up   ▶ hejuru
 (higher) haruguru
 (there) haruguru
 (to lift) gukiriza
 (to look straight) kurarama
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pry up  ▶ kubāndūra
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hang up  ▶ kumanika
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lift up  ▶ gukiriza, guterura
 (from ground) kurārūra
 (one who is lying down) kuvyūtsa
 (the head) kuraramuka
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shut up  ▶ kwūgara
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cheer up  ▶ (to ~) kwīshima
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giving up  ▶ (after trying several times) ibise, (rare word)
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what's up  ▶ (informal greeting) bite? amaki? n'amaki? amaho? umeze gute? gute none? gute? vyifashe gute?
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straighten up  ▶ (vt) gukirānura, kugorōra
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pep up,  season   ▶ (to ~) kwongereza akanovera, kurunga
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blow up,  explode   ▶ (to) guturika, gusāba
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heap up,  pile   ▶ (to ~ together) gukumakuma
 (to ~ up) kurūnda, kurūndarūnda
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wrap up,  conclude   ▶ (to) guheza
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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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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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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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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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pull   ▶ gukwēga, gushikura
 (by roots) gusitura, kumomora, kurandura
 (easily) kumomoka, gushikuka
 (things away from plant or tree) gukurira
 (~ out, ~ up stake) gushingūra
 (out of the mud) gushāyūra
 (teeth) guhongora
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spit   ▶ amate, igikororwa
(spurted from between teeth as indication of scorn) inyeri
(to ~) gucīra amate
(to ~ on) kuvuma amate
(~ up milk, baby) kubōga
(~ up phlegm) kuruka
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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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wrap   ▶ kwīfubika, gupfuka
 (new-born baby) kubīkīra
 (to be wrapped up together) kwīcumba
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kuva hasi (-vuye)   phr   ▶ to stand up
gucūka (-cūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to dry up (breasts), 2. to be weaned (baby)
gukuza (-kujije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to grow, to enlarge, 2. to bring up (child)
gupfūnduka (-pfūndutse)     v   ▶ to go up in smoke
kudūga (-dūze)     v   ▶ 1. to go up (as a hill), to ascend, 2. to rise (as bread, or anything containing leaven), 3. to increase
kuruka (-rutse)     v   ▶ 1. to vomit, 2. spit up phlegm
gupfunereza (-pfunereje)     v   ▶ to cause to eat a lot, to blow up (vt), or fill up (vt)
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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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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plate   ▶ isahāni, isahāne
 (to ~ as with silver) kumadika
 (to clean up one's ~ completely) gukōmba
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sleep   ▶ itiro
 (to sleep, to lie down and ~) kuryama
 (to fall asleep) gusinzīra
 (to jump in one's ~, to walk in one's ~) guhahamuka, kurandamuka
 (to nod in sleeping) gutūringiga
 (to put to, cause to) gusinziriza
 (sitting up) gutūringiga
 (to talk in one's) kurāzirana
 (to walk in one's) kurandamuka
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space   ▶ umwānya, ikibānza
 (open) agahīnga
 (a small space) akanya
 (cosmos) isaganirizo, isaganiro
 (to take up ~) gutabarara
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icīru (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ reparations, gift to make up for offending someone
gukuzwa (-kujijwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to grow, to be brought up (child)
kuvyūka (-vyūtse)   v   ▶ to arise, get up
kuvyūra (-vyūye)   v   ▶ to help another get up
kwāruka (-ārutse)     v   ▶ 1. reach the age of accountability, 2. to grow up
kwārura (-āruye)     v   ▶ to dish up food
kwīgura (-īguze)     v   ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything
kwītuna (-ītunnye)     v   ▶ 1. to be wrinkled, 2. to shrink, to shrivel up
kwūbuka (-ūbutse)   v   ▶ 1. to discover, 2. to come upon suddenly, 3. to jump up and run quickly
bundle   ▶ umuzigo
 (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying) ikigagara
 (of grass or grain) umukama
 (of sticks, rope) umugānda
 (to tie up a ~) gutēkera
 (clothes) ibaro
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ground   ▶ (earth) isi
(on the) hasi
 (dug up but not planted) amasinde
 (to put on) gutereka
 (to throw stick on ~ and it tumbles end over end) kubirika
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phlegm   ▶ igikororgwa
 (to spit up) kuruka
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gucurūra (-curūye)     v   ▶ to turn right side up
guhaga (-haze)   v   ▶ 1. to begin to head up (as grain), 2. to fight one bigger than yourself, 3. to blow air into (ball)
guheha (-heshe)     v   ▶ 1. to blow along, 2. to wipe up (esp. mother wiping baby)
gukeka (-ketse)     v   ▶ to cut up in small pieces
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
gukōba (-kōvye)     v   ▶ to draw up, roll up (vi), (e.g. a skin that's been wet)
gusasūra (-sasūye)     v   ▶ 1. to gather up grass that has been spread out, 2. to unmake a bed
gutaba (-tavye)     v   ▶ 1. to dig up the earth, 2. to prepare a place for building, 3. to level
guterūrwa (-terūwe)     v   ▶ to be lifted up
guterūza (-terūje)     v   ▶ to cause to lift up, lift up by means of
gutubika (-tubitse)     v   ▶ 1. to tie together, to tie up hole in sack, 2. to put on tourniquet
guturika (-turitse)     v   ▶ 1. to burst, 2. to break out (as with rash), to erupt, 3. to explode, detonate, blow up
guturira (-turiye)     v   ▶ to set fire to, to burn up (vt)
guturirwa (-turiwe)     v   ▶ to be burned up
kubaduka (-badutse)     v   ▶ 1. to get up quickly, 2. to grow well
kubōga (-bōze)     v   ▶ 1. to spit up milk (of baby), 2. to be full, 3. to be overflowing
kugūmūka (-gūmūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to revolt, 2. raise a clamor, 3. stir up trouble
kunoba (-novye)     v   ▶ to peck, pick up
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
kuramura (-ramuye)     v   ▶ 1. to swell up in welts (when beaten or burned), 2. to strike another and peel the skin off, 3. to put temper in metal, 4. to wean
kurārūra (-rārūye)     v   ▶ to lift up from ground, to raise higher, to take (cows) up hill
kuvyūtsa (-vyūkije)   v   ▶ to lift up one who is lying down
kuyōza (-yōjeje)   v   ▶ to gather up by means of
kwāndūra (-āndūye)     v   ▶ to take to put away, to gather up
kwīcumba (-īcumvye)     v   ▶ to be wrapped up together
kwīrunda (-īrunze)     v   ▶ to accumulate, pile up (vi)
kwīvyura (-īvyuye)     v   ▶ to get oneself up
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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ubusazi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) folly, willful stirring up of trouble
gufumbata (-fumbase)     v   ▶ 1. to close hands together, 2. to head up (e.g. cabbage)
gukanguka (-kangutse)     v   ▶ 1. to wake up (vi), 2. to jump
gukangura (-kanguye)     v   ▶ to wake up (vt)
gukavya (-kabiye)     v   ▶ to put food in sun to dry, to dry up (flower, corn silk)
gukekwa (-ketswe)     v   ▶ to be cut up
gukēsha (-kēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to spend all night without sleeping, 2. to clean up a place
gukīmbūka (-kīmbūtse)     v   ▶ to express one's thoughts, to stick up for another
gukōmba (-kōmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to use up, finish food (vt), 2. to clean up one's plate completely
gushaza (-shajije)     v   ▶ 1. to try to get out of work, appear as working but really doing nothing, 2. to adorn, decorate, dress up
gutōnda (-tōnze)     v   ▶ to stand in line, to line up (vi)
gutōrwa (-tōwe)     v   ▶ to be chosen, picked up
kumānyuka (-mānyutse)     v   ▶ to tear a big hole (vi), to break up
kuvyūkana (-vyūkanye)   v   ▶ to get up together, at same time
kuvāngūra (-vāngūye)   v   ▶ 1. to separate (vt), 2. to sort out, clear up
kuvūmbura (-vūmbuye)   v   ▶ 1. to have natural intelligence (yavumbuye ubwenge), 2. to pick up droppings of animals and put them in garden
kuzinduka (-zindutse)   v   ▶ to start early in the morning, to get up early
kwīburuka (-īburutse)     v   ▶ 1. to come up out of water, 2. to flow
kwūburuka (-ūburutse)   v   ▶ 1. to peel (vi) (skin after a burn), 2. to become right side up
kwūburura (-ūburuye)   v   ▶ to turn right side up
kwūburūrwa (-ūburūwe)   v   ▶ to be turned right side up
kwūgarana (-ūgaranye)   v   ▶ to shut up with
kwūnamuka (-ūnamutse)   v   ▶ to raise one's head, to raise up (vt)
umugimbi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ child up to 8 or 10 years
umuvyāro (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ little plant for transplanting, small trees that start up around big one
gucagagura (-cagaguye)     v   ▶ to break to bits, chop up in pieces
guhaguruka (-hagurutse)   v   ▶ to get up, to stand up
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
guharuruka (-harurutse)     v   ▶ 1. to let up work, 2. be bored with, 3. be displeased with, 4. to abandon
guhitira (-hitiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be put away, saved up for a year, 2. to be of the previous year (beans, etc.)
