un  ▶  one   ▶ -mwe, rimwe
 (one solitary thing) urudēnde
 (one banana, head of grain, etc.) umuhānyu
 (to come ~ by ~) gutororokanya
 (~ by ~) isorōsoro
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un  ▶  someone   ▶ umuntu kanaka
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un peu  ▶  slowly   ▶ buhoro
(very ~) buhoro-buhoro
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faire un pas  ▶  step   ▶ intambuko
 (measure by steps) itāmbwe
 (place where steps are cut in hillside) ubukiru
 (to ~) gutambuka
 (aside to make light) gukīngūra, gukīnguruka
 (on) guhonyora
 (take little steps) kunyonyera
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faire un geste  ▶  gesture   ▶ (to put one's hand to his face in surprise) kujorerwa
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donner un coup de pied  ▶  kick   ▶ (to ~) gutēra umugere
 (violently, as child does) gusyēgenya
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faire un brainstorming  ▶  brainstorm   ▶ (to) kugurāna ivyītegererezo
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ukūntu   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ how (not in question)
kwūnga (-ūnze)   v   ▶ 1. to stop a quarrel and make them like each other, 2. to join together broken thing
untūnge   phr   ▶ excuse me (when interrupting)
kwūnama (-ūnamye)   v   ▶ to stoop over, bend down, to bow one's head
kwūnguka (-ūngutse)   v   ▶ 1. to gain, to earn, 2. make profit, 3. to increase (vi)
kwūngura (-ūnguye)   v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vt), 2. to increase (vt), 3. to cause to make profit
kwūngurwa (-ūnguwe)   v   ▶ to be increased
kwūnguza (-ūnguje)   v   ▶ to cause to increase
ivyunyunyu  4   ▶ carbonate
kwūnamika (-ūnamitse)   v   ▶ to make another to look down, close his eyes, stoop
kwūnamuka (-ūnamutse)   v   ▶ to raise one's head, to raise up (vt)
kwūnamīsha (-ūnamīshije)   v   ▶ see kwunamika
kwūngurira (-ūnguriye)   v   ▶ to increase at, for
kwūnguruza (-ūnguruje)   v   ▶ 1. to go a little ahead, 2. to give a lift
kwūnyuguza (-ūnyuguje)   v   ▶ to rinse
kwūnyuguzwa (-ūnyugujwe)   v   ▶ to be rinsed
kwūngururuza (-ūngururuje)   v   ▶ 1. to go forward little by little, 2. to prolong
kwūnyuguriza (-ūnyugurije)   v   ▶ to rinse for
-bisi   adj   ▶ 1. raw, uncooked, 2. fresh, 3. cold, cool, 4. wet
-ndi   adj   ▶ other, another, more (uwūndi, abāndi etc., see also ukundi, ahandi)
-novu   adj   ▶ 1. delicious, 2. pure, undiluted (esp. beer), 3. dense
-nyene   adv   ▶ 1. only, 2. the very one, 3. -self, (with pronoun prefix: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) 4. exactly
-to     adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
-tō-to   adj   ▶ 1. small, little, 2. young, 3. thin
-tonya     adj   ▶ small, little, young
-tōto     adj   ▶ unripe, green (of certain fruits)
-toya     adj   ▶ small, little, young
-zima   adj   ▶ 1. alive, 2. whole, unbroken
agahīnga     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) open space, uninhabited place
agasugurume (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ young male goat
akaburūngu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. period, full stop, (punctuation), 2. little dot
akabuyēnge (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small round stone
akaga   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. danger, 2. trouble, 3. misfortune
akagīrīre (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ incurable wound, person who goes never to return
akarenganyo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ injustice, unjustness, inequity, unfairness
akarīmbi (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ fence, boundary
akēnge     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ cunning
akūmiza   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) astonishment, astounding thing, miracle
akunyu   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ little salt (from umunyu)
amarushwa    5   ▶ (no sing.) troubles, disturbance, misfortunes
amasinde    5   ▶ ground dug up but not planted
amavyi  5   ▶ excrement, dung
barutungaboro     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. elders and rulers (esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor), 2. (in sing.) one who helps the poor
bihurugūshwi    4   ▶ kwumva bihurugushwi to be unable to hear well
bitangāje   phr   ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)
Bujumbura     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ largest city and former capital of Burundi, originally called Usumbura, it was renamed to Bujumbura at independence, mainly for the negative meaning of Usumbura in Swahili
Burundi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ Urundi, Burundi, (litt. 'the other one', in reference to Rwanda)
cyangwa  ▶ or (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
gucambagirana (-cambagiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to stir around, 2. to struggle, 3. to not stay in place
gucokera (-cokeye)     v   ▶ to be immersed, plunge
gucokeza (-cokeje)     v   ▶ to immerse, plunge in (vt)
gucuna (-cunye)   v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, lucky, free from trouble when others are having it, 2. to be carefree,
gucuranguza (-curanguje)   v   ▶ to boss around
gucurīra (-curīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to call to someone that cannot answer, 2. to make fun of someone by recalling the good he has lost
gufyāta (-fyāse)     v   ▶ 1. to be flat (esp. of nose), 2. to flatten out (vt), 3. to tramp on something unintentionally
gufyīta (-fyīse)     v   ▶ 1. to make blunt, 2. soften another's anger
guhaba (-havye)   v   ▶ 1. to go far away, 2. to leave the country
guhāmba (-hāmvye)   v   ▶ 1. bury, 2. to dig in, dig under
guhāmburuka (-hāmburutse)     v   ▶ to come untied
guhamburura (-hamburuye)     v   ▶ to untie
guhāmbururwa (-hāmburuwe)     v   ▶ to be untied
guhana (-hannye)     v   ▶ 1. to punish, 2. rebuke, 3. scold
guhanahana (-hanahanye)     v   ▶ to punish repeatedly
guhānda (-hānze)     v   ▶ 1. to prepare ground (for amasaka), 2. to pierce, scratch (e.g. with nail)
guhandīsha (-handīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to pierce, 2. cause to prepare ground
guhanira (-haniye)     v   ▶ to punish at, for, because of
guhanirwa (-haniwe)     v   ▶ to be punished at, for, because of
guhanisha (-hanishije)     v   ▶ to cause to punish, to punish with
guhanuza (-hanuje)     v   ▶ to ask counsel
guhanwa (-hanwe)     v   ▶ to be punished
guhānyura (-hānyuye)     v   ▶ 1. to prune, 2. cut banana from stalk
guhānyurwa (-hānyuwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be pruned, 2. be cut from stalk
guharara (-haraye)     v   ▶ 1. to start up from ground (like locusts), 2. to be fickle, 3. like for a short time, 4. to like novelties, 5. follow a fad
guharūra (-harūye)     v   ▶ to count
guharurana (-haruranye)     v   ▶ to count each other
guharurira (-haruriye)     v   ▶ to count at, for
guharūrwa (-harūwe)     v   ▶ to be counted
guhema (-hemye)     v   ▶ 1. to offer but take back, 2. to be insincere, 3. to make fun of, 4. to be ironic, sarcastic
guhererana (-hereranye)     v   ▶ 1. to surround (esp. country), 2. to be beside
guheta amabega   phr   ▶ to be hunch shouldered
guhīga (-hīze)     v   ▶ to hunt (for game)
guhigima (-higimye)     v   ▶ to hesitate, to be undecided
guhīgira (-hīgiye)     v   ▶ to hunt at, for
guhīgīsha (-hīgīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hunt
guhīgūka (-hīgūtse)     v   ▶ to return from hunting
guhīgwa (-hīzwe)     v   ▶ to be hunted, chased
guhīmba (-hīmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be satisfied (rude), 2. to have plenty, 3. eat plenty, 4. be drunk (used always in a very negative way)
guhīnda (-hīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to turn away (vt), to chase away, 2. tu rumble (thunder)
guhindagurika (-hindaguritse)     v   ▶ to be unstable, changeable
guhindukira (-hindukiye)     v   ▶ to turn around (vi)
guhindukiza (-hindukije)     v   ▶ to turn around (vt)
guhīngūra (-hīngūye)     v   ▶ 1. to answer (as on exam), 2. find the solution, 3. to repair or improve another's work, 4. to exercise an art, trade, 5. be skillful, to perfect, 6. to return from running away
guhinyurwa (-hinyuwe)     v   ▶ to be confounded, exposed
guhinyuzwa (-hinyujwe)     v   ▶ to be confounded, proved
guhirīmba (-hirīmvye)     v   ▶ to hunt for
guhīrwa (-hīriwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, to be lucky, 2. to be blessed, 3. to be happy
guhorōrwa (-horōwe)     v   ▶ to refuse to speak (bride) until given money
guhotorora (-hotoroye)     v   ▶ to untwist
guhubūka (-hubūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to find one's way (after being lost), 2. to understand
guhugūmba (-hugūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to wander from place to place, to not stay at home, 2. to be fearful, uncertain, 3. to be double-minded
guhumāna (-humānye)     v   ▶ to be dirty, unclean, defiled
guhumānya (-humānije)     v   ▶ 1. to dishonor, 2. defile, make unclean
guhumirwa (-humiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, luckless, hapless, 2. be in difficulty, 3. 'haven't got a chance'
guhūndagara (-hūndagaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be struck by lightning, 2. to fall to ground
guhūndagaza (-hūndagaje)     v   ▶ to strike (thunder)
guhūra (-hūye)     v   ▶ 1. to beat out beans, grain, to thresh, 2. to meet, to encounter, to get together with
guhushagirika (-hushagiritse)     v   ▶ to go uncertain of the way
guhūza inama (-hūje)   phr   ▶ to take council together
gukabakaba (-kabakavye)     v   ▶ to feel around for, look for
gukangīra (-kangīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to frighten unintentionally, 2. to threaten, scold
gukāngwa (-kānzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be frightened, thunderstruck, 2. to be taken sick suddenly (supposedly from python looking at one)
gukavya (-kabiye)     v   ▶ to put food in sun to dry, to dry up (flower, corn silk)
gukeba (-kevye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut (meat, finger, cloth, paper, etc.), 2. to carve, 3. to circumcise, 4. to prune
gukebaguza (-kebaguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
gukebwa (-kebwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be cut, 2. to be wounded
gukenuka (-kenutse)     v   ▶ 1. to have one's needs supplied, 2. to have an abundance
gukenyeza (-kenyeje)     v   ▶ 1. to encircle, to surround, 2. to girdle with, tie clothes at waist with
gukenyuka (-kenyutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be fragile, 2. to die or break suddenly or unexpectedly
guketagura (-ketaguye)     v   ▶ to cut in chunks
gukīkira (-kīkiye)     v   ▶ 1. to pass by, go around, 2. to lay someone on his side, 3. to take in one's arms (baby), to hug
gukīkiza (-kīkije)     v   ▶ to surround (vt or vi)
gukīkuza (-kīkuje)     v   ▶ to go around
gukingitiranya (-kingitiranije)     v   ▶ to not say directly ('go around Robin Hood's barn')
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
gukokeza (-kokeje)   v   ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog
gukomereka (-komeretse)     v   ▶ to be wounded, injured
gukomeretsa (-komerekeje)     v   ▶ to wound
gukomeretswa (--kejwe)     v   ▶ to be wounded
gukona (-konnye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut off, 2. to prune, 3. to castrate, to make sterile
gukoragura (-koraguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in abundance
gukoragurika (-koraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down continually, in abundance (as branches blown down), 2. to run downhill
gukoza (-kojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to dip in sauce, to dunk, 2. to eat two kinds of food together
gukūba (-kūvye)     v   ▶ 1. to toss garment over shoulder, 2. to drag on the ground, 3. to scratch
gukubagura (-kubaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to box, 2. fight in fun, 3. to shave off fibers for thread
gukubira (-kubiye)     v   ▶ 1. to fold on, around, 2. threaten to rain at
gukūbwa (-kūbwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be scratched, 2. dragged on ground
gukungura (-kunguye)     v   ▶ to skin (vt), to throw on ground
gukuririrwa (-kuririwe)     v   ▶ to be followed, to have younger brothers or sisters
gukurugutura (-kurugutuye)     v   ▶ to clean out ear wax, to cause to understand
gukwīragiza (-kwīragije)     v   ▶ 1. to scatter, place here and there, 2. announce everywhere
gukwīza (-kwījije)     v   ▶ 1. to spread abroad, 2. announce everywhere, 3. make known
gupfukūra (-pfukūye)     v   ▶ to uncover
gupfūnda (-pfūnze)     v   ▶ to cover mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound
gupfunduka (-pfundutse)     v   ▶ to open, become untied
gupfunduruka (-pfundurutse)     v   ▶ to come uncovered
gupfundurura (-pfunduruye)     v   ▶ to loosen, open, untie
gupfunyuka (-pfunyutse)     v   ▶ to become unwrinkled
gupfunyura (-pfunyuye)     v   ▶ to unfold, press, smooth
gupfyina (-pfyinye)     v   ▶ to tease, act foolish (in fun)
gupoperaniriza (-poperanirije)     v   ▶ to unite in
gupoperanya (-poperanije)     v   ▶ to unite (to put things of different types together)
gusāga (-sāze)     v   ▶ 1. to be more, to be abundant, 2. to be more than
gusagaba (-sagavye)     v   ▶ 1. to have abundant leaves and branches, 2. to crawl along ground (of vines)
gusagaza (-sagaje)     v   ▶ 1. to surround, 2. to be in large group (esp. cows, or people sitting)
gusāguka (-sāgutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be more, above, abundant, 2. to be too big
gusāma (-sāmye)     v   ▶ 1. to make a big noise, 2. to resound, make an echo, 3. make a bubbling sound
gusambūra (-sambūye)     v   ▶ to tear down, destroy, demolish, undo
gusambūrwa (-sambūwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be torn down, 2. to be undone
gusanganwa (-sanganywe)     v   ▶ to be found in possession of
gusangwa (-sanzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be watched, 2. to be found, 3. to be common
gusaragurika (-saraguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to talk or act foolishly, as a crazy person, 2. to ferment quickly, 3. to reject counsel, 4. to be marked, scratched (as cooking pot with design), 5. to burst open in garden (as overripe beans)
gusasira (-sasiye)     v   ▶ 1. to spread grass around something (e.g. around coffee trees), 2. to make bed for
gusasūra (-sasūye)     v   ▶ 1. to gather up grass that has been spread out, 2. to unmake a bed
gusēbwa (-sewe)     v   ▶ to be ground
gusekurwa (-sekuwe)     v   ▶ to be ground in mortar
gusēsekara (-sēsekaye)     v   ▶ to run over, spill over, overflow
gusesereza (-sheshereje)     v   ▶ 1. to penetrate the skin (esp. under fingernail), 2. to hurt another's feelings
gusetsa (-sekeje)   v   ▶ 1. to entertain, 2. to make laugh, to be funny
gushigikira (-shigikiye)     v   ▶ to hold up, prop (something on ground, not high up)
gushikurwa (-shikuriwe)     v   ▶ 1. to jump when stung or bit, 2. to be pulled out
gushīnga (-shīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to agree to, 2. to favor, 3. to decide, 4. to make a vow (old custom of putting stick in ground as sign of agreement), 5. to put stick in ground
gushīnga amano (-shīnze)     phr   ▶ 1. to run very fast, 2. to stand on tiptoe
gushīngwa (-shīnzwe)     v   ▶ to be agreed upon, to be driven in ground (stake)
gushira impungenge (-shize)   phr   ▶ to have good equilibrium (see impungenge)
gushīrīra (-shīrīye)     v   ▶ to run out bit by bit till all gone
gushirukanya (-shirukanye)     v   ▶ to be shameless, unafraid, bold
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
gushohora (-shohoye)   v   ▶ 1. to unstitch, 2. to penetrate, 3. to arrive
gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse)     v   ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides
gusimbagurika (-simbaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to jump, leap, 2. to do or answer quickly without thinking, 3. to pound (heart)
gusomōra (-somōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound
gusōmwa (-sōmwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be kissed, 2. to be drunk (passive)
gusonoroka (-sonorotse)     v   ▶ (Sw.) 1. to rip (vi), 2. to come unsewed
gusōnza (-shonje)     v   ▶ to be hungry
gusonzēsha (-sonzēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to go hungry
gusūgereza (-shugereje)     v   ▶ to surround, beseige (as in hunt or battle)
gusuhūka (-suhūtse)     v   ▶ to emigrate, leave one's country because of famine
gusuhūkuruka (-suhūkurutse)     v   ▶ to return to one's country after famine is over
gutāhūka (-tāhūtse)     v   ▶ to be understandable
gutāhūra (-tāhūye)     v   ▶ to understand
gutāhūrwa (-tāhūwe)     v   ▶ to be understood
gutāhūza (-tāhūje)     v   ▶ to cause to understand
gutāna (-tānye)     v   ▶ 1. to go separate ways, 2. to bring loss or failure, 3. to be unsuccessful, 4. to be unable to do what one attempts, 5. to lose one another
gutangāra (-tangāye)     v   ▶ to marvel, to be astonished, to be amazed, to be astounded
gutangāza (-tangāje)     v   ▶ 1. to amaze, astound, astonish, 2. to surprise, 3. to impress
gutangāzwa (-tangājwe)     v   ▶ to be amazed, astounded
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
gutēmba (-tēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall, flow, run (as water), 2. to be sloping
gutēmbēra (-tēmbēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to move about, to travel around, to go for a walk (Sw.), 2. to visit
gutēmbēreza (-tēmbēreje)   v   ▶ to cause to go around
gutēngengera (-tēngengeye)     v   ▶ to produce heavily or abundantly
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
gutētērwa (-tētērewe)     v   ▶ 1. to be made fun of, 2. to be humiliated, 3. to be speechless with shame or fear, 4. to be disconcerted
gutobekeranya (-tobekeranije)     v   ▶ to pierce through, to speak clearly, distinctly, understandably
gutonekara (-tonekaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be sore (from wound), 2. to hurt (vi)
gutota (-tose)     v   ▶ 1. to sprinkle 'medicine' around to protect from evil, 2. to be saturated
gutotera (-toteye)     v   ▶ to put ground peanuts in food
gutuna (-tunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to pucker, shrink (vi), 2. to lean forward preparing to run
gutūnda (-tūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to get mildewed, musty, 2. to move things to another place, to unload
gutūra (-tūye)     v   ▶ 1. to remove load from head, 2. to lay down a burden, 3. to unload, to put down 4. to offer a gift
guturagara (-turagaye)     v   ▶ 1. to thunder, 2. to make a loud frightening noise
gutūtūra (-tūtūye)   v   ▶ 1. to prune, 2. to take dry leaves out of banana trees
gututuza (-tutuje)   v   ▶ to appear out of ground
gutwāra (-twāye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry, to transport, 2. to take away, 3. to govern (a country), 4. to manage, control
gutwikurura (-twikuruye)   v   ▶ to uncover
gutwikururwa (-twikuruwe)   v   ▶ to be uncovered
hāfi   adv   ▶ near, nearby, close by, nigh, about, around, approximately, roughly, or so, around
hāsi     adv   ▶ on the ground, floor, down, below
ibega (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ stoop shouldered
guheta amabega to be hunch shouldered
ibicuba  4   ▶ pastoral singing, traditional sung poetry in honor of cattle
ibisazi    4   ▶ craziness, madness, insanity, insaneness, lunacy
ibundūki (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ gun (from Sw. bunduki)
icāgo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. trouble, 2. misfortune, 3. bad luck, 4. accident, 5. risk
icāna (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. colt, 2. young of some large animals
icānya (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ place surrounding great chief's kraal, good pastures
icārimwe     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) all together, in unison
icēma (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ peanut, groundnut
icōbo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. hole in ground, 2. grave
icūbirizi (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ unexpected thing, anything hidden or unseen that comes to light suddenly
icūmwēru (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. Sunday, 2. week (Rw)
idonzi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ deep jungle
igezi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ middle of lake or sea or jungle
igihano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ punishment
igihendabaja     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ red sun when very low at night
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
igihugu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. country, 2. nation
igihuma (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep hole in ground in a grassy place where pregnant girls and lepers were thrown
igihūmbu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. illegitimate child, 2. dishonest person, 3. untrustworthy, unwise, 4. one who won't stay home, vagabond, gadabout
igikīngi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ large stick stuck in ground, pillar, post, gatepost, cord of tongue
igikogoshi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ white worm found in soil, grub
igikomere (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. ulcer, 2. wound, sore
igikweme (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ground corn that has first been roasted
igipangu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. compound, 2. wall or fence around compound
igisāmba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket
igisāngāza (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket
igishimu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ hole in ground
igisozi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very big hill, large mountain
igisozo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ blunder
igitito (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ singing, sung legend or story
igitumbatumba (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ trunk of banana tree after banana is cut
igugu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ crowd (esp. that's running)
ihaha (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ lung
ihānga (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. nation, 2. foreign country
ijana (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hundred
ikabutura (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ short trousers, shorts (not underwear)
ikariso (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ underwear, slip, boxer shorts (from Fr. caleçon)
ikāze     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (noun, no pl.) welcome
ikibēngebēnge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ray of sunshine, heat
ikibuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. courtyard, 2. playground, 3. grounds
ikibūnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pup, puppy, young of small animal
ikidage   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ German language (used in northern region of Burundi)
ikidāmbidāmbi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ one who deliberately misunderstands
ikidukikije (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. nature, natural world, 2. environment, surrounding (usually used in pl., from gukīkiza)
ikigagara (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse
ikigiga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ chunk of wood
ikinogo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ hole in ground
ikinyōbwa (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ drink, something to be drunk
ikinyomoro (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree tomato, tamarillo, prune de Japon
ikirāto (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ shoe
ibirato vyo munzu slippers
ikirēngazūba     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) evening (when sun is very low but still visible)
ikirīmbi (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fence, boundary
ikirūmbirane (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. fruitless thing, corn, etc., 2. stunted plant
ikirundi     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ Burundian language, Kirundi
ikivura (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ storm, thunderstorm
ikiyōba (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ peanut, groundnut
ikōfe (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (Sw.) slap, punch, jab, hit, thump, thwack, slam
ikōmbe (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ in center of the council
ikomine (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ town, commune (Fr.)
