us   ▶ twebwe, tweho
 (and us, we) nātwe
(both of us) twempi
(all of us) twese
(like us) nkātwe
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let us go,  let's go  ▶ hoji, hogi, tugende
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turikumwe   phr   ▶ we are together, we'll stay in touch, we'll see us (greeting when parting from friends)
concerning   ▶ (~ me) jēho
(~ him, her) weho
(~ us) tweho
(~ you, pl.) mwēho
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twēbwe  ▶ we, us
tweho we (in contrast to others)
nātwe and we, us
nkātwe like us
twempi both of us
twese all of us
Usumbura  n   ▶ (Sw.) former name of Bujumbura before independence, changed to Bujumbura because of its negative meaning in Swahili
-cu   adj   ▶ us
-erānda   adj   ▶ 1. just, 2. righteous, 3. good, 4. holy
-gari   adj   ▶ 1. wide, broad, 2. spacious
-horo     adj   ▶ not bitter (used esp. with imyumbati)
-īza     adj   ▶ 1. good, nice, fine, better, 2. beautiful, pretty, attractive, handsome, gorgeous, sexy, lovely, 3. clean, 4. correct
-kazi    ▶ suffix used to form the feminine (imbwakazi – female dog, inkokokazi – hen)
-novu   adj   ▶ 1. delicious, 2. pure, undiluted (esp. beer), 3. dense
-nzīnya   adj   ▶ tiny, minute (used only with 7th class)
agacīro (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ something precious, valuable
agafindofindo     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ quinzy, 'thrush'
agahamo     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) hatred, refusal
agahugūgu (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ musical instrument (with string)
agahuru     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) early morning just before dawn
agasendabageni (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ just below eye, cheekbone
agashirukabute (udu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. tip, 2. bonus, 3. fee, 4. allowance
agashūngēre (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ house with high pointed roof, steeple
agatēngo     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) trembling (because of fear), great fear
agatēte (udu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. pieces of a certain kind of grass used for weaving, 2. bits of things used by witch doctor to divine
akabarore (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ evil example, notorious character
akāheze     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ person or thing completely at end of usefulness (from guhera)
akamaro (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. profit, benefit, usefulness, value, 2. objective, goal, 3. use, usage
akānīra     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) pertussis, whooping cough, whoop
akārānda     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) ancient customs
akarenganyo (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ injustice, unjustness, inequity, unfairness
akarorero (utu-)     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ example, illustration, model
akazu (utu-)   7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ small house, hut, cabin
akēnese     7  class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ 1. hatred or jealousy among members of a polygamous family, 2. projection of any kind of building (such as church tower, comb on house, etc.)
amakēnga    5   ▶ 1. doubts, 2. mistrust, 3. apprehension
amanyama    5   ▶ 1. cheekiness, sassiness, 2. cantankerousness, 3. pride, arrogance, 4. disobedience, 5. ambition
amarēba    5   ▶ (no sing.) magic, miraculous things (not by God's power)
amashira    5   ▶ pus
amazīnda  5   ▶ (no sing.) 1. forgetfulness, 2. doubt
kugira amazīnda to be forgetful, doubtful
gushira amazīnda to have a good memory
bambe    ▶ 1. excuse me (e.g. I said a wrong word, misspoke myself), 2. but rather (when correcting oneself)
bavyāra bācu   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousins
bihurugūshwi    4   ▶ kwumva bihurugushwi to be unable to hear well
biraryoshe   phr   ▶ it's delicious (from kuryōha)
bitangāje   phr   ▶ fantastic, astounding, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, stunning, breathtaking, sensational, remarkable, spectacular, extraordinary, wonderful, marvelous (from gutangāza)
Bujumbura     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ largest city and former capital of Burundi, originally called Usumbura, it was renamed to Bujumbura at independence, mainly for the negative meaning of Usumbura in Swahili
bwakēye     phr   ▶ Good morning (from guca, greeting used almost any time of day if first meeting, also bgakēye)
cane cane   phr   ▶ 1. very much, 2. especially, 3. enormously
cyangwa  ▶ or (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
guca (-ciye)   v   ▶ 1. to cut, to sever, 2. to rip off, 3. to break, 4. to reach menopause, 5. to pass through (used in many idioms)
gucikira (-cikiye)     v   ▶ to move to another chieftanship, to move away or escape (because of famine for example)
gucīkira (-cīkiye)     v   ▶ 1. to bend over, bend the foot, 2. to elope, go to husband without being properly married
gucimbataza (-cimbataje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to arrive, 2. to bring to pass, 3. to multiply
gucobogoza (-cobogoje)     v   ▶ 1. to wear out (vt), 2. to exhaust, 3. to exaggerate, 4. to speak hatefully to another, 5. to tarnish, besmirch, smirch
gucūmbīsha (-cūmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to knead, knead with
gucumitīsha (-cumitīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to pierce, pierce with
gucuna (-cunnye)     v   ▶ to ask persistently, although refused
gucūra (-cūye)     v   ▶ 1. to marry a widow and go to her kraal, 2. to bring a wife back that's gone home, 3. to lead or send back (esp. cows), 4. to address the people (used only of king or other authority)
gucurarānga (-curarānze)     v   ▶ to play a musical instrument
gucūrira (-cūriye)     v   ▶ to send woman back to her husband when she's gone home
gucurīsha (-curīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to forge, forge with
gucururīsha (-cururīshije)     v   ▶ to use something to make profit
gucūza (-cūjije)     v   ▶ to remind (maliciously) of one who is dead, or something forgotten
gufata kunguvu (-fashe)   phr   ▶ 1. to rape, 2. to abuse sexually, 3. to take by force
gufobeka (-fobetse)     v   ▶ 1. to hide, 2. speak in a mysterious language, 3. explain poorly
gufuhira (-fuhiye)     v   ▶ to be zealous to accomplish
gufungura (-funguye)     v   ▶ 1. to dine, to eat (used of people), 2. serve food, 3. to dilute
gufyina ku kazi (-fyinye)   phr   ▶ to not work seriously
gufyonyora (-fyonyoye)     v   ▶ to crush, smash
guhagarika (-hagaritse)   v   ▶ 1. to stop (vt), to cause to stand, 2. to arrest
guhagarika umutima (-hagaritse)   phr   ▶ 1. to be troubled, frightened, 2. nervousness, anxiety, worry
guhāgīsha (-hāgīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to be satisfied, to satisfy with
guhakana (-hakanye)   v   ▶ 1. to say no, to refuse, 2. to deny
guhakanira (-hakaniye)   v   ▶ to refuse at, for
guhāmbāra (-hāmbāye)   v   ▶ 1. to be wicked, 2. to be harsh, 3. to be tremendous, 4. to be very great, 5. to be violent
guhāmbīriza (-hāmbīrije)     v   ▶ to cause to tie, tie with
guhāmbīsha (-hāmbīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to bury, bury by means of
guhanaguza (-hanaguje)     v   ▶ to cause to wipe, wipe with
guhandīsha (-handīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to pierce, 2. cause to prepare ground
guhanira (-haniye)     v   ▶ to punish at, for, because of
guhanirwa (-haniwe)     v   ▶ to be punished at, for, because of
guhanisha (-hanishije)     v   ▶ to cause to punish, to punish with
guhanurira (-hanuriye)     v   ▶ to admonish at, for, because of
guhara (-haze)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape, 2. damage, 3. to tan hides, 4. to yelp, 5. purr, 6. to be lacking (usually stative), to be incomplete
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
guhārīra (-hārīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to argue, 2. to discuss, 3. to quarrel
guhāririza (-hāririje)     v   ▶ 1. to speak against, 2. to scold vehemently, 3. to cause to argue
guhasha (--hije)     v   ▶ 1. to receive something as a gift or loan but return reluctantly and late, 2. to chase out quickly, 3. to refuse to go on helping someone
guhebera (-hebeye)     v   ▶ to forsake at, for, because of
guhebēsha (-hebēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to forsake
guhebēshwa (-hebēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to forsake
guhemēsha (-hemēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to breathe
guhengēshanya (-hengēshanije)     v   ▶ to speak hesitantly (usually used with negative)
guhenuka (-henutse)     v   ▶ to fall down (as house)
guhenura (-henuye)     v   ▶ to tear down, cause to fall down
guheranira (-heraniye)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to pay loan, 2. be dishonest
guherūka (-herūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to be last (previous), 2. to have done recently, 3. to have been at, 4. to come to do something
guhēsha (-hēsheje)     v   ▶ to give, cause to receive
guhetēsha (-hetēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to bend
guheza (-heje)     v   ▶ 1. to finish, to complete, to end (vt), 2. to achieve, 3. to conclude, 4. to exhaust
(often used for 'then' when one action is directly followed by another, e.g. Umwigisha ahanura abana, araheza arabasezera = the teacher admonished the children, then he bid them goodbye)
guhēzagiza (-hēzagije)     v   ▶ to cause to bless, bless by means of
guhigimānga (-higimānze)     v   ▶ 1. to sigh with disgust or displeasure, 2. to hesitate, 3. to complain
guhīgīsha (-hīgīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hunt
guhigīsha (-higīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to contest
guhīmba (-hīmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be satisfied (rude), 2. to have plenty, 3. eat plenty, 4. be drunk (used always in a very negative way)
guhindikirana (-hindikiranye)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down together (usually in fright), 2. to become ill one after another
guhindukiriza (-hindukirije)     v   ▶ to turn toward, turn back because of
guhindura (-hinduye)     v   ▶ 1. to change, to edit, to modify (vt), to change the mind, 2. to translate, 3. to transform, 4. to adjust
guhinyurana (-hinyuranye)     v   ▶ to mistrust each other
guhīra (-hīriye)     v   ▶ 1. to cook (vi), 2. get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha)
guhitira (-hitiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be put away, saved up for a year, 2. to be of the previous year (beans, etc.)
guhogōmboka (-hogōmbotse)     v   ▶ to speak many words (usually quite meaningless ones)
guhombōza (-hombōje)     v   ▶ to use up or wear out completely
guhomvoka (-homvotse)     v   ▶ to fall (as house, etc.)
guhōmvya (-hōmbeje)     v   ▶ to cause to lose
guhongorora (-hongoroye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall noisily
guhonōra (-honōze)     v   ▶ to cause to bear
guhonyora (-honyoye)     v   ▶ 1. to step on, trample on, crush with feet, 2. destroy, tear down, 3. make tracks
guhonyorwa (-honyowe)     v   ▶ to be trampled on, crushed
guhorōrwa (-horōwe)     v   ▶ to refuse to speak (bride) until given money
guhoza (-hojeje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to cool, to calm down, 2. to appease, 3. to console, comfort, reassure
guhubīsha (-hubīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to go astray
guhūhīsha (-hūhīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to blow, help to blow, blow with
guhumūza (-humūje)     v   ▶ to cause to open eyes
guhūndukwa (-hūndutswe)     v   ▶ 1. to forget for a moment, 2. be confused
guhūngīsha (-hūngīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to flee
guhungurura (-hunguruye)     v   ▶ 1. to cause fruit or grain to fall, 2. to shake
guhunisha (-hunishije)     v   ▶ to cause another to forsake
guhūnja (-hūnje)     v   ▶ to clear away grass or brush in order to see path or object
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)
guhūrīsha (-hūrīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to meet, 2. to cause to thresh
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
guhūza (-hūjije)   v   ▶ to cause to thresh
guhwānya (-hwānije)     v   ▶ to cause to meet, agree, join together
guhwēreza (-hwēreje)     v   ▶ to cause to die
guhwihwisha (-hwihwishe)     v   ▶ 1. to not be certain who a person is, 2. to go carefully because you don't know the path well
gukabika (-kabitse)     v   ▶ to cause to wilt, dry up
gukakama (-kakamye)     v   ▶ 1. to be exuberant, vivacious, 2. to increase, 3. to swell or rise (as beans, etc.)
gukakamisha (-kakamishije)     v   ▶ to cause to rise, swell
gukākura (-kākuye)     v   ▶ 1. to tear clothes (in anger), 2. to rip grass from house, etc.
gukamīsha (-kamīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to milk, help to milk
gukamya (-kamije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to dry up, 2. empty out all of a liquid, 3. to absorb (liquid)
gukankamira (-kankamiye)     v   ▶ 1. to reprimand, 2. refuse strongly
gukarabīsha (-karabīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to wash hands, wash with, 2. to offer to wash a guest's hands before a meal
gukarihīsha (-karihīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to sharpen, sharpen with
gukēba (-kēvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be jealous (esp. between wives), 2. to mistrust
gukēbana (-kēbanye)     v   ▶ to be jealous of each other
gukēka (-kētse)     v   ▶ 1. to suppose, 2. to suspect
gukēkwa (-kētswe)     v   ▶ to be suspected
gukenyukirwa (-kenyukiriwe)     v   ▶ to be exhausted, attempt something beyond one's strength
gukiranira (-kiraniye)     v   ▶ 1. to argue about, discuss, 2. to try to persuade
gukokeza (-kokeje)   v   ▶ singing for the hunt, rousing the hunting dog
gukōkōrera (-kōkōreye)     v   ▶ to strip off leaves for, because of
gukōmba (-kōmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to use up, finish food (vt), 2. to clean up one's plate completely
gukomera (-komeye)     v   ▶ 1. to be well, to be strong, to be in good health, 2. to be difficult, to be hard, to be tough, robust, 3. to strike at, for
gukomeza (-komeje)     v   ▶ 1. to continue, to proceed, 2. make strong, 3. to persevere, to sustain, 4. to confirm
gukōndōka (-kōndōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to stop a thing because someone has repeatedly warned or advised you
gukōnjēsha (-kōnjēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to be cold, to freeze (vt)
gukoragura (-koraguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in abundance
gukoranya (-koranije)     v   ▶ to bring together, to cause to meet together, to assemble
gukorēsha (-korēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to use, 2. to employ, 3. to cause to work, 4. to keep (someone) busy
gukorora (-koroye)     v   ▶ 1. to throw down from above, cause to fall down from above, 2. to cough
gukorōza (-korōje)     v   ▶ to cause to cough
gukōsha (-kōsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pay dowry, ask for dowry
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
gukubiranya (-kubiranije)     v   ▶ 1. to fold repeatedly, 2. to cause to return
gukubitira (-kubitiye)     v   ▶ to beat at, for, because of
gukubitīsha (-kubitīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to beat
gukubūra (-kubūye)     v   ▶ to sweep, clean with brush
gukubūza (-kubūje)     v   ▶ to sweep with, help to sweep, cause to sweep
gukugīsha (-kugīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to bark
gukūndanīsha (-kūndanīshije)     v   ▶ to reconcile, cause to love each other
gukūndīsha (-kūndīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to love
gukungagura (-kungaguye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall, to push down
gukurikiza (-kurikije)     v   ▶ to cause to follow
gukurugutura (-kurugutuye)     v   ▶ to clean out ear wax, to cause to understand
gukuza (-kujije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to grow, to enlarge, 2. to bring up (child)
gukuzwa (-kujijwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to grow, to be brought up (child)
gukwēgēsha (-kwēgēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pull, help to pull, pull with
gukwikirīsha (-kwikirīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to put handle on, put on with
gupāngūsha (-pāngūshije)     v   ▶ (Sw.) to dust off
gupfākara (-pfākaye)     v   ▶ to lose one's husband or wife by death
gupfīsha (-pfīshije)     v   ▶ to lose (by death), cause to die
gupfundikīsha (-pfundikīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to tie, tie with
gupfundikiza (-pfundikije)     v   ▶ to cover with, cause to cover
gupfunereza (-pfunereje)     v   ▶ to cause to eat a lot, to blow up (vt), or fill up (vt)
gusāba (-sāvye)     v   ▶ 1. to scatter, burst, disperse (vi), 2. crack, break in two (all of these because container is too full), 3. to be exhausted
gusabīsha (-sabīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to pray, pray by means of
gusagāra (-sagāye)     v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vi), be many (esp. of cows, also of trees), 2. to get in nose and cause to sneeze (as pepper)
gusahura (-sahuye)     v   ▶ 1. to steal, 2. to pillage, 3. to remove everything from burning house
gusamāza (-samāje)     v   ▶ 1. to wait or long for, 2. to expect, 3. to do something that causes pleasure or amazement, 4. to distract
gusambūka (-sambūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall down (house, etc.), 2. to come to pieces
gusambūza (-sambūje)     v   ▶ to cause to tear down
gusānga (-sānze)     v   ▶ 1. to find, 2. to watch (house)
gusangīsha (-sangīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to watch
gusanīsha (-sanīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to repair, repair with
gusanura (-sanuye)     v   ▶ to repair a house
gusasāta (-sasāse)     v   ▶ to cause itching
gusāsīra (-sāsīye)     v   ▶ 1. to beat drum continuously, thus setting time for others beating, 2. to go to help another in his work
gusatuza (-satuje)     v   ▶ to cause to split, split with
gusegenyesha (-segenyesheje)     v   ▶ to cause to move, to roll along
gusekura (-sekuye)     v   ▶ 1. to shell or grind in wooden mortar, 2. to push forward, 3. to put down roughly, 4. to drop
gusengēsha (-sengēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pray
gusēnyūka (-sēnyūtse)     v   ▶ to fall down (esp. house)
gusēnyūra (-sēnyūye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall down (house)
guserura (-seruye)     v   ▶ 1. to disclose, 2. to show, cause to appear, 3. make known
gusērūra (-sērūye)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to fade, 2. to cause to deteriorate
gusesema (-sesemye)     v   ▶ to cause nausea
gusesemwa (-sesemwe)     v   ▶ to be nauseated
gusēsēsha (-sēsēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to pour out
gusēzera (-sēzeye)     v   ▶ 1. to bid goodbye, to dismiss, 2. to fix up nice place to sit (old use)
gusēzerera (-sēzereye)     v   ▶ 1. to say goodbye at, for, 2. to say goodbye, giving the permission to leave, 3. to prepare a place to sit for (old use)
gushākana (-shākanye)     v   ▶ to lust for each other, to marry
gushāna (-shānnye)     v   ▶ to fall continuously (rain)
gusharika (-sharitse)     v   ▶ to be jealous
gusharikana (-sharikanye)     v   ▶ to be jealous of each other
gushavurira (-shavuriye)     v   ▶ to be cross at, because of
gushengeza (-shengeje)     v   ▶ to take someone to chief (or other), esp. for trial or accusation
gushigikiza (-shigikije)     v   ▶ to cause or enable to hold up, support
gushikiza (-shikije)     v   ▶ to slap (gushikiza inshi)
gushīmīsha (-shīmīshije)     v   ▶ to please, to cause praise to
gushīnga (-shīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to agree to, 2. to favor, 3. to decide, 4. to make a vow (old custom of putting stick in ground as sign of agreement), 5. to put stick in ground
gushinyagurira (-shinyaguriye)     v   ▶ 1. to abuse (verbally), 2. to disgrace
gushirīsha (-shirīshije)     v   ▶ to use up, finish, cause to put
gushiruka (-shirutse)     v   ▶ ~ ubute to be zealous, energetic, active, diligent
gushiruka umwete (-shirutse)   phr   ▶ to be zealous or energetic
gushishwa (-shishwe)     v   ▶ to be nauseated by repulsive thing
gushitsa (-shikije)     v   ▶ to cause to arrive
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
gushorera (-shoreye)     v   ▶ 1. to touch, 2. to lead the cows
gushorerakw amaboko to take hold of person
gushukwa (-shukiwe)   v   ▶ 1. to be aroused, 2. to have an erection
gushungumirwa (-shungumiwe)     v   ▶ to be angry because of accusation
gushwabāduka (-shwabādutse)     v   ▶ to run out to see something (usually of a crowd), run from all sides
gusiba (-sivye)     v   ▶ 1. to lie fallow, to cease to be used (path), 2. to slander
gusībīsha (-sībīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to retain, 2. to cause to be absent
gusigarana (-sigaranye)     v   ▶ to entrust to, leave with
gusigaza (-sigaje)     v   ▶ to leave over, to leave a part of something, to cause to be left
gusigīsha (-sigīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to leave
gusimbaguritsa (-simbagurikije)     v   ▶ to cause to jump, etc.
gusinzikaza (-sinzikaje)     v   ▶ to cause to suffer
gusinziriza (-sinzirije)     v   ▶ to put to sleep, cause to sleep
gusitura (-situye)     v   ▶ to cause to fall in, collapse, to pull out by roots
gusiturwa (-situwe)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to be absent, 2. to make late, 3. to postpone, 4. to destroy the work of another
gusīvya (-sībije)   v   ▶ 1. to postpone, 2. to cause to be late, 3. to cause to be absent, 4. to destroy the work of another
gusonzēsha (-sonzēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to go hungry
gusoromēsha (-soromēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to gather food, to help to gather food, to gather by means of
gusorora (-soroye)     v   ▶ to come up thickly and thus not do well (of plants)
gusubiramwo (-subiremwo)   v   ▶ to repeat
Mushobora gusubiramwo? Could you please repeat (this)?
gusubīza (-shubije)     v   ▶ 1. to give back, cause to return, 2. to put back, 3. to result
gusuhūka (-suhūtse)     v   ▶ to emigrate, leave one's country because of famine
gusuhūza (-suhūje)     v   ▶ 1. to visit the sick, to visit the family of a deceased person, etc. 2. to go to give things to one whose house has burned
gusukīsha (-sushijwe)     v   ▶ to cause to pour, pour by means of
gusūmvya (-sūmbije)     v   ▶ to cause to exceed, surpass
gusunika (-sunitse)     v   ▶ to push
gusunikana (-sunikanye)     v   ▶ to push each other
gusunikīsha (-sunikīshije)     v   ▶ to cause or help to push, push by means of
gusunira (-suniye)     v   ▶ to push at, for
gusunura (-sunuye)     v   ▶ to push violently
gusunurana (-sunuranye)     v   ▶ to push each other violently
gusunūrwa (-sunūwe)     v   ▶ to be pushed violently
gusunūza (-sunūje)     v   ▶ to help to push, to overturn
gusurira (-suriye)     v   ▶ 1. to pass gas, to fart, 2. to sting or bite (insect), 3. to cause to feel badly
gusūzuma (-sūzumye)     v   ▶ 1. to examine, 2. auscultate
gusūzumīsha (-sūzumīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to examine
guswera (-sweye)     v   ▶ to have sex, to have intercourse, to fuck (only used of men, rude)
guswerwa (-swerwe)   v   ▶ to have sex, to have intercourse, to be fucked (only used of women, rude)
gusyēgenya (-syēgenye)     v   ▶ 1. to scrape feet on floor (esp. because of itching), 2. to kick violently (child)
gusyēsha (-syēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to grind
guta agati   phr   ▶ to refuse absolutely, categorically
gutāhūza (-tāhūje)     v   ▶ to cause to understand
gutakaza (-takaje)     v   ▶ to lose, cause to be lost
gutakīsha (-takīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to cry for help
gutama (-tamye)     v   ▶ 1. to be utterly worn out, to be exhausted, 2. to labor hard, to overwork
gutamānzuka (-tamānzutse)     v   ▶ to become light suddenly (early morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse)
gutamānzura (-tamānzuye)   v   ▶ to become light suddenly (early morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse)
gutāmbīsha (-tāmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to dance
gutambutsa (-tambukije)     v   ▶ to cause to step, stride
gutamya (-tamije)     v   ▶ 1. to exhaust, 2. to weary, 3. to be beyond what one can do
gutanakw ibirake     phr   ▶ to accuse each other of spoiling a plan
gutangīriza (-tangīrije)     v   ▶ to cause to bar passage, to bar passage with
gutāngīsha (-tāngīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to give
gutangīza (-tangīje)   v   ▶ 1. to initiate, 2. to inaugurate, 3. to cause to begin, 4. to start something
gutaragurika (-taraguritse)     v   ▶ to refuse to listen (almost like a crazy person)
gutarika (-taritse)     v   ▶ 1. to put up (e.g. arms), 2. to suspend
gutāta (-tāse)     v   ▶ 1. to complain, 2. to scold, 3. to discuss, 4. to disagree, 5. to conflict
gutēgekanya (-tēgekanije)     v   ▶ 1. to hesitate between two actions, 2. to have several plans of what to do so that at least one will please the other people, 3. to have two methods of defending yourself, but use the one you hadn't planned on
gutegereza (-tegereje)     v   ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected
gutegūza (-tegūje)     v   ▶ to cause to prepare
gutēkēsha (-tēkēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to cook, cook with
gutēmbēreza (-tēmbēreje)   v   ▶ to cause to go around
gutemēsha (-temēsheje)     v   ▶ to cut with, cause to cut
gutēmvya (-tēmbeje)     v   ▶ to cause to fall
gutēra (-tēye)     v   ▶ 1. to throw, to cast, to fling, 2. to plant, 3. to cause, prompt, trigger, bring on, lead to
gutēragiza (-tēragije)     v   ▶ to cause to or help to plant
guteramika (-teramitse)     v   ▶ to cause to watch
guterūrira (-terūriye)     v   ▶ to lift up at, for, because of
guterūza (-terūje)     v   ▶ to cause to lift up, lift up by means of
gutērwa (-tēwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be thrown, 2. to be planted, 3. to be caused, 4. to receive (passive form of gutera)
gutēsha (-tēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to hinder, 2. to cause to lose, 3. to deprive, 4. to inconvenience, to embarrass
gutetemēsha (-tetemēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to tremble
gutetemēshwa (-tetemēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to tremble
gutevya (-tebeje)     v   ▶ to cause to be late
gutēza (-tēje)     v   ▶ to help to plant, to throw or cause by means of
gutigitīsha (-tigitīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to shake
gutīrira (-tīriye)     v   ▶ to borrow for, because of
gutītūra (-tītūye)     v   ▶ 1. to hate, despise, 2. to disillusion, 3. to cause people to hate that which they had liked, 4. to lose original force, to weaken
gutītūza (-tītūje)     v   ▶ to cause to lose original force, to cause to disillusion
gutoboza (-toboje)     v   ▶ to cause to pierce, pierce with
gutōbōza (-tōbōje)     v   ▶ to cause to pick, pick with
gutongoza (-tongoje)     v   ▶ 1. to leave grass and stuff growing in rugo, 2. to let hair grow long, 3. to lend something and not get it back soon, 4. to entrust something to another and it increases while there
gutonora (-tonoye)     v   ▶ to shell, to husk (peas, beans, peanuts, etc.)
