ubukene     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
  
(no pl.) 1. need, want, 2. poverty
need    ubukene, ibikenewe
(to be in ~) gukena
(to ~) gukenera
(to be in, having lost one's possessions) gusurura
(to have ~ of) kwōndera
(to help one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
(to relieve) gukenura
(supplying of) ubukenuke
(to have one's needs supplied) gukenuka
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poverty    ubukene, ubwōro
(absolute) ubufafara, ubufafare
En-En dictionary 
want    ubukene
(to be in ~) gukena
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 ubukene found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)
lesson 28   Class 8 ubu–, ama– (continued)
lesson 54   Ordinary Past Tense II