Kirundi Study & Dictionary

some ▶ -mwe
(with plural prefix) e.g. bamwe-bamwe, or bamwe

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in some way, somehow ▶ kanaka

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some time, anytime ▶ umwānya uwari wo wose, uwariwo wose, igihe ico ari co cose, icarico cose

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

send ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
(person rather than message) kurungika
(back) kurekura
(back, esp. cows) gucūra
(back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(forth shoots) gutōha
(from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
(greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
(in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
(workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya

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

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sparrow ▶ (smallsome blue, some red) ifundi

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

igihe runaka phr ▶ some time

drink ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
(sweet banana) umutobe
(soft ~) ifanta
(to ~) kunywa
(to ~, of king) gukamagura
(animals, go to ~) gushōka
(after a meal) kwīshōza
(all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
(to cease to ~) guhodoka
(from a reed) gusōma
(from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
(in) kubōmba
(to lead animals to ~) gushōra
(to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
(to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
(to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba

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kanaka adv ▶ somehow, in some way

icāna (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. colt, 2. young of some large animals

some : polite imperative of...

gusoma (-somye) v ▶ to read

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

-gabo ▶ male of... (suffix of something masculin)

-īza adj ▶ 1. good, nice, fine, better, 2. beautiful, pretty, attractive, handsome, gorgeous, sexy, lovely, 3. clean, 4. correct

agacīro (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something precious, valuable

agacūku 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) something that stinks

agaheta (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something better than others of its kind, supreme thing

ahandi adv ▶ elsewhere, somewhere else

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

akaminūza (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything of its kind

akarēnzo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything else of its kind

gucānira (-cāniye) v ▶ 1. to keep a fire going, 2. to make fire for (for someone or cows etc.)

gucīkiza (-cīkije) v ▶ 1. to talk with someone to try to persuade her to elope, 2. to take wife without marrying her properly

gucurīra (-curīriye) v ▶ 1. to call to someone that cannot answer, 2. to make fun of someone by recalling the good he has lost

gucururīsha (-cururīshije) v ▶ to use something to make profit

gucūza (-cūjije) v ▶ to remind (maliciously) of one who is dead, or something forgotten

gufatira (-fatiye) v ▶ take hold of something (and for something)

gufyāta (-fyāse) v ▶ 1. to be flat (esp. of nose), 2. to flatten out (vt), 3. to tramp on something unintentionally

guhadikiriza (-hadikirije) v ▶ 1. to conjugate, to change prefixes, 2. to force something to change, 3. to coerce

guhahama (-hahamye) v ▶ 1. tu jump with fear in heart, 2. to want something, but fear you won't get it

guhāmbana (-hāmbanye) v ▶ to bury with (someone)

guhāngāza (-hāngāje) v ▶ 1. to close entrance with branches, 2. to defend, protect (old meaning), 3. to be almost time to do something

guhāngāza ukuboko (-hāngāje) phr ▶ to hold out arms to receive something

guhāngūra (-hāngūye) v ▶ to ask someone for what he's promised

guhānjagira (--nje) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhasha (--hije) v ▶ 1. to receive something as a gift or loan but return reluctantly and late, 2. to chase out quickly, 3. to refuse to go on helping someone

guhāta (-hāse) v ▶ to compel someone to do something against his will

guhebūza (-hebūje) v ▶ 1. to tell someone that his friend has died, 2. to be perfect, complete, absolutely wonderful, 3. to surpass all others either good or bad, 4. to deny emphatically, 5. to discourage

guhēnga (-hēnze) v ▶ to set a time, do something at a set time

guherūka (-herūtse) v ▶ 1. to be last (previous), 2. to have done recently, 3. to have been at, 4. to come to do something

guhishanya (-hishanije) v ▶ to hide something from each other

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

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

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

gukanda (-kanze) v ▶ to tell chief that someone sends greetings ('bwakeye')

gukebuka (-kebutse) v ▶ 1. to see that someone wishes to see you alone, 2. to turn one's head, look behind

gukebura (-kebuye) v ▶ to signal to someone

gukenyukirwa (-kenyukiriwe) v ▶ to be exhausted, attempt something beyond one's strength