gutonoza (-tonoje)     v   ▶ to cause to shell
gutonyanza (--ngije)     v   ▶ to cause to fall drop by drop
gutotahara (-totahaye)     v   ▶ to be lush and green
gutsīnda (-tsīnze)     v   ▶ 1. to defeat, win a case, 2. be victorious, to win, 3. to succeed
gutsindagira (-tsindagiye)     v   ▶ to crush down, press down
gutsīndanīshiriza (-tsīndanīshirije)     v   ▶ to justify
gutsītāza (-tsītāje)     v   ▶ to cause to stumble
gutūba (-tūvye)     v   ▶ to grow smaller (sometimes used of moon)
gutūbūka (-tūbūtse)     v   ▶ to grow larger (sometimes used of moon)
gutukura (-tukuye)     v   ▶ to be red, to blush
gutuma (-tumye)     v   ▶ 1. to send (person, or message), 2. to cause, prompt, be reason for, bring about, bring on, trigger, induce, lead to, result in
gutūmbēra (-tūmbēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to aim at, 2. to plan for, 3. to focus, to concentrate on, 4. to be directly in front of, looking toward
gutūnda (-tūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to get mildewed, musty, 2. to move things to another place, to unload
gutūnga (-tūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be rich, 2. to own, possess, 3. protect, 4. to raise (animals), 5. to excuse
gutururuza (-tururuje)     v   ▶ 1. to push a person down where he belongs, 2. to squelch, 3. to prevent, to stop, 4. to convince, 5. to catch swarming bees
gutuza (-tujije)   v   ▶ to chase away (because of hatred)
gutwēngera mw ijigo (-twēngeye)   phr   ▶ to be secretly amused, to laugh at secretly
gutwēngēsha (-twēngēsheje)   v   ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding
gutwēnza (--geje)   v   ▶ to cause to laugh, to be kidding
hānze     adv   ▶ outside (of house)
ibāgiro (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ slaughtering place, slaughterhouse
ibavu (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ callus, blister
ibisēkuruza  4   ▶ generation (use in pl.)
ibisi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ bus, coach
ibwēna (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ cuspid tooth
icānzo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ small opening in backyard enclosure for emergency exits or used by women and children
icātsi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)
icāyi (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tea (pl. used for different kinds of tea)
icīfuzo (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ strong wish, desire, covetousness, coveting
icitabirizo (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ chorus of song
icizere (-mījīrīshije)   v    4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) trust, confidence
icōmore (ivy-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used
icūmba (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ room (in house)
icuniro (ivy-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ slaughterhouse
ifu (ama-)     3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ flour (pl. used for speaking of different kinds)
igicurane (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. influenza, flu, 2. common cold (usually used in pl.: ibicurane)
igihāri (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. argument, 2. discussion
igihefu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mushroom (also igihefo)
igihepfo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mushroom (also igihefo)
igihogohogo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ esophagus
igihūmbi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thousand
igihūmbu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. illegitimate child, 2. dishonest person, 3. untrustworthy, unwise, 4. one who won't stay home, vagabond, gadabout
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)
igihungur amabebe  n   ▶ light rain that makes these seeds fall off just before rainy season really starts
igikaratūsi (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ eucalyptus tree
igikāri (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. temporary house, 2. back yard, 3. private part of yard
igikorēsho (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ instrument, tool
ibikorēsho vyo mu inzu household (goods)
ibikoresho vyo ku meza tableware
igisāga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. things over above 10, 2. excess, surplus, 3. garment that is too big
igisaka (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ bush, shrub
igisata (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thorn, sliver, thorny bush
igisesema (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ nausea
igisīka (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. partition, 2. wall, 3. room in house
igisimba (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ferocious animal
igisubiramuhira (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ woman who has left many husbands and gone home and finally builds at parent's home (same for a man)
igisuru (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. kind of bush (leaves eaten during famine), 2. women's dance celebrating the birth of twins
igitanga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tick that causes recurrent fever
igitangu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tick that causes fever
igituma (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause, 3. purpose
ihambwa (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burial (used usually for animals)
ihūmbi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ materials for building a house
ijānja (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ paw, foot of animal (also used of person carrying something in one hand when it should be two: urafashe mw ijanja)
ijigo (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ back teeth (all double teeth, bicuspids, molars)
gutwengera mw ijigo to be secretly amused, to laugh at secretly
ikabutura (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ short trousers, shorts (not underwear)
ikēba    n   ▶ 1. jealously (esp. between wives of same husband), 2. speaking evil of another with whom you share work
ikēkwe     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) mistrust, doubt
ikembe (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ lamellophone composed of a hollowed-out box on which are fixed strips of metal or bamboo of various lengths
ikibītsanyo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ a thing entrusted to another
ikidage   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ German language (used in northern region of Burundi)
ikidomēsho (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ article used to stamp spot
ikidukikije (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. nature, natural world, 2. environment, surrounding (usually used in pl., from gukīkiza)
ikigaga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. populous tribe or family, 2. deformity (from birth), 3. corpse
ikigānīro (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. conversation, discussion, 2. dialogue, exchange, 3. interview, 4. program (entertainment, TV)
ikigāra (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat made of split papyrus
ikigendabunyovu (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ bustard
ikigwati (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ kraal with many houses of members of one family
ikihuha (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument
ikimano (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tongs used in forging metals
ikinure (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fat meat (usually used in pl.)
ikinyakuri (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ fact, reality (usually used in pl.)
ikinyāmbuga (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat of split papyrus
ikinyege (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ gourd rattle with several acoustic elements
ikiragamo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ dwelling place, housing
ikirago (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ mat (kind used for sleeping)
ikiramata (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ burr (of bush)
ikirēgo (ibi-)     4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. accusation, 2. complaint
ikirungurira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ nausea
ikishingūwe (-shingūye) (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ stock (from gushingūra)
ikivumu (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
ikiyāgo (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ conversation (often used in pl.)
ikiyobe   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ light brown (used of a person who is not very dark)
ikizigira (ibi-)   4  class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ upper arm, humerus
ikoma (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ framework of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced in building a house
ikompanyi (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ company (business)
imbazi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ leaves used for perfume
imbeba (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ mouse, rat
imbūrano (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ conversation, discussion
imibaribari    2   ▶ grass growing beside garden, thus luxuriant
umubavu (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (sg. rare) bark of tree used for perfume
impaka (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. discussion, dispute, 2. questioning
kubigira ku mpaka to do it on purpose
impāmvu (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. cause
impāri (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. argument, 2. discussion
imponnyi (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ last one of family who has no children – thus no heir
impuhwe (im-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ mercy (actually the fear to hurt another because you love or pity him)
imvo (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ cause, reason
imvubu (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ hippopotamus
imvūkira   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ native, indigenous
imvuto (im-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ropes or whatever is used to bind a thief or criminal
inānga (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ burundian zither, harp, musical instrument
inarugo (ba inarugo-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wife (as manager of the household)
inconco (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ iconco small horn used for tobacco
inda (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stomach, 2. pregnancy, 3. louse
indabe (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ barkcloth with painted spots, used as a thing of worship
indāva (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. footstool, 2. very nice mat (used by king or chief)
indome (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. dot, spot, 2. letter, 3. spotted barkcloth used as a thing of worship
indoromyi (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ calling horn or trumpet, musical instrument
ingaruka   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. consequence, 2. result, 3. effect, impact, 4. repercussion
ingese (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ rust
ingeso (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. habit, 2. custom, 3. trait
ingoro (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house of a king
inguru (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ little stones taken from bottom of stream and offered to spirits in a little house
ingwāti (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ security, hostage, thing entrusted to another to care for
inka zishashe amahembe   phr   ▶ maze of horns (see gusasa and ihēmbe)
inkomānzi (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. upset plans, rapping, tapping, 2. reason, cause
inkorora y'akānīra   phr   ▶ pertussis, whooping cough, whoop
inkuru (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. news, 2. story, 3. fame (usually in pl.)
innyo (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ anus
insiguro (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meaning, 2. definition, 3. explanation, 4. speech (from gusigūra)
integakiba (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ something put away for future use
intendēri (in-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ gourd (used as object of worship)
intere   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. unconsciousness, 2. half-dead
inyāma (i-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. meat, 2. flesh, 3. muscle
inyānduruko (iny-)     3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. reason, 2. origin, 3. cause
inyankamugayo     3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) 1. honesty, 2. righteousness, 3. blamelessness, 4. integrity
inzimāno (ama-)   3   5  sg. class 3: i-,in-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ feast, dinner (mostly used in pl.)
inzogera (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. bells used as musical instrument, strapped to feet or arms, 2. bells bound to hunting dog to raise the game
inzu (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ house, building (plural sometimes also amazu)
inzūzi (in-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ grass poisonous to cows
ipantaro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ trouser (also ipantalo, Fr.)
ipfūhe    n   ▶ (no pl.) anger (rarely used)
irake (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand
iraki (i-)   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one hundred thousand
irendevu   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ rendezvous (from Fr.)
irozi (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (used in pl.) spell, charm, hex, magic formula, conjuration
isata (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ ~ burēnge word that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger, lasting grudge
isēnge ry'inzovu (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ elephant tusk
iseseme   3  class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ nausea
ishāmba (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ brush, jungle, rain forest
ishari   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ jealousy
ishiga (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ (usually used in pl., amashiga) three stones of traditional fireplace
ishimikiro (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ support (from gushimikira)
isīnzi (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ a great number (about ten thousand and above)
isuku (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. hygiene, 2. cleanliness, 3. care of something (body, house, etc.)
itēka (ama-)     5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. law, decree, order, 2. judgment, justice, 3. (pl.) amateka word (or commands) sent out by king and spread by chiefs, subchiefs, etc., 4. prescription
ivyātsi  4   ▶ grass of any kind (sing. rarely used)
iyebe (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ rattle, musical instrument
izina (ama-)   5  class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ name
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day
amazina y'inka poetry praising cattle
amazina y'ubuhizi poetry praising courageousness
amazina y'urugamba war poetry
kāndi     conj   ▶ and, and then, also, furthermore (used for connecting clauses, not words in a series)
ko     conj   ▶ 1. since (cause, not time), 2. that, 3. as
konvuwayeri (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ conductor (in taxi or bus, from Fr. convoyeur)
kubabarira (-babariye)     v   ▶ 1. to forgive, 2. to excuse, 3. to sympathize
kubabaza (-babaje)     v   ▶ 1. tu hurt, injure (vt), cause to suffer (from kubabara), 2. to bother
kubabazwa (-babazwe)     v   ▶ te be caused to suffer
kubaburisha (-baburishije)     v   ▶ to cause to burn, burn with
kubagaza (-bagaje)     v   ▶ to cause to weed
kubāgīsha (-bāgīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to butcher, butcher with
kubāmbīsha (-bāmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to crucify, to nail with
kubāndūra (-bāndūye)     v   ▶ 1. to pry up, 2. push out (e.g. wind bulges out cloth), 3. to appear suddenly (as sun at dawn)
kubāngikanya (-bāngikanije)     v   ▶ 1. to start a job before finishing the previous one, 2. do two things at once, 3. to place two things parallel, or side by side
kubēnga (-bēnze)     v   ▶ to refuse (esp. girl to refuse to marry a certain man)
kubēnguka (-bēngutse)     v   ▶ 1. to fall in love, 2. to choose a spouse
kuber'iki   phr   ▶ why?, because of what?
kubera (-bereye)   v   ▶ 1. to be unjust, 2. to favor unjustly
kubera   conj   ▶ because
kuber'iki because of what?, why?
kubera iki   phr   ▶ why?, because of what?
kubēshaho (-bēshejeho)     v   ▶ to cause to live, give life to (from kuba)
kubibīsha (-bibīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to plant
kubīkīsha (-bīkīshije)     v   ▶ to help to put away, cause to put away
kubītsa (-bīkije)     v   ▶ to entrust, leave something with someone (from kubika)
kuboherwa (-bohewe)     v   ▶ to be tied at, because of
kubohēsha (-bohēsheje)     v   ▶ to tie with, cause to tie
kubohēshwa (-bohēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be tied with, caused to be tied
kubonesha (-bonesheje)     v   ▶ to cause to see, to show
kubozwa (-bojejwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to spoil
kubūmbīsha (-būmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to mold, mold with
kubura Shinge na Rugero (-buze)   phr   ▶ to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)
kubūrana (-būranye)     v   ▶ to plead a cause
kuburanirwa (-buraniwe)     v   ▶ to be hungry after hunting for food in various places
kubūranya (-būranye)   v   ▶ 1. to defend oneself when accused, 2. to take case to chief or court
kubwa    ▶ 1. according to, 2. on account of, 3. because of, 4. for the sake of
kudadarara (-dadaraye)     v   ▶ 1. to be rigid, straight, hard, 2. to refuse to acknowledge one's wrong
kudāga (-dāze)     v   ▶ 1. to be amused (child), 2. to enjoy oneself
kudaha (-dashe)     v   ▶ 1. to draw or dip water, 2. cause to vomit
kudebagura (-debaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to speak foolishly, 2. to be unintelligent, 3. to be ignorant (used in NT for barbarous)
kudedēmba (-dedēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be delirious, 2. to rave
kudedēmvya (-dedēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to make delirious, 2. to ask stupid or indiscreet questions
kudeha (-deshe)     v   ▶ 1. to be lazy, 2. to refuse to give the name of a dead person
kudehūra (-dehūye)     v   ▶ 1. to lose one's zeal or enthusiasm, 2. to fail to do what you intended
kudendekanya (-dendekanye)     v   ▶ to make excuses
kudendekeranya (-dendekeranije)     v   ▶ 1. to make excuses, to exonerate oneself, 2. to lie, 3. to deceive
kudendereza (-dendereje)     v   ▶ 1. to persecute, 2. accuse falsely
kudōbēra (-dōbēye)     v   ▶ to walk about in house without permission
kudūndēga (-dūndēze)     v   ▶ 1. to be still alive, 2. to be well (often used of old people)
kudunduhirwa (-dunduhiwe)     v   ▶ 1. to be 'fed up' with something, 2. to be disgusted with something because of its frequency
kugāba (-gāvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be rebellious, 2. be disobedient
kugābagāba (-gābagāvye)     v   ▶ to be rebellious
kugābagābira (-gābagābiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be rebellious against, 2. disobedient to
kugānīriza (-gānīrije)     v   ▶ to cause to converse
kuganūka (-ganūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to send greetings, 2. to go home (often used in farewell to one's superior: ndaganutse)
kuganya (-ganye)     v   ▶ 1. to be anxious, 2. to be troubled, 3. be in grief, to mourn
kuganyira (-ganyiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be anxious, 2. troubled, 3. be in grief. 4. to moan, 5. to complain
kuganyīsha (-ganyīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to be anxious, troubled
kugaragara (-garagaye)     v   ▶ 1. to be empty, 2. open to view, 3. to be evident, apparent, to be obvious
kugaranya (-garanije)     v   ▶ to refuse to obey
kugarānzuza (-garānzuje)     v   ▶ to unfold with, cause to unfold
kugarariza (-gararije)     v   ▶ 1. to rebel, revolt, 2. refuse to listen to authority
kugarura (-garuye)     v   ▶ to bring back, cause to return
kugayīsha (-gayīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hate
kugēnda buje (-giye)   phr   ▶ to return to parental home when angry at husband (said of wife)
kugēndēsha (-gēndēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to walk
kugēndēsha umugōngo (-gēndēsheje)   phr   ▶ to (cause to) walk backward
kugēnza (-gēnjeje)     v   ▶ 1. to watch carefully, 2. to cause to go well, 3. to lie in wait for
kugereraniriza (-gereranirije)     v   ▶ 1. to give an example, to illustrate, 2. make a sign, 3. point out the way
kugerūza (-gerūje)     v   ▶ to cause to diminish, diminish by
kugesesha (-gesesheje)     v   ▶ to cause to harvest, help to harvest
kugeza (-gejeje)     v   ▶ 1. to try, test, attempt, make an effort, 2. tempt, 3. to cause to arrive, to escort to a determined point
kugira ishari (-gize)   phr   ▶ to be jealous
kugirīsha (-girīshije)     v   ▶ to use, do with, make with
kugisha (-gishije)     v   ▶ 1. to take to greener pastures, 2. to increase, multiply (because of having fed well) (vi)
kugobōtoza (-gobōtoje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to take down, to take down with, 2. to unhook
kugōka (-gōtse)     v   ▶ 1. to break a taboo, 2. to do a despicable thing, 3. to bring or cause disgrace
kugombeka (-gombetse)     v   ▶ to sprinkle 'medicine' in house to protect from harm
kugora (-goye)     v   ▶ to do woman's work (housekeeping)
kugororoka (-gororotse)     v   ▶ 1. to be straight, to be right, 2. be righteous
kugumya (-gumije)     v   ▶ 1. to maintain, 2. to keep, 3. make firm, hold in place, 4. cause to stay
kugūndana (-gūndanye)     v   ▶ to push each other, knock each other down
kugūnga (-gūnze)     v   ▶ 1. to be dishonest, 2. to cheat, deceive, 3. refuse to give another his own
kugurīsha (-gurīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to sell, to cause to buy, 2. to peddle, to hawk
kugurukīsha (-gurukīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to fly
kugwagura (-gwaguye)     v   ▶ 1. to be used but not worn out, 2. to swoop, 3. to be old but still strong (person, garment, etc.)
kugwisha (-gwishije)     v   ▶ to cause to fall (from kugwa)
kujabuka (-jabutse)     v   ▶ 1. to cross river, valley, 2. (also used of woman who has come to the menopause), 3. to finish menstrual period
kujabutsa (-jabukije)     v   ▶ to help to cross, to cause to cross
kujījūka (-jījūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to leave, quit altogether because a thing is too difficult (e.g. itōngo), 2. to know for certain
kujīsha (-jīshe)     v   ▶ 1. to weave, knit, tie cow's legs while milking, 2. to make wax for honey (bees), 3. to close doors (used only in speaking of royal palace)
kujīshīsha (-jīshīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to weave, weave with
kujuragiza (-juragije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to work at several tasks at once, 2. to knock from place to place, 3. to jiggle
kuko     conj   ▶ because
kumanika (-manitse)     v   ▶ 1. to hang up, to suspend, 2. to raise up
kumanikīsha (-manikīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hang up, help to hang up, hang up with
kumanura (-manuye)     v   ▶ to lower, cause to descend, bring down, take down, drop down
kumāramāra (-māramāye)     v   ▶ 1. to be ashamed, 2. to be confused, to be dismayed
kumarīsha (-marīshije)     v   ▶ to use up
kumenyēra (-menyēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to be accustomed to, to be adapted to, 2. to do a thing habitually, 3. to adapt
kumenyerana (-menyeranye)   v   ▶ to get acquainted with each other, to get accustomed to each other
kumenyēreza (-menyēreje)     v   ▶ 1. to habituate, make accustomed to, get used to, 2. to tame
kumenyēsha (-menyēsheje)     v   ▶ 1. to inform, 2. to educate, 3. cause to know, to make known, 4. to publish, to issue
kumerēsha (-merēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to sprout by
kumeza (-mejeje)     v   ▶ to cause to sprout
kumījīrīsha (-mījīrīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to sprinkle, help to sprinkle, sprinkle with
kumiminīsha (-miminīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to strain, strain with, help to strain
kumiragura (-miraguye)     v   ▶ to swallow gluttonously
kumirīsha (-mirīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to swallow, help to swallow
kumogorera (-mogoreye)     v   ▶ to be accustomed to
kumokēsha (-mokēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to shout
kumokēshwa (-mokēshejwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to shout
kumomoza (-momoje)     v   ▶ to cause, help to pull, pull with
kumōta (-mōse)     v   ▶ to smell good, cause to smell good
kumotsa (-mokeje)     v   ▶ to cause to shout
kunāna (-nānnye)     v   ▶ to resist, refuse somewhat, be refractory
kunebwēsha (-nebwēsheje)     v   ▶ to make lazy, cause to waste time
kunēna (-nēnnye)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to eat and drink with, 2. to scorn
kunēnera (-nēneye)     v   ▶ to scorn at, for, because of
kunigīsha (-nigīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to strangle, strangle with
kunihīsha (-nihīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to groan
kunūkiriza (-nūkirije)     v   ▶ to cause to smell bad odor
kunyāgiza (-nyāgije)     v   ▶ to cause to get wet, expose to rain
kunyengetērwa (-nyengetērewe)     v   ▶ to have holes in from insects, rust, etc.
