Kirundi Study & Dictionary

ver ▶

worm ▶ inzōka
(tapeworm) igikāngaga
(white, found in soil) igikogoshi

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ver de terre ▶

earthworm ▶ umusiba

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-fise v ▶ to have (verb without infinitive or past)

-fitiye v ▶ to have for (verb without infinitive or past)

-īnshi adj ▶ 1. many, 2. much, 3. several
kenshi often

-nyene adv ▶ 1. only, 2. the very one, 3. -self, (with pronoun prefix: myself, yourself, himself, herself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) 4. exactly

-ōse adv ▶ 1. all, every, each, 2. whole, entire, entirely
bōse, gōse, etc.

-ōye v ▶ 1. don't (strong negative), 2. lest, (verb without infinitive)

-ri v ▶ is, are (verb without infinitive or past)
-rimwo contains
irahari available

-rimwo v ▶ to contain, to include, including (verb without infinitive, from -ri)

-rīya adv ▶ that over there (e.g. zirīya, kirīya, barīya etc.)

-rya ▶ that over there

-ti v ▶ says (verb without infinitive)
ati he, she says
avug'ati he, she says that

-zi v ▶ to know (verb without infinitive or past)

agahānga (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ 1. forehead, 2. crane, 3. severed head

agashitsi 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. chill, 2. trembling
guhīnda agashitsi to tremble, shake, shiver, to have a chill

agasibe 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ hangover

agatirigōngo (udu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ backbone, vertebral column

akabāngo (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ little sliver

akagīrīre (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ incurable wound, person who goes never to return

akaramata 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) 1. sticking together, 2. strong ever-lasting love, 3. forever

akaranda 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) person who is great, severe, wise

akayōmbēro 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) gentle flowing of river

akazatsa (utu-) 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga-
plural: utu-,udu- ▶ very tiny thing

akazīka 7 class 7
singular: aka-,aga- ▶ (no pl.) grudge that never ends

ariko conj ▶ but, however

bitāyeko conj ▶ in order that, moreover, furthermore

buhoro-buhoro adv ▶ 1. very slowly, 2. little by little, 3. gently, 4. carefully, 5. softly, lightly, slightly

bulamatāri 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (Sw.) government official

buramatāri 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (Sw.) government official

cane adv ▶ 1. much, 2. very, rather, 3. exceedingly, 4. really, 5. too, 6. a lot

cane cane phr ▶ 1. very much, 2. especially, 3. enormously

derere adj ▶ very white

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)

gucaca (-cace) v ▶ 1. to question, 2. to examine, 3. to ask another to repeat to check his veracity

gucāguka (-cāgutse) v ▶ 1. to be left over, 2. to be more than enough

gucīkira (-cīkiye) v ▶ 1. to bend over, bend the foot, 2. to elope, go to husband without being properly married

gufudika (-fuditse) v ▶ 1. to reverse syllables in word, 2. to speak carelessly, 3. to be careless

gufufahaza (-fufahaje) v ▶ to treat patient but he doesn't recover

gufūha (-fūshe) v ▶ 1. to breathe heavily and noisily, 2. to yearn over, 3. want one thing and that alone, 4. to purpose to revenge

gufuka (-futse) v ▶ 1. to be cool, to be shady, to be fresh, 2. to wrap up, 3. to cover

gufurama (-furamye) v ▶ 1. to go naked, 2. to be overcome with sleep and fall over – sleeping right there

gufuta (-fuse) v ▶ 1. to erase, 2. to get over diarrhea

gufutānya (-futānije) v ▶ 1. to grow thinner, 2. go backwards inadvertently

guhahaza (-hahajije) v ▶ 1. to rule over, to dominate, 2. to mistreat, to oppress

guhahiriza (-hahirije) v ▶ 1. to threaten, 2. to scold severely

guhama (-hamye) v ▶ 1. to hate very strongly, 2. to be mean to, to mistreat, 3. to persecute

guhāmbāra (-hāmbāye) v ▶ 1. to be wicked, 2. to be harsh, 3. to be tremendous, 4. to be very great, 5. to be violent

