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
En-En dictionary 
-to     adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
kwīyondēsha (-īyondēsheje)     v   ▶ to let oneself get thin
kwōnda (-ōnze)     v   ▶ to get thin
-tō-to   adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
kudohōka (-dohōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to come apart (e.g. chains), 2. to escape, 3. to get thin
kunohoka (-nohotse)     v   ▶ to get thin
kunohorwa (-nohowe)     v   ▶ to be greedy for a certain food and want only that, to become thin from worry or work
kwānkanya (-ānkanije)     v   ▶ to thin out plants
kwōndēsha (-ōndēsheje)     v   ▶ to make thin
kwōndēshwa (-ōndēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be made thin by
umunywera (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person who gets thin gradually, person sick with wasting away disease
become   ▶ kuba, gucīka, kumēra
 (good again, having been bad) gufutānuka
 (known) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (thin) kudohōka, kugeruka, kwōnda, kwīfūtānya, kuyōka
 (thinner) gufūtānya
 (very thin) kugōgōra, kunohorwa
En-En dictionary 
kugōberwa (-gōberewe)     v   ▶ to be thin (bones show due to hunger)
-gabo  ▶ male of... (suffix of something masculin)
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
agahomerabunwa     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) astonishing thing
agatēte (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. pieces of a certain kind of grass used for weaving, 2. bits of things used by witch doctor to divine
akāhebwe (utw-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. something forsaken, 2. worn out thing
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)
akaminūza (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything of its kind
akantu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little thing (from ikintu)
akarēnzo (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something that surpasses anything else of its kind
akarohe (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ imperfect thing, diseased body
akazatsa (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ very tiny thing
akazirukanyo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ tiny thing of no value
akazuyāzi (in-)   7   3  sg. class 7: aka-,aga-
pl. class 3: i-,in- ▶ anything lukewarm
akēhe     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) tracks of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken
akēza   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ beauty, pretty thing
akūmiza   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) astonishment, astounding thing, miracle
amacāmbwa    5   ▶ middle of many things, in the midst of
amarēba    5   ▶ (no sing.) magic, miraculous things (not by God's power)
amasigarira    5   ▶ things left behind (not food)
bite   phr   ▶ 1. how are things? how is it going? 2. hello, hi (informal greeting)
gucīra (-cīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to determine, 2. to think, 3. to spit, expectorate
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)
gufūha (-fūshe)     v   ▶ 1. to breathe heavily and noisily, 2. to yearn over, 3. want one thing and that alone, 4. to purpose to revenge
gufutānya (-futānije)     v   ▶ 1. to grow thinner, 2. go backwards inadvertently
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
guhamya (-hamye)     v   ▶ 1. to declare, assert that a thing is true, to attest 2. witness
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
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
guhēnga (-hēnze)     v   ▶ to set a time, do something at a set time
guhēngeka (-hēngetse)     v   ▶ 1. to lay a thing on its side, 2. to tilt, to turn, 3. to slant (vt)
guherūka (-herūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be last (previous), 2. to have done recently, 3. to have been at, 4. to come to do something
guhindānura (-hindānuye)     v   ▶ to draw things back together
guhinyuza (-hinyuje)     v   ▶ 1. to check over a thing, 2. to prove, give proof, 3. to convince, 4. to verify, 5. to condemn, 6. to disgrace, 7. to speak truth, 8. to divine
guhishanya (-hishanije)     v   ▶ to hide something from each other
guhitaniza (-hitanije)     v   ▶ to give something to someone, to take in passing
guhūmba (-hūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie, 2. deceive, 3. do shameful things
guhumēka (-humētse)     v   ▶ 1. to breathe, breathing, 2. to gasp, 3. to sigh, 4. to breath into, inspire
guhuna (-hunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to forget how to do something you once knew, 2. to forsake
gukanjagura (-kanjaguye)     v   ▶ to mix things up and pack them down together
gukenyukirwa (-kenyukiriwe)     v   ▶ to be exhausted, attempt something beyond one's strength
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)
gukīnga (-kīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to shield something, protect, shelter, 2. stand in another's light, 3. to close, to lock
gukoba (-kovye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a litle hole in ground for planting a tree or plant, 2. to dig up sweet potato with fingers, dig as chicken does, 3. to strip one of his clothing
gukōndōka (-kōndōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you
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
gukuka (-kutse)   v   ▶ to rise, to swell (of anything containing leaven)
gukūndira (-kūndiye)     v   ▶ 1. to allow, 2. to love one for something
gukurura (-kuruye)     v   ▶ to drag along a very heavy thing
gupfuvya (-pfubije)     v   ▶ to put something cool on a burn
gupoperanya (-poperanije)     v   ▶ to unite (to put things of different types together)
gusabwa (-sabwe)     v   ▶ to be prayed to, asked for something
gusahura (-sahuye)     v   ▶ 1. to steal, 2. to pillage, 3. to remove everything from burning house
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
gusana (-sanye)     v   ▶ to repair (any woven thing)
gusanasana (-sanasanye)     v   ▶ to repair (something absolutely worn out) repeatedly
gusanza (-shanje)     v   ▶ 1. to scatter (vt), 2. spread out on something (vt)
gusanzāra (-sanzāye)     v   ▶ to scatter (vi), spill (anything not liquid)
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)
gushaza (-shajije)     v   ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up
gushemeza (-shemeje)     v   ▶ to praise for something received
gushigikira (-shigikiye)     v   ▶ to hold up, prop (something on ground, not high up)
gushinyagura (-shinyaguye)     v   ▶ to treat with anger, to laugh for nothing
gushirwa (-shizwe)     v   ▶ 1. to not quit without accomplishing a certain thing, 2. to be convinced after proof or persuasion, to be satisfied, 3. to be astonished, 4. to be put
gushisha (-shishe)     v   ▶ 1. to be big, fat, chubby 2. to be flourishing (of growing things, child), 3. to be very dirty, unpleasant, repulsive, 4. to tie beans to hedge to dry
gushishwa (-shishwe)     v   ▶ to be nauseated by repulsive thing
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
gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)
gusokorora (-sokoroye)     v   ▶ to take something out to an appointed place, to take out of, reveal
gusorōra (-sorōye)     v   ▶ 1. to buy a thing together and then divide it, 2. to add to what one has
gusorōranya (-sorōranije)     v   ▶ 1. to gather up, 2. to bring things and put them together to give to someone
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
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
gusūriranya (-sūriranije)     v   ▶ to splash and tumble (water in river), to tear along (as rain sweeps away everything), to dig out grass rapidly, to do quickly
guswāganya (-swāganye)     v   ▶ to joke, say things to make others laugh, to be kidding
gutangīza (-tangīje)   v   ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something
gutegēra (-tegēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to think over, to understand, 2. to go to meet, to wait for
gutegereza (-tegereje)     v   ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected
gutēkera (-tēkeye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up a bundle, 2. to prepare things for a trip
gutēkerera (-tēkereye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up for, 2. prepare things for trip
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