ikuzimu    n   ▶ hole in ground, interior of earth
imborērwa (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ drunken person, drunkard
imbūnda (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ puppy, young of small animal
imburūngu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. round thing, circle, 2. nothing
imibēmbe    2   ▶ leprosy
umunyamibēmbe leper
impehemyi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ place around trees where nothing else grows
impēshi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. beginning of dry season (about June), 2. spring, early summer
impīnga (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ top of mountain or hill
impīngūro (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ answers (as on an exam), redoing an unsatisfactory job
imva (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. grave, tomb, 2. funeral mound
imvune (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. long garment (trails on ground), 2. break (as bone), fracture
inābi     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) evil (noun)
ināma (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meeting, council, conference, 2. advice, consultation, counsel, 3. agreement, 4. suggestion
inānga (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burundian zither, harp, musical instrument
inarume (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ uncle (brother of his, her, thei1r mother)
indonongo (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ rare monochord fiddle, played against the collarbone, the open mouth serving as a second sounding board
indushi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ weary, unfortunate person
inēza     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (noun) good
ingāma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tall, straight thing (esp. person) (e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
ingāmba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ young bean leaves (when only the first two leaves are there)
ingemu (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. remuneration, gift, 2. fee payed to shaman
ingemwe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ young plants to be transplanted
ingīngo (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. sentence, 2. judgment, 3. advice, counsel, 4. law, arret-royal, 5. decision
ingōho (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gun
inkīko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ boundaries of country
inkīngi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ large stick stuck in ground, pillar, post, gatepost, cord of tongue
inkone (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ eunuch, castrated male
inkuba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ thunder (actually, the imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
intābwa (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. orphan, 2. unwanted child, 3. abandoned wife
intāra (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ country, region, province
intashīma (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ungrateful person
intere   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. unconsciousness, 2. half-dead
intōre (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dancer, 2. youth, 3. traditional young warrior, 2. handsomeness and good character
intozo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hunting dog
inyagano (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ plunder, a thing taken unlawfully but not secretly
inyōnzo (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hunch on back, lump, hunchback
inzara (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. hunger, 2. famine
inzogera (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bells used as musical instrument, strapped to feet or arms, 2. bells bound to hunting dog to raise the game
irake (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand
iraki (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand
iremezo     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) 1. leader, one to be imitated, 2. beginning, foundation, 3. principle
isahu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ spoil, plunder
isari    n   ▶ (rare in pl.) extreme hunger or thirst, starvation
ishāmba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ brush, jungle, rain forest
ishūri (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ young bull
isi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. earth, ground, 2. world
isōko (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ fountain, spring, source
isūnzu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. topknot, bit of hair on top of head, hair tuft, 2. bunch of grass at top of hut, 3. crest of birds
itanguriro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ beginning, foundation
itazanure   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ universe
itūntu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. one who rules others, 2. cheekiness, 3. unwillingness to be told, 4. meanness
ivyōngoshwe    4   ▶ whispers (sound of)
iyīnga (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ week, Sunday
iyugi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. copper or leather shells at the ankles of intōre dancers, 2. white shell charm worn around the neck by eight-born child (called Mayugi)
iziko (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ burial, funeral
izina (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ name
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
amazina y'inka poetry praising cattle
amazina y'ubuhizi poetry praising courageousness
amazina y'urugamba war poetry
izūba (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ sun
kagabwa    n   ▶ subjunctive (gram.)
kaminūza   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ university
kidapfunyirana   adj   ▶ crease resistant, unbreakable
Kiranga     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (high priest of the Burundian traditional supreme god, mediator between the traditional god and man, today associated by Christians with the devil)
ubuzimuzimu fetishes
igihwēba, igishegu one dedicated to service of ~
kuvōvōta to give oneself to ~
kubāndwa to dance in honor of
kubāndwa to be devoted to his service
guterekēra to worship ~
Kiyumpu    n   ▶ June
ku mamina ngohe     phr   ▶ noon (when one has to tip head back to see the sun)
kubāmba (-bāmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to stretch out skin to dry by putting sharpened pegs around edges, 2. to crucify
kubāndūka (-bāndūtse)     v   ▶ to rise (of sun) (e.g. umutwēnzi urabandutse)
kubāndūra (-bāndūye)     v   ▶ 1. to pry up, 2. push out (e.g. wind bulges out cloth), 3. to appear suddenly (as sun at dawn)
kubaruruka (-barurutse)     v   ▶ 1. to come unsewn, 2. to rip (vi), 3. to abandon
kubarurura (-baruruye)     v   ▶ 1. to unsew, 2. to rip (vt)
kubembeteranya (-bembeteranije)     v   ▶ to try to persuade someone in an underhanded way
kubera (-bereye)   v   ▶ 1. to be unjust, 2. to favor unjustly
kubika (-bitse)     v   ▶ 1. to announce the death of someone, 2. to crow
kubikira (-bikiye)   v   ▶ to announce to someone about a death
kubirika (-biritse)     v   ▶ to throw stick on ground which tumbles end over end
kubohōka (-bohōtse)     v   ▶ to come untied
kubohōra (-bohōye)     v   ▶ to untie (from kuboha)
kubonwa (-bonywe)     v   ▶ to be seen, found
kuborēra (-borēye)     v   ▶ to make drunk
kuborērwa (-borēwe)     v   ▶ to be drunk
kuborēza (-borēje)     v   ▶ to make drunk
kubūmbabūmba (-būmbabūmvye)     v   ▶ to make round (as ball)
kubūnga (-būnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be often sick ( indwara irambungamwo) 2. to search for a buyer, 3. to aggravate a fight
kubūra (-būze)     v   ▶ 1. to warn of danger, 2. to announce something
kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze)   phr   ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)
kuburanirwa (-buraniwe)     v   ▶ to be hungry after hunting for food in various places
kubūrira (-būriye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell what's going to happen, 2. to announce, notify, inform, 3. to warn of danger
kuburungushura (-burungushuye)     v   ▶ to be round, to make round
kubwa    ▶ 1. according to, 2. on account of, 3. because of, 4. for the sake of
kudadura (-daduye)     v   ▶ to untie, set free
kudāguza (-dāguje)     v   ▶ 1. to go uncertainly, 2. to stumble
kudandahirwa (-dandahiwe)     v   ▶ to be drunk enough to feel superior
kudayadaya (-dayadaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be very happy, 2. to be untroubled, 3. go gaily
kudebagura (-debaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to speak foolishly, 2. to be unintelligent, 3. to be ignorant (used in NT for barbarous)
kudibama (-dibaye)     v   ▶ to have abundance
kudidagizwa (-didagijwe)     v   ▶ to pound (heart)
kudiridimba (-diridimvye)     v   ▶ to run like a little child
kudiririmba (-diririmvye)   v   ▶ to run like a little child
kudūmba (-dūmvye)     v   ▶ to dunk, do dip in salt
kudundūra (-dundūye)     v   ▶ to bulge, to stick out (as garment with something under it)
kugabiriza (-gabirije)     v   ▶ to be prepared to do or run quickly
kugāguka (-gāgutse)     v   ▶ to be split open (flesh, when wounded)
kugambarara (-gambaraye)     v   ▶ 1. to complain, 2. be disobedient, 3. obey unwillingly
kugangāra (-gangāye)     v   ▶ to growl, grunt (dog)
kugaragurika (-garaguritse)     v   ▶ 1. to writhe, 2. toss about on ground, 3. change opinion often
kugarānzura (-garānzuye)     v   ▶ 1. to serve king, 2. to open, 3. to unfold
kugarānzurira (-garānzuriye)     v   ▶ to unfold at, for
kugaranzurwa (-garanzuwe)     v   ▶ to be unfolded, spread out
kugarānzuza (-garānzuje)     v   ▶ to unfold with, cause to unfold
kugāyagāya (-gāyagāye)     v   ▶ to be very happy, untroubled (having eaten or drunk a lot)
kugāzagāza (-gāzagāje)     v   ▶ 1. to make very happy, untroubled, 2. enjoy oneself
kugeza aho     phr   ▶ until
kugīrīra (-gīrīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to have an uncurable disease, fatal, 2. fail to return
kugōberwa (-gōberewe)     v   ▶ to be thin (bones show due to hunger)
kugobōtoza (-gobōtoje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to take down, to take down with, 2. to unhook
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)
kuguba (-guvye)     v   ▶ to hide and wait for hunter (animal), to lie in wait
kugurugūmba (-gurugūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to pound (of heart), 2. to boil up (water), to blister, 3. grow very fast (child)
kugwa mu gahundwe (-gūye)   phr   ▶ to be dumbfounded
kugwīra (-gwīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), 2. to be abundant, (prepositional form of kugwa)
kugwīra isari (-gwīriye)   phr   ▶ to faint with hunger
kujagata (-jagase)     v   ▶ 1. to swarm, 2. abound, 3. multiply rapidly (as insects)
kujanirana (-janiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to accept a decision in spite of oneself, 2. to lack opportunity to say what you intended
kujaniranwa (-janiraniwe)   v   ▶ 1. to accept a decision in spite of oneself, 2. to lack opportunity to say what you intended
kujegeza (-jegeje)     v   ▶ 1. to silence one's opponent by speaking the truth, 2. to astound, astonish, 3. to roll about (vt), 4. throw down, 5. to surprise
kujējēta (-jējēse)     v   ▶ 1. to drip, 2. to have running sores
kujiguza (-jiguje)     v   ▶ to surround
kujīshura (-jīshuye)     v   ▶ to untie cow's legs after milking
kujorera (-joreye)   v   ▶ to surprise, to stun, to render speechless
kujorerwa (-jorerewe)     v   ▶ 1. to be speechless (with surprise or defeat), be dumbfounded, be surprised, be stunned, 2. gesture of putting one's hand to his face
kujoreza (-joreje)     v   ▶ to astound, leave one speechless
kujūjūta (-jūjūse)     v   ▶ 1. to be foolish, 2. be abnormal, 3. to stagger around, 4. to be stupid
kujuragira (-juragiye)     v   ▶ to be undecided, to not stay in one place, to work at several tasks at once
kumanikwa (-manitswe)     v   ▶ to be hung up
kumenya (-menye)     v   ▶ 1. to know, 2. to be acquainted, 3. to recognize, identify, realize, register, perceive, grasp, understand, discern, apprehend, notice
kumera (-meze)     v   ▶ 1. to be such as, 2. to be found so, 3. to become, 4. to be in a certain state, 5. to germinate, to sprout
kumesūra (-mesūye)     v   ▶ to wash clothes, to launder
kumūkishirīza (-mūkishirīje)     v   ▶ to dry in sun or near fire
kunegura (-neguye)     v   ▶ 1. to denounce, 2. to blame, 3. speak evil of, 4. to make fun of, 5. to criticize,
kunkīranya (-nkīranije)     v   ▶ to assault, to attack (esp. young man assaulting girl)
kunyaragura (-nyaraguye)   v   ▶ to have polyuria (from kunyara)
kunyinkira (-nyinkiye)     v   ▶ to work or do unwillingly, complainingly
kunyōbwa (-nyōbwe)     v   ▶ to be drunk (passive)
kunyura (-nyuze)     v   ▶ 1. to go back and forth, 2. to come across, 3. to pass between, 4. travel through a country, 5. to undergo, go through
kurabuka (-rabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be cooked after stirring up the fire a second time, 2. to perceive, to understand, 3. to come when called, to flash by
kurambarara (-rambaraye)     v   ▶ to stretch oneself out on ground
kurambika (-rambitse)     v   ▶ to lay on the ground (vt)
kurandagurana (-randaguranye)     v   ▶ 1. to talk unkindly to each other, 2. to quarrel
kurānga (-rānze)     v   ▶ 1. to indicate, 2. to inform, make known, announce, 3. to tell, say
kurangūka (-rangūtse)     v   ▶ to be accomplished, be understood
kurangūra (-rangūye)     v   ▶ to explain fully till all understand
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
kurārūra (-rārūye)     v   ▶ to lift up from ground, to raise higher, to take (cows) up hill
kurasa (-rashe)     v   ▶ 1. to shoot (arrow), 2. to make a curve, 3. to rise (of sun)
kurēmbekurura (-rēmbekuruye)     v   ▶ to counteract evil medicine
kurēmburura (-rēmburuye)     v   ▶ to counteract the effects of evil 'medicine'
kurēnga (-rēnze)     v   ▶ 1. to surpass, go beyond, 2. to break (the law), 3. to disappear, to set (of sun), 4. to be more
urēnge i Gitega! pass by Gitega! go beyond Gitega!
kurēnguka (-rēngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to approach, come into sight, 2. to introduce oneself, 3. to answer to a superior when called, to come running
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
kurirīmbwa (-rirīmbwe)     v   ▶ to be sung
kurobeza (-robeje)     v   ▶ to put into water, to be caught and unable to extricate oneself
kurofokwa (-rofokwe)     v   ▶ to speak unwisely or rudely
kurogoza (-rogoje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask for medicine to counteract bewitchment, 2. take a drink proving it is not poisoned
kurokoza (-rokoje)     v   ▶ to get well when others around are dying, to save by means of
kurondereka (-ronderetse)     v   ▶ to be able to be found when looked for
kurondōra (-rondōye)     v   ▶ to bring new kinds of seeds or cattle into the country, to multiply
kuroranirwa (-roraniwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be fortunate, be lucky, 2. to have a lot (may be even a lot of debts or trouble)
kurya (-riyrīye)     v   ▶ to eat (used for people and animals)
(more polite, for people only) gufungura
kuryāmira (-ryāmiye)     v   ▶ to lie in wait for, await opportunity to harm, to lie on
kutagira isoni   phr   ▶ 1. to be shameless, unashamed, 2. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kuvōvōta (-vōvōse)   v   ▶ 1. to talk nonsense when drunk, to say a lot of slanderous talk, 2. to speak incoherently, 3. to rain early in morning or for a long time, 4. to give oneself to the service of Kiranga (also kubāndwa), 5. to divine
kuvūnda (-vūnze)   v   ▶ 1. to lie around ill long time, 2. to be sedentary, 3. to get moldy (esp. manioc or grass)
kuvurūnga (-vurūnze)   v   ▶ to make a little dough, to stir, mix, to roll about on ground (vi)
kuwa Mungu  n   ▶ Sunday
kuyoba (-yovye)   v   ▶ 1. to get lost, 2. to err in counting or in speaking, 3. to make a mistake, 4. to speak evil of ruler, 5. to break the law
kuyobera (-yobeye)   v   ▶ 1. to not know, 2. to be unknown
kuyoberana (-yoberanye)   v   ▶ to be unknown
kuyoberanya (-yoberanije)   v   ▶ to make unrecognizable
kuyogera (-yogeye)   v   ▶ to perish, to be killed unjustly
kuzazanirwa (-zazaniwe)   v   ▶ to be puzzled, uncertain what to do
kuzibūra (-zibūye)   v   ▶ 1. to open, 2. to clear, 3. unstop, unblock, 4. to pierce (vt)
kuzigiriza (-zigirije)   v   ▶ to earnestly persist in asking for something, to surround animals or person hunted
kuzigirizwa (-zigirijwe)   v   ▶ to be surrouned, to be at end of one's resources, to be absolutely discouraged in difficulty
kuziguza (-ziguje)   v   ▶ to encircle, surround, form a circle
kuzika (-zitse)   v   ▶ 1. to dig under crop or grass, 2. to bury (a person)
kuzīkurura (-zīkuruye)   v   ▶ to mix up, to put what's on the bottom on top, to take out of a hole in the ground what one has put there
kuzīngīra (-zīngīriye)   v   ▶ to wind around, as string
kuzīngūka (-zīngūtse)   v   ▶ to go around, surround
kuzīngurura (-zīnguruye)   v   ▶ to unfold, unroll
kuzīngurūrira (-zīngurūriye)   v   ▶ to unroll at, for
kuzīngurūrwa (-zīngurūwe)   v   ▶ to be unrolled
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
kuzitira (-zitiye)   v   ▶ to make a hedge, surrounding wall, boundary
kuzitura (-zituye)   v   ▶ to untie
kuzitūrwa (-zitūwe)   v   ▶ to be untied
kuzūnga (-zūnze)   v   ▶ to blow in the wind, to be unsteady
kuzungagiza (-zungagije)   v   ▶ 1. to turn around several times, 2. to rock a baby, 3. to agitate, 4. to wag tail
kuzūngazūnga (-zūnze)   v   ▶ to blow in the wind, to be unsteady
kuzūnguriza (-zūngurije)   v   ▶ to turn about (vt), to surround, to enclose
kuzūnguruka (-zūngurutse)   v   ▶ to go around, to cycle (the stem 'zungu' is also the origin of umuzungu, which does not mean 'white person' but rather 'someone going around', describing the first European explorers)
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)
kwāmbuka (-āmbutse)     v   ▶ 1. to cross (road, river), 2. to travel, 3. go far away, 4. to leave the country
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)
kwānāna (-ānānye)     v   ▶ 1. to cry (of young about to die), 2. to be about to die for lack of moisture (seeds)
kwānikira (-ānikiye)     v   ▶ to put out in sun
kwānkika (-ānkitse)     v   ▶ to try repeatedly unsuccessfully
kwāruka (-ārutse)     v   ▶ 1. reach the age of accountability, 2. to grow up
kwātīra (-ātīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to go down the middle (e.g. of path or country), 2. to crack (vi, vt)
kwātura (-ātuye)     v   ▶ 1. to make known, 2. bring into open from hidden place, 3. to confess, 4. to pronounce clearly, to articulate, 5. to open (flower)
kwegura (-eguye)     v   ▶ 1. to give over a possession, 2. bring down a bee hive, 3. throw on ground
kweraguza (-eraguje)     v   ▶ to look around on all sides
kwerura (-eruye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell publicly, make known, 2. to be unashamed, shameless, 3. to be bold (esp. of young girl), 4. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kwībira (-ībiye)     v   ▶ 1. to sink, plunge in, 2. to steal at, for
kwībirana (-ībiranye)     v   ▶ to plunge in with
kwībirira (-ībiriye)     v   ▶ to plunge in, at
kwībiza (-ībije)     v   ▶ to submerge, plunge (vt)
kwībūmba (-ībūmvye)   v   ▶ to be round
kwībūmbabūmba (-ībūmbabūmvye)     v   ▶ to be round
kwībūra (-ībūye)     v   ▶ 1. to reveal oneself, 2. announce oneself
kwīburungushura (-īburungushuye)     v   ▶ to be round (as ball)
kwīciraho (--yeho)     v   ▶ to punish by death on the spot
kwīgemagema (-īgemagemye)     v   ▶ 1. to go to a man's house to entice him, 2. to go to a meal uninvited
kwīhamburura (-īhamburuye)     v   ▶ to untie oneself
kwīharūra (-īharūye)     v   ▶ to count oneself
kwīnegura (-īneguye)     v   ▶ renounce oneself
kwīpfukurura (-īpfukuruye)     v   ▶ to uncover oneself
kwīruka (-īrutse)     v   ▶ 1. to run, to hurry, 2. to have diarrhea
kwīrukana (-īrukanye)     v   ▶ 1. to chase away, 2. to run together
kwīrukānga (-īrukānze)     v   ▶ to run very fast
kwīrukira (-īrukiye)     v   ▶ to run at, for, to
kwīshinyira (-īshinyiye)     v   ▶ 1. to laugh at, 2. make fun of (esp. of someone in trouble)
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwītanga (-ītanze)     v   ▶ 1. to offer oneself, 2. to consecrate oneself, to dedicate oneself, 3. to volunteer
kwīyambagura (-īyambaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to torment oneself with grief, 2. to try to find food for unexpected guests
kwīyambura (-īyambuye)     v   ▶ to undress oneself, take off
kwīyobagiza (-īyobagije)     v   ▶ 1. to be unwilling to look one in the face, 2. hide the truth, 3. to promise and then pretend you haven't, pretend it isn't so
kwīyumānganya (-īyumānganije)     v   ▶ 1. to be reserved, 2. be unwilling to commit oneself, 3. suffer pain without complaint, be stoical, 4. to go or do reluctantly
kwōndera (-ōndeye)     v   ▶ 1. to be hungry for, 2. have need of
kwūbīra (-ūbīriye)   v   ▶ 1. to come unexpectedly finding one unprepared, 2. to happen suddenly
kwūbiriza (-ūbirije)   v   ▶ to attack unexpectedly
kwūbuka (-ūbutse)   v   ▶ 1. to discover, 2. to come upon suddenly, 3. to jump up and run quickly
kwūmirwa (-ūmiriwe)   v   ▶ to be speechless in defeat, or surprise, or misfortune
kwūmva (-umvise)   v   ▶ 1. to hear, 2. to understand, 3. to feel, 4. to smell, 5. to taste
kwumva bihurugūshwi (-umvise)   phr   ▶ to be unable to hear well
kwūmvana (-ūmvanye)   v   ▶ to understand each other well
kwūmvīkana (-ūmvīkanye)   v   ▶ 1. to understand one another, 2. to sound well, 3. to be heard plainly, 4. to be clear (understandable), 5. to come to a compromise
kwūmvīsha (-ūmvīshije)   v   ▶ 1. to cause to hear, 2. to cause to understand
mama wacu (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, our maternal aunt
māsēnge (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, our paternal aunt
nyogosēnge your paternal aunt
Mungu   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ God (from Sw., term introduced by missionaries in contrast to the traditional Kirundi term Imāna)
mūnsi   adv   ▶ under
murumuna (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ younger brother of boy, younger sister of girl
mūsi     adv   ▶ under, beneath, underneath
mutoyi (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ younger brother of boy, younger sister of girl
mw   prep   ▶ 1. in, into, 2. during, 3. out of the inside, (form of mu before fifth class nouns in singular, e.g. mw ishuli - in school)
nāka (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ so-and-so, what's his name (male)
banaka those ones (unnamed people)
ndabitāhūra   phr   ▶ I don't understand
ndagukūnda   phr   ▶ I love you, I like you (from gukūnda)
ndashonje   phr   ▶ I'm hungry
nyinābo (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their maternal aunt
nyogosēnge (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of your father, your paternal aunt
nyokorome (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle
nyokorume (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle
nyōkwanyu     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your maternal aunt
Rwirabura     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ June
sahwānya    n   ▶ conjunction (gram.)
