
(to feel) gutunturirwa
(to make) gushavuza

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sadness ▶ akabōnge, umubabaro, intimba

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safe ▶ (to be) gukira

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safety pin ▶ igikwāshu

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sake ▶ (for the ~ of) kubwa

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salad bowl ▶ igikoresho cumisha imboga

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salary ▶ igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo
(to demand, to ask for) guhembesha
(to pay) guhēmba, kugerera

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saliva ▶ amate

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salt ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra

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saltcellar ▶ agashinguramunyu

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saltshaker ▶ agashinguramunyu

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salvation ▶ agakiza

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same ▶ (the) hamwe
(to be the) kungana
(to be the ~ size) kuringanira
(to be ~ length, height) kurēha
(to make ~ length, height) kurēsha

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sample ▶ ico akarorero

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sand ▶ umusēnyi

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sandal ▶ inkwēto
(with strap between the big and the other toes) ikambambiri

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sandpit ▶ ikinogo c'umusenyi co gushushanya mwo

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sanitary towel ▶ agatambaro abakenyezi bakoresha iyo bari mu butīnyānka, akabindo

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sap ▶ (sweet) ubukame

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sarcastically ▶ (to speak) kurtyekeza

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sassiness ▶ amanyama, imirarwe

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satchel ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure

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satisfied ▶ (to be) guhāga
(to be, used in negative way) guhīmba
(to be, with) gushīma

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satisfy ▶ kubūmba, guhāza

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saturate ▶ (with) gutōtēsha
(to be saturated) gutota

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sauce ▶ isosi
(tomato ~) isosi y'itomati

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saucepan ▶ isafuria, isafuriya

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saucy ▶ (to be) kuraraguza

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saunter ▶ (to) kubagabaga

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savage ▶ (to be) gukara

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save ▶ gukiza, kurokora
(by means of) kurokoza
(beans for a year) guhitiza
(to redeem) gucūngura
(to store) kubīka

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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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saving ▶ ukuziganya

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savior ▶ umurokozi, umukiza

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saw ▶ urukero, urukerezo, umusumēno
(to ~) gukerera

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say ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu

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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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scatter ▶ gukwīragiza, gusāba, gusanza,
(vt) gusanzāza
(vi) gusanzāra
(esp. seeds from tree, vi) gushwiragira
(vt) gushwiragiza
(everywhere, vi) gusābagīra
(everywhere, vt) gusābagīza
(seeds or dirt by scratching as chicken does) gusūra

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schoolbag ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure

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scrub ▶ ibisanze
(to ~) gufyikinyura
(~ clothes) kunyukura

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search ▶ kwīhwēza, gusesa
(carefully) gusūra
(for) guhama, kurondera
(for a buyer) kubūnga
(carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
(research) gusesangura

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seek ▶ kurondera
(advice) kugīsha
(assistance to overcome) kugomorera
(doer of evil, as witch doctor does) kuragura
(food) gusuma
(information) kugenzūra
(information about someone) kubariritsa
(one's way) kujurajura

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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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share ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
(to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra

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shop ▶ (boutique) ibutike
(little shop) iduka
(carpenter) ibarizo, isaramara
(baker's) icumbiro ry'imikate
(cake ~) icumbiro n'iriro ry'imikate
(butcher's) idandarizo ry'inyāma

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shrub ▶ igisaka, akagundu k'ibiti, agati

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sibling ▶ umuvukanyi
(my ~ of the same sex) mwēne wācu
(to be) kuvūkana

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silk ▶ ihariri
(of corn) ubusage

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similar ▶ (to be, but not exactly the same) guhakwa

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size ▶ ijunja, ubunini
(to be the same) kuringanira

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skin ▶ uruhu, urukoba, urusāto
(for carrying baby) ingovyi
(worn by king or great chief) inyambarabāmi
(scaly) ibikaragāshi
(to ~) kumyōra, gukungura
(to fall and ~ oneself) gukungagura, gukunguka
(to remove ~ from drying) kubāmbūra
(to stretch out to dry by pegging) kubāmba
(to have something penetrate the) gusesērwa
(crack in foot) ikivutu

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skunk ▶ umusakanyika

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slander ▶ igitutsi
(to ~) gucōkōra, gukera, gusiba, gutuka
(a superior unintentionally, but he believes it intentional) kurengwa
(to say a lot of slanderous talk) kuvōvōta

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slate ▶ urubāho, igisate, ikigura
(pensil) idushi

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slice ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igisate, igice
(of bread) ikibege

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sliver ▶ akabāngo, igisata
(to remove) guhāndūra

