Kirundi Study & Dictionary

si ▶ 1. it is not, 2. he, she is not, 3. there is not

isi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. earth, ground, 2. world

umusi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumusi today
uyumusi uyumusi this very day

si ▶

if ▶ asangwa, iyo, namba, ni, iyaba

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même si ▶

even if ▶ naho

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sauf si ▶

unless ▶ shiti

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-bisi adj ▶ 1. raw, uncooked, 2. fresh, 3. cold, cool, 4. wet

imisi yose phr ▶ allways, alldays

umusi w'Imāna phr ▶ Sunday

umusi ur'izina phr ▶ on a certain day

basi excl ▶ enough!, it is enough, that's fine

hāsi adv ▶ on the ground, floor, down, below

mūsi adv ▶ under, beneath, underneath

sīko ▶ isn't it? isn't that so?

sida 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ AIDS

agasibe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ hangover

agatāsi 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) season of early rains

ikusi 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) (Sw.) south

ivyātsi 4 ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)

ubwānsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) enmity

ubwātsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. grass, straw (esp. for building), 2. field

urusīma 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ illness where abdomen swells and fills with fluid

urusīna 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ illness where abdomen swells and fills with fluid

gusiba (-sivye) v ▶ 1. to lie fallow, to cease to be used (path), 2. to slander

gusiga (-size) v ▶ to leave behind

gusita (-sise) v ▶ to strike against in order to knock down (e.g. shake dead tree in hole to break it loose)

gusība (-sīvye) v ▶ 1. to be absent, 2. to miss, to be short (lacking), 3. to abstain

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

gusīza (-sīje) v ▶ to prepare a place

mūnsi adv ▶ under

sivyo ▶ isn't it? (answered by nivyo)

sinzi phr ▶ I don't know (from -zi)

agasimbo 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ energetic men's dance of the Buragane region

amasinde 5 ▶ ground dug up but not planted

ibisi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ bus, coach

ipāsi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) iron (for ironing clothes)

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

izosi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ neck
kugōnda izosi to bow the neck, to be submissive

gusigwa (-sizwe) v ▶ to be left

gusīgwa (-sīzwe) v ▶ to be rubbed, anointed

gusīmba (-sīmvye) v ▶ to jump, to leap

gusīnda (-sīnze) v ▶ 1. to bully, 2. to mistreat, 3. to vex, to annoy

gusīvya (-sībije) v ▶ 1. to postpone, 2. to cause to be late, 3. to cause to be absent, 4. to destroy the work of another

sindabizi phr ▶ I don't know

tagisi n ▶ taxicab

tifusi 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ typhus

agashitsi 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. chill, 2. trembling
guhīnda agashitsi to tremble, shake, shiver, to have a chill

icansi (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ milk cup

icātsi (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)

ubuhēhēsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lustful thinking and practices

umunanasi 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ pineapple spirit

umunsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumunsi today
uyumunsi uyumunsi this very day
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day

umutsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. blood vessel, 2. nerve, 3. muscle, 4. tendon

umwānsi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ enemy

gusibana (-sibanye) v ▶ to slander each other

gusibūra (-sibūye) v ▶ 1. to write over, erase, 2. to clean out path

gusiduka (-sidutse) v ▶ to slide (earth), to collapse

gusigaho (-sizeho) v ▶ to stop

gusigana (-siganye) v ▶ to leave each other

gusigara (-sigaye) v ▶ to be left over

gusigaza (-sigaje) v ▶ to leave over, to leave a part of something, to cause to be left

gusigira (-sigiye) v ▶ to leave at, for

gusigūra (-sigūye) v ▶ 1. to explain, 2. to preach

gusigūza (-sigūje) v ▶ to demand explanation

gusituka (-situtse) v ▶ to fall down, collapse (vi)

gusitura (-situye) v ▶ to cause to fall in, collapse, to pull out by roots

gusiturwa (-situwe) v ▶ 1. to cause to be absent, 2. to make late, 3. to postpone, 4. to destroy the work of another

gusībira (-sībiye) v ▶ to stay for a time, to stay at

gusīgira (-sīgiye) v ▶ to rub at, for

uyumusi adv ▶ today, this day (from uyu musi)

inanasi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pineapple

isogisi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sock

igipesi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ button on clothing

imfyisi (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hyena

imisigazwa 2 ▶ left overs

ubutegetsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ power

umukasi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ scissors

umutasi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ spy

umutāsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. complainer, grumbler, 2. troublemaker

umwōtsi (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ smoke

kuva hasi (-vuye) phr ▶ to stand up

gusiganwa (-siganwe) v ▶ to race

gusigazwa (-sigajwe) v ▶ to be kept over, left over

gusigīsha (-sigīshije) v ▶ to cause to leave

gusinzīra (-sinzīriye) v ▶ to fall asleep

gusībīsha (-sībīshije) v ▶ 1. to retain, 2. to cause to be absent

gusīndira (-sīndiye) v ▶ 1. to scold, 2. to insult, 3. to mistreat

gusīndirwa (-sīndiwe) v ▶ to be insulted, provoked

uyumunsi adv ▶ today, this day (from uyu munsi)

Umutūtsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Tutsi (person)

amasigarira 5 ▶ things left behind (not food)

ifarmasi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pharmacy, drugstore, chemist's

igitotsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ foreign article (in eye, milk, water)

igitutsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ slander

igitūtsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ language of Batutsi

ikibatsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reflection of light

ububangutsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ ardour, fervour

ubuzīndūtsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ memory (from kuzīndūka)

umutetsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ cook

umwūbatsi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ builder

kwāga hasi (-āze) phr ▶ to humiliate oneself

gusigarana (-sigaranye) v ▶ to entrust to, leave with

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

gusigariza (-sigarije) v ▶ to leave for

gusitukana (-situkanye) v ▶ to collapse with

gusitukira (-situkiye) v ▶ to collapse on

inkerebutsi adj ▶ 1. skillful, skilled, 2. wise

sindūbaka phr ▶ I have not built yet (I am not yet married)

igihūhūsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very strong wind

igipfūnsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fist

igishitsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ stump, root

igishītsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. big earthquake, 2. shaking, trembling

inderetsi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. supervisor, 2. spy

ubukerebutsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ ardour, fervour

umupolisi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ police, police officer

umuporisi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ police, police officer

umushatsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hair (of human head)

umushitsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. guest, visitor, 2. stranger

umushītsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. big earthquake, 2. shaking, trembling

gutūra hasi (-tūye) phr ▶ to knock down (esp. in a fight)

gusigūzanya (-sigūzanije) v ▶ to ask each other to explain

gusinzikara (-sinzikaye) v ▶ to suffer much

gusinzikaza (-sinzikaje) v ▶ to cause to suffer

gusinziriza (-sinzirije) v ▶ to put to sleep, cause to sleep

gusiribānga (-siribānze) v ▶ 1. to trample, stamp on, 2. to completely destroy

gutēra ipasi phr ▶ to iron (clothes)

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

igicamunsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ afternoon

ubwīyorobetsi 8 class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ hypocrisy

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

umukonotsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. strong virile person, 2. homosexual person, gay

umutegetsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. administrator, 2. commander, 3. ruler, 4. dictator, 5. head, leader (from gutegeka)

umuteretsi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one in charge of food at a feast

urukaratāsi (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ (Sw.) paper, sheet of paper

kuja mu gashitsi (-giye) phr ▶ to shiver, shudder, tremble

gusibanganya (-sibanganije) v ▶ 1. to blot out, dig up, plough badly, 2. to fail to do one's task, 3. to neglect one's work

gusinzikazwa (-sinzikajwe) v ▶ to be made to suffer by

gusiribāngwa (-siribānzwe) v ▶ 1. to be destroyed, 2. to be trampled on

igikaratāsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) paper

igikaratūsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ eucalyptus tree

umukaratūsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ eucalyptus tree

kugōnda izosi (-gōnze) phr ▶ to bow the neck, to be submissive

gusibanganiza (-sibanganije) v ▶ to blot out

gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse) v ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)

ikirāngamisi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ calendar

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

guhīnda agashitsi (-hīnze) phr ▶ 1. to tremble, shake, shiver, shudder, quiver, 2. to have a chill

kwīkubita hasi (-īkubise) phr ▶ to fall down before

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

inyāma y'akibitsi phr ▶ meat of leg

sinūmva ikirundi phr ▶ I don't understand Kirundi

ububabare bwo mu mitsi phr ▶ neuralgia

-kuru adj ▶ 1. important, 2. senior, 3. great (not size), 4. ancient

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

-tandatu adj ▶ six

agacerere 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) silence

agahugūgu (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ musical instrument (with string)

agaseba (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. bubbling of water in spring, or boiling, 2. sifter to sift out chaff

agatete (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ a single grain

agatūntu (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. chest, 2. tuberculosis

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

akagōngwe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. pity, 2. compassion

akagūma (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. joker, teaser, gossiper, 2. mild revolt

akānīra 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) pertussis, whooping cough, whoop

akārōnda 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. inherited property or position, 2. origin

akayungirrizo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ sieve, grid

amacakubiri 5 ▶ separation, division

amāgage 5 ▶ 1. uvula, palate (soft), 2. tonsils

amagara 5 ▶ 1. health, 2. physical strength

amakēnga 5 ▶ 1. doubts, 2. mistrust, 3. apprehension

amakera 5 ▶ (no sing.) hoe with handle

amango 5 ▶ (no sing.) time, moment

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

amaraso 5 ▶ (no sing.) blood

amarēba 5 ▶ (no sing.) magic, miraculous things (not by God's power)

amarira 5 ▶ (no sing.) weeping

amarōnko 5 ▶ acquisitions, possessions

amarushwa 5 ▶ (no sing.) troubles, disturbance, misfortunes

amatsiko 5 ▶ curiosity, interest

amazīnda 5 ▶ (no sing.) 1. forgetfulness, 2. doubt
kugira amazīnda to be forgetful, doubtful
gushira amazīnda to have a good memory

barutungaboro 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. elders and rulers (esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor), 2. (in sing.) one who helps the poor

bavyāra bācu 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousins

Bwāna 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (Sw.) Mr., Sir, master

gatandatu adj ▶ six times

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

gucereza (-cereje) v ▶ 1. to be silent, 2. to silence

gucumura (-cumuye) v ▶ 1. to sin, 2. to commit a crime

gucuna (-cunnye) v ▶ to ask persistently, although refused

gucunaguriza (-cunagurije) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. question carefully

gucunaguza (-cunaguje) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. to question carefully