sāsita   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ noon, lunch (time) (from Sw. isaha sita)
sēwabo (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ his, her, their paternal aunt
shiti    ▶ except, unless
sinūmva ikirundi   phr   ▶ I don't understand Kirundi
sō (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father (of person spoken to)
so wawe your father
so wanyu your paternal uncle
ububīko (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. cupboard, 2. bank account
ubuhīrwe (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. blessing, 2. chance, good fortune, 3. privilege, benefit, advantage, 4. fun
ubuhumāne     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) uncleanness
ubukenuke     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) abundance, supplying of need
ubukoyo     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) stoop-shouldered-ness (as result of illness or hunger) (term of scorn)
ubukumi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) marriageable (trad.) age of young girl
ubumwe     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ unity
ubuntu     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. grace, generosity, 2. free (yampaye ku buntu)
ubunyovu     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ uncultivated land
uburyo     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) right hand or side, opportunity, occasion, manner
ubusahuzi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. pillage, 2. thievery, 3. plundering
ubutēri     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ uninhabited place
ubutēritēri   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ uninhabited place
ubweruzi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) evil language (esp. of young girl)
ugutēmbēra   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ circulation, going around
ukubungwa   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ 1. caries, 2. decay (of teeth) (from kubungwa)
ukuryo   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ right hand or side, opportunity, occasion, manner
ukwirwanira kw'umubiri   phr   ▶ immunity (med.)
umubirikira (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ funnel
umubo (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umucāmo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ foot of mountain
umuco (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. light, daylight (sunny), 2. division, section, group, troop
umudage (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (used in northern region of Burundi)
umugānda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bundle (of sticks, rope, etc.) wood of the hut
umugega (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ clothing worn underneath, as sack dress
umugezi (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. spring, 2. fountain, 3. stream
umugōrwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate, miserable person
umuhamagazi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ lowest rank in traditional Burundian administration
umuhana (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. village, 2. neighbourhood, 3. locality, area around village or dwelling
umuhanuzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. one who gives counsel, 2. prophet, seer
umuharuro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ road or path into the compound (rugo)
umuhērerezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ youngest child, favorite child
umuhīgi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ hunter
umuhīndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ noise of rain, thunder, etc.
umuhīngamo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ afternoon, toward sundown
umuhīrwe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ fortunate person
umukama (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bundle of grass or grain
umukāngara (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. young of animal, young bull, 2. teenager (traditionally boys only)
imikangara y'abakobwa teenage girls
umumeshi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ launderer
umumesūzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ launderer
umumoso (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umunsi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumunsi today
uyumunsi uyumunsi this very day
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
umunyamugamba (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person of a particular region of Burundi
umunyanyonzo (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ hunchback
umunyekōmbe (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ member of chief's council who listens to trials
umupaka (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ border, boundary
umurēngera (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person with many children, great riches, possessions, countless things
Umurundi (Aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ Burundian, inhabitant of Burundi
umurushwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umusahuzi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ pillager, looter, plunderer
umusakanyika (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ skunk
umusarani (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. toilet, 2. human dung, excrement, feces
umushēnzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ heathen person, uncivilized person
umusi w'Imāna   phr   ▶ Sunday
umusore (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. adolescent, 2. bachelor, unmarried young man, (pl. also imisore, then with negative connotation: youth mob)
umusozi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ hill, mountain
umutāri (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ dazzling brightness (sun, moon)
umutigiri (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ class of objects, class of nouns
umutīndi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ unfortunate person
umutsīnda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ young banana shoot
umutūmba (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. stem, trunk of tree, 2. torso of person or animal
umuturagaro (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ thunder, loud frightening noise
umuvuguvugu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sound of stick or string whipped through air, sound of things blown by wind, whir
umuvunyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ advocate, lawyer, defender (from kuvuna)
umuvyāro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ little plant for transplanting, small trees that start up around big one
umuzēzwa (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. girl reaching age of puberty, 2. unmarried young woman
umuzigo (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. bundle, package, packet, luggage, 2. load, burden
umuziro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. prohibition, 2. wrong done deserving punishment
umuzūngu (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ white person (lit. 'someone going around', referring to the first European explorers, from kuzunguruka)
umwāgazi (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kid, young goat
umwāna (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. child, baby, 2. young of animal
umwāngange (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ big round red lily (wild)
umwankavu (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ young child, starting to know a little
umwīgeme (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ young girl
umwīgīsha wa kaminuza   phr   ▶ professor (at university)
umwīshwa (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ garland, wreath (such as put around basket with gift)
urubāngo (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ spear or stick stuck in person or in ground, wire
urubibe (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. limit, 2. boundary
urubu (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. turn, 2. yogurt, sour milk (clabbered, unskimmed), 3. sour taste
urufatiro (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. foundation, 2. principle
urugiga   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ chunk of wood, log
uruguma (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. wound, 2. cut
uruhīgi (impīgi)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ the hunt
uruhorwe     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) unmixed beer (undiluted)
urukiko (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ court, tribunal
urukīnja (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. council, 2. circle of people
urunani (i-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ holding hands to form circle or line (gufatana urunani)
urunyariro   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) backyard, behind the backyard (where one went to urinate, from kunyara)
ururire   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ conjunctivitis, rheum (eye disease)
urusoro (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ shell (of gun)
urusumanyenzi (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. cliff from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown, 2. pit, abyss
urutara (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ under a bed
uruzitiro (in-)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ hedge, fence, surrounding wall (from kuzitira)
utwōngoshwe  7   ▶ whispers (sound of)
uyumunsi   adv   ▶ today, this day (from uyu munsi)
yegeriyegeri   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ unrest, riot
za yegeriyegeri riots (pl.)
about   ▶ (to look all ~) kuraraguza
 (to turn) kuzūnguza
 (to turn) kuzūnguriza
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absorb   ▶ kubōmbeka, gukamya
 (to be absorbed) kuyōnga
 (~ water, as roots) kununuza
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absorption   ▶ ukunywa, ukununuza
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abundant   ▶ (to be) kugwīra, gusāga, gusāguka
 (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
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acacia   ▶ umunyinya
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accelerate   ▶ kunyarutsa, gushiramo
 (a car) kwongera umuriro
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account   ▶ (on account of) kubwa
 (bank) ikonte, ububīko
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accumulate   ▶ kurūnda
 (to add to what one has) gusorōra
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act   ▶ (to ~ as go-between) kurehereza
(~ as if to beat, but not do it) kugera
(~ foolishly) kwītūtānya, gusaragurika, kudāyāngwa
(~ foolishly in fun) gupfyina
(~ homosexually) gutingana
(~ ignorantly) kwītūtānya
(~ indifferent) kwīrengagiza
(to ~ or go secretly because of fear) kwōmba
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address   ▶ (to ~) kurūngika
 (of letter) irangiro, ideresi, ibarizo
 (to ~ the people, as king or other authority) gucūra
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advocate   ▶ umuvunyi
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affection   ▶ igikūndiro, ubukūnzi, urukundo
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again   ▶ ukundi
 (do again) kwongera, gusubīra
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age   ▶ (to reach age of accountability) kwāruka
 (to begin to get wrinkled with age) gukāmba
 (old age) ubukuru, zabukuru
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agitate   ▶ (to) kuzungagiza
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ahead   ▶ (to go ~ a little) kwūnguruza
 (to be ~ of) gutānga
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alive   ▶ –zima
 (to be still alive, of old people) kudūndēga
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allow   ▶ gukūndira, kureka
 (to go) kurekura
 (to pass) kubisa
 (another to dominate) guharira
 (another to pass) kubisiriza
 (allow me) enda
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alone   ▶ -sa
 (to be) kwīherēra
 (to do) kwīgūnga
(to spend the night ~) kwīrāza
(I am lonely) mfise irungu
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alternate   ▶ kunyurana
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amass   ▶ (a lot) kurūndarūnda
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amends   ▶ (to make) kuriha, kwīcungura
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amplify   ▶ (sound) kwongeza ijwi, kwungura ijwi
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angry   ▶ (to be) kuraka, kurakara, gupfūhagushangashirwa
(to be very) kujīngitwa
 (because of accusation) gushungumirwa
 (to suddenly get ~, when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
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animal   ▶ (domestic) igitungano
(wild) igikoko, inyamāswa
(male in heat) ishāshi
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(track of) umwānza
(truly animal) bukōko
(young of) umukāngara
(young of small) imbūnda
(antelope) impōngo
(small antelope) ingeregere
(bat) agahūngarēma
(bear) idubu
(buffalo) imbogo
(young bull) ishūri
(male calf) ikimasa
(camel) ingamiya, ingameya
(cat) akayabo, akayabu
(chameleon) uruvo, uruvuruvu
(cheetah) igikara
(civit cat) icūya
(crocodile) ingōna
(deer) impōngo
(dog) imbwa,
(female) imbwakazi,
(wolf-like wild) ibīngira
(donkey) indogoba, indogobwe
(elephant) inzovu
(ferocious) igisimba
 (fox) imbwēbwe
(frog) igikere
(gazelle) ingeregere
(giraffe) umusumbarembe
(goat) impene,
(male) impfīzi,
(young male goat) agasugurume
(goats) intūngwa, igitūngwa
(hare) urukwāvu
(hippopotamus) imvubu
(hyena) imfyisi
(jackal) imbwēbwe
(kid, lamb) umwāgazi
(lion) intāmbwe, intare
(lizard) umuserebanyi
(mongoose) isambwe
(monkey) inkēnde, imamfu
(puppy) ikibwāna, imbūnda
(python) isato
(rabbit) urukwāvu
(ram) isuguru
(rat, mouse) imbeba
(rat, cane) isiha
(sheep) intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
(toad) igikere
(weasel) akarīnda, akagomba
(zebra) imparage
(to give salt to domestic ~) kwūhīra
(to lead to drink) gushōra
(to stake out to pasture) kuzirika
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another   ▶ –ndi
(~ time) ubundi
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ant   ▶ (flying, edible) iswa
 (pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (soldier) uburima
 (sugar) ikinywabūki
 (tiny) ubunyegeri, urunyegeri
 (white) umuswa
 (white ~ hill) umugina
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anxiety   ▶ amaganya, umwītwaririko, intūntu, guhagarika umutima
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appear   ▶ kuboneka, guseruka, guturuka
(out of ground) gututuza
(suddenly) kwāduka, guturūmbuka
(suddenly, as sun) kubāndūra
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apprehend   ▶ (a culprit) gusūmira
(understand) kumenya
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around   ▶ (to go) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
 (to turn ~, several times) kuzungagiza
(prep., nearly) hāfi
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artisan   ▶ umunyamwuga
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ash   ▶ umunyota, amanyota
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ask   ▶ (another to repeat to check his veracity) gucaca
 (each other) kubazānya
 (each other to explain) gusiguzānya
 (each other riddles) gusōkōrānya
 (for) gusaba
 (for daily) kubōbōtereza
 (frequently) gusabiriza
 (many in order to verify) gushīshōza
 (many questions) kubazagiza
 (of someone that which he has promised) guhāngūra
 (oneself) kwībaza, kwītsa
 (over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (persistently, though refused) gucuna
 (question) kubaza
 (a riddle) gusōkōza
(stupid questions) kudedēmvya
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asphyxiation   ▶ ukubura impwemu, ugupfundwa, ukunigwa n'ukubura impwemu
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assault   ▶ igitēro
 (esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
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assimilate   ▶ kwumva, gutahura, gutegera, kunyurwa
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astonishing   ▶ (thing) agahomerabunwa, igitāngaza, akūmiza
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attack   ▶ gusōmborotsa, gusōmboroza
 (esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
 (lead troops to ~) kugomora
 (unexpectedly) kwūbiriza
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attendants   ▶ (group of helpers to elders) ubukūngu
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attitude   ▶ ukugira iciyumviro
 (to turn bad suddenly) gufurungana
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August   ▶ ukwēzi kwa munani, Myandagaro
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await   ▶ (a fixed time) kugerereza
 (opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
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axe   ▶ ikibēzi, incābiti, imarabiti, intoraguzo
 (small ornamental) urunana
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back   ▶ (at the back) inyuma
 (of chair) icēgamo
 (of person or animal) umugōngo
 (small of) ikiyunguyungu
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bag   ▶ isaho
 (backpack, shoulder bag) agasaho
 (big) indaha
 (sack) igunira, umupfuko
 (sports bag) ishakoshi
 (small sports bag, ladies purse) agashakoshi
 (suitcase) ivarise
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balance   ▶ (weighing) umunzāne
 (of budget) uburinganire bw'ibisohoka n'ivyīnjira
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banana   ▶ igitōke, igitōki, umuneke
 (plantation) urutoke
(one or one hand of) umuhānyu
 (ripe) umuhwi, umuneke
 (kinds of) ikinyamunyu, igisamunyu
 (beer banana) igipaca
 (lady-finger) akamaramasenge
 (red banana) igisukari
 (bark of tree) igihubahuba
 (beer) urwārwa
 (sweet drink) umutobe
 (leaf, green) umutōto
 (leaf) ikirere
 (leaf, dry) ihuba
 (leaves, dry) igihūnda, ibihūndahūnda
 (center of leaf) ikigongo-gongo
(leaves, knife for cutting) urugombōzo
 (young shoot) umutsīnda
 (trunk after stalk is cut) igitumbatumba
 (to cut leaves) kugombōra
 (to cut from stalk) guhānyura
 (to cut stalk) gutūmbūra
 (to remove dry leaves) gutūtūra
 (to squeeze juice from) kugana, kuvuguta
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bank   ▶ (bankhouse) ibanki
 (~ account) ikonte, ububīko
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barnyard   ▶ igituru, ikirutu, idundu, idunda
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basket   ▶ (big) intonga, igitēbō
 (deep, uncovered) ikigagara, igisāmba, igisāngāza
 (flat, small) icibo
 (flat with lid) inkōko
 (little) akēbo
 (shallow) ikivūmvu
 (tall) inkēnga
 (tall, pointed) igiseke, igisīmbo
 (border of) umusōzo
 (lid, cover) umutemere
 (nicely made) indemano
 (to cover) kurumya
 (to remove lid) kurumūra
 (to be upside down) kwūbika
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bat   ▶ (animal) agahūngarēma
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bear   ▶ (children prolificly having been barren) guhonōka
 (fruit) kwāma
 (fruit abundantly) gutēngerera
 (greetings) gutāsha
 (to cause to ~) guhonōra
 (cease to ~) kwāmurura
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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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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
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bed   ▶ igitanda, uburiri
 (foot of) imirāmbizo
 (under a ~) urutara
 (to go to) kuryāma
 (to make) gusāsa
 (to put to) kuryāmika
 (to unmake) gusasūra
 (time to go to) amaryāma
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bee   ▶ uruyūki
 (carpenter) imvūndēri
 (to catch swarming bees) gutururuza
 (to put in new hive) kwātira
 (~ sting) urubōyi
 (~ hive) igitiba
 (bring down ~ hive) kwegura
 (to put up ~ hive) kwegeka
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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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beginning   ▶ inkomoka, iremezo, intango, itanguriro, intanguro
 (of dry season, about June) impēshi
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bell tower  ▶ umunara
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bend   ▶ (vt) guheta
 (as joint) kugōnda
 (curve) kugoreka
 (down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
 (over) kujōndamika, kwūbama
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benefit   ▶ akamaro, ikimazi, ubuhīrwe
 (economy) inyungu
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besiege   ▶ (as in hunt or battle) gusūgereza
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bird   ▶ ikiguruka
 (little ones) inyoni
 (crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
 (crow) igikōna
 (dove) intunguru, inuma
 (duck) imbati
 (eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
 (goose, wild) igisafu
 (hawk) igisiga
 (kite) ikinyakabaka
 (parrot) gasuku
 (partridge) inkwāre
 (robin, African) inyōmvyi
 (that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
 (wagtail) inyamanza
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bit   ▶ (not a ~) n'intete
(to run out ~ by ~ till all is gone) gushīrīra
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bite   ▶ gushikura
 (as animal, or pain) kurandagura
 (of animal, insect) kuryāna
 (insect) gusurira
 (of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
 (serpent) gukomora
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bits   ▶ utumānyagu
 (of paper, cloth) ibitabu
 (break into, vt) kumenagura, kumānyagura, gusatagura, kuvunagura, kuvunaguza, gucagagura
 (break into, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika
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blood   ▶ amaraso
(clot) umugoma
(of same blood) ubura
(of cow, drawn out to drink) ikiremve
(spurting of) umupfūnda
(~ circulation) itembera ry'amaraso
(~ transfusion) ugutera amaraso
(~ vessel) umutsi
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blow   ▶ (vt) guhūha, guhūngabanya
(vi) guhūngabana
(air into ball) guhaga
(along) guheha
(be blown up) kuboboka
(hard) guhūhūta
(in wind) kuzūnga, kuzūngazūnga
(one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out chaff) kugosōra
(the fire) kwātsa
(up) gupfunereza
(with bellows) kuvuguta
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boil   ▶ (vi) kubira
 (vt) kubiza
 (up water) kugurugūmba
 (medical, noun) igihute
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bold   ▶ (to be) gushirukanya, kwūbahuka
 (esp. young girl) kwerura
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bone   ▶ igufa
 (to break, vt) kuvuna
 (to break, vi) kuvunika
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booty   ▶ iminyago, urunyago
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border   ▶ (boundery) umupaka
 (of basket) umusōzo
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bottle   ▶ icupa (Sw.)