guhāmvya (-hāmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to meet, 2. catch up with, 3. to board
gukabika (-kabitse)     v   ▶ to cause to wilt, dry up
gukamurura (-kamuruye)     v   ▶ to dry up a swamp
gukekagura (-kekaguye)     v   ▶ to cut up
gukirānura (-kirānuye)     v   ▶ to straighten up (vt), to place in order, rearrange
gushingūra (-shingūye)     v   ▶ 1. to put away, take away, 2. pull up stake, to pull out, 3. to archive
gusorora (-soroye)     v   ▶ to come up thickly and thus not do well (of plants)
gusēzera (-sēzeye)     v   ▶ 1. to bid goodbye, to dismiss, 2. to fix up nice place to sit (old use)
gutaramura (-taramuye)     v   ▶ 1. to send one out of the room, 2. to reach up
gutarika (-taritse)     v   ▶ 1. to put up (e.g. arms), 2. to suspend
gutemagura (-temaguye)     v   ▶ to cut up small as reeds, boards, etc.
guterūrira (-terūriye)     v   ▶ to lift up at, for, because of
gutetera (-teteye)     v   ▶ 1. to be thoroughly drenched and cold, 2. to be drawn up from cold or being burnt, 3. to dry up and be stiff (food, clothes), 4. to be burnt (of food forgotten), 5. to be very healthy or strong, 6. to be solid, 7. to be dry
gutorora (-toroye)     v   ▶ to gather up little sticks, to glean
gutēkera (-tēkeye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up a bundle, 2. to prepare things for a trip
gutōbōra (-tōbōye)     v   ▶ to pick (peas, beans, berries) but not pull up vines
gutōragura (-tōraguye)     v   ▶ to pick up here and there
gutōragurwa (-tōraguwe)     v   ▶ to be picked up (wood)
gutōrera (-tōreye)     v   ▶ to choose, pick up at, for
kubarīra (-barīriye)     v   ▶ to sew, to stitch up
kubogeka (-bogetse)     v   ▶ to start to head up (of grains)
kubīkīra (-bīkīye)     v   ▶ 1. to book (a room, hotel) 2. to fix place for new baby, 3. to wrap up baby
kugegena (-gegenye)     v   ▶ 1. to cut up trees or sticks, 2. to whittle, to carve, 3. sharpen stick, 4. to slice crosswise
kugomera (-gomeye)     v   ▶ 1. to revolt against, 2. to dam stream to form watering place, to dyke up
kumanika (-manitse)     v   ▶ 1. to hang up, to suspend, 2. to raise up
kunobagura (-nobaguye)     v   ▶ to pick up (esp. as birds do)
kunūranura (-nūranuye)     v   ▶ to pick up bits of food here and there (esp. dog)
kuramukana (-ramukanye)     v   ▶ to get up in such and such a condition
kuraramuka (-raramutse)     v   ▶ to lift up the head
kuraramura (-raramuye)     v   ▶ to look up
kurārika (-rāritse)     v   ▶ to hire workers, to line up workers
kuvyīmba (-vyīmvye)   v   ▶ to swell up
kuyigiza (-yigije)   v   ▶ to burn up (vt), destroy by fire, to destroy
kuzibiza (-zibije)   v   ▶ to silence, to stop up
kuzīkuruka (-zīkurutse)   v   ▶ to bubble up
kwīcungura (-īcunguye)     v   ▶ to pay to make up for wrong doing
kwīkangura (-īkanguye)     v   ▶ to awaken, to wake up (vi)
cultivate   ▶ kurima
 (soil, soften up) kwōrohereza
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guhagurutsa (-hagurukije)   v   ▶ to have one stand up
guhindira (-hindiye)     v   ▶ to close up completely (esp. cows)
guhombōza (-hombōje)     v   ▶ to use up or wear out completely
gukanjagura (-kanjaguye)     v   ▶ to mix things up and pack them down together
gukirizwa (-kirijwe)     v   ▶ to be lifted up
gukāngaza (-kāngaje)     v   ▶ 1. to clean up a field, 2. take away grass that's been hoed out
gukīmbūkira (-kīmbūkiye)     v   ▶ to stick up for, point out truth to those arguing
gusegenya (-segenye)     v   ▶ to crowd up together (people sitting on floor)
gutangīra (-tangīriye)   v   ▶ 1. to hinder, 2. to close or block path, 3. to dam up
gutantamuka (-tantamutse)     v   ▶ to tear, rip up (vi)
gutantamura (-tantamuye)     v   ▶ to tear, rip up (vt)
gutēkerwa (-tēkewe)     v   ▶ to be tied, wrapped up
kugangara (-gangaye)     v   ▶ to dry up
kugegenwa (-gegenywe)     v   ▶ to be cut up crosswise
kugurugūmba (-gurugūmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to pound (of heart), 2. to boil up (water), to blister, 3. grow very fast (child)
kumanikwa (-manitswe)     v   ▶ to be hung up
kumarīsha (-marīshije)     v   ▶ to use up
kurandamuka (-randamutse)     v   ▶ 1. to speak thoughtlessly, loudly, 2. to walk in one's sleep, to start up in one's sleep, 3. to come all together at call of trouble
kurārikwa (-rāritswe)     v   ▶ to be hired, lined up
kuyāngika (-yāngitse)   v   ▶ to head up (of grains)
kuyōrēsha (-yōrēsheje)   v   ▶ to cause to pick up
kuzīngana (-zīnganye)   v   ▶ to roll up with
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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guhagarara (-hagaraze)   v   ▶ 1. to stand, stand up straight, 2. to stop, to halt, 3. to wait
guhitirana (-hitiranye)   v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
gutabarara (-tabaraye)     v   ▶ to be wide, to take up space, to put out big spreading branches
gutsīndāza (-tsīndāje)     v   ▶ 1. to stay in one place permanently, 2. to fill up
gutēkerera (-tēkereye)     v   ▶ 1. to tie up for, 2. prepare things for trip
kumanikira (-manikiye)     v   ▶ to hang up for
kuraramira (-raramiye)     v   ▶ to look up for
kuzīngīsha (-zīngīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to roll up
gukāngariza (-kāngarije)     v   ▶ to clean up field at, for
gusegenyeza (-segenyeje)     v   ▶ 1. to roll along, 2. to carry and put down frequently, 3. to crowd up together (people sitting)
gushigikira (-shigikiye)     v   ▶ to hold up, prop (something on ground, not high up)
gushigirika (-shigiritse)   v   ▶ to hold up
kugararisha (-gararishije)     v   ▶ to stir up revolt
kumanikīsha (-manikīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hang up, help to hang up, hang up with
kumānyagurika (-mānyaguritse)     v   ▶ to break up (vi)
kurangamiza (-rangamije)     v   ▶ to raise the head, look up
kurāngamira (-rāngamiye)     v   ▶ to look up
guhitikirana (-hitikiranye)     v   ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)
gutōndekanya (-tōndekanije)     v   ▶ to line up (vt)
kugabāngānya (-gabāngānije)     v   ▶ 1. to put in different places, 2. divide up (loads) among several
kuzingazinga (-zingazinze)   v   ▶ to roll up several times