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

gucuramika (-curamitse) v ▶ to turn upside down

gucurarānga (-curarānze) v ▶ to play a musical instrument

gucurika (-curitse) v ▶ to turn upside down or wrong end to, to be upside down or wrong end to

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

gucurūra (-curūye) v ▶ to turn right side up

gufasha (-fashije) v ▶ to help, to aid, to assist, to support

gufata neza (-fashe) phr ▶ 1. to manage well, 2. to be responsible

gufūha (-fūshe) v ▶ 1. to breathe heavily and noisily, 2. to yearn over, 3. want one thing and that alone, 4. to purpose to revenge

gufukura (-fukuye) v ▶ to have sloping sides (like soup dish)

gufūtāna (-fūtānye) v ▶ 1. to be wicked, 2. to have bad habits (after having been good), 3. deteriorate, 4. to go backwards in possessions or habits

gufyidikīra (-fyidikīye) v ▶ to do the impossible

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

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

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

guhemana (-hemanye) v ▶ to be insincere with each other

guhēmūka (-hēmūtse) v ▶ 1. to puff with exertion, 2. to sigh, 3. to breathe hard

guhēnda (-hēnze) v ▶ 1. to deceive, to cheat, 2. to be expensive

guhengama (-hengamye) v ▶ 1. to tip head to one side, 2. to lean over

guhēngeka (-hēngetse) v ▶ 1. to lay a thing on its side, 2. to tilt, to turn, 3. to slant (vt)

guhengēshanya (-hengēshanije) v ▶ to speak hesitantly (usually used with negative)

guhēra (-hēreye) v ▶ 1. to begin from, by, 2. to recompense, 3. give to, (prepositional form of guha)

guhererana (-hereranye) v ▶ 1. to surround (esp. country), 2. to be beside

guherereza (-herereje) v ▶ 1. to put to one side, 2. to offer at, for, in the name of

guhibongoza (-hibongoje) v ▶ to sing very nicely

guhigima (-higimye) v ▶ to hesitate, to be undecided

guhigimānga (-higimānze) v ▶ 1. to sigh with disgust or displeasure, 2. to hesitate, 3. to complain

guhīmbāra (-hīmbāye) v ▶ 1. to be happy, 2. be beautiful, 3. to please, 4 . to be agreeable, pleasing

guhīngītana (-hīngītanye) v ▶ to hesitate

guhīra (-hīriye) v ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)

guhitana (-hitanye) v ▶ 1. to take, 2. bring in passing

guhitanira (-hitaniye) v ▶ to take for someone in passing

guhitaniza (-hitanije) v ▶ to give something to someone, to take in passing

guhofōra (-hofōye) v ▶ to rub eyes in order to see (esp. one who has been sick with uburire, rheum)

guhogora (-hogoye) v ▶ 1. to shout, talk loudly, 2. sing loudly

guhongorora (-hongoroye) v ▶ to cause to fall noisily

guhora (-hoze) v ▶ 1. to cool (food or liquid) (vi), 2. to always do, continue, be eternal, 3. to be silent, become calm

guhorereza (-horereje) v ▶ 1. to appease, calm, 2. to silence

guhumēka (-humētse) v ▶ 1. to breathe, breathing, 2. to gasp, 3. to sigh, 4. to breath into, inspire

gukacagira (-kacagiye) v ▶ to walk noisily

gukānga (-kānze) v ▶ 1. to scare, frighten, 2. to be shiny (as silk cloth)

gukāngwa (-kānzwe) v ▶ 1. to be frightened, thunderstruck, 2. to be taken sick suddenly (supposedly from python looking at one)

gukānkamwa (-kānkamwe) v ▶ 1. to be cannibalistic, 2. to desire to harm another without reason

gukarāngika (-karāngitse) v ▶ to roast easily

gukavya (-kabiye) v ▶ to put food in sun to dry, to dry up (flower, corn silk)

gukebaguza (-kebaguje) v ▶ to look around on all sides

gukebura (-kebuye) v ▶ to signal to someone

gukēkeranya (-kēkeranye) v ▶ to doubt, to hesitate

gukenguruka (-kengurutse) v ▶ 1. to thank, 2. to be submissive

gukenyera (-kenyeye) v ▶ 1. to persist patiently, 2. prepare to fight, 3. to wear belt, girdle, to tie in at waist

gukenyerera (-kenyereye) v ▶ to persist patiently, in or at

gukīkira (-kīkiye) v ▶ 1. to pass by, go around, 2. to lay someone on his side, 3. to take in one's arms (baby), to hug

gukīngūra (-kīngūye) v ▶ 1. to open, 2. to step aside to make light

gukīnguruka (-kīngurutse) v ▶ to open, step aside to let light in

gukobeza (-kobeje) v ▶ to strive, persist more strongly than before

gukokeza (-kokeje) v ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog

gukovya (-kobeje) v ▶ to hurry, persist, be energetic, strive after

gukuririrwa (-kuririwe) v ▶ to be followed, to have younger brothers or sisters

gupfunagira (-pfunagiye) v ▶ to sob silently

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

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

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

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

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)

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

gusebana (-sebanye) v ▶ 1. to tattle (in order to advance oneself), 2. to gossip

gusegenya (-segenye) v ▶ to crowd up together (people sitting on floor)

gusegenyeza (-segenyeje) v ▶ 1. to roll along, 2. to carry and put down frequently, 3. to crowd up together (people sitting)

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

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)

gushengera (-shengeye) v ▶ 1. to go to chief with trouble, complaint, 2. to visit someone important, 3. to pay homage to

gushengerera (-shengereye) v ▶ 1. to go to chief with trouble, complaint, 2. to visit someone important, 3. to pay homage to

gushenguruka (-shengurutse) v ▶ to return from visiting chief

gushikuka (-shikutse) v ▶ to pull out easily (vi)

gushimika (-shimitse) v ▶ 1. to do one's duty, 2. to persist, to persevere, 3. to hold strongly

gushīnga (-shīnze) v ▶ 1. to agree to, 2. to favor, 3. to decide, 4. to make a vow (old custom of putting stick in ground as sign of agreement), 5. to put stick in ground

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

gushīshikara (-shīshikaye) v ▶ 1. to strive, 2. persist, persevere

gushishwa (-shishwe) v ▶ to be nauseated by repulsive thing

gushoboka (-shobotse) v ▶ 1. to be possible, to be feasible, 2. to be probable

gushobokera (-shobokeye) v ▶ to be possible for

gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse) v ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides

gusobanuka (-sobanutse) v ▶ 1. to be explained, 2. to be explicable, 3. to be comprehensible, 4. to be sorted out

gusohoka (-sohotse) v ▶ to go outside, to exit

gusohokera (-sohokeye) v ▶ to go outside for

gusohora (-sohoye) v ▶ 1. to take or put outside, 2. to ejaculate, to cum

gusohorwa (-sohowe) v ▶ to be put outside, to be thrown out, to be dismissed, to be fired

gusōma (-sōmye) v ▶ 1. to kiss, 2. to sip, or drink from a reed

gusōmagura (-sōmaguye) v ▶ to kiss repeatedly, passionately

gusōmwa (-sōmwe) v ▶ 1. to be kissed, 2. to be drunk (passive)

gusuhūza (-suhūje) v ▶ 1. to visit the sick, to visit the family of a deceased person, etc. 2. to go to give things to one whose house has burned

gusurura (-suruye) v ▶ to be in need (having lost one's possessions)

gususumira (-susumiye) v ▶ to tremble (as hands in grasping or result of sickness)

gutēga (-tēze) v ▶ to receive (physically)

gutegekanishwa (-tegekanishijwe) v ▶ to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans

gutēgekanya (-tēgekanije) v ▶ 1. to hesitate between two actions, 2. to have several plans of what to do so that at least one will please the other people, 3. to have two methods of defending yourself, but use the one you hadn't planned on

gutēmbēra (-tēmbēreye) v ▶ 1. to move about, to travel around, to go for a walk (Sw.), 2. to visit

gutemuka (-temutse) v ▶ 1. to cut easily (vi), 2. to burn easily, quickly, 3. to burn and break off (as tree), log (vi), 4. to slide (earth)

guterabiri v ▶ (yateyabiri) to chat, visit

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

gutērwa (-tēwe) v ▶ 1. to be thrown, 2. to be planted, 3. to be caused, 4. to receive (passive form of gutera)

gutēteka (-tētetse) v ▶ to make another feel badly over something he's done, to be easily deceived or mocked

gutītūra (-tītūye) v ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken

gutītūza (-tītūje) v ▶ to cause to lose original force, to cause to disillusion

gutogotesha (-togotesheje) v ▶ to simmer

gutōta (-tōse) v ▶ 1. to go along right in path (of animals), 2. to not be side-tracked

gutura (-tuye) v ▶ to live at, to dwell, to inhabite, to reside

gutūrika (-tūritse) v ▶ to sit together talking for a long time

gutūringiga (-tūringize) v ▶ to sleep sitting up, to nod in sleep

gutūta (-tūse) v ▶ to be hard, impossible to dig even though water is on top

gutūza (-tūjije) v ▶ to drop voice at end of sentence or expression

hākuno adv ▶ on this side (of river or valley)

hākurya adv ▶ on the other side (of river or valley)

hambavu prep ▶ beside, next to

hānze adv ▶ outside (of house)

hīno adv ▶ on this side

hīrya ▶ beyond, on the other side (of something but still on this side of river or valley)

hīyo ▶ on that side

ibāmfu 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ left hand, left side, left

ibāngo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. hole as for planting beans in, 2. mark made by hoe or axe, 3. chips, 4. assigned task

ibase (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ basin (Fr. bassin)

ibibōgabōga 4 ▶ (no sing.) overflow

ibicuba 4 ▶ pastoral singing, traditional sung poetry in honor of cattle

ibikenewe 4 ▶ 1. need, 2. necessity, essential thing

ibinyavu 4 ▶ (no sing.) mineral matter (inanimate things)