kunyereza (-nyereje)     v   ▶ to cause to slip, make slippery
kunyiganyiza (-nyiganyije)     v   ▶ to cause to tremble, to shake (vt)
kunywāguka (-nywāgutse)     v   ▶ to fall and hurt oneself, to be sore in one's muscles
kunywēsha (-nywēsheje)     v   ▶ to drink from, cause to drink
kurabika (-rabitse)     v   ▶ 1. to wilt, to cause to faint, 2. to be colored, 3. to strike down and almost kill (either person or tree)
kurabīsha (-rabīshije)     v   ▶ to cause, help to look, to look at with
kurabūka (-rabūtse)     v   ▶ 1. to regain consciousness, 2. to revive after being wilted, (vi) fainted
kurabura (-rabuye)     v   ▶ to help regain consciousness, to revive (vt)
kuragiza (-ragije)     v   ▶ to entrust flock to another to pasture, to help pasture
kurakira (-rakiye)     v   ▶ to be angry at, because of
kurakīsha (-rakīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to be angry
kurandurira (-randuriye)     v   ▶ to pull out at, for, because of
kurangira (-rangiye)     v   ▶ to be finished, to be exhausted, to finish (vi)
kuratsa (-rakije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to be angry, 2. to irritate
kurēga (-rēze)     v   ▶ to accuse
kurēgana (-rēganye)     v   ▶ to accuse each other
kurēgera (-rēgeye)     v   ▶ to accuse of, before, because of
kurēgēsha (-rēgēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to accuse
kuregūra (-regūye)     v   ▶ to excuse, acquit, exhonerate
kurēgwa (-rēzwe)     v   ▶ to be accused
kurekēsha (-rekēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to leave, stop
kurēmba (-rēmvye)     v   ▶ 1. to be smooth, silky soft, 2. to put forth new leaves, 3. to be fresh, attractive (person), 4. to get well after serious illness
kurēnza (-rēnje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to surpass, 2. to flee
kurerekēsha (-rerekēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to watch, watch by means of
kureruza (-reruje)     v   ▶ to cause to carry in tipoy
kurigatīsha (-rigatīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to lick, give to lick
kurihīsha (-rihīshije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to repay, 2. to demand payment, 3. to bill
kurimbūra (-rimbūye)     v   ▶ 1. to think over whether a thing is right, count the cost, 2. to joke (with lots of words), to be talkative, garrulous
kurimīsha (-rimīshije)     v   ▶ to cultivate with, to hoe with, to cause to cultivate
kurīndīsha (-rīndīshije)     v   ▶ to entrust to someone to guard, encourage
kurīra (-rīriye)     v   ▶ to eat at, in, because of
kurirīmbīsha (-rirīmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to sing, lead in singing
kurīrīra (-rīrīriye)     v   ▶ to be in debt to but refuse to pay
kurīsha (-rīshije)     v   ▶ to eat with (instrument), to pasture, to cause to eat
kurīshwa (-rīshijwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to eat, be pastured
kuriza (-rijije)     v   ▶ to cause to weep
kurizwa (-rijijwe)     v   ▶ to be caused to weep
kurobēsha (-robēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to fish, to fish with
kurogēsha (-rogēsheje)     v   ▶ to cause to bewitch
kuronderera (-rondereye)     v   ▶ to look for at, for, because of
kurondōza (-rondōje)     v   ▶ to cause to multiply
kurongora (-rongoye)     v   ▶ 1. to marry (of groom), 2. to have sex (only used of men)
kurorēreza (-rorēreje)     v   ▶ to cause to wait
kurukīsha (-rukīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to vomit
kurūngikīsha (-rūngikīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to send
kurungurirwa (-rungurirwe)   v   ▶ to be dizzy, to feel nausea
kuruta (-rushe)     v   ▶ to surpass, to be better (also used to make comparative)
kurutīsha (-rutīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to surpass
kurwāzwa (-rwāje)     v   ▶ to be nursed, to be sick because of
kurya (-riyrīye)     v   ▶ to eat (used for people and animals)
(more polite, for people only) gufungura
kuryako (-rīyeko)   v   ▶ to eat a little, to taste just a bite
kuryārukana (-ryārukanye)     v   ▶ to abuse one you formerly loved
(amagara yandyarutse – my strength has left me)
kuryōha (-ryōshe)     v   ▶ to be delicious, excellent, to be tasteful
kuryōsha (-ryoheje)     v   ▶ 1. to make good, delicious, 2. to interest
kutagira isoni   phr   ▶ 1. to be shameless, unashamed, 2. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kuvīrwa (-vīriwe)   v   ▶ to be soaked, flooded in house
kuvīsha (-vīshije)   v   ▶ to allow, cause to flow, to be shed
kuvōgera (-vōgeye)   v   ▶ to walk in water, to go all through one's house, to know one's thoughts completely
kuvōvōta (-vōvōse)   v   ▶ 1. to talk nonsense when drunk, to say a lot of slanderous talk, 2. to speak incoherently, 3. to rain early in morning or for a long time, 4. to give oneself to the service of Kiranga (also kubāndwa), 5. to divine
kuvuba (-vuvye)   v   ▶ to cause to rain (sorcerer), to pour water on hair before cutting
kuvubīsha (-vubīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to rain by means of
kuvuga (-vuze)   v   ▶ 1. to speak, to say, 2. to discuss, 3. to claim
kuvugīsha (-vugīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to speak
kuvugīsha ukuri (-vugīshije)   phr   ▶ to be honest, to cause to speak the truth
kuvumereza (-vumereje)   v   ▶ to call continuously and persistently
kuvunaguza (-vunaguje)   v   ▶ to cause to break to bits, break with
kuvūnga (-vūnze)   v   ▶ to crush with hands
kuvūngagura (-vūngaguye)   v   ▶ to crush grain
kuvūngīsha (-vūngīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to crush grain, crush with
kuvūnguka (-vūngutse)   v   ▶ 1. to crush, 2. to crumb easily, to crumble
kuvūngura (-vūnguye)   v   ▶ 1. to crush, 2. to rub grain, 3. to take off chaff
kuvurisha (-vurishije)   v   ▶ to cause to thicken, sour by
kuvūrīsha (-vūrīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to treat, treat with
kuvuza (-vugije)   v   ▶ 1. to cause to speak, 2. to play instrument, 3. to beat drum
kuvūza (-vūje)   v   ▶ to cause to treat the sick
kuvyimbīsha (-vyimbīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to swell
kuvyimbīshwa (-vyimbīshijwe)   v   ▶ to be caused to swell
kuvyina (-vyinye)   v   ▶ to dance (esp. to music)
kuvyinīsha (-vyinīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to dance
kuyagiriza (-yagirije)   v   ▶ to cause to melt, to shine brilliantly
kuyagīsha (-yagīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to melt
kuyāgīsha (-yāgīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to visit
kuyaza (-yagije)   v   ▶ to cause to melt
kuyobeza (-yobeje)   v   ▶ to cause to be mistaken, mislead
kuyoboza (-yoboje)   v   ▶ 1. to cause to lead, to lead for another, 2. to make progress
kuyogera (-yogeye)   v   ▶ to perish, to be killed unjustly
kuyōrēsha (-yōrēsheje)   v   ▶ to cause to pick up
kuyugayuga (-yugayuze)   v   ▶ to go from place to place to sit (because of fear, or because others speak evil of you), sit fidgeting
kuzāngazānga (-zāngazānze)   v   ▶ 1. to dawdle, 2. to make excuses
kuzēza (-zējeje)   v   ▶ to entrust
kuzēzwa (-zējejwe)   v   ▶ to be entrusted with
kuzigamīsha (-zigamīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to protect, entrust to the care of
kuzigīsha (-zigīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to dye black
kuzigiza (-zigije)   v   ▶ to cause to dye black, to let burn
kuzīnda (-zīnze)   v   ▶ 1. to be difficult to say or know, 2. to cause to forget, 3. to escape the memory
kuzīnga (-zīnze)   v   ▶ 1. to fold, roll up, 2. to chase flies off cows, 3. to not grow (because of too many seeds)
kuzingirikira (-zingirikiye)   v   ▶ to force, to command a person to do what he doesn't want to, use violence, to make another lose his case
kuzīngīsha (-zīngīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to roll up
kuzira (-zize)   v   ▶ 1. to be forbidden, taboo, to refuse to eat, to despise, 2. to be punished for someone else's wrong doing, to suffer or be punished because of a certain thing, 3. to avenge wrong done to one's family
kuziririza (-ziririje)   v   ▶ 1. to absolutely refuse, 2. to superstitiously observe certain days, 3. to observe a taboo
kuzīrōra (-zīrōye)   v   ▶ to persist in old customs, to observe class distinctions
kuzirukaniriza (-zirukanirije)   v   ▶ to give penuriously to
kuzirukanya (-zirukanije)   v   ▶ 1. to give penuriously, put in only a little (e.g. salt), 2. to infringe, violate, contravene
kuzirwa (-zizwe)   v   ▶ to be refused, made a taboo
kuziza (-zize)   v   ▶ to forbid (because you don't want him to get along well), to harm or kill because of revenge
kuzizwa (-zijijwe)   v   ▶ to be mistreated because of
kuzūnguza umutwe (-zūnguje)   phr   ▶ to shake one's head in anger or disgust
kwāgiriza (-āgirije)   v   ▶ 1. to witness, to certify, to prove, 2. to accuse
kwāhira (-āhiye)     v   ▶ (from kwāha) to cut grass (to use it for something)
kwāmīsha (-āmīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to bear fruit
kwāndikisha (-āndikishije)     v   ▶ 1. to write with, cause to write, 2. to enroll, 3. to register
kwāndukira (-āndukiye)     v   ▶ to be contagious
kwāndukirwa (-āndukiwe)     v   ▶ to contract a contagious disease
kwāndukiza (-āndukije)     v   ▶ to transmit a contagious disease
kwānka (-ānse)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse, 2. to hate, to detest, 3. to resist, to oppose
kwānkira (-ānkiye)     v   ▶ 1. to refuse to, 2. to be impossible for, 3. to be willful, 4. to be disobedient (very strongly)
kwānkīsha (-ānkīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to hate
kwāsamika (-āsamitse)     v   ▶ to cause to open the mouth
kwāsamuza (-āsamuje)     v   ▶ to cause to sneeze
kwāya (-āye)     v   ▶ 1. to waste, 2. to consume uselessly
kwegereza (-egereje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to approach, 2. put within reach
kwemeza (-emeje)     v   ▶ 1. to convince, 2. to prove, 3. to confirm, 4. to cause to admit or accept
kwenēna (-enennye)     v   ▶ 1. to be suspended in air, 2. to swing
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
kwerura (-eruye)     v   ▶ 1. to tell publicly, make known, 2. to be unashamed, shameless, 3. to be bold (esp. of young girl), 4. to be rude, vulgar, obtrusive, coarse
kwēyēra (-ēyēye)     v   ▶ to sweep, to dust
kwēyēreza (-ēyēreje)     v   ▶ to cause to sweep, sweep with
kwībabaza (-ībabaje)     v   ▶ to cause oneself to suffer, to agonize
kwībagiza (-ībagije)     v   ▶ to cause to forget
kwībisha (-ībishije)     v   ▶ to cause to steal
kwībukīsha (-ībukīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to remember
kwībwiza (-ībwije)     v   ▶ to cause to put on new growth
kwīcarika (-īcaritse)     v   ▶ to cause to sit, to cause to stay
kwīcarikwa (-īcaritswe)     v   ▶ to be caused to sit, to be caused to stay on
kwīcisha (-īcishije)     v   ▶ to cause to kill, to kill with
kwīganyira (-īganyiye)     v   ▶ 1. to be anxious, worried, 2. to be grieved
kwīgemagema (-īgemagemye)     v   ▶ 1. to go to a man's house to entice him, 2. to go to a meal uninvited
kwigemura (-igemuye)   v   ▶ to elope, go to husband without being properly married (kwigemura ku mugabo)
kwījajara (-ījajaye)     v   ▶ to die, to peg out, to die a wretched death (rude, used of a person scorned by others)
kwīkēnga (-īkēnze)     v   ▶ to mistrust
kwīkōmvōmvora (-īkōmvōmvoye)     v   ▶ to cleanse house ceremoniously after a death
kwīma (-īmye)     v   ▶ 1. to deny, to refuse to give, to withhold, 2. to become king, to ascend to the throne, 3. to go to male, to copulate (only of female animals)
kwīmana (-īmanye)     v   ▶ to be selfish, to refuse to give to another
kwīmbīsha (-īmbīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to dig, dig with
kwīmira (-īmiye)     v   ▶ to refuse for (a certain reason)
kwīmīsha (-īmīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to refuse
kwīngīngīsha (-īngīngīshije)     v   ▶ to cause to beseech
kwīnika (-īnitse)     v   ▶ 1. to put to soak (esp. grain), 2. to cause to sprout
kwīnjiza (-īnjije)     v   ▶ to cause to enter
kwīnyugunura (-īnyugunuye)   v   ▶ to brush the teeth
kwīnyugunyura (-īnyugunyuye)     v   ▶ to rinse the mouth, brush the teeth
kwīrārīra (-īrārīriye)     v   ▶ to be presumptious, over-confident
kwīrega (-īreze)     v   ▶ 1. to accuse oneself, 2. to confess
kwīregūra (-īregūye)     v   ▶ 1. to excuse oneself, 2. justify oneself, 3. to apologize
kwirēngera (-rēngeye)   v   ▶ 1. to carry something on head without using the hands, 2. to take responsibility for something
kwīriza (-īrijije)     v   ▶ to cause oneself to weep, weep without reason
kwirukana (-irukanye)   v   ▶ 1. to fire (from job), 2. to throw out (of the house)
kwīshuriza (-īshurije)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to pay, 2. to answer by
kwīshuza (-īshuje)     v   ▶ 1. to ask to pay, to demand payment, 2. to cause to pay
kwīsomōra (-īsomōye)     v   ▶ to dress a wound for oneself (euphemistically used for to commit adultery in speaking of a married man)
kwītāmba ku muvyimba (-ītāmvye)     phr   ▶ 1. to make it hard for one who has lost a loved one by reproaching the dead one, 2. to make light of serious things, 3. to gloat over (reference to death) (from gutāmba)
kwītāra (-ītāze)     v   ▶ 1. to be determined to get what you want, 2. to be presumptous, 3. put yourself above where you belong
kwītiranya (-ītiranije)     v   ▶ to get names confused
kwītirira (-ītiririye)     v   ▶ to name because of, in memory of
kwītirisha (-ītirishije)     v   ▶ to cause to name
kwitwarira (-itwariye)   v   ▶ 1. to accuse, 2. to take to court
kwītwaririka (-ītwariritse)     v   ▶ 1. to be eager, earnest, zealous, persistent, 2. to take care of, be concerned about
kwīyugunyura (-īyugunyuye)     v   ▶ to rinse the mouth, brush the teeth
kwīzera (-īzeye)     v   ▶ 1. to trust, 2. to believe, 3. to hope
kwīzerwa (-īzewe)     v   ▶ to be trusted
kwīzēza (-īzējeje)     v   ▶ to cause to believe
kwīzigira (-īzigiye)     v   ▶ 1. to believe, 2. to hope, 3. to trust in, to have confidence in, 4. to expect
kwīzigirwa (-īzigiwe)     v   ▶ to be trusted, to be trustworthy
kwīzigiza (-ījigije)     v   ▶ to cause to hope, trust
kwōkereza (-ōkereje)     v   ▶ to cause to roast for
kwōkōza (-ōkōje)     v   ▶ 1. to cause to take from fire, 2. ask cow from one who has received one
kwōmānza (-ōmānje)     v   ▶ 1. to split up, cut lengthwise, 2. to play on instrument vigorously
kwōmba (-ōmvye)     v   ▶ to act or go secretly because of fear
kwōnesha (-ōnesheje)     v   ▶ to allow or cause goat to destroy garden
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
kwōrekēra (-ōrekēreye)     v   ▶ 1. to try to make someone like what he has refused, 2. to entice, 3. to seduce
kwōrokereza (-ōrokereje)     v   ▶ 1. to get medicine to make cow like her calf, 2. to stand up for someone you trust
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)
kwūbakīsha (-ūbakīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to build, build with
kwūgariza (-ūgarije)   v   ▶ to cause to close
kwūgurūza (-ūgurūje)   v   ▶ to cause to open
kwūhagirira (-ūhagiriye)   v   ▶ to bathe for, because of
kwūhīra (-ūhīye)   v   ▶ 1. to pour water on another's hands, 2. to give salt to domestic animals (usually in other food)
kwūhiza (-ūhije)   v   ▶ to cause to give salt to cows
kwūmīsha (-ūmīshije)   v   ▶ to cause to dry, to make dry
kwūmvīsha (-ūmvīshije)   v   ▶ 1. to cause to hear, 2. to cause to understand
kwūngura (-ūnguye)   v   ▶ 1. to multiply (vt), 2. to increase (vt), 3. to cause to make profit
kwūnguza (-ūnguje)   v   ▶ to cause to increase
kwūrira (-ūriye)   v   ▶ 1. to climb (as tree), 2. to board (a bus, train)
kwūriza (-ūrije)   v   ▶ to cause to climb
kwūrizwa (-ūrijwe)   v   ▶ to be caused to climb
kwūrurutsa (-ūrurukije)   v   ▶ to cause to climb down
kwūrurutswa (--kijwe)   v   ▶ to be caused to climb down
māmbu    ▶ 'it just doesn't exist' (said when you've looked for something and can't find it)
musāza (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ brother (of girl)
musazanje my brother (girl speaking)
musaza wiwe her brother
musazacu our brother (girls speaking)
musaza wanyu your brother (spoken to girls)
mushiki (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister (of boy)
mushiki wiwe his sister
mushiki wanyu your sister (spoken to boys)
(see also mushikanje, mushikabo)
mwēne dāta wācu (b-)     phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my paternal cousin (boy or girl)
bene dāta wācu my paternal cousins (boys and girls)
mwēne wācu (b-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. my sibling of the same sex, 2. my cousin (paternal)
mwīriwe    n   ▶ 1. good afternoon, good evening, 2. hello (in afternoon/evening, greeting used when meeting for second time same day)
mwīshwanje (b-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my sister's son (usually used for an oath with indecent meaning)
Myandagaro    n   ▶ August
n'ūko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
na    ▶ 1. and (for words in a series or phrases, but not clauses), 2. by, 3. with, 4. even
ndabigusavye   phr   ▶ Please! (from gusaba)
ndakwīkebanuye   phr   ▶ goodbye (used when adressing a superior)
nēza cane   phr   ▶ fabulous, great
ni ko   conj   ▶ 1. all right, 2. that's so, 3. thus
nigiria ikigongwe   phr   ▶ excuse me
niko     conj   ▶ all right, that's so, thus
niyo mpamvu   phr   ▶ because of that, hence
nk'ūko    ▶ as, like (introducing clause)
no     conj   ▶ and (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku)
kurima no gusatura biraruhisha Hoeing and splitting wood is tiring
nuko     conj   ▶ therefore, so, it is thus, that's right, then
nyabugoro    n   ▶ little house built for spirit of one who has died
Nyakanga    n   ▶ September (or August)
nyirababiri (ba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ mother of twins (rarely used)
rero     conj   ▶ 1. therefore, 2. thus, 3. then, 4. so
ruciteme   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred drum "for whom one clears brush", kept at Gishora
rurabwe    ▶ seeing one indistinctly because he went too fast
sēbabiri (ba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father of twins (also used for the mother)
sha     excl   ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)
shahu   excl   ▶ familiar term for addressing another (used mostly by men and boys)
tifusi   3  class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ typhus
ubudandaji   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ trade, business
ubuhēhēsi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lustful thinking and practices
ubuhinguriro   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ industry
ubukūndanyi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) kindness, graciousness
ubumāka     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) changing wife or husband frequently
ubumere   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ condition, state, status
ubura (ama-)     8  class 8
singular: ubu-
plural: ama- ▶ 1. of same blood, 2. intestines (used in pl.)
uburezi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. accusation (old), 2. education
uburiri (ama-)     8   5  sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ bed (plural used only for an indefinite number)
amariri menshi many beds
uburiri bubiri two beds
uburyōhe     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) flavor, deliciousness
ubushākanyi     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) lust
ubushizi bw'amanga     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ fearlessness (because one knows he is right)
ubusōsa   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ delicious taste
ubuzimuzimu   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers, 2. spirit worship, 3. superstitions
ubwārāra     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) contagious disease (term of scorn: uri n'ubwarara)
ubwāto (am-)     8   5  sg. class 8: ubu-
pl. class 5: ama- ▶ 1. boat, 2. traditional dugout canoe
(plural only used for indefinite numbers)
amāto menshi = many boats, but
ubwāto bubiri = two boats
ubwēnge     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. wisdom, 2. knowledge, knowhow, 3. sense, 4. intelligence, 5. intellect, 6. consciousness
ubwība     8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. thievery, 2. time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out
ubworozi   8  class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) livestock farming, animal husbandry
ugukēka   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ suspicion
ugusha   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ combustion
ukwaka   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ combustion
ukwāndukiza   9  class 9
singular: uku- ▶ contamination, transmission of a contagious disease
ukwīpfūza   9  class 9
singular: uku-
plural: ama- ▶ envy, jealousy, enviousness, covetousness
umuboyi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ house worker (rude, derogative), house boy
umubūrano (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ conversation, discussion
umucance (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ husband, married man (from ince =hymen, lit. one who broke the hymen)
umucuruzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman
umudage (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ German (person) (used in northern region of Burundi)
umudandaji (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman
umudāndaza (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman
umudāndazi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trader, businessman
umufrēre (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ religious brother, monk
umufungo (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ heap (usually small heap of products on markets)
umugabo (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ man (married), husband
umugēnzo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ custom
umugororotsi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person
umugorotsi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ righteous person
umugoyigoyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ weak person (because of illness, etc.)
umugumo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others
umuguzi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ buyer, shopper, customer
umuhanzi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. singer, 2. musician, 3. performer (Rw.)
umuhizi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. handsome or skilled person, 2. courageous person
umuhōra (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ path made by cows, esp. near houses
umuhotora (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ rope made from papyrus
umukaratūsi (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ eucalyptus tree
umukēcuru (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ old woman, widow (not very respectful term, can be used though by little children, or by grandchildren towards their grandmother)
umukēre (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ bush with thorns and edible berries
umukevyi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ butler, trusted servant, favorite
umukiriya (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ client, customer
umukokayi (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person reruiting the clients for a taxi or bus
umukōndo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. navel, 2. spot opposite door or house, 3. end of boat
umukororōmvyi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. streak (caused by water, sweat, etc.), 2. rainbow
umukozi wo mu rugo (aba-)   phr    1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ house worker (male or female)
umukubūzo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ broom, brush
umukungugu (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ dust
umumānda (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark was used for clothing
umunēngo (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ pincer used by snuff smokers, clothespin
umunyabwīra (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ industrious person
umurezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ accuser
umusaka (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ house in ruins
umusego (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cushion, pillow
umusēsekara (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ surplus, overflow
umushōnge (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ house with high pointed roof
umusi (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumusi today
uyumusi uyumusi this very day
umusoso (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ muscle
umuswezi (aba-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. sexually very active person, 2. homosexual person, gay person (from guswera)
umutsi (imi-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. blood vessel, 2. nerve, 3. muscle, 4. tendon
umuvumu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ tree of which bark is used for clothing
umuvūmvu (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ kind of tree (fiber used for rope)
umuvurungano (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ noise (esp. of battle or strife), confusion, clamor
umuvyara (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ maternal cousin
umuyaya (aba-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ babysitter, housemaid
umuziki (imi-)   2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ music
umwakāka (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ brass (as used in bracelets)
umwerānda (ab-)   1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. just person, 2. righteous person, 3. good person, 4. holy person
umwēte     2  class 2
singular: umu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. zeal, earnestness, enthusiasm, 2. activity, 3. application
umwīzigirwa (ab-)     1  class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ trustworthy or faithful person
umwōtso (imy-)     2  class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ awl (instrument used for branding)
untūnge   phr   ▶ excuse me (when interrupting)
urudāndaza   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ trade, business
urufūnzo (im-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ papyrus reed, swamp
urugo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. kraal, 2. enclosure about house and yard, 3. household
urugombeko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 'medicine' to protect house
uruhamo   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ (no pl.) hatred, refusal
uruhongore (impongore)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ 1. house for animals, 2. sheepfold
urukāngaga (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ rushes
urukanka (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ framework of house (finished except grass)
urukayamba   6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ rectangular rattle, musical instrument
urukorogoto (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ papyrus reeds (dry)
urukorōnko (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ charm or horn used by witch doctor
urusāgo (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ temporary house
urusīka (in-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ partition, wall, room in house
uruyige (inzige)   6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ locust, grasshopper
urwāmfu (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weeds (of a certain sort, used in basketry)
urwārwa (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru- ▶ banana beer (also urwāgwa, urwāwa, the plural is only used when the beer is criticized)
urwītwazo (inz-)     6  class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ excuse, pretext (rarely used in plural)
uyumusi   adv   ▶ today, this day (from uyu musi)
Yesu   1  class 1
singular: umu- ▶ Jesus
yūko  ▶ that (esp. to introduce indirect quotation or other dependent clause)
ability   ▶ ububāsha, ubushobozi
 (to not be equal in) gusūmbana
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able   ▶ (to be) gushobora, kubāsha
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above   ▶ hejuru
 (to be) guhanama
 (to be in excess) gusāguka
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absent   ▶ (to be) gusība
 (to cause to be) gusībīsha, gusīvya
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abundant   ▶ (to be) kugwīra, gusāga, gusāguka
 (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
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abuse   ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
 (one formerly loved) kuryārukana
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accelerate   ▶ kunyarutsa, gushiramo
 (a car) kwongera umuriro
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accept   ▶ kwemera
(to cause to) kwemeza
(a decision in spite of oneself) kujanirana, kujaniranwa
(not accept helpful suggestions) gutagara
(not accept judgement rendered) kudadika, gutagara
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accident   ▶ agisida, inzeduka, icāgo, icaduka
 (to barely escape) guhakwa
 (to fall on spear) gushōka
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accompany   ▶ kwāmbukana, kugendanira, guherekeza
 (to be accompanied to wedding, as bride is) gushīngirwa
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accomplish   ▶ (be zealous to) gufūhira
 (earnestness) ifūhe
 (to finish) guheraheza
 (not quit without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
 (to be accomplished) kurangūka
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accumulate   ▶ kurūnda
 (to add to what one has) gusorōra
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achieve   ▶ guheza
 (goal) gushika kw'ihangiro
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acknowledge   ▶ kwemera
 (refuse to ~ one's wrong) kudadarara
 (to oneself one's guilt) kwīrimbūra
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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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add   ▶ kugereka, kugerekeranya, gusukiranya, gutēranya
 (little by little) gutororokanya
 (to what one has) gusorōra
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admit   ▶ kwemera
 (to cause to) kwemeza
 (one's wrong to avoid being caught) kwīyagiriza
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adorn   ▶ gushariza, gushaza, gushazīsha
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adulterer   ▶ umusāmbanyi
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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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advantage   ▶ akarusho, ubuhīrwe
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again   ▶ ukundi
 (do again) kwongera, gusubīra
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agony   ▶ (to be in) gusāmba
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agree   ▶ guhūza imitima, guhwānya
 (~ to) kwemera, gushīnga
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aid   ▶ imfashanyo
 (to ~) gufasha
 (to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (first ~) ugutabāra
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amazement   ▶ (to do something that causes pleasure or amazement) gusamāza
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and   ▶ (for connecting clauses) kandi, uteko
 (for connecting words in series) na
 (between infinitives or preceding mu or ku) no
 (and then) maze
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anger   ▶ uburake, uburakari, ishavu, ubusugurirwe,
 (rare) ipfūhe, ifūhe
 (to soften another's) gufyīta
 (to tear clothes in) kumwāga
 (to treat with) gushinyagura
 (word that remains in heart and causes anger) isata burēnge
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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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anniversary   ▶ (birthday) umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka
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annoy   ▶ kugōra, gusīnda
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anoint   ▶ gusīga
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ant   ▶ (flying, edible) iswa
 (pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (soldier) uburima
 (sugar) ikinywabūki
 (tiny) ubunyegeri, urunyegeri
 (white) umuswa
 (white ~ hill) umugina
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antiseptic   ▶ akaziraruguma, umuti ubuza uruguma gusebura
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anus   ▶ innyo
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anxious   ▶ (to be) kuganya, kuganyira, kwīganyira
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apart   ▶ (to come) gushānyūka
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apparatus   ▶ (instrument, machine) igikoresho
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appear   ▶ kuboneka, guseruka, guturuka
(out of ground) gututuza
(suddenly) kwāduka, guturūmbuka
(suddenly, as sun) kubāndūra
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appreciate   ▶ (to) gukengurukira
 (to ~ work) gushima
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apprehend   ▶ (a culprit) gusūmira
(understand) kumenya
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arrange   ▶ gutūmbereza
 (according to length, height) gusūmbanya
 (properly) kurorānya
 (place in order) kuringaniza
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arrive   ▶ kugera, gushika
 (~ at) kwīgera
 (at the top) kurēngēra
 (cause to ~) gucimbataza
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as   ▶ ku, uko, ingene, ubugene
(introducing clauses) nk'uko
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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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asking   ▶ (earnestly persist in ~ for something) kuzigiriza
 (one who is always ~ for things) umusabisabi
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assemble   ▶ kurementanya
 (people) gukoranya
 (things to give to someone) gusorōranya
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astonished   ▶ (to be) gushirwa, gutangāra
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attack   ▶ gusōmborotsa, gusōmboroza
 (esp. young man ~ girl) kunkīranya
 (lead troops to ~) kugomora
 (unexpectedly) kwūbiriza
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attain   ▶ gushikīra
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attendant   ▶ (to be a wedding ~) gushīngira
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attention   ▶ (to pay ~) kwītōndera
 (to look at without paying ~) gusamāra
 (to pay no ~) gusamāra, gutimba
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attraction   ▶ (magnetic) ugusumakura
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baby   ▶ umwāna, uruhīnja, uruyōya
 (not old enough to know fear) igifatanzoka
 (tiny ~) uruhīnja
 (~ clothes) icahi
(~ food) umusururu
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bandit   ▶ umusahuzi
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bank   ▶ (bankhouse) ibanki
 (~ account) ikonte, ububīko
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barbarous   ▶ (to be) kudebagura
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bark   ▶ igishishwa
 (of banana tree) igihubahuba
 (cloth garment) indemano
 (cloth with painted spots, used as thing of worship) indabe, indome
 (~ stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imibavu
 (put on new ~) kwībwira
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barren   ▶ (to be, person) kugūmbaha
 (plants) kurūmba
 (place) uruharabuga
 (thing, corn, etc.) ikirūmbirane
 (to become from lack of fertilizer) guseba
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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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beads   ▶ ubudede, akadede
 (esp. big ones) ubusaro
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bean   ▶ igiharage
(green) umubīmba, umukerere, umukonyogo
(lima) igiharo
(red) ishigisha
(small red) uduharawe
(leaves) umukubi
(leaves, first two) ingāmba
(pod) urusokoro
(sprout) umugōndōra
(that have been put away for a year) igihitira
(to put ~ away for a year) guhitiza
(to put away ~ for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(to tie ~ on hedge to dry) gushisha
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bear   ▶ (children prolificly having been barren) guhonōka
 (fruit) kwāma
 (fruit abundantly) gutēngerera
 (greetings) gutāsha
 (to cause to ~) guhonōra
 (cease to ~) kwāmurura
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beat   ▶ gukubita, kujānjagura, gushinyagurira, gushishagura, gutonagura
 (act as if to ~, but not do so) kugera
 (~ around the bush) gukingitiranya
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (heart) gutera indihaguzi
 (drum) kuvuza
 (raising welts) kuramagura
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bed   ▶ igitanda, uburiri
 (foot of) imirāmbizo
 (under a ~) urutara
 (to go to) kuryāma
 (to make) gusāsa
 (to put to) kuryāmika
 (to unmake) gusasūra
 (time to go to) amaryāma
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beer   ▶ inzōga
 (fresh, with froth) umubira
 (banana) urwārwa, urwāgwa
(sorghum) impeke, indimwa
(given to sick person) umwerēra
 (sharp, anything fermented) inkarisha
 (undiluted) uruhorwe
 (mixed with water) umusharuro
 (to beg for) kuvūmba
 (to put in a warm place) gutara
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beeswax   ▶ ishashara, umushashara
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beg   ▶ kwīngīnga, gusaba, gusēga
 (continually) gukōra, gukōza, gusabiriza
 (earnestly) gukomba ibōbo
 (for beer) kuvūmba
 (habitually) gusegerereza
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beggar   ▶ umusēzi, umusabisabi
 (one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it) imvūmūre
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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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behind   ▶ inyuma
 (get left ~ as you stare at something) kurāngāra
 (to hide ~) kwīkīnga
 (to leave) gusiga
 (to look) gukebuka
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believe   ▶ kwīzēra, kwīzigira, kwemera
 (cause to) kwīzēza
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belt   ▶ umukandara, umusipi (Sw.)