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smell ▶ ububabwe, ubumote
(to ~, vt) kwīnukiriza, kwūmva, kwūmviriza, kwīmōtereza
(to smell bad, vi) kunūka
(to smell good, vi) kumōta
(smell spreading, smell filling the air, vi) gutāmirana
(to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa

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smile ▶ akamwemwe
(to ~) kumwēnyura
(often) kumwenyagura
(manifest pleasure, but not necessarily show teeth) kumwemwamwemwa

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sneeze ▶ kwāsamura
(to get in nose and cause to ~, as pepper) gusagāra

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soap ▶ isabuni

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soapy ▶ (water) amazi arimwo isabuni

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sob ▶ gusarara
(silently) gupfunagira

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sorrow ▶ umubabaro, akabōnge, agahīnda, ishavu, intūntu, intimba
(words that remains in heart causing sorrow) isata burēnge

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sound ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
(well) kwūmvīkana
(to make a bubbling ~) gusāma

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space ▶ umwānya, ikibānza
(open) agahīnga
(a small space) akanya
(cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
(to take up ~) gutabarara

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spark ▶ isase, umusēngesēnge

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speak ▶ (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
(one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
(all speaking together) imvugarimwe
(to ~) kuvuga
(against) guhāririza
(carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
(distinctly) gutobora
(distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
(evil of one another) gucurikanya
(evil of) gukana, kunegura
(evil of the king) kurogota
(evil of a ruler) kuyoba
(fearlessly) kwūbahuka
(foolishly) kudebagura
(hatefully) gucobogoza
(hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
(in a mysterious language) gufobeka
(incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
(lightly) kujajura
(loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
(many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
(sarcastically) kurtyekeza
(the truth) guhinyuza
(thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
(unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
(very beseechingly) kubobōteza
(when one shouldn't) kuyogora
(where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
(without arriving at point) kurerembuza
(to cause to) kuvuza
(to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
(to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
(give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
(refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa

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spill ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
(anything not liquid) gusanzāra
(over) gusēsekara

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split ▶ (vi) kurara
(vt) gutānya
(in two) kwīmānya
(open, as over-ripe beans) gusaragurika
(up) kwōmānza
(wood) gusatura
(to be split open as flesh when wounded) kugāguka

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spread ▶ (abroad, vt) kwāndagaza, kwāngāza, gukwīza, gukwīragiza
(vi) kwāmāmara, gukwīra, guhetūra, gukwīragira
(grass) gusasa
(legs apart) guhānyuka
(out) gupānga
(out great branches) kugasāra
(out on something) gusanza
(thing spread out flat) ikiramvu

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sprinkle ▶ gusukira, kuvōmera
(vi) kumījira
(vt) gucūcagira, kumīja, kumījagira
(as with powder, salt) kumemēra
('medicine' around house to protect it from evil) gutota

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sprout ▶ umugera, ingūndu, umunago
(bean) umugōndōra
(sorghum) ikirōnge
(to ~) kumera
(to ~, millet) gusēsa
(after cutting) kunaga

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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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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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steal ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
(from each other) kwībana
(habitually) guhīmbira
(to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa

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submerge ▶ (vt) kwībiza, kurotsa

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substantiate ▶ (enforce what one has said, to drive it home) kuryōherereza

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sun ▶ izūba
(red sun when very low at night) igihendabaja
(to rise) kurasa
(to set) kurēnga
(to bring things in from) kwānura
(to put out in) kwānikira

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surplus ▶ umusesekara, igisāga

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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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survive ▶ (get well, be saved) kurokoka, kurokoza
(left alive after plague) kwōkōka

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switch ▶ (~ off flies) kwīyama isazi

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take ▶ gufata, gucakīra, guhitana
(another's place in watching) kubangūra
(apart what has been stuck together) kumatūra
(authority on oneself) kurēngera
(away) gukūra, gushingūra, gutwāra
(away from) kwāka, kunyaga
(away completely) gukōmbōra, gutōngōra
(away with) kuvāna
(by force) kunyaga
(care of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka
(care of, very good) kubukabuka
(case to chief or court) kubūranya
(case to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
(child in arms) kurera, gukīkira
(council together) guhūza ināma
(cows uphill) kurārūra
(down) kumanura
(down tent) gupāngūra
(everything for oneself) kwīgūngirako
(far away) kwāmbukana
(firm hold of) kubāngiriza
(from another) kwākīra
(from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
(here, take this) enda
(hold of) gufata
(hold of person) gusūmira, gushorerakw amaboko
(home) gutāhāna
(home object or cows after being away long time) kugishūra
(in one's arms) kugūmbīra, gukīkira
(mouthful) gutamira
(oath) kurahīra
(off clothes) kwīyambura
(off lid of basket) kurumūra
(out) gusokōra
(out of) gukūra, gusokorora, kugobōtora
(out of hole in ground what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
(outside) gusohora
(picture) gucapura (Sw.)
(place of another) kwākīra
(quickly) gutebūkana
(someone aside) kwīkebana
(someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
(something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
(to put away) kwāndūra
(to someone) gushīra
(to someone where he is) gusānza
(turns) kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, kuja imbu, gukūranwa
(up space) gutabarara
(walk) kugēndagēnda
(wife) kwābīra
(wife, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
(with) kujāna