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

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

ibubāmfu n ▶ left hand, left side, left

icāha (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. sin, fault, 2. crime

icībare (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. corner of field belonging to each child, 2. possession (esp. fields or lands), 3. chosen people

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

icīfuzo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ strong wish, desire, covetousness, coveting

icīyumvīro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. thought, consideration, 2. idea

icōmbo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cooking utensil

icūmba c'uruganiriro phr ▶ sitting room, living room

ifarāshi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) horse (also ifarasi)

ifēza (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ silver

igicapo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. picture, 2. design

igicapu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. picture, 2. design

igice (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. half, 2. part, fraction, division, 3. piece, slice, 4. chapter

igico (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ division, section, segment, group, troop

igicumuro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. sin, 2. crime

igihababu 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ 1. lack of foresight, poor foresight, 2. fear of losing position

igihagararo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ size, height

igihāri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. argument, 2. discussion

igihīnda (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ noise (as of wind, rain, running feet, etc.), by extension: great number of things

igikūndiro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. permission, 2. affection, sympathy

igishika (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing which one longs for, strong desire

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

igitēza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ creeping vine (almost impossible to kill)

igiti (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tree, 2. strong stick, 3. rank, position

igitito (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ singing, sung legend or story

igitumbura (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ doughnut, donut, fritter, sinker

igitūntu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. chest, 2. tuberculosis

ihariri (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ silk, rayon, shiny cloth

ihēmbe (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. horn (of animal), 2. lot (in casting lots)
kurwara amahembe illness resembling demon possession

ihūndo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sorghum (sing. refers to one grain)

ijāmbo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. word, 2. term, (pl. also amagambo), 3. good discursive condition

ijūnja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. size, height, 2. value, 3. good physical condition

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

ikarabo (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ wash basin

ikibāndo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. piece of wood for beating beans or grain, or for closing a door, 2. crutch

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

ikibēhe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ basin

ikigabitānyo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wickedness, sin

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

ikihindu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional gender-crossing priest

ikihuha (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument

ikijogojogo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ insect similar to Katydid

ikilito (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. singing, 2. sentimental evening song

ikimaze (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ traditional gender-crossing priest

ikimenyamenya (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ sign, symbol

ikimenyetso (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ sign

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

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

ikirēngazūba 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) evening (when sun is very low but still visible)

ikompanyi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ company (business)

imbere prep ▶ before, inside, in front of

imbombovu (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ furniture, possessions

imbonankubone (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ face to face, vision

imboneshakure (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ television, TV

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

imfashanyo (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ aid, assistance, income

imibaribari 2 ▶ grass growing beside garden, thus luxuriant

imigabo 2 ▶ 1. preparation, 2. plan, planning, strategy, 3. foresight, 4. intentions

imirāmbizo 2 ▶ (no sing.) foot of the bed

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

imisiyoni (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ mission (station)

imisozi 2 ▶ elephantiasis

impaka (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. discussion, dispute, 2. questioning
kubigira ku mpaka to do it on purpose

impāri (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. argument, 2. discussion

ināmbu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ appetite, desire for a certain food

inānga (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burundian zither, harp, musical instrument

inasenge 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of his, her, their father

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

indirīmbo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. song, hymn, 2. singing

indondahwaniro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ preposition (gram.)

indoromyi (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument

ingabano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ division

ingāre (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who gets cross easily but who gets over it quickly, one who talks a lot (esp. to tell others what to do)

ingaruka 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. consequence, 2. result, 3. effect, impact, 4. repercussion

ingīngo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. sentence, 2. judgment, 3. advice, counsel, 4. law, arret-royal, 5. decision

ingorore (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ fee paid for permission to buy or sell, redemption price

ingurukizi (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ grafted-in branch, a plant parasite

inkorora y'akānīra phr ▶ pertussis, whooping cough, whoop

inkukūra (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ very heavy rain (sweeps away crops or hillsides)

īno adv ▶ here, this side, this part

insiguro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meaning, 2. definition, 3. explanation, 4. speech (from gusigūra)

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

inyōshwa (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ leading, persuasion

inyuma adv ▶ 1. behind, 2. outside, 3. at the back, 4. after

inzogera (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bells used as musical instrument, strapped to feet or arms, 2. bells bound to hunting dog to raise the game

ipansiyo (i-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pension

ipaswari 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ sieve

iruhānde prep ▶ beside, next to

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

isata (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ ~ burēnge word that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger, lasting grudge

ishāka (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. desire, 2. zeal

ishārara n ▶ (no pl.) excessive thirst

isuparadra (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ adhesive tape, sticking plaster

itahīriro (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ end, finality, residence

iteke (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small edible root similar to yams

itunda (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. passion fruit, 2. tree tomato

itūnga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ possessions, riches

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

iyebe (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ rattle, musical instrument

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

izina (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ name
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
amazina y'inka poetry praising cattle
amazina y'ubuhizi poetry praising courageousness
amazina y'urugamba war poetry

kamaramagāmbo 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. judge with final decision, 2. influential older man

kaminūza 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ university

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

kidapfunyirana adj ▶ crease resistant, unbreakable

kimwe adv ▶ similarly, likewise, comparably, correspondingly (from -mwe)

ko conj ▶ 1. since (cause, not time), 2. that, 3. as

ku prep ▶ 1. on, upon, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), 5. over

kubabuka (-babutse) v ▶ to be singed, scorched

kubabura (-babuye) v ▶ to singe, scorch, burn quickly (vt)

kubamwo (-yemwo) v ▶ to be inside

kubāngikana (-bāngikanye) v ▶ 1. to be near, adjacent, beside, 2. to be parallel

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

kubanguka (-bangutse) v ▶ 1. to be easily done, to be quickly done, 2. to do in a hurry, 3. to be active, 4. to be direct, 5. to be skillful

kubāsha (-bāshije) v ▶ to be able to (physically)

kubēra (-bereye) v ▶ to be suitable, apt (prepositional form of kuba)

kubīngūra (-bīngūye) v ▶ 1. to slap in the face, 2. to sideswipe

kuboheka (-bohetse) v ▶ to be easily tied

kuboneka (-bonetse) v ▶ 1. to appear, be visible, to seem, 2. to be accessible, available, obtainable

kubonekēsha (-bonekēsheje) v ▶ to place in sight

kubūnga (-būnze) v ▶ 1. to be often sick ( indwara irambungamwo) 2. to search for a buyer, 3. to aggravate a fight

kubūngirana (-būngiranye) v ▶ 1. to share, have things in common, 2. to visit a friend

kudashoboka (-dashobotse) v ▶ to be impossible

kudehūra (-dehūye) v ▶ 1. to lose one's zeal or enthusiasm, 2. to fail to do what you intended

kudōbēra (-dōbēye) v ▶ to walk about in house without permission

kudobera (-dobeye) v ▶ to sink (as in water)

kugabitanya (-gabitanye) v ▶ 1. to be very wicked, 2. to sin

kugandūka (-gandūtse) v ▶ to be obedient, submissive

kugarukira (-garukiye) v ▶ 1. to return to, 2. take the side of

kugēndagēndera (-gēndagēndeye) v ▶ 1. to visit, 2. to frequent

kugendera (-gendeye) v ▶ to visit

kugerēra (-gerēreye) v ▶ 1. to go elsewhere, 2. to find new building site

kugereraniriza (-gereranirije) v ▶ 1. to give an example, to illustrate, 2. make a sign, 3. point out the way

kugōbēra (-gōbēye) v ▶ 1. to force, to compel, to exert pressure, 2. plead with, 3. to insist, 4. to constrain

kugōmba (-gōmvye) v ▶ 1. to want, desire, 2. to lack

kugomorera (-gomoreye) v ▶ to seek assistance to overcome

kugororokera (-gororokeye) v ▶ to be submissive to

kugwāra (-gwāye) v ▶ to be ill, to be sick

kugwīra (-gwīriye) v ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), 2. to be abundant, (prepositional form 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

kujegeza (-jegeje) v ▶ 1. to silence one's opponent by speaking the truth, 2. to astound, astonish, 3. to roll about (vt), 4. throw down, 5. to surprise

kujuragirika (-juragiritse) v ▶ 1. to hesitate, 2. to feel one's way

kujurajura (-jurajuye) v ▶ to be lost, seek one's way (idea of emphasis, or often)

kuka excl ▶ impossible!

kumadika (-maditse) v ▶ 1. to plate as with silver, 2. to weld, 3. to graft tree, 4. to trade butter for other things

kumama (-mamye) v ▶ to silence by motion of the hand

kunāna (-nānnye) v ▶ to resist, refuse somewhat, be refractory

kuniha (-nishe) v ▶ 1. to groan, to wail, 2. to sigh, 3. to complain

kunogēra (-nogēye) v ▶ 1. to love deeply and obey, 2. to persist

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

kunyōbwa (-nyōbwe) v ▶ to be drunk (passive)

kunyurana (-nyuranye) v ▶ 1. to alternate, to diverge 2. follow after, 3. be opposite, 4. to cross on path

kunyuranya (-nyuranije) v ▶ to interchange, make opposite

kunywako (-nyōyeko) v ▶ to drink a little, to taste a sip

kurāba (-rāvye) v ▶ 1. to look at, 2. to examine, to monitor, 3. to visit

kurabukwa (-rabutswe) v ▶ to see with comprehension, to behold, to notice

kurābwa (-rābwe) v ▶ to be looked at, have visitors

kuramagura (-ramaguye) v ▶ to beat (raising welts)

kuramiriza (-ramirije) v ▶ to persist, work hard at, to go steadily forward

kuramukānya (-ramukānije) v ▶ 1. to greet one another, to exchange greetings, 2. to visit

