son   ▶ umuhūngu
 (of) mwene
En-En dictionary 
son  ▶  sound   ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
 (well) kwūmvīkana
 (to make a bubbling ~) gusāma
En-En dictionary 
mwīshwanje (b-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister's son (usually used for an oath with indecent meaning)
mwēne (b-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child of, son of
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
umuhūngu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ boy, son
gusona (-sonnye)   v   ▶ to respect, revere
gusona (-sonye)     v   ▶ to sew (Sw.)
gusōnza (-shonje)     v   ▶ to be hungry
gusonera (-soneye)     v   ▶ to honor, respect
gusonerwa (-sonewe)     v   ▶ to be honored, respected
gusongora (-songoye)     v   ▶ to sharpen to a point, to be pointed
gusonoroka (-sonorotse)     v   ▶ (Sw.) 1. to rip (vi), 2. to come unsewed
gusonzēsha (-sonzēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to go hungry
agatāsi     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) season of early rains
akagīrīre (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ incurable wound, person who goes never to return
akāheze     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ person or thing completely at end of usefulness (from guhera)
akamere (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)
akameremere (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ nature (of person or thing)
akaranda     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) person who is great, severe, wise
akēhe     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) tracks of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken
amayaya  5   ▶ post-drinking song, region de Kirimiro
guca ururāsago   phr   ▶ making incisions, cuts to treat sick person (trad. med.)
gucurīra intimba (-curīriye)   phr   ▶ to sing or play a sad song
gufurungana (-furunganye)     v   ▶ to turn bad suddenly (weather, person's attitude, etc.)
guhāngama (-hāngamye)     v   ▶ 1. to be strong, 2. to have authority (esp. of kings or revered person), 3. pay homage to a king
guhwihwisha (-hwihwishe)     v   ▶ 1. to not be certain who a person is, 2. to go carefully because you don't know the path well
gukānkamwa (-kānkamwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be cannibalistic, 2. to desire to harm another without reason
gukekana (-kekanye)     v   ▶ to chop person with sword
gukoma (-komye)     v   ▶ 1. to strike, 2. to nudge, 3. to touch a person to attract his attention
gusara (-saze)     v   ▶ to become crazy, foolish, to lose reason
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)
gushorera (-shoreye)     v   ▶ 1. to touch, 2. to lead the cows
gushorerakw amaboko to take hold of person
gushorerakw amaboko   phr   ▶ to take hold of person
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
gutangura (-tanguye)     v   ▶ 1. to begin to, to start to, 2. to approach (a lesson)
gutaragurika (-taraguritse)     v   ▶ to refuse to listen (almost like a crazy person)
gutāsura (-tāsuye)     v   ▶ to begin to rain (after dry season)
gutoroka (-torotse)     v   ▶ to escape (e.g. as prisoner)
gutōza (-tōje)     v   ▶ to select a person to sell a thing or to bring tax
gutsontsomera (-tsontsomeye)     v   ▶ to bite (of person)
gutuma (-tumye)     v   ▶ 1. to send (person, or message), 2. to cause, prompt, be reason for, bring about, bring on, trigger, induce, lead to, result in
gutururuza (-tururuje)     v   ▶ 1. to push a person down where he belongs, 2. to squelch, 3. to prevent, to stop, 4. to convince, 5. to catch swarming bees
ibāmba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ anything bitter, cross person
ibitēga    4   ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person
ibohero (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ prison
icārimwe     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) all together, in unison
ici     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ (no pl.) 1. dry season, 2. summer
ici     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) dry season, summer
icitabirizo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ chorus of song
idono (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ large bow like monochord instrument with calabashes as resonance body
igihe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. time, 2. season, time period, 3. circumstance (in pl.)