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talk ▶ kuyāga, gusakuza, kugānīra
(foolishly, or act) gusaragurika
(give discourse) kugamba
(in one's sleep) kurāzirana
(lightly) kujajura
(loudly) guhogora
(a lot) kuregeteza
(nonsense when drunk) kuvōvōta
(over) gutegēranya
(slanderously) kuvōvōta
(together in whispers) kunwengurana, kwītōnganya
(to oneself) kwītonganya
(unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
(when one shouldn't) kuyogora
(with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
(to sit together talking for a long time) gutūrika
(one who talks a lot, esp. tells others what to do) ingāre

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tea ▶ icāyi, akāyi
(herb ~) imisabiko
(~-kettle) imbirika
(~pot) ibirika y'icāyi

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tear ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumānyuruka, gutabuka, gutantamuka
(vt) gutabura, gutantamura
(along, water, rain) gusūriranya
(away) gushikura
(big hole, vi) kumānyuka
(big rip, vi) kumwanyuruka
(clothes, vt) gukākagura
(clothes in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
(down) guhenura, guhomvora, guhonyora, gusambūra, gusangangura
(down nest) kwāruza
(in pieces) gutabagura

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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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temple ▶ (of head) umusaya, imvuridahita

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temporary ▶ (house) urusāgo, igikāri

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ten ▶ icumi, cumi
(~ times) icumi
(things over and above ten) igisaga

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terminate ▶ (conversation) kwīkebanura

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thatch ▶ (roof) ubwatsi bwo gusakara, ivyatsi vyo gusakara

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theft ▶ ubwāmbuzi, ubwība, ubwīvyi, ubusahuzi

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thievery ▶ ubwāmbuzi, ubwība, ubwīvyi, ubusahuzi

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thing ▶ ikintu
(forsaken, worn out) akāhebwe
(very tiny) akazatsa
(discarded things) umwāvu
(of no value) ikija

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thirst ▶ inyōta
(excessive) ishārara, isari
(to quench one's) guhodoka, kwīshōza

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thorn ▶ ihwa, igisata
(bush) igisata
(tree) umubambāngwe, umugūnguma, umurīnzi, umutobotobo, umunyinya
(to remove) guhāndūra

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tickle ▶ kudīgadīga
(tickling sensation) ubudīgidīgi

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tie ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
(beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
(clothes at waist) gukenyeza
(cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
(firmly) kudādira
(neck of sack) kuniga
(oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
(securely) kudaga
(together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
(up a bundle) gutēkera
(with knot) gupfundika
(as goat in pasture) kuzirika

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tile ▶ itegūra, irori ry'idirisha
(floor ~) isasa

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tiling ▶ isaso

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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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tiny ▶ -nzīnya (used esp. with 7th class)
(very ~ thing) akazatsa
(~ thing of no value) akazirukanyo

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toilet ▶ umusarani, umusalani

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tomato ▶ inyānya, itomati
(~ sauce) isosi y'itomati

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tooth ▶ iryīnyo
(back) ijigo
(cuspid) ibwēna
(front) amarwi
(wisdom) muzitsa, mutsitsa

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tree ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane

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trial ▶ urubānza, ibūrana
(to declare one's case at a ~) gusāmba

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tribe ▶ ubwōko
(strong clan) igisata

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twin ▶ ihasa, amahasa (pl.)
(father of) sebabiri
(mother of) nyirababiri (rarely used)

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undo ▶ gusambūra

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unmake ▶ (bed) gusasūra

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vaccination ▶ ugucandaga, imugu, ururāsago, indāsago

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vain ▶ (in ~) ubusa

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venom ▶ (poison of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe

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wait ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
(for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
(for another a long time) kugungarara
(for someone expected) gutegereza
(opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
(the right moment) guhēngēra
(wait!) hīnge!
(waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo

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warm ▶ (to be) gususuruka
(to get) gukanyuruka
(to make) gususurutsa
(oneself by the fire) kwītara, kwītaragura, kwōta