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

gukērērwa (-kērērewe) v ▶ to be late, to be short something

gukerukiriza (-kerukirije) v ▶ 1. to tell to, 2. to divulge (tell something you shouldn't)

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

gukīnga (-kīnze) v ▶ 1. to shield something, protect, shelter, 2. stand in another's light, 3. to close, to lock

gukōndōka (-kōndōtse) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you

gukōndōra (-kōndōye) v ▶ 1. to succeed in persuading someone to leave his evil ways, 2. to pick squash or corn from stalk

gukōndōrera (-kōndōreye) v ▶ 1. to go together to see something (of many people), 2. to help another to overcome an enemy

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

gukorera (-koreye) v ▶ to work at, to work for (someone)

gukorēsha (-korēsheje) v ▶ 1. to use, 2. to employ, 3. to cause to work, 4. to keep (someone) busy

gukūmbura (-kūmbuye) v ▶ to be lonesome for, to long for, to miss

gukūmbuza (-kūmbuje) v ▶ to make lonesome for

gukūndira (-kūndiye) v ▶ 1. to allow, 2. to love one for something

gupfuvya (-pfubije) v ▶ to put something cool on a burn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

gushemeza (-shemeje) v ▶ to praise for something received

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

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

gushigikira (-shigikiye) v ▶ to hold up, prop (something on ground, not high up)

gushīra (-shīriye) v ▶ to take to someone

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

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

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

gusobanurira (-sobanuriye) v ▶ 1. to explain to somebody, 2. to interpret for somebody

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

gusorōranya (-sorōranije) v ▶ 1. to gather up, 2. to bring things and put them together to give to someone

gusuka (-sutse) v ▶ 1. to pour into, 2. to deceive, tempt one into something and then leave him

gusumburukwa (-sumburutswe) v ▶ to stand on tiptoe to get something

gutangīza (-tangīje) v ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something

gutegereza (-tegereje) v ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected

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

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

gutēturura (-tēturuye) v ▶ to speak in someone's favor, to defend

gutongoza (-tongoje) v ▶ 1. to leave grass and stuff growing in rugo, 2. to let hair grow long, 3. to lend something and not get it back soon, 4. to entrust something to another and it increases while there

gutosekara (-tosekaye) v ▶ to get something in eye

gutūba (-tūvye) v ▶ to grow smaller (sometimes used of moon)

gutūbūka (-tūbūtse) v ▶ to grow larger (sometimes used of moon)

gutumagura (-tumaguye) v ▶ to hit repeatedly but gently with fist (mother sometimes does it to child)

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

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

iburi (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hill of earth to plant something in

icahinguwe (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ product, article, manufactured item, something fabricated

icīru (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reparations, gift to make up for offending someone

icīshimikizo (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)

ifi (ama-) 3 5 sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ fish (plural sometimes also i-)

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

igihōmbe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something which appears to be strong but is weak

igikayangana (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something dazzling, shining, glistening, 2. enamel

igisate (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ piece of something that has been cut, slate

igitērwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ plant (lit. something planted)

ijānja (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ paw, foot of animal (also used of person carrying something in one hand when it should be two: urafashe mw ijanja)

ijīsho 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ eye; (pl. amaso) face
mu maso hiwe in his face
kuba maso to watch, to be alert, to be on guard
urw'amaso before others but not in private (e.g. being nice to someone)

ikibonamaso (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reward for finding something

ikijōra (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mean and quarrelsome person

ikinobano (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something you find

ikintu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. thing, item, 2. something

ikinyōbwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ drink, something to be drunk

ikirangiranwe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

ikiribwa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ edible things, something to eat

ikirogorogo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ someone speaking with senseless repetition of words

imvugakuri (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ someone speaking the truth, an honest person

ingororano (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift to a chief (in order to get something from him)

inkūmbu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ lonesomeness

integakiba (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ something put away for future use

intōre (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dancer, 2. youth, 3. traditional young warrior, 2. handsomeness and good character

inyundo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ in the presence of (lit. knees) (some great person)

inzu (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house, building (plural sometimes also amazu)

isēnyerana (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ crash of something falling

isuku (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. hygiene, 2. cleanliness, 3. care of something (body, house, etc.)