umusēngesēnge (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ sparks or coals that go up with the smoke, soot
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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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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breast   ▶ ibere, ibisusu
(to dry up) gucūka
 (milk) amabērebēre
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cold   ▶ –bisi
 (in chest) agaherēra
(in head) agahiri, akamango, akamangu,
 (cough) inkorora
 (common cold, flu) ibicurane
 (weather) imbeho, ubukonje
 (weather, severe) igikonyozi
 (to be) gukōnja, gukanya, gutīmba
 (to be drawn up from ~) gutetera
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cow   ▶ inka
 (brownish black) ikirāyi
 (gray) uruhīza
 (white) igihororo
 (~ without horns) imvure
 (blood of, to drink) ikiremve
 (~ path) umuhōra
 (to be at rest) kuvyāgira
 (to be many) gusagara
 (to be many together) gusasa amahembe
 (to ask ~ from one to whom ~ was given) kwōkōza
 (to chase flies off) kuzīnga
 (to entrust ~s to another and they increase while there) gutongoza
 (to get medicine to make ~ like her calf) kwōrokereza
 (to lead) kuyobora, gushorera
 (to lead to pasture) guturutsa
 (to put skin of dead calf before ~ to make her to give milk) kwōrokēra
 (to return ~ or calf to one from whom one received a ~) kwōkōra
 (to take up hill) kurārūra
 (to tie legs while milking) kujīsha
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dish   ▶ isahāne, isahāni
(meal) ivyokurya
(pyrex) ikirahuri gikomeye bakoramwo ibikoresho vyo mu gikōni
(to ~ up food) kwārura
 (to do the ~es) kwoza ivyombo
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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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dyke   ▶ (to ~ up) kugomera
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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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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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gift   ▶ ingabano, ingabire, ishikanwa, itūro, ingemu, ikado
(of appreciation or thanks) ishīmwe, igishīmo
 (given on return from journey) iganūke
 (nothing expected in return) impāno
 (to chief to get something from him) ingororano
 (to make up for offending someone) icīru
 (to offer ~) gutereka, gutūra
 (to pass out ~, distribute) kugaba
 (to present, with something expected in return) kugemura
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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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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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heat   ▶ (to heat up) gushūsha, gususurutsa
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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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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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line   ▶ umurōngo
 (of people, animals, etc.) umuhururu, umukuku
 (typographical) umukwēgo, agakwego
 (to ~ up, vi) gutōnda
 (to ~ up, vt) gutōndēsha, gutōndekanya
 (to march in a ~) gutōndekana
 (to ~ up workers) kurārika
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lock   ▶ (to ~, to close) gukīnga
(to ~ person up) kudādira
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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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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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over-crowded   ▶ (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
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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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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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saved   ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira
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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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sit   ▶ kwīcara
 (to ~ fidgeting, or to go from place to place to ~ because others speak evil of you) kuyugayuga
 (of kings or rulers) kuvyāgira
 (together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (to fix up nice place to ~) gusēzera
 (place to ~) icīcaro, umusēzero
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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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soil   ▶ ivu, agataka
 (with much clay in it) inōmbe
 (to soften up) kwōrohereza
 (to be worn out) gutītūka
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stand   ▶ guhagarara
 (erect) kwēma, kwemarara
 (erect for a long time) gushibama
 (in a certain place) kubisiriza
 (in another's light) gukīnga
 (in line) gutōnda
 (on tiptoe) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
 (on tiptoe to get something) gusumburukwa
 (up) guhaguruka, kuva hasi
(to have one ~ up) guhagarika, guhagurutsa
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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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stitch   ▶ umubariro wo ku ruhande
(to ~ up) gusubira, kubarīra
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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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welt   ▶ umuramu, umushishagu
 (to swell up in ~ when beaten or burned) kuramura
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worker   ▶ umukozi
(in metals) umucūzi
 (paid) umucāngero
 (to hire, line up) kurārika
 (to send some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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amasinde    5   ▶ ground dug up but not planted
ibise    4   ▶ 1. childbirth, travail, 2. giving up after trying several times
igihitira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ something that's been saved up for a year (beans, etc.)