gutimba (-timvye)     v   ▶ 1. to not feel anything, to be numb, 2. pay no attention to anything
gutīra (-tīze)     v   ▶ to borrow (money or a thing which will itself be returned)
gutirigana (-tiriganye)     v   ▶ to dislocate (either parts of body, or other things) (vi)
gutobora (-toboye)     v   ▶ 1. to pierce, make a hole, 2. to speak distinctly, 3. to be straight-forward, to have nothing to hide, 4. to hear well, 5. to complete a thing
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
gutōza (-tōje)     v   ▶ to select a person to sell a thing or to bring tax
gutukana (-tukanye)     v   ▶ to slander each other, to yell at each other hateful things
gutūnda (-tūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to get mildewed, musty, 2. to move things to another place, to unload
hange    ▶ kugenda ~ to go prepared with everything planned
hīrya    ▶ beyond, on the other side (of something but still on this side of river or valley)
ibāmba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ anything bitter, cross person
ibikenewe  4   ▶ 1. need, 2. necessity, essential thing
ibinyavu    4   ▶ (no sing.) mineral matter (inanimate things)
ibitēga    4   ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person
iborēro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place of rotted things
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
icāmbarwa (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ clothing
icāmbazo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ clothing for work
icīshimikizo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)
icūbirizi (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ unexpected thing, anything hidden or unseen that comes to light suddenly
igaragara    n   ▶ nothing
igihīnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ noise (as of wind, rain, running feet, etc.), by extension: great number of things
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
igihūme (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spirit, superhuman thing, a one-armed and one-legged ghost with grass growing out of its ears that lives in the valley (used as a serious insult)
igihūmura (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing or person stricken with fear
igihururu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who can't keep a secret or says inappropriate things
igikānge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)
igikayangana (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. something dazzling, shining, glistening, 2. enamel
igipesi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ button on clothing
igisāga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. things over above 10, 2. excess, surplus, 3. garment that is too big
igisate (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ piece of something that has been cut, slate
igishika (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing which one longs for, strong desire
igisōsa (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing that tastes good
igitambamboga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
igitangāza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ miracle, astonishing thing, marvel
igitare (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ any white thing, whiteness
igitereko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. place prepared to put anything, 2. lamp stand
igitērwa (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ plant (lit. something planted)
igitigiri (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ number (of things)
igitwengerabarozi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ child (before he begins to know anything)
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)
ikibītsanyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a thing entrusted to another
ikibonamaso (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reward for finding something
ikigambati (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ giant, any huge thing
ikigwīnyīra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. tall, fat person, 2. giant, 3. large thing
ikija (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing of no value
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
ikintu kanaka (ibi-)   phr    4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a certain thing
ikinyabuzima (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. living being, living thing, 2. (pl.) biology
ikinyōbwa (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ drink, something to be drunk
ikiramvu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing spread out flat, bow without cord
ikirandamuke (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who always disagrees in an 'inama', who says things he shouldn't when with others
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
ikiremwa (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. creation, 2. creature, 3. created thing
ikiribwa (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ edible things, something to eat
ikirīngo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ time, moment (of finishing or attaining a thing)
ikirohe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dirt in water, anything that falls in water
ikirūmbirane (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. fruitless thing, corn, etc., 2. stunted plant
ikivōmesho (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thing for drawing water
ikivume (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ cursed thing
ikivumu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
ikizira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ forbidden thing, taboo
ikizungu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ anything of European or westerners culture
imburakimazi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ worthless thing or person
imburūngu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. round thing, circle, 2. nothing
imicekwa    2   ▶ things of no value sorted out from good things
impāno (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift (nothing expected in return), donation
impehemyi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place around trees where nothing else grows
imperēra (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ last one of anything
impūzu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ clothing
imvūmūre (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who has lost everything in trial, one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it
indabe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ barkcloth with painted spots, used as a thing of worship
indemano (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. created thing, 2. barkcloth garment, 3. nicely made basket, 4. news
indobeke (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ anything that is different from others in group
indome (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dot, spot, 2. letter, 3. spotted barkcloth used as a thing of worship
ingāma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
ingororano (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gift to a chief (in order to get something from him)
ingwāti (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ security, hostage, thing entrusted to another to care for
injebejebe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ wrinkle (actually, turning down of lower lip), red thing on chicken below beak (wattle)
inkarīsha (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. sharp beer, 2. anything fermented
inkēngērwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ despised thing or person
intahava (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ permanent thing (stays in family)
intangamarāra (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ first of anything
intangāro (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ within the kraal, courtyard
integakiba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ something put away for future use
inyagano (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ plunder, a thing taken unlawfully but not secretly
inyambarabāmi (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ king's clothing, esp. animal skins worn by kings or great chiefs, or jewels
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.)