(to wear a ~) gukenyera
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besiege   ▶ (as in hunt or battle) gusūgereza
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better   ▶ (be ~ than) kurusha
(something ~ than others of its kind) agaheta
 (he's ~, I'm ~) n'imitende, n'imisuhūko
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bid   ▶ (goodbye) gusēzera
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big   ▶ -nini
(to be too) gusāguka, kudēnda
 (to be, of growing things, esp. child) gushisha
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bind   ▶ guhāmbīra, kuboha
 (ropes or whatever is used to bind a criminal) imvuto
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binding   ▶ umusōzo
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bird   ▶ ikiguruka
 (little ones) inyoni
 (crane, golden-crested) umusāmbi
 (crow) igikōna
 (dove) intunguru, inuma
 (duck) imbati
 (eagle) inkona, inkukuma, ikinyakabaka, impūngu
 (goose, wild) igisafu
 (hawk) igisiga
 (kite) ikinyakabaka
 (parrot) gasuku
 (partridge) inkwāre
 (robin, African) inyōmvyi
 (that sucks honey, black with red throat, or metallic green) umunūni
 (wagtail) inyamanza
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birth   ▶ ivuka
 (to give ~) kuvyāra
 (to be about to give ~) gukurirwa
 (to be about to give ~, of cow) kudigiriza
 (to give ~, to litter, esp. dog) kubwāgura
 (to come to day to give ~) kuramukwa
 (to give ~, to child who dies at once) kuruhira ubusa
 (to aid woman in childbirth) kuvyāza
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birthday   ▶ umusi w'icibukiro ushika rimwe mu mwaka
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bit   ▶ (not a ~) n'intete
(to run out ~ by ~ till all is gone) gushīrīra
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bite   ▶ gushikura
 (as animal, or pain) kurandagura
 (of animal, insect) kuryāna
 (insect) gusurira
 (of person only) kuguguna, gutsontsomera
 (serpent) gukomora
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bits   ▶ utumānyagu
 (of paper, cloth) ibitabu
 (break into, vt) kumenagura, kumānyagura, gusatagura, kuvunagura, kuvunaguza, gucagagura
 (break into, vi) kumenagurika, gusatagurika
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bitten   ▶ (to jump when ~) gushikurwa
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blister   ▶ ibavu
(from burns) ubutute bw'ubushe
(to ~) kubūbika, kugurugūmba
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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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blossom   ▶ kwātura, gushūriza
 (to produce) gushūrika
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blot out  ▶ gusibānganiza, gusibānganya
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blur   ▶ (seeing one indistinctly because he went too fast) rurabwe
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board   ▶ urubāho, ikibaho, ubushinguro
 (~ game) igisoro
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boat   ▶ ubwato, imasuwa, imeri
(big) icōmba
 (stern) umukōndo
 (to row a ~) gusōza
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bold   ▶ (to be) gushirukanya, kwūbahuka
 (esp. young girl) kwerura
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bone marrow  ▶ umusokōro
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bonus   ▶ agashimwe, agashirukabute
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border   ▶ (boundery) umupaka
 (of basket) umusōzo
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branch   ▶ ishami
 (serving to close entrance) imyugariro, imihogero, imihangazo
(to cut off) gukōkōra
 (to put forth) gushamika
 (to put out great) gusagarara, gutabarara
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branches   ▶ udushami
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brave   ▶ (to be) guhangāra, kurema, gushira amanga
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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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breast   ▶ ibere, ibisusu
(to dry up) gucūka
 (milk) amabērebēre
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breathing   ▶ (respiration) ugusohora impwemu
 (~ in) ukwinjiza impwemu
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bride   ▶ umugeni
 (to give gift to ~, so she will talk) guhorōra
 (to refuse to speak till given gift, ~) guhorōrwa
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brigand   ▶ umusahuzi
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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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brother   ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere
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bubble   ▶ (water) gusebura, kuzīkuruka
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bubbling   ▶ (of water in spring) agaseba
 (to make sound of) gusāma
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bud   ▶ umunago, umuribo, amaso y'ibiterwa
(to ~) gushūrika
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bully   ▶ umusīnzi
 (to ~) gusīnda
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bump   ▶ ubukiru
 (to ~ into) guseka
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burn   ▶ ubushe
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burr   ▶ (of bush) ikiramata
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burst   ▶ (vi) gusāba, guturika
 (vt) guturitsa
 (into light, dawn) kwēnzūra
 (open, vt) kwāturura
 (open in garden, overripe) gusaragurika
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bus   ▶ ibisi
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butt   ▶ guseka
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buy   ▶ (to) kugura, kununūra
 (to ~ and sell) kudāndaza, guhānjura
 (to ~ a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
 (look things over in prospect of buying) kugaragura
 (to ~ very much) kurangura
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cactus   ▶ ubwoko bw'igihane
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calculate   ▶ gusharira
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call   ▶ (to ~) guhamagara
 (in sense of name) kwīta
 (continuously and persistently) kuvumereza
 (for help) kwāmbaza, gutābaza, gutaka, gutakāmba
 (from hill to hill) gusemerera
 (loudly for help) gutakāmba
 (across the hills, implies scorn of one doing it) kumoka
 (to one who cannot answer) gucurīra
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callus   ▶ ibavu
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cane   ▶ ikibāndo, inkoni yo gushaza
 (sugar ~, ready to eat) umusigati, umusumba
(sugar ~, plant) igikaju
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caramelization   ▶ ugushongesha isukari igahindura ibara
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care   ▶ (anxiety) umwītwaririko
 (of body, house, etc.) isuku
 (to care about) kubabara
 (for) kuziganya
 (to take ~ of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka, gutūnga
 (to take very good ~ of) kubukabuka
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carnivorous   ▶ gitunzwe n'inyāma cane cane
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carry   ▶ guterura, gutwāra
 (away, as water does) gukubebera
 (carefully, lest it break or spill) kwengēnga
 (for) gutwāza
 (in basket, person not sick) kurerura
 (on back) guheka
 (on head) kwīkorera, kwīremeka
 (on head, without using hands) kwirēngera
 (and put down frequently) gusengenyeza
(water) kuvōma
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cascade   ▶ gushunguruka, gusūma
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case   ▶ (container) urwūbati
 (law) ibūrana
 (to declare one's case at a trial) gusāmba
 (to know the facts of) guhinyura
 (to make another lose his) kuzingirikira
 (to take ~ to chief) kubūranya
 (to take ~ to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
 (to win ~) gutsīnda
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castrate   ▶ (to) gukona, gushāhura
 (castrated male) inkone
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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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caught   ▶ (to be ~ and unable to extricate oneself) kurobeza
 (to be ~ stealing) gusūmirwa
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charm   ▶ (heathen) igihēko
 (heathen, worn on head) urugori
 (used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 ('medicine' smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) ururēmbeko
 (spell, hex) amarozi
 (white shell worn by children) iyugi
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chase   ▶ (away with shouts) kwāmira
 (away) guhīnda, kwīrukana, gukinagiza, kwāmbutsa
 (away because of hatred) gutuza
 (away evil spirits) gusēnda
 (flies off cows) kuzīnga
 (hunt) guhīga
 (others out of house) guturumbura
 (out quickly) guhasha
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chatter   ▶ gusakuza, kuyāga
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chauffeur   ▶ umushoferi
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cheek   ▶ umusaya, itama
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chemist   ▶ umushimisite
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chick   ▶ (baby) umuswi
 (very tiny) ubuswi
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chief   ▶ (great) umuganwa
 (sub) umutwāre
 (to go to with trouble, complaint) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to remove) gukōmbōra
 (to take someone to for trial or accusation) gushengeza
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chin   ▶ urwasakusaku, urusakanwa, igwasakusaku
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chorus   ▶ (of song) icītabirizo
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church   ▶ (building) urusengero
 (people) ishengero, isengero
 (roll) itōrero
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cirrhosis   ▶ (of the liver) urusina
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clan   ▶ umuryāngo
 (populous) igisata
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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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cleanse   ▶ kwēza, gukēmūra
 (~ house ceremoniously after death) kwīkōmvōmvora
 (oneself) kwīsukura
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clear   ▶ (as water) umusarara
 (to be ~, transparent) kubonerana
(to be ~, understandable) kwūmvīkana
(to ~, vt) kuzibūra
 (to ~ suddenly, vi) kuzibūka
 (off) kuyōra
 (off, as table) gupāngūra (Sw.)
(up) kuvāngūra
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cliff   ▶ agahanamo, umukuka, imānga, ikimānga, agatēmbwe
 (from which unmarried pregnant girls are thrown) urusumanyenzi
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climate   ▶ imimerere y'intara
 (cold ~) imimerere yo mu bihugu bikanye
(hot ~) imimerere yo mu bihugu bishushe
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climb   ▶ (hill) kudūga
 (as tree) kwūrira, gusega
 (down) kwūruruka
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clothes   ▶ impūzu, umwāmbaro, icāmbarwa, inyāmbaro
(very nice, colorful) uruhwijima
(worn out) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(to put on, wear) kwāmbara
(to put on) kwīyambika
(to rinse) kurongorora
(to scrub, to beat, to rub) kunyukura
(to take off) kwīyambura
(to tear) gukākagura
(to tear in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
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collapse   ▶ (vi) guhenuka, guhomvoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusiduka, gusituka
 (vt) gusitura
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collect   ▶ gutororokanya
 (fees) kubuguza
 (taxes) gutōreza, gutōza
 (wood) gusenya inkwi
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collide   ▶ gusekana
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colour   ▶ irāngi
 (black) umukata, umufyiri, agafyīri,
 (very) umuvyiro
 (black mud) urushānga
 (blue) ubururu
 (brown) ibihogo
 (brown, light) akagājo, umuyēnzi
 (brownish black cow) ikirāyi
 (gray) -vivi, agahīza, akavūzo, uruvūzo
 (green) akātsi gatoto
 (orange) umutugutu
 (red, like mud) agahama
(tan hair, of goats) umufūmbere
 (very white) derere
 (yellow) umuhōndo, umutugutu
 (yellow, dark) ibihogo
 (yellow, light, reddish) umugina
 (to be black) kwīrabura
 (to be white) kwēra
 (to become yellow or reddish, in ripening) kubēnja
 (to colour) kuraba
 (to ~ in) gusiga amabara
 (to change ~, fade) kubēnjūka, kubēngūka
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comb   ▶ igisokozo
 (old traditional comb) urusokozo
 (of chicken) umubiko, urugaragara
 (to comb) gusokoza
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combustion   ▶ ukwaka, ugusha
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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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comment   ▶ (of master, teacher) ugushīma kw'umwigisha
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commit   ▶ (adultery) gusāmbana
 (a crime) gucumura
 (be unwilling to ~ oneself) kwīyumānganya
 (oneself) kuragana
 (suicide) kwīgaragura, kwīyahura, kwīyica
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common   ▶ (to be) gusangwa
(to have things in) kubūngirana
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compare   ▶ kugereranya, gushushānya
 (oneself with another) kwīgereranya
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compensate   ▶ gushūmbūsha
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compensation   ▶ inshūmbūshanyo
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complaint   ▶ umwīdodōmbo, ikirēgo
 (to go to chief with) gushengera, gushengerera
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complete   ▶ (to) gusōzēra, guheza
(see 'to finish')
(~ a thing) gutobora
 (to be ~) guhebūza, kwūzura
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conceive   ▶ gusama inda
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confidence   ▶ icīzigiro
 (fearlessness because one knows he is right) ubushizi bw'amanga
(to have ~ in) kwīzigira
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confident   ▶ (to be) kurema, gushiruka amazinda
 (over) kwīrārīra
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confinement   ▶ (time woman spends in house between birth of child and time she goes out) ubwība
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confirm   ▶ (to) gukomeza
 (by asking many) gushīshōza
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consume   ▶ (completely) gukōmvōmvora
 (fire) gutōngōra
 (to ~) guherengeteza
 (uselessly) kwāya
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consumed   ▶ (to be) gutōngōka
 (e.g. candle) gushiringitira
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contagious   ▶ candukiza
 (to be) kwāndukira
 (to catch ~ disease) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
 (to transmit a disease) kwāndukiza
 (~ disease, term of scorn) ubwārāra
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convince   ▶ kwemeza, gutururuza, guhinyuza
 (to be convinced, after proof or persuasion) gushirwa
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cool   ▶ -bisi
 (to) guhora
 (to be, weather) gupfuka
 (to cause to) guhoza
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cooperate   ▶ (in getting job done quickly) gusahiriza
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corn   ▶ ikigōri
 (cob) igitiritiri
 (early kind) isega
 (kind with big kernel) ikijigo
 (ground corn that has first been roasted) igikweme
 (silk) ubusage
 (tender new) igishōro
 (yellow kind) amashigisha
 (to shell) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
 (wheat) ingano
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corroborate   ▶ (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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counsel   ▶ ināma, ingīngo
 (one who gives) umuhanūzi
 (to reject) gusaragurika
 (to take) guhūza ināma
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country   ▶ igihugu, intāra
 (foreign) ihānga
 (to leave one's ~ because of famine) gusuhūka
 (to return after famine) gusuhūkuruka
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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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crack   ▶ umuga, umugāga
 (med) umusaru
(in earth) ikigāga
 (in foot) ikivutu
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crane   ▶ (golden-crested) umusāmbi
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crawl   ▶ kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
 (along ground, vines) gusagaba
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crazy   ▶ (person) umusazi
 (to be) gusara
 (to talk or act like a ~ person) gusaragurika
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creep   ▶ (along) kunyegētera
 (on hands and knees) kwavūra, gukāmbakāmba, kunyogōmba
 (as vine) kurānda, gusagaba
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criticize   ▶ kunēbagura, kunegura, gusūzugura, gusūzuguza
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cross   ▶ umusaraba (Sw.)
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crowd   ▶ urugāmba, ishengero
 (esp. people running) igugu
 (mixed ~ of people) amakūngu
 (one who keeps ~ back) umukumirizi
 (to ~) kubānda, kubāndana
 (to go together to see something) gushwabāduka
 (out: to not grow because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (together) kurūndāna, kwegerana, kuvurungana
 (together, people sitting) gusegenya, gusegenyeza
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curtain   ▶ irido
 (net ~) ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana
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cushion   ▶ umusego
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cut   ▶ (to ~) guca, gutānya, gukata (Sw.)
(to be ~) gucībwa
 (banana leaves) kugombōra
 (banana stalk) gutūmbūra, guhānyura
 (chop with hoe or other instrument) kujema
 (crosswise) kugegena
 (down trees left after fire has passed over) gutōngōra
 (easily) gutemuka
 (easily, grass) kwāhirika
 (eyes out) kunogora
 (grass) gutema, gukera, gukerera
 (grass for use) kwāhira
 (grass or brush in order to see path or object) guhūnja
 (hair) kumwa
 (in big chunks) guketagura
 (in even lengths) gucacūra
 (in many pieces) guhimbagura
 (in pieces) gukebagura
 (lengthwise) kwōmānza, gusatura
 (meat, finger, etc.) gukeba
 (neck of animal) gukerera
 (off) gukona
 (off branches) gukōkōra
 (off tail of animal) gukēmūra
 (off top of tree) gukēmūra
 (tree) gukera, gutema, guca
 (trees for building) guhimbura
 (up) gukekagura
 (up into small pieces) gukeka
 (up small as reeds, boards) gutemagura
 (trees or sticks) kugegena
 (with one blow) gutemura
 (with sawing motion) gukerera
 (wood in short bits) kunyuramwo
 (wool of sheep) gukēmūra
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dance   ▶ intāmbo
(of men) umuhamirizo, ibirorēro, agasimbo, umuyebe
 (of women) ihunja, imisambi
 (of women, celebrating a child's birth) umutsibo
 (of women celebrating the birth of twins) igisuru
 (non-traditional, of youth) ubusambiri
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dawn   ▶ amacāca, umutwēnzi, umuseke, ubuca
(night is almost over, about to dawn) ijoro rishira ubuca
(when ~ broke) umutwēnzi ukitse
(to ~) guca, gutambika
(to become light, very early just as darkness ends) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
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day   ▶ umusi, umunsi
(~ before yesterday, ~ after tomorrow) hirya y'ejo
(it is ~) harakeye
(on a certain ~) umusi ur'izina, umunsi ur'izina
(the next ~) bukeye
(today) uyumusi, uyumunsi
(time of day) :
(9 to 10 a.m.) kumusase
(noon) umutāga, ku mamima ngohe
(middle of day) amashōka
(about 3 p.m.) amasubirayo y'inyana
(after dark) bwateranye
(to be ~) guca
(to spend all ~) kwīrirwa
(to start the ~) kuramuka
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debt   ▶ umwēnda, ideni
 (payment of) inyīshu
 (to be in ~, but refuse to pay) guherana, kurīrīra
 (to pay a ~) kwīshura
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deceive   ▶ kudendekeranya, kugūnga, guhēnda, guhūmba, guhumbūra, gukēkeza, kurema, kurementaniriza, guhemukira, gusuka
 (~ another to make him give money) kurimānganya
 (to ~ each other, be skillful at ~) guhēndana
 (habitually) gusukasuka
 (in light joking way) guhēndahēnda
 (oneself) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(making others think you've done a miracle when it's only a deception) uburyi
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deceiver   ▶ umuhumbūzi, umuhūmvyi, umusukanyi
 (one who goes about lying) indimanya
 (to be a skillful) guhēndana
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declare   ▶ guhamya
 (one's case at a trial) gusāmba
 (strongly) kwihanukira
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decorate   ▶ gushariza, gushaza, gushazīsha
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defeat   ▶ umushombo
 (to ~) kunēsha, gutsīnda
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defend   ▶ guhāngāza, gutēturura, kuvuna
 (another) gukīmbūka
 (oneself, take case to chief) kubūranya, kwīkirānura
 (to have 2 methods of defending oeself but use one you hadn't planned on) gutēgekanya
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defense   ▶ (to make one's ~ at a trial) gusāmba
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degrade   ▶ (to) gusērūka
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delicious   ▶ (in sense of undiluted) -novu
 (to be) kuryōha
 (to make) kuryōsha
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delirious   ▶ (to be) kudedēmba
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deliver   ▶ (sense of save) gukiza
 (child) kuvyāra
 (to be about to, cow only) kwerēra, kudigiriza
 (help to) kuvyāza
 (to take something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
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demand   ▶ (explanation) gusigūza
 (from) kwāka
 (more) kwongeza
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demote   ▶ (to push a person down) gutururuza
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depart   ▶ kwīgīra, kugēnda
 (quickly) gushibuka
 (from respected person) kugaranzura
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descend   ▶ kumanuka
 (as tree) kwūruruka
 (to cause to) mumanura
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desire   ▶ ishāka
(for certain food) ināmbu
(strong) igishika, icīfuzo
(to ~) kugōmba, gushāka, kwīfūza
(to ~ for) kwīfūriza
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despise   ▶ (to) gucōkōra, kugaya, gukēngēra, gusuzugura, gutītūra, kuzira, kwānka
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destroy   ▶ guhomvora, guhonnya, guhonyora, gukōmbōra, kwōnōna, gusambūra, gutikiza, kuyigiza, kumara
 (completely) gukomvōmvora, gusangangura, gusiribānga
 (by fire) kuyigiza
 (garden, of goats etc.) kwōna
 (the work of another) gusīvya
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destroyed   ▶ (to be) gusiribāngwa, gutikira
 (completely while you are watching) kunyika
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destruction   ▶ amahonero, ubwōnōnyi
 (place of) ubushiriro
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deteriorate   ▶ gufūtāna, gusērūka, kwōnōnekara, gushānyūka, gupfāpfāna, kubora
(to cause to) gusērūra
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determine   ▶ gucīra, kugabira, gushāmira, kugena
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determined   ▶ (to be) gushira amanga
 (to get what you want) kwītāra
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diagnosis   ▶ ugusuzuma indwara
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diarrhea   ▶ ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo, ako mu nda
(to give) guhita
 (to have) gucībwamwo, guhitwa, kudodomwa, kwīruka, gushuruza
 (to stop) gufutīsha
 (to recover from) gufuta
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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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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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dirty   ▶ –bi
 (to be) guhumāna, gucafura
(to be very) gushisha
 (to become, get) kwāndura
 (~ oil) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini
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disclose   ▶ guhishura, guserura, kunyegurura
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disease   ▶ indwāra
(AIDS) sida
(billharcia) birariziyoze
(boil, abscess) igihute
(burn) ubushe
(bronchitis) indwara yo mu mahaha
(chicken pox) ibihara, agasāma
(diarrhea) ugucibwamwo, uguhitwa, ugucisha epfo
(elephantiasis) imisozi
(epilepsy) intandara
(eyes: certain kind of conjunctivitis) uburire
(fever) inyonko
(goiter) umwīngo
(gonorrhea) igisokoro
(leprosy) imibēmbe
(malaria) marariya, inyonko
(meningitis) umugiga
(mole) isunūnu
(mumps) amasambambwika
(pleurisy) umusōnga
(pneumonia) umusōnga
(recurrent fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(rheum, disease of eyes) ururire
(rheumatism) amakonyera, imisozi, imikuku
(smallpox) akarānda
(sore, little) akarōnda
(syphilis) agashāngāra
(tick fever) kimputo (Sw.)
(typhus) tifusi
(tuberculosis) igitūntu, agatūntu
(ulcer) igikomere
(ulcer, bad) igisebe
(ulcer, pain from tropical) igitema
(wart) isunūnu, intongāngira
(whooping cough) akānira, inkorora y'akanira
(yaws) ibinyoro
(cause of ~ something supposed to be in person making him sick) ibitēga
(person sick with wasting ~) umunywera
(to be a contagious ~) kwāndukira
(to catch contagious ~) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
(to transmit) kwāndukiza
(to have an incurable ~) kugīrīra
(to improve, begin to feel better) gutenzukirwa
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disgusted   ▶ (to be, because of frequency) kudunduhirwa
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dismiss   ▶ gusēzera, kwirukana
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disperse   ▶ gusāba, gusanzāza
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distract   ▶ gusamāza
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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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divorce   ▶ (vi) kwāhukāna,
 (vt) kwāhukānya
 (changing wife or husband frequently) ubumāka
 (one who frequently ~) ikimāka
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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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doubts   ▶ amakēnga, amazīnda
 (to not have) gushiruka amazīnda
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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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dress   ▶ ikānzu (Sw.)