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

kubembeteranya (-bembeteranije) v ▶ to try to persuade someone in an underhanded way

kubembetereza (-bembetereje) v ▶ to tell someone something indirectly in order not to hurt him

kubika (-bitse) v ▶ 1. to announce the death of someone, 2. to crow

kubikira (-bikiye) v ▶ to announce to someone about a death

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

kubobōta (-bobōse) v ▶ to plead earnestly for something

kubobōtereza (-bobōtereje) v ▶ 1. to ask for daily, secretly, 2. to tell something in a kind, easy way

kubūra (-būze) v ▶ 1. to warn of danger, 2. to announce something

kudoma (-domye) v ▶ to mark, print, stamp, put spots on something

kudunduhirwa (-dunduhiwe) v ▶ 1. to be 'fed up' with something, 2. to be disgusted with something because of its frequency

kudundūra (-dundūye) v ▶ to bulge, to stick out (as garment with something under it)

kugangarara (-gangaraye) v ▶ to lie about waiting on someone

kugemura (-gemuje) v ▶ to present a gift (with something expected in return)

kugenzūra (-genzūye) v ▶ 1. to judge weather by sky, 2. to try to know something, 3. seek information, 4. to inspect

kugoyagoya (-goyagoye) v ▶ 1. to do something unwillingly, 2. to be weak, 3. to limp, 4. to go slowly, 5. to be about to die, 6. to flutter, 7. waver (as flame in wind)

kujōja (-jōje) v ▶ to tell all about something

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

kunanirwa (-naniwe) v ▶ 1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult

kunyinyirwa (-nyinyiriwe) v ▶ to make face over something that tastes bad, to frown

kunyuruza (-nyuruje) v ▶ to secretly help someone to escape by taking his things for him (e.g. one who plans to leave steals bit by bit things to take)

kurābirana (-rābiranye) v ▶ to look at something together

kurāngāra (-rāngāye) v ▶ to be empty, be wide open, to get left behind as you stare at something

kurārāta (-rārāse) v ▶ to hurry along (as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants), to be unstable, to go from one thing to another

kurārīrwa (-rārīwe) v ▶ to keep someone for the night

kuremēka (-remētse) v ▶ to give someone a heavy load

kurēngāra (-rēngāze) v ▶ to get left behind (as you stare at something)

kurīndīsha (-rīndīshije) v ▶ to entrust to someone to guard, encourage

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

kuvugako (-vuzeko) v ▶ to talk a little of something

kuvūmba (-vūmvye) v ▶ to go where folks are drinking in hopes of getting some, to beg (for beer)

kuziga (-zize) v ▶ 1. to dye, 2. to think about, 3. to expect to get something, 4. to suppose

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

kuzira (-zize) v ▶ 1. to be forbidden, taboo, to refuse to eat, to despise, 2. to be punished for someone else's wrong doing, to suffer or be punished because of a certain thing, 3. to avenge wrong done to one's family

kuzūnguruka (-zūngurutse) v ▶ to go around, to cycle (the stem 'zungu' is also the origin of umuzungu, which does not mean 'white person' but rather 'someone going around', describing the first European explorers)

kwāhira (-āhiye) v ▶ (from kwāha) to cut grass (to use it for something)

kwēnda (-ēnze) v ▶ 1. to receive (from someone's hands), 2. to have sex, to make love, to have intercourse, 3. to fornicate (rude)

kwīgenera (-īgeneye) v ▶ 1. to do something of oneself without authority, 2. boast of what one will do, 3. to attribute to oneself

kwīgūnga (-īgūnze) v ▶ 1. to be selfish, keep things for oneself, 2. to do something alone

kwīkebana (-īkebanye) v ▶ to take someone aside

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

kwīmbirira (-īmbiriye) v ▶ to plan secretly to do something

kwīrengagiza (-īrengagije) v ▶ 1. to procrastinate, 2. put off doing what one should, 3. to act indifferent, 4. to ignore someone, 5. to not give answer when asked, 6. to not show one's feelings, be reserved