kwegeka (-egetse)     v   ▶ 1. to lean against (vt), 2. to prop up, 3. to put up a bee hive
kwīkakīsha (-īkakīshije)     v   ▶ to be proud, show off, puff oneself up
kwīmeza (-īmejeje)     v   ▶ to come up of itself (plant)
kwīshimikiza (-īshimikije)     v   ▶ to lean on (esp. in getting up)
kwītorera (-ītoreye)     v   ▶ to choose, pick up for oneself
kwīyegeranya (-īyegeranije)     v   ▶ to crouch, to curl up
kwīyorohereza (-īyorohereje)     v   ▶ to divide up work or load to make it easier
kwīzingīra (-īzingīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to roll up (vi), 2. to curl (vi)
kwōrohereza (-ōrohereje)     v   ▶ 1. to fertilize, 2. soften up soil
kwōrokereza (-ōrokereje)     v   ▶ 1. to get medicine to make cow like her calf, 2. to stand up for someone you trust
agaheta (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something better than others of its kind, supreme thing
akabāti (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ cupboard
akarwi (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ group of people, pile of wood
akavutu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ group of people going along
akavuvu   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ group of people moving along
gucuramika (-curamitse)     v   ▶ to turn upside down
gucurika (-curitse)     v   ▶ to turn upside down or wrong end to, to be upside down or wrong end to
gufasha (-fashije)     v   ▶ to help, to aid, to assist, to support
gufuka (-futse)   v   ▶ 1. to be cool, to be shady, to be fresh, 2. to wrap up, 3. to cover
gufukura (-fukuye)     v   ▶ to have sloping sides (like soup dish)
gufyonyoka (-fyonyotse)     v   ▶ 1. to break completely (vi), 2. to mash (vi), 3. to be thoroughly cooked, 4. to be completely mashed from being stepped upon
guhāmbīra (-hāmbīriye)   v   ▶ 1. to bind, to tie up, 2. to compel
guhura (-huze)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to eat what you've always eaten, 2. to take objects out of flesh (as witch traditional doctor supposedly does)
guhurira (-huriye)     v   ▶ 1. to itch, 2. to have an eruption
guhuriza (-hurije)     v   ▶ to cause an eruption
guhūza (-hūje)     v   ▶ 1. to put together, 2. to cause to meet, 3. to connect, to couple, to associate, 4. to coordinate
gukaba (-kavye)     v   ▶ to dry up, wither, wilt
gukama (-kamye)     v   ▶ 1. to milk, 2. to dry up, 3. evaporate, 4. decrease
gukamuka (-kamutse)     v   ▶ to dry up, to drip
gukamya (-kamije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to dry up, 2. empty out all of a liquid, 3. to absorb (liquid)
gukāngwa (-kānzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be frightened, thunderstruck, 2. to be taken sick suddenly (supposedly from python looking at one)
gukanura (-kanuye)     v   ▶ 1. to look up, 2. to open eyes
gukēka (-kētse)     v   ▶ 1. to suppose, 2. to suspect
gukenuka (-kenutse)     v   ▶ 1. to have one's needs supplied, 2. to have an abundance
gukiriza (-kirije)     v   ▶ to lift up, put higher
gukuba (-kuvye)     v   ▶ 1. to fold, roll up, 2. to threaten to rain, 3. turn back, to have to return home because of bad news
gupfuka (-pfutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be cool, to be shady, to be fresh, 2. to wrap up, 3. to cover
gusagaza (-sagaje)     v   ▶ 1. to surround, 2. to be in large group (esp. cows, or people sitting)
gushigikiza (-shigikije)     v   ▶ to cause or enable to hold up, support
gushīngwa (-shīnzwe)     v   ▶ to be agreed upon, to be driven in ground (stake)
gushirīsha (-shirīshije)     v   ▶ to use up, finish, cause to put
gushōka (-shōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to do quickly (esp. used by Batwa), 2. to go to drink (animals), 3. to slip down on spear (of meat they've put on tip – if it falls it's supposed to be diseased), 4. to fall accidentally on spear and be injured
gusibanganya (-sibanganije)     v   ▶ 1. to blot out, dig up, plough badly, 2. to fail to do one's task, 3. to neglect one's work
gusobanganya (-sobanganije)     v   ▶ to thoroughly mix up, interweave
gusorōranya (-sorōranije)     v   ▶ 1. to gather up, 2. to bring things and put them together to give to someone
gutānga (-tānze)     v   ▶ 1. to offer, pay, give, submit, offer, proffer, hand in, send in, put forward, issue, supply, furnish, 2. precede, be ahead of, to arrive before, 3. to die (of king)
gute  ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting among friends)
gute none   phr   ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting among friends)
guterura (-teruye)     v   ▶ 1. to lift up, 2. to carry, 3. to rape
gutōndēsha (-tōndēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to line up, 2. to list, (vt)
gutōra (-tōye)     v   ▶ 1. to choose, to elect, to vote, 2. to invite, 3. to pick up, to pick, 4. to adopt (habit)
gutororokanya (-tororokanije)     v   ▶ 1. to come one by one, to add to little by little, 2. put together, gather up, collect
gutūringiga (-tūringize)     v   ▶ to sleep sitting up, to nod in sleep
haruguru     adv   ▶ toward the top, higher up, inner room
hejuru     adv   ▶ above, up, on top
ibirashi    4   ▶ (no sing.) stuff in eyes when one wakes up, 'sand'
ibitēga    4   ▶ something supposed to be in a person making him sick
indwara y'ibitega person is bewitched and acts like a crazy person
icansi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ milk cup
icīshimikizo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ rest, something to lean on, (esp. in getting up, from kwīshimikiza)
igico (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ division, section, segment, group, troop
igihēko (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ amulet, charm (article supposed to have special power to protect)
igihūme (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ spirit, superhuman thing, a one-armed and one-legged ghost with grass growing out of its ears that lives in the valley (used as a serious insult)
igikānge (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ghost (thing which resembles person but has supernatural powers)
igikōmbe (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ (Sw.) 1. cup, mug, 2. small tin container
igikuze (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ adult, grown-up (from gukura)
igiturire (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. food and drink of rich man (ruler), (esp. honey), 2. corruption
ikibero (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper thigh, lap
ikibūnda (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pup, puppy, young of small animal
ikibwāna (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ puppy
ikigōmbo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. handle (e.g. of cup), 2. tire
ikizigira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper arm, humerus
imbonero (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pupil of eye
imboni (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ pupil of eye
imbūnda (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ puppy, young of small animal
inderetsi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. supervisor, 2. spy
indobeke (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ anything that is different from others in group
inkomānzi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. upset plans, rapping, tapping, 2. reason, cause
intēko (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ group (esp. of people), multitude
inyongera   phr   ▶ additional, supplementary, extra
isevu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ hiccough, hiccup
ishimikiro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ support (from gushimikira)
isupu (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ soup
isupu y'imboga   phr   ▶ vegetable soup
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 ~
ku     prep   ▶ 1. on, upon, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), 5. over
kubāndūra (-bāndūye)     v   ▶ 1. to pry up, 2. push out (e.g. wind bulges out cloth), 3. to appear suddenly (as sun at dawn)
kubōmboka (-bōmbotse)     v   ▶ 1. to swell up, 2. get big (e.g. skin in water), 3. get soft in water (from kubomba)
kubuza (-bujije)     v   ▶ 1. to hinder, prevent, suppress, 2. to forbid, to prohibit
kudadira (-dadiye)     v   ▶ 1. to lock one up, 2. to tie firmly
kudandahirwa (-dandahiwe)     v   ▶ to be drunk enough to feel superior
kudedēmvya (-dedēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to make delirious, 2. to ask stupid or indiscreet questions
kudōmbagiza (-dōmbagije)     v   ▶ to choose things or people from group not in consecutive order
kudunduhirwa (-dunduhiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be 'fed up' with something, 2. to be disgusted with something because of its frequency
kugaduka (-gadutse)     v   ▶ 1. to be dry, to dry up, 2. to die suddenly
kuganūka (-ganūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to send greetings, 2. to go home (often used in farewell to one's superior: ndaganutse)
kugānza (-gānje)     v   ▶ to rule over, govern (past also njije)
ganza, sabwe! long live the king! (greeting to superior)
kugayika (-gayitse)     v   ▶ 1. to be despised, 2. be looked down upon