(to ~) kwāmbara
 (oneself) kwīyambika, kwāmbara
 (up) gushaza
 (to be dressed becomingly) kubērwa
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drink   ▶ (anything to be drunk) ikinyōbwa
 (sweet banana) umutobe
 (soft ~) ifanta
 (to ~) kunywa
 (to ~, of king) gukamagura
 (animals, go to ~) gushōka
 (after a meal) kwīshōza
 (all there is in a container) kwūgunyuza
 (to cease to ~) guhodoka
 (from a reed) gusōma
 (from hollow of one's hand) kwīyūhīra
 (in) kubōmba
 (to lead animals to ~) gushōra
 (to make one ~, pour milk down throat) kuramiza
 (to refuse to eat and ~ with) kunēna
 (to go where others are drinking in hopes of getting some) kuvūmba
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drive   ▶ (a car) gutwara, gutwara imodoka
(~ cows) kuyobora
 (it home, enforce what one has said) kuryōherereza
 (out, esp. evil spirits) guhasha, gusēnda
 (stake in ground) gushīnga
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driver   ▶ umushoferi, umudereva
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drop   ▶ (of liquid) ima, itōnyānga, igitōnyānga
 (to ~) gusekura
 (to ~ fruit, tree) guhunguruka
 (in water or food, vi) kudibuka
 (to let fall ~ by ~) gutōnyāngiriza
 (to let go of what you've started to take or do) gutēzūra, gutēnzūra
 (~ out of something because you know you're in the wrong) kwōnjorora
 (one who keeps dropping things here and there) umusābisābi
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drown   ▶ (vt) kudobeza
 (vi) kudobera, gusōma nturi
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drum   ▶ ingoma
 (sacred royal ~) karyenda
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one ploughs”) murimirwa
 (sacred ~ ”for whom one clears brush”) ruciteme
 (sacred ~ accompanying the king) rukinzo
 (sacred ~ ”dispenser of peace”) nyabuhoro
 (sacred ~ ”lady of the land”) inakigabiro
 (to beat ~) kuvuza
 (to beat continuously, thus setting time for others beating) gusāsīra
 (stick for beating ~) umurisho, umukembe
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dung   ▶ amavyi, amase
 (human) umusarani
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dust   ▶ umukungugu
 (to ~ off) gupāngūsha (Sw.), kwēyēra
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duty   ▶ umurimo
 (to do one's) gushimika
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dye   ▶ urushānga
 (to ~) kuraba, kuziga
 (barkcloth) kumesa
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earnestness   ▶ umwēte, ifūhe
 (at a task) ubwīra
 (to work with) gushira igikonyo
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earth   ▶ (world) isi
 (soil) agataka, ivu
 (hard-packed) urutare
 (interior of) ikuzimu, i kuzimu
(of reddish brown color) inginagina
 (to shake, vi) gutigita
 (to slide) gutemuka, kunyika, gusiduka
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earthquake   ▶ umushītsi, igishītsi
 (rumble of) umugigimo
 (to quake) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
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earthworm   ▶ umusiba
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east   ▶ iburasirazūba, ubuseruko
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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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eaten   ▶ (to be) kurībwa
 (also used meaning to have severe pain)
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echo   ▶ (to make an) gusāma
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edge   ▶ imbiga, urubiga, inkombe
 (of sword, knife) ubūgi
 (of cloth) umusozo w'impuzu
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elder   ▶ umujēnāma, umukuru, umushīngantahe, umujanāma
(elders and rulers, esp. in regard to their function of helping the poor) barutungabōro
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elderly   ▶ (person) umusāza
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elope   ▶ (go to husband without being properly married) gucīkira, kwigemura
 (to try to persuade to elope) gucīkiza
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emigrate   ▶ gusuhūka
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empty   ▶ (to be) kugaragara, kurāngāra
 (to make) kugaragara, kugaragaza
 (to ~ out) gusēsa
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enable   ▶ gushoboza
 (~ to conquer) kunēshereza
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enclosure   ▶ urugo, igipangu (about house and yard)
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encourage   ▶ (to) kwīrūza, kuremēsha, kurindīsha
 (oneself) kwīrūra
 (to ~ to make an effort) gushīshikaza
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endure   ▶ kwīhāngāna, gushinyiriza
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enegetic   ▶ (to be) guciririka, gukovya, kwigumira, gushiruka ubute, gushiruka umwēte
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entice   ▶ kwōrekēra
 (to go to man's house to entice) kwigemagema
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entrust   ▶ kubītsa, kuzēza
 (~ to) kurindīsha, gusigarana
 (~ flock to another to pasture) kuragiza
 (~ something to another and it increases while there) gutongoza
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equal   ▶ (to be) kungana, kuringanira
 (in length, height) kurēha
 (to make ~) kuringaniza, kunganya, kurēhēsha
 (to not be ~ in length, height or ability) gusūmbana
 (to make ~ in length, height) kurēsha
 (to make oneself ~ to another) kwīgereranya
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equilibrium   ▶ (lack of) impungenge
 (to have good) gushira impungenge
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erase   ▶ gufuta, gusibūra, kuzimanganya
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erect   ▶ (to stand) kwēma, kwemarara
 (for a long time) gushibama
 (one who stands ~) umushibamyi
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esophagus   ▶ igihogohogo
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eucalyptus tree  ▶ umukaratūsi, igikaratūsi
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evil   ▶ ikibi, ububi, inābi
 (adj.) –bi
(to speak ~ of) gukana, kunegura
 (to speak ~ of one another) gucurikanya
 (to speak ~ of a ruler) kuyoba
 (to seek out ~ doer, witch doctor) kuragura
 (to have witch doctor seek out ~ doer) kuraguza
 (to sprinkle 'medicine' around house to protect it from ~) kurēmbeka, gutota
 (to chase away ~ spirits) gusēnda
 (to succeed in persuading someone to leave his ~ ways) gukōndōra
 (speaking ~ of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (~ deed) ubuhūmbu
 (example) akābarore
 (~ language, esp. young girl's) ubweruzi
 (~ look) igitsūre
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examine   ▶ gucaca, gucunaguza, gucunaguriza, gupīma, gusūzuma, guhwebutsa, kurāba
 (to look intently at) kwihweza
 (in prospect of bying) kugaragura
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exasperated   ▶ (to be) kujīngitwa, gushangashirwa
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exceed   ▶ kurēnga, gusūmba
 (to cause to) gusūmvya
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excess   ▶ igisāga
 (to be in, left over) gusigara
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excrement   ▶ amavyi
 (human ~) umusarani
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excuse   ▶ urwītwazo
 (excuse me!, when interrupting) untūnge
 (excuse me!, when wrong word is spoken) bambe
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exhausted   ▶ (to be) gucobogora, gukenyukirwa, gusāba, kurangira
 (utterly worn out by hard work) gutama
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exhorter   ▶ umusigūzi
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expect   ▶ (to) gusamāza, kwīzigira, kurindīra
(to get a certain thing) kuziga
(to ~ a child) gukurirwa
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expedite   ▶ (to cooperate in getting a job done quickly) gusahiriza
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explain   ▶ gufobōra, kugenekereza, gusigūra, gusobanura
 (fully till all understand) kurangūra
 (poorly) gufobeka
 (thoroughly) gutumbūra
 (a dream) kurōtōra
 (one who ~) umusigūzi
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explanation   ▶ insobanuro, insiguro
 (to demand ~) gusigūza
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export   ▶ (to ~) gushora hanze
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extra   ▶ (additional) inyongera
 (to be left over) gusigara
 (~ digit, toe, teat) indorerezi
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extract   ▶ gushikura
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fade   ▶ kubēngūka, kubēnjūka, gusērūka
(to cause to ~) gusērūra
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fail   ▶ gucumukura
 (another) guhemukira
 (to accomplish what one started) kugaburura
 (to do what one intended) kudehūra
 (to find) kubura, guhusha
 (to give what one promised) kugaramāngira
 (to keep one's word) guhemuka, kwīrahuruza, gutēzūra
 (to return) kugīrīra
 (in on'e task) gusibanganya
 (to be unable to do what one attempts) gutāna
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fall   ▶ kugwa, gutēmba
 (accidentally on spear and be injured) gushōka
 (and hurt oneself) kunywāguka
 (and skin oneself) gukungagurika
 (before) kwikubita imbere
 (down) kwikubita hasi, kwītēmbagaza
 (down, as branches blown down) gukoragurika
 (down, as house) guhenuka, guhomyoka, gusambūka, gusēnyuka, gusituka
 (down continually or in abundance) gukoragurika
 (down together, usually in fright) guhindikirana
 (down from above) kweguka, gukoroka, gushunguruka, gutibuka
 (from high above) guhanantuka
 (from stalk) guhūnguka
 (heavily, rain) kuzibiranya
 (in cascade) gushunguruka, gusūma
 (in, cause to) gusitura
 (in love) kubēnguka
 (into water or food) kudibuka
 (not fall, rain) gutara
 (to the ground) guhūndagara
 (with) gukorokana
 (with a din) guhongoroka
 (to cause to fall) kugwisha, gukungagura, gutēmvya
 (to cause to fall down) guhenura, gusēnyura, gukorora
 (let fall drop by drop) gutōnyāngiriza
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fallow   ▶ (to lie) gusiba
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famine   ▶ ikigoyi, amapfa, ikiza, inzara
 (to leave one's country because of) gusuhūka
 (to return after) gusuhūruka
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far   ▶ (away) kure
(very far away) ibushi
 (in the future) kēra
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fascinated   ▶ (to be) gusamāra
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fat   ▶ itōto
 (meat) ibinure
 (to be) kudoha, kuvyibuha
 (to be, child) gushisha
 (to be, meat) kunura
 (to become) kudoha, kuvyibuha
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fault   ▶ agasūzuguro
 (to find ~ with) gusūzugura, gusūzuguza
 (to look for a ~ in one another) kugenzanya
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favor   ▶ ubutoni
 (to ~) gushīnga
 (to ~ unjustly) kubera
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fear   ▶ ubwōba
 (great) agatēngo
 (of losing position) igihababu
 (~ to hurt another because you love him) impuhwe
 (thing or person stricken with ~) igihūmura
(to act or go secretly because of ~) kwōmba
 (to jump with ~, in heart) guhahama
 (to shout in sudden ~) gutura ubuku
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fearless   ▶ (to be) guhangāra, kurīndūka, gushirukanya, gushira amanga, gutīnyūka
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fearlessness   ▶ (because one knows he is right) ubushizi bw'amanga
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feces   ▶ (human) umusarani
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feel   ▶ kwūmva
 (around for) gukabakaba
 (to begin to ~ better after being ill) gutenzukirwa
 (to cause to ~ badly) gusurira
 (faint) kuyāmīra
 (joy, positive emotions) kuryōherwa
(to make another ~ badly over what he's done) gutēteka
 (to not ~ anything) gutimba
 (of) gukorakora
 (pain) kubabara
(sad) gutunturirwa
 (the way) guhwihwisha, kujuragirika, gukāmbakāmba
 (the way before one with foot or spear) gukebagiza
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feelings   ▶ (hard) umwīkomo, ikinūbwe
 (to hold hard ~) kwīdōga
 (to hurt another's ~) gusesereza
 (to not show one's ~) kwīrengagiza
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feet   ▶ (see foot)
(at ~ of great person, i.e. in his presence) inyōnga, inyundo
 (to scrap ~ on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya
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feign   ▶ (to ~ beating) kugera
 (to ~ working) gushaza
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fellow   ▶ agashusho, agacapo k'umuntu
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ferment   ▶ (vt) kwāmbira
 (vi) kubira, gututūmba
 (quickly) gusaragurika
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fetish   ▶ (bark cloth used as a thing of worship) indabe
 (gourd used) intendēri
 (heathen charm on head) urugori
 (spotted barkcloth) indome
 (things used in worship of Kiranga, thought to have special powers) ubuzimuzimu
 (charm) igiheko
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fever   ▶ (illness) inyōnko, umururūmbo
 (temperature) umuriro, umucānwa, ubushūhe
(to have high fever) umucānwa ururumba (from kururūmba)
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fighter   ▶ umusīnzi
 (to seperate ~s) kubangūranya, gutatūra
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fill   ▶ (to) kwūzuza, kwūzuriza
 (to the brim) kunengesēra, kunengeserēza
 (up) gupfunereza, gutsīndāza
 (to ~ the gap, blank) gusubiramwo ibitategerewe
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find   ▶ kurōnka, gusānga
 (fault with everything) kunēbagura
 (new building site) kugerēra
 (one's way after being lost) guhubūka, kuzimuruka
 (to be able to be found when looked for) kurondereka
 (to fail to ~) kubura, guhusha
 (something you ~) ikinobano
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fingernail   ▶ urwāra, inzāra
 (to go under) gusesereza
 (to scratch with) kwāga
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finish   ▶ (vt) guheza, kwāhukānya, kumara, kurangiza, gusōzēra, gutōza, gushirīsha
 (vi) guhera, kwāhukāna, kurangira, gushira
 (completely, vi) kwīramvura, gukōmvōmvoka
 (vt) gukōmvōmvora, kumarīra, kumaramara, kunōnōsora, guherengeteza, guheraheza
 (each other off) kumarana
 (food) gukōmba
 (weaving an article) gusōza
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fire   ▶ umuriro
 (bit of) umucānwa
 (built for cows) icōtero
 (made in enclosure for animals) igicāniro
 (to blow the) kwātsa
 (to destroy by) kuyigiza
 (to extinguish) kuzimya
 (to go out) kuzima
 (to keep ~ going) gucānira
 (to light) kudomeka
 (to make, start, build) gucāna, gukongereza
 (to put out) kuzimya
 (to put wood on ~) gukomānya
 (to set ~ to) guturira
 (to fire from job, dismiss, throw out of house) kwirukana
 (altar fire) igicāniro
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firewood   ▶ urukwi, inkwi
 (to gather ~) gusēnya
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first   ▶ -ambere (preceded by class prefix)
(~ of anything) intangamarāra
 (to do ~) kubānza, gushūza
 (to plant ~) gushūza
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first fruits  ▶ umushūzo
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fishing net  ▶ urusēnga
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fix   ▶ (up nice place to sit) gusēzera
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flatter   ▶ (to) gusasa akarimi
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flatus   ▶ (to pass) gusurira
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flavor   ▶ icānga, uburyōhe, ubusōse, akanovera
(thing with good ~) igisōsa
(to be of the ~ of) gusōsera
(to have good ~) gusōsa
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flock   ▶ isho, ubusho, urwūri
 (of little birds) urwīha
 (of sheep or goats) inzirikwa
 (to entrust ~ to another to pasture) kuragiza
 (to watch flock) kuragira
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flood   ▶ ikidēngēri, umwūzure
 (place where water has flooded) isēsero
 (to be flooded in house) kuvīrwa
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flourishing   ▶ (to be, of growing things) gushisha
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foliage   ▶ (to have abundant leaves and branches) gusagaba
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follow   ▶ kugendanira, guherekeza, gukurikira, gukwirikira
 (after) kunyurana
 (closely) kwōma
 (a fad) guharara
 (old customs) kuzīrōra
 (one after the other) gukurikirana
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folly   ▶ ubupfu, ubusazi
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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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foolish   ▶ (to be) kujūjūta, gusara
 (person) injurajuzi, igipfu
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foolishly   ▶ (to act) kwīfūtanya, gusaragurika
 (to act ~ in fun) kudāyāngwa, gupfyina
 (to speak ~) kudebagura, gusaragurika
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footstool   ▶ (used by king or chief) indāva
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forget   ▶ kwibagira, kuzīndwa
 (to cause to) kwibagiza, kuzīnda
 (for a moment) guhūndukwa
 (how to do something once known) guhuna
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form   ▶ (design) ishusho
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framework   ▶ (of house) urukānka
 (of branches on which smaller ones are interlaced) ikoma
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fray   ▶ (to ~) gusohoka kw'impuzu
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fringe   ▶ ubusage, ubuyōnga
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garden   ▶ umurima
 (to gather from) kwāha, gusoroma
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garrulous   ▶ (to be) kurimbūra
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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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giraffe   ▶ umusumbarembe
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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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glorify   ▶ guhaya, guhayagiza, gushimagiza
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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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goal   ▶ akamaro
 (to reach, achieve a ~) gushika kw'ihangiro
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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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gossip   ▶ urusaku
 (in whispers) ivyōngoreranyo
 (to ~) kuregeteranya, gusakuza, kuregeteza, kuregetereza
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government official  ▶ bulamatāri (Sw.), umusirikāre
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grab   ▶ gucakīra, kuraha, kuramira, gushikura
 (by neck) kuniga
(quickly) kunyakura
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grain   ▶ impeke, intete, urutete
 (a single) agatete
 (place for spreading out) imbuga
 (storage place) ikigega
 (to crush before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
 (to form) guhūnda
 (to rub to take off chaff) kuvūngura
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grasp   ▶ (to take hold of person) gushorerakw amaboko
 (in preparation to strike) kubangura
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grass   ▶ ivyātsi, ubwātsi
 (kind poisonous to cows) inzūzi
 (pieces of a certain kind used for weaving) agatēte
 (tall) ubwātsi
 (in water) igikāngaga
 (~ knife) umupānga
 (to cut) gukera, gukerera, gutema
 (to cut for use) kwāhira
 (to dig out rapidly) gusūriranya
 (to gather up that which has been spread out) gusasūra
 (to leave grass growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (to spread) gusasa
 (to spread around something, as coffee) gusasira
 (to weed out quickly) kurandagura
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greedy   ▶ (to be) gusahagura
 (for a certain food and want that only) kunohorwa
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greet   ▶ gusanganira
 (by oneself in person or in letter) kuramutsa
 (for) gutahiriza
 (for another) gutāsha
 (one another) kuramūkanya
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grind   ▶ gusya, gukwema, kunoza, kumenagura, gusyokora
(in wooden mortar) gusekura
 (poorly, coarsely) guhera
 (quickly) gukwemagura
 (to crush grain before grinding) kuvūngurīsha
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grinding   ▶ insya
 (stone) urusyo, irtyazo
 (of teeth) insya z'amēnyo
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grit   ▶ (teeth) gukōmanya, kuzyēgenya
 (to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
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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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grow   ▶ gukura, kwāruka, gukaka
 (after cutting) kunaga
 (larger, esp. moon) gutūbūka
 (let hair ~ long) gutongoza
 (old) gutāma
 (rapidly in spurts) kuvugumuka
 (smaller, sometimes used of moon) gutūba
 (to cause to grow) gukuza
 (to not ~, plant) kunyigīra
 (to not ~, because of too many seeds) kuzīnga
 (very fast, child) kugurugūmba
 (well) kubaduka
 (child that doesn't ~ properly) imfunnya
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guard   ▶ umurīzi, umurīnzi, umunyezamo, umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. daytime) umusānzi
 (one who stands on ~) umushibamyi
 (to ~) kuzigama, kurinda
 (to be on ~) kuba māso, kugaba
 (oneself) kwihahiriza
 (watch over carefully) kugendeza
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guest   ▶ umushitsi
 (to go together to produce food for) gutērēra
(to have a ~ arrive just as food is all consumed) kwēnzūra
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gutter   ▶ umufurege, umuserege, ikanivo
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guy   ▶ agashusho, agacapo k'umuntu
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hair   ▶ (of baby) imvanda
(bit on top of head) isūnzu
(of human head) umushatsi
(except of human head) ubwōya
(one) urwōya
(pubic) inzya
(hair line) amasoso
(long with mud in it) ubusage
(tan in color, goats) umufumbēre
(white from old age) imvi, uruvi
(to cut) kumwa
(to dampen before cutting) kuvubika
(to have long) guhīmbira
(to have shaved off) kwīkemūra
(to let grow long) gutongoza
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half   ▶ igice, igicuri, igihīmba, inusu (Sw.)
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hand   ▶ ikiganza
 (back of) igikōnjo
 (palm of) umunwe, urushi, ikiganza
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happen   ▶ (to) gushika
(what happened?) habāye iki?
(to cause to) gucimbataza
 (unexpectedly, suddenly) kwūbīra
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happy   ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbāra, guhīrwa, gushanyuka, guhīmbārwa, gushwāshwānuka
 (very) kudayadaya, kugāyagāya, kwigina
 (to make) kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kugāzagāza
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harm   ▶ (because of revenge) kuziza
 (in order to avenge) guhōra
 (to desire to ~ another without reason) gukānkamwa
 (to prevent one from harming another) kuzina
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harvest   ▶ ishwābūra, ivyīmburwa, ibirimwa, umwīmbu
(esp. millet) igenya, igesa
 (to ~) kwīmbura, gushwābūra
 (corn) kumyōra
 (millet) kugenya, kugesa
 (esp. perennial plants, fruit) kwāmūra
 (to be ready for) kwīyerēra
 (to put away the) kwīmbura
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hate   ▶ kwānka, kugaya, gukēngēra, gutītūra, guhama
 (cause people to hate that which they had liked) gutītūra
 (everything) kunebagura
 (one's master) kugāmbāna
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hatred   ▶ ubwānkanyi, urwānko, agahamo, uruhamo
 (where there has been love) umucāno
 (among members of polygamous family) akēnese
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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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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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hear   ▶ kwūmva
 (to be unable to ~ well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
 (well) gutobora
 (well, suddenly) kuzibuka
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heard   ▶ (to be ~ plainly) kwūmvīkana
 (to speak so that one is heard but not understood, because of distance) guhwirima, guhihima
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heart   ▶ umutima, umushaha
 (pure, kind) umutima ukeye
(broken) umutima umenetse
(to jump with fear) guhahama
 (to pound) kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika, kudidagizwa
 (to set one's ~ on) guhahamira
 (to beat) gutera indihaguzi
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heat   ▶ ubushūhe, indugūmba, umururūmbo, ikibēngebēnge
 (with high humidity) agashūhe
(male animal in) ishāshi
 (to be in, animals) kwimanya
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heathen   ▶ umupagani, umushēnzi
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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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hem   ▶ umubarīro, umusōzo, umukūnjo, umuzīngo
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herd   ▶ isho, ubusho
 (of animals) umukuku
 (of sheep) urwūri
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hiccough   ▶ isevu, isefu, urusepfu
 (to ~) gusefura, gusepfura
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hill   ▶ umusozi, umudūgo, umutumba
(brow of) igikombe
 (of earth, to plant in) iburi
 (slope of) inkūka, akamanuko, umurwa
 (top of) impīnga
 (little hills) ubutumba
(very big ~) igisozi
 (white ant hill) umugina
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hippopotamus   ▶ imvubu
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hoarse   ▶ (to be) kujwigira
 (to become) gusarara
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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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homage   ▶ (to pay to) guhōngera, guhāngama, gushengera, gushengerera
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home   ▶ (at ~) i muhira, imuhira
 (at the ~ of) kwa
(at our ~) i wācu, iwācu
(at my ~) i wanyu, iwanyu
(at their ~) i wabo, iwabo
(to go ~) gutāha, kuganūka
(to go ~ from work) kugodoka
(to not stay at) guhugūmba
(to return to parent's ~ when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to take ~ objects, cows, after being away long time) kugishūra
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homosexual   ▶ (person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
(to be gay) kunōnōka
(to have ~ intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to act as ~, commit ~ acts) gutingana
(to have ~ intercourse, rude) guswerana nk'imbwa
(effeminate traditional priest) ikihindu, ikimaze
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hop   ▶ sa nkoko
(to ~ about) gusimbagurika
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horn   ▶ (musical) inzamba
 (of animal) ihēmbe
 (small, used for tobacco) inconco, iconco
(used by witch doctor) urukorōnko, inkorōnko
 (maze of horns) inka zishashe amahēmbe
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hot   ▶ (to be) gushūha, gucānīrwa
 (esp. fever) kururūmba
 (moderately) gususuruka
 (to make hot) gususurutsa
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hour   ▶ isaha (for various hours of day, see under 'day')
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house   ▶ inzu
 (in ruins) umusaka
 (little ~, built for spirit of one who has died) nyabugoro
 (of king) ingoro
 (temporary) urusāgo, igikāri
 (small, cabin) akazu
(with high pointed roof) umushonge, agashūngēre
 (place opposite door of ~) umukōndo
 (to cause to fall down) gusambūra, gusēnyura, guhenūra
 (to chase others out of ~) guturumbura
 (to fall down) gusāmbuka, gusēnyuka, guhenuka
 (to put roof on) gusakāra
 (to repair a) gusanura
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humor   ▶ (to be in good) gushwāshwānuka
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hungry   ▶ (to be) gusōnza
 (to be ~ for) kwōndera
 (after hunting for food in various places) kuburanirwa
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hurl   ▶ gushibura
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hurry   ▶ kwīhūta, kwīruka, gukovya, gukōkōbereza, gukwākwānya, kunyānyasa, kunyaragasa, kunyaruka, gushibuka
 (of child only) kudirigiza
 (to go) kubāndānya
 (to go and return) gutebūka
 (along, as cows to better pasture, or child stumbling after something he wants) kurārāta
 (to be in a ~) gufuruguta
 (to do in a ~) kubanguka
(to not be in a ~) kwītōnda
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hurt   ▶ (vi) kubabara, gutonekara
 (vt) kubabaza
 (another's feelings) gusesereza
 (to be ~ by what one says, or in injury) gusesērwa
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idol   ▶ ikigirwamāna, igisengwa, igishushānyo
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image   ▶ igisengwa, ishusho, igishushānyo
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importunity   ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
 (to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna
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inattentive   ▶ (to be) gusamāra
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indict   ▶ (to take someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
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indistinctly   ▶ (seeing one ~ because he went too fast) rurabwe
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industrious   ▶ (person) umunyabwīra
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influence   ▶ (man of) umushīngantāhe
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injection   ▶ urushinge
 (to give ~, inject) gutera urushinge
(to receive ~) gutērwa urushinge
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inquire   ▶ (about someone) kubariritsa
 (to ask for particulars or description) kudondōza
 (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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insect   ▶ igikōko, agakōko
 (many small) ubukōko
 (ant, flying, edible) iswa
 (ant, pincher) intozi, urutozi
 (ant, soldier) uburima
 (ant, sugar) ikinywabūki
 (ant, tiny) ubunyegeri
 (ant, white) umuswa
 (ant hill, white) umugina
 (bedbug) igiheri, igihere
 (bee) uruyūki
 (bee, carpenter) imvūndēri
 (bug) agasīmba
 (bumblebee) impingwe
 (butterfly) ikinyungunyungu, ikinyugunyugu
 (centipede, small) inyōngōri
 (chigoe flea) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (cicada) ijeri
 (cockroach) inyēnzi
 (fly, big, tsetse) ikibugu
 (fly, house) isāzi
 (flea) imbaragasa
 (gnat) agatūku, ubutūku
 (grasshopper) uruhige, agahōri, igihōri
 (jigger) imvūnja, ivūnja
 (locust) uruyige
 (louse) inda
 (mosquito) umubu
 (moth) ikinyungunyungu
 (tick) inyōndwi, inyōndwe
 (tick that causes recurrent fever) igitangu
 (tiny ~ in eye) akanyarira jisho
 (wasp) ivūbi
 (to sting or bite) gusurira
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instrument   ▶ igikoresho
 (musical, zither or harp) inānga
 (monochord instrument) umuduri, indonongo
 (musical, lamellophone) ikembe
 (musical, with string) agahugūgu
 (large bow-like instrument) idono, indono
 (sharp) inkazi
 (to play) kuvuza, gucurarānga
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insult   ▶ gusīndira, gutuka
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interest   ▶ amatsiko
 (to ~) kuryōsha, kwitaho
(to lose) gutenzēkanya, gutēzūra, gutezēkanya
 (economy) inyungu, ipurusa
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interlace   ▶ (vi) gusobana
 (vt) gusobanya
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intermingle   ▶ gusobana
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interpret   ▶ (to) gusobanura
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interweave   ▶ gusobanganya
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itch   ▶ amahere, uruhere, uburyi, ukuribwa ku mubiri, ugusasatwa, ukuribwaribwa
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itching   ▶ uburyi, ubusasāte
 (to scrape feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya
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jealous   ▶ (to be) gusharika, kugira ishari
 (between wives) gukēba
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join   ▶ gufatanya, kumatanya, gutēranya
 (together, esp. poles at top in building house) kudōmbagiza
 (together a broken thing) kwūnga
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joke   ▶ gufyina, kujajura, guswāganya, kujāndajānda, gufyinata
 (with lots of words) kurimbūra
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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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kill   ▶ (to) kwīca, kwongeranya
 (because of revenge) kuziza
 (oneself) kwīyīca, kwīgaragura, kwīyahura
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killed   ▶ (to be unjustly) kuyogera
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king   ▶ umwāmi
 (entrance to king's kraal) ikirīmba
 (house of) ingoro
 (pronouncements or commands sent out to chiefs) amatēka
 (to become) kwīma
 (to die) gutānga
 (to make) kwīmika
 (to sit) kuvyāgira
 (to speak evil of ~) kurogota
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kiss   ▶ gusōma
 (repeatedly, passionately) gusōmagura
 (each other) gusōmana
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knock   ▶ gukomānga
 (down each other) kugundana
 (down in fight) gutūra hāsi
 (down, strike against to ~ down, dead tree) gusita
 (from place to place) kujuragiza
 (over) gutembagaza
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known   ▶ (to be) guhinyuka
 (to be well ~) kumenyēkana, kurangiranwa
 (to become) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
 (to be made) kwāndagara, kwāndagaza
 (to make) kwērura, gukwīza, kumenyēsha
(to make) gukwīragiza, kurānga, guserura, kwāngaza, kwātura, guhishūra, kwāmāmaza
 (well ~ person or thing) ururangiranwe, ikirangiranwe
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kraal   ▶ urugo
 (entrance to king's) ikirīmba
 (head of) sēnaka
 (owner of) umutūngwa, nyene
 (with many houses of members of one family) ikigwati
 (within the kraal) intangāro
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lacking   ▶ (to be) guhara, gusība
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landslide   ▶ (to slide) kunyika, gusiduka
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language   ▶ ururimi
 (evil, esp. of young girl) ubweruzi
 (to speak in a mysterious ~) gufobeka
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last   ▶ imperūka
 (one of anything) imperēra
 (one of family who has no children) imponnyi
 (at ~) ubuherūka, aho rēro
(to be ~, previous) guherūka
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late   ▶ (to be) gucerērwa, guteba, gukerērwa, gutinda
 (slightly) gutebagana
 (of rains) gutara
 (to become, in day) kwīra
 (to cause to be) gutevya, gusīvya
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laugh   ▶ gutwēnga, gusekaseka
 (at) kwīshinyira, gushinyira, gutwēnga
 (at secretly) gutwēngera mwijigo
(for nothing) gushinyagura
 (to make others ~) guswāganya, gutwēnza, gutwēngēsha
 (one who makes others laugh) akagūgu
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lead   ▶ (to) kwōsha, kurōngōra
 (a discussion) kuremesha ikiganiro
 (esp. cows) gucūra, kuyobora, gushorera
 (animals to drink) gushōra
 (astray) guhuvya, kuzimiza
 (cows to pasture) guturutsa
 (to attack) kugomora
 (out, to show the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura
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leaf   ▶ ibabi, ikibabi
(banana, dry) ihuba, igihūnda
(banana, green) umutōto
(central part of banana ~) ikigongogongo
(bean) umukubi
(pumpkin) umusoma
(used for perfume) imbazi
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lean   ▶ (against, vt) kwegamika, kwegeka
 (against, vi) kwegamira
 (forward, preparing to run) gutuna
 (on, esp. in getting up) kwīshimikiza, gushimikira
 (over) guhengama
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learn   ▶ kwīga, kwīgīshwa, gusharira
 (by heart) gufata ku mutwe
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leave   ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
 (behind) gusiga
 (country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
 (country because of famine) gusuhūka
 (grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
 (group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
 (inheritance) kuraga
 (intention or place) gucungūra
 (open) kurāngāza
 (out) guhaza
 (over) gusigaza
 (place) gushingūka
 (something with someone) kubītsa
 (with) gusigarana
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leaves   ▶ (young bean ~, when only the first two are there) ingāmba
 (stripped from tree) udukōkōrwa
 (used for perfume) imbazi
 (see also 'leaf')
(to have abundant) gusagaba
 (to put forth new) kurēmba
 (to strip from tree or stick) gukōkōra
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left-overs   ▶ imisigazwa
 (to be) gucāguka, gusigara
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length   ▶ umurambararo, uburēbure
 (to be of equal ~ or height) kurēha
 (to arrange according to ~ or height) gusūmbanya
 (to make of equal ~) kurēsha
 (to not be of equal ~ or height) gusūmbana
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lengthwise   ▶ (to cut) gusatura
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level   ▶ inivo
(to be) gutega
 (to make) gusēna, gutaba
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liar   ▶ umubēshi, umusukanyi
 (one who goes about lying) indimanya
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like   ▶ bēne, nka
 (conj.) nk'uko
 (like that) -rtyo
 (like this) -rtya
 (to be like) gusa
 (to look like) gushusha
 (to like) gukūnda
 (for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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likeness   ▶ ishusho
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listen   ▶ (to) kwūmviriza
 (to refuse to ~ to authority) kugarariza
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live   ▶ kuba
 (live at, to dwell) gutura
 (breathe, to still live) guhēma
 (to be alive) kubaho
 (to cause to) kubēshaho
 (long time) kurāmba
 (near a public place) guhorahabona
 (together) kwāmana, kubāna, kumana
 (long live the king!) ganza, sabwa!