guhāndūra (-hāndūye) v ▶ to remove thorn or sliver

guhāngama (-hāngamye) v ▶ 1. to be strong, 2. to have authority (esp. of kings or revered person), 3. pay homage to a king

guhēndana (-hēndanye) v ▶ 1. to deceive each other, 2. to be a skillful deceiver

guhengama (-hengamye) v ▶ 1. to tip head to one side, 2. to lean over

guhetūra (-hetūye) v ▶ to go, or spread everywhere (vi)

guhibongoza (-hibongoje) v ▶ to sing very nicely

guhīmba (-hīmvye) v ▶ 1. to be satisfied (rude), 2. to have plenty, 3. eat plenty, 4. be drunk (used always in a very negative way)

guhīnda agashitsi (-hīnze) phr ▶ 1. to tremble, shake, shiver, shudder, quiver, 2. to have a chill

guhinyura (-hinyuye) v ▶ 1. to know the facts of a case, to have judgment, to see through deceit, to discover the truth, 2. to turn against, 3. to scorn, disdain

guhinyuza (-hinyuje) v ▶ 1. to check over a thing, 2. to prove, give proof, 3. to convince, 4. to verify, 5. to condemn, 6. to disgrace, 7. to speak truth, 8. to divine

guhitikirana (-hitikiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

guhitirana (-hitiranye) v ▶ to be put away or saved up for several years (beans, etc.)

guhoraho (--zeho) v ▶ to be eternal, forever

guhūmura (-hūmuye) v ▶ 1. to become calm, 2. to recover from fear or anger, 3. to be old but still strong

gukarira (-kariye) v ▶ 1. to be sharp at, severe toward, at, for

gukingīsha (-kingīshije) v ▶ to protect, cover with, close with

gukira (-kize) v ▶ 1. to get well, recover, heal (vi), 2. to be safe, 3. to be rich

gukiza (-kijije) v ▶ 1. to heal (vt), 2. to save, 3. to deliver

gukizwa (-kijijwe) v ▶ to be saved, delivered

gukomeza (-komeje) v ▶ 1. to continue, to proceed, 2. make strong, 3. to persevere, to sustain, 4. to confirm

gukōndōrera (-kōndōreye) v ▶ 1. to go together to see something (of many people), 2. to help another to overcome an enemy

gukūba (-kūvye) v ▶ 1. to toss garment over shoulder, 2. to drag on the ground, 3. to scratch

gukūbēba (-kūbēvye) v ▶ to drag along quickly (as wind or river) (vt)

gukurura (-kuruye) v ▶ to drag along a very heavy thing

gukwīra (-kwīye) v ▶ 1. to be necessary, 2. be enough, to suffice, 3. to ought, 4. to be worthy, 5. to suit, 6. to be correct, 7. to become known everywhere, spread abroad (vi)

gukwīragira (-kwīragiye) v ▶ to spread everywhere (vi)

gukwīragirana (-kwīragiranye) v ▶ to go everywhere

gukwīragiza (-kwīragije) v ▶ 1. to scatter, place here and there, 2. announce everywhere

gukwīza (-kwījije) v ▶ 1. to spread abroad, 2. announce everywhere, 3. make known

gukwīzwa (-kwījijwe) v ▶ to be spread everywhere

gupfuka (-pfutse) v ▶ 1. to be cool, to be shady, to be fresh, 2. to wrap up, 3. to cover

gupfukīsha (-pfukīshije) v ▶ to cover with

gupfukūra (-pfukūye) v ▶ to uncover

gupfukwa (-pfutswe) v ▶ to be covered

gupfūnda (-pfūnze) v ▶ to cover mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound

gupfundikira (-pfundikiye) v ▶ to cover (as dish, etc.)