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'

kuramutswa (--kijwe) v ▶ to be greeted, to be visited

kurandagura (-randaguye) v ▶ to resist or fight, to eat, bite (as animal, pain), to weed out grass quickly

kuraramanga (-raramanze) v ▶ 1. to go strolling about when one should be working, 2. to be dissipated

kuregeteranya (-regeteranije) v ▶ to gossip, to tattle-tale

kuregetereza (-regetereje) v ▶ 1. to talk a lot, 2. to gossip

kuregeteza (-regeteje) v ▶ to talk a lot, to gossip

kurēmba (-rēmvye) v ▶ 1. to be smooth, silky soft, 2. to put forth new leaves, 3. to be fresh, attractive (person), 4. to get well after serious illness

kurēngāna (-rēngānye) v ▶ to pass over, pass aside

kurēngēra (-rēngēye) v ▶ 1. to arrive at the top, 2. to pass out of sight, 3. to be very loud

kurengerwa (-rengewe) v ▶ to sink, to be covered with water

kurēnguka (-rēngutse) v ▶ 1. to approach, come into sight, 2. to introduce oneself, 3. to answer to a superior when called, to come running

kurera umwana (-reze) phr ▶ to babysit

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

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

kurirīmba (-rirīmvye) v ▶ to sing

kurirīmbana (-rirīmbanye) v ▶ to sing with (as, with joy, not people)

kurirīmbira (-rirīmbiye) v ▶ to sing at, for

kurirīmbīsha (-rirīmbīshije) v ▶ to cause to sing, lead in singing

kuroka (-rotse) v ▶ to sink

kurunguruka (-rungurutse) v ▶ to look from side to side trying to see everything

kurwānira (-rwāniye) v ▶ 1. to fight at, for, 2. to resist

kurwāra (-rwāye) v ▶ to be ill, to be sick

kurwāra amahēmbe (-rwārye) phr ▶ illness resembling demon possession

kurwārira (-rwāriye) v ▶ to be sick at

kurwāza (-rwāje) v ▶ 1. to nurse an invalid, 2. to make sick, to become ill

kurwāzwa (-rwāje) v ▶ to be nursed, to be sick because of

kuryōherwa (-ryōhewe) v ▶ 1. to find it good, 2. to find pleasure, 3. to feel, experience (positive emotion)

kutagira isoni phr ▶ 1. to be shameless, unashamed, 2. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse

kuvubwa (-vubiwe) v ▶ (passive of kuva) to be bereaved

kuvūkana (-vūkanye) v ▶ to be brothers and sisters

kuvumereza (-vumereje) v ▶ to call continuously and persistently

kuvuna (-vunnye) v ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid

kuvunagurika (-vunaguritse) v ▶ to be easily broken

kuvūnguka (-vūngutse) v ▶ 1. to crush, 2. to crumb easily, to crumble

kuvūza (-vūje) v ▶ to cause to treat the sick

kuvyāgira (-vyāgiye) v ▶ 1. to sit (of kings or rulers), 2. to be at rest (cows)

kuvyina (-vyinye) v ▶ to dance (esp. to music)

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

kuyāgira (-yāgiye) v ▶ to visit at, for

kuyāgīsha (-yāgīshije) v ▶ to cause to visit

kuyāgwa (-yāzwe) v ▶ to be visited about

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

kuzibiranya (-zibiranije) v ▶ to silence, to fall heavily (rain)

kuzibiza (-zibije) v ▶ to silence, to stop up

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

kuzīmba (-zīmvye) v ▶ 1. to fraud, to swindle, 2. make the price very high, to overcharge, 3. to be expensive

kuzīra (-zīze) v ▶ to come at (time, prepositional form of kūza)

kuzīrōra (-zīrōye) v ▶ to persist in old customs, to observe class distinctions

kw prep ▶ 1. on, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), (form of ku before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. kw ibuye - on a rock)

kwābīrwa (-ābīriwe) v ▶ to get married (passive)

kwākura (-ākuye) v ▶ to signal to come

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

kwānka (-ānse) v ▶ 1. to refuse, 2. to hate, to detest, 3. to resist, to oppose

kwānkira (-ānkiye) v ▶ 1. to refuse to, 2. to be impossible for, 3. to be willful, 4. to be disobedient (very strongly)

kwātirwa v ▶ to gain (position)

kwegura (-eguye) v ▶ 1. to give over a possession, 2. bring down a bee hive, 3. throw on ground

kweraguza (-eraguje) v ▶ to look around on all sides

kwerura (-eruye) v ▶ 1. to tell publicly, make known, 2. to be unashamed, shameless, 3. to be bold (esp. of young girl), 4. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse

kwībira (-ībiye) v ▶ 1. to sink, plunge in, 2. to steal at, for

kwīcara (-īcaye) v ▶ to sit

kwīcarana (-īcaranye) v ▶ to sit together

kwīcarika (-īcaritse) v ▶ to cause to sit, to cause to stay

kwīcarikwa (-īcaritswe) v ▶ to be caused to sit, to be caused to stay on

kwīcarira (-īcariye) v ▶ to sit on

kwīcazwa (-īcajwe) v ▶ to be invited to sit

kwīfuriza (-īfurije) v ▶ to desire for

kwīfūza (-īfūje) v ▶ 1. to wish, 2. to desire, 3. to covet, to envy

kwīfūzwa (-īfūjwe) v ▶ to be coveted, desired

kwīgumira (-īgumiye) v ▶ 1. to persist, 2. be energetic

kwīhorera (-īhoreye) v ▶ to be silent

kwīhwēza (-īhwēje) v ▶ 1. to examine, to look at carefully, intently, 2. to search, 3. to contemplate, 4. to envision, to imagine

kwīkebana (-īkebanye) v ▶ to take someone aside

kwīkebukana (-īkebukanye) v ▶ to go aside with someone to talk privately

kwīpfūza (-īpfūje) v ▶ 1. to wish, 2. to desire, 3. to covet, to envy

kwirēngera (-rēngeye) v ▶ 1. to carry something on head without using the hands, 2. to take responsibility for something

kwīrimbūra (-īrimbūye) v ▶ 1. to think, to consider, to weigh pros and cons, 2. to acknowledge to oneself one's guilt

kwīrūra (-īrūye) v ▶ 1. to comfort, assist one in trouble of grief, 2. to encourage oneself

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

kwishongora (-ishongoye) v ▶ speaking or chanting of a lyrical poem characterized by long phrases (where emphasis is on the lyrical text, not accompanied by dancing)

kwītwaririka (-ītwariritse) v ▶ 1. to be eager, earnest, zealous, persistent, 2. to take care of, be concerned about

kwiyakira (-iyakiye) v ▶ to enter without permission

kwīyorobeka (-īyorobetse) v ▶ 1. to be humble or good ostensibly but not in reality, 2. to be a hypocrite

kwīyorohereza (-īyorohereje) v ▶ to divide up work or load to make it easier

kwīyubāra (-īyubāye) v ▶ 1. to hesitate, 2. to doubt, 3. to beware

kwīyuhagira (-īyuhagiye) v ▶ 1. to bathe oneself (formerly a ceremonial cleansing, but now bathing in general), 2. to shower

kwīyumvīra (-īyumvīriye) v ▶ 1. to think, to consider, 2. to assess, to rate, to evaluate

kwōkōka (-ōkōtse) v ▶ 1. to be left alive after a plague, 2. to survive, 3. to regain health or possessions

kwōroha (-ōroshe) v ▶ 1. to be easy, to be simple, 2. to be soft, 3. to be light (in weight)

kwōroherwa (-ōrohewe) v ▶ 1. to get relief from pain, 2. to improve (physically or otherwise)

kwūbaka (-ūbatse) v ▶ 1. to build, to construct, 2. to be married (euphemism, to build own house is seen as prerequisite of mariage)
Ndubatse, I have built (I am married)
Sindubaka, I have not built yet (I am not yet married)

kwūbika (-ūbitse) v ▶ to turn upside down, to be upside down (esp. of basket)

kwūbika inda (-ūbitse) phr ▶ to lie on one's face, to lie face down, to be in prone position

kwūbikwa (-ūbitswe) v ▶ to be turned upside down

kwūburuka (-ūburutse) v ▶ 1. to peel (vi) (skin after a burn), 2. to become right side up

kwūburura (-ūburuye) v ▶ to turn right side up

kwūburūrwa (-ūburūwe) v ▶ to be turned right side up

kwūhagira (-ūhagiye) v ▶ to bathe (vt) (originally associated with ceremonial cleansing at time of a death in family)

marakuja 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ passion fruit

mirongwitandatu adj ▶ sixty

mu prep ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of (the inside of a thing, e.g. kuva mu muriro – to come out of the fire)

mukuru (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. older brother of a boy, 2. older sister of a girl

mukurwanje (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. older brother of a boy, 2. older sister of a girl

Mungu 1 class 1
singular: umu- ▶ God (from Sw., term introduced by missionaries in contrast to the traditional Kirundi term Imāna)

muramukazanje (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister-in-law

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

murumuna (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ younger brother of boy, younger sister of girl

mushikabo (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ their sister (of boys)

mushiki (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister (of boy)
mushiki wiwe his sister
mushiki wanyu your sister (spoken to boys)
(see also mushikanje, mushikabo)

mutoyi (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ younger brother of boy, younger sister of girl

mw prep ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of the inside, (form of mu before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. mw ishuli - in school)

mwēne data (b-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sibling (a brother or a sister)
bene data my siblings (my brothers and sisters)

mwēne dāta wācu (b-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my paternal cousin (boy or girl)
bene dāta wācu my paternal cousins (boys and girls)

mwēne nyina (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. brother, 2. sister (lit. child of his/her/their mother)

mwēne se (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. his, her, their brother, 2. his, her, their sister (lit. child of his/her/their father)

mwēne so (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. your brother, 2. your sister (lit. child of your father)

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

mwīshwanje (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister's son (usually used for an oath with indecent meaning)

ndakwīkebanuye phr ▶ goodbye (used when adressing a superior)

ndarwāye phr ▶ I am sick

ni ▶ 1. it is, he is, she is, there is, (negative si), 2. if, when

ni mwicare phr ▶ Please sit down

niho emph ▶ (emphatic particle placing emphasis on the preceding constituent)
umwana niho the/ this/ that child (emphasizing the child)

nivyo ▶ is it like this? isn't it? (answered by nivyo or sivyo)

nyogosēnge (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of your father, your paternal aunt

nyoko (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your (sing. or pl.) mother (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)

perezida (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ president

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

sha excl ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)

shahu excl ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)

ububāmfu 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ left hand, left side, left

ubudandaji 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ trade, business

ubugabo 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. authority, 2. bossiness, 3. manhood, penis

ubuhīrwe (ama-) 8 class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. blessing, 2. chance, good fortune, 3. privilege, benefit, advantage, 4. fun