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lizard   ▶ umuserebanyi
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load   ▶ umutwāro, umuzigo
 (to cause another to put down) gutūza
 (to give someone a heavy ~) kuremēka
 (to lighten) kuremurura
 (to remove ~ from head) gutūra, gutūnda
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loan   ▶ (to receive and then not pay back ~) guherana
 (to refuse to pay ~) guheranira
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lodge   ▶ (vi) kurāra, gusēmbēra
 (vt) kurāza
 (give lodging for several days) gusēmbereza
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long   ▶ (to ~ for) gusamāza, gukūmbura
(thing for which one longs) igishika
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look   ▶ (evil) igitsūre
 (all about) kuraraguza
 (around on all sides) kweraguza, gukebaguza
 (at) kurāba, kurereka, kurora, kwirora
 (at carefully) guhwēba, kwīhwēza
 (at hastily) kurangaguza
 (at in wonder) gusamāra
 (at intently) kwīhwēza, kwītegereza
 (to let look for) gushakisha
(look at me!) kundāba
(at one thing after another, many things) kurābarāba
 (at oneself) kwīrāba
 (at repeatedly) gukanaguza
 (at without paying attention) gusamāra
 (at with disapproval) kurāba igitsūre
 (behind) gukebuka
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
 (down, to make another) kwūnamika, kwūnamīsha
 (for) kurereka, kurondera
 (esp. to feel around) gukabakaba
 (for a fault in one another) kugenzanya
 (from side to side trying to see everything) kurunguruka
 (in the face, to be unwilling to) kwīyobagiza
 (like) gushusha
 (over, in prospect of buying) kugaragura
(straight up) kurarama
 (through) gusesa
 (towards) kwerekera, gutūmbēra
 (up) gukanura, kurangamiza, kurangamira, kuraramura
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lose   ▶ guhōmba, guta, gutakaza
 (by death) gupfīsha
 (by death, one's child) gupfusha
 (interest) gutenzēkanya, gutezēkanya, gutēzūra
 (one another) gutāna
 (one's head) gucika ivutu, kuzimagirika
 (one's husband or wife by death) gupfākara
(one's zeal or enthusiasm) kudehūra
 (original force) gutītūra
(to cause to) gutēsha
 (to ~ elections) gutindwa amatora
(to ~ reason) gusara
(to make another ~ his case) kuzingirikira
 (one who has lost everything in trial) imvumure
 (weight) kugōgōra
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lust   ▶ (to ~) gushākana
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magnet needle  ▶ urushinge rukwega ivyuma, ruriko isumaku
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make   ▶ kugira, kurema
 (afraid) gutēra ubwōba
 (a bed) gusāsa
 (blunt) gufyīta
 (bread) gucūmba
 (clean) guhumānura
 (clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
 (crooked) kugoreka
 (drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
 (empty) kugaragaza
 (equal in length or height) kurēsha
 (excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
 (face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
 (a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
 (firm) kugumya
 (fun of) kunegura
 (fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
 (fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
 (good) kuryōsha
 (hedge) kuzitira
 (hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
 (laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
 (level) gusēna
 (narrow) kwāza
 (nest) kwārika
 (noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
 (oneself) kwīgīra
 (others like you) kwīkūndiriza
 (peace) kubangūranya
 (perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
 (place) kubisa
 (place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
 (restitution) kuriha
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (sign) kugereraniriza
 (smooth) gusēna
 (straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
 (tired) kurusha
 (vow) gushīnga
 (watering place) kugomera
 (white) kwēza
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man   ▶ (married) umugabo
 (of influence) umushīngantāhe
 (old) umutāma
 (young, unmarried) umusore
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many   ▶ –inshi
 (how many?) –ngāhe?
 (so many) –ngāho
 (to be ~) kurūndāna
 (to be, esp. cows, trees) gusagāra
 (to be so) kungana
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mark   ▶ (made by hoe or axe) ibāngo
 (of a blow) umuramu
 (to ~) kudoma
 (to have marks, scratches, as pot) gusaragurika
 ('get on the mark') gutuna
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marriage   ▶ (wedding) ubukwe
 (go-between for) umureshi
 (to act as a go-between) kuresha
 (to be accompanied to, as bride is) gushingīrwa
 (to be attendant for) gushingīra
 (to be paid for, for ~) gukōbwa
 (to go to a wedding feast) gutāha ubukwe
 (to take marriage vows) kuragana
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marrow   ▶ (in bone) umusokōro
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marry   ▶ (each other) kwābīrana, kuragana
(each other, rude) kurongorana
(of bride) kwābīrwa, kurongorwa
 (of groom) kwābīra, kwēnda (rude), kurongora
 (a widow and go to her kraal) gucūra
 (to refuse, esp. girl to refuse to marry a certain man) kubēnga
 (to take wife without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (to go to husband without being married) gucīkira
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master   ▶ Bwana (Sw.), umukama, umushīngantāhe, nyene
 (my, our) dātabuja
 (your) shōbuja
 (his, her, their) shēbuja
 (of an art) umuhīnga
 (to be) kugaba
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mat   ▶ (grass mat to sit on) umusēzero
 (made of slipt papyrus) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
 (sleeping) ikirago
 (small) umukeka
 (very nice, used by king or chief) indāva
 (worn-out) umusāmbi
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materials   ▶ (for building house) ihūmbi
 (to cut trees for building, to gather building materials) guhūmbira
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May   ▶ (month) ukwēzi kwa gatanu, Rusama
 (month of heavy rains) urushāna
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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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medicine   ▶ umuti
 (for diarrhea) umufutisho
(to make one to talk freely, to release inhibitions) urudedēmvya
 (to make people like one) urusango
 (material smeared about kraal to keep away thieves and evil spirits) urugombeka, ururēmbeko
 (to ask for ~ to counteract poison) kurogōza
 (to put out ~ to keep away thieves and spirits) gutota, kurēmbeka, kugombeka
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meet   ▶ guhāmvya, guhwāna, guhūra
 (to go to) gusanganira, gutegēra
 (together) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to ~ together) gukoranya, gutēranya
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melt   ▶ gucika, gushōnga, kuyaga
 (away) kuyōngayōnga
 (to cause to) kuyagiriza
 (sugar, salt) kuyōnga
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memory   ▶ ubuzīndūtsi
(word that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger) isata burēnge
 (to escape the ~) kuzīnda
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mending   ▶ ukuremura, ugusana
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mercy   ▶ imbabazi, ikigōngwe
 (fear to harm another because you love him) impuhwe
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merely   ▶ -sa, gusa
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millstone   ▶ urusyo, irtyazo
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minister   ▶ (servant) umusuku
 (prime minister) Ministre mukuru
 (cabinet minsiter) umushikiranganji
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miscarriage   ▶ ukuruhira ubusa
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miss   ▶ gusība
 (aim and) guhusha
 (be lonesome for) gukūmbura
(each other on path) kunyuranwa
 (fail to find) kubura
 (pass by but not meet) guhubana
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misspeak   ▶ (err in speaking) kuyoba
 ('excuse me, I said a wrong word, misspoke myself') bambe
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mister   ▶ Bwana (Sw.), Bgana, umushīngantāhe
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mistreat   ▶ guhahaza, guhama, gusīnda
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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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mock   ▶ gushinyira
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month   ▶ ukwēzi
(January) ukwezi kwa mbere, Nzero
(February) ukwezi kwa kabiri, Nyamagoma, Ruhuhuma
(March) ukwezi kwa gatatu, Ntwarante
(April) ukwezi kwa kane, Ndamukiza, Kabozambuba
(May) ukwezi kwa gatanu, Rusama
(June) ukwezi kwa gatandatu, Rwirabura, Kiyumpu
(July) ukwezi kwa ndwi, Mukakaro
(August) ukwezi kwa munani, Myandagaro
(September) ukwezi kwa cenda, Nyakanga
(October) ukwezi kwa cumi, Gitugutu
(November) ukwezi kwa cumi na rimwe, Munyonyo
(December) ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, Kigarama
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more   ▶ –ndi
 (to be) gusāga, gusāguka
 (to do even) kurushiriza
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morning   ▶ igitōndo
 (early) agatōndo
 (early, just before dawn) agahuru
 (good morning!) bwakēye
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mortar   ▶ ikarabasasi, ubudongo bw'isima
 (for grinding) isekuru (or isekuro)
(pestle for) umusekuzo
 (to grind or shell in wooden mortar) gusekura
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mosquito   ▶ umubu
 (~ net) umusegetera
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mountain   ▶ umusozi
 (large ~) igisozi
(foot of) umucāmo
 (peak) impīnga
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move   ▶ (vi) kwīmuka
 (vt) kwīmura
 (about) gutēmbēra (Sw.)
(things to another place) gutūnda, gutereka
 (to another chieftanship) gucikira
 (to a new location) kujōnjōra
 (to cause to move) gusegenyesha
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mud   ▶ ivyōndo, uburongo, urwōndo
(black) urushānga
 (to be stuck in) gushāya
 (to get out of) gushāyūka
 (to pull out of) gushāyūra
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muddy   ▶ (deep ~ place) ishāyo
 (to be) gushāya
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multiply   ▶ (vi) kugwīra, gusagāra
 (vt) kugwīza, gucimbataza, kwūngura
 (because of having fed well, cows) kugisha
 (rapidly, as insects) kujagata
 (rapidly) kurōndōka
 (as seeds, cows, etc.) kurondōra
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muscle   ▶ inyāma y'umubiri, umurya, umusoso, umutsi
 (to be sore in) kunywāguka
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nail   ▶ umugera, urumāmbo, umusumari (Sw.)
(fingernail, toenail) urwāra
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naked   ▶ amēnya
 (person) umwāmbure
(to go) kugēnda amēnya, kugēnda gusa, gufurama
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name   ▶ izina
 (to name) kwīta
 (to be named after) kwītiranwa
 (to get names confused) kwītiranya
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nausea   ▶ igisesema, iseseme, ikirungurira
(to cause) gusesema
(to feel) kurungurirwa
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nauseated   ▶ (to be) gusesemwa
 (by repulsive thing) gushishwa
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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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needle   ▶ urushinge
 (for sowing) urushinge rwo kujisha imipira
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needlessly   ▶ (tu use) kwāya
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neglect   ▶ kwānjānjwa
 (one's work) kwigaramangira, gusibānganya
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nephew   ▶ (son of brother) umuhūngwacu, umusēngezana
 (nephew or niece, child of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
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net   ▶ (for fishing) urusēnga
 (mosquito ~) umusegetera
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net curtain  ▶ ugushira iharire mu mpuzu ibonerana
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never   ▶ nta ho, ntabwo
 (dependant clause) ata ho
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niece   ▶ (daughter of sister, if a girl; daughter of brother, if boy) umukōbwacu, umukōbwanyu, umukōbwabo
 (daughter of brother, if one is a girl) umusēngezana
 (daughter of one's sister if one is a boy) umwīshwa
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night   ▶ ijoro
 (to be) kwīra
 (to be almost over) gushīra
 (e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca)
(to lodge for the) kurāza
 (to spend the ~) kurāra
 (to spend the ~ alone) kwīrāza
(to spend the ~ at) kurārīra
 (to watch, as watchman) kurārīra
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noise   ▶ urwamo
 (loud, frightening) umuturagaro
 (esp. of battle or strife) umuvurungano
 (of earthquake, or approaching storm) umugigimo
 (of rain, thunder) umuhīndo
 (of wind, rain, running feet, etc.) igihīnda
 (to make a big) kwāsana, kubomborana, kubugiriza, gusāma
 (to make a lot) kuvurungana, kuyogora
 (to make a loud frightening) guturagara
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none   ▶ nta, ata (in dependent clause)
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nose   ▶ izūru, itonde
 (bridge of) umwīrīri
 (nosebleed) umwūna
 (to get in and cause to sneeze) gusagāra
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nothing   ▶ (a ~) imburūngu, igaragara
(adv.) ubusa
 (adj.) ntanakimwe
 (to say ~) kunuma
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number   ▶ igiharūro, nimero
 (a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
 (of things) igitigiri
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oarsman   ▶ umusōza
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obey   ▶ kugamburuka, kugendanira, kwītōndera, kwūmvira, kugandūkira
 (unwillingly) kugambarara
 (to force to) kugandūra
 (to refuse to) kugaranya
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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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offended   ▶ (to be) gusugurirwa
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offer   ▶ (to) gutānga, kubangira, gushikana
 (gift) guterēka, gutūra
 (presents) guhōnga
 (sacrifice) gushikana
 (to spirits) guterekēra
 (but take back) guhema
 (place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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official   ▶ (of government) umusirikare, bulamatari
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old   ▶ (age) ubukuru, zabukuru
 (man) umutāma
 (person) umusāza
 (woman) umutāmakazi, umukamakare
(to be) kurāmba
 (to be, but still strong) kugwagura, guhūmura
 (to become) gusāza
 (to become, woman) gukēcura
 (to grow) gutāma
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only   ▶ gusa, nyene
 (adj.) -sa
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or   ▶ cānke, cyangwa (Kinyarwanda, used in northern Burundi)
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outside   ▶ (of house) hānze, inyuma
 (to go ~) gusohoka
 (to put ~, take ~) gusohora
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over   ▶ (way over there) harīya
 (not too far away) harya
 (to be almost, night) gushīra, e.g. ijoro rishīra ubuca
(to be left) gusigara
 (to leave) gusigaza
 (left-overs) imisigazwa
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over-crowded   ▶ (to come up thickly and thus not do well) gusorora
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overflow   ▶ ibibōgabōga, umusēsekara
 (place where river has overflowed the banks) ikidēngeri
 (to ~) kubōgabōga, gusēsekara
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overthrow   ▶ umushombo
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overturn   ▶ gusunūza
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pain   ▶ igisigo, umubabaro, ububabare
 (sharp) umusōnga
 (to get relief from) kwōroherwa
 (to grit one's teeth to avoid showing) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
 (to have) kubabara
 (to have severe) kurībwa
 (to suffer) gucumukura
(to suffer without complaint) kwīyumānganya
 (to take pains with) kwītōndera
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palm   ▶ (of hand) ikigānza, urushi, umunwe
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palpitate   ▶ (heart) kudidagizwa, kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika
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papyrus   ▶ (reed or swamp) urufūnzo
 (reed) urukorogota
(mat made of split) ikigāra, ikinyāmbuga
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partition   ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, urusīka, igisīka
 (of reeds) impete
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pass   ▶ guhita
 (allow to) kubisa
 (allow another to) kubisiriza
 (between) kunyura
(by) guhita, gukīkira
 (by, but not meet) guhubana
 (gas) gusurira
 (out gifts) kugaba
 (out of sight) kurēngāna
 (over, by, aside) kurēngāna, kurēngānya
 (the night) kurāra
(through) guca
 (to bring to ~) gucimbataza
 (to go through a narrow ~) kunyegētera
 (to bring in passing) guhitana
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pat   ▶ (child) gushīshītira
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pay   ▶ ingero, urugero, igihēmbo, impēmbo
 (salary) umushahara
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pea   ▶ ubushaza, ubwīshaza
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pencil   ▶ ikaramu (Sw.)
(for slate) idushi
 (~ box) agapfuko k'amakaramu
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penetrate   ▶ (into) kunyegera
 (skin, esp. under fingernail) gusesēra, gusesereza
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pepper   ▶ (Sw.) ipiripiri, ipilipili, agapiripiri, impiripiri
(chilli) urusenda
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perfume   ▶ isenga
 (bark used for) imibavu
 (leaves used for) imbazi
 (to put on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
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permission   ▶ uruhusha, igikūndiro
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persevere   ▶ gukomeza, gushīshikara, gushimika
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persist   ▶ gucunaguza, kwigumira, gukovya, kunogēra, kuramiriza, gushimika, gushīshikara
 (in asking questions) kuzigiriza
 (in old custom) kuzīrōra
 (more strongly than before) gukobeza
 (patiently) gukenyera, gukenyerera
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persistently   ▶ (to as, although refused) gucuna
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pestle   ▶ (for grinding in mortar) umusekuzo
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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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picture   ▶ igicapu, igicapo, igishushānyo, ishusho, igishusho
(to ~) gushushānya
 (to take, draw) gucapura
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piece   ▶ ikimānyu, ikigegene, igice
(of bread) ikibege
 (of fruit) icamwa
 (of land) ishāmvu, ikivi
 (of paper or cloth) ibitabu
 (of something that has been cut) igisate
 (to come to pieces) gusambūka
 (to tear in pieces) gutabagura
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pierce   ▶ (to) gucumita, gutobora, kuzibūra
 (in order to kill) gusogōta
 (through) gutobekeranya
 (as with a nail) guhānda
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pillage   ▶ iminyago, ubusahuzi
 (to ~) kunyaga, gusahura
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pillow   ▶ umusego
 (to ~ one's head) gusegura
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pin   ▶ umusumāri (Sw.), agapengeri
(clothespin) umunēngo
 (safety) igikwāsho, igikwāshu
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pincer   ▶ (of wood used by snuff smokers) umunēngo
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pit   ▶ urusumanyenzi
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pitted   ▶ (to get rutted or ~ from rain) gushānyūka
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place   ▶ ikibānza, ahantu
 (around trees where nothing else grows) impehemyi
 (damp) ikinyōta
 (for spreading out grain) imbuga
 (meeting ~) ihūriro
(of another) igishīngo, icīto
 (prepared to put anything) igitereko
 (smelting) urugānda
 (to offer to the gods) igitabo
 (to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
 (to sit) umusēzero
 (uninhabited) agahīnga
 (very narrow, tight) imbōmbāne
 (where food is plentiful) ubusumo
 (where water has flooded) isēsero
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play   ▶ (to) gukina, gufyina, gufyinata
 (musical instrument) kuvuza, gucurarānga
 (musical instrument vigorously) kwōmānza
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player   ▶ (of musical instrument) umucurarānzi
 (sport) umukinyi
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plead   ▶ (a cause) kubūrana
 (earnestly for something) kubobōta
 (with) kugōbēra
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pleasure   ▶ igihīmbāro
 (to do something that causes) gusamāza
 (to give) kunēzēra
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plenty   ▶ (to eat) guhāga
 (to eat, rude) guhīmba
 (to have plenty) guhīmba
 (place where food is plentiful) ubusumo, amasumo
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pleurisy   ▶ umusōnga, igifuka
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plough   ▶ (badly) gusibanganya
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plunderer   ▶ umusahuzi
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pneumonia   ▶ umusōnga
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pods   ▶ (tiny bean) urusokoro
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point   ▶ umugera, isōnga, igisōnga, umusōnga
(to reach a certain ~) kugera
(to sharpen to a ~) gusongora
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pointed   ▶ (to be) gusongora
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pointer   ▶ (of scales) urushinge rw'umunzane
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poison   ▶ ubumara, uburozi, ishano
 (of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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polish   ▶ (to) gukurūngira, gukuyēngeza, gusēna
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populous   ▶ (tribe or family) ikigaga
 (strong) igisata
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porridge   ▶ umwengano, umusururu, igikoma
 (thick bread-like) ubugari
 (to stir) gushigisha
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possible   ▶ (to be) gushoboka
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postpone   ▶ gusīvya
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pound   ▶ (to ~, as heart) kudidagizwa, kugurugūmba, gusimbagurika
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pour   ▶ (to ~ into) gusuka
 (to shed) kuvīra
(to ~ out) gusēsa
 (~ forth water, as spring) kududubiza
 (~ milk down another's throat) kuramiza
 (~ water on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (~ water on hair before cutting it) kuvuba
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power   ▶ ububāsha, ingānji, ubushobozi, imbaraga, ubutegetsi
 (one who has) intwāri
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pray   ▶ gusaba, gusenga
 (frequently) gusabiriza
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preach   ▶ gusigūra
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preacher   ▶ umusigūzi
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pregnant   ▶ (to be) gutwāra inda, kugira inda, kuremērwa
(through adultery) gutwāra inda y'ishushu, gutwāra inda y'indāro
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present   ▶ (gift) ingabire, ishimwe, impano, ikado, itūro
(to give) kugabira
 (to receive) gushikirwa
 (to ~ a gift with something expected in return) kugemura
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presumptious   ▶ (to be) kwīrārīra, kwītāra
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pretend   ▶ (something isn't so) kwiyobagiza
 (to work) gushaza
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previous   ▶ (to be of the ~ year)
(i.e. beans) guhitira
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priest   ▶ umuhērezi
 (traditional gender-crossing ~) ikihindu, ikimaze
 (catholic priest) umusaseredoti, umupadiri
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projection   ▶ (of any kind on building, as church tower, comb on house, etc.) kenese
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promise   ▶ indagano, umuhāngo, iragi, isezerano
 (to ~) kuraganira, gusezerana, kuragana
 (to fail to keep) gutēzūra
 (to fail to give what one has promised) kugaramāngira
 (to ~ and then pretend you haven't) kwiyobagiza
 (result of failure to keep ~) urudubi
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prop   ▶ urwēgo
 (for closing door) ikibāndo
 (something on ground, not high up) gushigikira
 (up) kwegeka
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provoke   ▶ kwāndurutsa, gusomboroza
 (to fight) gusōmborotsa
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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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pumpkin   ▶ umwūngu, igihaza
 (leaves) umusoma
 (plant) uruyūzi, umuvyūka
 (seed) uruyūzi
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punished   ▶ (to be ~ because of a certain thing, or for someone else's wrong) kuzira
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pupil   ▶ (student) umwīgīshwa, umunyushure, umunyeshure (Rw.)