itandukāniro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ separating thing, distinction, difference
ivyabaye  4   ▶ things that happened in the past
iyakīriro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ place to receive money, or other things
ku     prep   ▶ 1. on, upon, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), 5. over
kubagabaga (-bagabaze)     v   ▶ to stroll about as if one had nothing else to do
kubāngikanya (-bāngikanije)     v   ▶ 1. to start a job before finishing the previous one, 2. do two things at once, 3. to place two things parallel, or side by side
kubembetereza (-bembetereje)     v   ▶ to tell someone something indirectly in order not to hurt him
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
kubūngirana (-būngiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to share, have things in common, 2. to visit a friend
kubūra (-būze)     v   ▶ 1. to warn of danger, 2. to announce something
kudoma (-domye)     v   ▶ to mark, print, stamp, put spots on something
kudōmbagiza (-dōmbagije)     v   ▶ to choose things or people from group not in consecutive order
kudūga (-dūze)     v   ▶ 1. to go up (as a hill), to ascend, 2. to rise (as bread, or anything containing leaven), 3. to increase
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)
kugaragura (-garaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to look things over in prospect of buying, 2. to turn over and over (vt), 3. to palpate, to examine
kugemānya (-gemānije)     v   ▶ to put things in basket to take to another
kugemura (-gemuje)     v   ▶ to present a gift (with something expected in return)
kugēnda hange (-giye)   phr   ▶ to go prepared with everything planned
kugenzūra (-genzūye)     v   ▶ 1. to judge weather by sky, 2. to try to know something, 3. seek information, 4. to inspect
kugereka (-geretse)     v   ▶ 1. to place thing above another, 2. repeat, 3. add to, 4. to crow second time in morning
kugerekeranya (-gerekeranije)     v   ▶ 1. to place one thing above another, 2. repeat, add to
kugeruka (-gerutse)     v   ▶ to get thin, diminish (vi)
kugira (-gize)     v   ▶ 1. to do, 2. to make, 3. to have, 4. to think, 5. to say
kugishūra (-gishūye)     v   ▶ 1. to take a thing home from where you've left or put it, 2. to take cows home after being away a long time to pasture
kugōgōra (-gōgōye)     v   ▶ to get very thin, lose a lot of weight
kugōka (-gōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace
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)
kujījūka (-jījūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to leave, quit altogether because a thing is too difficult (e.g. itōngo), 2. to know for certain
kujōja (-jōje)     v   ▶ to tell all about something
kumadika (-maditse)     v   ▶ 1. to plate as with silver, 2. to weld, 3. to graft tree, 4. to trade butter for other things
kumenyēra (-menyēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to be accustomed to, to be adapted to, 2. to do a thing habitually, 3. to adapt
kunanirwa (-naniwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult
kunēbagura (-nēbaguye)     v   ▶ to find fault with everything, to hate everything, to criticize
kunuma (-numye)     v   ▶ to be quiet, silent, say nothing
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)
kurābarāba (-rābarāvye)     v   ▶ to look at one thing after another (many things)
kurābirana (-rābiranye)     v   ▶ to look at something together
kurama (-ramye)     v   ▶ to be strong, durable, long-lived (things, not people)
kuramīsha (-ramīshije)     v   ▶ to make things (esp. pots) strong
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
kurementanya (-rementanije)     v   ▶ 1. to put things together, 2. to lie, 3. to evade
kurēngāra (-rēngāze)   v   ▶ to get left behind (as you stare at something)
kurimbūra (-rimbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to think over whether a thing is right, count the cost, 2. to joke (with lots of words), to be talkative, garrulous
kurotsa (-rokeje)     v   ▶ 1. to gulp down, 2. to dump into something, 3. submerge in water
kurunguruka (-rungurutse)     v   ▶ to look from side to side trying to see everything
kuvugako (-vuzeko)   v   ▶ to talk a little of something
kuvuna (-vunnye)   v   ▶ 1. to break (vt) (bone, or any slender thing), 2. to defend, help, assist, 3. to forbid
kuvunika (-vunitse)   v   ▶ to break (vi) any slender thing, as bone
kuyāmīra (-yāmīriye)   v   ▶ to feel faint, gradually drift off to sleep while thinking
kuyōka (-yōtse)   v   ▶ to diminish (vi), to get thin, to not be well
kuyōra (-yōye)   v   ▶ 1. to pick up, 2. to clear off, remove things
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
kuzirikana (-zirikanye)   v   ▶ 1. to know, 2. to think over, 3. to meditate
kw   prep   ▶ 1. on, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), (form of ku before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. kw ibuye - on a rock)
kwāhira (-āhiye)     v   ▶ (from kwāha) to cut grass (to use it for something)
kwāma (-āmye)     v   ▶ 1. to always or continually do a thing, 2. to bear fruit
kwāmbura (-āmbuye)     v   ▶ 1. to undress, to remove clothing, 2. to steal (from kwambara)
