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
En-En dictionary 
tale   ▶ umugani
 (to tell ~s) gutika
En-En dictionary 
gutika (-titse)     v   ▶ to tell fairy tales (stories passed down from long ago)
relate   ▶ kudōnda
 (stories of long ago) kugana
 (to tell others what you've heard) kwīgānira
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gutumbūra (-tumbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to explain thoroughly, speak distinctly, 2. to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping, 2. to stoop
kwātagura (-ātaguye)     v   ▶ to tell the whole truth without hiding a thing
publicly   ▶ (to tell) kwerura
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kubobōtereza (-bobōtereje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for daily, secretly, 2. to tell something in a kind, easy way
kubembetereza (-bembetereje)     v   ▶ to tell someone something indirectly in order not to hurt him
kubara (-baze)     v   ▶ to say, tell
kujōja (-jōje)     v   ▶ to tell all about something
dream   ▶ indōto, inzozi
 (to ~) kurōta
 (to tell or explain ~) kurōtōra
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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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gukanda (-kanze)     v   ▶ to tell chief that someone sends greetings ('bwakeye')
kubwīra (-bwīye)     v   ▶ to tell
kudōnda (-dōnze)     v   ▶ 1. to narrate, 2. tell events one after another, 3. to relate
kugana (-ganye)     v   ▶ to tell stories of long ago
kwerura (-eruye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell publicly, make known, 2. to be unashamed, shameless, 3. to be bold (esp. of young girl), 4. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kwīrāta (-īrāse)     v   ▶ to glory in, to boast, to tell how one's affairs are going
repeat   ▶ gusubīra, kwongera, kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (many times) kwiyongeranya
 (to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping) gutumbūra
 (to ask another to ~ in order to check his veracity) gucaca
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ingāre (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who gets cross easily but who gets over it quickly, one who talks a lot (esp. to tell others what to do)
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
kubūrira (-būriye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell what's going to happen, 2. to announce, notify, inform, 3. to warn of danger
kujījūra (-jījūye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell certainly, 2. to prove
kwībwīra (-ībwīye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell oneself, 2. to conjecture, suppose
kwīgānira (-īgāniye)     v   ▶ to tell to others what you've heard
kubwīrana (-bwīranye)     v   ▶ to tell each other
kurahuruza (-rahuruje)     v   ▶ 1. to make one tell the truth, 2. to make one go back on what he said
kubarirana (-bariranye)     v   ▶ to tell each other
kwīyagiriza (-īyagirije)     v   ▶ 1. to admit one's wrong to avoid being caught, 2. to hide in a corner, 3. to tell what one has done
gukerukiriza (-kerukirije)     v   ▶ 1. to tell to, 2. to divulge (tell something you shouldn't)
kubēshabesha (-bēshabeshe)   v   ▶ to tell little lies, to fool
eavesdropping   ▶ (information gained by) igisokoro
 (to tell what one has heard while ~) gutumbūra
En-En dictionary 
good morning  ▶ (greeting) bwakeye, mwaramutse
(to tell chief or superior that someone sends in 'bwakeye') gukānda
En-En dictionary 
gukerebuka (-kerebutse)     v   ▶ to be intelligent, wise
gukerutsa (-kerukije)     v   ▶ to say, tell, divulge
kubarira (-bariye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell, 2. to inform, 3. to talk (from kubara)
kudebagura (-debaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to speak foolishly, 2. to be unintelligent, 3. to be ignorant (used in NT for barbarous)
kugira ubwēnge (-gize)   phr   ▶ to be clever, intelligent, smart
kurānga (-rānze)     v   ▶ 1. to indicate, 2. to inform, make known, announce, 3. to tell, say
kurōtōra (-rōtōye)     v   ▶ to tell, explain a dream
kuvūmbura (-vūmbuye)   v   ▶ 1. to have natural intelligence (yavumbuye ubwenge), 2. to pick up droppings of animals and put them in garden
ubuhanga   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) intelligence
ubuhīnga     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) skillfulness, artificial intelligence, computer science etc.
ubwēnge     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. wisdom, 2. knowledge, knowhow, 3. sense, 4. intelligence, 5. intellect, 6. consciousness
umuhānga (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. skilled person, 2. intelligent person, 3. eloquent person
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
foretell   ▶ kubūrira
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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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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
En-En dictionary 
 tell found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 58  ▶ Object Pronouns II
lesson 67  ▶ Subjunctive
lesson 71  ▶ Far Past Tense
lesson 73  ▶ Father and Mother
lesson 90  ▶ Review 82 - 89
lesson 93  ▶ Demonstrative Pronouns
lesson 99  ▶ Uses of Prepositional Form
lesson 102  ▶ Miscellaneous Words
lesson 105  ▶ Further Notes on Nta
lesson 109  ▶ How to Say “Why?”
lesson 111  ▶ How to Say “Some”; The Conditional
lesson 114  ▶ Quotations, Direct and Indirect
lesson 115  ▶ Prepositional Suffixes
lesson 117  ▶ Ka Tense
 tell found in: Kirundi II (Grammar)
chapter 3  ▶ Conditional Sentences – “if”
chapter 10  ▶ –o– Conditional in Present, Past and Future
chapter 11  ▶ Subjunctive and Imperative
chapter 20  ▶ –gira for Negative Imperative, and meaning “to be”
chapter 39  ▶ –tuma used to show Reason or Cause
chapter 58  ▶ Possessive Adjectives made into Pronouns
chapter 79  ▶ Various Expressions
 tell found in: Music & Lyrics
Music   ▶ Njana Njana