Kirundi Study & Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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sometimes found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

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

lesson 32 ▶ Class 9 uku–, ama–

lesson 38 ▶ Higher Numbers

lesson 41 ▶ –ose (All, Every)

lesson 45 ▶ Verb –zi (To know)

lesson 48 ▶ Personal Pronouns

lesson 68 ▶ Negative Imperative and Subjunctive

lesson 69 ▶ Possessive Particle –a Changed to –o

lesson 72 ▶ Negative of Far Past

lesson 88 ▶ Demonstrative Adjectives III