gupfundikirwa (-pfundikiwe) v ▶ to be covered

gupfundikiza (-pfundikije) v ▶ to cover with, cause to cover

gupfunduruka (-pfundurutse) v ▶ to come uncovered

gusābagira (-sābagiye) v ▶ to scatter everywhere (vi)

gusābagiza (-sābagije) v ▶ to scatter everywhere (vt)

gusahura (-sahuye) v ▶ 1. to steal, 2. to pillage, 3. to remove everything from burning house

gusaragurika (-saraguritse) v ▶ 1. to talk or act foolishly, as a crazy person, 2. to ferment quickly, 3. to reject counsel, 4. to be marked, scratched (as cooking pot with design), 5. to burst open in garden (as overripe beans)

gusēmbereza (-sēmbereje) v ▶ to give lodging to stranger (for several days)

gusēsekara (-sēsekaye) v ▶ to run over, spill over, overflow

gushikama (-shikamye) v ▶ to make very strong, to be very strong, remain strong

gushimika (-shimitse) v ▶ 1. to do one's duty, 2. to persist, to persevere, 3. to hold strongly

gushīnga amano (-shīnze) phr ▶ 1. to run very fast, 2. to stand on tiptoe

gushinyagurira (-shinyaguriye) v ▶ 1. to abuse (verbally), 2. to disgrace

gushīra v ▶ (verb without past) to be almost over (night)
ijoro rishīra ubuca night is almost over, about to dawn

gushiruka impungenge (-shirutse) phr ▶ to have vertigo, to feel dizzy

gushisha (-shishe) v ▶ 1. to be big, fat, chubby 2. to be flourishing (of growing things, child), 3. to be very dirty, unpleasant, repulsive, 4. to tie beans to hedge to dry

gushīshikara (-shīshikaye) v ▶ 1. to strive, 2. persist, persevere

gushīshōza (-shīshōje) v ▶ to verify what one has heard by asking many

gusibūra (-sibūye) v ▶ 1. to write over, erase, 2. to clean out path

gusigara (-sigaye) v ▶ to be left over

gusigaza (-sigaje) v ▶ to leave over, to leave a part of something, to cause to be left

gusigazwa (-sigajwe) v ▶ to be kept over, left over

gusōbōka (-sōbōtse) v ▶ to go on tiptoe (very softly)

gusona (-sonnye) v ▶ to respect, revere

gusuhūkuruka (-suhūkurutse) v ▶ to return to one's country after famine is over

gusunūza (-sunūje) v ▶ to help to push, to overturn

gusūriranya (-sūriranije) v ▶ to splash and tumble (water in river), to tear along (as rain sweeps away everything), to dig out grass rapidly, to do quickly

gutāha (-tāshe) v ▶ to go home, to leave
uk'umwaka utashe at the end of every year

gutama (-tamye) v ▶ 1. to be utterly worn out, to be exhausted, 2. to labor hard, to overwork

gutambuka (-tambutse) v ▶ 1. to advance, 2. to step, stride over

gutambukira (-tambukiye) v ▶ to stride over

gutandukāna (-tandukānye) v ▶ 1. to separate (vi), 2. to cut off, chop off, sever, slice off, amputate, hack off, 3. to disconnect, 4. to part with, 5. to be different, be distinct

gutarataza (-tarataje) v ▶ to try over and over in several places and ways

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

gutegēra (-tegēreye) v ▶ 1. to think over, to understand, 2. to go to meet, to wait for

gutegēranya (-tegēranije) v ▶ 1. to talk over, 2. to come to an agreement

gutegereza (-tegereje) v ▶ 1. to understand after thinking over, 2. to cause to understand, 3. to wait for someone expected

gutembagaza (-tembagaje) v ▶ to knock over, to roll over (vt)

gutembagazwa (-tembagajwe) v ▶ to be rolled, knocked over

guteramira (-teramiye) v ▶ to watch over

gutēteka (-tētetse) v ▶ to make another feel badly over something he's done, to be easily deceived or mocked

gutetemera (-tetemeye) v ▶ to tremble (of hands, from cold or fever, fear)

gutetera (-teteye) v ▶ 1. to be thoroughly drenched and cold, 2. to be drawn up from cold or being burnt, 3. to dry up and be stiff (food, clothes), 4. to be burnt (of food forgotten), 5. to be very healthy or strong, 6. to be solid, 7. to be dry

gutōngōra (-tōngōye) v ▶ 1. to consume (fire), 2. to take away completely, 3. to cut down trees left after fire has passed over