kugendanira (-gendaniye)     v   ▶ 1. to follow, 2. accompany, 3. obey (a chief or superior)
kujānjagura (-jānjaguye)     v   ▶ to break up, to beat
kujōnjōra (-jōnjōye)     v   ▶ 1. to move to new location, 2. to leave group and go by oneself
kujūjūta (-jūjūse)     v   ▶ 1. to be foolish, 2. be abnormal, 3. to stagger around, 4. to be stupid
kumana (-manye)     v   ▶ 1. to be together, 2. to be neighbor, 3. to be a pair, to be a couple
kunōnōka (-nōnōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be healthy, have vitality, 2. to be supple, strong (as rope), 3. to be flexible, 4. to be comfortable, 5. to have virility, to be manly, to be homosexual (gay)
kunōnōra (-nōnōye)     v   ▶ to make supple, flexible
kurakara (-rakaye)   v   ▶ to be upset, to be angry
kuramukira (-ramukiye)     v   ▶ to get up, for, to greet authorities
kuranduka (-randutse)     v   ▶ 1. to die, perish, 2. to become uprooted
kurarama (-raramye)     v   ▶ 1. to look straight up, to raise eyes, 2. tip head back
kurēnguka (-rēngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to approach, come into sight, 2. to introduce oneself, 3. to answer to a superior when called, to come running
kurengwa (-renzwe)     v   ▶ 1. to slander a superior (not intentionally but he interprets it that way), 2. to break taboo
kuri    ▶ 1. to, 2. at, 3. on, upon, 4. for
kurūnda (-rūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to pile up, make a heap, 2. to accumulate
kurūndarūnda (-rūndarūnze)     v   ▶ to pile up, amass a lot
kuryana akameka   phr   ▶ to eat together from the bucket (lit.), to have homosexual intercourse (euphem. from prison language)
kuyōra (-yōye)   v   ▶ 1. to pick up, 2. to clear off, remove things
kuziga (-zize)   v   ▶ 1. to dye, 2. to think about, 3. to expect to get something, 4. to suppose
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
kuzīnga (-zīnze)   v   ▶ 1. to fold, roll up, 2. to chase flies off cows, 3. to not grow (because of too many seeds)
kuziririza (-ziririje)   v   ▶ 1. to absolutely refuse, 2. to superstitiously observe certain days, 3. to observe a taboo
kwenda (-enze)     v   ▶ to barely escape (e.g. yenze gupfa he nearly died)
kwēnzūra (-ēnzūye)     v   ▶ 1. to sweep, clean up, 2. to burst into light (dawn), 3. to have guest arrive just as food is all consumed
kwībwīra (-ībwīye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell oneself, 2. to conjecture, suppose
kwīshima (-īshimye)     v   ▶ 1. to be proud, 2. to cheer up, 3. to be happy, glad, to be excited
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwītwāra (-ītwāye)     v   ▶ to go to chief or superior for something (see ndakwītwāyeko)
kwōmānza (-ōmānje)     v   ▶ 1. to split up, cut lengthwise, 2. to play on instrument vigorously
kwōnjorora (-ōnjoroye)     v   ▶ 1. to leave abruptly, 2. stop talking abruptly though others continue, 3. to drop out of something because you know you're in the wrong
kwūbaka (-ūbatse)   v   ▶ 1. to build, to construct, 2. to be married (euphemism, to build own house is seen as prerequisite of mariage)
Ndubatse, I have built (I am married)
Sindubaka, I have not built yet (I am not yet married)
kwūbika (-ūbitse)   v   ▶ to turn upside down, to be upside down (esp. of basket)
kwūbikwa (-ūbitswe)   v   ▶ to be turned upside down
ndagize bwakeye   phr   ▶ Good morning (to a superior)
ndaguhaye bwakeye   phr   ▶ Good morning (to a superior)
ndakwīkebanuye   phr   ▶ goodbye (used when adressing a superior)
ndikebanuye   phr   ▶ goodbye (to a superior)
pfampfe   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ most intimate friend, (lit. ”you die - I die”, from gupfa)
sabwe     excl   ▶ present! here! (exclamation to a superior, lit. let it be asked)
ububīko (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. cupboard, 2. bank account
ubukenuke     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) abundance, supplying of need
ubukūngu     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ group of attendants or helpers to elders
ubuzimuzimu   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions
ugutunganya   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ the cleaning-up, the organising of
ukuguru (ama-)     9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ leg
umupira w'amaguru football, soccer
ukurandura   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ uprooting
umeze gute   phr   ▶ What's up? How is it? (informal greeting, from kumera)
umuce (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ division, section, group
umuco (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. light, daylight (sunny), 2. division, section, group, troop
umuhereza wa vino w'umwami (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ the king's cup bearer
umuntu ahishirigwa (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ overseer, supervisor, superintendent
umunyeshure (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ pupil, student (Rw.)
umunyushure (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ pupil, student
umurēmberezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ one who keeps police occupied while one sought escapes
umurimo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. task, 2. occupation, employment, 3. duty
umurwi (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ group, team
umushikirwa (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ superintendent
umwīgīshwa (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ pupil, student
umwūga (imy-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. craft, art, special skill, 2. occupation, profession
untūnge   phr   ▶ excuse me (when interrupting)
uruyoya (inzoya)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ infant, baby (up to 3 months)
urwaruka   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ (no pl.) youth, group of teenagers
urwāto (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ cup
vyifashe gute   phr   ▶ What's up? (greeting)
accomplice   ▶ (one who keeps police accupied while one sought escapes) umurēmberezi
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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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adhesive tape  ▶ (plaster) isuparadra
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adultery   ▶ ubusāmbanyi
(to commit) gusāmbana
(euphemistically, of man) kwīsomōra
(to be pregnant through) gutwāra inda y'ishushu, gutwāra inda y'indāro
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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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anyhow   ▶ (to do in spite of) gupfa
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arm   ▶ ukuboko, ukuboke
 (upper) ikizigira
 (left ~) ukuboko kw'ibubamfu, ukubamfu
 (right ~) ukuboko kw'iburyo, ukuryo
 (to raise one's ~, to strike, to pull a bow) kubangurira
 (to stretch out) kurāmvura
 (to take a child in ~) kurera, gukīkira
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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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attendants   ▶ (group of helpers to elders) ubukūngu
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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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ball   ▶ umupīra (Sw.), umubumbe
(small) akabumbe
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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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begin   ▶ (by ~) kubānza, kubanziriza, guhēra
 (to ~) gutangura, kwānzika, gushūriza, gushūza
(to cause to ~) gutangīza
(~ from) guhēra
(~ a task) kwāhuka
(~ to get wrinkled from age) gukāmba
(~ to head up, as grain) guhaga
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bend   ▶ (vt) guheta
 (as joint) kugōnda
 (curve) kugoreka
 (down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
 (over) kujōndamika, kwūbama
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blindfold   ▶ agatambaro ko gupfuka amaso
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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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boil   ▶ (vi) kubira
 (vt) kubiza
 (up water) kugurugūmba
 (medical, noun) igihute
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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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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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breathe   ▶ guhēma, guhumēka, gukwega impwemu
 (hard) guhēmūka
 (heavily and noisily) gufūha, gupfūha
 (with difficulty, child) gufūrēka
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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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bunch   ▶ (of flowers) umukama w'amashurwe
 (plants) umukama, umuganda, umupfungo, agatekero
(of grass at top of hut) isūnzu
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capsule   ▶ ikinini kirumije, umurumyo w'icupa
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cast   ▶ (to throw) gutēra
 (~ lots) gupfīnda
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catch   ▶ gufata, gucakīra