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wash ▶ kwōza
(esp. body) gukēmūra, kwūhagira
(clothes) kumesa, kumesūra
(hands) gukaraba
(legs, esp.) kwīyoga
(in lots of water) gufyikinyura, kwīfyikinyura
(in one's eyes) kwīhumūra
(oneself) kwōga, kwīyuhagira, kwīsukura
(vegetables) kurōnga
(very thoroughly) gufyikinyura

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washing powder ▶ ukumesa

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watch ▶ kurīnda, guterama, kuba māso
(as night watchman) kurārīra
(i.e. workers) kurereka
(carefully) kugendeza, kugēnza
(flock) kuragira
(for) gusūra
(house) gusānga
(out for danger) guhwebutsa
(over) kubūngabūnga, kugendeza, guteramira, kuzigama

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watchman ▶ umurinzi, umuteramyi, umunyezamo (Sw.), umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. in daytime) umusānzi
(night) umurāririzi

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wean ▶ gucūtsa, kuramura
(of animals) guhweza

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welcome ▶ ikāze
(welcome!) kāze, karibu (Sw.)
(to ~) guha ikāze, gusanganira
(to give warm) gukēra (one does not say this of himself)

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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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without ▶ (without is expressed by a verb in the –ta– negative, e.g. He went without saying Goodbye = Yagiye atavuze N’agasaga)
(~ pity or regarding) utwīninga, irarīrari

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wonder ▶ kwībaza
(to look at in) gusamāra

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worn out ▶ (clothes) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(mat) umusāmbi
(thing) akāhebwe, umushiro
(to be, of soil no longer productive) gutītūka
(to become) gusāza, gucobogora, gutama
(to repair repeatedly something absolutely ~) gusanasana

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worthlessness ▶ impfāgusa

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wound ▶ uruguma, igikomere
(incurable) akagīrīre
(to ~) gukomeretsa
(to be sore) gutonekara
(to dress a) gusomōra

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writhe ▶ kugaragurika, gusāmba

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mattress ▶ imatera, umufariso
(grass ~) isaso

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embassy ▶ ambasade

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related ▶ (to be) gusāna

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salad ▶ isaradi

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sorghum ▶ ihūndo, amasāka, amahonda
(plant) umuyānge
(sprout) ikirōnge
(stalk) igishakashaka
(to prepare ground for) guhānda

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duvet ▶ (cover) igisaswa

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samosa ▶ isambusa

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wage ▶ (salary) igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo

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plundering ▶ ubusahuzi

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pillager ▶ umusahuzi

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looter ▶ umusahuzi

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French ▶ (person) umufaransa
(language) igifaransa
(french fries) ifiriti

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kettle ▶ isafuriya

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midmorning ▶ umusase

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tasting ▶ (good) gusosa

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sweet ▶ (to be tasting sweet) gusosa

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Saturday ▶ kuwa gatandatu

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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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similarity ▶ isāno

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France ▶ Ubufaransa

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pharisee ▶ umufarisayo

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entertain ▶ (to) gusetsa

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hide ▶ (skin) urusato

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repairing ▶ ukuremura, ugusana

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breakfast ▶ akavunamusase
(~ tea) akāyi
(to have a ~ tea) gufata akāyi

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comfortable ▶ (to be) kunōnōka
(make yourself ~!) murisānze

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compete ▶ (to) gusangira

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crack ▶ (to ~, vi) kwātīra
(also vt), kwāturuka, kurara, gusāba, gusaduka

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devil ▶ ishetani, satani

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okay ▶ sawa (Sw.), ni sawa

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fight ▶ (to ~) kurwāna, kunigana, kurandagura, gusugurirwa,
(vt) kurwānya
(~ and defete completely) kunūtsa
(aggrevate a ~) kubūnga
(for) kumaranira
(for independance) kumēnja
(in fun) gukubagura
(one bigger than oneself) guhaga
(to pick a ~) gusōtōra
(to provoke a ~) gusōmborotsa
(to stop fighting) gutātūka
(with equal force) kurindana

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heat ▶ (to heat up) gushūsha, gususurutsa