gutūngāna (-tūngānye) v ▶ to be very straight, perfect

gutunturirwa (-tunturiwe) v ▶ to grieve over, feel sad

gutwāra (-twāye) v ▶ 1. to carry, to transport, 2. to take away, 3. to govern (a country), 4. to manage, control

gutwārira (-twāriye) v ▶ 1. to carry to, for, 2. to govern in name of

gutwārwa (-twāwe) v ▶ to be carried away, governed

gutwīkīra (-twīkīriye) v ▶ to cover well, to veil, to disguise

gutwikurura (-twikuruye) v ▶ to uncover

gutwikururwa (-twikuruwe) v ▶ to be uncovered

hākuno adv ▶ on this side (of river or valley)

hākurya adv ▶ on the other side (of river or valley)

hange ▶ kugenda ~ to go prepared with everything planned

harīya adv ▶ way over there

harya adv ▶ over there (not too far away)

hīrya ▶ beyond, on the other side (of something but still on this side of river or valley)

hōse adv ▶ 1. everywhere, 2. throughout (from -ōse)

ibibōgabōga 4 ▶ (no sing.) overflow

ibirāre 4 ▶ an overdue payment or tax

ibise 4 ▶ 1. childbirth, travail, 2. giving up after trying several times

iboma n ▶ (Sw.) judgment hall, government offices

ibushi n ▶ very, very far away

icāmbu (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ ford (in river)

icītwīkīro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ covering (over eyes, body etc.)

icūbahiro (ivy-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. respect, 2. reverence, 3. honor, dignity

idāmba 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (no pl.) in the middle (lake, river)

ifēza (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ silver

igifunyiko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

igihendabaja 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ red sun when very low at night

igihūhūsi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very strong wind

igihūzu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very large cloth

igikonyozi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ frost, severe cold

igikwēmu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ garment that isn't very long

igipfundikizo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

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

igisāmba (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket

igisāngāza (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ deep, uncovered basket

igisaswa (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ duvet cover

igisata (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ thorn, sliver, thorny bush

igisebuzi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ splashing of water in river or lake on rocks

igisozi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very big hill, large mountain

igitāmbara (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. cloth (over shoulder), 2. shawl

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

igitigu (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ liver

igitwikirizo (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ veil, head covering worn over face

ikazānga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ small covered container

ikidēngēri (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ pool, place where water has overflowed its banks, floods

ikigagara (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. deep, uncovered basket, 2. bundle (esp. dead person wrapped for carrying), 3. corpse, 4. stretcher to carry a corpse

ikigānīro (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. conversation, discussion, 2. dialogue, exchange, 3. interview, 4. program (entertainment, TV)

ikigeretseko conj ▶ furthermore, moreover

ikigonzi (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ loop, curve (as of snake, river)

ikimputo 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ (Sw.) tick fever, recurrent fever

ikinebwe (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ very lazy person (rude, derogative)

ikinjanja (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ piece of metal placed on stones over fire to set pot on

ikinyege (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ gourd rattle with several acoustic elements

ikirende (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ 1. gourd (long), 2. person or animal of very nice disposition, no malice

ikirēngazūba 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic- ▶ (no pl.) evening (when sun is very low but still visible)

ikivumbiko (ibi-) 4 class 4
singular: iki-,ic-
plural: ibi-,ivy- ▶ wood that holds fire as ashes are put over it for the night

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)

ikīza (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ a calamity (such as a bad disease or plague), severe illness

imbōmbāne (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ tight place, very narrow place

imbūrano (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ conversation, discussion

imisigazwa 2 ▶ left overs

impatane (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. stocks (for prisoner), 2. trees grown very close together, 3. teeth very close together

impungenge (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ lack of equilibrium, vertigo

imvūmūre (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who has lost everything in trial, one who begs earnestly but doesn't get it

imvuto (im-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ ropes or whatever is used to bind a thief or criminal

indāva (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. footstool, 2. very nice mat (used by king or chief)

ingāre (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ one who gets cross easily but who gets over it quickly, one who talks a lot (esp. to tell others what to do)

inkengera (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ river bank

inkokoro (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ river bank

inkōmbe (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ shore, lakeshore, riverbank, coast

inkukūra (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ very heavy rain (sweeps away crops or hillsides)