kwāmūra (-āmūye)     v   ▶ 1. to gather fruit, to harvest (esp. from perennial plants), 2. to bring things in from sun (from kwanikira)
kwāndārika (-āndāritse)   v   ▶ to be careless (with things)
kwātagura (-ātaguye)     v   ▶ to tell the whole truth without hiding a thing
kwegeranya (-egeranije)     v   ▶ to put things (or people) close together
kwegereza (-egereje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to approach, 2. put within reach
kwībūranya (-ībūranije)     v   ▶ to reason within oneself
kwīfūtānya (-īfūtānye)     v   ▶ 1. to revert, go backward, 2. get thinner, 3. to act foolishly, ignorantly
kwīgenera (-īgeneye)     v   ▶ 1. to do something of oneself without authority, 2. boast of what one will do, 3. to attribute to oneself
kwīgereza (-īgereje)     v   ▶ to help oneself (even if you don't know how to do the thing)
kwīgūnga (-īgūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be selfish, keep things for oneself, 2. to do something alone
kwīgūngirako (--yeko)     v   ▶ to be selfish, take everything for oneself
kwīgura (-īguze)     v   ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything
kwīhariza (-īharije)   v   ▶ to have a thing by oneself
kwīkēkako (--tseko)     v   ▶ to think, to doubt oneself
kwīmbirira (-īmbiriye)     v   ▶ to plan secretly to do something
kwirēngera (-rēngeye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry something on head without using the hands, 2. to take responsibility for something
kwīrimbūra (-īrimbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to think, to consider, to weigh pros and cons, 2. to acknowledge to oneself one's guilt
kwītāmba ku muvyimba (-ītāmvye)     phr   ▶ 1. to make it hard for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead one, 2. to make light of serious things, 3. to gloat over (reference to death) (from gutāmba)
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)
kwīyandagaza (-īyandagaje)     v   ▶ to say mean things in trying to provoke another
kwīyuhagira (-īyuhagiye)     v   ▶ 1. to bathe oneself (formerly a ceremonial cleansing, but now bathing in general), 2. to shower
kwīyumvīra (-īyumvīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to think, to consider, 2. to assess, to rate, to evaluate
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
kwūnga (-ūnze)   v   ▶ 1. to stop a quarrel and make them like each other, 2. to join together broken thing
māmbu    ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)
mu     prep   ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of (the inside of a thing, e.g. kuva mu muriro – to come out of the fire)
muri   prep   ▶ in, into, within, among
ndakwītwāyeko   phr   ▶ I've come to you for something (respectful way to begin a request, from kwītwāra)
ntanakimwe   adj   ▶ nothing
pē     adv   ▶ absolutely! extremely! think of that!
ubuhēhēsi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lustful thinking and practices
ubuhizi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. handsomeness, 2. praiseworthiness, 3. skill, 4. courage
uburyarya     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) itching, making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception
ubusa     adv   ▶ 1. nothing, 2. in vain
ubuzimuzimu   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions
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
umēnga    ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably
umēngo  ▶ I think, it seems, one might say, probably
umugega (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ clothing worn underneath, as sack dress
umumānda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark was used for clothing
umunya (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ wrinkle (as in face), excessive thinness
umurambararo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ length, anything in prone position
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
umurēngera (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person with many children, great riches, possessions, countless things
umusabisabi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ beggar, one who is always asking for things
umusābisābi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps dropping things here and there
umushire (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ worn out thing
umusoko (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ long thing (esp. stalk of bananas, etc.)
umuvuguvugu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sound of stick or string whipped through air, sound of things blown by wind, whir
umuvumu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
umwāmbaro (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ garment, clothing
umwāvu (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ discarded things, trash, garbage
umwēnge (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. thing with holes in it, 2. hole
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
umwūhagiro (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cleansing, bathing
urubona (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ transparent, shiny thing
urudēnde     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) 1. one solitary thing, 2. singular (gram.)