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

kwīshinyira (-īshinyiye) v ▶ 1. to laugh at, 2. make fun of (esp. of someone in trouble)

kwītosora (-ītosoye) v ▶ to take something out of one's own eye

kwītwāra (-ītwāye) v ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)

kwōnjorora (-ōnjoroye) v ▶ 1. to leave abruptly, 2. stop talking abruptly though others continue, 3. to drop out of something because you know you're in the wrong

kwōrekēra (-ōrekēreye) v ▶ 1. to try to make someone like what he has refused, 2. to entice, 3. to seduce

kwōrokereza (-ōrokereje) v ▶ 1. to get medicine to make cow like her calf, 2. to stand up for someone you trust

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

ndakwītwāyeko phr ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)

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

rimwe na rimwe phr ▶ sometimes

sebukwe (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father-in-law (of someone else)

ubuhizi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. handsomeness, 2. praiseworthiness, 3. skill, 4. courage

ubujōra 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) meanness and quarrelsomeness

ukubora 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. decay, 2. something rotten (from kubora)

ukujīsha 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ something woven (cloth)

ukwandikirwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ something written for, to

umuhizi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. handsome or skilled person, 2. courageous person

umukata (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ black, (sometimes blue)

umukenyezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ woman, female (lit. someone wearing a wrap skirt)

umuntu kanaka (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. a certain person, 2. someone, somebody

umunūni (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bird that sucks honey (some black with red throat, others metallic green)

umurānzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good

umushikiranganji (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ cabinet minister (lit. someone who has attained authority)

umuyoborwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ employee, someone instructed to work, someone overseen at work

umuzūngu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (lit. 'someone going around', referring to the first European explorers, from kuzunguruka)

umwēru (imy-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ brilliance, something spotlessly white

umwōnōnyi (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ spoiler, someone destroying things

ururangiranwe (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known

urw'amaso phr ▶ before others but not in private (e.g. being nice to someone)

urwānkūnzi 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) favoritism, partiality (sometimes as result of bribe)

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

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

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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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assemble ▶ kurementanya
(people) gukoranya
(things to give to someone) gusorōranya

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attempt ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
(something beyond one's strength) gukenyukirwa

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avoid ▶ kuzibukīra
(saying something directly) gukingitiranya

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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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better ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
(he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko

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bite ▶ gushikura
(as animal, or pain) kurandagura
(of animal, insect) kuryāna
(insect) gusurira
(of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
(serpent) gukomora

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brilliance ▶ (of something spotlessly white) umwēru

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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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bulge ▶ (as garment with something under it) kudundūra

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

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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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compel ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhāmbīra, guhāta
(someone against his will) guhānjagira

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crash ▶ (of something falling) isēnyerana

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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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death ▶ urupfu, impfīro
(point of) impfīro
(to announce ~ of someone) kubika
(to be near ~) gutāmbūra
(to bleed to ~) gutetera

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

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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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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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drop ▶ (of liquid) ima, itōnyānga, igitōnyānga
(to ~) gusekura
(to ~ fruit, tree) guhunguruka
(in water or food, vi) kudibuka
(to let fall ~ by ~) gutōnyāngiriza
(to let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
(~ out of something because you know you're in the wrong) kwōnjorora
(one who keeps dropping things here and there) umusābisābi

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

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employee ▶ (paid worker) umucāngero
(workman) umukozi
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa

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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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escape ▶ (narrow) agahēngekezo
(to ~) kudohōka, gucīka, gutoroka, kuzibukīra
(to barely ~ an accident) guhakwa, kwēnda
(the memory) kuzīnda
(to secretly help someone to ~ by taking his things for him) kunyuruza

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evil ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
(adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
(to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
(to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
(to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
(to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
(to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
(to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
(to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
(speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
(~ deed) ubuhūmbu
(example) akābarore
(~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
(~ look) igitsūre

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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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fed ▶ (to be ‘~ up' with something) kudunduhirwa

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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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force ▶ (to) kugōbēra, guhadikiriza, kuzingirikira
(someone to do something against his will) guhāta
(to obey) kugandūra
(to lose original ~) gutītūra

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forget ▶ kwibagira, kuzīndwa
(to cause to) kwibagiza, kuzīnda
(for a moment) guhūndukwa
(how to do something once known) guhuna

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forsake ▶ guheba, guhuma
(one another) kuvāvānura
(to succeed in persuading someone to ~ his evil ways) gukōndōra

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make fun ▶ (to ~ of) kunegura, guhema
(to ~ of by recalling good he has lost) gucurīra
(to ~ of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
(to be made fun of) gutētērwa

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get ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra

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gift ▶ ingabano, ingabire, ishikanwa, itūro, ingemu, ikado
(of appreciation or thanks) ishīmwe, igishīmo
(given on return from journey) iganūke
(nothing expected in return) impāno
(to chief to get something from him) ingororano
(to make up for offending someone) icīru
(to offer ~) gutereka, gutūra
(to pass out ~, distribute) kugaba
(to present, with something expected in return) kugemura

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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 morning ▶ (greeting) bwakeye, mwaramutse
(to tell chief or superior that someone sends in 'bwakeye') gukānda

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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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grow ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
(after cutting) kunaga
(larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
(let hair ~ long) gutongoza
(old) gutāma
(rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
(smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
(to cause to grow) gukuza
(to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
(to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
(very fast, child) kugurugūmba
(well) kubaduka
(child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya

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

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immaculate ▶ (something spotlessly white) umwēru

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

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information ▶ inkenuzo
(gained by eavesdropping) igisokoro
(to give) kurangīra
(to seek) kugenzūra
(to seek about someone) kubariritsa

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

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investigate ▶ (carefully a wrong) gutenyēnya
(try to know something, seek information) kugenzūra

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know ▶ kumenya, -zi, kuzirikana
(another's thoughts completely) kuvōgera
(facts of a case) guhinyura
(for certain) kujījūka
(to not ~) kuyobera, kuyoberwa
(to not ~ what to do) mwījījānya, kurīgānirwa
(to try to ~ something) kugenzūra
(one who knows more than is expected of him) akagūgu

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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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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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lend ▶ (that for which equivalent will be returned) kugurāna
(that which will itself be returned) gutīza
(something and not get it back soon) gutongoza
(money) kugurana, gukopesha amahera

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

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load ▶ umutwāro, umuzigo
(to cause another to put down) gutūza
(to give someone a heavy ~) kuremēka
(to lighten) kuremurura
(to remove ~ from head) gutūra, gutūnda

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lonesome ▶ (to be ~ for) gukūmbura

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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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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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moment ▶ amango, ikibariro, umwānya, ikivi
(of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(to wait the right) guhēngēra
(a short time) akanya

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mother ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina

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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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persuade ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
(to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
(to try to ~) gukiranira

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

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plead ▶ (a cause) kubūrana
(earnestly for something) kubobōta
(with) kugōbēra

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

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present ▶ (gift) ingabire, ishimwe, impano, ikado, itūro
(to give) kugabira
(to receive) gushikirwa
(to ~ a gift with something expected in return) kugemura

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pretend ▶ (something isn't so) kwiyobagiza
(to work) gushaza

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

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public ▶ (being nice to someone in ~ but not in private) urw'amaso

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punished ▶ (to be ~ because of a certain thing, or for someone else's wrong) kuzira