(small) agacupa
(~ opener) urupfunguruzo
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boundary   ▶ urubibe, akarīmbi, ikirīmbi
(of country) inkīko
(to make a) kuzitira
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boy   ▶ umuhūngu
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bracelet   ▶ agakomo
(brass) umububa, umwākaka
(of copper wire) ikidodi, ikidode
(of grass) umunoni
(of metal) akanyabugoro, umurīnga
(of wire) inyerere
(worn at dances) urunana
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bread   ▶ (european) umukate (Sw.)
(african) umutsima
 (loaf of) irobe
 (lump of) intore
 (soft part of) akavunji k'umukate
(to make) gucūmba
 (to put ground-, peanuts, etc. in ~) gutotera
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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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brightness   ▶ (dazzling, as sun) umutāri
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brim   ▶ (of dish, container) imbiga
 (to fill to) kunengesēra
 (to be full to) gutētera
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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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broken   ▶ (to be easily) kuvunagurika
 (to be suddenly) gukenyurwa
 (to bits) kujānjagurika
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brood   ▶ kubundikīra
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brother   ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere
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brush   ▶ ishāmba, umukubūzo, uburoso
(the teeth) kwīnyugunura, kwīyugunyura
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bubbling   ▶ (of water in spring) agaseba
 (to make sound of) gusāma
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bud   ▶ umunago, umuribo, amaso y'ibiterwa
(to ~) gushūrika
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budget   ▶ itunga
 (balance of) uburinganire bw'ibisohoka n'ivyīnjira
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bulb   ▶ iteke
 (as of flower) ikirungu
 (light) ampuru, irampuru
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bulge   ▶ (as garment with something under it) kudundūra
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bulging   ▶ kidunduye
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bull   ▶ (young) ishūri, imfīzi, impfīzi
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bunch   ▶ (of flowers) umukama w'amashurwe
 (plants) umukama, umuganda, umupfungo, agatekero
(of grass at top of hut) isūnzu
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burlap sack  ▶ igunira (Sw.)
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bustard   ▶ ikigendabunyovu
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butter   ▶ amavuta
 (to barter) kumadika
 (to make) guterera
 (to melt, vi) kuyaga
 (to put in food) kurunga
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butterfly   ▶ ikinyugunyugu, ikinyungunyungu
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button   ▶ igipfūngo (Sw.), igifūngo, igipesi
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buttonhole   ▶ intoboro y'igipfūngo
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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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buyer   ▶ umuguzi, umuranguzi, umukiriya
 (to search for) kubūnga
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cap   ▶ (of pen) agapfundikizo, akarumyo k'ikaramu
 (headgear) ingofero
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carbonate   ▶ ivyunyunyu
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care   ▶ (anxiety) umwītwaririko
 (of body, house, etc.) isuku
 (to care about) kubabara
 (for) kuziganya
 (to take ~ of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka, gutūnga
 (to take very good ~ of) kubukabuka
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carefree   ▶ (to be free from trouble when others have it) gucuna
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careless   ▶ (one) umunyarwāngara
 (to be) gufudika
 (to be ~ with) kwānjānjwa, kwāndārika
 (to do quickly and carelessly) kuraha
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caries   ▶ ukubungwa, ukubora kw'amenyo
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carnivorous   ▶ gitunzwe n'inyāma cane cane
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carpenter   ▶ umubāji, umunyamatanga, umufundi amanika inzu
 (to do carpentry) kubāza
 (~ bee) ifundēri
 (~ shoo) ibarizo, isaramara
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cascade   ▶ gushunguruka, gusūma
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cast down  ▶ (to feel) kunyogōmba
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caught   ▶ (to be ~ and unable to extricate oneself) kurobeza
 (to be ~ stealing) gusūmirwa
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cellulose   ▶ imfungurwa ziva mu biterwa, zifasha amara gukora neza, ubugwegwe bashobora guhinguramwo impuzu
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chaff   ▶ umuguruka, umurāyi
 (fan to blow off) urutaro
 (mixed with grain) ibikūmbi
 (pile of chaff and grain) ubukūmbi
 (to blow out) kugosōra
 (to rub grain to take off) kuvūngura
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chain   ▶ ingoyi, umunyororo
 (small, worn on neck) umugufu
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change   ▶ (vi) guhinduka
 (vt) guhindura
 (esp. colour) kubēngūka, kubēnjūka
 (mind) guhindura
(money) kuvūnja
 (often) guhindagura
 (opinion often) kugaragurika
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charity   ▶ ubukūnzi
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chase   ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
 (away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
 (away because of hatred) gutuza
 (away evil spirits) gusēnda
 (flies off cows) kuzīnga
 (hunt) guhīga
 (others out of house) guturumbura
 (out quickly) guhasha
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cheat   ▶ (to) kugūnga, guhumbūra, guhēnda
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cheekiness   ▶ amahāne, amanyama, itūntu
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chew   ▶ (to) guhekenya, kunoza, gutapfuna
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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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chip   ▶ ibāngo
 (of wood) ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to ~ stone) gukorogoshora
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choke   ▶ kuniga, kunyoha
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circle   ▶ imburūngu, umuzingi
 (of people) urukīnja
 (to) guca umuzingi
(to form ~) kuziguza
 (to form ~ by holding hands) gufatana urunana
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citrus fruit  ▶ ivyamwa vyo mu bwoko bw'imicungwe, indimu
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city   ▶ umuji (Sw.)
(large) igisagara
 (~ dweller) umunyagisagara
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clamor   ▶ urwāmo, imigūmūko, uruhōgo, umuvurungano, uruyogoyogo
 (to raise) kugūmūka
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class   ▶ (of nouns or objects) umutigiri
 (to observe ~ distinctions) kuzīrōra
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clear   ▶ (as water) umusarara
 (to be ~, transparent) kubonerana
(to be ~, understandable) kwūmvīkana
(to ~, vt) kuzibūra
 (to ~ suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
 (off) kuyōra
 (off, as table) gupāngūra (Sw.)
(up) kuvāngūra
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cliff   ▶ agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
 (from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi
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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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clothes   ▶ impūzu, umwāmbaro, icāmbarwa, inyāmbaro
(very nice, colorful) uruhwijima
(worn out) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(to put on, wear) kwāmbara
(to put on) kwīyambika
(to rinse) kurongorora
(to scrub, to beat, to rub) kunyukura
(to take off) kwīyambura
(to tear) gukākagura
(to tear in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
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clothespin   ▶ umunēngo
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clothing   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu, icāmbarwa
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (of king, esp. animal skins or jewels) inyambarabāmi
 (worn underneath outer garments) umugega
 (to remove) kwāmbura
 (to strip one of his) gukoba
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cocoon   ▶ akazu k'ikinyugunyugu
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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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commit   ▶ (adultery) gusāmbana
 (a crime) gucumura
 (be unwilling to ~ oneself) kwīyumānganya
 (oneself) kuragana
 (suicide) kwīgaragura, kwīyahura, kwīyica
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common   ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana
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complain   ▶ kugambarara, guhigimānga, kwīdodōmba, kwītōnganiriza, kuniha, gutāta
 (continually) kuganyira
(in heart at not having gotten what one wanted) kudundumirwa
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conceal   ▶ guhisha, kunyegeza, kuzimanganya
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confused   ▶ (to be) guhūndukwa, kumāramāra
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confusion   ▶ umuvurungano
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congenital   ▶ ico umuntu yavukanye
(deformity) ikigaga
 (malformed person) ikirema
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conquer   ▶ kunēsha, gufata ikibanza
 (enable to) kuneshereza
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conquest   ▶ ugufata
 (~ of a country) ukwigarurira igihugu
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cooker   ▶ amashiga y'ikizungu
 (traditional cooking place) iziko
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cork   ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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corkscrew   ▶ urupfunguruzo rw'amacupa y'imivinyu
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corn   ▶ ikigōri
 (cob) igitiritiri
 (early kind) isega
 (kind with big kernel) ikijigo
 (ground corn that has first been roasted) igikweme
 (silk) ubusage
 (tender new) igishōro
 (yellow kind) amashigisha
 (to shell) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
 (wheat) ingano
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councilor   ▶ (of chief's council) umunyekōmbe
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count   ▶ (to) guharūra
 (count the cost) kurimbūra
 (to err in counting) kuyoba
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cover   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko
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coward   ▶ umunyabwōba, umutinyi
 (to be) kudugudwa
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craftsman   ▶ umunyamwuga
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crawl   ▶ kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
 (along ground, vines) gusagaba
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crease   ▶ (as in cloth) umupfunyu
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crease resistant  ▶ kidapfunyirana
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creep   ▶ (along) kunyegētera
 (on hands and knees) kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
 (as vine) kurānda, gusagaba
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crest   ▶ (of bird) urugaragara, isūnzu
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criticize   ▶ kunēbagura, kunegura, gusūzugura, gusūzuguza
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crooked   ▶ (to be) kugorama
 (malunion of bone) kuremara
 (to make) kugoreka
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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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crumbs   ▶ udukorokera, ubuvunguka, utuvunguka
(to become ~) kuvūngagurika
 (to ~ easily) kuvūnguka
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crush   ▶ gufyonyora, gufyonyoka, kuvūngura
 (easily) kuvūnguka
 (grain, before grinding) kuvūngagura, kuvūngurīsha
 (with hands) kuvūnga
 (down) gutsindagira
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cry   ▶ akaborōgo
 (of joy) impūndu
 (sudden startled) ubuku
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cut   ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
 (banana leaves) kugombōra
 (banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
 (chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (crosswise) kugegena
 (down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
 (easily) gutemuka
 (easily, grass) kwāhirika
 (eyes out) kunogora
 (grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
 (grass for use) kwāhira
 (grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
 (hair) kumwa
 (in big chunks) guketagura
 (in even lengths) gucacūra
 (in many pieces) guhimbagura
 (in pieces) gukebagura
 (lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
 (meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
 (neck of animal) gukerera
 (off) gukona
 (off branches) gukōkōra
 (off tail of animal) gukēmūra
 (off top of tree) gukēmūra
 (tree) gukera, gutema, guca
 (trees for building) guhimbura
 (up) gukekagura
 (up into small pieces) gukeka
 (up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
 (trees or sticks) kugegena
 (with one blow) gutemura
 (with sawing motion) gukerera
 (wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
 (wool of sheep) gukēmūra
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dance   ▶ intāmbo
(of men) umuhamirizo, ibirorēro, agasimbo, umuyebe
 (of women) ihunja, imisambi
 (of women, celebrating a child's birth) umutsibo
 (of women celebrating the birth of twins) igisuru
 (non-traditional, of youth) ubusambiri
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dash   ▶ (punctuation) umukwēgo, agakwego
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day   ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka
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dazzling brightness  ▶ (sun, moon) umutāri
 (to be) gukayāngana
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death   ▶ urupfu, impfīro
 (point of) impfīro
 (to announce ~ of someone) kubika
 (to be near ~) gutāmbūra
 (to bleed to ~) gutetera
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deceitful   ▶ (person) umunyagahwāyi
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deceitfulness   ▶ ubugūnge, ibihēndo, uruhēndo
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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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defeat   ▶ umushombo
 (to ~) kunēsha, gutsīnda
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defecate   ▶ kunya
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defend   ▶ guhāngāza, gutēturura, kuvuna
 (another) gukīmbūka
 (oneself, take case to chief) kubūranya, kwīkirānura
 (to have 2 methods of defending oeself but use one you hadn't planned on) gutēgekanya
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defender   ▶ umutabāzi, umuvunyi
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delicious   ▶ (in sense of undiluted) -novu
 (to be) kuryōha
 (to make) kuryōsha
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denounce   ▶ kunegura
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dessert   ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako
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destroyed   ▶ (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
 (completely while you are watching) kunyika
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detergent   ▶ isabuni y'ifu, ubwoko bw'ifu
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die   ▶ (to) gupfa, gucīkāna, guhwēra, kuranduka
 (of king) gutānga
 (esp. of one who has been ill for a long time) kudēndūka
 (to be about to) kugoyagoya
 (suddenly) kweguka, kugaduka
 (suddenly and unexpectedly) gukenyuka
 (used of person scorned by others) kwijajara
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difficult   ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
 (this is ~!) biragōye
(to be) kugōra, gukomera
 (to be absolutely too ~ for) kunanirana
 (to be ~ to say or know) kuzīnda
 (to be too ~ for) kunanira
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dig   ▶ kwīmba, kurima
 (and break through to hollow place) guhubura
 (as chicken does) gukoba
 (out grass rapidly) gusūriranya
 (under crop, grass) kuzika
 (up) gusibanganya
 (up the earth) gutaba
 (up sweet potatoes with fingers, or, to make hole for setting out tree) gukoba
 (to be impossible to dig even though water is on top) gutūta
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dilute   ▶ gufungura
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dirt   ▶ umwānda, ico, ubucafu
 (esp. on body) ubuhoma, imvyiro
 (in water) ikirohe
 (in water, milk) igitotsi
 (to have dirt in water, milk) gutobeka
 (to rubb off) guhungura
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disagree   ▶ (to) guhāzāna, kuvuguruza, guhīngāna, gutāta
 (one who always disagrees in a council meeting) ikirandamuke
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disappear   ▶ gukamangana, kuyōnga, kuyōngayōnga, kuzimangana, kurēnga
 (suddenly as you watch) kunyika
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disclose   ▶ guhishura, guserura, kunyegurura
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discouraged   ▶ (to be) kwīhebūra, kudundumirwa
 (to be absolutely, in difficulty) kuzigirizwa
 (to be completely) kwīheba
 (to be tired and ~) gucobogora
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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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disgusted   ▶ (to be, because of frequency) kudunduhirwa
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dishonest   ▶ (to be) kugūnga, guheranira
 (person) igihūmbu
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dishonesty   ▶ ubugūnge
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ditch   ▶ umufunegi, umufuregi, umukuku, umuvo
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dizziness   ▶ ikizunguzungu
 (to experience ~) kuzērērwa
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dizzy   ▶ (to be) kuzērērwa, kuzungurirwa, kurungurirwa
(to make) kuzērēra
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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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domestic animal  ▶ igitungano
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dough   ▶ (to mix) gucūmba
 (to make a little) kuvurūnga
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dove   ▶ inuma
 (turtle-dove) intunguru
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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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drench   ▶ kunyāgira
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drenched   ▶ (to be) kunyāgirwa
 (to be thoroughly ~ and cold) gutetera
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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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drinker   ▶ umunywi
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drive   ▶ (a car) gutwara, gutwara imodoka
(~ cows) kuyobora
 (it home, enforce what one has said) kuryōherereza
 (out, esp. evil spirits) guhasha, gusēnda
 (stake in ground) gushīnga
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drizzle   ▶ (light, fine rain) urunyanyaga
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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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drowsiness   ▶ uruhuni
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dry   ▶ (vi) kwūma,
 (vt) kwūmūtsa, kwūmya
 (in sun or near fire) kumūkishirīza
 (to be) kugaduka
 (to become) gukanyuruka, kwūmūka
 (to become too ~ while cooking) kuyēnga
 (to put food in sun to ~) gukavya
 (to put near fire to ~) gutara
 (up) kugaduka, kugangara, gukaba, gukama, gukamya
 (up and be stiff, clothes or food) gutetera
 (up, breasts) gucūka
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dry season  ▶ ici
 (beginning of, about June) impēshi
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dump   ▶ (all out at once) gucuncubura
 (into something) kurotsa
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dust   ▶ umukungugu
 (to ~ off) gupāngūsha (Sw.), kwēyēra
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eagle   ▶ inkona, impūngu, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka
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earth   ▶ (world) isi
 (soil) agataka, ivu
 (hard-packed) urutare
 (interior of) ikuzimu, i kuzimu
(of reddish brown color) inginagina
 (to shake, vi) gutigita
 (to slide) gutemuka, kunyika, gusiduka
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earthquake   ▶ umushītsi, igishītsi
 (rumble of) umugigimo
 (to quake) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
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easy   ▶ (to be) kwōroha, gukūnda
 (~ to cut or pull, grass) kwāhirika
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eat   ▶ kurya, gufungura, kunogera, kunoza, kurandagura
(a lot) guhāga, guhīmba
(cause to ~ a lot) gupfunereza
(by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
(garden plants, of goats) kwōna
(to refuse to) kuzira
(to refuse to ~ or drink with) kunēna
(together) gusangira
(to ~ what's left on peeling of roasted banana, etc.) gukōra
 (two kinds of food together) gukoza
(with instrument) kurīsha
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eclipse   ▶ (of sun) ubwīrakabiri
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economy   ▶ ubutunzi
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eight   ▶ umunāni
 (eight times) umunāni
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eighty   ▶ mirongumunāni, mirongwināni
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elder   ▶ umujēnāma, umukuru, umushīngantahe, umujanāma
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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elephantiasis   ▶ imisozi, amafuni
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emaciated   ▶ (to be) kwīraburanirwa, kunyūnyūka
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enable   ▶ gushoboza
 (~ to conquer) kunēshereza
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enclose   ▶ kuzūnguriza
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end   ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
 (~ of boat) umukōndo
 (at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
 (to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
 (to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
 (to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
 (to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
 (to finish) guheza
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equal   ▶ (to be) kungana, kuringanira
 (in length, height) kurēha
 (to make ~) kuringaniza, kunganya, kurēhēsha
 (to not be ~ in length, height or ability) gusūmbana
 (to make ~ in length, height) kurēsha
 (to make oneself ~ to another) kwīgereranya
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equilibrium   ▶ (lack of) impungenge
 (to have good) gushira impungenge
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err   ▶ (to be wrong, to ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
(to ~, be on wrong path) kuzimagirika
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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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evening   ▶ (later afternoon) umugorōba
 (early) akagorōba
 (when sun is very low but still visible) ikirēngazūba
 (to be or become ~) kugorōba
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evil   ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
 (adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
 (to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
 (to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
 (to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
 (to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
 (to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
 (to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
 (to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
 (speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (~ deed) ubuhūmbu
 (example) akābarore
 (~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
 (~ look) igitsūre
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exalt   ▶ guhaya, kuninahaza
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examine   ▶ gucaca, gucunaguza, gucunaguriza, gupīma, gusūzuma, guhwebutsa, kurāba
 (to look intently at) kwihweza
 (in prospect of bying) kugaragura
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exchange   ▶ gukāba, kugurāna
 (clothes or other article for a time) kunyurānyura
(greetings) kuramukānya
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excuse   ▶ urwītwazo
 (excuse me!, when interrupting) untūnge
 (excuse me!, when wrong word is spoken) bambe
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explain   ▶ gufobōra, kugenekereza, gusigūra, gusobanura
 (fully till all understand) kurangūra
 (poorly) gufobeka
 (thoroughly) gutumbūra
 (a dream) kurōtōra
 (one who ~) umusigūzi
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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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facecloth   ▶ agafuko biyogesha, ikinyuko, igikunyuzo
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fail   ▶ gucumukura
 (another) guhemukira
 (to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
 (to do what one intended) kudehūra
 (to find) kubura, guhusha
 (to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
 (to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
 (to return) kugīrīra
 (in on'e task) gusibanganya
 (to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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faint   ▶ kurāba
 (to be) kudendebukirwa
 (to feel) kuyāmīra
 (from hunger) kugwīra isari
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fall   ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
 (accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
 (and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
 (and skin oneself) gukungagurika
 (before) kwikubita imbere
 (down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
 (down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
 (down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
 (down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
 (down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
 (down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
 (from high above) guhanantuka
 (from stalk) guhūnguka
 (heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
 (in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
 (in, cause to) gusitura
 (in love) kubēnguka
 (into water or food) kudibuka
 (not fall, rain) gutara
 (to the ground) guhūndagara
 (with) gukorokana
 (with a din) guhongoroka
 (to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
 (to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
 (let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza
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famine   ▶ ikigoyi, amapfa, ikiza, inzara
 (to leave one's country because of) gusuhūka
 (to return after) gusuhūruka
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farmyard   ▶ igituru, ikirutu, idundu, idunda
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fat   ▶ itōto
 (meat) ibinure
 (to be) kudoha, kuvyibuha
 (to be, child) gushisha
 (to be, meat) kunura
 (to become) kudoha, kuvyibuha
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favor   ▶ ubutoni
 (to ~) gushīnga
 (to ~ unjustly) kubera
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favoritism   ▶ urwānkūnzi, ubutoni