igihūmbu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. illegitimate child, 2. dishonest person, 3. untrustworthy, unwise, 4. one who won't stay home, vagabond, gadabout
igihūmura (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing or person stricken with fear
igihungur amabebe  n   ▶ light rain that makes these seeds fall off just before rainy season really starts
igikānge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)
igipfāmatwi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deaf person
igipfu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ foolish person
igishegu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person consecrated to Kiranga
igituma (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause, 3. purpose
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)
ijūnja n’ijambo   phr   ▶ physical strength and discursive force, eloquence (description of a strong and eloquent person, two characteristics allegedly rarely going together)
ikigāba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ headstrong person
ikigagara (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse
ikigānda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ disobedient person
ikigereranyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pattern, comparison, example
ikigwīnyīra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing
ikijōra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mean and quarrelsome person
ikilito (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. singing, 2. sentimental evening song
ikimāka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person who frequently divorces
ikimpwiri (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ song for two alternating choirs
ikimuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cripple, handicapped person
ikinebwe (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very lazy person (rude, derogative)
ikiragi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deaf and dumb person (esp. dumb), 2. mute person
ikirangiranwa   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing
ikirangiranwe (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known
ikirema (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ person born crippled
ikirende (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gourd (long), 2. person or animal of very nice disposition, no malice
ikivi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. piece of land, 2. certain measure of time or place (e.g. that a person is to work, so long, or so big a place), 3. moment
ikiyobe   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ light brown (used of a person who is not very dark)
imbohe (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ prisoner
imborērwa (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ drunken person, drunkard
imburakimazi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ worthless thing or person
impāmvu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause
impatane (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stocks (for prisoner), 2. trees grown very close together, 3. teeth very close together
impēshi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. beginning of dry season (about June), 2. spring, early summer
impumyi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ blind person
imvo (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cause, reason
imvugakuri (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ someone speaking the truth, an honest person
indāsago (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)
indengo (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ milling song
indirīmbo (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. song, hymn, 2. singing
indono (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ large bow like monochord instrument with calabashes as resonance body
indushi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person
indwāra y'ibitēga   phr   ▶ person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person
ingāma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
ingōbāne (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tiny cell for prisoner
inka n’imirima   phr   ▶ a cow in the field (description of a calm, composed and serene person)
inkazi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ sharp instrument or person
inkēngērwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ despised thing or person
inkogoto (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ scar left by person scratching or biting another
inkomānzi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. upset plans, rapping, tapping, 2. reason, cause
intābwīrwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. disobedient person, 2. headstrong, stubborn person
intakonywa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stubborn person (lit. 'who will not be bent', from kugōnda), 2. extremist
intashīma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ungrateful person
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
inyakamwe     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ person living alone, one by himself
inyānduruko (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. origin, 3. cause
inyoberwa (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ignorant person
inyōnga (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ presence of great person, at his feet
inyundo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ in the presence of (lit. knees) (some great person)
inzūzi (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ grass poisonous to cows
ishano (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ poison
itōto     adj   ▶ 1. fat, 2. healthy (plant or person)
itumba (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ rain season (about February to May)
kubūngira (-būngiye)     v   ▶ 1. to search for a buyer for, at, 2. to move to a new chieftanchip in order to be with a certain person
kudeha (-deshe)     v   ▶ 1. to be lazy, 2. to refuse to give the name of a dead person
kudendebukirwa (-dendebukiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be weak, 2. to be tired without reason, 3. to be faint
kugoherwa (-gohewe)     v   ▶ to be tired for no reason (e.g. in morning)
kugwagura (-gwaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to be used but not worn out, 2. to swoop, 3. to be old but still strong (person, garment, etc.)