urudēndevu (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)
urukurikirane   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ list, list of things
urunūka (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ any horrid, hateful thing
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
accomplish   ▶ (be zealous to) gufūhira
 (earnestness) ifūhe
 (to finish) guheraheza
 (not quit without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
 (to be accomplished) kurangūka
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aid   ▶ imfashanyo
 (to ~) gufasha
 (to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (first ~) ugutabāra
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amazement   ▶ (to do something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
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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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assert   ▶ (that a thing is true) guhamya
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assure   ▶ (that a thing is true) guhamya
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astonishing   ▶ (thing) agahomerabunwa, igitāngaza, akūmiza
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astounding   ▶ (thing) akūmiza
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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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bark   ▶ igishishwa
 (of banana tree) igihubahuba
 (cloth garment) indemano
 (cloth with painted spots, used as thing of worship) indabe, indome
 (~ stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imibavu
 (put on new ~) kwībwira
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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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barter   ▶ kuguza
 (butter or other things) kumadika
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beauty   ▶ ubwīza, agahīmbare
 (pretty thing) akeza
 (beautiful woman or girl) nyiramwiza
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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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behind   ▶ inyuma
 (get left ~ as you stare at something) kurāngāra
 (to hide ~) kwīkīnga
 (to leave) gusiga
 (to look) gukebuka
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better   ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
 (he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko
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big   ▶ -nini
(to be too) gusāguka, kudēnda
 (to be, of growing things, esp. child) gushisha
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bitter   ▶ (to be) kubīha, gukara, gukariha, kurura
 (~ flavour, to taste) kururirwa
 (anything ~) ibāmba
 (not ~, esp. of manioc) -horo
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borrow   ▶ (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very thing) kugurāna
 (a thing to be returned) gutīra
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break   ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumeneka, kumānyuruka
 (vt) guca
 (and scatter, vt) gusāvya
 (any slender thing, vi) kuvunika
 (any slender thing, vt) kuvuna
 (completely, vi) kudēndūka, gufyonyoka, kuvunagura
 (in two) gusāba
 (the law) kurēnga, kuyoba
 (object with flat surface, vt) kumena
 (off by burning, tree, etc.) gutemuka
 (off a piece, bread) kubega
 (out, as rash) guhurira, guturika
 (rope, chain) kuvutagura
 (suddenly, unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (a taboo) kurēngwa, kuzirūra, kugōka
 (to bits, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika, kuvunagura, kumānyagura
 (to bits, vt) gucagagura, kumenagura, gusatagura, kuvunaguza
 (up, vi) kumānyagurika, kumānyuka
 (up, vt) kujānjagura
 (a break, as bone) imvune
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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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buy   ▶ (to) kugura, kununūra
 (to ~ and sell) kudāndaza, guhānjura
 (to ~ a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
 (look things over in prospect of buying) kugaragura
 (to ~ very much) kurangura
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catch   ▶ gufata, gucakīra
 (ball, anything thrown) gusama
 (a disease from another) kwāndura
 (from falling) gusama
 (one who starts to fall) kuramira
 (swarming bees) gutururuza
 (up with) guhāmvya
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check   ▶ (to ~ over a thing) guhinyuza
 (cheque) isheki
 (bad ~) isheki idakwije amahera
 (checkbook) agatabo k'amasheki
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child   ▶ umwāna, umugisye, umukeme, umurerwa
(before he begins to know anything) igitambamboga, igitwengerabarozi
(disobedient) intabarirwa
 (first-born) imfura
(healthy, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(illegitimate) igihūmbu, ikivyārwa
(learning to walk) ikidegedege, intavyi
(male) umuyibigi
(of) mwene
(of mixed marriage) ikivyārwa
(only) ikinege, umwāna w'ikinege
(derogative) umuhimbiri
(small) ikibondo
(starting to know a little) umwankavu
(that doesn't grow properly) imfunya
(unwanted or orphan) intābwa
(up to 8 or 10 years) umugimbi
(weaned) umucūko, umukurira
(youngest or favourite) umuhererezi
(~ care) ubuhinga bwo kurera abana
(~ benefit) imfashanyo y'umuryango
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choose   ▶ kugena, kurobānura, gutōra, gutōranya
 (esp. in action) guhitamwo
 (at random from group) kudōmbagiza
 (leaders) kwātira
 (one to sell a thing) gutōza
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close   ▶ (to) gufunga (Sw.), gukīnga, gukīngiriza, kurumya, kwūgara
 (doors of royal place) kujīsha
 (entrance with branches) guhāngāza
 (hands together) gufumbata
 (one's eyes) guhumiriza
 (path) gutangīra
 (to make another to ~ his eyes) kwūnamika
 (up completely) guhindira
 (to get close together) kwegerana
 (to put things or people ~ together) kwegeranya
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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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common   ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana
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complete   ▶ (to) gusōzēra, guheza
(see 'to finish')
(~ a thing) gutobora
 (to be ~) guhebūza, kwūzura
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comprehend   ▶ gutahura
 (involves act of seeing) kurabukwa
 (after thinking over) gutegereza
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consider   ▶ (to) kwīyumvīra
(to think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, kwīrimbūra
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crash   ▶ (of something falling) isēnyerana
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created   ▶ (thing) indemano, ikiremwa
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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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cursed   ▶ (thing) ikivume
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decayed   ▶ (place of ~ things) iborēro
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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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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despicable   ▶ (to be) gukengerēka, gutītūka
 (to do a ~ thing) kugōka
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despised   ▶ (thing, person) inkēngērwa
 (to be) kugayika, gukengerēka, gutītūka
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different   ▶ (to be) gutandukāna
 (anything that is ~ from others in group) indobeke
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discarded   ▶ (things) umwāvu
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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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dislocate   ▶ (a bone) guhinyagara
 (part of body, or things, vi) gutirigana
 (vt) gutiriganya
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divide   ▶ kugabanya, kugabura, kugaburira, gutānya
 (by lot) gupfīndana
 (up loads among several) kugabāngānya
 (up work or load to make it easier) kwīyorohereza
 (to buy a thing together and then ~ it) gusorōra
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do   ▶ (to) kugira, gukora
 (again) kwongera
 (always) kwāma, guhora
 (anyhow, in spite of) gupfa
 (continually) kwāma, guhora
 (the dishes) kwoza ivyombo
 (even more) kurushiriza
 (first) kubānza, gushūza
 (forcefully) kwīhanukīra