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pus   ▶ amashira
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push   ▶ gusunika
 (another down) gukungagura
 (each other) kugundana, gusunurana
 (forward) gusekura
 (a person down where he belongs) gutururuza
 (out, e.g. wind bulging cloth) kubāndūra
 (violently) gusunura
 (to help to) gusunuza
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put   ▶ gushira
(away) kubīka, gushingūra
(away the harvest) kwīmbura
(away beans for a year) guhitiza
(away for a year, to be ~) guhitira
(away, for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(away, to take to) kwāndūra
(back) gusubīza
(bees in new hive) kwātira
(down) guhwāmika
(down roughly) gusekura
(forth new leaves) kurēmba
(hand to face in gesture of surprise) kujorerwa
(handle on) gukwikira
(higher) gukiriza
(in certain place) kugabānyānya
(in order) kurorānya
(into water) kurobeza
(near fire to dry) gutara
(on clothes) kwāmbara, kwīyambika
(on nice smelling stuff) kwōsa
(off doing what one should) kwīrengagiza
(oneself above where he belongs) kwītāra
(out fire, light) kuzimya
(out great branches) gusagarara
(out in sun) kwānikira
(outside) gusohora
(right) gutūngānya
(skin of dead calf before cow to make her give milk) kwōrokēra
(something cool on burn) gupfuvya
(somewhere) gushiraho
(things together) kurementanya, gusorōranya
(to bed) kuryāmika
(together) kwegeraniriza, guhūza, gutororokanya, kwegeranya
(to one side) guherereza
(to sleep) gusinziriza
(to work) kwāhura
(up, e.g. arms) gutarika
(up bee hive) kwegeka
(wood on fire) gukomānya
(yeast in beer) kubetera
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quickly   ▶ n'ingoga, vuba vuba
(to do) gukwākwānya, gutebūka, gutebūtsa
 (to do ~ and carelessly) kuraha
 (to do, esp. used by Batwa) gushōka
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quit   ▶ (altogether) kujījūka
 (to work carelessly wanting to ~) kuregarega
 (to not ~ without accomplishing a certain thing) gushirwa
 (to ~ a job) gusezera (ku) akazi
(to ~ work for the day) kugodoka
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rags   ▶ agashāmbara, umushāmbara
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rain   ▶ imvura
 (light, fine) urunyanyāga
 (main rain season) itumba
 (season of early rains) agatāsi
 (very heavy) isegenya
 (very heavy, sweeps away crops on hillside) inkukūra
 (wind and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (path of water in heavy rain) umuvo
 (to ~) kugwa
 (with imvura, i.e. imvura iragwa)
(to begin to ~ after dry season) gutāsura
 (to cause to, sorcerer) kuvuba
 (early in morning or for a long time) kuvōvōta
 (heavily) guhonoka
 (a long time without stopping) kujobanya
 (on) kuvubira
 (softly) kunyanyāga
 (to threaten to) gukuba
 (to fall continuously) gushāna
 (to fall heavily) kuzibiranya
 (to go for shelter in) kwūgama
 (to be soaked by downpour) kujōbeka
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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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rash   ▶ (to break out with) guturika
 (of spots etc.) ugusesa amahere
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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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read   ▶ gusoma
(~ aloud) kubogora
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reason   ▶ inyānduruko, inkomānzi, impāmvu, imvo, igituma
 (to ~ with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to ~ within oneself) kwībūranya
 (to be tired without ~) kudendebukirwa
(to lose ~) gusara
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rebellious   ▶ (to be) kugāba, kugābagāba
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receive   ▶ (to) kwābīra, kwākīra, kurōnka
 (back security) kugwatūra
 (from someone's hands) kwēnda
 (in one's hands) kwābīra
 (loan and then not pay back) guherana
 (more) kurushiriza
 (physically) gutēga
(presents) gushikirwa
 (something as a gift or loan and repay reluctantly and late) guhasha
 (place to receive money or other things) iyakīriro
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recollection   ▶ (words that remains in heart causing sorrow or anger) isata burēnge
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reed   ▶ ikibīngo, ikibīngobīngo, irēnga, igishakshaka
(papyrus) urufūnzo, urukorogoto
 (to drink from) gusōma
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regain   ▶ (consciousness) kurabūka
(life, strength) guhembūka
 (health, possessions) kwōkōka
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reject   ▶ gushibura
 (council) gusaragurika
 (food that you've always eaten) guhura
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rejoice   ▶ kunēzērwa
 (at arrival of someone) gukēra
 (in another's troubles) gukēkeza
 (in coming of another) kwigina, gusāsīrira
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relieve   ▶ (need) gukenūra
 (another, as soldier) kugombōra
 (one's own need) kwīkenūra
 (to go to give things to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (to be relieved of load) kuremurukwa
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remain   ▶ kuguma
 (in one place permanently) guhama
 (in place of another) gusigarira
 (still, quiet) kwīyorosha
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remember   ▶ kwībuka
 (to be easy to) kuzīndūka
(maliciously of someone dead or something forgotten) gucūza
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remove   ▶ gukūra, gukūraho
(chief) gukōmbōra
 (clothing) kwāmbūra
 (completely) gutōngōra
 (dry leaves from banana trees) gutūtūra
 (enchantment) kurogōra
 (everything from burning house) gusahura
 (foreign body from eye, milk or water) gutosōra
 (from cross) kubāmbūra
 (from fire or oven) kwōkōra
 (from hiding) guhishūra
 (from hole in ground, what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (grass from house) gukākura
 (lid of basket) kurumūra
 (load from head) gutūra
 (skin from drying) kubāmbūra
 (sliver for oneself) kwīhāndūra
 (taboo) kuzirūra
 (things) kuyōra
 (things from flesh as witch doctors supposedly do) guhura
 (thorn or sliver) guhāndūra
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repair   ▶ guhīngūra
 (car) gukanika imodoka
 (house) gusanura
 (something absolutely worn out, or, ~ repeatedly) gusanasana
 (woven thing) gusana
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repeat   ▶ gusubīra, kwongera, kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (many times) kwiyongeranya
 (to tell what one has heard while eavesdropping) gutumbūra
 (to ask another to ~ in order to check his veracity) gucaca
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replace   ▶ gusigarira
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reproach   ▶ (bringing ~ on others) ububwa
 (~ a dead person thus making it hard for loved ones) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
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repulse   ▶ (violently) gushibura
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repulsive   ▶ (to be) gushisha
 (to be nauseated by a ~ thing) gushishwa
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resemble   ▶ gusa, gushusha
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reserve   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
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resound   ▶ gusāma
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respect   ▶ isoni, icūbahiro
 (that which is respected) igitīnyiro
 (to ~) gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
 (to lack) kwūbahuka
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rest   ▶ uruhusha, ikiruhūko
 (to ~, vi) kuruhūka
 (vt) kuruhūra
 (to be at ~) gutabāruka
 (to be at ~, cows) kuvyāgira
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retain   ▶ gusībīsha
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return   ▶ (to where speaker is) kugaruka
 (other than where speaker is) gusubira
 (vt) kugarukana, gusubiza
 (from far away) guhabūka
 (from hunting) guhīgūka
 (from running away) guhīngūra
 (from war) gutabāruka
 (home, of wife when angry at husband) kugēnda buje
(to) gushikiriza
 (to cause to) kugarura, gukubiranya, gusubiza
 (to fail to) kugīrīra
 (to have to ~ home because of bad news) gukuba
 (to one's country after famine is over) gusuhūkuruka
 (with) kugarukana
 (person who goes never to return) akagīrīre
 (an investment ~) umwimbu
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reveal   ▶ kwāndagara, kwātura, kwerekana, gufobōra, gufurūra, kugaragara, kugaragaza, kugoborora, guhishūra, kunyegurura, gusokorora
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (what is false) guhūmuriza
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revere   ▶ gusona, gusonera, kwūbaha
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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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ripen   ▶ kwēra
 (become yellow or reddish) kubēnja
 (for certain fruites, esp. bananas) gusha
 (of fruits) kurunguriza
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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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roof   ▶ igisēnge
 (house with high pointed ~) umushōnge, agashūngēre
 (to put on a) gusakāra
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room   ▶ ikibānza, umwānya
 (in house) icūmba, urusīka, igisīka
(inner) haruguru
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root   ▶ umuzi, igishitsi
 (of word) itsina
 (to pull out by roots) kurandura, gusitura, kumomora
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rope   ▶ ingoyi, umugozi, akagozi, umuzana, ikiziriko
 (to bind criminal) imvuto
 (heavy) injīshi
 (loop of) impururu
 (made of papyrus) umuhotora
 (woven or plaited) igitsibo
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round   ▶ (to be) kwībūmbabūmba, kwībūmba, kwīburūngushura
 (to make) kubūmbabūmba, kuburūngushura
 (object) imburūngu
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rower   ▶ umusōza
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rub   ▶ gusīga
 (bump so it doesn't swell) kunyīngisha, gushiringitira
 (clothes) kunyukura
 (eyes in order to see, esp. one who has conjunctivities) guhofōra
 (grain to take off chaff) kuvūngura
 (off dirt) guhungura
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ruins   ▶ (house in) umusaka
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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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rutted   ▶ (to become ~, or pitted from rain) gushānyūka
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sacrifice   ▶ ikimazi, impērezwa
 (to ~ for) kwīgura, kwīheba
 (to give, offer, make) gushikana
 (place to offer to the spirits) igitabo
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sad   ▶ (to be) kubabara, kwījīrwa, gushavura, gutuntura
 (to feel) gutunturirwa
 (to make) gushavuza
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salary   ▶ igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo
 (to demand, to ask for) guhembesha
 (to pay) guhēmba, kugerera
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sand   ▶ umusēnyi
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sandpit   ▶ ikinogo c'umusenyi co gushushanya mwo
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satchel   ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure
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satisfied   ▶ (to be) guhāga
 (to be, used in negative way) guhīmba
 (to be, with) gushīma
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saw   ▶ urukero, urukerezo, umusumēno
 (to ~) gukerera
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say   ▶ kubara, kugira, gukerutsa, kurānga, kuvuga, kubarira, –ti
(no infinitive)
(to say no) guhakana
(he says) ngo, ati
(nothing) kunuma
(not ~ directly) gukingitiranya
(mean things to provoke another) kwīyandagaza
(things to make others laugh) guswāganya
(say!) erega
(you don't say!) itu
(slanderous talk) kuvōvōta
(one who says things he shouldn't when with others) ikirandamuke
(one who says inappropriate things) igihururu
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scatter   ▶ gukwīragiza, gusāba, gusanza,
 (vt) gusanzāza
 (vi) gusanzāra
 (esp. seeds from tree, vi) gushwiragira
 (vt) gushwiragiza
 (everywhere, vi) gusābagīra
 (everywhere, vt) gusābagīza
 (seeds or dirt by scratching as chicken does) gusūra
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schoolbag   ▶ agasaho k'umunyushure
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scold   ▶ guhana, gukangīra, gusīndira, gutāta, gukankamira, gutonganya
 (vehemently) guhāririza, guhahiriza
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scrape   ▶ guhara, guharura
 (feet on floor, esp. because of itching) gusyēgenya
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search   ▶ kwīhwēza, gusesa
 (carefully) gusūra
 (for) guhama, kurondera
 (for a buyer) kubūnga
 (carefully to see if anyone is there) gukengūza
(to make ~ for) gushakisha
(in vain) kujarajara
 (research) gusesangura
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seeing   ▶ (face to face) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
 (~ one indistinctly because he went to fast) rurabwe
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seek   ▶ kurondera
 (advice) kugīsha
 (assistance to overcome) kugomorera
 (doer of evil, as witch doctor does) kuragura
 (food) gusuma
 (information) kugenzūra
 (information about someone) kubariritsa
 (one's way) kujurajura
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seize   ▶ gucakīra, gusūmira, kuramata
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sell   ▶ kugura, kudāndaza, gushōra
 (to buy and sell) guhānjura
 (well) kugurika
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send   ▶ (esp. with message) gutuma
 (person rather than message) kurungika
 (back) kurekura
 (back, esp. cows) gucūra
 (back woman to her husband when she's gone home) gucūrira
 (forth shoots) gutōha
 (from room) gukumīra, gutaramura
 (greetings) kuganūka, kuganūtsa
 (in a hurry) kwīhanikiriza
 (workers, some to one place, some to another) gutānya
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separate   ▶ (vi) gukōndōka, kuvāna, gutandukāna, kuvāvānura, kubanduka, gutēranuka
 (vt) kwāhukānya, gukumīra, gusobanura, gutānya, kumatūra, gutandukānya, gutēranūra, kuvangūra
 (chain, vi) kudohōka
 (sense of divorce) kwāhukāna
 (fighters) kubangūranya, gutātūra
 (go ~ ways) gutāna
 (one from another) kuvāngūka
 (oneself) kugabanuka
 (shake down to ~ from dirt) gukebanya
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servant   ▶ umushūmba, umusuku
 (girl) incokere
(esp. at table) umugabuzi
 (female) umuja
(male) umugaragu
(trusted, favorite) umukevyi
 (to be ~ to) kujakarira, gusukūrira
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serve   ▶ gusukūrira
 (as a servant) kujakarira, gushūmba
 (food) gufungura
 (king) kugarānzura
 (meal to) kuzimāna
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set   ▶ (of sun) kurēnga
 (down, to carry and ~ down frequently) gusegenyeza
 (example) guha akarorero
(fire to) guturira
 (fixed time) kugerereza
 (free) kudādura
 (one's heart on) guhahamira
 (the table) gupānga ameza
(time: to do something at a ~ time) guhēnga
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sew   ▶ kubarīra, gusona (Sw.), gushona
(together) kwōmeka
 (come unsewn) gusonoroka
 (~ back on) gusubira, kubarira
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shake   ▶ (vi) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, guhīnda agashitsi, kunyoganyoga
 (vt) gukunkumura
 (as earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (down to seperate from dirt) gukebanya
 (down as when measuring) kunyīngisha
 (hands) guhānayāmbo
 (hands with) gukorana mu minwe na
(in the wind) guhuzēnwa
(one's head in anger or disgust) kuzūnguza umutwe
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shameless   ▶ (to be) gushirukanya, kwerura
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share   ▶ (to) kubūngirana, kugabana, kugabura, gusangira
 (to buy a thing together and then divide it) gusorōra
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sharpen   ▶ gutyaza
(stick) kugegena
 (to a point) gusongora
 (instrument) gukarisha
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shelf   ▶ ubushinguro bugerekeranye
(for milk containers) uruhīmbi
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shell   ▶ (of gun) urusoro
 (peanuts, etc.) ibishishwa
 (egg) ikibarara
 (carapace) ikigaragamba, umuruka
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shock   ▶ ugusekana
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short   ▶ –gufi, –gufiya, –gufinya
 (to be ~ something) gusība, gukērērwa, kubura
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show   ▶ kwereka, kwerekana, gufurūra, guserura, kubonēsha
 (contempt, by spitting) gucīra inyeri
(off) kwīkakīsha
 (oneself) kwibonekeza, kwībūra
 (the way) guhubūra, kurangīra, kuyobora
 (the way to one who is lost) kuzimurura
 (to not ~ one's feelings) kwīrengagiza
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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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sigh   ▶ guhēmūka, guhumēka, kuniha
(with disgust or displeasure) guhigimānga
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silk   ▶ ihariri
 (of corn) ubusage
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simultaneous   ▶ (to do two things at once) kubāngikanya
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since   ▶ (cause, not time) ko, nuko
(now that, seeing that) ubwo
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sip   ▶ gusōma
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sister   ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa
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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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skin   ▶ uruhu, urukoba, urusāto
 (for carrying baby) ingovyi
 (worn by king or great chief) inyambarabāmi
 (scaly) ibikaragāshi
 (to ~) kumyōra, gukungura
 (to fall and ~ oneself) gukungagura, gukunguka
 (to remove ~ from drying) kubāmbūra
 (to stretch out to dry by pegging) kubāmba
 (to have something penetrate the) gusesērwa
 (crack in foot) ikivutu
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skunk   ▶ umusakanyika
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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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slate   ▶ urubāho, igisate, ikigura
(pensil) idushi
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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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slide   ▶ (to) kunyika, gusiduka, gutemuka
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slip   ▶ kunyerera
 (down on spear, meat if it slips it's supposedly diseased) gushōka
 (out little by little, e.g. nail) kwīdohōra
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smooth   ▶ (to be) kurēmba
 (to ~ out) gukana, gukuyēngeza
 (to make) gukurūngira, gusena, gupfunyūra
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sneeze   ▶ kwāsamura
 (to get in nose and cause to ~, as pepper) gusagāra
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soaked   ▶ (to be) kujōba
 (by downpour of rain) kujōbeka
 (in house) kuvīrwa
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sob   ▶ gusarara
 (silently) gupfunagira
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sojourn   ▶ (esp. in serach of place to build) gusēmbēra
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soldier   ▶ ingabo, umusirigana, umusoda, umusirikare, intōre
 (ants) uburima
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soot   ▶ umusēngesēnge, umuvyiro
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sore   ▶ igikomere
 (little) akarōnda
 (to be) gutonekara
 (in one's muscles) kunywāguka
 (to hit a ~ place) gutoneka
 (to have running sores) kujējēta
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sorrow   ▶ umubabaro, akabōnge, agahīnda, ishavu, intūntu, intimba
 (words that remains in heart causing sorrow) isata burēnge
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sorrowful   ▶ (to be) gushangashirwa
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sort   ▶ (good grain from bad) gucacūra
 (out) gusobanura, kuvāngūra
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sound   ▶ (whirring, wind blowing through things, or stick whipped through air) umuvuguvugu
 (well) kwūmvīkana
 (to make a bubbling ~) gusāma
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south   ▶ ikūsi (Sw.), ubumanuko
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spark   ▶ isase, umusēngesēnge
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speak   ▶ (speaking evil of another with whom you work) ikēba
 (one who speaks with senseless repititions of words) ikirogorogo
 (all speaking together) imvugarimwe
 (to ~) kuvuga
 (against) guhāririza
 (carelessly) gufudika
(clearly) gufobōra, gutobekeranya
 (distinctly) gutobora
 (distinctly, not having been able to before) gutumbūra
 (evil of one another) gucurikanya
 (evil of) gukana, kunegura
 (evil of the king) kurogota
 (evil of a ruler) kuyoba
 (fearlessly) kwūbahuka
 (foolishly) kudebagura
 (hatefully) gucobogoza
 (hesitantlyusually used in negative) guhengēshanya
 (in a mysterious language) gufobeka
 (incoherently) kuvōvōta
(in someone's favor) gutēturura
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) kurangurura, kurandamuka
 (many words, usually quite meaningless ones) guhogōmboka
 (sarcastically) kurtyekeza
 (the truth) guhinyuza
 (thoughtlessly) kurandamuka
 (unwisely or rudely) kurofokwa
 (very beseechingly) kubobōteza
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (where others hear voices but do not understand) guhwirima
 (without arriving at point) kurerembuza
 (to cause to) kuvuza
 (to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly) kwigarura
 (to prevent from speaking) guhwāmika
 (give gift to bride so she will ~) guhorōra
 (refuse to speak till given gift, as bride does) guhorōrwa
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spear   ▶ icumu
 (stuck in person) urubāngo
 (spears on big reeds and grasses) umusokoro
 (to fall on ~ and be injured) gushōka
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spill   ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
 (anything not liquid) gusanzāra
 (over) gusēsekara
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spirit   ▶ igihūme, impwēmu, umuzimu
 (Holy Spirit) Mpwemu Mweranda, Mpwemu Yera
 (nature spirit) imbāndwa
 (of person) umushaha
 (to chase away or drive out evil ~) gusēnda
(to offer to ~) guterekēra
 (~ worship) ubuzimuzimu
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splash   ▶ kumījīra
 (and tumble, water in river) gusūriranya
 (splashing of water on rocks in river) igisebuzi
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splint   ▶ udusenge
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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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spot   ▶ ibara, indome, irabagu, ikirabagu, agasembwa
 (in sense of dirt) icēyi
 (opposite door of house) umukōndo
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spots   ▶ (girls put on clothing to help them get a husband) indome
 (to put spots on something) kudoma
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spread   ▶ (abroad, vt) kwāndagaza, kwāngāza, gukwīza, gukwīragiza
 (vi) kwāmāmara, gukwīra, guhetūra, gukwīragira
 (grass) gusasa
 (legs apart) guhānyuka
 (out) gupānga
 (out great branches) kugasāra
 (out on something) gusanza
 (thing spread out flat) ikiramvu
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sprinkle   ▶ gusukira, kuvōmera
 (vi) kumījira
 (vt) gucūcagira, kumīja, kumījagira
 (as with powder, salt) kumemēra
 ('medicine' around house to protect it from evil) gutota
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sprout   ▶ umugera, ingūndu, umunago
 (bean) umugōndōra
 (sorghum) ikirōnge
 (to ~) kumera
 (to ~, millet) gusēsa
 (after cutting) kunaga
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spy   ▶ umutasi, inderetsi
 (to ~) gutata
 (to ~ on) gusūra
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squash   ▶ umwūngu, igikunga
 (leaves) umusoma
 (seed, plant) uruyūzi
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stake   ▶ (out goat in pasture) kuzirika
 (drive ~) gushīnga
 (to come out, ~) gushingūka
 (to pull out ~) gushingūra
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stamp   ▶ (article used to ~ spot) ikidomēsho
 (to ~) kudoma
 (on) guhonyanga, guhonyagura, gusiribānga
(to ~ one's feet, trample) gukāndagira
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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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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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stay   ▶ kuguma
 (at king's court) gusasa
 (away frequently from home) guhīmbira
 (for a time) gusībira
 (in one place permanently) guhama, gutsīndāza
 (to cause to) kugumya
 (to not ~ at home) guhugūmba
 (to not ~ in place) kujuragira, gucambagirana
 (one who does not ~ home) igihūmbu
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steal   ▶ (to) kwība, kwāmbura, kunyaga, gusahura, kwīha
 (from each other) kwībana
 (habitually) guhīmbira
 (to be caught stealing) gusūmirwa
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sterile   ▶ (to be) kugūmbaha, guhona
 (to make) gukona, gushāhura
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sting   ▶ (of bee) urubōyi, umugera
(to ~ or bite, insect) gusurira
 (sharpness of beer, etc.) ubukare
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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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stitch   ▶ umubariro wo ku ruhande
(to ~ up) gusubira, kubarīra
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stomach   ▶ inda, umushīshīto
 (big, fat) ikizeze
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stone   ▶ ibuye
 (big) igitāndara, urutāndara
 (grinding) urusyo
 (rolling) urunāna
 (sharpening) irtyāzo
 (small, round) akabuyēnge
 (three, placed for fireplace) amashiga, izīko
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stop   ▶ (vi) guhagarara, kureka, gusigaho
 (vt) guhagarika, gutururuza, kubuza
 (diarrhea) gufutīsha
 (quarrel and make like each other) kwūnga
 (~ talking abruptly though others continue) kwōnjorora
 (a thing because someone has repeatedly warned and advised) gukōndōka
 (up) kuzibiza
(working) kugodoka
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stored   ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana
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strain   ▶ (muscle) gukāshuka, guhānyuka
 (water) kumimina
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streak   ▶ (caused by water, sweat) umukororōmvyi
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strength   ▶ imbaraga, inkomezi, ubukomezi
 (muscular) intege
(physical) amagara
 (my ~ has left me) amagara yandyarutse
(to regain) guhembūka
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strike   ▶ kubomboranya, gukoma, gukubita, kudoda
 (against in order to knock down) gusita
 (down and almost kill) kurabika
 (one against the other, knees) gukomānya
 (oneself) kwīkubita
 (oneself in amazement) kwīshishītira
 (sore place) gutomeka
(together) kubomborana
 (thunder, lightning) guhūndagaza
 (prepare oneself to, grasp in preparation to) kubangura
 (to raise one's arm to) kubangurira
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strive   ▶ gukobeza, gushīshikara, guharanira
(~ after) gukovya
 (~ and crowd together) kuvurungana
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strong   ▶ (person) umunyenkomezi
 (something which appears to be ~, but is weak) igihōmbe
 (to be) guhāngama, gukomera, kurema, kurama, kunōnōka
 (to be very) gutetera, gushikama
 (to make) gukomeza
 (to make very) gushikama
 (to remain) gushikama
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stub   ▶ (one's toe) gutsītāra
 (cause to) gutsītāza
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stuck   ▶ (in mud) gushāya
 (to get) guhamāngira
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stumble   ▶ (that which causes to) igitsītāza
(to ~) gutsītāra, kudāguza
 (to cause to) gutsītāza
(over words) gufudika
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stung   ▶ (to jump when) gushikurwa
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suffer   ▶ kubabara, gucumukura
 (because of certain thing) kuzira
 (much) gusinzikara
 (pain without complaint) kwīyumānganya
 (to cause to) kubabaza, gusinzikaza
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Sunday   ▶ icūmwēru, umusi w'Imāna, kuw'Imāna, kuwa Mungu (Sw.), kw'iyīnga
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superintendent   ▶ umushikirwa, umuntu ahishirigwa
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support   ▶ ishimikiro
 (to ~) gushigikiza, gufasha
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surpass   ▶ (one who surpasses all others) agahebūza, agakūra
 (thing that surpasses everything of its kind) akaminūza, akarēnzo
 (to ~) kurēnga, kurusha, kurushiriza, kuruta, gusūmba
 (all others, good or bad) guhebūza, kunengesēra
 (to try to ~) guhiga
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surplus   ▶ umusesekara, igisāga
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surround   ▶ kujiguza, gukīkiza, gukīkuza, gusagaza, gusugereza, kuzīngūka, kuzūnguriza, kuziguza
(esp. country) guhererana
(animal or person hunted) kuzigiriza
(with a wall) kuzitira
(wrap around) gukenyeza
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swallow   ▶ kumira, gutamira
 (gluttonously) kumiragura
 (to give too much to ~ at one time) kuramagiza
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sweep   ▶ gukubūra, kwēnzūra, kwēyēra,
 (away, as rain water) gusūriranya
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take   ▶ gufata, gucakīra, guhitana
 (another's place in watching) kubangūra
 (apart what has been stuck together) kumatūra
 (authority on oneself) kurēngera
 (away) gukūra, gushingūra, gutwāra
 (away from) kwāka, kunyaga
 (away completely) gukōmbōra, gutōngōra
 (away with) kuvāna
 (by force) kunyaga
(care of) kubungabunga, kwītwaririka
 (care of, very good) kubukabuka
 (case to chief or court) kubūranya
 (case to chief, knowing one is right) gutara
 (child in arms) kurera, gukīkira
 (council together) guhūza ināma
 (cows uphill) kurārūra
 (down) kumanura
 (down tent) gupāngūra
 (everything for oneself) kwīgūngirako
 (far away) kwāmbukana
 (firm hold of) kubāngiriza
 (from another) kwākīra
 (from pocket or other concealed place) kugoborora
 (here, take this) enda
(hold of) gufata
 (hold of person) gusūmira, gushorerakw amaboko
 (home) gutāhāna
 (home object or cows after being away long time) kugishūra
 (in one's arms) kugūmbīra, gukīkira
 (mouthful) gutamira
 (oath) kurahīra
 (off clothes) kwīyambura
 (off lid of basket) kurumūra
 (out) gusokōra
 (out of) gukūra, gusokorora, kugobōtora
 (out of hole in ground what one has put there) kuzīkuruka
 (outside) gusohora
 (picture) gucapura (Sw.)
(place of another) kwākīra
 (quickly) gutebūkana
 (someone aside) kwīkebana
 (someone to chief for trial or accusation) gushengeza
 (something out to an appointed place) gusokorora
 (to put away) kwāndūra
 (to someone) gushīra
 (to someone where he is) gusānza
 (turns) kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, kuja imbu, gukūranwa
 (up space) gutabarara
 (walk) kugēndagēnda
 (wife) kwābīra
 (wife, without marrying her properly) gucīkiza
 (with) kujāna
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talk   ▶ kuyāga, gusakuza, kugānīra
 (foolishly, or act) gusaragurika
 (give discourse) kugamba
 (in one's sleep) kurāzirana
 (lightly) kujajura
 (loudly) guhogora
 (a lot) kuregeteza
 (nonsense when drunk) kuvōvōta
 (over) gutegēranya
 (slanderously) kuvōvōta
 (together in whispers) kunwengurana, kwītōnganya
 (to oneself) kwītonganya
 (unkindly to each other) kurandagurana
 (when one shouldn't) kuyogora
 (with someone to try to persuade her to elope) gucīkiza
 (to sit together talking for a long time) gutūrika
 (one who talks a lot, esp. tells others what to do) ingāre
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taller   ▶ (to be ~ than) gusūmba
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task   ▶ igikorwa, akazi, umurimo
 (assigned) ibāngo
 (to begin ~) kwāhuka
 (to be one's) kwegukirae.g. negukiye kwigisha
 (to cause to work at several ~ at once) kujuragiza
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taste   ▶ icānga, akanovera
 (good) ubusōse
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tattle   ▶ (in order to advance oneself) gusebana, kuregetereza, kuregeteranya
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teacher   ▶ umwīgīsha, umwārimu (Sw.)
(professor) umuprofeseri, umwīgīsha wa kaminuza
(comment of ~) ugushīma kw'umwīgīsha
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tear   ▶ (vi) gucīka, kumānyuruka, gutabuka, gutantamuka
 (vt) gutabura, gutantamura
 (along, water, rain) gusūriranya
 (away) gushikura
 (big hole, vi) kumānyuka
 (big rip, vi) kumwanyuruka
 (clothes, vt) gukākagura
 (clothes in anger) gukākura, kumwāga
 (down) guhenura, guhomvora, guhonyora, gusambūra, gusangangura
 (down nest) kwāruza
 (in pieces) gutabagura
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tease   ▶ kudāyāngwa, gufyina, gufyinata, gupfyina, kujandajanda, gusōtōra
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teeth   ▶ amēnyo (see also tooth)
(grinding of) insya z'amēnyo
 (very close together) impatane
 (to brush the) kwīnyugunura, kwīyugunyura
 (to get the first) kwēra
 (to grit) gukomānya, kuzyēgenya
 (to grit one's ~ to avoid showing pain) gushinyanga, gushinyiriza
 (to notch) guhongora
 (to pull) guhongora
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tell   ▶ (one who tells others of good things, tells them where to go to find something good) umurānzi
 (one who refuses to do as told) intābarirwa
 (to ~) kubara, kubarira, kubwīra, gukerutsa, kurānga
 (all about something) kujōja
(certainly) kujījūra
 (dream) kurōtōra
 (events) kudōnda
 (fairy tales, stories passed down from long ago) gutika, kugana
 (how one's affaires are going) kwīrāta
(make one ~ truth) kurahuruza
(publicly) kwerura
 (someone that his friend has died) guhebūza
 (something in a kind, easy way) kubembetereza
 (to, divulge secret) gukerukiriza
 (to others what you've heard) kwīgānīra
 (what one has done) kwīyagiriza
 (what one has heard while eaves-dropping) gutumbūra
 (whole truth without hiding a thing) kwātagura
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temple   ▶ (of head) umusaya, imvuridahita
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temporary   ▶ (house) urusāgo, igikāri
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tempt   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza, kwōsha
 (one into something then leave him) gusuka
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tenacity   ▶ (to not quit without accomplishing certain thing) gushirwa
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thatch   ▶ (roof) ubwatsi bwo gusakara, ivyatsi vyo gusakara
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theft   ▶ ubwāmbuzi, ubwība, ubwīvyi, ubusahuzi
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thermometer   ▶ igipimo c'ubushuhe
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thermostat   ▶ akuma kagumya ubushuhe
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thief   ▶ umwāmbuzi, umuhumbūzi, umwīvyi, umunyazi, umusuma, igisuma
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thievery   ▶ ubwāmbuzi, ubwība, ubwīvyi, ubusahuzi
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think   ▶ kwīyumvīra, gucīra, kugira, kwīkēkāko, kwīrimbūra
 (about) kuziga
 (over) gutegēra, kuzirikiana
(over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra
 (to do quickly without thinking) gusimbagurika
 (I think, you don't think, one might think) umēnga, umēngo
 (think of that!) pe!