kurabika (-rabitse)     v   ▶ 1. to wilt, to cause to faint, 2. to be colored, 3. to strike down and almost kill (either person or tree)
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
kurerura (-reruye)     v   ▶ to carry in tipoy (not sick person)
kuroga (-roze)     v   ▶ 1. to bewitch, 2. to poison (by bewitchment)
kurogoza (-rogoje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for medicine to counteract bewitchment, 2. take a drink proving it is not poisoned
kurūngika (-rūngitse)     v   ▶ 1. to send (esp. person rather than message), 2. to address
kuryana akameka   phr   ▶ to eat together from the bucket (lit.), to have homosexual intercourse (euphem. from prison language)
kuzāma (-zāmye)   v   ▶ to waver, flutter (not person)
kuzigiriza (-zigirije)   v   ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted
kuzika (-zitse)   v   ▶ 1. to dig under crop or grass, 2. to bury (a person)
kuzimira (-zimiye)   v   ▶ to go astray, to get lost (of persons)
kuzingirikira (-zingirikiye)   v   ▶ to force, to command a person to do what he doesn't want to, use violence, to make another lose his case
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)
kwāndāza (-āndāje)     v   ▶ to help a sick person walk
kwībūranya (-ībūranije)     v   ▶ to reason within oneself
kwīgaranzura (-īgaranzuye)     v   ▶ to depart from respected person
kwījajara (-ījajaye)     v   ▶ to die, to peg out, to die a wretched death (rude, used of a person scorned by others)
kwīmira (-īmiye)     v   ▶ to refuse for (a certain reason)
kwīmukira (-īmukiye)     v   ▶ to move to, for (a reason)
kwīriza (-īrijije)     v   ▶ to cause oneself to weep, weep without reason
kwīsegura (-īseguye)     v   ▶ to lie on a pillow, to make a sick person lean on one
mukūndwa (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dear, beloved (person)
ndīgaranzuye   phr   ▶ (greeting, said when taking leave from a respected person)
nta muntu   phr   ▶ no person, nobody
nyarucari    n   ▶ (no pl.) poor man, poverty-stricken person
sō (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father (of person spoken to)
so wawe your father
so wanyu your paternal uncle
ubugambanyi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ betrayal, treason (from kugambanira)
ubumara     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) poison
uburozi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. witchcraft, 2. poison, 3. acid
ubusagwe (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ poison of snake or other animal (in mouth)
umubi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ bad person
umubidadi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay
umubiligi (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Belgian person
umubirigi (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Belgian person
umubo (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umudage (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (used in northern region of Burundi)
umudagi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (referring to the German greeting 'Guten Tag')
umufafara (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken
umufafare (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken
umufaransa (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ French (person)
umuganda (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Ugandan (person)
umugāso (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tiny cell for prisoner
umugere (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. kick, 2. foot of animal or person
gutera imigere to kick
umugesera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wicked person, revolutionary, very skillful person
umugeyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay
umugōngo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ back (of person or animal)
umugororotsi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person
umugorotsi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person
umugōrwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate, miserable person
umugoyigoyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weak person (because of illness, etc.)
umugwanēza (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ meek person
umuhāmbāzi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ harsh person, difficult person, wicked person
umuhānga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. skilled person, 2. intelligent person, 3. eloquent person
Umuhindi (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Indian person
umuhīnga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skilled person, master of an art
umuhīrwe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ fortunate person
umuhizi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. handsome or skilled person, 2. courageous person
umuhūngwabo (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ nephew (son of brother)
umuhūngwācu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ nephew (son of brother)
umuhūngwanyu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ nephew (son of brother)
Umuhutu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Hutu (person)
umuhwēre (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dying person
umukene (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ needy person
umukenya (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Kenyan (person)
umukokayi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person reruiting the clients for a taxi or bus
umukongomani (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Congolese person
umukonotsi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. strong virile person, 2. homosexual person, gay
umukozi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. worker, workman, employee, laborer, 2. staff, workforce, personnel, crew (pl.)
umukūndanyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ charitable, kind person
umukuru (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. elder, important person, 2. male adult
umumenyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. scholar, scientist, knowledgable person, 2. prophet
umumoso (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umunebwe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ lazy person
umuninahazwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ honored person
umuntu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person, human being
umuntu kanaka (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. a certain person, 2. someone, somebody
umuntu w'inkuba (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ skillful person
umunyabwēnge (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wise person
umunyabwīra (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ industrious person
umunyafirika (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person
umunyagahwāyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. deceitful person, 2. flatterer, 3. braggart
umunyagikūndiro (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person worthy of praise or love
umunyakuri (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ thruthful person
umunyamerika (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ American (person)
umunyamugamba (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umunyankīko (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ stranger, foreigner, person from far away (who lives near border)
Umunyarwanda (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Rwandan person, Rwandese
umunyekongo (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Congolese person
umunyembabazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ merciful person
umunyenkomezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ strong person
umunyororo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. chain (by extension, prison), 2. jail
umunyororo (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ prisoner
umunywera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person who gets thin gradually, person sick with wasting away disease
umupede (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay (rude, derogative)
umupfāsoni (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. lady, noble woman, woman of high rank, 2. woman of noble character, 3. married woman (polite), (from isoni = timidity)
umupfu (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ dead person
umurēngera (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person with many children, great riches, possessions, countless things
umurokore (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ saved person
umurushwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umurwāyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sick person
umusazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ crazy person
umushaba (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ heart, spirit of person
umushaha (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ spirit of a person, mind, heart (not physical)
umushēnzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ heathen person, uncivilized person
umushinwa (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Chinese person (from Fr. chinois)
umushiranzigo (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ kind person
umuswezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. sexually very active person, 2. homosexual person, gay person (from guswera)
umutīndi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umutinganyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ homosexual person, gay
umutūmba (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. stem, trunk of tree, 2. torso of person or animal
umutūngu (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ ignorant person, fool
umutūngwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ honored person, owner of kraal
Umutūtsi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Tutsi (person)
Umutwa (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Twa (person), pygmy
umuvugwa (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person of verb (gram.)
umuyuda (Aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Jew (person)
umuzūngu (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (lit. 'someone going around', referring to the first European explorers, from kuzunguruka)
umuzūngukazi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (female)
umwāmbure (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ naked person
Umwarabu (Ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Arab person
umwera (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person
umwerānda (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. just person, 2. righteous person, 3. good person, 4. holy person
umwerēra (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ milk or beer given to sick person
umweruzi (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ impertinent person
umwirabura (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person, black person
umwīrabure (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ African person, black person
umwīzigirwa (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trustworthy or faithful person
umwongereza (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ English person
umwōro (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person
umwūbahwa (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ respected person
umwūmwa (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person whose mouth is very dry
urubāngo (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ spear or stick stuck in person or in ground, wire
urubavu (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ side (of person)
urudēndevu (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)
urudubi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ that which a person says or does for which he may be convicted, result of failure to keep promise, dilemma, difficulty
uruhānde (impānde)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ side (not of person)
ururangiranwa     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) well known person or thing
ururangiranwe (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. something well known, 2. person well known
ururāsago     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. vaccination, 2. incision, 3. scar (from cuts made in treating sick person)
urushāna     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) principal rainy season (April)
approach   ▶ kwēgera, kurēnguka
 (a lesson) gutangura
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ashamed   ▶ (to be) kumāramāra, kugira isoni, gutēra isoni
 (to make) kumāramāza
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assist   ▶ gufasha
 (one in trouble of grief) kwīrūra
 (a sick person in walking) kwāndāza