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

ubukomezi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. consistency, 2. strength

ubumoso 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ left hand or side

ubumuga 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ paralysis, diability, handicap, weakness, lameness

ubunini 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. largeness, 2. size, 3. width

ubuntu 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. grace, generosity, 2. free (yampaye ku buntu)

uburēbure 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) height, length, depth (dimension and time)

uburima 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no sing.) soldier ants

uburyo 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) right hand or side, opportunity, occasion, manner

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

ubutūnzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. wealth, possessions, riches, 2. economy, 3. treasure

ubwo ▶ 1. perhaps, 2. now that, 3. since, 4. seeing that, 5. moreover

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

ugusekana 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ shock, collision

ugusohora 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. expulsion, throwing out, 2. traditional ceremony on the sixth day after a child's birth where the baby is presented

ugutunganya 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ the cleaning-up, the organising of

ukubāmfu 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ left hand, left side, left

ukuryo 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ right hand or side, opportunity, occasion, manner

ukuvuga nabi abandi phr 9 class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ gossiping, backbiting

ukwāma wihebuye phr ▶ pessimism (from kwāma)

ukwāndukiza 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ contamination, transmission of a contagious disease

ukwirwanira 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. fight, 2. resistance

umubēhe (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ basin

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

umucāno (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ division, hatred where there has been love

umuce (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ division, section, group

umuco (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. light, daylight (sunny), 2. division, section, group, troop

umucuruzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman

umudandaji (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman

umudāndaza (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman

umudāndazi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman

umuderi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. designer, 2. fashion designer, 3. stylist

umugisha (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ blessing, prosperity

umugumo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others

umuhanzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. singer, 2. musician, 3. performer (Rw.)

umuhēzagiro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ blessing

umujogojogo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ insect similar to Katydid

umukōbwabo (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of her sister, 2. daughter of his brother

umukōbwācu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of my sister (when girl speaking), 2. daughter of my brother (when boy speaking)

umukōbwanyu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of your sister (if the one spoken to is a girl), 2. daughter of your brother (if the one spoken to is a boy)

umukokezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ traditional drummer, keeping the basic rhythm

umukōndo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. navel, 2. spot opposite door or house, 3. end of boat

umukuruwigihugu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ president

umumisiyoneri (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ missionary

umunya (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ wrinkle (as in face), excessive thinness

umunyavyāha (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sinner

umunyororo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. chain (by extension, prison), 2. jail

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

umuperezida (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ president

umurambararo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ length, anything in prone position

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

umurōngōzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ guide, leader, chief's assistant (esp. in law enforcement)

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

umurwāza (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ helper of the sick

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

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

umushīngantāhe (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. witness, 2. elder, man of influence, 3. Mr., 4. Sir

umuvovoto (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pastoral singing, pastoral eulogy (from kuvōvōta)

umuvukanyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sibling, friend

umuvurungano (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ noise (esp. of battle or strife), confusion, clamor

umuvyara (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousin

umuyaya (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ babysitter, housemaid

umuza (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ line of cream left on sides of container

umuziki (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ music

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

umwēte 2 class 2
singular: umu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. zeal, earnestness, enthusiasm, 2. activity, 3. application

umwīgīsha wa kaminuza phr ▶ professor (at university)

umwīshīnzi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ surety, (e.g. co-signer for note)

umwīshwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of one's sister (if one is a boy) or woman's brother's son

umwītwaririko (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. zeal, 2. persistence, 3. anxiety, 4. care

umwūga (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. craft, art, special skill, 2. occupation, profession

umwūhagiro (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cleansing, bathing

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

uruboga 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) one vegetable (single plant)

urubuga (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. web, 2. website

urudāndaza 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ trade, business

urudēnde 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) 1. one solitary thing, 2. singular (gram.)

urugerēro (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ new building site

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

uruhumyi 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ shortsightedness

uruhusha (impusha) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. permission, 2. rest, 3. vacation, 4. week

urukayamba 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ rectangular rattle, musical instrument

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

urukumbuzi (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ nostalgia, homesickness

urunana (i-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. small ornamental axe, 2. bracelet worn on hand for special occasion

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

ururirimbo 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ singing, (pl. indirīmbo)

urusako (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. gossip, 2. curiosity

urusaku (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. gossip, 2. curiosity

uruvyino (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ dancing with singing

uruzingo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ sickly child

utwuzango 7 ▶ (no sing.) appetizer

we ▶ you (sing.)
weho you, etc. (in contrast to another)
nāwe and you
nkāwe like you
yewe! you there! (sing.), (exclamation of surprise)
yemwe! you there!
yemwe gaye! (exclamation of astonishment)

wewe ▶ you (sing.)

yewe excl ▶ you there! (sing.), (exclamation of surprise)

absent ▶ (to be) gusība
(to cause to be) gusībīsha, gusīvya

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accept ▶ kwemera
(to cause to) kwemeza
(a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(not accept helpful suggestions) gutagara
(not accept judgement rendered) kudadika, gutagara

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accident ▶ agisida, inzeduka, icāgo, icaduka
(to barely escape) guhakwa
(to fall on spear) gushōka

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acid ▶ aside, isumu, uburozi

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address ▶ (to ~) kurūngika
(of letter) irangiro, ideresi, ibarizo
(to ~ the people, as king or other authority) gucūra

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

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AIDS ▶ sida

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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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always ▶ na ntāryo, imisi yose
(~ do) kwāma, guhora
(~ have) guhorana

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amount ▶ (of assigned work) ikivi

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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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anniversary ▶ (birthday) umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka

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annoy ▶ kugōra, gusīnda

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anoint ▶ gusīga

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ardour ▶ ububangutsi, ubukerebutsi, igise

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artery ▶ umutsi mvomezi
(pulmonary) umutsi ujana amaraso mu mahaha

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aside ▶ (to go aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
(to take someone ~) kwīkebana

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

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assorted ▶ (raw vegetables) imboga ziribwa mbisi

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

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basin ▶ umubēhe, ikibēhe, ibase
(wash basin) ikarabo

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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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be ▶ kuba, -ri, kumera, kuramuka
(at, to have been at) guherūka
(beside) kubāngikana, guhererana
(in water) kubōmbeka
(with always) guhorana

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beat ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
(act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
(~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
(clothes) kunyukura
(heart) gutera indihaguzi
(drum) kuvuza
(raising welts) kuramagura

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beer ▶ inzōga
(fresh, with froth) umubira
(banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
(sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
(undiluted) uruhorwe
(mixed with water) umusharuro
(to beg for) kuvūmba
(to put in a warm place) gutara

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behind ▶ inyuma
(get left ~ as you stare at something) kurāngāra
(to hide ~) kwīkīnga
(to leave) gusiga
(to look) gukebuka

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belt ▶ umukandara, umusipi (Sw.)
(to wear a ~) gukenyera

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beyond ▶ (be ~ what one can do) gutamya
(go ~) kurēnga
(on other side) hīrya

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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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birthday ▶ umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka

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blade ▶ akatsi

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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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blot out ▶ gusibānganiza, gusibānganya

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bread ▶ (european) umukate (Sw.)
(african) umutsima
(loaf of) irobe
(lump of) intore
(soft part of) akavunji k'umukate
(to make) gucūmba
(to put ground-, peanuts, etc. in ~) gutotera

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breathe ▶ guhēma, guhumēka, gukwega impwemu
(hard) guhēmūka
(heavily and noisily) gufūha, gupfūha
(with difficulty, child) gufūrēka

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bring ▶ (to ~) kuzana
(back) kugarura
(back from far away) guhabūra
(back wife after she's gone home) gucūra
(down) kumanura
(down bee hive) kwegura
(from dark into light) kwāndagaza
(from hiding) kunyegurura
(greeting) gutāsha
(in passing) guhitana
(into open from hidden place) kwātura
(loss or failure) gutāna
(new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
(out of hiding) gufurūra
(quickly) gutebūkana
(things in from sun) kwāmura
(things and put them together to give to someone) gusorōranya
(to pass) gucimbataza
(together) gukoranya, gutēranya
(up child) gukuza, kurera
(water) kudahira, kuvōma
(with one) kuzanana

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broken ▶ (to be easily) kuvunagurika
(to be suddenly) gukenyurwa
(to bits) kujānjagurika

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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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builder ▶ umwūbatsi

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

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bully ▶ umusīnzi
(to ~) gusīnda

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bus ▶ ibisi

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button ▶ igipfūngo (Sw.), igifūngo, igipesi

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calcium ▶ ikarisiyumu

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calendar ▶ ibihe vy'umwaka, ikirangamisi

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

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call ▶ (to ~) guhamagara
(in sense of name) kwīta
(continuously and persistently) kuvumereza
(for help) kwāmbaza, gutābaza, gutaka, gutakāmba
(from hill to hill) gusemerera
(loudly for help) gutakāmba
(across the hills, implies scorn of one doing it) kumoka
(to one who cannot answer) gucurīra

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cane ▶ ikibāndo, inkoni yo gushaza
(sugar ~, ready to eat) umusigati, umusumba
(sugar ~, plant) igikaju

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capillary ▶ uturandaranda tw'imitsi

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carry ▶ guterura, gutwāra
(away, as water does) gukubebera
(carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
(for) gutwāza
(in basket, person not sick) kurerura
(on back) guheka
(on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
(on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
(and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma

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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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ceaselessly ▶ ubudasība

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cement ▶ isima

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chemist ▶ umushimisite

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chemist's ▶ (shop) ifarmasi

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chill ▶ agashitsi
(to ~) gukōnja
(to have) guhīnda agashitsi, guhīndaganywa

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cinema ▶ isinema, isenema

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cirrhosis ▶ (of the liver) urusina

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

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cloth ▶ igitāmbara
(large, tied on shoulder) umuhagatiro
(long band of) umugēnde
(made of bark) indemano
(plaid) igitāmbara c'ikigoma
(shiny, silk, rayon) ihariri
(very large) igihūzu, uruhūzu

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cold ▶ –bisi
(in chest) agaherēra
(in head) agahiri, akamango, akamangu,
(cough) inkorora
(common cold, flu) ibicurane
(weather) imbeho, ubukonje
(weather, severe) igikonyozi
(to be) gukōnja, gukanya, gutīmba
(to be drawn up from ~) gutetera