 (habitually) kumēnyera
 (have too much to ~) kurēngerana
 (the impossible) gufyidikīra
 (~-it-yourself) ukugira utugenegene
 (housework) kugora
 (one's duty) gushimika
 (quickly) gukwākwānya, gushōka, gusobaganya, gusūriranya, gutebūtsa
 (quickly and carelessly) kuraha
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (~ not) -ōye (verb without infinitive)
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
 (a sloppy job) kurēngagiza
 (something alone) kwīgūnga
 (something by oneself without authority) kwigenera
 (something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
 (that which you declared you would not ~) kwīrahuruza
 (two things at once) kubāngikanya
 (unwillingly) kugoyagoya
 (unwillingly and complainingly) kunyinkira
 (the washing up) kwoza ivyombo
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drag   ▶ (to) gukwēga
 (along) kunyogōmba
 (along quickly) gukūbēba
 (along a very heavy thing) gukurura
 (on ground) gukūba
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draw   ▶ gukwēga, gusokōra
 (lots) gupfīndana
 (near) kwegēra
 (pictures) gushushanya
 (things back together) guhindānura
 (up) gukōba
 (water) kudaha, kuvōma
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drift   ▶ (gradual drifting) akayōmbekēre
 (to gradually drift off to sleep while thinking) kuyāmīra
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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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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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edible   ▶ (things) ibiribwa
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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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entrusted   ▶ (thing ~ to another) ikibītsanyo, ingwāti
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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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expect   ▶ (to) gusamāza, kwīzigira, kurindīra
(to get a certain thing) kuziga
(to ~ a child) gukurirwa
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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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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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fed   ▶ (to be ‘~ up' with something) kudunduhirwa
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feel   ▶ kwūmva
 (around for) gukabakaba
 (to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
 (faint) kuyāmīra
 (joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
 (to not ~ anything) gutimba
 (of) gukorakora
 (pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
 (the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
 (the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza
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fermented   ▶ (anything, beer) inkarisha
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fetish   ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
 (gourd used) intendēri
 (heathen charm on head) urugori
 (spotted barkcloth) indome
 (things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
 (charm) igiheko
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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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first   ▶ -ambere (preceded by class prefix)
(~ of anything) intangamarāra
 (to do ~) kubānza, gushūza
 (to plant ~) gushūza
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flat   ▶ (area) igitega, ikiyāya
 (thing spread out ~) ikiramvu
 (to be ~) kubāta, gutega
 (to be ~, as plate) kugarama
 (esp. of nose) gufyāta
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flavor   ▶ icānga, uburyōhe, ubusōse, akanovera
(thing with good ~) igisōsa
(to be of the ~ of) gusōsera
(to have good ~) gusōsa
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flourishing   ▶ (to be, of growing things) gushisha
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forbidden   ▶ (to be) kuzira
 (thing) ikizira
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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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forsaken   ▶ (field) ikirare
 (thing) akāhebwe
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fruitless   ▶ (thing, plant) ikirūmbirane
 (to be, plants) kurūmba
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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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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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hate   ▶ kwānka, kugaya, gukēngēra, gutītūra, guhama
 (cause people to hate that which they had liked) gutītūra
 (everything) kunebagura
 (one's master) kugāmbāna
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hateful   ▶ (any horrid hateful thing) urunūka
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have   ▶ –fise, kugira, gutūnga
 (absolutely all one wants, and to be a bit showy about it) kunyananyaya
 (abundance) kudibama, guhīmba
 (always) guhorana
 (bad habits, having had good) gufūtāna
 (diarrhea) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (done recently) guherūka
 (fellowship) gufatanya
 (fellowship with) gucudika
 (fever) kurwara inyonko
 (for) –fitiye
 (friendhsip with) gucudika
 (holes from rust) kunyengetērwa
 (much, may be even lots of debts or trouble) kuroranirwa
 (pain) kubabara
 (sex) kuryamana, kwenda, kurongorana, kurya umwana
 (sloping sides, like soup dish) gufukūra
 (speech impediment) kugobwa
 (things in common) kubūngirana
 (to ~ to) kurīnda, –kwīye
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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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hidden   ▶ (thing that comes to light suddenly) icūbirizi
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hide   ▶ (vi) gufuba, kwinyegeza, kwīhisha, kunyegera
 (vt) guhisha, kunyegeza, kuzimanganya
 (and wait for hunter, of animal) kuguba
 (behind) kwīkīnga
 (in a corner) kwīyagiriza
 (oneself) kubūndabūnda
 (one's thoughts) gufobeka
 (the truth) kwiyobagiza
 (to have nothing to ~) gutobora
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hole   ▶ (deep ~ in ground in grassy place) igihuma
 (for planting beans) ibāngo
 (in paper, cloth, container) intoboro, icehere
 (in ground) ikuzimu, i kuzimu, ikinogo, icōbo, urwōbo, igishimu
 (small ones like rats make) umwōbo, umwēnge
 (to get a ~ in) gutoboka
 (to ahve ~ from insects) kunyengetērwa
 (to make ~) kunyengetēra
 (to make ~ in stone) gukorogoshora
 (to make a small ~ for setting out tree or plant) gukoba
 (to tear a big ~, vi) kumānyuka
 (to tie up ~ in sack) gutubika
 (to pierce a ~) gutobora
 (thing with ~ in it) umwēnge
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horrid   ▶ (any horrid hateful thing) urunūka
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huge   ▶ (any huge thing) ikigambati
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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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imperfect   ▶ (thing) akarohe
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inanimate   ▶ things ibinyavu
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investigate   ▶ (carefully a wrong) gutenyēnya
 (try to know something, seek information) kugenzūra
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join   ▶ gufatanya, kumatanya, gutēranya
 (together, esp. poles at top in building house) kudōmbagiza
 (together a broken thing) kwūnga
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journey   ▶ urugēndo
 (food for) impāmba
(to prepare things for) gutēkera
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jumble   ▶ (things) gucurikiranya
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keep   ▶ kugumya
 (a fire going) gucānira
 (for the night) kurāza
 (law) kwītōndera
 (things for oneself) kwīgūnga
 (too long) gutebana
 (not ~ one's wordto do that which one has declared he would not do) kwīrahuruza
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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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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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kraal   ▶ urugo
 (entrance to king's) ikirīmba
 (head of) sēnaka
 (owner of) umutūngwa, nyene
 (with many houses of members of one family) ikigwati
 (within the kraal) intangāro