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authority   ▶ ububwīriza, ubugabe, ubugabo, ingānji, ubutwāre
 (to have, esp. kings or revered person) guhāngama
 (to rebel against) kumēnja
 (to take on oneself) kurēngera
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back   ▶ (at the back) inyuma
 (of chair) icēgamo
 (of person or animal) umugōngo
 (small of) ikiyunguyungu
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bad   ▶ (adj.) –bi
 (~ person) umubi
(~ luck) icāgo, akaga
 (that which is ~) ikibi
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barren   ▶ (to be, person) kugūmbaha
 (plants) kurūmba
 (place) uruharabuga
 (thing, corn, etc.) ikirūmbirane
 (to become from lack of fertilizer) guseba
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barrenness   ▶ (of person) ubugūmba
(of land) ukutamera, igaduka, ukugaduka, ukugagarara
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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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beginning   ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
 (of dry season, about June) impēshi
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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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blind   ▶ (to be) guhuma
 (person) impumyi
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bundle   ▶ umuzigo
 (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying) ikigagara
 (of grass or grain) umukama
 (of sticks, rope) umugānda
 (to tie up a ~) gutēkera
 (clothes) ibaro
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bury   ▶ guhāmba
 (a person) kuzika
 (one's face in one's hans in deep thought) kwītangira itama
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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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cell   ▶ (tiny for prisoner) umugāso, ingōbāne
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chorus   ▶ (of song) icītabirizo
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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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command   ▶ ibwīrizwa, itegeko, itegekoicāgezwe, amatēka
 (one who gives commands) umugezi
 (to ~) kubwīriza, kugera, gutegeka
 (a person to do what he doesn't want to) kuzingirikira
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comparison   ▶ ikigereranyo
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condemned   ▶ (to be) gucirwakw itēka
 (person) umuyobe
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congenial   ▶ (to be) kuba ikirende
 (person of very nice disposition) ikirende
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congenital   ▶ ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
 (malformed person) ikirema
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counteract   ▶ (effects of evil 'medicine') kurēmburura
 (to poison, to ask for 'medicine' to ~) kurogōza
 (overcome or remove an enchantment) kurogōra
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courageous person  ▶ umuhizi, intwāri
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crazy   ▶ (person) umusazi
 (to be) gusara
 (to talk or act like a ~ person) gusaragurika
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criminal   ▶ (person) umugarariji
 (~ bonds) imvuto
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cripple   ▶ ikimuga
 (person born crippled) ikirema
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deaf   ▶ (~ person) igipfāmatwi
 (~ and dumb person) ikiragi
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deceitful   ▶ (person) umunyagahwāyi
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demote   ▶ (to push a person down) gutururuza
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depart   ▶ kwīgīra, kugēnda
 (quickly) gushibuka
 (from respected person) kugaranzura
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despised   ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
 (to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka
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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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die   ▶ (to) gupfa, gucīkāna, guhwēra, kuranduka
 (of king) gutānga
 (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time) kudēndūka
 (to be about to) kugoyagoya
 (suddenly) kweguka, kugaduka
 (suddenly and unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (used of person scorned by others) kwijajara
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difficult   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (this is ~!) biragōye
(to be) kugōra, gukomera
 (to be absolutely too ~ for) kunanirana
 (to be ~ to say or know) kuzīnda
 (to be too ~ for) kunanira
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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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dishonest   ▶ (to be) kugūnga, guheranira
 (person) igihūmbu
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disobedient   ▶ (person) ikigānda, intābwirwa, intabarirwa
 (to be) kugambarara, kugāba, kwānkika
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disposition   ▶ (person or animal of very nice ~) ikirende
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docile   ▶ (person or animal) ikirende
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drunk   ▶ (person) imborērwa
 (to be) kuborērwa, guhīmba
 (to be ~ enough to feel important) kudandahirwa
 (to make ~) kuborēra
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dry season  ▶ ici
 (beginning of, about June) impēshi
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dumb   ▶ (deaf and dumb person) ikiragi
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dying   ▶ (person) umuhwēre
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elderly   ▶ (person) umusāza
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example   ▶ icītegererezo, akarorero, ikigereranyo
 (evil ~) akābarore
 (person to be imitated) iremezo
 (to give an) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
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faithful   ▶ (to be) kuyoboka
 (~ person) umwīzigirwa
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faltering person  ▶ urudēndevu
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favorite   ▶ (person) umutoni
 (~ child) umuhērerezi
 (~ servant or friend) umwīshikira
 (to be) gutona
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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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feet   ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
 (to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya
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foolish   ▶ (to be) kujūjūta, gusara
 (person) injurajuzi, igipfu
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foot   ▶ ikirēnge
 (of animal) ijānja
 (of animal or person) umugere
 (of bed) imirāmbizo
 (of mountain) umucāmo
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fortunate   ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