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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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feet   ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
 (to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya
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fellow   ▶ agashusho, agacapo k'umuntu
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female   ▶ (suffix attached to moun) -kazi, e.g. imbwakazi
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field   ▶ ubwātsi, indimiro
(battle) urugāmba
(corner belonging to each child) icībare
(forsaken, abandonded) ikirare
(cultivated) itōngo
(to clean up) gukāngaza
(playground) ikibuga
(airfield) ikibuga c'indege
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fill   ▶ (to) kwūzuza, kwūzuriza
 (to the brim) kunengesēra, kunengeserēza
 (up) gupfunereza, gutsīndāza
 (to ~ the gap, blank) gusubiramwo ibitategerewe
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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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fingernail   ▶ urwāra, inzāra
 (to go under) gusesereza
 (to scratch with) kwāga
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finish   ▶ (vt) guheza, kwāhukānya, kumara, kurangiza, gusōzēra, gutōza, gushirīsha
 (vi) guhera, kwāhukāna, kurangira, gushira
 (completely, vi) kwīramvura, gukōmvōmvoka
 (vt) gukōmvōmvora, kumarīra, kumaramara, kunōnōsora, guherengeteza, guheraheza
 (each other off) kumarana
 (food) gukōmba
 (weaving an article) gusōza
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fist   ▶ igipfūnsi
 (to hit with ~ repeatedly but gently, mother with child) gutumagura
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flatterer   ▶ umunyagahwāyi
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flee   ▶ guhūnga, kurēnza
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flexible   ▶ (to be) kunōnōka, kunyoganyoga
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flight   ▶ uruhūngo
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fog   ▶ igipfūngu
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fold   ▶ umupfunyu, umuzīngo
 (for sheep) uruhongere
(to ~) gukuba, gukubiranya, gupfunya, kuzīnga
 (~ hands together) gufumbata
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foliage   ▶ (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
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follow   ▶ kugendanira, guherekeza, gukurikira, gukwirikira
 (after) kunyurana
 (closely) kwōma
 (a fad) guharara
 (old customs) kuzīrōra
 (one after the other) gukurikirana
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food   ▶ indya, ibifungurwa, imfungurwa
 (food that needs to be cooked) igitekwa
 (baby ~) umusururu
 (big portion of) irobe
 (and drink of rich man, ruler) igiturire
 (for a journey) impāmba
 (without salt) ibise
 (one in charge of ~ at a feast) umuteretsi
 (place where ~ is plentiful) amasumo, ubusumo
 (to be burned slightly) kuyēnga
 (to become too dry in cooking) kuyēnga
 (to burn, vi) kuzigira
 (to dish up) kwārura
 (to eat, to serve) gufungura
 (to get ~ for oneself) gutāra
 (to go to find ~) gusuma
 (to go together to produce ~ for guests) gutērēra
 (to quickly make ~ for one) kuzina
 (to serve) gufungura
 (to try to find ~ for unexpected guests) kwīyambagura
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fool   ▶ igihūza, ikijūju, umutūngu
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foolishly   ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
 (to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
 (to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika
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foot   ▶ ikirēnge
 (of animal) ijānja
 (of animal or person) umugere
 (of bed) imirāmbizo
 (of mountain) umucāmo
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forbid   ▶ (to) kwāmira, kwīhaniza, kuziza, kuvuna, kubuza
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foreigner   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko, akavāntāra
 (from across border) injabuka
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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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forgetting   ▶ (one's skill) uruhuni
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fortunate   ▶ (person) umuhīrwe
 (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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forward   ▶ (to go) gutēra imbere
 (to go ~ little by little) kwūngururuza
 (to go steadily) kuramiriza
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fracture   ▶ (bone) imvune
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free   ▶ ku buntu
 (e.g. yampaye ku buntu)
(to ~, to clear) kugobōtora
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friend   ▶ umugēnzi
 (close ~) umukūnzi
 (intimate ~, the one you share your last hidden food with) somambike
 (most intimate ~, ”you die - I die”) pfampfe
 (to visit a ~) kubūngirana
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frighten   ▶ kudigiriza, gukānga, gutīnyīsha, gutēra ubwōba, kuvyigiriza
 (away with shouting) kwāmira
 (unintentionally) gukangīra
 (to make a loud frightening noise) guturagara
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frown   ▶ ibitsingotsingo, ibisingosingo
 (to ~ at) kunyinyirwa, kurāba igitsūre
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fruit   ▶ icāmwa, imbuto
 (to bear) kwāma
 (to cease to bear) kwāmurura
 (to drop, tree) guhunguruka
 (to gather) kwāmūra
 (stewed ~, ~ compote) ivyāmwa bitekanye isukari
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full   ▶ (to be) kwūzura
 (to be absolutely ~ to brim) gutētera
 (to be almost, waterpot) gucagatira
 (to overflowing) kubōga, kubōgabōga
 (too full) gufunereza
 (having eaten, or full of air) kubobōka
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make fun  ▶ (to ~ of) kunegura, guhema
 (to ~ of by recalling good he has lost) gucurīra
 (to ~ of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (to be made fun of) gutētērwa
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gain   ▶ (to gain) kwūnguka, kurōnka
 (to ~ position) kwātirwa
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garment   ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu
 (for work) icāmbazo
 (long) umwitēro
 (long, trails on ground) imvune
 (of barkcloth, nicely sewn) indemano
 (outer) ipfūndo, umutamana
 (that is too big) igisāga
 (that isn't very long) igikwēmu
 (with sleeves or armholes) umwīnjiro
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gay   ▶ (to be happy) kunēzērwa
(to be homosexual) kunōnōka
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generosity   ▶ ubuntu
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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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glad   ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbārwa
 (to make) kunēzēra, guhīmbara, kunēzereza
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glutton   ▶ umunoho
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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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goat   ▶ impene, intūngwa, igitūngwa
 (heard of) inzirikwa
 (male) impfizi
 (young male) agasugurume
 (skin for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (billy ~) isuguru, ihebe
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God   ▶ Imāna, Mungu (Sw.)
(who is all seeing) Indāvyi
 (the Creator) Rurema
 (the Lord, Eternal One) ūhoraho
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good   ▶ (the good) icīza
(adj.) -īza, nyāwo, nyāyo, nyāco etc.
(noun) inēza
(economy) icemezo co gufata ibintu
(to be good ostensibly but not really) kwīyorobeka
(to become good after being bad) gufūtānuka
(to make good) kuryōsha
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good citizenship  ▶ urukundo rw'igihugu c'amavukiro
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goodbye   ▶ n'agasaga, n'akagaruka, n'agahindukira, n'agahumuza, n'agahwane, n'akababa, n'akaza, n'akabandanya, n'akazoza, buroca, turabonanye, ku Mana, ndakwinyungushuye
(to superior) ndakwikebanuye, ndikebanuye, ndigaranzuye
(to bid) gusēzera
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gourd   ▶ igikunga, ikirende, umutānga
 (long) umukuza
 (broken) ibibarara
 (as object of worship) intendēri
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govern   ▶ (to) kugānza, kurōngōra
(a country) gutwāra
 (in name of) gutwārira
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grab   ▶ gucakīra, kuraha, kuramira, gushikura
 (by neck) kuniga
(quickly) kunyakura
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grace   ▶ ubuntu
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graciousness   ▶ ubukūndanyi
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grain   ▶ impeke, intete, urutete
 (a single) agatete
 (place for spreading out) imbuga
 (storage place) ikigega
 (to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
 (to form) guhūnda
 (to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura
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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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greedy   ▶ (to be) gusahagura
 (for a certain food and want that only) kunohorwa
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green   ▶ akaātsi gatoto
 (unripe, of certain fruits) –toto
 (to become green, as grass when rains begin) gutōha, gutotahara
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grieve   ▶ (vi) gutuntura
 (over) gutunturirwa
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grill   ▶ akayungiro botsako
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grimace   ▶ kunyinyirwa
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grind   ▶ gusya, gukwema, kunoza, kumenagura, gusyokora
(in wooden mortar) gusekura
 (poorly, coarsely) guhera
 (quickly) gukwemagura
 (to crush grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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groan   ▶ umuniho, akaborōgo
(to ~) kuniha
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grow   ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
 (after cutting) kunaga
 (larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
 (let hair ~ long) gutongoza
 (old) gutāma
 (rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
 (smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
 (to cause to grow) gukuza
 (to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
 (to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (very fast, child) kugurugūmba
 (well) kubaduka
 (child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya
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guard   ▶ umurīzi, umurīnzi, umunyezamo, umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. daytime) umusānzi
 (one who stands on ~) umushibamyi
 (to ~) kuzigama, kurinda
 (to be on ~) kuba māso, kugaba
 (oneself) kwihahiriza
 (watch over carefully) kugendeza
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gun   ▶ ibundūki, ingōho
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gush   ▶ (of water, blood) umupfūnda
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guy   ▶ agashusho, agacapo k'umuntu
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hair   ▶ (of baby) imvanda
(bit on top of head) isūnzu
(of human head) umushatsi
(except of human head) ubwōya
(one) urwōya
(pubic) inzya
(hair line) amasoso
(long with mud in it) ubusage
(tan in color, goats) umufumbēre
(white from old age) imvi, uruvi
(to cut) kumwa
(to dampen before cutting) kuvubika
(to have long) guhīmbira
(to have shaved off) kwīkemūra
(to let grow long) gutongoza
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hammer   ▶ inyūndo (Sw.)
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hand   ▶ ikiganza
 (back of) igikōnjo
 (palm of) umunwe, urushi, ikiganza
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happen   ▶ (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
 (unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra
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happiness   ▶ umunēzēro, ikinēzēro
(joy so great it hurts) ikigūmbagūmba
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happy   ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbāra, guhīrwa, gushanyuka, guhīmbārwa, gushwāshwānuka
 (very) kudayadaya, kugāyagāya, kwigina
 (to make) kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kugāzagāza
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hard   ▶ (to be) kuguma, guhāmbāra, gukara, gukomera, kudadarara, gukomāntara
 (to be, earth) gutūta
(to be difficult) kugōra, gukomera
(to have a ~ life) kunamba
(to make ~ for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(to make ~, hearted) gukomāntaza
 (to take out of ~ places) kugobōtora
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hatch   ▶ kuberagura
 (vt) kubundikīra
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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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haze   ▶ urwīrūngu
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head   ▶ umutwe
(cold in) agahiri, akamango
(of grain) umuhānyu
(pad, when carrying load) ingata, urugata
(to head up, grain) kubogeka, guhaga, kuyāngika
(to head up, cabbage) gufumbata
(to bow one's) kwūnama
(to carry on) kwīremēka, kwīkorera
(to lift up) kuraramuka
(to lose one's) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
(to raise one's) kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra, kurāngamīza
(to remove load from) gutūra
(to shake one's ~ in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
(to tip back) kurarama
(to tip to one side) guhengama
(to turn one's) gukebuka
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healthy   ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
 (plant, person) itōto
 (to be) kunōnōka, gukira
 (to be very, strong) gutetera
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heap   ▶ ikirūndo
 (small heap of products on market) umufungo
 (to make a) kurūnda
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hear   ▶ kwūmva
 (to be unable to ~ well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
 (well) gutobora
 (well, suddenly) kuzibuka
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heard   ▶ (to be ~ plainly) kwūmvīkana
 (to speak so that one is heard but not understood, because of distance) guhwirima, guhihima
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heart   ▶ umutima, umushaha
 (pure, kind) umutima ukeye
(broken) umutima umenetse
(to jump with fear) guhahama
 (to pound) kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika, kudidagizwa
 (to set one's ~ on) guhahamira
 (to beat) gutera indihaguzi
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height   ▶ igihagararo, ijūnja, uburēbure
 (to be of equal ~ or length) kurēha
 (to make equal ~) kurēsha
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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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helper   ▶ umutabāzi, umufasha
 (of the sick) umurwāza
(group of attendants or helpers to elders) ubukūngu
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hem   ▶ umubarīro, umusōzo, umukūnjo, umuzīngo
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hemorrhage   ▶ kuva amaraso
(from nose) umwūna
(of woman) ubutīnyānka
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hemp   ▶ urumogi, ubwoko bw'igiterwa kivamwo urunyuzi
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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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hiding   ▶ (in ~) impisho
 (hiding place) ubwīhisho
 (to bring from) kunyegurura, gufurūra, guhishūra
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hoe   ▶ isuka, indimīsho
 (without handle) amakera
 (worn out) ifuni
 (to ~) kurima
 (hard and fast) kurimagura
 (to tighten loose hoe) guhata
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holding   ▶ (hands to form circle or line) gufatana urunana
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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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homosexual   ▶ (person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
(to be gay) kunōnōka
(to have ~ intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to act as ~, commit ~ acts) gutingana
(to have ~ intercourse, rude) guswerana nk'imbwa
(effeminate traditional priest) ikihindu, ikimaze
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honored person  ▶ umuninahazwa, umutūngwa, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(in adressing him), umupfāsoni
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horrid   ▶ (any horrid hateful thing) urunūka
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hors d'oeuvre  ▶ imfungurwa nyitangizo
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hour   ▶ isaha (for various hours of day, see under 'day')
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house   ▶ inzu
 (in ruins) umusaka
 (little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
 (of king) ingoro
 (temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
 (small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
 (place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
 (to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
 (to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
 (to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
 (to put roof on) gusakāra
 (to repair a) gusanura
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how   ▶ (adv., not in questions) ukuntu, ingene, ubugene
 (conj.) uko
 (in questions only) -te, gute?
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human   ▶ buntu
(human being) umuntu
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hungry   ▶ (to be) gusōnza
 (to be ~ for) kwōndera
 (after hunting for food in various places) kuburanirwa
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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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hut   ▶ (bunch of grass at top) isūnzu
 (wood of) umugānda
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ignorance   ▶ ubupfu, ubutūngu, ubuzimire
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ignorant   ▶ (person) umutūngu, inyoberwa
 (to be) kudebagura
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ill   ▶ (to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
 (often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
 (to become ~ one after another) guhindikirana
 (to lie around ~ long time) kuvūnda
 (see also under 'sick')
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import   ▶ (to) kurangura mu mahanga
 (to bring new kind of seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
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importunity   ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna
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improvement   ▶ (of soil) ukubungabunga
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(of environment) uguteza imbere ahantu, ukubungabunga ibidukikije
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increase   ▶ (vi) kugisha, gukakama, gutūbūka, kwūnguka
 (vt) kwongera, kwūngura
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incubate   ▶ kubundikīra
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incurable   ▶ (wound) akagīrīre
 (to have ~ disease) kugīrīra
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industrious   ▶ (person) umunyabwīra
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ingredient   ▶ imfungurwa zikenewe mu guteka
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inhabitant   ▶ (of Burundi) Umurundi
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insect   ▶ igikōko, agakōko
 (many small) ubukōko
 (ant, flying, edible) iswa
 (ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (ant, soldier) uburima
 (ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
 (ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
 (ant, white) umuswa
 (ant hill, white) umugina
 (bedbug) igiheri, igihere
 (bee) uruyūki
 (bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
 (bug) agasīmba
 (bumblebee) impingwe
 (butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
 (centipede, small) inyōngōri
 (chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (cicada) ijeri
 (cockroach) inyēnzi
 (fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
 (fly, house) isāzi
 (flea) imbaragasa
 (gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
 (grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
 (jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (locust) uruyige
 (louse) inda
 (mosquito) umubu
 (moth) ikinyungunyungu
 (tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
 (tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
 (tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
 (wasp) ivūbi
 (to sting or bite) gusurira
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interchange   ▶ kunyuranya
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interest   ▶ amatsiko
 (to ~) kuryōsha, kwitaho
(to lose) gutenzēkanya, gutēzūra, gutezēkanya
 (economy) inyungu, ipurusa
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intimate   ▶ (friend) umukūnzi, somambike, pfampfe
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jar   ▶ agacupa k'umunwa wagutse
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jigger   ▶ imvūnja, ivūnja
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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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joy   ▶ umunēzēro, ikinēzēro, akanēza
(great) akanyamunēza
(so great it hurts) ikigūmbagūmba
(cry of) impūndu
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jump   ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
 (about) gukinagira
 (from above) gushunguruka
 (in one's sleep) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (in surpise) guhahabuka
 (in surprise or when awakened) kuzanzamuka, gukanguka
 (up and run quickly) kwūbuka
 (when stung or bitten) gushikurwa
 (with fear, heart) guhahama
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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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key   ▶ urupfungūzo, urupfunguruzo
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kid   ▶ (young goat) umwāgazi
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killed   ▶ (to be unjustly) kuyogera
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kindness   ▶ ubukūndanyi
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king   ▶ umwāmi
 (entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
 (house of) ingoro
 (pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
 (to become) kwīma
 (to die) gutānga
 (to make) kwīmika
 (to sit) kuvyāgira
 (to speak evil of ~) kurogota
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knock   ▶ gukomānga
 (down each other) kugundana
 (down in fight) gutūra hāsi
 (down, strike against to ~ down, dead tree) gusita
 (from place to place) kujuragiza
 (over) gutembagaza
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knot   ▶ ipfūndo, ifatanirizo, ifūndo
(slip knot) impururu
 (to ~) gupfundika
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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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lack   ▶ (of foresight) igihababu
(to ~) kubura, kugōmba, guhaza, guteba, gukērērwa
(opportunity to say what you intended) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(respect) kwūbahuka
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land   ▶ (piece of) ishāmvu, ikivi
 (uncultivated) ubunyovu
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landslide   ▶ (to slide) kunyika, gusiduka
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language   ▶ ururimi
 (evil, esp. of young girl) ubweruzi
 (to speak in a mysterious ~) gufobeka
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largeness   ▶ ubunini
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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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laziness   ▶ ubunebwe, ubute
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lazy   ▶ (person) umunebwe
 (very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
 (to be) kudeha, kunebwa
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leaf   ▶ ibabi, ikibabi
(banana, dry) ihuba, igihūnda
(banana, green) umutōto
(central part of banana ~) ikigongogongo
(bean) umukubi
(pumpkin) umusoma
(used for perfume) imbazi
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lean   ▶ (against, vt) kwegamika, kwegeka
 (against, vi) kwegamira
 (forward, preparing to run) gutuna
 (on, esp. in getting up) kwīshimikiza, gushimikira
 (over) guhengama
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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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leaves   ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
 (stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imbazi
 (see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
 (to put forth new) kurēmba
 (to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra
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leek   ▶ igitunguru c'amababi
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leper   ▶ umunyamibēmbe, umubēmbe
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let   ▶ kureka, gukūndira
 (let's go) hogi, hoji, tugende
(flow from) kuva
 (let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
 (up work) guharuruka
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lid   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(esp. of basket) umutemere
 (to take lid off basket) kurumūra
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lift up  ▶ gukiriza, guterura
 (from ground) kurārūra
 (one who is lying down) kuvyūtsa
 (the head) kuraramuka
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lightning   ▶ umuravyo
 (to flash) kurabagirana, kurabiriza, kuravya
 (to be struck by) guhūndagara
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like   ▶ bēne, nka
 (conj.) nk'uko
 (like that) -rtyo
 (like this) -rtya
 (to be like) gusa
 (to look like) gushusha
 (to like) gukūnda
 (for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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lip   ▶ umunwa
 (turning down of lower ~) injebejebe
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little   ▶ -to, –to-to, –toya, –tonya
 (a little) –ke, –keya, –kenya
 (~ by ~) buhoro, buhoro-buhoro
(to add to ~ by ~) gutororokanya
 (to go forward ~ by ~) kwūngururuza
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livestock   ▶ ibitungwa, igitigiri c'ibitungwa
(livestock farming) ubworozi
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load   ▶ umutwāro, umuzigo
 (to cause another to put down) gutūza
 (to give someone a heavy ~) kuremēka
 (to lighten) kuremurura
 (to remove ~ from head) gutūra, gutūnda
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loneliness   ▶ irungu, inkūmbu
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lonesomeness   ▶ inkūmbu, irungu
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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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loosen   ▶ gupfundurura
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lovable person  ▶ umunyagikūndiro
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love   ▶ urukūndo
 (strong, everlasting) akaramata
 (end of loving another) agahararo
 (one who loves) umukūnzi
(to fall in ~) kubēnguka
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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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male   ▶ izinamuhūngu
 (animal, esp. goat) impfīzi, imfīzi
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man   ▶ (married) umugabo
 (of influence) umushīngantāhe
 (old) umutāma
 (young, unmarried) umusore
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management   ▶ ugutunganya itunga, ubuyobozi
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many   ▶ –inshi
 (how many?) –ngāhe?