insoresore 3 ▶ (no sg.) youth (with very negative connotation)

intāngo (in-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ very large pot

inyōnko (iny-) 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ 1. fever, 2. malaria

irivuga (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ verb

isegenya (ama-) 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri-
plural: ama- ▶ very heavy rain

itazanure 5 class 5
singular: i-,iri- ▶ universe

ivuka 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ birth, delivery

ivyāra 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ delivery (of a child), birth

kaminūza 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ university

karyenda 3 class 3
singular: i-,in- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum, hidden in its sanctuary and only brought forth on very rare occasions like the umuganuro festival

ku prep ▶ 1. on, upon, 2. at, 3. to (the outside of a thing), 4. from (outside of a thing), 5. over

kubaririkiza (-baririkije) v ▶ to ask over and over again

kubirika (-biritse) v ▶ to throw stick on ground which tumbles end over end

kubobōteza (-bobōteje) v ▶ to speak very beseechingly

kubōga (-bōze) v ▶ 1. to spit up milk (of baby), 2. to be full, 3. to be overflowing

kubōgabōga (-bōgabōze) v ▶ to overflow, be full to overflowing

kubukabuka (-bukabutse) v ▶ 1. to be very kind to, 2. to take very good care of

kubūndabūnda (-būndabūnze) v ▶ 1. to hide oneself, 2. sneak along, 3. to go along stooped over

kubūngabūnga (-būngabūnze) v ▶ to watch over, protect, take care of

kubura (-buze) v ▶ 1. to lack, 2. fail to find, 3. to miss, 4. to lose control over

kudayadaya (-dayadaye) v ▶ 1. to be very happy, 2. to be untroubled, 3. go gaily

kudēgedwa (-dēgezwe) v ▶ to shiver, shake, tremble in fear

kudegemwa (-degemwe) v ▶ to shiver, shake, tremble in fear

kudigiriza (-digirije) v ▶ 1. to threaten, 2. to frighten, 3. to boast over another

kugaba (-gavye) v ▶ 1. to rule over, dominate, be master, 2. to be on guard, prepared for, 3. to pass out gifts

kugabāngānya (-gabāngānije) v ▶ 1. to put in different places, 2. divide up (loads) among several

kugabitanya (-gabitanye) v ▶ 1. to be very wicked, 2. to sin

kugānīra (-gānīriye) v ▶ to converse

kugānīrira (-gānīriye) v ▶ to converse with

kugānīriza (-gānīrije) v ▶ to cause to converse

kugānza (-gānje) v ▶ to rule over, govern (past also njije)
ganza, sabwe! long live the king! (greeting to superior)

kugānzwa (-gānjwe) v ▶ to be governed

kugaragura (-garaguye) v ▶ 1. to look things over in prospect of buying, 2. to turn over and over (vt), 3. to palpate, to examine

kugaragurwa (-garaguwe) v ▶ to be turned over and over

kugāyagāya (-gāyagāye) v ▶ to be very happy, untroubled (having eaten or drunk a lot)

kugāzagāza (-gāzagāje) v ▶ 1. to make very happy, untroubled, 2. enjoy oneself

kugēnda hange (-giye) phr ▶ to go prepared with everything planned

kugendeza (-gendeje) v ▶ to watch over, watch carefully

kugira ubwēnge (-gize) phr ▶ to be clever, intelligent, smart

kugōgōra (-gōgōye) v ▶ to get very thin, lose a lot of weight

kugomorera (-gomoreye) v ▶ to seek assistance to overcome

kugoyagoya (-goyagoye) v ▶ 1. to do something unwillingly, 2. to be weak, 3. to limp, 4. to go slowly, 5. to be about to die, 6. to flutter, 7. waver (as flame in wind)

kugurāna (-gurānye) v ▶ 1. to exchange, 2. to lend, 3. borrow (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very article), 4. to swap

kugurugūmba (-gurugūmvye) v ▶ 1. to pound (of heart), 2. to boil up (water), to blister, 3. grow very fast (child)

kuja mu gashitsi (-giye) phr ▶ to shiver, shudder, tremble

kujabuka (-jabutse) v ▶ 1. to cross river, valley, 2. (also used of woman who has come to the menopause), 3. to finish menstrual period

kujīngitwa (-jīngiswe) v ▶ to be very angry, exasperated

kujōbeka (-jōbetse) v ▶ 1. to soak in water, 2. to be soaked by rain or by falling in river

kujōndamika (-jōndamitse) v ▶ 1. to stoop down, 2. to bend over

kujugumira (-jugumiye) v ▶ to tremble, to shiver

kujuragira (-juragiye) v ▶ to be undecided, to not stay in one place, to work at several tasks at once

kujuragiza (-juragije) v ▶ 1. to cause to work at several tasks at once, 2. to knock from place to place, 3. to jiggle

kumadika (-maditse) v ▶ 1. to plate as with silver, 2. to weld, 3. to graft tree, 4. to trade butter for other things

kunanirwa (-naniwe) v ▶ 1. to be tired, 2. to be overcome by something difficult

kunaniza (-nanije) v ▶ 1. to tire out, 2. to overcome (vt)

kunēbagura (-nēbaguye) v ▶ to find fault with everything, to hate everything, to criticize

kunēsha (-nēsheje) v ▶ 1. to conquer, win, be victor, 2. defeat, 3. to triumph over

kunyinyirwa (-nyinyiriwe) v ▶ to make face over something that tastes bad, to frown

kunyurana (-nyuranye) v ▶ 1. to alternate, to diverge 2. follow after, 3. be opposite, 4. to cross on path

kurāngārira (-rāngāriye) v ▶ to be distracted by, marvel over

kurāza (-rāje) v ▶ to keep for the night, to keep overnight, give lodging

kurēngāna (-rēngānye) v ▶ to pass over, pass aside

kurēngānya (-rēngānije) v ▶ to skip over, pass by

kurēngēra (-rēngēye) v ▶ 1. to arrive at the top, 2. to pass out of sight, 3. to be very loud

kurēngerana (-rēngeranye) v ▶ 1. to be overripe (bananas), 2. to have too much to do

kurengerwa (-rengewe) v ▶ to sink, to be covered with water

kurībwa (-rībwe) v ▶ to have severe pain, to be eaten

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

kuririra (-ririye) v ▶ to weep over

kuririrwa (-ririwe) v ▶ to be wept over

kurogōra (-rogōye) v ▶ 1. to overcome or remove enchantment, 2. to taste to prove that it's safe for others

kurōngōra (-rōngōye) v ▶ 1. to lead, precede, 2. to govern

kurumya (-rumye) v ▶ to close, cover (as basket)

kurunguruka (-rungurutse) v ▶ to look from side to side trying to see everything

kururūmba (-rurūmvye) v ▶ 1. to be hot (esp. fever), to be feverish, 2. to be in flames

kuvyāra (-vyāye) v ▶ to give birth, to beget, to deliver (a child)

kuvyāza (-vyājije) v ▶ to deliver, to aid woman in delivering

kuyāga (-yāze) v ▶ 1. to talk, chatter, animate a conversation, 2. visit

kuzāma (-zāmye) v ▶ to waver, flutter (not person)

kuzigama (-zigamye) v ▶ to protect, guard, watch over

kuzīmba (-zīmvye) v ▶ 1. to fraud, to swindle, 2. make the price very high, to overcharge, 3. to be expensive

kuzingazinga (-zingazinze) v ▶ to roll up several times

kuzirikana (-zirikanye) v ▶ 1. to know, 2. to think over, 3. to meditate

kuzungagiza (-zungagije) v ▶ 1. to turn around several times, 2. to rock a baby, 3. to agitate, 4. to wag tail

kwāmāmara (-āmāmaye) v ▶ 1. to become known, 2. to spread everywhere (vi)

kwāmāmaza (-āmāmaje) v ▶ to make known everywhere

kwāmbuka (-āmbutse) v ▶ 1. to cross (road, river), 2. to travel, 3. go far away, 4. to leave the country

kwānkira (-ānkiye) v ▶ 1. to refuse to, 2. to be impossible for, 3. to be willful, 4. to be disobedient (very strongly)

kwegura (-eguye) v ▶ 1. to give over a possession, 2. bring down a bee hive, 3. throw on ground