 (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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grasp   ▶ (to take hold of person) gushorerakw amaboko
 (in preparation to strike) kubangura
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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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great   ▶ (important) –kuru
 (to be very) guhāmbāra
 (person who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
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greet   ▶ gusanganira
 (by oneself in person or in letter) kuramutsa
 (for) gutahiriza
 (for another) gutāsha
 (one another) kuramūkanya
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handicapped person  ▶ ikimuga
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hard person  ▶ umuhāmbāzi
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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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harsh   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (to be) guhāmbāra
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headstrong   ▶ (person) ikigāba, intābwīrwa
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healthy   ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
 (plant, person) itōto
 (to be) kunōnōka, gukira
 (to be very, strong) gutetera
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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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hold   ▶ gufata
 (fast to) kugumiriza
 (from falling) gusama
 (hard feelings) kwīdōga
 (in place) kugumya
 (lightly) kwānjānjwa
 (out) kubangira
 (out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
 (of rope, vi) kudādira
 (strongly) gushimika
 (take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
 (to) kwūmira
 (up) gushigirika
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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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hungry   ▶ (to be) gusōnza
 (to be ~ for) kwōndera
 (after hunting for food in various places) kuburanirwa
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ignorant   ▶ (person) umutūngu, inyoberwa
 (to be) kudebagura
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important   ▶ ngombwa, –kuru
 (person) umukuru
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incision   ▶ ururāsago, indāsago
(to make ~ to treat a sick person) guca ururāsago
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industrious   ▶ (person) umunyabwīra
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just person  ▶ umwēranda
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known   ▶ (to be) guhinyuka
 (to be well ~) kumenyēkana, kurangiranwa
 (to become) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (to be made) kwāndagara, kwāndagaza
 (to make) kwērura, gukwīza, kumenyēsha
(to make) gukwīragiza, kurānga, guserura, kwāngaza, kwātura, guhishūra, kwāmāmaza
 (well ~ person or thing) ururangiranwe, ikirangiranwe
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lazy   ▶ (person) umunebwe
 (very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
 (to be) kudeha, kunebwa
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lock   ▶ (to ~, to close) gukīnga
(to ~ person up) kudādira
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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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lovable person  ▶ umunyagikūndiro
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malice   ▶ (person with no) ikirende
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medicine   ▶ umuti
 (for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
 (to make people like one) urusango
 (material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
 (to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
 (to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka
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meek   ▶ (person) umugwanēza
 (to be) gutēkereza
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merciful person  ▶ umunyembabazi
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miserable person  ▶ umugōrwa
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mouth   ▶ akanwa
 (big, many) amanwa
 (person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
 (to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
 (to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
 (to put in the ~ of) gutamika
 (to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura
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naked   ▶ amēnya
 (person) umwāmbure
(to go) kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa, gufurama
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nature   ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
 (spirit) imbāndwa
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needy person  ▶ umukene
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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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nobility   ▶ ubupfāsoni
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noble person  ▶ umupfāsoni
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old   ▶ (age) ubukuru, zabukuru
 (man) umutāma
 (person) umusāza
 (woman) umutāmakazi, umukamakare
(to be) kurāmba
 (to be, but still strong) kugwagura, guhūmura
 (to become) gusāza
 (to become, woman) gukēcura
 (to grow) gutāma
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originate   ▶ (person) kwāmūka, kwānduruka, gukomoka
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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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impertinent   ▶ (person) umweruzi
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pleurisy   ▶ umusōnga, igifuka
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pneumonia   ▶ umusōnga
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point   ▶ umugera, isōnga, igisōnga, umusōnga
(to reach a certain ~) kugera
(to sharpen to a ~) gusongora
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pointed   ▶ (to be) gusongora
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poison   ▶ ubumara, uburozi, ishano
 (of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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poor   ▶ (man) nyarucari
(person) umufafara, umufafare, umwōro
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungaboro
(to be) gukena
(to become ~ after wealth) gucobogora
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poverty-stricken   ▶ (person) umufafara, umufafare, nyarucari
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praise   ▶ ishīmwe, amatāzīrano
 (person worthy of ~ or love) umunyagikūndiro
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presence   ▶ (of great person) inyōnga, inyundo
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prison   ▶ ibohero, umunyororo
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prostitute   ▶ (person) maraya (Sw.)