 (so many) –ngāho
 (to be ~) kurūndāna
 (to be, esp. cows, trees) gusagāra
 (to be so) kungana
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mark   ▶ (made by hoe or axe) ibāngo
 (of a blow) umuramu
 (to ~) kudoma
 (to have marks, scratches, as pot) gusaragurika
 ('get on the mark') gutuna
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marsh   ▶ ikidigi, urufūnzo, umurago
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meanness   ▶ ubujōra
 (of one who rules others) itūntu
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medicine   ▶ umuti
 (for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
 (to make people like one) urusango
 (material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
 (to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
 (to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka
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member   ▶ (of group) umunywanyi
(of chief's council who listens to trials) umunyekōmbe
 (of family) abavandimwe
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menu   ▶ ikarita ivyērekana
(set ~) imfungurwa zitegekanijwe ku munsi
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merchant   ▶ umuhānjuzi, umunyebahasha, umudāndazi
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merciful person  ▶ umunyembabazi
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metal   ▶ icūma
 (foot piece on spear) umuhūnda
 (ore) ubutare
 (piece placed on stoves over fire to set pot on) ikinjanja
 (sheet of, for roof) ibāti
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middle   ▶ amacāmbwa
 (in the ~) hagati
 (in the ~ of day) amashōka
 (in the ~ of lake, river) idāmba, umutānga
 (of lake, see, jungle) igezi
 (to go down the ~ of path or country) kwātīra
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mildew   ▶ ifīra
 (to get) gutūnda
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mince   ▶ (along) kunyonyera
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miss   ▶ gusība
 (aim and) guhusha
 (be lonesome for) gukūmbura
(each other on path) kunyuranwa
 (fail to find) kubura
 (pass by but not meet) guhubana
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mist   ▶ urwīrungu, igipfūngu
 (to ~) kunyanyāga
 (condensation) umuhisha
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mistake   ▶ ikosa (Sw.), ifuti
 (to make a ~) gukosha
(to make a ~ in counting or speaking) kuyoba
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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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moldy   ▶ (to become, esp. manioc or grass) kuvūnda
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mole   ▶ (animal) ifuku
 (on skin) isunūnu
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money   ▶ (from German Heller) amahera
 (from French Franc) ifarānga, amafaranga
 (to change ~) kuvūnja
(to lend ~) kugurana, gukopesha amahera
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month   ▶ ukwēzi
(January) ukwezi kwa mbere, Nzero
(February) ukwezi kwa kabiri, Nyamagoma, Ruhuhuma
(March) ukwezi kwa gatatu, Ntwarante
(April) ukwezi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
(May) ukwezi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(June) ukwezi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
(July) ukwezi kwa ndwi, Mukakaro
(August) ukwezi kwa munani, Myandagaro
(September) ukwezi kwa cenda, Nyakanga
(October) ukwezi kwa cumi, Gitugutu
(November) ukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, Munyonyo
(December) ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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mood   ▶ (gram.) umuvugire
 (temper) ibicunduguta, imico
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moth   ▶ ikinyungunyungu
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mouth   ▶ akanwa
 (big, many) amanwa
 (person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
 (to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
 (to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
 (to put in the ~ of) gutamika
 (to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura
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mouth ulcer  ▶ ibisebe biterwa n'isuna
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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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multiply   ▶ (vi) kugwīra, gusagāra
 (vt) kugwīza, gucimbataza, kwūngura
 (because of having fed well, cows) kugisha
 (rapidly, as insects) kujagata
 (rapidly) kurōndōka
 (as seeds, cows, etc.) kurondōra
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muscle   ▶ inyāma y'umubiri, umurya, umusoso, umutsi
 (to be sore in) kunywāguka
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musty   ▶ (to get) gutūnda
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narrow   ▶ (to be) kwāga, gupfungānya
 (to make) kwāza
 (to go through ~ pass) kunyegētera
 (~ escape) agahēngekezo
 (~ place) imbōmbāne
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nausea   ▶ igisesema, iseseme, ikirungurira
(to cause) gusesema
(to feel) kurungurirwa
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necklace   ▶ urunigi, ikirezi
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nephew   ▶ (son of brother) umuhūngwacu, umusēngezana
 (nephew or niece, child of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
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new   ▶ -sha, -shasha
(to be, as new teaching) kwāduka
(to bring new seeds or cattle into country) kurondōra
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night watchman  ▶ umurāririzi, umunyezamo (Sw.), umuzamu (Sw.)
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noise   ▶ urwamo
 (loud, frightening) umuturagaro
 (esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
 (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
 (of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
 (of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
 (to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
 (to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
 (to make a loud frightening) guturagara
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nose   ▶ izūru, itonde
 (bridge of) umwīrīri
 (nosebleed) umwūna
 (to get in and cause to sneeze) gusagāra
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nothing   ▶ (a ~) imburūngu, igaragara
(adv.) ubusa
 (adj.) ntanakimwe
 (to say ~) kunuma
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noun   ▶ izina
 (class of) umutigiri
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November   ▶ ukwēzi kwa cumi na rimwe (or, kw'icumi na rimwe) Munyonyo
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nut   ▶ (peanut, groundnut) icēma
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obey   ▶ kugamburuka, kugendanira, kwītōndera, kwūmvira, kugandūkira
 (unwillingly) kugambarara
 (to force to) kugandūra
 (to refuse to) kugaranya
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onion   ▶ igitunguru
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open   ▶ (vi) kwāturuka, gukīnguruka, gupfunduka
 (vt) gufungūra (Sw.), kugarānzura, gukīngūra, gupfundurura, kurumūra, kwūgurura, kuzibūra
 (the eyes) gukanura
 (the eyes of another) guhumūra
 (flower) kwātura
 (the mouth) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
 (mouth, or book) kubūmbūra
 (suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
 (to be ~ to view) kugaragara
 (to be wide ~) kurāngāra
 (to leave ~) kurāngāza
 (space) agahīnga
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opposite   ▶ (to be) kunyurana
 (to make) kunyuranya
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or   ▶ cānke, cyangwa (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
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orange   ▶ (fruit) icunga, umucūngwe, umucūngwa
 (color) umutugutu
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other   ▶ –ndi
(no ~) nta wundi
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otherwise   ▶ (conj.) ukundi
(adv.) ahandiho
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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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overturn   ▶ gusunūza
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owl   ▶ igihuna
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owner   ▶ (of) nyene
 (of kraal) umutūngwa, sēnaka
 (to be sole) kwegukira
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palm   ▶ (of hand) ikigānza, urushi, umunwe
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papyrus   ▶ (reed or swamp) urufūnzo
 (reed) urukorogota
(mat made of split) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
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partiality   ▶ (as result of bribe) urwānkunzi
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pass   ▶ guhita
 (allow to) kubisa
 (allow another to) kubisiriza
 (between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
 (by, but not meet) guhubana
 (gas) gusurira
 (out gifts) kugaba
 (out of sight) kurēngāna
 (over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
 (the night) kurāra
(through) guca
 (to bring to ~) gucimbataza
 (to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
 (to bring in passing) guhitana
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patience   ▶ urwīhāngāne
 (to be at the end of one's) kudundumirwa
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peak   ▶ (of mountain) impīnga
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peck   ▶ kunoba
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peg   ▶ urumāmbo, ijisho ry'ikirenge
(to stretch out skin to dry by putting sherpened pegs around edges) kubāmba
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pelvis   ▶ ikiyunguyungu
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penetrate   ▶ (into) kunyegera
 (skin, esp. under fingernail) gusesēra, gusesereza
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perfect   ▶ guheraheza, guhīngūra
 (to be) kuba agahore, guhebūza, kunengesēra, gutūngāna, kwūzura
 (to make) kuroraniriza, gutūngānya, kwūzuza
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period   ▶ (punctuation) kaburūngu
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permission   ▶ uruhusha, igikūndiro
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permit   ▶ (to) kureka, gukūndira
 (to ~ to go) kurekura
 (permit me!) enda
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persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
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persistently   ▶ (to as, although refused) gucuna
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persuade   ▶ (in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (to succeed to ~ someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
 (to talk with someone to try to ~ her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to try to ~) gukiranira
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pet   ▶ igitungwa
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pick   ▶ (a chicken) kumōngōra
 (a fight) gusōtōra
 (peas, beans, berries) gutōbōra
 (squash, corn) gukōndōra
 (up) gutōra, kuyōra
 (up, as birds do) kunobagura, kunoba
 (up bits of food here and there) kunūranura
 (up here and there) gutōragura
 (up manure and put in garden) kuvūmbura
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pig   ▶ ingurube
 (guinea pig) imbeba y'ikizungu
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pile   ▶ ikirūndo
 (of grain) amarwi
 (of grain and chaff mixed) ubukūmbi
 (of rocks) igihongo
 (of wood) akarwi
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pillage   ▶ iminyago, ubusahuzi
 (to ~) kunyaga, gusahura
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pin   ▶ umusumāri (Sw.), agapengeri
(clothespin) umunēngo
 (safety) igikwāsho, igikwāshu
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pincer   ▶ (of wood used by snuff smokers) umunēngo
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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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plant   ▶ imbuto, ikimera, ibitērwa
(small) urugāmba
 (small trees that start up around big one) umuvyāro
 (stunted) ikirūmbirane
(young for transplanting) ingemwe
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please   ▶ (to) guhīmbāra, kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kuryōhera
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pleasure   ▶ igihīmbāro
 (to do something that causes) gusamāza
 (to give) kunēzēra
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plug   ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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plunder   ▶ isahu, inyagano, iminyago, urunyago
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pointer   ▶ (of scales) urushinge rw'umunzane
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polish   ▶ (to) gukurūngira, gukuyēngeza, gusēna
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pool   ▶ (of water) ikidēngēri, umunyika
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poor   ▶ (man) nyarucari
(person) umufafara, umufafare, umwōro
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungaboro
(to be) gukena
(to become ~ after wealth) gucobogora
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possess   ▶ gutūnga, kwegukira
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possessions   ▶ umurēngera, itūnga, imbombovu, ubutunzi, amarōnko
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praise   ▶ ishīmwe, amatāzīrano
 (person worthy of ~ or love) umunyagikūndiro
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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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presence   ▶ (of great person) inyōnga, inyundo
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press   ▶ kubānda, kubāndana
 (down) gutsindagira
 (in order to smooth) gupfunyūra
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prison   ▶ ibohero, umunyororo
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prisoner   ▶ imbohe, umunyororo
(to escape) gutoroka
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produce   ▶ gukora
(heavily or abundantly) gutengengera
(no longer) gutītūka
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profit   ▶ amamaro, inyungu, imāri
 (not financial) ikimazi
 (to ~) guhōmbōka, kumarira
 (to make) kwūnguka, kwūngura
 (to make no ~) guhōmba
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prolong   ▶ kwūngururuza
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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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protect   ▶ (to) kubūngabūnga, guhāngāza, gukīnga, gutūnga, kuzigama
 (oneself) kwīrinda
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pucker   ▶ gutuna
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pudding   ▶ imfungurwa zisosa baherezako
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pumpkin   ▶ umwūngu, igihaza
 (leaves) umusoma
 (plant) uruyūzi, umuvyūka
 (seed) uruyūzi
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pup   ▶ ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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pupa   ▶ ikinyo kivamwo ikinyugunyugu
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pupil   ▶ (student) umwīgīshwa, umunyushure, umunyeshure (Rw.)
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puppy   ▶ ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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pure   ▶ (esp. beer undiluted with water) –novu
 (to be) guca, kwēra
 (to become) guhumānuka
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push   ▶ gusunika
 (another down) gukungagura
 (each other) kugundana, gusunurana
 (forward) gusekura
 (a person down where he belongs) gutururuza
 (out, e.g. wind bulging cloth) kubāndūra
 (violently) gusunura
 (to help to) gusunuza
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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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quake   ▶ (earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
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quarrel   ▶ intonganya, imitongano, amahāne
(to ~) gutongana, gutonganya, kurandagurana, guhārīra, guhāzāna
(to be always looking for) kwītōraguza
 (to start a) kwāndurutsa
 (to stop ~ and make them like each other) kwūnga
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quiet   ▶ agahwēkēre
 (to be) kunuma, kurema
 (to remain) kwīyorosha
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rain   ▶ imvura
 (light, fine) urunyanyāga
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early rains) agatāsi
 (very heavy) isegenya
 (very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
 (wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (to ~) kugwa
 (with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
 (to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
 (early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
 (heavily) guhonoka
 (a long time without stopping) kujobanya
 (on) kuvubira
 (softly) kunyanyāga
 (to threaten to) gukuba
 (to fall continuously) gushāna
 (to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
 (to go for shelter in) kwūgama
 (to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka
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rainbow   ▶ umunywamazi, umukororōmvyi
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raise   ▶ gusokōra
 (animals) gutūnga
 (arm) kurāmvura, gutarika
 (arm to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
 (clamor) kugūmūka
 (eyes) kurarama
(from dead) kuzūra
 (higher) kurārūra
 (in sense of increase) kwongera
 (head) kurāngamiza, kwūnamūka, kwūnamūra
(up) kumanika, kwūnamūka, kurāngamiza, kwūnamūra, kuraramuka, kuvyūra, kuvyūtsa
(voice) kurangurura
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ransom   ▶ incūngu, inkūka
 (to ~) gucūngura
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ratatouille   ▶ uruvangi rw'imfungurwa zitetse mu tuvuta dekeyi
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ray   ▶ (of sunlight) ikibēngebēnge
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reappear   ▶ kunyeguruka
(at surface of water) kwīburuka
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reconcile   ▶ gukūndanīsha, kwūzuza, kwūzuriza
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recover   ▶ (get well) gukira, kurokoka
 (from fear or anger) guhūmura
 (sight) guhumūka
 (when others around are dying) kurokoza
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redeem   ▶ gucūngura
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redeemer   ▶ umucūnguzi
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reed   ▶ ikibīngo, ikibīngobīngo, irēnga, igishakshaka
(papyrus) urufūnzo, urukorogoto
 (to drink from) gusōma
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refractory   ▶ (to be) kunana
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refuge   ▶ ubuhūngiro, ubwīrukiro, ubukiriro, uburuhūkiro
 (little place of) agahēngekezo
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refuse   ▶ kwānka, kugāmbāna, guhakana, kunana
 (absolutely) guta agati, kuziririza
 (esp. girl to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (strongly) gukankamira
 (to acknowledge one's wrong) kudadarara
 (to eat) kuzira
 (to eat or drink with) kunēna
 (to eat what you've always eaten) guhura
 (to give) kwīma
 (to give to another) kwīmana
 (to give another his own) kugūnga
 (to go on helping someone) guhasha
 (to listen, almost as crazy) gutaragurika
 (to listen to authority) kugarariza
 (to obey) kugaranya
 (to repay loan) guheranira
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regret   ▶ intūntu
 (to ~) kwīcuza, kwīgaya
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reject   ▶ gushibura
 (council) gusaragurika
 (food that you've always eaten) guhura
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rejoice   ▶ kunēzērwa
 (at arrival of someone) gukēra
 (in another's troubles) gukēkeza
 (in coming of another) kwigina, gusāsīrira
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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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reparation   ▶ (gift to make up for offending someone) icīru
 (to make) guhōnga, guhōngera, kuriha
 (to pay to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura
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resist   ▶ kwānka, kurandagura, kunana
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return   ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
 (other than where speaker is) gusubira
 (vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
 (from far away) guhabūka
 (from hunting) guhīgūka
 (from running away) guhīngūra
 (from war) gutabāruka
 (home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
 (to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
 (to fail to) kugīrīra
 (to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
 (to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
 (with) kugarukana
 (person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
 (an investment ~) umwimbu
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reveal   ▶ kwāndagara, kwātura, kwerekana, gufobōra, gufurūra, kugaragara, kugaragaza, kugoborora, guhishūra, kunyegurura, gusokorora
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (what is false) guhūmuriza
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rich   ▶ (to be) gutūnga, gukira
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rich man  ▶ umutūnzi, umukire
 (food and drink of) igiturire
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riches   ▶ itūnga, ubutūnzi, ubukire
 (great) umurēngera
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right   ▶ (hand, side) uburyo, ukuryo, iburyo
(~ arm) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuboko kw'ukuryo
(all right) niko, ni ko, n'ūko, sawa
 (right now) non'aha, ubu nyene
(to be) kugororoka
(to become ~ side up) kwūburuka
(to turn ~ side up) kwūburura, gucurūra
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rwiza rw'impuzu
(to put ~) gutūngānya
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rinse   ▶ kwīnyuguza
 (clothes, grain, dishes) kurongorora
 (out dirt) kwūgunyuza
 (the mouth) kwīnyugunyura, kwīyugunyura
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ripen   ▶ kwēra
 (become yellow or reddish) kubēnja
 (for certain fruites, esp. bananas) gusha
 (of fruits) kurunguriza
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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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roadman   ▶ umunyubarabara
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roll   ▶ umuzīngo
 (of church members) itōrero
 (to roll, vi) gutembagara
 (about, vt) kujegeza
 (about on ground, vi) kuvurūnga, kwītēmbagaza
 (along) gusegenyeza, gusegenyēsha
 (over) gutēmbagaza
 (up) gukuba,
 (vt) kuzīnga
 (up several times) kuzīngazīnga
 (up, vi) kwīzingīra
 (up, a skin that's been wet, vi) gukōba
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rolling stone  ▶ urunāna
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roof   ▶ igisēnge
 (house with high pointed ~) umushōnge, agashūngēre
 (to put on a) gusakāra
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round   ▶ (to be) kwībūmbabūmba, kwībūmba, kwīburūngushura
 (to make) kubūmbabūmba, kuburūngushura
 (object) imburūngu
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rub   ▶ gusīga
 (bump so it doesn't swell) kunyīngisha, gushiringitira
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (eyes in order to see, esp. one who has conjunctivities) guhofōra
 (grain to take off chaff) kuvūngura
 (off dirt) guhungura
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rulers   ▶ (and elders, esp. in function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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rumble   ▶ (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
 (in stomach) kuborōga, kugonga
 (thunder) guhīnda
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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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sack   ▶ umupfuko, isaho
 (burlap) igunira
 (long narrow for food) indebuye
 (made of skin) umukuza
 (to tie neck of) kuniga
 (to tie up hole in) gutubika
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sad   ▶ (to be) kubabara, kwījīrwa, gushavura, gutuntura
 (to feel) gutunturirwa
 (to make) gushavuza
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salt   ▶ umunyu
(native crude, made by soaking ashes of a certain plant) umugōnzo
(food without) ibise
(to give salt to domestic animals) kwūhīra
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saltcellar   ▶ agashinguramunyu
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saltshaker   ▶ agashinguramunyu
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same   ▶ (the) hamwe
(to be the) kungana
(to be the ~ size) kuringanira
(to be ~ length, height) kurēha
(to make ~ length, height) kurēsha
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satchel   ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure
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save   ▶ gukiza, kurokora
 (by means of) kurokoza
 (beans for a year) guhitiza
(to redeem) gucūngura
(to store) kubīka
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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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scales   ▶ ibikaragāshi
 (for weighing) umunzāne
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schoolbag   ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure
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scorn   ▶ umugayo, akagayo, agasūzuguro
 (one who scorns others) umucōkōranyi
 (spit spurted from between teeth as indication of) inyeri
 (to ~) guhinyura, kunēma, kugaya, gukēngēra
(to show ~ by spitting out) gucīra inyeri
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scour   ▶ gufyikinyura
 (pot) kwūgunyuza
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scrub   ▶ ibisanze
(to ~) gufyikinyura
 (~ clothes) kunyukura
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search   ▶ kwīhwēza, gusesa
 (carefully) gusūra
 (for) guhama, kurondera
 (for a buyer) kubūnga
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
 (research) gusesangura
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selfish   ▶ (to be) kwīgūnga, kwīmana, kwīgūngirako, kwīgūngagiza, kwīkūnda
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selfishness   ▶ ubugūnge
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send   ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
 (person rather than message) kurungika
 (back) kurekura
 (back, esp. cows) gucūra
 (back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
 (forth shoots) gutōha
 (from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
 (greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
 (in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
 (workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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sentence   ▶ (judgment) ingīngo
 (gram.) iryūngane
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serve   ▶ gusukūrira
 (as a servant) kujakarira, gushūmba
 (food) gufungura
 (king) kugarānzura
 (meal to) kuzimāna
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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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sew   ▶ kubarīra, gusona (Sw.), gushona
(together) kwōmeka
 (come unsewn) gusonoroka
 (~ back on) gusubira, kubarira
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shake   ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
 (vt) gukunkumura
 (as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
 (down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
 (hands) guhānayāmbo
 (hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
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share   ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
 (to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
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sheep   ▶ intāma, intūngwa, igitūngwa
 (flock) urwūri, inzirikwa
 (sheepfold) uruhongore
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shell   ▶ (of gun) urusoro
 (peanuts, etc.) ibishishwa
 (egg) ikibarara
 (carapace) ikigaragamba, umuruka
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shepherd   ▶ umwūngere
(to) kuragira
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shin   ▶ umurundi
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shoot   ▶ (sprout) umunago
 (tiny, of bean or other plant) umugoreko
 (new shoots of grass, fresh pasture) umugutu
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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shopkeeper   ▶ umunyabutike
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shrink   ▶ gutuna, kwītuna