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

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colour ▶ irāngi
(black) umukata, umufyiri, agafyīri,
(very) umuvyiro
(black mud) urushānga
(blue) ubururu
(brown) ibihogo
(brown, light) akagājo, umuyēnzi
(brownish black cow) ikirāyi
(gray) -vivi, agahīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
(green) akātsi gatoto
(orange) umutugutu
(red, like mud) agahama
(tan hair, of goats) umufūmbere
(very white) derere
(yellow) umuhōndo, umutugutu
(yellow, dark) ibihogo
(yellow, light, reddish) umugina
(to be black) kwīrabura
(to be white) kwēra
(to become yellow or reddish, in ripening) kubēnja
(to colour) kuraba
(to ~ in) gusiga amabara
(to change ~, fade) kubēnjūka, kubēngūka

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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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complainer ▶ umutāsi

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condemn ▶ guhinyuza, gutsīndanīsha

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conflict ▶ ugupfa ubutegetsi
(to be in ~) gutāta
(armed conflict) intambara

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

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constipation ▶ igisigo, ukugumbiza, ukugumirwa

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convince ▶ kwemeza, gutururuza, guhinyuza
(to be convinced, after proof or persuasion) gushirwa

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convulsion ▶ ukudadarara kw'imitsi

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cook ▶ (the cook) umutetsi

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cool ▶ -bisi
(to) guhora
(to be, weather) gupfuka
(to cause to) guhoza

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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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cradle ▶ (a skin) impetso, ingovyi, insimbizo, ingerano

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cramp ▶ ukudadara kw'umutsi

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crowd ▶ urugāmba, ishengero
(esp. people running) igugu
(mixed ~ of people) amakūngu
(one who keeps ~ back) umukumirizi
(to ~) kubānda, kubāndana
(to go together to see something) gushwabāduka
(out: to not grow because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
(together) kurūndāna, kwegerana, kuvurungana
(together, people sitting) gusegenya, gusegenyeza

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crown ▶ urugori
(worn by dancers) umugāra
(woven or plaited) igitsibo

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crumbs ▶ udukorokera, ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to become ~) kuvūngagurika
(to ~ easily) kuvūnguka

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crush ▶ gufyonyora, gufyonyoka, kuvūngura
(easily) kuvūnguka
(grain, before grinding) kuvūngagura, kuvūngurīsha
(with hands) kuvūnga
(down) gutsindagira

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curiosity ▶ amatsiko

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custom ▶ umugēnzo, ingeso
(ancient) akārānda
(to persist in old) kuzīrōra

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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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dancing ▶ (with singing) uruvyino

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daughter ▶ umukōbwa
(of my, your, his sister if one is girlof my, your, his brother if one is boy) umukōbwācu, umukōbwānyu, umukōbwābo

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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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deceived ▶ (to be easily) gutēteka

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decision ▶ (final) ingīngo
(to accept a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa

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defeat ▶ umushombo
(to ~) kunēsha, gutsīnda

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demand ▶ (explanation) gusigūza
(from) kwāka
(more) kwongeza

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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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destroyed ▶ (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
(completely while you are watching) kunyika

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

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dirt ▶ umwānda, ico, ubucafu
(esp. on body) ubuhoma, imvyiro
(in water) ikirohe
(in water, milk) igitotsi
(to have dirt in water, milk) gutobeka
(to rubb off) guhungura

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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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divide ▶ kugabanya, kugabura, kugaburira, gutānya
(by lot) gupfīndana
(up loads among several) kugabāngānya
(up work or load to make it easier) kwīyorohereza
(to buy a thing together and then ~ it) gusorōra

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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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done ▶ (to be easily or quickly) kubanguka
(to have ~) kwīgera
(to have ~ recently) guherūka

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door ▶ urūgi, umuryāngo, umwāngo
(piece of wood for closing) ikibāndo

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down ▶ epfo, hepfo
(down there) hepfo
(to be, to turn upside ~) kwūbika
(to put ~) guhwāmika

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drugstore ▶ ifarmasi

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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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earth ▶ (world) isi
(soil) agataka, ivu
(hard-packed) urutare
(interior of) ikuzimu, i kuzimu
(of reddish brown color) inginagina
(to shake, vi) gutigita
(to slide) gutemuka, kunyika, gusiduka

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earthquake ▶ umushītsi, igishītsi
(rumble of) umugigimo
(to quake) kunyiganyiga, gutigita

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earthworm ▶ umusiba

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east ▶ iburasirazūba, ubuseruko

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Easter ▶ Pasika

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effeminate ▶ (traditional gender-crossing priest) ikihindu, ikimaze

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enemy ▶ umwānsi, umumēnja, umurwānizi
(to help another overcome an ~) gukōndōrera

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enmity ▶ ubwānsi

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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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erase ▶ gufuta, gusibūra, kuzimanganya

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eucalyptus tree ▶ umukaratūsi, igikaratūsi

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evening ▶ (later afternoon) umugorōba
(early) akagorōba
(when sun is very low but still visible) ikirēngazūba
(to be or become ~) kugorōba

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

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exhorter ▶ umusigūzi

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explain ▶ gufobōra, kugenekereza, gusigūra, gusobanura
(fully till all understand) kurangūra
(poorly) gufobeka
(thoroughly) gutumbūra
(a dream) kurōtōra
(one who ~) umusigūzi

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explanation ▶ insobanuro, insiguro
(to demand ~) gusigūza

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extra ▶ (additional) inyongera
(to be left over) gusigara
(~ digit, toe, teat) indorerezi

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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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fail ▶ gucumukura
(another) guhemukira
(to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
(to do what one intended) kudehūra
(to find) kubura, guhusha
(to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
(to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
(to return) kugīrīra
(in on'e task) gusibanganya
(to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna

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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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fallow ▶ (to lie) gusiba

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fear ▶ ubwōba
(great) agatēngo
(of losing position) igihababu
(~ to hurt another because you love him) impuhwe
(thing or person stricken with ~) igihūmura
(to act or go secretly because of ~) kwōmba
(to jump with ~, in heart) guhahama
(to shout in sudden ~) gutura ubuku

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feast ▶ amazimāno, inzimāno
(to give a ~ to) kuzimāna
(one who is in charge of food at) umuteretsi

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fee ▶ ikibuguro, ihadabu (Sw.)
(paid for permission to buy or sell) ingorore
(payed to shaman) ingemu
(to collect) kubuguza
(to pay) kubugura

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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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fervour ▶ ububangutsi, ubukerebutsi

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fidgeting ▶ (to sit) kuyugayuga

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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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fighter ▶ umusīnzi
(to seperate ~s) kubangūranya, gutatūra

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fill ▶ (to) kwūzuza, kwūzuriza
(to the brim) kunengesēra, kunengeserēza
(up) gupfunereza, gutsīndāza
(to ~ the gap, blank) gusubiramwo ibitategerewe

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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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fist ▶ igipfūnsi
(to hit with ~ repeatedly but gently, mother with child) gutumagura

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fix ▶ (up nice place to sit) gusēzera

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flashlight ▶ isitimu, itoroshi, itoci

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floor ▶ hāsi
(on the) hāsi

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flounce ▶ (of clothes) agatambaro batera hasi ku mpuzu

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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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foreign body ▶ (in eye, milk, water) igitotsi

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form ▶ (design) ishusho

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fresh ▶ –bisi
(to be) kurēmba

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friend ▶ umugēnzi
(close ~) umukūnzi
(intimate ~, the one you share your last hidden food with) somambike
(most intimate ~, ”you die - I die”) pfampfe
(to visit a ~) kubūngirana

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frown ▶ ibitsingotsingo, ibisingosingo
(to ~ at) kunyinyirwa, kurāba igitsūre

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fuse ▶ urutsinga ruba mu matara y'umuyangankuba

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gain ▶ (to gain) kwūnguka, kurōnka
(to ~ position) kwātirwa

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garden shears ▶ umukasi w'amababi, umukasi minini

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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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good ▶ (the good) icīza
(adj.) -īza, nyāwo, nyāyo, nyāco etc.
(noun) inēza
(economy) icemezo co gufata ibintu
(to be good ostensibly but not really) kwīyorobeka
(to become good after being bad) gufūtānuka
(to make good) kuryōsha

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government official ▶ bulamatāri (Sw.), umusirikāre

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grain ▶ impeke, intete, urutete
(a single) agatete
(place for spreading out) imbuga
(storage place) ikigega
(to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
(to form) guhūnda
(to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura

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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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green ▶ akaātsi gatoto
(unripe, of certain fruits) –toto
(to become green, as grass when rains begin) gutōha, gutotahara

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ground ▶ (earth) isi
(on the) hasi
(dug up but not planted) amasinde
(to put on) gutereka
(to throw stick on ~ and it tumbles end over end) kubirika

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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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grumbler ▶ umutāsi

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guest ▶ umushitsi
(to go together to produce food for) gutērēra
(to have a ~ arrive just as food is all consumed) kwēnzūra

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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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harm ▶ (because of revenge) kuziza
(in order to avenge) guhōra
(to desire to ~ another without reason) gukānkamwa
(to prevent one from harming another) kuzina

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have ▶ –fise, kugira, gutūnga
(absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it) kunyananyaya
(abundance) kudibama, guhīmba
(always) guhorana
(bad habits, having had good) gufūtāna
(diarrhea) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
(done recently) guherūka
(fellowship) gufatanya
(fellowship with) gucudika
(fever) kurwara inyonko
(for) –fitiye
(friendhsip with) gucudika
(holes from rust) kunyengetērwa
(much, may be even lots of debts or trouble) kuroranirwa
(pain) kubabara
(sex) kuryamana, kwenda, kurongorana, kurya umwana
(sloping sides, like soup dish) gufukūra
(speech impediment) kugobwa
(things in common) kubūngirana
(to ~ to) kurīnda, –kwīye

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hawk ▶ igisīga

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head ▶ umutwe
(cold in) agahiri, akamango
(of grain) umuhānyu
(pad, when carrying load) ingata, urugata
(to head up, grain) kubogeka, guhaga, kuyāngika
(to head up, cabbage) gufumbata
(to bow one's) kwūnama
(to carry on) kwīremēka, kwīkorera
(to lift up) kuraramuka
(to lose one's) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(to raise one's) kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra, kurāngamīza
(to remove load from) gutūra
(to shake one's ~ in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
(to tip back) kurarama
(to tip to one side) guhengama
(to turn one's) gukebuka