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last   ▶ imperūka
 (one of anything) imperēra
 (one of family who has no children) imponnyi
 (at ~) ubuherūka, aho rēro
(to be ~, previous) guherūka
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laugh   ▶ gutwēnga, gusekaseka
 (at) kwīshinyira, gushinyira, gutwēnga
 (at secretly) gutwēngera mwijigo
(for nothing) gushinyagura
 (to make others ~) guswāganya, gutwēnza, gutwēngēsha
 (one who makes others laugh) 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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long   ▶ (to ~ for) gusamāza, gukūmbura
(thing for which one longs) igishika
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long-lived   ▶ (to bethings, not people) kurama
 (people) kurāmba
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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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lose   ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
 (by death) gupfīsha
 (by death, one's child) gupfusha
 (interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
 (one another) gutāna
 (one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
 (one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
 (original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
 (to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
 (one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
 (weight) kugōgōra
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lukewarm   ▶ (anything) akazuyāzi, inzuyāzi
(to be) kuzuyāza
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lustful   ▶ (thinking and practices) ubuhehesi
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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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mean   ▶ (to be ~ to) guhama
 (to say ~ things in trying to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
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miracle   ▶ igitangāza, akūmiza
 (not by God's power) amarēba
 (making others think you've done a ~ when it's only a deception) uburyi
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mix   ▶ (vt) gutēranya, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
 (dough) gucūmba
 (things up and pack them down together) gukanjagura
 (thoroughly) gucucuma
 (together) gusukiranya
 (up) kuzīkuruka
 (up thoroughly) gusobanganya
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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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move   ▶ (vi) kwīmuka
 (vt) kwīmura
 (about) gutēmbēra (Sw.)
(things to another place) gutūnda, gutereka
 (to another chieftanship) gucikira
 (to a new location) kujōnjōra
 (to cause to move) gusegenyesha
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nature   ▶ (of person, thing) akamere, akameremere, ubumere
 (spirit) imbāndwa
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nauseated   ▶ (to be) gusesemwa
 (by repulsive thing) gushishwa
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number   ▶ igiharūro, nimero
 (a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
 (of things) igitigiri
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one   ▶ -mwe, rimwe
 (one solitary thing) urudēnde
 (one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
 (to come ~ by ~) gutororokanya
 (~ by ~) isorōsoro
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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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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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place   ▶ ikibānza, ahantu
 (around trees where nothing else grows) impehemyi
 (damp) ikinyōta
 (for spreading out grain) imbuga
 (meeting ~) ihūriro
(of another) igishīngo, icīto
 (prepared to put anything) igitereko
 (smelting) urugānda
 (to offer to the gods) igitabo
 (to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
 (to sit) umusēzero
 (uninhabited) agahīnga
 (very narrow, tight) imbōmbāne
 (where food is plentiful) ubusumo
 (where water has flooded) isēsero
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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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ponder   ▶ (think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, gutegēra, kuzirikana
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poorly   ▶ (to be made, esp. thing of clay) guhōmba
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prepare   ▶ (to ~) gutegūra, guteganya, kuroraniriza
 (food quickly for one) kuzina
 (ground for sorghum) guhānda
 (oneself to strike) kubangura
 (a place for building) gutaba
 (place for newborn baby) kubīkīra
 (things for a trip) gutēkera
 (to fight) gukenyera
 (to go) kwīkora
(one who prepares for another) integūza
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prepared   ▶ (to be) gutegūrika
 (for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
 (for building) gutabwa
 (to do or run quickly) kugabiriza
 (to go with everything ~) kugēnda hange
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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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pretty   ▶ -īza
 (pretty thing) akeza
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prone position  ▶ (anything in) umurambararo
(to be in) kwūbika inda
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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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pull   ▶ gukwēga, gushikura
 (by roots) gusitura, kumomora, kurandura
 (easily) kumomoka, gushikuka
 (things away from plant or tree) gukurira
 (~ out, ~ up stake) gushingūra
 (out of the mud) gushāyūra
 (teeth) guhongora
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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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quit   ▶ (altogether) kujījūka
 (to work carelessly wanting to ~) kuregarega
 (to not ~ without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
 (to ~ a job) gusezera (ku) akazi
(to ~ work for the day) kugodoka
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ready   ▶ (to be) kugera
(to be ~ for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
 (be ~ for harvest) kwīyerēra
 (to prepare things for trip) gutēkera
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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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reflect   ▶ (sense of think) kwītegereza
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relieve   ▶ (need) gukenūra
 (another, as soldier) kugombōra
 (one's own need) kwīkenūra
 (to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (to be relieved of load) kuremurukwa
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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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remorse   ▶ (to make another feel badly over something he's done) gutēteka
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remove   ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
 (clothing) kwāmbūra
 (completely) gutōngōra
 (dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
 (enchantment) kurogōra
 (everything from burning house) gusahura
 (foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
 (from cross) kubāmbūra
 (from fire or oven) kwōkōra
 (from hiding) guhishūra
 (from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (lid of basket) kurumūra
 (load from head) gutūra
 (skin from drying) kubāmbūra
 (sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
 (taboo) kuzirūra
 (things) kuyōra
 (things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
 (thorn or sliver) guhāndūra
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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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repulsive   ▶ (to be) gushisha
 (to be nauseated by a ~ thing) gushishwa
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reserve   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
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rise   ▶ (arise from lying) kuvyūka
(of sun) kubāndūka, kurasa (e.g. umutwēnzi urabāndūtse)
(of anything containing leaven) gukuka, gukakama, gututūmba
 (from the dead) kuzūka
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rotted   ▶ (things, place of) iborēro
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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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say   ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu