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shrivel   ▶ kwītuna
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shriveled   ▶ (to be, flesh) kunyūnyūka
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shrub   ▶ igisaka, akagundu k'ibiti, agati
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sick   ▶ (person) umurwāyi
(child) uruzingo
(to be) kurwāra, kuyōka
 (to be often) kurwāragurika, kubūnga
 (i.e. indwara irambūngamwo)
(to assist ~ person in walking) kwāndāza
 (to make) kurwāza
 (to be taken ~ suddenly, supposedly from python looking at one) gukāngwa
 (to visit the ~) gusuhūza
 (to take care of the ~) kurwāza
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side   ▶ (of person) urubavu
 (not of person) uruhānde
 (on this ~) hīno
 (on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
 (on that ~) hīyo
 (on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
 (on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
 (on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
 (to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
 (to lay someone on his) gukīkira
 (to lie on one's ~) gucurama
 (to put to one ~) guherereza
 (to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura
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sigh   ▶ guhēmūka, guhumēka, kuniha
(with disgust or displeasure) guhigimānga
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silent   ▶ (to be) gucereza, guhora, kwihorera, kunuma
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singing   ▶ ururirimbo, indirīmbo
 (dancing with ~) uruvyino
 (pastoral ~, sung poetry) ibicuba
 (sung legend) igitito
 (post-drinking song) amayaya
 (pastoral ~) umuvovoto
 (sentimental evening ~) ikilito
 (~ for the hunt) gukokeza
 (to lead in ~) kuririmbisha
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sinner   ▶ umunyavyāha
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sister   ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa
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size   ▶ ijunja, ubunini
 (to be the same) kuringanira
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skilled   ▶ inkerebutsi
(person) umuhānga, umuhīnga, umuhizi, umugesera, umufūndi (Sw.), umuntu w'inkuba
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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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skinned   ▶ (to be ~ by a blow) kuramuka
 (to be ~ by falling) gukunguka
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skip   ▶ (along) kunonera
 (over) kurēngānya
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slander   ▶ igitutsi
 (to ~) gucōkōra, gukera, gusiba, gutuka
 (a superior unintentionally, but he believes it intentional) kurengwa
 (to say a lot of slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
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slaughterhouse   ▶ icuniro, ibāgiro
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sleepy   ▶ (to be) guhunikira, guhūnyiza
 (to be so ~ one falls over and stays there) gufurama
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slide   ▶ (to) kunyika, gusiduka, gutemuka
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slip   ▶ kunyerera
 (down on spear, meat if it slips it's supposedly diseased) gushōka
 (out little by little, e.g. nail) kwīdohōra
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slippery   ▶ (to be) kunyerera
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smash   ▶ (to) gufyonyora
 (as grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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smell   ▶ ububabwe, ubumote
 (to ~, vt) kwīnukiriza, kwūmva, kwūmviriza, kwīmōtereza
 (to smell bad, vi) kunūka
 (to smell good, vi) kumōta
 (smell spreading, smell filling the air, vi) gutāmirana
 (to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
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smoke   ▶ umwōtsi
 (to ~) gufūmba
 (to ~ tobacco) kunywa itabi
(e.g. green wood) gufūrēka
 (to go up in) gupfūnduka
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smooth   ▶ (to be) kurēmba
 (to ~ out) gukana, gukuyēngeza
 (to make) gukurūngira, gusena, gupfunyūra
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snatch   ▶ kunyakura
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sneak   ▶ (along) kubūndabūnda, kwīyombayomba
 (in) kunyegētera
 (out) kwīyonjorora
 (out of an argument or obligation) kwīdohōra
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so many  ▶ –ngaho
 (to be) kungana
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soap   ▶ isabuni
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soapy   ▶ (water) amazi arimwo isabuni
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sob   ▶ gusarara
 (silently) gupfunagira
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solitude   ▶ irungu
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son   ▶ umuhūngu
 (of) mwene
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sore   ▶ igikomere
 (little) akarōnda
 (to be) gutonekara
 (in one's muscles) kunywāguka
 (to hit a ~ place) gutoneka
 (to have running sores) kujējēta
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sorrow   ▶ umubabaro, akabōnge, agahīnda, ishavu, intūntu, intimba
 (words that remains in heart causing sorrow) isata burēnge
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sparrow   ▶ (smallsome blue, some red) ifundi
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speak   ▶ (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
 (all speaking together) imvugarimwe
 (to ~) kuvuga
 (against) guhāririza
 (carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
 (distinctly) gutobora
 (distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
 (evil of one another) gucurikanya
 (evil of) gukana, kunegura
 (evil of the king) kurogota
 (evil of a ruler) kuyoba
 (fearlessly) kwūbahuka
 (foolishly) kudebagura
 (hatefully) gucobogoza
 (hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
 (in a mysterious language) gufobeka
 (incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
 (many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
 (sarcastically) kurtyekeza
 (the truth) guhinyuza
 (thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
 (unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
 (very beseechingly) kubobōteza
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
 (without arriving at point) kurerembuza
 (to cause to) kuvuza
 (to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
 (to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
 (give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
 (refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa
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speechless   ▶ (to be, in defeat, surprise, misfortune) kwūmirwa
 (to be with shame or fear) gutētērwa
 (to be with surprise or defeat) kujorerwa, kujumarara
 (to leave one ~, astound) kujoreza
 (to render) kwūmiza
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spill   ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
 (anything not liquid) gusanzāra
 (over) gusēsekara
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split   ▶ (vi) kurara
 (vt) gutānya
 (in two) kwīmānya
 (open, as over-ripe beans) gusaragurika
 (up) kwōmānza
 (wood) gusatura
 (to be split open as flesh when wounded) kugāguka
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sprinkle   ▶ gusukira, kuvōmera
 (vi) kumījira
 (vt) gucūcagira, kumīja, kumījagira
 (as with powder, salt) kumemēra
 ('medicine' around house to protect it from evil) gutota
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sprout   ▶ umugera, ingūndu, umunago
 (bean) umugōndōra
 (sorghum) ikirōnge
 (to ~) kumera
 (to ~, millet) gusēsa
 (after cutting) kunaga
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spurting   ▶ (of blood) umupfūnda
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squash   ▶ umwūngu, igikunga
 (leaves) umusoma
 (seed, plant) uruyūzi
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squint   ▶ guhwīnyiriza, guhunyereza
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stagger   ▶ (around) kujūjūta, kugoyagoya
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stalk   ▶ (of bananas) igitoki
 (of sorghum) igishakshaka
(to fall from) guhūnguka
 (to pluck from) kumyōza
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star   ▶ urunyenyēri, inyenyēri
 (morning star) agaturuturu
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starch   ▶ ibifufu vyo mu mfungurwa
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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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starter   ▶ (entrēe) imfungurwa ntanga kayabagu
(hors d'oeuvre) imfungurwa nyitangizo
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steal   ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
 (from each other) kwībana
 (habitually) guhīmbira
 (to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa
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steeple   ▶ agashūngēre
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stick   ▶ igiti
(for beating drum) umurisho, umukembe
(large, stuck in ground) inkīngi, igikīngi
(short, club) ingāge
(stuck in person) urubāngo
(thrown to kill bird etc.) injugujugu
(walking) inkoni
(with nail in end) umuhūnda
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stink   ▶ kunūka
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stir   ▶ gucucuma, kuvānga, kuvāngavānga, kuvurūnga
 (around) gucambagirana
 (in one's sleep) guhahamuka
 (porridge) gushigisha
 (up trouble) kugūmūka
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stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
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stoop   ▶ gutumbūra
 (down) kujōndamika, kwūbama
 (over) kwūnama
 (to go along stooped over) kubūndabūnda
 (to make another ~) kwūnamika
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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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stopper   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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storekeeper   ▶ umunyabutike
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storm   ▶ (wind and rain) inkūbi
 (wind) inkūrūma
 (noise of approaching) umugigimo
(thunderstorm) ikivura
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story   ▶ (in sense of fable) umugani
 (in sense of riddle) igisōkōzanyo
 (fairy) igitiko
 (news) inkuru
(sung legend) igitito
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stove   ▶ ifuro, izīko, amashiga y'ikizungu
 (portable) iresho
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straight   ▶ (to be) kugororoka, kudadarara
 (to be very) gutūngāna
 (to make) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (to make ~ for) gutūmbereza
(to stand up ~) guhagarara
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stranger   ▶ umunyamahānga, umunyankīko
 (from across border) injabuka
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strangle   ▶ kuniga
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stretch   ▶ (vi) kwāguka, kweguka
 (vt) kwāgura
 (oneself) kwīgorōra
 (oneself out on ground) kurambarara
 (a bow) gufōra
 (out, vi) kwirāmvura
 (out, as skin for drum) gukana
 (out arm) kurāmvura
 (out skin to dry by pegging) kubāmba
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strike   ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
 (against in order to knock down) gusita
 (down and almost kill) kurabika
 (one against the other, knees) gukomānya
 (oneself) kwīkubita
 (oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
 (sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
 (thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
 (prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
 (to raise one's arm to) kubangurira
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strive   ▶ gukobeza, gushīshikara, guharanira
(~ after) gukovya
 (~ and crowd together) kuvurungana
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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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struck   ▶ (to be, by lightning) guhūndagara
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struggle   ▶ (to stir) gucambagirana
(to have a hard life) kunamba
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strut   ▶ (about in fine clothes) kunibaniba
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suck   ▶ (esp. juice out of fruit) kunūnuza
 (to eat by sucking only, as candy) kuyongobeza, kuyungubiza
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sucker   ▶ (on plant) ingūndu, umuvyāro
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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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Sunday   ▶ icūmwēru, umusi w'Imāna, kuw'Imāna, kuwa Mungu (Sw.), kw'iyīnga
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superintendent   ▶ umushikirwa, umuntu ahishirigwa
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supple   ▶ (to be) kunōnōka
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suppository   ▶ ikinini bacisha mu kibuno
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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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surround   ▶ kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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swamp   ▶ urufūnzo, umurago, ikidigi
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tail   ▶ umurīzo
 (to cut off tail of animal) gukēmūra
(to wag ~) kuzungagiza
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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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talk   ▶ kuyāga, gusakuza, kugānīra
 (foolishly, or act) gusaragurika
 (give discourse) kugamba
 (in one's sleep) kurāzirana
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) guhogora
 (a lot) kuregeteza
 (nonsense when drunk) kuvōvōta
 (over) gutegēranya
 (slanderously) kuvōvōta
 (together in whispers) kunwengurana, kwītōnganya
 (to oneself) kwītonganya
 (unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to sit together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (one who talks a lot, esp. tells others what to do) ingāre
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tall   ▶ –rē-re, muremure etc.
(or big thing, esp. person) ingāma
(e.g. umuntu w'ingama)
(and fat) ikigwīnyīra
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tame   ▶ kugandūra, kugūnda, kumenyēreza
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teeth   ▶ amēnyo (see also tooth)
(grinding of) insya z'amēnyo
 (very close together) impatane
 (to brush the) kwīnyugunura, kwīyugunyura
 (to get the first) kwēra
 (to grit) gukomānya, kuzyēgenya
 (to grit one's ~ to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
 (to notch) guhongora
 (to pull) guhongora
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that   ▶ (demonstrative, with class agreements) uwo, -rya, urya, -rīya, urīya uno, wa
(demonstrative, invariable) nya
(conjunction) ko, ngo, yūko
(in orther ~) kugira ngo
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then   ▶ buno, maze, rero, kuramuka (e.g. aramutse agenda – and then he went)
(and ~) kāndi
(and ~ afterwards) hanyuma
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thief   ▶ umwāmbuzi, umuhumbūzi, umwīvyi, umunyazi, umusuma, igisuma
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thin   ▶ -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
 (to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
 (to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
 (to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
 (to get very) kugōgōra
 (to ~ out plants) kwānkanya
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thinness   ▶ (excessive way loss) umunya
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thirsty   ▶ (to be) kunyoterwa, kugira inyota
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thorn   ▶ ihwa, igisata
 (bush) igisata
 (tree) umubambāngwe, umugūnguma, umurīnzi, umutobotobo, umunyinya
 (to remove) guhāndūra
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thread   ▶ urunyuzi, urusurusuru
 (shave off fibers for) gukubagura
 (of cotton etc.) urunyuzi
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throne   ▶ intebe
 (to come to) kwīma, kungoma
(to place on) kwīmika
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throw   ▶ (to) guta, gutēra
 (apart) gukumira
 (at each other) gutēranya
 (away) guta
(down) kujegeza
 (down from above) gukorora
 (forcefully) gushibura
 (on ground) kwegura, gukungura
 (out) gukugunya, kujugunyika
 (stick on ground which tumbles end over end) kubirika
 (water) kumīja
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thunder   ▶ umuturagaro, inkuba (refers to imaginary animal that makes the thunder)
(to ~) guturagara
 (thunderstorm) ikivura
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tie   ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
 (beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
 (clothes at waist) gukenyeza
 (cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
 (firmly) kudādira
 (neck of sack) kuniga
 (oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
 (securely) kudaga
 (together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
 (up a bundle) gutēkera
 (with knot) gupfundika
 (as goat in pasture) kuzirika
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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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time of day  ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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today   ▶ uyumunsi, uyu munsi
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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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tooth decay  ▶ ukubungwa, ukubora kw'amenyo
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top   ▶ (of roof) agatwe
 (of mountain or hill) impīnga, igikombe
 (to arrive at) kurēngēra
 (to cut ~ of grass or tree) gukēmūra
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topknot   ▶ isūnzu
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toss   ▶ (about on ground) kugaragurika
 (garment over shoulder) gukūba
 (and thresh about) kwīgaragura
 (to be tossed about) kuzungagizwa
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tower   ▶ umunara
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trample   ▶ guhonyanga, guhonyora, guhonyagura, gusiribānga, gukāndagira
 (unintentionally) gufyāta
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transplant   ▶ (young plants for transplanting) ingemwe, umuvyāro
 (to ~) kubadika, kubātura
 (to make little hole in ground for planting tree or plant) gukoba
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travel   ▶ kwāmbuka
 (through a country) kunyura
 (around) gutēmbēra
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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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tremble   ▶ guhīnda agashitsi, kujugumira
(as hands in grasping) gususumira
 (earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (in fear) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kudugudwa
 (of hands, from cold or fever) gutetemera
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trench   ▶ umufunegi, umufuregi, umukuku
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trouble   ▶ icāgo, amaganya, amagōrwa, amarushwa, akaga
 (to ~) kugōra
 (to be free from ~, when others have it) gucuna
 (to help one in ~) kwemānga
 (to stir up ~) kugūmūka
 (med) uguta umutwe
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trustworthy   ▶ (person) umwīzigirwa, umunyakuri
 (to be) kwīzigirwa
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truthful   ▶ (person) umunyakuri, 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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tuberculosis   ▶ igitūntu, agatūntu
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tumble   ▶ (splash and ~ as water in river) gusūriranya
 (down) gushunguruka
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turn   ▶ urubu
 (to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
 (to have one's) kuramukirwa
 (about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
 (against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
 (around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
 (around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
 (away, vt) guhīnda
 (back, vt) gukuba
 (as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
 (on side, vt) guhēngeka
 (one's head) gukebuka
 (over and over, vt) kugaragura
 (right side up) gucurūra
 (upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
 (upside down or wrong end to) gucurika
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ulcer   ▶ igikomere, igisebe
 (pain from tropical ~, one that develops rapidly) igitema
 (mouth ~) ibisebe biterwa n'isuna
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unable   ▶ (to be) kudashobora
(to do what one attempts) gutāna
 (to hear well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
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unashamed   ▶ (to be) kwerura, kutagira isoni
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unbroken   ▶ –zima
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uncertain   ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
 (to be, of what to do) kuzāzānirwa
 (to be, of what a person is, to go carefully because one does not know the path well) guhwihwisha
 (to go ~ of the way) guhushagirika
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uncertainly   ▶ (to go) guhushagirika, kudāguza
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uncivilized   ▶ (person) umushēnzi
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uncle   ▶ (paternal, my, our) dāta wacu
(paternal, your) so wānyu
(paternal, his, her, their) sewābo
(maternal, my, our) mārume
(maternal, your) nyokorume
(maternal, his, her, their) inarume
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unclean   ▶ (to be) guhumāna
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uncleanness   ▶ ubuhūmane
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uncooked   ▶ –bisi
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uncover   ▶ gupfukūra, gutwikurura
 (basket) kurumūra
 (to become) gupfunduruka
 (to be) gutwikururwa
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undecided   ▶ (to be) guhigima, kujuragira
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under   ▶ mūsi, mūsi ya
(~ a bed) urutara
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under-clothing   ▶ (long one piece garment) umugega
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underhanded   ▶ (to persuade someone in ~ way) kubembeteranya
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undernourishment   ▶ ingaburo idakwiye, indya
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undershirt   ▶ (vest) umwambaro w'uruyoya
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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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understandable   ▶ (to be) gutāhūka, kwūmvīkana
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understood   ▶ (to be) kurangūka, gutāhūka
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underwear   ▶ ikariso
(for women) impuzu zo munsi
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undiluted   ▶ –novu
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undo   ▶ gusambūra
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undress   ▶ (to) kwāmbura
 (oneself) kwīyāmbura
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unexpected   ▶ (thing) icūbirizi
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unexpectedly   ▶ (to come, to happen, finding one unprepared) kwūbīra
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unfold   ▶ kugarānzura, kuzīngurura, gupfunyūra
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unfortunate   ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
 (to be) guhumirwa
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ungrateful   ▶ (person) intashīma
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unhook   ▶ kugobōtoza
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uninhabited place  ▶ agahīnga, ubutēri, ubutēritēri
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unintelligent   ▶ (to be) kudebagura
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unison   ▶ (in) icārimwe
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unite   ▶ (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
 (unite in) gupoperaniriza
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unity   ▶ ubumwe
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unkind   ▶ (to speak unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
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unknown   ▶ (to be) kuyoberana, kuyobera
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unless   ▶ shiti
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unload   ▶ gutūnda, gutūra
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unmake   ▶ (bed) gusasūra
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unpleasant   ▶ (to be) gushisha
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unrecognizable   ▶ (to make) kuyoberanya
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unripe   ▶ –toto
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unroll   ▶ kuzīngurura
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unsewn   ▶ (to come) gusonoroka, kubāruruka
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unstable   ▶ (to be) guhindagurika, kurārāta
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unsteady   ▶ (to be) kuzūnga, kuzūngazūnga
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unstitch   ▶ gushohora
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unstop   ▶ kuzibūra
 (become unstopped) kuzibūka
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unsuccessful   ▶ (to be) gutāna
 (try repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
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untie   ▶ kubohōra, kudādura, kuzitura, guhamburura, gupfundurura
 (cow's legs after milking) kujishura
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untied   ▶ (to come) kubohōka, gupfunduka
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until   ▶ kugeza aho
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untroubled   ▶ (to be) kudayadaya
 (to make) kugāzagāza
 (to be having surfeited) kugāyagāya
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untrustworthy   ▶ (person) igihūmbu
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untwist   ▶ guhotorora
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unwanted   ▶ (child) intabwa
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unwilling   ▶ (be ~ to commit oneself) kwīyumānganya
 (be ~ to look one in the face) kwīyobagiza
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unwillingly   ▶ (to do) kugoyagoya
 (to obey) kugambarara
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unwillingness   ▶ (~ to be told) itūntu
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unwise   ▶ (person) igihūmbu
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unwisely   ▶ (to speak) kurofokwa
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unwrinkled   ▶ (to become) gupfunyūka
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urinate   ▶ (to) gusōba, kunyara
 (cow) kugānga
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Urundi   ▶ Burundi
 (inhabitant of) Umurundi
 (language of) ikirundi
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value   ▶ ijūnja, akamaro, ikimazi
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victor   ▶ (to be ~) kunēsha, gutsīnda
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violation   ▶ (wrong done which deserves punishment) umuziro
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visit   ▶ kugēndera, kugēndagēndera, kurāba, gutēmbēra (Sw.), gusēmbēra, guterabiri, kuyāga
 (a friend) kubūngirana
 (the sick, to go to help one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (someone important) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to retun from visiting chief) gushengurūka
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vitality   ▶ (to have) kunōnōka
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volcano   ▶ ikirunga
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wag   ▶ (tail) kuzungagiza
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wait   ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
 (for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
 (for another a long time) kugungarara
 (for someone expected) gutegereza
 (opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
 (the right moment) guhēngēra
 (wait!) hīnge!