 (ball, anything thrown) gusama
 (a disease from another) kwāndura
 (from falling) gusama
 (one who starts to fall) kuramira
 (swarming bees) gutururuza
 (up with) guhāmvya
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child   ▶ umwāna, umugisye, umukeme, umurerwa
(before he begins to know anything) igitambamboga, igitwengerabarozi
(disobedient) intabarirwa
 (first-born) imfura
(healthy, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(illegitimate) igihūmbu, ikivyārwa
(learning to walk) ikidegedege, intavyi
(male) umuyibigi
(of) mwene
(of mixed marriage) ikivyārwa
(only) ikinege, umwāna w'ikinege
(derogative) umuhimbiri
(small) ikibondo
(starting to know a little) umwankavu
(that doesn't grow properly) imfunya
(unwanted or orphan) intābwa
(up to 8 or 10 years) umugimbi
(weaned) umucūko, umukurira
(youngest or favourite) umuhererezi
(~ care) ubuhinga bwo kurera abana
(~ benefit) imfashanyo y'umuryango
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choose   ▶ kugena, kurobānura, gutōra, gutōranya
 (esp. in action) guhitamwo
 (at random from group) kudōmbagiza
 (leaders) kwātira
 (one to sell a thing) gutōza
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chop   ▶ (trees) guhīmbura
 (with axe) gukera
 (with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (with sword) gukekana
 (up in pieces) gucagagura
(off) gutandukāna
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clean   ▶ -īza
 (to be) guca
 (to become) guhumānuka
 (to make) gusukura, guhumānura
 (out ear wax) gukurugutura
 (out path) gusibūra
 (sweep) gukubūra
 (up) kwēnzūra
 (up a field) gukāngaza
 (up a place) gukēsha
 (up one's plate completely) gukōmba inkono
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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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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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coin   ▶ urupiya, igiceri
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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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conflict   ▶ ugupfa ubutegetsi
 (to be in ~) gutāta
 (armed conflict) intambara
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cool   ▶ -bisi
 (to) guhora
 (to be, weather) gupfuka
 (to cause to) guhoza
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cork   ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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corkscrew   ▶ urupfunguruzo rw'amacupa y'imivinyu
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corpse   ▶ ikigaga, ikigagara, umuvyīmba, ikiziga
 (fresh) umupfu
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cover   ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko
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crease   ▶ (as in cloth) umupfunyu
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cup   ▶ urwāto, igikōmbe
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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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death   ▶ urupfu, impfīro
 (point of) impfīro
 (to announce ~ of someone) kubika
 (to be near ~) gutāmbūra
 (to bleed to ~) gutetera
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deteriorate   ▶ gufūtāna, gusērūka, kwōnōnekara, gushānyūka, gupfāpfāna, kubora
(to cause to) gusērūra
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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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different   ▶ (to be) gutandukāna
 (anything that is ~ from others in group) indobeke
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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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disagreement   ▶ (to be in) gupfa
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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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divide   ▶ kugabanya, kugabura, kugaburira, gutānya
 (by lot) gupfīndana
 (up loads among several) kugabāngānya
 (up work or load to make it easier) kwīyorohereza
 (to buy a thing together and then ~ it) gusorōra
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divine   ▶ guhinyuza, gupfīndūra, kuragura, kuvōvōta
 (to have a witch doctor divine) kuraguza
 (one who divines) umuraguzi
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down   ▶ epfo, hepfo
 (down there) hepfo
 (to be, to turn upside ~) kwūbika
 (to put ~) guhwāmika
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draw   ▶ gukwēga, gusokōra
 (lots) gupfīndana
 (near) kwegēra
 (pictures) gushushanya
 (things back together) guhindānura
 (up) gukōba
 (water) kudaha, kuvōma
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drawn   ▶ (to be ~ to) kugomwa
 (up, from cold or being burned) gutetera
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dress   ▶ ikānzu (Sw.)
(to ~) kwāmbara
 (oneself) kwīyambika, kwāmbara
 (up) gushaza
 (to be dressed becomingly) kubērwa
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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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dull   ▶ (to be, instrument) gupfūha
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dust   ▶ umukungugu
 (to ~ off) gupāngūsha (Sw.), kwēyēra
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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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eraser   ▶ umupīra (Sw.)
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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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excuse   ▶ urwītwazo
 (excuse me!, when interrupting) untūnge
 (excuse me!, when wrong word is spoken) bambe
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fed   ▶ (to be ‘~ up' with something) kudunduhirwa
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file   ▶ (tool) itupa
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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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fix   ▶ (up nice place to sit) gusēzera
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fold   ▶ umupfunyu, umuzīngo
 (for sheep) uruhongere
(to ~) gukuba, gukubiranya, gupfunya, kuzīnga
 (~ hands together) gufumbata
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folly   ▶ ubupfu, ubusazi
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foolishly   ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
 (to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
 (to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika
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gather   ▶ kumyōra
 (building materials) guhumbira
 (firewood) gusēnya
 (food from garden) gusoroma, kwāha
 (fruit) kwāmūra
 (in loose garment at waist and tie) gukenyera
 (little sticks) gutōrōra
 (manure for garden) kuvūmbura
 (up) kwāndura, gusorōranya, gutororokanya
 (pollen and nectar) kudaha
 (up grass that has been spread out) gusasūra
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get   ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra
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give   ▶ guha, guhēsha, gutānga
(back) gusubīza
(back cow, calf to one from whom one received a cow) kwōkōra
 (birth) kuvyāra
(birth, cow about to ~) kudigiriza
(cow a second time to one who has brought many gifts) guhetera inkoni
(example) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
(gift to bride so she will talk) guhorōra
(give me...) mpa
(good measure) kunengesēreza
(in to) kurōnsa
(information) kurangīra
 (life to) kubēshaho
(more) kwongera, kwongeza
(oneself to) kwīhāmbīra
(oneself to service of Kiranga) kubāndwa, kuvōvōta
(over a possession) kwegura
(penuriously) kuzirukanya
(pledge or security) kugwatiriza
(present) kugabira
(refuse to) kwīma
(refuse to ~ another his own) kugūnga, kwīmana
(sacrifice) gushikana
(someone a hand) gusahiriza
 (someone a heavy load) kuremēka
(to) guha, guhēra, guhēreza, kurōnsa, gushikiriza
(to each other) guhāna
(to each other often) guhānahāna
(to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(talk) kugamba
(up everything) kwīgura
(warm welcome, one does not say it of himself) gukēra
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go   ▶ kugenda, kwigira, kuja
(after) kugīra
(ahead a little) kwūnguruza
(all through a house) kuvōgera
(around) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(around difficulty) kuzunguruka umutego, gukikuza umutego
(around 'Robinhood's barn') gukingitiranya
(aside with someone to talk privately) kwīkebukana
(astray) kuzimira
(away secretly) kwīdohōra
(back and forth) kunyura
(back on what he said, make one) kurahuruza
(backward) kwītūtānya, kugēnda umugōngo
(backward inadvertently) gufūtānya
(beyond) kurēnga
(by car) kugēnda n'umuduga
(by boat) kugēnda n'ubwato
(by land rather than cross river or lake) guca i musozi
(carefully not knowing path) kwātīra
(elsewhere) kugerēra
 (everywhere) gukwiragirana, guhetūra
(far away) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(for food) gusuma
(forward) gutēra imbere
(forward little by little) kwūngururuza, kwūnguruza