kwengēnga (-engēnze) v ▶ 1. to rule kindly, 2. deal kindly with, 3. to carry very carefully lest it break or spill, 4. to be gentle

kwerēra (-erēreye) v ▶ to be about to deliver (of cow only)

kwīfūtānya (-īfūtānye) v ▶ 1. to revert, go backward, 2. get thinner, 3. to act foolishly, ignorantly

kwīgarura (-īgaruye) v ▶ 1. to leave off speaking evil and speak kindly, 2. be converted

kwīgera (-īgeze) v ▶ 1. to try on clothes, 2. to have done, 3. to arrive at (e.g. har'aho wigeze kumubona? – have you ever seen him?)

kwīgina (-īginnye) v ▶ 1. to rejoice in coming of another, 2. be very happy

kwīginira (-īginiye) v ▶ to rejoice over

kwīgūngirako (--yeko) v ▶ to be selfish, take everything for oneself

kwīgura (-īguze) v ▶ 1. to sacrifice for, 2. give up everything

kwīhana (-īhannye) v ▶ 1. to confess, 2. to correct oneself, to discipline oneself, be converted, 3. to repent

kwīhandūra (-īhandūye) v ▶ to take out sliver for oneself

kwīkebanura (-īkebanuye) v ▶ to end a conversation

kwīpfuka (-īpfutse) v ▶ to cover oneself

kwīpfukurura (-īpfukuruye) v ▶ to uncover oneself

kwīrārīra (-īrārīriye) v ▶ to be presumptious, over-confident

kwīrīra (-īrīye) v ▶ to be overtaken by nightfall

kwīroha (-īroshe) v ▶ 1. to go into danger without regard to oneself, 2. to put into the water (river)

kwīrukānga (-īrukānze) v ▶ to run very fast

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)

kwōgorora (-ōgoroye) v ▶ 1. to cross a river (by bridge), 2. to come out of water

kwūbaha (-ūbashe) v ▶ 1. to respect, 2. to reverence, honor

kwūbama (-ūbamye) v ▶ to stoop down, bend over

kwūbuka (-ūbutse) v ▶ 1. to discover, 2. to come upon suddenly, 3. to jump up and run quickly

kwūgama (-ūgamye) v ▶ to take cover in rain, go for shelter

kwūnama (-ūnamye) v ▶ to stoop over, bend down, to bow one's head

leta 3 class 3
singular: i-,in-
plural: i-,in- ▶ the state, government (also reta), (from Fr. l'état)

mugabo conj ▶ 1. but, 2. however, 3. nevertheless

na ntāryo phr ▶ ever, always

ndetse conj ▶ 1. except, 2. moreover

nta ho phr ▶ never

ntabwo adv ▶ never, not, will not, won't

ntaco phr ▶ 1. I don't mind, 2. never mind, 3. no problem

nyarucari n ▶ (no pl.) poor man, poverty-stricken person

rukinzo 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ traditional sacred royal drum accompanying the king wherever he went, was exchanged with every new reign

rwōse adv ▶ 1. absolutely, 2. completely, entirely, 3. very much (from -ōse)

ubufafara 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) poverty (absolute)

ubufafare 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) poverty (absolute)

ubugavyi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ government

ubugurano 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) servitude, slavery

ubuhāmbāzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ severity

ubuherūka 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. end, 2. the very last time, 3. finally, 4. at last

ubukene 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. need, want, 2. poverty

ubusahuzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ 1. pillage, 2. thievery, 3. plundering

ubushūhe 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) 1. heat, 2. fever

ubuswi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) very tiny baby chicks

ubwāmbuzi 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) thievery, theft

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

ubwo ▶ 1. perhaps, 2. now that, 3. since, 4. seeing that, 5. moreover

ubwōro 8 class 8
singular: ubu- ▶ (no pl.) poverty

ukuribwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ severe itching, pain

ukuribwaribwa 9 class 9
singular: uku- ▶ severe itching, pain

umubūrano (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ conversation, discussion

umucānwa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ a little fire, spark, fever

umudereva (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ driver, chauffeur

umufafara (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken

umufafare (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ poor person, poverty-stricken