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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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quarrelsome ▶ (person) ikijōra

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

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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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refuse ▶ kwānka, kugāmbāna, guhakana, kunana
(absolutely) guta agati, kuziririza
(esp. girl to marry a certain man) kubēnga
(strongly) gukankamira
(to acknowledge one's wrong) kudadarara
(to eat) kuzira
(to eat or drink with) kunēna
(to eat what you've always eaten) guhura
(to give) kwīma
(to give to another) kwīmana
(to give another his own) kugūnga
(to go on helping someone) guhasha
(to listen, almost as crazy) gutaragurika
(to listen to authority) kugarariza
(to obey) kugaranya
(to repay loan) guheranira

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

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remember ▶ kwībuka
(to be easy to) kuzīndūka
(maliciously of someone dead or something forgotten) gucūza

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

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reminisce ▶ (to remind of someone who is dead) gucūza

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remorse ▶ (to make another feel badly over something he's done) gutēteka

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

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reparation ▶ (gift to make up for offending someone) icīru
(to make) guhōnga, guhōngera, kuriha
(to pay to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura

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reserve ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba

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run ▶ kwīruka
(as water) gutēmba
(down hill) gukoragurika
(to jump up and run quickly) kwūbuka
(like a little child) kudiririmba
(out bit by bit till all is gone) gushīrīra
(out to see something, usually of a crowd) gushwabāduka
(over) gusēsekara
(very fast) kwīrukānga, gushīnga amano
(to lean forward preparing to run) gutuna

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saved ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira

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secretly ▶ urwīhisho, impisho, inēnge
(to plan to do something ~) kwīmbirira

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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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set ▶ (of sun) kurēnga
(down, to carry and ~ down frequently) gusegenyeza
(example) guha akarorero
(fire to) guturira
(fixed time) kugerereza
(free) kudādura
(one's heart on) guhahamira
(the table) gupānga ameza
(time: to do something at a ~ time) guhēnga

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

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

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

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something ▶ ikintu
(~ that stinks) agacūku

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sometimes ▶ rimwe na rimwe, rimwe-rimwe, hamwe-hamwe

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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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spots ▶ (girls put on clothing to help them get a husband) indome
(to put spots on something) kudoma

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

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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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stare ▶ (at) gufyura amāso, guhānga amāso, gukanaguza
(at one another) guhangana
(at without seeing) guturumbura, gutumbagura
(to get left behind as you ~ at something) kurāngāra

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start ▶ kwānzika, gutangura
(by) kubānza
(early in the morning) kuzinduka
(fire) gucāna
(job before finishing the previous one) kubāngikanya
(the day) kuramuka
(something) gutangīza
(up from ground, e.g.g locusts) guharara
(up in one's sleep) kurandamuka

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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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stored ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana

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strong ▶ (person) umunyenkomezi
(something which appears to be ~, but is weak) igihōmbe
(to be) guhāngama, gukomera, kurema, kurama, kunōnōka
(to be very) gutetera, gushikama
(to make) gukomeza
(to make very) gushikama
(to remain) gushikama

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supreme ▶ (something ~) agaheta

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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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tell ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
(one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
(to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
(all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
(dream) kurōtōra
(events) kudōnda
(fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
(how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
(someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
(something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
(to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
(to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
(what one has done) kwīyagiriza
(what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
(whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura

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tempt ▶ kugerageza, kugeza, kwōsha
(one into something then leave him) gusuka

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time ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
(another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
(the very last) ubuherūka
(of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
(to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
(to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
(to spend ~ together) kumarana
(to waste one's ~) gukinanga
(how many ~) kangahe?
(many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi

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tiptoe ▶ (to go on very softly) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(to stand) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
(to stand to get something) gusumburukwa