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prove   ▶ kwāgiriza, kwerekana, guhinyuza, kujījūra
 (that a drink is not poisoned) kurogoza
(to one that he's wrong) kujīnjibura
 (a prove) icemezo
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push   ▶ gusunika
 (another down) gukungagura
 (each other) kugundana, gusunurana
 (forward) gusekura
 (a person down where he belongs) gutururuza
 (out, e.g. wind bulging cloth) kubāndūra
 (violently) gusunura
 (to help to) gusunuza
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quarrelsome   ▶ (person) ikijōra
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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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rank   ▶ igiti
(person of high ~) umupfāsoni
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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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reproach   ▶ (bringing ~ on others) ububwa
 (~ a dead person thus making it hard for loved ones) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
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respect   ▶ isoni, icūbahiro
 (that which is respected) igitīnyiro
 (to ~) gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
 (to lack) kwūbahuka
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respected   ▶ (person) umwūbahwa
 (that which is ~) igitīnyiro
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return   ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
 (other than where speaker is) gusubira
 (vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
 (from far away) guhabūka
 (from hunting) guhīgūka
 (from running away) guhīngūra
 (from war) gutabāruka
 (home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
 (to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
 (to fail to) kugīrīra
 (to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
 (to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
 (with) kugarukana
 (person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
 (an investment ~) umwimbu
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revere   ▶ gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
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righteous person  ▶ umugorotsi
(to be) kugororoka
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rip   ▶ gusonoroka, kubārurura
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (to tear a big ~) kumwanyuruka
 (up, vt) gutantamura
 (up, vi) gutantamuka
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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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scar   ▶ inkovu
 (from medical cutting) ururāsago, indāsago
 (left by person scratching or biting another) inkogote
(on gourd or skin) umuguma
 (of plant) ibango
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season   ▶ igihe
(dry ~) ici
 (beginning of dry ~) impēshi
 (~ of early rains) agatasi
 (time for planting small seeds) ibiba
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select   ▶ kurobānura
 (a person to sell a thing or to bring tax) gutōza
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send   ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
 (person rather than message) kurungika
 (back) kurekura
 (back, esp. cows) gucūra
 (back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
 (forth shoots) gutōha
 (from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
 (greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
 (in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
 (workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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severe   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (one who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
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sew   ▶ kubarīra, gusona (Sw.), gushona
(together) kwōmeka
 (come unsewn) gusonoroka
 (~ back on) gusubira, kubarira
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shame   ▶ isoni, akamāramāza
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sharp   ▶ (instrument, person) inkazi
 (to be, instrument) gutyara, gukariha
 (taste) gukara
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sharpen   ▶ gutyaza
(stick) kugegena
 (to a point) gusongora
 (instrument) gukarisha
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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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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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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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skilled   ▶ inkerebutsi
(person) umuhānga, umuhīnga, umuhizi, umugesera, umufūndi (Sw.), umuntu w'inkuba
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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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spear   ▶ icumu
 (stuck in person) urubāngo
 (spears on big reeds and grasses) umusokoro
 (to fall on ~ and be injured) gushōka
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spirit   ▶ igihūme, impwēmu, umuzimu
 (Holy Spirit) Mpwemu Mweranda, Mpwemu Yera
 (nature spirit) imbāndwa
 (of person) umushaha
 (to chase away or drive out evil ~) gusēnda
(to offer to ~) guterekēra
 (~ worship) ubuzimuzimu
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stick   ▶ igiti
(for beating drum) umurisho, umukembe
(large, stuck in ground) inkīngi, igikīngi
(short, club) ingāge
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(thrown to kill bird etc.) injugujugu
(walking) inkoni
(with nail in end) umuhūnda
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stocks   ▶ (for prisoner) impatane
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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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stubborn   ▶ (person) intākonywa, intābwīrwa
 (to be) kugimīra
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surround   ▶ kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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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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tall   ▶ –rē-re, muremure etc.