(forward steadily) kuramiriza
(for a walk) kugēndagēnda
(from one thing to another) kurārāta
(from place to place) kunyuragiza, kuyugayuga
(gaily) kudayadaya
(here and there, child) kurērēta
(home) gutāha, kuganūka
(home from work) kugodoka
(home, of wife when angry) kugēnda buje
(into danger without regard to oneself) kwīroha
(let's go!) hoji, hogi, tugende
(naked) gufurama, kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa
(on tiptoe) kuyōmbōka
(out, fire, light) kuzima
(out to a certain place) gusokoroka
(outside) gusohoka
(to prepare to go) kwīkora
(quietly) kuyōmbōka
(rapidly) gukinagira
(reluctantly) kwīyumānganya
(right in path, animal) gutōta
(round) gukikuza
(secretly because of fear) kwōmba
(seperate ways) gutāna
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(slowly, of convalescent) kwāndāra
(softly) kuyōmbōka
(steadily forward) kuramiriza
(stealthily) kunyobanyoba, kwiyombayomba, kuyombayomba
(straight forward) gutūmbereza
(through a narrow pass) kunyegētera
(to bed) kuryāma
(to chief or superior for something) kwītwāra, gushengera, gushengerera
(to find food) gusuma
(to help another in his work) gusāsīra
 (to meal uninvited) kwigemagema
(to meet) gusanganira, gutegēra
(together to produce food for guests) gutērēra
(together to see, crowd) gukōndōrera
(toward) kurora, kwerekera, kwerekeza
(uncertain of the way) guhushagirika
(uncertainly) kudāguza
(up, as hill) kudūga
(up in smoke) gupfūnduka
(walking, esp. at night) kwīkanya
(to wedding) gutāha ubukwe
(well, to cause to ~) kugēnza
(with) kwāmbukana, kujāna
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good morning  ▶ (greeting) bwakeye, mwaramutse
(to tell chief or superior that someone sends in 'bwakeye') gukānda
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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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group   ▶ umuce, umuco, igico
 (of people) umurwi, intēko
 (of people, moving along) akavuvu
 (standing or sitting) akarwi
 (to be in large ~, cows or people standing) gusagaza
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gush   ▶ (of water, blood) umupfūnda
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handle   ▶ (of hoe) umuhini, umumezo
 (of spoon, etc.) inkondo
 (of cup) ikigōmbo
 (of bucket) umukono
 (to put on, esp. hoe) gukwikira
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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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heathen   ▶ umupagani, umushēnzi
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heathenism   ▶ ubupagani
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helper   ▶ umutabāzi, umufasha
 (of the sick) umurwāza
(group of attendants or helpers to elders) ubukūngu
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here   ▶ aha, hano, ino, ngaha
 (exclamation to superior: here!) sabwe
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higher   ▶ (to put) gukiriza
 (up) haruguru
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hold   ▶ gufata
 (fast to) kugumiriza
 (from falling) gusama
 (hard feelings) kwīdōga
 (in place) kugumya
 (lightly) kwānjānjwa
 (out) kubangira
 (out arms to receive) guhāngāza ukuboko
 (of rope, vi) kudādira
 (strongly) gushimika
 (take hold of persons) gushorerakw amaboko
 (to) kwūmira
 (up) gushigirika
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honored person  ▶ umuninahazwa, umutūngwa, umwūbahwa, nyakubahwa
(in adressing him), umupfāsoni
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husband   ▶ umugabo, umugēnzi
 umucance (lit. one who broke the hymen)
(to lose one's ~ by death) gupfākara
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ignorance   ▶ ubupfu, ubutūngu, ubuzimire
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jar   ▶ agacupa k'umunwa wagutse
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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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key   ▶ urupfungūzo, urupfunguruzo
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kneel   ▶ gupfukama
 (to ask to) gupfukamika, gupfukamisha
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knife   ▶ imbugita, icūma
(for cutting banana leaves) urugombōzo
 (long) inkōta
 (long, broad) umupānga
 (long-handled, curved) umuhoro
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knot   ▶ ipfūndo, ifatanirizo, ifūndo
(slip knot) impururu
 (to ~) gupfundika
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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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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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looked   ▶ (down upon, to be) kugayika
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loosen   ▶ gupfundurura
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lose   ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
 (by death) gupfīsha
 (by death, one's child) gupfusha
 (interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
 (one another) gutāna
 (one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
 (one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
 (original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
 (to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
 (one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
 (weight) kugōgōra
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lot   ▶ (in casting lots) ihēmbe, ubupfīndo
 (to cast) gupfīnda
 (to draw) gupfīndana
 (to have a ~, even debts or troubles) kuroranirwa
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machete   ▶ umupānga (Sw.)
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magic   ▶ ubumago, amangetengete, amareba
 (to take out objects from body, as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
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meat   ▶ inyāma
 (dried) umurānzi
 (fat) ibinure
 (to slip down on spear – if it slips it's supposed to be diseased) gushōka
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member   ▶ (of group) umunywanyi
(of chief's council who listens to trials) umunyekōmbe
 (of family) abavandimwe
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milk   ▶ amata
 (human) amabērebēre
 (buttermilk) amaterere
 (skimmed) amatererwa
 (given to sick) umwērēra
 (sour) urubu
 (containers, table or shelf for) uruhīmbi
 (cup) icānsi
(to have dirt in ~) gutobeka
(to pour ~ down another's throat) kuramiza
 (to put skin of dead calf before cow so she will give milk) kwōrokēra
 (to remove a foreign body from) gutosōra
 (to sour, curdle) kuvura
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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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narrow   ▶ (to be) kwāga, gupfungānya
 (to make) kwāza
 (to go through ~ pass) kunyegētera
 (~ escape) agahēngekezo
 (~ place) imbōmbāne
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need   ▶ ubukene, ibikenewe
(to be in ~) gukena
 (to ~) gukenera
 (to be in, having lost one's possessions) gusurura
 (to have ~ of) kwōndera
 (to help one another in loaning what is needed) gutērēra
 (to relieve) gukenura
 (supplying of) ubukenuke
 (to have one's needs supplied) gukenuka
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no   ▶ oya
 (adj.) nta, ata
(emphatic) oyāye, ishwi, eka, ekāye, wapi
(to say ~) guhakana
 (euphemism for a polite No) nzokubarira (lit. I will let you know)
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nobility   ▶ ubupfāsoni
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noble person  ▶ umupfāsoni
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observe   ▶ kwītegereza, kurāba
 (carefully) gukengūza, kwihwēza
 (class distinctions) kuzīrōra
 (to superstitiously ~ certain days) kuziririza
 (a taboo) kuziririza
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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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pagan   ▶ umupagani
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page   ▶ urupapuro
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paper   ▶ igikaratasi, urukaratāsi, urupapuro
(large sheet) igipapuro
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people   ▶ abantu
 (group of) akarwi
(group moving along) akavuvu
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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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pitch   ▶ (a tent) gupānga ihēma
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plan   ▶ imigabo, umugambi, integuro
(upset plans) inkomānzi
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plaster   ▶ (to) guhoma
(sticking ~, med) isuparadra
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plug   ▶ (stopper) igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo
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pocket   ▶ umupfuko
 (to take from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
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prefer   ▶ (as lesser of two evils) gupfuma
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present   ▶ (exclamation to a superior) sabwe!