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secretly   ▶ urwīhisho, impisho, inēnge
 (to plan to do something ~) kwīmbirira
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select   ▶ kurobānura
 (a person to sell a thing or to bring tax) gutōza
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seperating   ▶ (thing) itandukāniro
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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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shameful   ▶ (to do ~ things) guhūmba
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share   ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
 (to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
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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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simultaneous   ▶ (to do two things at once) kubāngikanya
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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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soft   ▶ (anything very ~, lacking stiffness) urudēndevu
 (to be) kwōroha
 (to be silky ~) kurēmba
 (to get ~ in water) kubōmbōka
 (to make soil ~) kwōrohereza
 (and springy, e.g. earth in swamp) kudemwademwa
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sound   ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
 (well) kwūmvīkana
 (to make a bubbling ~) gusāma
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spill   ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
 (anything not liquid) gusanzāra
 (over) gusēsekara
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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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strange   ▶ (thing) ikija
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strip   ▶ (leaves from tree or stick) gukōkōra
(one of his clothing) gukoba, gukākagura
(cloth) igitabu c'impuzu
(paper) umuzingo
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stroll   ▶ (about as if one had nothing else to do) kubagabaga
 (to ~ about when one should be working) kuraramanga
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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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suffer   ▶ kubabara, gucumukura
 (because of certain thing) kuzira
 (much) gusinzikara
 (pain without complaint) kwīyumānganya
 (to cause to) kubabaza, gusinzikaza
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sun   ▶ izūba
 (red sun when very low at night) igihendabaja
 (to rise) kurasa
 (to set) kurēnga
 (to bring things in from) kwānura
(to put out in) kwānikira
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superhuman   ▶ (thing) igihūme
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supreme   ▶ (something ~) agaheta
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surpass   ▶ (one who surpasses all others) agahebūza, agakūra
 (thing that surpasses everything of its kind) akaminūza, akarēnzo
 (to ~) kurēnga, kurusha, kurushiriza, kuruta, gusūmba
 (all others, good or bad) guhebūza, kunengesēra
 (to try to ~) guhiga
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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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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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ten   ▶ icumi, cumi
(~ times) icumi
 (things over and above ten) igisaga
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tenacity   ▶ (to not quit without accomplishing certain thing) gushirwa
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thing   ▶ ikintu
(forsaken, worn out) akāhebwe
(very tiny) akazatsa
(discarded things) umwāvu
(of no value) ikija
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think   ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
 (about) kuziga
 (over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
 (to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
 (think of that!) pe!
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thinner   ▶ (to become) gufūtānya, kwīfūtānya
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thinness   ▶ (excessive way loss) umunya
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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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tiny   ▶ -nzīnya (used esp. with 7th class)
(very ~ thing) akazatsa
 (~ thing of no value) akazirukanyo
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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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track   ▶ ikānda
 (of animal) umwānza
 (of person, anything that indicates path a person has taken) akēhe
 (to make) guhonyora
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transparent   ▶ (to be) kubonerana
 (thing, or shiny) urubona
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tree   ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane
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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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understand   ▶ gutāhūra, kurabuka, guhubūka
 (to cause to) gutāhūza, gutegereza, gukurugutura
 (to hear) kwūmva
(to think over) gutegēra
(after thinking over) gutegereza
(one another) kwūmvīkana, kwūmvana
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unexpected   ▶ (thing) icūbirizi
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unite   ▶ (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
 (unite in) gupoperaniriza
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water   ▶ amazi
 (rapidly flowing) umupfūnda
 (anything that falls in) ikirohe
 (dirt in) ikirohe
 (large deep place of) icōgo
 (thing for drawing) ikivōmesho
 (to ~ plants) gusukira, kuvōmera
 (to draw, go for) kuvōma
 (to be covered with) kurengerwa
 (to be in) kubōmbeka
 (to filter ~) kuyōra amazi
(to flow softly, quietly) kuyōmbekēra
 (to go in, swim) kwōga
 (to have dirt in) gutobeka
 (to pour on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (to put into) kurobeza
 (to remove foreign article) gutosōra
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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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wind   ▶ umuyaga
 (heavy) igihūhūta, igihūhūsi
 (and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (sound of things blown by wind) umuvuguvugu
 (around, as string) kuzīngīra
 (to shake in ~) guhuzēnwa
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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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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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worthless   ▶ (thing or person) imburakimazi
 (thing) imicekwa
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yell   ▶ (at each other hateful things) gutukana
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within   ▶ muri, mu
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answer   ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
 (to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
 (~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
 (delay to) kurēngagiza
 (to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (to superior when called) kurēnguka
 (when called) kwītaba
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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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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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long   ▶ (adj.) –rēre
 (~ thing, as banana stalk) umusoko
(to live, last ~) kurāmba
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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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certain   ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka
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trade   ▶ (to ~) gucuragiza, gucuruza, kudāndaza, guhānjura, gukāba
 (butter for other things) kumadika
 (one article for another) kuguza
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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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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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 thin found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 8  ▶ Adjectives I