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heart ▶ umutima, umushaha
(pure, kind) umutima ukeye
(broken) umutima umenetse
(to jump with fear) guhahama
(to pound) kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika, kudidagizwa
(to set one's ~ on) guhahamira
(to beat) gutera indihaguzi

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heel ▶ igitsīntsīri

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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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helper ▶ umutabāzi, umufasha
(of the sick) umurwāza
(group of attendants or helpers to elders) ubukūngu

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homosexual ▶ (person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
(to be gay) kunōnōka
(to have ~ intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to act as ~, commit ~ acts) gutingana
(to have ~ intercourse, rude) guswerana nk'imbwa
(effeminate traditional priest) ikihindu, ikimaze

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

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hop ▶ sa nkoko
(to ~ about) gusimbagurika

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horn ▶ (musical) inzamba
(of animal) ihēmbe
(small, used for tobacco) inconco, iconco
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
(maze of horns) inka zishashe amahēmbe

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horse ▶ ifarāshi, ifarāsi

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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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humble ▶ gucisha bugufi
(to be) kwicisha bugufi, kwīyorosha
(to be ~ ostensibly, but not in reality) kwīyorobeka

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humiliate ▶ kumāramāza, gutetereza
(to ~ oneself) kwāga hasi

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hyena ▶ imfyisi

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hypocrisy ▶ ubwīyorobetsi, uburyārya, indyārya

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ill ▶ (to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
(often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
(to become ~ one after another) guhindikirana
(to lie around ~ long time) kuvūnda
(see also under 'sick')

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importunity ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
(to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna

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impossible ▶ (to be) kudashoboka
(for) kwānkira
(to do the ~) gufyidikīra
(explamation: impossible!) kuka!

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improve ▶ (another's work) guhīngūra
(physically or otherwise) kwōroherwa
(to begin to feel better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
(soil) gutabira
(taste of food) kuryosha
(a technique) guteza imbere
(ubuhinga)

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improvement ▶ (of soil) ukubungabunga
(isi)
(of environment) uguteza imbere ahantu, ukubungabunga ibidukikije

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

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inheritance ▶ umwāndu, uburage, umurage, iragi
(inherited property) ishāmvu
(inherited property or position) akārōnda
(to leave ~) kuraga

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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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inside ▶ imbere
(~ the kraal) intangāro
(to be inside) kubamwo

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instrument ▶ igikoresho
(musical, zither or harp) inānga
(monochord instrument) umuduri, indonongo
(musical, lamellophone) ikembe
(musical, with string) agahugūgu
(large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
(sharp) inkazi
(to play) kuvuza, gucurarānga

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insult ▶ gusīndira, gutuka

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

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iron ▶ icuma
(~ bar) igihimba c'icuma
(for ironing clothes) ipāsi, ikigorōzo c'impūzu, ifero
(to ~) gutēra ipāsi, kugorōra impūzu

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is ▶ -ri, ni
(negative, ~ not) si

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jam ▶ ikonfitire, umutsima w'ivyamwa

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judge ▶ umucamānza, umucamatēka
(with final decision) kamaramagāmbo

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jump ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
(about) gukinagira
(from above) gushunguruka
(in one's sleep) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
(in surpise) guhahabuka
(in surprise or when awakened) kuzanzamuka, gukanguka
(up and run quickly) kwūbuka
(when stung or bitten) gushikurwa
(with fear, heart) guhahama

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justify ▶ gutsīndanīshiriza
(oneself) kwīregūra

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king ▶ umwāmi
(entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
(house of) ingoro
(pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
(to become) kwīma
(to die) gutānga
(to make) kwīmika
(to sit) kuvyāgira
(to speak evil of ~) kurogota

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kiss ▶ gusōma
(repeatedly, passionately) gusōmagura
(each other) gusōmana

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

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

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lacking ▶ (to be) guhara, gusība

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landslide ▶ (to slide) kunyika, gusiduka

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late ▶ (to be) gucerērwa, guteba, gukerērwa, gutinda
(slightly) gutebagana
(of rains) gutara
(to become, in day) kwīra
(to cause to be) gutevya, gusīvya

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lay ▶ (a thing on its side) guhēngeka
(down, vt) kuryāmika
(down a burden) gutūra
(eggs) guta amagi
(hands on, dedicate) kurambikakw ibigānza
(on the ground) kurambika
(someone on his side) gukīkira

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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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leader ▶ indōngōzi, umugabīsha, iremezo, umurōngōzi, umutegetsi
(to choose) kwātira

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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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left-overs ▶ imisigazwa
(to be) gucāguka, gusigara

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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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lustful ▶ (thinking and practices) ubuhehesi

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maintain ▶ kugumya, kugumiriza
(one's position, argue and swear that you're right) gutara

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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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massage ▶ ugukanda
(rubdown) ugutsirita

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

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menu ▶ ikarita ivyērekana
(set ~) imfungurwa zitegekanijwe ku munsi

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milk ▶ amata
(human) amabērebēre
(buttermilk) amaterere
(skimmed) amatererwa
(given to sick) umwērēra
(sour) urubu
(containers, table or shelf for) uruhīmbi
(cup) icānsi
(to have dirt in ~) gutobeka
(to pour ~ down another's throat) kuramiza
(to put skin of dead calf before cow so she will give milk) kwōrokēra
(to remove a foreign body from) gutosōra
(to sour, curdle) kuvura

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minister ▶ (servant) umusuku
(prime minister) Ministre mukuru
(cabinet minsiter) umushikiranganji

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miss ▶ gusība
(aim and) guhusha
(be lonesome for) gukūmbura
(each other on path) kunyuranwa
(fail to find) kubura
(pass by but not meet) guhubana

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mistreat ▶ guhahaza, guhama, gusīnda

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mocked ▶ (to be easily) gutēteka, gutētērwa

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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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muscle ▶ inyāma y'umubiri, umurya, umusoso, umutsi
(to be sore in) kunywāguka

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nauseated ▶ (to be) gusesemwa
(by repulsive thing) gushishwa

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neck ▶ isozi
(to cut ~ of animal) gukerera
(of clothes) izosi ry'impuzu

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need ▶ ubukene, ibikenewe
(to be in ~) gukena
(to ~) gukenera
(to be in, having lost one's possessions) gusurura
(to have ~ of) kwōndera
(to help one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
(to relieve) gukenura
(supplying of) ubukenuke
(to have one's needs supplied) gukenuka

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neglect ▶ kwānjānjwa
(one's work) kwigaramangira, gusibānganya

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nephew ▶ (son of brother) umuhūngwacu, umusēngezana
(nephew or niece, child of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa

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nerve ▶ umutsi

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neuralgia ▶ ububabare bwo mu mitsi

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niece ▶ (daughter of sister, if a girl; daughter of brother, if boy) umukōbwacu, umukōbwanyu, umukōbwabo
(daughter of brother, if one is a girl) umusēngezana
(daughter of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa

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

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north ▶ uburaruko, ikasikazi (Sw.)

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not ▶ nta, ata
(is not, are not) si
(not at all) na mba! īshwī!
(not a bit) n'intete

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

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obliged ▶ (to be ~ to) kurīnda, gutegerezwa
(to be ~ to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa

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official ▶ (of government) umusirikare, bulamatari

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over ▶ (way over there) harīya
(not too far away) harya
(to be almost, night) gushīra, e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca
(to be left) gusigara
(to leave) gusigaza
(left-overs) imisigazwa

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overcome ▶ kunēsha, gutsīnda, kunaniza
(to be ~ by something difficult) kunanirwa
(to ~ an enchantment) kurogōra
(seek assistance to) kugomorera
(to help another ~ enemy) gukōndōrera

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pain ▶ igisigo, umubabaro, ububabare
(sharp) umusōnga
(to get relief from) kwōroherwa
(to grit one's teeth to avoid showing) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
(to have) kubabara
(to have severe) kurībwa
(to suffer) gucumukura
(to suffer without complaint) kwīyumānganya
(to take pains with) kwītōndera

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palpitate ▶ (heart) kudidagizwa, kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika

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paper ▶ igikaratasi, urukaratāsi, urupapuro
(large sheet) igipapuro

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partition ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, urusīka, igisīka
(of reeds) impete

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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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pension ▶ ipansiyo

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pharmacy ▶ ifarmasi

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pineapple ▶ inanasi

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place ▶ ikibānza, ahantu
(around trees where nothing else grows) impehemyi
(damp) ikinyōta
(for spreading out grain) imbuga
(meeting ~) ihūriro
(of another) igishīngo, icīto
(prepared to put anything) igitereko
(smelting) urugānda
(to offer to the gods) igitabo
(to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
(to sit) umusēzero
(uninhabited) agahīnga
(very narrow, tight) imbōmbāne
(where food is plentiful) ubusumo
(where water has flooded) isēsero

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plait ▶ (to) gutsiba

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

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play ▶ (to) gukina, gufyina, gufyinata
(musical instrument) kuvuza, gucurarānga
(musical instrument vigorously) kwōmānza

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player ▶ (of musical instrument) umucurarānzi
(sport) umukinyi

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plough ▶ (badly) gusibanganya

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post ▶ (office) iposta, iposita, ibiro vy'amakēte

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postpone ▶ gusīvya

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pound ▶ (to ~, as heart) kudidagizwa, kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika

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power ▶ ububāsha, ingānji, ubushobozi, imbaraga, ubutegetsi
(one who has) intwāri

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practice ▶ umwīmenyereza
(to ~) kwīmenyereza, kuguma ugerageza
(a profession) guhīngūra

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preach ▶ gusigūra

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preacher ▶ umusigūzi

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press ▶ kubānda, kubāndana
(down) gutsindagira
(in order to smooth) gupfunyūra

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

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prop ▶ urwēgo
(for closing door) ikibāndo
(something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
(up) kwegeka

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pull ▶ gukwēga, gushikura
(by roots) gusitura, kumomora, kurandura
(easily) kumomoka, gushikuka
(things away from plant or tree) gukurira
(~ out, ~ up stake) gushingūra
(out of the mud) gushāyūra
(teeth) guhongora