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press   ▶ kubānda, kubāndana
 (down) gutsindagira
 (in order to smooth) gupfunyūra
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priest   ▶ umuhērezi
 (traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
 (catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri
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pup   ▶ ikibwāna, imbūnda, ikibūnda
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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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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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rank   ▶ igiti
(person of high ~) umupfāsoni
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reach   ▶ (to) gushika
 (a certain point) kugera
 (for) kurondera
(term, pregnancy) kuramukwa
 (goal) gushika kw'ihangiro
(up) gutaramura
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relative   ▶ incuti
 (to be) gupfāna
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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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respond   ▶ kwīshura
(when called) kwītaba
(to answer to superior when called) kurēnguka
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riddle   ▶ igisōkōzanyo, igisōkōzo, igisakuzo
 (to ask) gusōkōza, gupfīnda, gupfīndana
 (to solve) gupfīndūra
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rip   ▶ gusonoroka, kubārurura
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (to tear a big ~) kumwanyuruka
 (up, vt) gutantamura
 (up, vi) gutantamuka
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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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rubber   ▶ umupira (Sw.), igikawucu
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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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shady   ▶ (to be) gupfuka
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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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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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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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sloping   ▶ (to be) gutēmba
 (to have ~ sides like soup dish) gufukūra
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smooth   ▶ (to be) kurēmba
 (to ~ out) gukana, gukuyēngeza
 (to make) gukurūngira, gusena, gupfunyūra
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snort   ▶ (to) gupfūhagira, gufūhagira
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snuff   ▶ gupfūhagira
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sob   ▶ gusarara
 (silently) gupfunagira
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solve   ▶ (riddle) gupfīndūra, guhīngūra
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soup   ▶ isupu
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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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spread   ▶ (abroad, vt) kwāndagaza, kwāngāza, gukwīza, gukwīragiza
 (vi) kwāmāmara, gukwīra, guhetūra, gukwīragira
 (grass) gusasa
 (legs apart) guhānyuka
 (out) gupānga
 (out great branches) kugasāra
 (out on something) gusanza
 (thing spread out flat) ikiramvu
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spurting   ▶ (of blood) umupfūnda
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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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sticking plaster  ▶ isuparadra (Fr.)
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stiff   ▶ (to be from drying up, clothes, food) gutetera
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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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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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supply   ▶ (to) gutānga
(to have one's needs supplied) gukenuka
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sweater   ▶ umupira (Sw.)
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table   ▶ ameza (Sw.)
(bedside) akameza ko mu buryamo
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
 (to set the ~) gupānga ameza
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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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talking   ▶ (to stop abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
 (to sit together ~ for long time) gutūrika
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teacher   ▶ umwīgīsha, umwārimu (Sw.)
(professor) umuprofeseri, umwīgīsha wa kaminuza
(comment of ~) ugushīma kw'umwīgīsha
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tease   ▶ kudāyāngwa, gufyina, gufyinata, gupfyina, kujandajanda, gusōtōra
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tent   ▶ ihema (Sw.)
(to pitch) gupānga
 (to take down) gupāngūra
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there   ▶ ngaho, aho
(~ is, ~ are) hari
(down there) hēpfo
 (over there, fairly near) harya
 (up there) haruguru
 (way over there) harīya
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thigh   ▶ (upper) ikibero
 (thighs, buttock) itako
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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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trace   ▶ (copy) gucapa urabiye ku rupapuro rubonerana
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tureen   ▶ ico baruriramwo isupu
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uncover   ▶ gupfukūra, gutwikurura
 (basket) kurumūra
 (to become) gupfunduruka
 (to be) gutwikururwa
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unfold   ▶ kugarānzura, kuzīngurura, gupfunyūra
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unite   ▶ (to put things of different types together) gupoperanya
 (unite in) gupoperaniriza
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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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unwrinkled   ▶ (to become) gupfunyūka
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upper arm  ▶ ikizigira
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uprooting   ▶ ukurandura
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upset plans  ▶ inkomānzi
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upside down  ▶ (to be) kwūbika, gucurika
 (to turn) kwūbika, gucurika, gucuramika
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use   ▶ (to) gukorēsha
 (needlessly) kwāya
 (up) guhombōza, gukōmba, kumarīsha, gushirīsha
 (violence) kuzingirikira
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wake   ▶ (up, vi) gukanguka, kwīkangura
 (vt) gukangura
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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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wave   ▶ ingūnza, umupfūnda, umukuba
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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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weigh   ▶ (to) gupīma, kuriba
 (down) kuremēra
(to ~ pros and cons) kwīrimbūra
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widow   ▶ umupfākazi
 (disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (to be, of chief, etc.) gutūmbūra
 (to become) gupfākara
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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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wipe   ▶ guhanagura, gukēmūra, gupānga (Sw.), gukoropa
(esp. mother, wiping baby) guheha
 (child's nose) kumyīra
 (one's nose) kwīmyīra
(out) gusangangura
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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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woman   ▶ (lit. one wearing a wrap skirt) umukenyezi
 (married ~) umugore
 (lady-like, respected) umupfasoni
 (elderly, respectful term) umukamakare
 (elderly, disrespectful term) umukēcuru
 (who has left many husbands and finally goe's to parent's home to build) igisubiramuhira
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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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youth   ▶ (age group) ubusore
 (young man) umusore
 (youth) intōre
 (youth mob) imisore
 (group of) urwaruka
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protestant   ▶ umuprotestanti
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pastor   ▶ umupasitori
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lady   ▶ umupfasoni
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basketball   ▶ (ball) umupira wa basketi
(game) umukino wa basketi, umukino w'amaboko
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football   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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soccer   ▶ (ball) umupira w'amaguru
(game) umukino w'amaguru
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police   ▶ (officer) umupolisi
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president   ▶ perezida, umuperezida, umukuruwigihugu, umukuru w'igihugu
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tidy   ▶ (up) gutunganya
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cleaning-up   ▶ ugutunganya
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professor   ▶ umuprofeseri
 (university professor) umwigisha wa kaminuza
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purse   ▶ umupfuko, umufuko
(ladies ~) agashakoshi
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pullover   ▶ umupira
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boundery   ▶ umupaka
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answer   ▶ (to ~) kwīshura
 (to ~ at, for) kwītabira
(to ~ on exam) guhīngūra
 (~ back lots of words to one who reproves) kuryāgūmba
 (delay to) kurēngagiza
 (to not give when asked) kwīrengagiza
 (quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (to superior when called) kurēnguka
 (when called) kwītaba
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blame   ▶ (to ~) kunegura, gupfāna
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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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guess   ▶ gupfīndūra
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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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load   ▶ (to) gupakira
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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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burn   ▶ (vi) gusha
 (and break off, tree, etc.) gutemuka
 (easily, quickly, vi) gutemuka
 (food, vi) kuzigira
 (food slightly, vi) kuyēnga
 (incense, nice smelling bark) kwōsa
 (in the mouth) gukera
 (let burn) kuzigiza
 (quickly, vt) kubabura
 (up, vt) guturira, kuyigiza
 (to peel after a burn) kwūburuka
 (to put something cool on a burn) gupfuvya
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rate   ▶ (to) gupima, kwīyumvīra
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rather   ▶ (very) cane
(but ~) bambe
(would ~, to prefer) gupfuma
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measure   ▶ (to ~) gupīma, kugera, kugerera
(to ~ a fixed time) kugerereza
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pack   ▶ (to) gupakira
(to ~ down, vi) guhamāngira, kunyika
 (vt) kunyikiza, gutsindagira
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preference   ▶ (to have) gupfuma
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upon   ▶ ku, kuri
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sheet   ▶ (paper) urupapuro, urukaratāsi
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