 (waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo
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wall   ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, uruhome
(inside house) urusīka, igisīka
(surrounding) uruzitiro
 (to ~) kuzitira
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wart   ▶ isunūnu, intongāngira
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wasting disease  ▶ (person with) umunywera
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watch   ▶ kurīnda, guterama, kuba māso
 (as night watchman) kurārīra
 (i.e. workers) kurereka
 (carefully) kugendeza, kugēnza
 (flock) kuragira
 (for) gusūra
(house) gusānga
 (out for danger) guhwebutsa
 (over) kubūngabūnga, kugendeza, guteramira, kuzigama
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watchman   ▶ umurinzi, umuteramyi, umunyezamo (Sw.), umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. in daytime) umusānzi
 (night) umurāririzi
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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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watering   ▶ ukuvōmera
(can) ishwāro, ikivōmerezo
(place) urugomero, urugomero rw'inka, rw'ibitungwa
(to make a ~ place) kugomera
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wave   ▶ ingūnza, umupfūnda, umukuba
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wealth   ▶ ubutūnzi, ubukire
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wear   ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
 (belt, girdle) gukenyera
 (many clothes) guhūnda
 (out) gushira, gutamiza
 (out completely) guhombōza
 (out person) gutamya
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weather   ▶ (severe cold) igikonyozi
 (cloudy but not rainy) urufuri
 (to be cool) gupfuka
 (to turn bad suddenly) gufurūngana
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weave   ▶ (to) kujīsha, gupfundika, gutsiba, gusobanya
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weevils   ▶ (to have) kubūngwa
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well   ▶ nēza
 (to be) kuguma, gukomera
 (to be, esp. of old people) kudūndēga
 (to not be) kuyōka
 (to get) gukira, kurokoka
 (to get after serious illness) kurēmba
 (to get when others around are dying) kurokoza
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wet   ▶ –bisi
 (vt) kunyāgira
 (to be dripping) kujōba
 (to get ~ in rain) kunyāgirwa
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whirring   ▶ (sound of stick or string whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
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whisper   ▶ (to) kwītōnganya, kwōngorera, kunwengurana
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whispers   ▶ ivyōngoreranyo
 (sound of) ivyōngoshwe, utwōngoshwe
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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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wife   ▶ umugēnzi, umugore
(abandoned) intabwa
(favorite) inkūndwākazi
(wife of) muka
(wife of king, chief) umwāmikazi
(to bring back ~ after she's gone home) gucūra
(to lose ~ by death) gupfākara
(to send ~ back to husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
(to take) kwābīra
(to take, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
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win   ▶ (to) kunēsha
 (to ~ a case) gutsīnda, gutsīndisha
(to ~ elections) gutsinda amatora
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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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wink at  ▶ kuvunira akagohe
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wire   ▶ urubāngo, urubari, urunāri
 (coarse) urutāhe
 (copper, fine) ikidodi
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wise   ▶ (person) umunyabwēnge, akaranda
 (to be) gukerebuka
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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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wither   ▶ gukaba
 (to be withered, flesh) kunyūnyūka
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wobble   ▶ (to) kunyoganyoga
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wood   ▶ igiti
(chunk of) ikigiga, urugiga
(for fire) inkwi, urukwi
(of the hut) umugānda
(to put ~ on fire) gukomānya
(to work with) kubāza, ibiti vyo kwubaka
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wording   ▶ (cheque) urutonde rw'itungo
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work   ▶ igikorwa, akazi (Sw.)
(amount assigned) ikivi
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workman   ▶ umukozi, umunyakazi
 (skilled) umufundi (Sw.)
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa
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worm   ▶ inzōka
 (tapeworm) igikāngaga
 (white, found in soil) igikogoshi
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wormy   ▶ (to be) kubūngwa
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worthy   ▶ (person ~ of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
 (to be ~) kubērwa, gukwīra
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wreath   ▶ urugori
 (such as put around basket with gift) umwīshwa
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wrinkle   ▶ umukanya
 (as in cloth) umupfunyu
 (in face) umunya, injebejebe
 (to ~) gupfunya, gupfunyirana
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wrinkled   ▶ (to be) kwītuna, gupfunywa, gupfunyirana
 (to begin to get ~ with age) gukāmba
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wrong   ▶ (a ~ done which deserves punishment) umuziro
(~ side of cloth) uruhande rubi rw'impuzu
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young   ▶ –to, -tō-to, –toya, –tonya
 (of animal) umwāna, icāna, umukāngara
 (of small animal) imbūnda
 (plants for transplanting) ingemwe
 (girl, unmarried) inkumi
(man, unmarried) umusore
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younger   ▶ (the ~ or, youngest) umuhererezi
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youth   ▶ (age group) ubusore
 (young man) umusore
 (youth) intōre
 (youth mob) imisore
 (group of) urwaruka
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identity   ▶ (card) akarangamuntu
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guave   ▶ ipera, ipera y'ikizungu
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passion fruit  ▶ itunda, marakuja
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sorghum   ▶ ihūndo, amasāka, amahonda
 (plant) umuyānge
 (sprout) ikirōnge
 (stalk) igishakashaka
 (to prepare ground for) guhānda
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town   ▶ ikomine (Fr. commune)
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politician   ▶ umunyapolitiki
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guinea pig  ▶ imbeba y'ikizungu
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tidy   ▶ (up) gutunganya
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cleaning-up   ▶ ugutunganya
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university   ▶ kaminuza, ishūre nkuru
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professor   ▶ umuprofeseri
 (university professor) umwigisha wa kaminuza
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American   ▶ (person) umunyamerika
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Burundian   ▶ Umurundi
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slippers   ▶ ibirato vyo munzu
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African   ▶ (person) umwirabura, umunyafirika
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Rwandese   ▶ Umunyarwanda
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Rwandan   ▶ (person) Umunyarwanda
 (language) Kinyarwanda, ikinyarwanda
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Congolese   ▶ (person) umunyekongo, umukongomani
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pleased   ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa
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adolescent   ▶ (young man) umusore
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bachelor   ▶ (unmarried young man) umusore
 (middle aged) igikwerere
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herdsman   ▶ umwūngere
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lift   ▶ (to give a ~) kwūnguruza
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dine   ▶ (eat) gufungura
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poetry   ▶ (sung ~ in honor of cattle) ibicuba
 (sung legend) igitito
 (to recitate lyrical ~) kwishongora
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legend   ▶ (sung legend, poetic) igitito
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warrior   ▶ (young traditional) intore
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lover   ▶ umukūnzi
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cross   ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
 (to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
 (to make ~) gushavuza
 (to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
 (to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
 (to ~ road) kwambuka
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condition   ▶ (state, shape) ukumererwa, ubumere
 (good discursive ~) ijāmbo
(good physical ~) ijūnja
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love   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda, kugomwa
 (to cause to ~) gukūndīsha
 (deeply and obey) kunogēra
 (~ each other) kunogerana, gukūndana
(turn against one you've loved) gucāna
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vagina   ▶ igituba, umusundi, igisundi
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chigoe flea  ▶ imvūnja, ivūnja
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manly   ▶ (to be ~) kunōnōka
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bottom   ▶ ikibuno
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bum   ▶ ikibuno
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temper   ▶ ibicunduguta
(bad ~) umujinya
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tire   ▶ (to ~ out) kunanira, kunaniza, guzamiza, gutamya
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gasoline drum  ▶ ingūnguru
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unjust   ▶ (to be ~, to favor unjustly) kubera
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acclamation   ▶ (cry of ~) impūndu
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bifurcate   ▶ kunyurana
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blame   ▶ (to ~) kunegura, gupfāna
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bow   ▶ (to ~ down) gucurama, kwūnama
 (to ~ the head) kwūnama
 (to ~ the neck) kugōnda izosi
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breakfast   ▶ akavunamusase
 (~ tea) akāyi
(to have a ~ tea) gufata akāyi
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chest   ▶ (of body) igikiriza, igitūntu, agatūntu
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chimpanzee   ▶ impūndu
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comfortable   ▶ (to be) kunōnōka
(make yourself ~!) murisānze
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concise   ▶ (to be) gupfunya ijambo
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cover   ▶ (to ~) gupfuka, gufuka
(to ~ oneself) kwīpfuka
 (to ~ dish, etc.) gupfūndikira
(to ~ a basket) kurumya
(mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(well) gutwikīra
(to take ~ from rain) kwūgama
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crumb   ▶ akavunguka
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crumble   ▶ (to) kuvūnguka
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cut   ▶ (wound) uruguma
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unconsciousness   ▶ intere
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dear   ▶ (person) mukūndwa
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dress   ▶ (wound) gusomōra
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earn   ▶ (to) kwūnguka
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epistaxis   ▶ umwuna
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lucky   ▶ (to be) gucuna, guhīrwa, kuroranirwa
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fight   ▶ (to ~) kurwāna, kunigana, kurandagura, gusugurirwa,
(vt) kurwānya
(~ and defete completely) kunūtsa
(aggrevate a ~) kubūnga
(for) kumaranira
(for independance) kumēnja
(in fun) gukubagura
(one bigger than oneself) guhaga
(to pick a ~) gusōtōra
(to provoke a ~) gusōmborotsa
(to stop fighting) gutātūka
(with equal force) kurindana
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fun   ▶ ubuhīrwe
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gain   ▶ inyungu, imāri (Sw.)
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back pain  ▶ kuvunika umugōngo
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person   ▶ umuntu
(bad) umubi
(Black or African) umwirabura
(cross) ibāmba
(courageous) intwāri
(dedicated to Kiranga) igihwēba, igishegu
(dishonest) igihūmbu
(elderly) umusāza
(fearful) igihumura
(from far away) umunyankīko
(good, kind, just, holy, righteous) umwerānda
(grammar, ~ of verb) umuvugwa
(handsome) umuhizi
(hard to get along with) ikigoryi
(harsh) umuhāmbāzi
(honest, speaking truth) imvugakuri, umunyakuri
(honorable) umupfāsoni, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(intelligent, skilled, eloquent) umuhānga
(kind and charitable) umukūndanyi
(lovable) umunyagikūndiro
(malformed) ikirema
(mean and quarrelsome) ikijōra
(meek) umugwanēza
(merciful) umunyembabazi
(miserable) umugōrwa
(of high rank, noble character) umupfāsoni
(of nice disposition) ikirende
(one by himself) inyakamwe
(sharp) inkazi
(skillful) umuntu w'inkuba, umugesera
(strong) umunyenkomezi
(stubborn) intakonywa, intābwīrwa
(tall, fat) ikigwīnyīra
(weak) umugoyigoyi, urudēndevu
(white) umuzungu, umwera
(who is great, severe, wise) akaranda
(with many children) umurēngera
(worthy of praise or love) umunyagikūndiro
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lie   ▶ (to ~ about waiting on someone) kugangarara
 (to ~ around ill long time) kuvūnda
 (to ~ down) kuryāma
 (to ~ down on the back) kugarama
 (to ~ fallow) gusiba
 (to ~ in wait for) kuryāmira, kugēnza
 (to ~ on one's face) kwūbika inda
 (to ~ on one's side) gucurama
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like   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda
 (to ~ for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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weight   ▶ uburiba
(to lose) kunamba
(to lose a lot of ~) kugōgōra
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work   ▶ (to ~) gukora
 (at several tasks at once) kujuragira
 (carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
 (complainingly) kugimīra
 (for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
 (for oneself) kwīkorera
 (hard) gucumukura, gutama
 (hard at) kuramiriza
 (lazily) kuregarega
 (rapidly) gufuruguta
 (together) gukorana
 (unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
 (with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
 (with wood) kubāza
 (with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
 (to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
 (to do housework) kugora
 (to feign) gushaza
 (to put to) kwāhura
 (to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
 (to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
 (to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira
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pay   ▶ (to ~) gutānga, guhēmba
 (bribe to win one's case) kwihonga
 (debt) kwīshura
 (dowry) gukwa
 (for work done) guhēmba
 (fee) kubugura
 (homage to) guhōngera, gushengera, gushengerera
 (no attention to) gusamāra, gutimba
 (salary) kugerera
 (money into account) kubika amahera
 (to make up for wrong doing) kwīcungura
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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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massage   ▶ (to ~) gusīga
 (to ~ a bump so it doesn't swell or hurt) kunyīngisha
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form   ▶ (to ~, as mould) kubūmba, gufyātura
 (to ~ grains) guhūnda
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question   ▶ (to ask) kubaza
 (to ~ in sense of examine) gucaca
 (to ~ carefully) gucunaguza, gucunaguriza
 (to ~ so strongly that one dares not deny again) kujīnjibura
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cry   ▶ (to ~, weep) kurira, kwāna, kwānira
 (to give ~ of alarm) gukoma induru
 (to give startled ~) gutura ubuku
 (to sob silently) gupfunagira
 (out) kuyogora
 (out for help) kuborōga
 (to ~, young about to die) kwānāna
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pile   ▶ (to ~ together) gukumakuma
 (to ~ up) kurūnda, kurūndarūnda
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tied   ▶ (to be) guhāmbīrwa, kubohwa
(to be ~ with) kubohēshwa
(to be ~ as goat) kuzirikwa
(to be easily ~) kuboheka
(to come un~) kubohōka
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I love you  ▶ ndagukūnda
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filter   ▶ akayungiro
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romance   ▶ urukūndo
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plant   ▶ (to ~) gutēra
 (to ~ broadcast) kumījīra
 (first) gushūza
 (small seeds) kubiba
 (to be loaded with fruits or grain) gutēngerera
 (to be lush and green) gutotahara
 (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
 (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
 (to help ~, throw beans in soil as other hoes) gutēragira
 (to put forth branches) gushamika
 (to put out big spreading branches) gusagarara, gutabarara
 (to send forth shoots) gutōha
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point   ▶ (to) kwereka
(to ~ at) kugena, kugenekereza, gutūnga urutoke
(~ out the way) kugereraniriza
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mason   ▶ umwūbatsi, umufūndi
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meal   ▶ imfungurwa
(to have a ~) gufungura, kurya
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moaning   ▶ umuniho, akaborōgo
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own   ▶ (to) gutūnga
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pack   ▶ (to) gupakira
(to ~ down, vi) guhamāngira, kunyika
 (vt) kunyikiza, gutsindagira
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polyuria   ▶ (to have) kunyaragura
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excuse   ▶ (to) kubabarira, kuregūra, gutūnga
 (oneself) kwīregūra
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rock   ▶ (to ~ a baby) kuzungagiza
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sedentary   ▶ (to be) kuvūnda
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self-respect   ▶ ubwīkūnzi
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shell   ▶ (to ~, corn) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
 (to ~, peas, beans, peanuts, etc.) gutonora, gushishagura
 (in wooden mortar) gusekura
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altruism   ▶ akagōngwe, ubukūndanyi, ubuntu
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spoils   ▶ (sense of plunder) isahu, iminyago, urunyago
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spurt out  ▶ (to) kunega
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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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surprised   ▶ (to be) kujorerwa, gufata mpiri, kugwa mu gahundwe
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triumph   ▶ (to) kunēsha
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unblock   ▶ kuzibūra
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wail   ▶ (to ~) kuborōga, gukoma indūru, kuniha
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overseer   ▶ umuntu ahishirigwa
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anyone   ▶ umuntu uwo ari we wese, uwariwe wese
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romantic   ▶ (to be) gukūndana
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treasure   ▶ ubutūnzi
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everyday   ▶ buri munsi, burimunsi
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spring   ▶ (about June, early summer) impēshi
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season   ▶ (to ~) kwongereza akanovera, kurunga
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date   ▶ (to ~) gukūndana
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eloquence   ▶ imvugo
(paired with physical strength, seen as rare characteristic) ijūnja n’ijambo
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undergo   ▶ (to) kunyura
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anymore   ▶ ukundi
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universe   ▶ itazanure
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