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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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rain ▶ imvura
(light, fine) urunyanyāga
(main rain season) itumba
(season of early rains) agatāsi
(very heavy) isegenya
(very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
(wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
(path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
(to ~) kugwa
(with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
(to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
(early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
(heavily) guhonoka
(a long time without stopping) kujobanya
(on) kuvubira
(softly) kunyanyāga
(to threaten to) gukuba
(to fall continuously) gushāna
(to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
(to go for shelter in) kwūgama
(to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka

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rains ▶ (to be late, not fall) gutara
(main rain season) itumba
(season of early) agatāsi

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rat ▶ imbeba
(cane ~) isiha

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ration ▶ irasiyo

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raw ▶ –bisi

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

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

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recover ▶ (get well) gukira, kurokoka
(from fear or anger) guhūmura
(sight) guhumūka
(when others around are dying) kurokoza

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red ▶ agahama, urugina
(to be) gutukura
(esp. sky) kwīrasira
(to make) gutukuza

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reflection ▶ icījīji
(of light) ikibatsi

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regain ▶ (consciousness) kurabūka
(life, strength) guhembūka
(health, possessions) kwōkōka

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

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replace ▶ gusigarira

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retain ▶ gusībīsha

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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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righteous person ▶ umugorotsi
(to be) kugororoka

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

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room ▶ ikibānza, umwānya
(in house) icūmba, urusīka, igisīka
(inner) haruguru

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root ▶ umuzi, igishitsi
(of word) itsina
(to pull out by roots) kurandura, gusitura, kumomora

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rope ▶ ingoyi, umugozi, akagozi, umuzana, ikiziriko
(to bind criminal) imvuto
(heavy) injīshi
(loop of) impururu
(made of papyrus) umuhotora
(woven or plaited) igitsibo

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rub ▶ gusīga
(bump so it doesn't swell) kunyīngisha, gushiringitira
(clothes) kunyukura
(eyes in order to see, esp. one who has conjunctivities) guhofōra
(grain to take off chaff) kuvūngura
(off dirt) guhungura

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rubdown ▶ (massage) ugutsirita

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ruler ▶ umugabīsha, umugezi, umutegetsi
(to sit) kuvyāgira

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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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sauce ▶ isosi
(tomato ~) isosi y'itomati

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scarf ▶ igisikafu

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scissors ▶ umukasi, amakasi, imikasi

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scold ▶ guhana, gukangīra, gusīndira, gutāta, gukankamira, gutonganya
(vehemently) guhāririza, guhahiriza

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season ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
(beginning of dry ~) impēshi
(~ of early rains) agatasi
(time for planting small seeds) ibiba

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see ▶ kubona
(after being blind) guhumūka
(see here!) erega
(that someone wishes to see you alone) gukebuka
(through deceit) guhinyura
(with comprehension) kurabukwa

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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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shake ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
(vt) gukunkumura
(as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
(down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
(down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
(hands) guhānayāmbo
(hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe

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shaking ▶ igishītsi

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shiny ▶ (cloth) ihariri
(to be, as silk cloth) gukānga

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shiver ▶ (to) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kujugumira, guhīnda agashitsi, kuja mu gashitsi

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short ▶ –gufi, –gufiya, –gufinya
(to be ~ something) gusība, gukērērwa, kubura

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

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sick ▶ (person) umurwāyi
(child) uruzingo
(to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
(to be often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
(i.e. indwara irambūngamwo)
(to assist ~ person in walking) kwāndāza
(to make) kurwāza
(to be taken ~ suddenly, supposedly from python looking at one) gukāngwa
(to visit the ~) gusuhūza
(to take care of the ~) kurwāza

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sickly ▶ (child) uruzīngo

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side ▶ (of person) urubavu
(not of person) uruhānde
(on this ~) hīno
(on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
(on that ~) hīyo
(on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
(on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
(on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
(to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
(to lay someone on his) gukīkira
(to lie on one's ~) gucurama
(to put to one ~) guherereza
(to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura

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sideswipe ▶ kubīngūra

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side-tracked ▶ (to not be) gutōta

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sieve ▶ ipaswari

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sifter ▶ (for chaff) agaseba

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sigh ▶ guhēmūka, guhumēka, kuniha
(with disgust or displeasure) guhigimānga

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sight ▶ (come into) kurēnguka
(to pass out of) kurēngēra
(to recover) guhumūka
(to restore) guhumūra

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sign ▶ ikimenyamenya, ikimenyetso
(to make a) kugereraniriza

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signal ▶ (to ~ to come) kwākura
(to someone) gukebura

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silence ▶ agacerere
(to ~) gucereza, kuzibiza, guhoza, kuzibiranya
(by motion of the hand) kumama
(one's opponent by speaking the truth) kujegeza

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silent ▶ (to be) gucereza, guhora, kwihorera, kunuma

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silk ▶ ihariri
(of corn) ubusage

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silver ▶ ifēza

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

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simmer ▶ (to ~) gutogotesha

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simultaneous ▶ (to do two things at once) kubāngikanya

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sin ▶ icāha, igicumuro, ikigabitānyo

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since ▶ (cause, not time) ko, nuko
(now that, seeing that) ubwo

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sing ▶ kurirīmba
(loudly) guhogora
(of troubles) gucurira intimba
(very nicely) guhibongoza

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singe ▶ kubabura

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singed ▶ (to be) kubabuka

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singing ▶ ururirimbo, indirīmbo
(dancing with ~) uruvyino
(pastoral ~, sung poetry) ibicuba
(sung legend) igitito
(post-drinking song) amayaya
(pastoral ~) umuvovoto
(sentimental evening ~) ikilito
(~ for the hunt) gukokeza
(to lead in ~) kuririmbisha

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single ▶ (one) -mwe, umwe, rumwe etc.
(one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
(single object) urudēnde

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singular ▶ (gram.) rudēnde, urudēnde

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sink ▶ ubwogerezo bw'ivyombo

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sinner ▶ umunyavyāha

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sip ▶ gusōma

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sister ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa

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sister-in-law ▶ (my) muramukazanje

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sit ▶ kwīcara
(to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
(of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
(together talking for a long time) gutūrika
(to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
(place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero

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site ▶ (building) urugerēro, ikibanza
(to find new building ~) kugerēra

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six ▶ -tandatu
(times) gatandatu

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sixty ▶ mirongwitandatu

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

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

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skillful ▶ inkerebutsi
(to be) kubanguka, guhīngūra
(to be more than others) kuzīnga

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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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sleep ▶ itiro
(to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
(to fall asleep) gusinzīra
(to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
(to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
(to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
(sitting up) gutūringiga
(to talk in one's) kurāzirana
(to walk in one's) kurandamuka

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slide ▶ (to) kunyika, gusiduka, gutemuka

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sloping ▶ (to be) gutēmba
(to have ~ sides like soup dish) gufukūra

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smoke ▶ umwōtsi
(to ~) gufūmba
(to ~ tobacco) kunywa itabi
(e.g. green wood) gufūrēka
(to go up in) gupfūnduka

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sob ▶ gusarara
(silently) gupfunagira

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sock ▶ ishesheti, isogisi

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soft ▶ (anything very ~, lacking stiffness) urudēndevu
(to be) kwōroha
(to be silky ~) kurēmba
(to get ~ in water) kubōmbōka
(to make soil ~) kwōrohereza
(and springy, e.g. earth in swamp) kudemwademwa

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soldier ▶ ingabo, umusirigana, umusoda, umusirikare, intōre
(ants) uburima

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song ▶ indirīmbo, ururirimbo
(~ for two alternating choirs) ikimpwiri
(milling ~) indengo
(war songs) amazina y'ubuhizi, amazina y'urugamba
(sing or play plaintive) gucurira intimba
see also singing

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

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south ▶ ikūsi (Sw.), ubumanuko

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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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speech ▶ imvugo, insiguro
(defect, esp. for s, ch, c) ubureve, e.g. kuvuga ubureve
(to be freed from ~ impediment) kugobōdoka
(to have ~ impediment) kugobwa
(to try to give ~ but feel restrained) guhaga amatama

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spot ▶ ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
(in sense of dirt) icēyi
(opposite door of house) umukōndo

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spy ▶ umutasi, inderetsi
(to ~) gutata
(to ~ on) gusūra

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stamp ▶ (article used to ~ spot) ikidomēsho
(to ~) kudoma
(on) guhonyanga, guhonyagura, gusiribānga
(to ~ one's feet, trample) gukāndagira

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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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stem ▶ umutūmba
(of word) itsina

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

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stop ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
(vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
(diarrhea) gufutīsha
(quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
(~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
(a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
(up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka

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strength ▶ imbaraga, inkomezi, ubukomezi
(muscular) intege
(physical) amagara
(my ~ has left me) amagara yandyarutse
(to regain) guhembūka

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

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stub ▶ (one's toe) gutsītāra
(cause to) gutsītāza

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stumble ▶ (that which causes to) igitsītāza
(to ~) gutsītāra, kudāguza
(to cause to) gutsītāza
(over words) gufudika

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stump ▶ igishitsi

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submissive ▶ (to be) kugandūka, kugōnda izosi, gukenguruka, kugororokera

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suffer ▶ kubabara, gucumukura
(because of certain thing) kuzira
(much) gusinzikara
(pain without complaint) kwīyumānganya
(to cause to) kubabaza, gusinzikaza

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Sunday ▶ icūmwēru, umusi w'Imāna, kuw'Imāna, kuwa Mungu (Sw.), kw'iyīnga

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surety ▶ (co-signer for note) umwīshīnzi

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surrender ▶ (a possession) kwegura

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swear ▶ kwīsiba
(give oath) kurahīra
(at) gutuka

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synagogue ▶ isinagogi

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table ▶ ameza (Sw.)
(bedside) akameza ko mu buryamo
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
(to set the ~) gupānga ameza

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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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talking ▶ (to stop abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
(to sit together ~ for long time) gutūrika

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task ▶ igikorwa, akazi, umurimo
(assigned) ibāngo
(to begin ~) kwāhuka
(to be one's) kwegukirae.g. negukiye kwigisha
(to cause to work at several ~ at once) kujuragiza

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tendon ▶ umutsi, umurya

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

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think ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
(about) kuziga
(over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
(to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
(I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
(think of that!) pe!

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thinness ▶ (excessive way loss) umunya

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

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time of day ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase