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
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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