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thorn   ▶ ihwa, igisata
 (bush) igisata
 (tree) umubambāngwe, umugūnguma, umurīnzi, umutobotobo, umunyinya
 (to remove) guhāndūra
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thread   ▶ urunyuzi, urusurusuru
 (shave off fibers for) gukubagura
 (of cotton etc.) urunyuzi
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throw   ▶ (to) guta, gutēra
 (apart) gukumira
 (at each other) gutēranya
 (away) guta
(down) kujegeza
 (down from above) gukorora
 (forcefully) gushibura
 (on ground) kwegura, gukungura
 (out) gukugunya, kujugunyika
 (stick on ground which tumbles end over end) kubirika
 (water) kumīja
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thus   ▶ niko, ni ko
(it is thus) n'ūko
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tick   ▶ inyōndwe, inyōndwi
 (that causes ~ fever) igitangu
 (cattle ~) uruguha
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tie   ▶ (to ~) kuboha, guhāmbīra
 (beans on hedge to dry) gushisha
 (clothes at waist) gukenyeza
 (cow's legs while milking) kujīsha
 (firmly) kudādira
 (neck of sack) kuniga
 (oneself to) kwīhābīra
(rope) kudādira
 (securely) kudaga
 (together) gutubika, gupfundikanya
 (up a bundle) gutēkera
 (with knot) gupfundika
 (as goat in pasture) kuzirika
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time of day  ▶ amango
(dawn) umutwēnzi
(early morning) agatōndo
(morning) igitōndo
(between 9 and 10 am) ku musase
(near noon) umutāga, ku mamina ngohe
(about 1 pm, when cows leave drinking place) amahodoka
(about 3 pm) amasubirayo y'inyana
(toward sundown) umuhīngamo
(after dark) bwateranya
(sun low, but visible) ikirēngazūba
(early evening) akagorōba
(late afternoon or evening) umugorōba
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tiny   ▶ -nzīnya (used esp. with 7th class)
(very ~ thing) akazatsa
 (~ thing of no value) akazirukanyo
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tiptoe   ▶ (to go on very softly) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
 (to stand) gushīnga amano, gusumburuka
 (to stand to get something) gusumburukwa
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tired   ▶ (to be) kudendebukirwa, kunanirwa, kuruha
 (and discouraged) gucobogora
 (for no reason, e.g. in morning) kugoherwa
 (to make) kurusha
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tobacco   ▶ itābi
 (small horn used for) inconco, iconco
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toe   ▶ ino
 (extra) indorerezi
 (to stub one's) gutsītāra
 (to cause to stub) gutsītāza
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together   ▶ hamwe
 (all) icārimwe
 (living) umubāno
 (all speaking) imvugarimwe
 (with) kumwe
 (sticking) akaramata
 (trees grown very close ~) impatane
 (to be) kumana
 (to bring) gukoranya, gutēranya
 (to come, as crowd) gukungēra
 (to come all ~, suddenly, as at call of trouble) kurandamuka
 (to crowd ~) kwegerana
 (to get close) kwegerana
 (to go ~ to see something, of many people) gukōndōrera
 (to live) kubāna
 (to live, be always) kwāmana
 (to meet) gukorana, gutērana
 (to cause to meet) gukoranya, gutēranya, guhūza
 (to put) kwegeraniriza, guhūza
 (to put things or people close ~) kwegeranya
 (to spend time) kumarana
 (to stick, vi) gufatana, kumata
 (to stick, vt) gufatanya, kumatanya
 (to strive and crowd) kuvurungana
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toilet   ▶ umusarani, umusalani
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tongs   ▶ (used in forging metals) ikimano
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tooth   ▶ iryīnyo
 (back) ijigo
 (cuspid) ibwēna
 (front) amarwi
 (wisdom) muzitsa, mutsitsa
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torment   ▶ gukēkeza, gushinyagurira
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touch   ▶ gukora, gukorako, gukorakora, gushorera
 (a person to attract his attention) gukoma
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trample   ▶ guhonyanga, guhonyora, guhonyagura, gusiribānga, gukāndagira
 (unintentionally) gufyāta
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transmit   ▶ (contagious disease) kwāndukiza
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treat   ▶ (one who treats illness) umuvūzi
 (to ~ illness) kuvūra
 (with anger) gushinyagura
 (patient who does not recover) gufufahaza
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tree   ▶ igiti
(fruit tree) igiti c'ivyamwa
(base of) igitsina, itsina
(trunk) umutūmba
(small ones around big one) umuvyāro
(big spreading) umutagare
(palm) ikigazi
(small, palmlike) igisāndasānda
(of whih bark was used for clothing) umumānda, icōmore, umuvumu, ikivumu
(of which bark is used for rope) umuvūmvu
(to be many) gusagāra
(to climb) kwūrira
(to climb down) kwūruruka
(to cut) gukera, gutema, guca
(to cut off top) gukēmūra
(trees grown very close together) impatane
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tremble   ▶ guhīnda agashitsi, kujugumira
(as hands in grasping) gususumira
 (earth) kunyiganyiga, gutigita
 (in fear) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kudugudwa
 (of hands, from cold or fever) gutetemera
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trembling   ▶ agashītsi, igishītsi
 (because of fear) agatēngo
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tremendous   ▶ (to be) guhāmbāra
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trial   ▶ urubānza, ibūrana
 (to declare one's case at a ~) gusāmba
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trouble   ▶ icāgo, amaganya, amagōrwa, amarushwa, akaga
 (to ~) kugōra
 (to be free from ~, when others have it) gucuna
 (to help one in ~) kwemānga
 (to stir up ~) kugūmūka
 (med) uguta umutwe
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try   ▶ kugerageza, kugeza
 (on clothes) kwīgera
 (over and over in several places and ways) gutarataza
 (to get out of work) gushaza
 (to hinder from doing wrong) guhōyahōya
 (to know something) kugenzūra
 (to persuade) gukiranira
 (to persuade in underhanded way) kubembeteranya
 (repeatedly unseccessfully) kwānkika
 (to rule or act in another's place) kurēngera
 (to surpass another) guhiga
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tumble   ▶ (splash and ~ as water in river) gusūriranya
 (down) gushunguruka
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twin   ▶ ihasa, amahasa (pl.)
(father of) sebabiri
 (mother of) nyirababiri (rarely used)
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unable   ▶ (to be) kudashobora
(to do what one attempts) gutāna
 (to hear well) kwūmva bihurugūshwi
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uncertain   ▶ (to be) guhugūmba
 (to be, of what to do) kuzāzānirwa
 (to be, of what a person is, to go carefully because one does not know the path well) guhwihwisha
 (to go ~ of the way) guhushagirika
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uncertainly   ▶ (to go) guhushagirika, kudāguza
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uncivilized   ▶ (person) umushēnzi
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under   ▶ mūsi, mūsi ya
(~ a bed) urutara
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understand   ▶ gutāhūra, kurabuka, guhubūka
 (to cause to) gutāhūza, gutegereza, gukurugutura
 (to hear) kwūmva
(to think over) gutegēra
(after thinking over) gutegereza
(one another) kwūmvīkana, kwūmvana
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undo   ▶ gusambūra
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unfortunate   ▶ (person) indushi, umugōrwa, umurushwa, umutīndi
 (to be) guhumirwa
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unmake   ▶ (bed) gusasūra
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unpleasant   ▶ (to be) gushisha
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unsewn   ▶ (to come) gusonoroka, kubāruruka
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unstitch   ▶ gushohora
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urinate   ▶ (to) gusōba, kunyara
 (cow) kugānga
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use   ▶ (to) gukorēsha
 (needlessly) kwāya
 (up) guhombōza, gukōmba, kumarīsha, gushirīsha
 (violence) kuzingirikira
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used   ▶ (to be, but not worn out) kugwagura
 (to cease to be ~, path) gusība
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usefulness   ▶ akamaro
 (person or object completely at end of ~) akāheze
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uselessly   ▶ (to consume) kwāya
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vacation   ▶ uruhusha, ikiruhūko, ikonje
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vain   ▶ (in ~) ubusa
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venom   ▶ (poison of snake or other animal, in mouth) ubusagwe
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verify   ▶ guhinyuza
 (what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza
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vex   ▶ gusīnda
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victorious   ▶ (to be) gutsīnda
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village   ▶ umuhana (used usually in plural)
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violence   ▶ (to use) kuzingirikira
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virus   ▶ umugera
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visit   ▶ kugēndera, kugēndagēndera, kurāba, gutēmbēra (Sw.), gusēmbēra, guterabiri, kuyāga
 (a friend) kubūngirana
 (the sick, to go to help one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
 (someone important) gushengera, gushengerera
 (to retun from visiting chief) gushengurūka
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visitor   ▶ umushitsi
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vivacious   ▶ (to be) gukakama
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wait   ▶ guhagarara, kwīhāngāna, kurēngagiza, kurorēra
 (for) kwītega, kurindīra, kurorēra, gusamāza
 (for another a long time) kugungarara
 (for someone expected) gutegereza
 (opportunity to harm) kuryāmira
 (the right moment) guhēngēra
 (wait!) hīnge!
 (waiting outside because you have no permission to enter with others) umugumo
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walk   ▶ kugēnda, kugēndagēnda
(backward) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo
(esp. at night) kwīkānya
(help sick person ~) kwāndāza
(in footsteps of another) kugera ikirēnge
(in one's sleep) kurandamuka
(in water) kuvōgera
(noisily) gukacagira
(on tiptoe) gusōbōka, kuyōmbōka
(slowly) kugoyagoya
(stealthily) gukacakaca, kwōmboka
(to take a ~, go for a ~) kugēndagēnda, gutēmbēra
(~ about in house without permission) kudōbēra
(barefoot) kugēnda n'ibirēnge
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wall   ▶ ikibambāzi, umukīngo, uruhome
(inside house) urusīka, igisīka
(surrounding) uruzitiro
 (to ~) kuzitira
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warm   ▶ (to be) gususuruka
 (to get) gukanyuruka
 (to make) gususurutsa
(oneself by the fire) kwītara, kwītaragura, kwōta
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watch   ▶ kurīnda, guterama, kuba māso
 (as night watchman) kurārīra
 (i.e. workers) kurereka
 (carefully) kugendeza, kugēnza
 (flock) kuragira
 (for) gusūra
(house) gusānga
 (out for danger) guhwebutsa
 (over) kubūngabūnga, kugendeza, guteramira, kuzigama
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watchman   ▶ umurinzi, umuteramyi, umunyezamo (Sw.), umuzamu (Sw.)
(esp. in daytime) umusānzi
 (night) umurāririzi
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water   ▶ amazi
 (rapidly flowing) umupfūnda
 (anything that falls in) ikirohe
 (dirt in) ikirohe
 (large deep place of) icōgo
 (thing for drawing) ikivōmesho
 (to ~ plants) gusukira, kuvōmera
 (to draw, go for) kuvōma
 (to be covered with) kurengerwa
 (to be in) kubōmbeka
 (to filter ~) kuyōra amazi
(to flow softly, quietly) kuyōmbekēra
 (to go in, swim) kwōga
 (to have dirt in) gutobeka
 (to pour on another's hands) kwūhīra
 (to put into) kurobeza
 (to remove foreign article) gutosōra
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waterfall   ▶ isūmo
 (to fall in cascade) gusūma
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wax   ▶ (esp. bees) ishashara, umushashara
 (to ~, moon) gutūbūka
 (to make ~ for honey, bees) kujīsha
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wear   ▶ kwāmbara, gufuba
 (belt, girdle) gukenyera
 (many clothes) guhūnda
 (out) gushira, gutamiza
 (out completely) guhombōza
 (out person) gutamya
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weary   ▶ (person) indushi
 (to ~) gutamya, kurambira
 (to be) kuruha
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weave   ▶ (to) kujīsha, gupfundika, gutsiba, gusobanya
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weaving   ▶ ukujisha impuzu
 (certain kind of grass used for ~) agatēte
 (to finish ~ an article) gusōza
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wedding   ▶ ubukwe
 (to be ~ attendant) gushīngira
 (to go to ~ feast) gutāha ubukwe
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weed   ▶ urwāmfu
 (edible for greens) ubwākara, inyabutongo, isōgi, urusōgo
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week   ▶ uruhusha, icūmwēru, iyīnga, indwi
 (last week) indwi iheze
(next week) indwi iza
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welcome   ▶ ikāze
 (welcome!) kāze, karibu (Sw.)
(to ~) guha ikāze, gusanganira
(to give warm) gukēra (one does not say this of himself)
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well   ▶ nēza
 (to be) kuguma, gukomera
 (to be, esp. of old people) kudūndēga
 (to not be) kuyōka
 (to get) gukira, kurokoka
 (to get after serious illness) kurēmba
 (to get when others around are dying) kurokoza
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welt   ▶ umuramu, umushishagu
 (to swell up in ~ when beaten or burned) kuramura
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whore   ▶ marāya, indaya (Sw.)
(woman who has left many husbands and finally gone and built at parent's home) igisubiramuhira
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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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wind   ▶ umuyaga
 (heavy) igihūhūta, igihūhūsi
 (and rain, storm) inkūbi
 (sound of things blown by wind) umuvuguvugu
 (around, as string) kuzīngīra
 (to shake in ~) guhuzēnwa
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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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witness   ▶ icābona, agahinyuza, umushīngantāhe
 (fact) intāhe
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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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wonder   ▶ kwībaza
 (to look at in) gusamāra
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worn   ▶ (to be used, but not ~ out) kugwagura
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worn out  ▶ (clothes) agashāmbara, umushāmbara
(mat) umusāmbi
(thing) akāhebwe, umushiro
(to be, of soil no longer productive) gutītūka
(to become) gusāza, gucobogora, gutama
(to repair repeatedly something absolutely ~) gusanasana
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worship   ▶ (to ~) gusenga
 (to ~ spirits, Kiranga) guterekēra
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worthlessness   ▶ impfāgusa
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wound   ▶ uruguma, igikomere
 (incurable) akagīrīre
 (to ~) gukomeretsa
 (to be sore) gutonekara
 (to dress a) gusomōra
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wounded   ▶ (to be) gukomereka, gusesērwa
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write   ▶ kwāndika
 (over) gusibūra
 (with) kwāndikīsha
 (write to, for) kwāndikira
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writhe   ▶ kugaragurika, gusāmba
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young   ▶ –to, -tō-to, –toya, –tonya
 (of animal) umwāna, icāna, umukāngara
 (of small animal) imbūnda
 (plants for transplanting) ingemwe
 (girl, unmarried) inkumi
(man, unmarried) umusore
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youth   ▶ (age group) ubusore
 (young man) umusore
 (youth) intōre
 (youth mob) imisore
 (group of) urwaruka
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zeal   ▶ umwēte, umwītwaririko, ishāka, ifūhe
(to have) gushiruka umwete, gushira igikonyo
(to lose one's) kudehūra
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zealous   ▶ (to be) kwītwaririka, gushiruka ubute, kugira umwēte
 (to be ~ to accomplish) gufūhira
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related   ▶ (to be) gusāna
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archive   ▶ gushingura
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bishop   ▶ umwepiskopi, umusenyeri (catholic)
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husbandry   ▶ (animal husbandry) ubworozi
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samosa   ▶ isambusa
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wage   ▶ (salary) igihēmbo, umushahara, impēmbo
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plundering   ▶ ubusahuzi
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pillager   ▶ umusahuzi
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looter   ▶ umusahuzi
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sex   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual intercourse) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka, kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual intercourse, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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trouser   ▶ ipantaro, ipantalo
(short trouser, shorts for sports) ikabutura
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midmorning   ▶ umusase
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eastwards   ▶ iburasirazūba, ubuseruko
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legislator   ▶ umushingamateka
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active   ▶ (to be) kubanguka, gushiruka ubute
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diligent   ▶ (to be) gushiruka ubute
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energetic   ▶ (to be) gushiruka ubute
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explicable   ▶ (to be) gusobanuka
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comprehensible   ▶ (to be) gusobanuka
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adolescent   ▶ (young man) umusore
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bachelor   ▶ (unmarried young man) umusore
 (middle aged) igikwerere
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tasting   ▶ (good) gusosa
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sweet   ▶ (to be tasting sweet) gusosa
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fart   ▶ umusuzi
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meaning   ▶ insobanuro, insiguro
 (to ask for ~) gusigūza
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cross   ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
 (to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
 (to make ~) gushavuza
 (to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
 (to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
 (to ~ road) kwambuka
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intercourse   ▶ (to have ~, to lie down together) kuryamana
(to marry, to have ~, only used of men) kurongora
(to be married, to have ~, only of women) kurongorwa
(to have ~ without being married) kurongorana
(to have ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to have ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to have ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
(to have homosexual ~) kwitomba, guswerana, kuryana akameka
(to have anal ~) kuryana inyuma
(to make love like dogs, to have homosexual ~, derogative) guswerana nk'imbwa
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examination   ▶ ugusūzuma
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inspection   ▶ ugusūzuma
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can   ▶ (be able) gushobora, kubāsha
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fabulous   ▶ nēza cane
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love   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda, kugomwa
 (to cause to ~) gukūndīsha
 (deeply and obey) kunogēra
 (~ each other) kunogerana, gukūndana
(turn against one you've loved) gucāna
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misfortune   ▶ akaga, icāgo, amarushwa
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vagina   ▶ igituba, umusundi, igisundi
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entertain   ▶ (to) gusetsa
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gorgeous   ▶ -īza
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ejaculate   ▶ (to) gusohora
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cum   ▶ (to) gusohora
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hide   ▶ (skin) urusato
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repairing   ▶ ukuremura, ugusana
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unjust   ▶ (to be ~, to favor unjustly) kubera
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fuck   ▶ (to ~, only used of men, rude) guswera
(to ~, only used of women, rude) guswerwa
(to ~, to fornicate) kwenda, kurya umwana
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fucker   ▶ umuswezi
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dance   ▶ (to ~) gutāmba, guhamiriza
(parade dancing as traditional warriors) kwīyereka
 (~ to music) kuvyina
 (to cause to ~) kuvyinisha
 (to ~ in honor of) kuvyinira, gutambira
 (to ~ together) gutambana
 (in honor of Kiranga) kubāndwa
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abstain   ▶ (to) gusība
 (to ~ from) kwītesha
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admire   ▶ gutangārira, gushīma
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adore   ▶ gusenga
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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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audacity   ▶ ubushirukanyi
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auscultate   ▶ gusūzuma
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breakfast   ▶ akavunamusase
 (~ tea) akāyi
(to have a ~ tea) gufata akāyi
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focus   ▶ (to) gutūmbēra
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chubby   ▶ (to be) gushisha
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compete   ▶ (to) gusangira
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cook   ▶ (vt) guhīsha
 (vi) gusha
 (in water) gutēka
 (quickly) gusobaganya
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crack   ▶ (to ~, vi) kwātīra
 (also vt), kwāturuka, kurara, gusāba, gusaduka
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decide   ▶ (to) gushīnga ingingo
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disentangle   ▶ (to) gusobanura
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dissolve   ▶ (to) gushōnga
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disturbance   ▶ amarushwa
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dress   ▶ (wound) gusomōra
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fight   ▶ (to ~) kurwāna, kunigana, kurandagura, gusugurirwa,
(vt) kurwānya
(~ and defete completely) kunūtsa
(aggrevate a ~) kubūnga
(for) kumaranira
(for independance) kumēnja
(in fun) gukubagura
(one bigger than oneself) guhaga
(to pick a ~) gusōtōra
(to provoke a ~) gusōmborotsa
(to stop fighting) gutātūka
(with equal force) kurindana
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ground   ▶ (to be ~) gusēbwa
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heat   ▶ (to heat up) gushūsha, gususurutsa
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honor   ▶ (to ~) kwūbaha, guhaya, gusonera
 (before others) gushīmagiza
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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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itch   ▶ (to ~) guhurira, gusasātwa
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Jesus   ▶ Yesu
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kick   ▶ (to ~) gutēra umugere
 (violently, as child does) gusyēgenya
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kind   ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda
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light   ▶ (to ~ fire, lamp) gucāna, kudomeka, gukongereza, kwātsa
(the path, esp. with torch) kumurika
(to become ~ suddenly, early in morning just as darkness ends, or after eclipse) gutamānzuka, gutamānzura
(to come to light) guhinyuka, kwāndagara
(to put out) kuzimya
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lap   ▶ (to ~, as dog) gusabagira
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leash   ▶ umushumi
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left behind  ▶ (things, not food, ~) amasigarira
 (to get ~ as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(to be ~) gusigara
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lie   ▶ (to ~ about waiting on someone) kugangarara
 (to ~ around ill long time) kuvūnda
 (to ~ down) kuryāma
 (to ~ down on the back) kugarama
 (to ~ fallow) gusiba
 (to ~ in wait for) kuryāmira, kugēnza
 (to ~ on one's face) kwūbika inda
 (to ~ on one's side) gucurama
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like   ▶ (to ~) gukūnda
 (to ~ for a short time) guharara
 (to try to make someone ~ what he has refused) kwōrekēra
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lock   ▶ (of hair) ubusage
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good evening  ▶ mwīriwe (used any time during the day or evening when greeting one after first time)
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work   ▶ (to ~) gukora
 (at several tasks at once) kujuragira
 (carelessly wanting to quit) kuregarega
 (complainingly) kugimīra
 (for king, chief) gusasa ibwāmi
 (for oneself) kwīkorera
 (hard) gucumukura, gutama
 (hard at) kuramiriza
 (lazily) kuregarega
 (rapidly) gufuruguta
 (together) gukorana
 (unwillingly, complainingly) kunyinkira, kugimīra
 (with earnestness) gushira igikonyo
 (with wood) kubāza
 (with zeal) gushira igikonyo
(to cease, go home from) kugodoka
 (to ~ for another without approval) kuruhira
 (to do housework) kugora
 (to feign) gushaza
 (to put to) kwāhura
 (to not keep at the job faithfully) gutenzekanya
 (to try to get out of, pretend to work) gushaza
 (to have ~ in one place many years) kuzyātira
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research   ▶ (to) gushākashaka, gusesangura
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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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coach   ▶ (bus) ibisi
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praise   ▶ (to) gushīma, guhīmbāza, gushemagiza, gutāzīra, guhaya, gushīmagiza
 (for something received) gushemeza
 (highly) kuninahaza
 (highly, one of whom you've heard) gusāsira
 (often) guhayagiza
 (oneself) kwīhaya, kwīshima
 (oneself often) kwīhayagiza
 (the wealth of another) gukāma
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race   ▶ (to ~) guhiga, kumaranira, gusiganwa, gutanguranwa, kurutanya
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massage   ▶ (to ~) gusīga
 (to ~ a bump so it doesn't swell or hurt) kunyīngisha
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fart   ▶ (to ~, to pass gas) gusura, gusurira
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slice   ▶ (to ~ vegetables) guhīmbura
 (to ~ crosswise) kugegena
 (to ~ lengthwise) gusatura
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taste   ▶ (to ~) kwūmva, kwūmviriza
 (to ~ good) gusōsa, kuryōha
 (to ~ to prove that it's safe for others) kurogōra
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doubt   ▶ (to ~) kwīyubāra, gukekeranya, gushidikanya
 (oneself) kwīkēkako
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shout   ▶ (to ~) gukoma indūru, gusemerera
 (for help) gutakāmba, gutaka, kwāmbaza, gutabāza
 (in sudden fear) gutūra ubuku
 (to frighten away) kwāmira
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aim   ▶ (to ~ at) gutūmbēra
 (to ~ for) gutūmbereza
 (to ~ and miss) guhusha
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gay   ▶ (homosexual person) umutinganyi, umukonotsi, umuswezi, umubidadi, umugeyi
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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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contract   ▶ (to ~ a contagious disease) kwāndura, kwāndukirwa
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slap   ▶ (to ~) gushikiza inshi, kubīngūra
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precious   ▶ (something ~) agacīro
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company   ▶ (business) ikompanyi, isosiyete
(friends, visitors) abashitsi
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rendezvous   ▶ irendevu, ihūriro
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manage   ▶ (to ~, control) gutwāra
(to ~ well, be responsible) gufata neza
(to ~, succeed) gushobora
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place   ▶ (to) gushira
(to ~ here and there) gukwīragiza
 (in order) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
 (facing each other) kurorānya
 (objects together in irregular fashion, end for end) gucurikiranya
 (obliquely) guhirika, gukīkama
 (be placed obliquely) gukīka
 (on) gushikiriza
 (one thing above another) kugereka, kugerekeranya
 (oneself) guherēra
(somewhere) gushiraho
(two things side by side, parallel) kubāngikanya
 (to be placed wrong end to) gucurama
 (to give place to each other) kubisīkanya
 (to hold in) kugumya
 (to leave a) gushingūka
 (to make) kubisa
 (to make for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
 (to put a thing in its certain ~) gutereka
 (to remain in ~ of another) gusigarira
 (to stand in a certain ~ thus making ~ for another) kubisiriza
 (to take the ~ of another) kwākīra
 (to take the ~ of another watching) kubangūra
 (to go from ~ to ~) kuyugayuga
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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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please   ▶ (interjection) ndabigusavye
(~ help!, interjection) ntabāra!
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worship   ▶ amasengēsho
(catholic) imisa
(gourd used as object of) indendēri
(objects used in ~ of Kiranga) ubuzimuzimu
 (object of) ikigirwamāna
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long   ▶ (adj.) –rēre
 (~ thing, as banana stalk) umusoko
(to live, last ~) kurāmba
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lust   ▶ ubushākanyi
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memorize   ▶ (to) gusamagira
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minute   ▶ (tiny) -nzīnya (used esp. with 7th class)
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more than  ▶ (to be) gusāga
(~ enough) gucāguka
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order   ▶ (to) gutumiza, gusaba
(to place in) gukirānura, kuringaniza, kurorānya
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row   ▶ (to ~) gusōza
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rainy season  ▶ itumba
(early, Sept.-Oct.) agatāsi
(principal, Feb.-May) urushāna
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ram   ▶ (to ~ into) guseka
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robber   ▶ umusuma
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shell   ▶ (to ~, corn) guhungura, kuvūngurīsha
 (to ~, peas, beans, peanuts, etc.) gutonora, gushishagura
 (in wooden mortar) gusekura
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spasm   ▶ (to have) gusāmba
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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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stool   ▶ amavyi
(human excrement) umusarani
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store   ▶ (shop, boutique) ibutike, imangazine, iduka
(storehouse) ikigega
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succeed   ▶ (to) gutsīnda, gushobora
(in persuading someone to leave his evil ways) gukōndōra
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sugar cane  ▶ umusigati, umusumba (for eating), igikaju (plant)
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certain   ▶ (a ~ day) umusi ur'izina
(a ~ person) umuntu kanaka
(a ~ thing) ikintu kanaka
(a ~ time) umwānya kanaka, igihe runaka
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exit   ▶ (to) gusohoka
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use   ▶ akamaro
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vow   ▶ (to ~) kwīsiba, kurahīra, gushīnga
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want   ▶ (to ~) gushāka, kugōmba
 (one thing and that alone) gufūha
 (something, but fear you won't get it) guhahama
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witness   ▶ (to ~) gushīnga intahe, guhamya, kwāgiriza
 (fearlessly in behalf of another) kwemānga
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aroused   ▶ (to be ~) gushukwa
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erection   ▶ (to have an ~) gushukwa
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tipsy   ▶ (to feel ~) guswingarara, kwumva iswingi
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tipsyness   ▶ iswingi, (used together with kwūmva, numva iswingi)
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inequality   ▶ ubusumbasumbane
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Chinese   ▶ (person) umushinwa, (language) igishinwa
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congratulate   ▶ (to) gushīma
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fornicate   ▶ (to) gusāmbana, kwenda, kurya umwana
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obvious   ▶ (to be ~) kugaragara
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surface   ▶ ubusumbasumbane
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browser   ▶ (internet ~) mushakisharubuga
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browse   ▶ (to ~ the internet) kurondera, gushakisha (Rw.)
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engage   ▶ (to ~) gusezerana
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explorer   ▶ umushakisha
(internet ~) mushakisharubuga
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leap   ▶ (to) gusīmba, gusimbagurika
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explode   ▶ (to) guturika, gusāba
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establish   ▶ (to) gushiraho
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funny   ▶ (to be) gusetsa
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wrong   ▶ (to be ~) kwīhēnda, kwībesha
(to be ~ end to) gucurika
(to be placed ~ end to) gucurama
(to drop out of something because you know you're in the ~) kwōnjorora
(to try to hinder from doing ~) guhōyahōya
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potential   ▶ ubushobozi
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fig tree  ▶ umusukōni, umusokōni
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science   ▶ ubusesanguzi, ubumenyi
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