(or big thing, esp. person) ingāma
(e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
(and fat) ikigwīnyīra
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thin   ▶ -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
 (to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
 (to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
 (to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
 (to get very) kugōgōra
 (to ~ out plants) kwānkanya
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timidity   ▶ isoni
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tip   ▶ isōnga, igisōnga
(payment) impēmbo, agashirukabute
(to ~ head back) kurarama
(to ~ head to one side) guhengama
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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touch   ▶ gukora, gukorako, gukorakora, gushorera
 (a person to attract his attention) gukoma
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track   ▶ ikānda
 (of animal) umwānza
 (of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken) akēhe
 (to make) guhonyora
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trunk   ▶ (of tree, person, animal) umutūmba
 (of banana tree after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
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trustworthy   ▶ (person) umwīzigirwa, umunyakuri
 (to be) kwīzigirwa
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truthful   ▶ (person) umunyakuri, imvugakuri
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unashamed   ▶ (to be) kwerura, kutagira isoni
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uncertain   ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
 (to be, of what to do) kuzāzānirwa
 (to be, of what a person is, to go carefully because one does not know the path well) guhwihwisha
 (to go ~ of the way) guhushagirika
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uncivilized   ▶ (person) umushēnzi
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unfortunate   ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
 (to be) guhumirwa
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ungrateful   ▶ (person) intashīma
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unison   ▶ (in) icārimwe
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unsewn   ▶ (to come) gusonoroka, kubāruruka
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untrustworthy   ▶ (person) igihūmbu
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unwise   ▶ (person) igihūmbu
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usefulness   ▶ akamaro
 (person or object completely at end of ~) akāheze
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venom   ▶ (poison of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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walk   ▶ kugēnda, kugēndagēnda
(backward) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
(esp. at night) kwīkānya
(help sick person ~) kwāndāza
(in footsteps of another) kugera ikirēnge
(in one's sleep) kurandamuka
(in water) kuvōgera
(noisily) gukacagira
(on tiptoe) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(stealthily) gukacakaca, kwōmboka
(to take a ~, go for a ~) kugēndagēnda, gutēmbēra
(~ about in house without permission) kudōbēra
(barefoot) kugēnda n'ibirēnge
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wasting disease  ▶ (person with) umunywera
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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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wear   ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
 (belt, girdle) gukenyera
 (many clothes) guhūnda
 (out) gushira, gutamiza
 (out completely) guhombōza
 (out person) gutamya
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weary   ▶ (person) indushi
 (to ~) gutamya, kurambira
 (to be) kuruha
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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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wicked   ▶ (person) umuyobe, umugesera, umuhāmbāzi
 (to be) guhāmbāra
 (to be very) kugabitanya
 (to be, having been good) gufūtāna
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wise   ▶ (person) umunyabwēnge, akaranda
 (to be) gukerebuka
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woman   ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
 (married ~) umugore
 (lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
 (elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
 (elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira
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worthless   ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
 (thing) imicekwa
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worthy   ▶ (person ~ of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
 (to be ~) kubērwa, gukwīra
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national   ▶ (person) umwenegihugu
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English   ▶ (person) umwongereza
 (language) icongereza
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lady   ▶ umupfasoni
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French   ▶ (person) umufaransa
 (language) igifaransa
 (french fries) ifiriti
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American   ▶ (person) umunyamerika
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Belgian   ▶ (person) umubirigi, umubiligi
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African   ▶ (person) umwirabura, umunyafirika
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Arab   ▶ (person) Umwarabu
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Rwandan   ▶ (person) Umunyarwanda
 (language) Kinyarwanda, ikinyarwanda
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Indian   ▶ (person) Umuhindi
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Congolese   ▶ (person) umunyekongo, umukongomani
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German   ▶ (person) umudagi
 (language) ikidagi
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treason   ▶ ubugambanyi
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handsome   ▶ -īza
 (person) umuhizi
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dear   ▶ (person) mukūndwa
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honor   ▶ (to ~) kwūbaha, guhaya, gusonera
 (before others) gushīmagiza
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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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kind   ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda
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Kenyan   ▶ (person) umukenya
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Ugandan   ▶ (person) umuganda
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gay   ▶ (homosexual person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
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black   ▶ (person) umwirabura
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mason   ▶ umwūbatsi, umufūndi
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mute   ▶ (person) ikiragi
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poison   ▶ (to ~ by bewitchment) kuroga
(to take a drink to prove it is not poisoned) kurogoza
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rainy season  ▶ itumba
(early, Sept.-Oct.) agatāsi
(principal, Feb.-May) urushāna
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fast   ▶ (to not eat) kwīsonzēsha
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certain   ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka
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Chinese   ▶ (person) umushinwa, (language) igishinwa
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season   ▶ (to ~) kwongereza akanovera, kurunga
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eloquent   ▶ (~ person) umuhānga
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honest   ▶ (to be) kuvugīsha ukuri
(~ person) imvugakuri
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