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person ▶ umuntu
(bad) umubi
(Black or African) umwirabura
(cross) ibāmba
(courageous) intwāri
(dedicated to Kiranga) igihwēba, igishegu
(dishonest) igihūmbu
(elderly) umusāza
(fearful) igihumura
(from far away) umunyankīko
(good, kind, just, holy, righteous) umwerānda
(grammar, ~ of verb) umuvugwa
(handsome) umuhizi
(hard to get along with) ikigoryi
(harsh) umuhāmbāzi
(honest, speaking truth) imvugakuri, umunyakuri
(honorable) umupfāsoni, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(intelligent, skilled, eloquent) umuhānga
(kind and charitable) umukūndanyi
(lovable) umunyagikūndiro
(malformed) ikirema
(mean and quarrelsome) ikijōra
(meek) umugwanēza
(merciful) umunyembabazi
(miserable) umugōrwa
(of high rank, noble character) umupfāsoni
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(one by himself) inyakamwe
(sharp) inkazi
(skillful) umuntu w'inkuba, umugesera
(strong) umunyenkomezi
(stubborn) intakonywa, intābwīrwa
(tall, fat) ikigwīnyīra
(weak) umugoyigoyi, urudēndevu
(white) umuzungu, umwera
(who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
(with many children) umurēngera
(worthy of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro

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itch ▶ (to ~) guhurira, gusasātwa

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light ▶ (to ~ fire, lamp) gucāna, kudomeka, gukongereza, kwātsa
(the path, esp. with torch) kumurika
(to become ~ suddenly, early in morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
(to come to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(to put out) kuzimya

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lap ▶ (to ~, as dog) gusabagira

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lock ▶ (of hair) ubusage

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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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research ▶ (to) gushākashaka, gusesangura

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pay ▶ (to ~) gutānga, guhēmba
(bribe to win one's case) kwihonga
(debt) kwīshura
(dowry) gukwa
(for work done) guhēmba
(fee) kubugura
(homage to) guhōngera, gushengera, gushengerera
(no attention to) gusamāra, gutimba
(salary) kugerera
(money into account) kubika amahera
(to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura

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praise ▶ (to) gushīma, guhīmbāza, gushemagiza, gutāzīra, guhaya, gushīmagiza
(for something received) gushemeza
(highly) kuninahaza
(highly, one of whom you've heard) gusāsira
(often) guhayagiza
(oneself) kwīhaya, kwīshima
(oneself often) kwīhayagiza
(the wealth of another) gukāma

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fine ▶ sawa, nēza
(it's ~) ni sawa, ni nēza

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slice ▶ (to ~ vegetables) guhīmbura
(to ~ crosswise) kugegena
(to ~ lengthwise) gusatura

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taste ▶ (to ~) kwūmva, kwūmviriza
(to ~ good) gusōsa, kuryōha
(to ~ to prove that it's safe for others) kurogōra

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burn ▶ (vi) gusha
(and break off, tree, etc.) gutemuka
(easily, quickly, vi) gutemuka
(food, vi) kuzigira
(food slightly, vi) kuyēnga
(incense, nice smelling bark) kwōsa
(in the mouth) gukera
(let burn) kuzigiza
(quickly, vt) kubabura
(up, vt) guturira, kuyigiza
(to peel after a burn) kwūburuka
(to put something cool on a burn) gupfuvya

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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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plant ▶ (to ~) gutēra
(to ~ broadcast) kumījīra
(first) gushūza
(small seeds) kubiba
(to be loaded with fruits or grain) gutēngerera
(to be lush and green) gutotahara
(to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
(to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
(to help ~, throw beans in soil as other hoes) gutēragira
(to put forth branches) gushamika
(to put out big spreading branches) gusagarara, gutabarara
(to send forth shoots) gutōha

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please ▶ (interjection) ndabigusavye
(~ help!, interjection) ntabāra!

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worship ▶ amasengēsho
(catholic) imisa
(gourd used as object of) indendēri
(objects used in ~ of Kiranga) ubuzimuzimu
(object of) ikigirwamāna

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mass ▶ (catholic ~) imisa

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breastfeed ▶ (to) kwōnsa

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memorize ▶ (to) gusamagira

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more than ▶ (to be) gusāga
(~ enough) gucāguka

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

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palm ▶ (tree) ikigazi
(oil) amamesa

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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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shatter ▶ (to) kwāsana

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savanna ▶ umukenke

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shoot ▶ (to ~ arrow) kurasa

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spasm ▶ (to have) gusāmba

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spoils ▶ (sense of plunder) isahu, iminyago, urunyago

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starvation ▶ isari

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stool ▶ amavyi
(human excrement) umusarani

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lunch ▶ (~ time) sāsita, isaha sita

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fornicate ▶ (to) gusāmbana, kwenda, kurya umwana

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explode ▶ (to) guturika, gusāba

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funny ▶ (to be) gusetsa

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sail ▶ (to) kugēnda

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calabash ▶ igisābo

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cosmos ▶ isaganirizo, isaganiro

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science ▶ ubusesanguzi, ubumenyi

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research ▶ isesangura, isesa

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computer science ▶ isesa nyabwonko

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galaxy ▶ isabagi

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	do you know kworohereza ?
	none urarizi fertiliser ?