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together ▶ hamwe
(all) icārimwe
(living) umubāno
(all speaking) imvugarimwe
(with) kumwe
(sticking) akaramata
(trees grown very close ~) impatane
(to be) kumana
(to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
(to come, as crowd) gukungēra
(to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
(to crowd ~) kwegerana
(to get close) kwegerana
(to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
(to live) kubāna
(to live, be always) kwāmana
(to meet) gukorana, gutērana
(to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
(to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
(to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
(to spend time) kumarana
(to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
(to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
(to strive and crowd) kuvurungana

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truth ▶ ukuri, impamo
(to hide the ~) kwīyobagiza
(to make one tell the ~) kurahuruza
(to speak the ~) guhinyuza
(to tell the whole ~, without hiding a thing) kwātagura
(someone speaking the ~) imvugakuri

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try ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
(on clothes) kwīgera
(over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
(to get out of work) gushaza
(to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
(to know something) kugenzūra
(to persuade) gukiranira
(to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
(repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
(to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
(to surpass another) guhiga

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underhanded ▶ (to persuade someone in ~ way) kubembeteranya

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visit ▶ kugēndera, kugēndagēndera, kurāba, gutēmbēra (Sw.), gusēmbēra, guterabiri, kuyāga
(a friend) kubūngirana
(the sick, to go to help one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(someone important) gushengera, gushengerera
(to retun from visiting chief) gushengurūka

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

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weak ▶ (person) umugoyigoyi
(~ and faltering person) urudēndevu
(place, as scar, on skins or gourds) umuguma
(something that appears to be strong but is ~) igihōmbe
(to be ~) kudendebukirwa, kugabanuka, kugira intege, kugoyagoya, kumugara
(to be ~ and floppy) kuregarega

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white ▶ cēra
(anything ~) igitare
(cow) igihororo
(something spotlessly) umwēru
(person) umwera, umuzūngu (lit. one who aimlessly travels around)
(potato) igihaya, ikiyāra, ikiraya, intofanyi
(to be) kwēra
(to make) kwēza

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

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workman ▶ umukozi, umunyakazi
(skilled) umufundi (Sw.)
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa

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

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library ▶ isomero, bibiriyoteke

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handsome ▶ -īza
(person) umuhizi

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

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left behind ▶ (things, not food, ~) amasigarira
(to get ~ as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(to be ~) gusigara

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lie ▶ (to ~ about waiting on someone) kugangarara
(to ~ around ill long time) kuvūnda
(to ~ down) kuryāma
(to ~ down on the back) kugarama
(to ~ fallow) gusiba
(to ~ in wait for) kuryāmira, kugēnza
(to ~ on one's face) kwūbika inda
(to ~ on one's side) gucurama

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like ▶ (to ~) gukūnda
(to ~ for a short time) guharara
(to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra

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

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

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precious ▶ (something ~) agacīro

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

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plan ▶ (to) gutegūra, guteganya
(to ~ for) gutūmbēra, kugira imigabo
(secretly to do something) kwimbirira
(to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
(to have several plans of what to do) gutēgekanya

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stick ▶ (to ~ out, as garment with something under it) kudundūra
(to stick) guhoma, guhomesha uburembo
(~ together, vi) gufatana, kumata, kwōmeka, kumatana
(vt) gufatanya, guhoma, kumatanya
(~ up for another) gukīmbūka
(put ~ in ground) gushīnga

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succeed ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra

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want ▶ (to ~) gushāka, kugōmba
(one thing and that alone) gufūha
(something, but fear you won't get it) guhahama

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someone ▶ umuntu kanaka

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

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some found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

▶ Introduction

lesson 1 ▶ Class 1 umu–, aba–

lesson 2 ▶ Ni and Si

lesson 4 ▶ Class 2 umu–, imi–

lesson 6 ▶ Possessive Particle

lesson 7 ▶ Class 3 in–, in–

lesson 16 ▶ –ra Present Tense of Verb

lesson 19 ▶ Class 5 i–, ama– & Continuous present

lesson 25 ▶ Prefixless Present Tense

lesson 26 ▶ Class 7 aka–, utu–