umufundikizo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid, stopper

umufunyiko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. cover, lid, 2. stopper

umugani (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ proverb, parable, fable, tale (from kuganira)

umugesera (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ wicked person, revolutionary, very skillful person

umuhumbūzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ deceiver, thief

umuhūmvyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ deceiver

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)

umukūnzi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. intimate friend, 2. one who loves, lover, 3. fiance, 4. sweetheart, darling

umunsi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumunsi today
uyumunsi uyumunsi this very day
umunsi ur'izina on a certain day

umuntu ahishirigwa (aba-) phr 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ overseer, supervisor, superintendent

umupfundikizo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid, stopper

umupfuniko (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover of a kettle

umupira (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ (Sw.) 1. ball, 2. sweater, pullover, 3. eraser, rubber

umuriro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ fire, fever, electr. current, fire (shooting)

umurokozi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ deliverer, rescuer, savior

umurōngo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. row, 2. line, 3. alignment, 4. verse, 5. (pl.) mirongo multiples of ten
mirongwibiri, -tatu, etc. 20, 30, etc.

umururūmbo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ fever, heat

umuseke (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ dawn (very early)

umusēsekara (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ surplus, overflow

umushahara ubaye baye phr ▶ normal, appropriate or average salary

umushoferi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ driver, chauffeur

umushombo (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ defeat, overthrow

umusi (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ day
uyumusi today
uyumusi uyumusi this very day

umusirikāre (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ soldier, government official

umusukanyi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ liar, deceiver

umuswezi (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. sexually very active person, 2. homosexual person, gay person (from guswera)

umutānga (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ 1. middle of lake or river, 2. kind of gourd

umutemere (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ cover, lid (esp. of basket)

umutwara (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. leader, boss, 2. driver, pilot (from gutwara)

umuvugwa (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ person of verb (gram.)

umuvyiro (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ very black, soot

umuyoborwa (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ employee, someone instructed to work, someone overseen at work

umuyōnga (imi-) 2 class 2
singular: umu-
plural: imi- ▶ burned-over place

umwīgīsha wa kaminuza phr ▶ professor (at university)

umwūmwa (ab-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ person whose mouth is very dry

urubaraza (im-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ (Sw.) porch, verandah

urudēndevu (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ weak, faltering person, anything very soft (lacking stiffness)

uruhānga 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ 1. forehead, 2. crane, 3. severed head

uruhūzu 6 class 6
singular: uru- ▶ very large cloth

uruhwijima (impwijima) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ very nice clothes (colorful)

urutirigōngo (in-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ backbone, vertebral column (from uruti rw'umugōngo)

urūzi (inz-) 6 class 6
singular: uru-
plural: in- ▶ river, stream

uteko conj ▶ moreover

wapi adv ▶ (from Sw. 'where') no, no way!, never

yamara conj ▶ but, however

abuse ▶ (to ~ verbally) gushinyagurira
(one formerly loved) kuryārukana

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alliance ▶ isezerano
(to help another overcome an enemy) gukōndōrera

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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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announce ▶ kubūrira, kubūra, kurānga
(oneself) kwībūra
(to stand at door and call greeting) kuramutsa
(the death of someone) kubika, kubikira
(everywhere) gukwīragiza, gukwīza

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around ▶ (to go) kuzunguruka, gukīkira, gukīkuza, kuzīngūka
(to turn ~, several times) kuzungagiza
(prep., nearly) hāfi

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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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assistance ▶ imfashanyo
(to seek ~ to overcome) kugomorera

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authority ▶ ububwīriza, ubugabe, ubugabo, ingānji, ubutwāre
(to have, esp. kings or revered person) guhāngama
(to rebel against) kumēnja
(to take on oneself) kurēngera

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backwards ▶ (to go) kwīfūtānya
(inadvertently) gufutānya
(walk) kugēndēsha umugōngo, kugēnda umugōngo

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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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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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become ▶ kuba, gucīka, kumēra
(good again, having been bad) gufutānuka
(known) kwāmāmara, guhishūka
(thin) kudohōka, kugeruka, kwōnda, kwīfūtānya, kuyōka
(thinner) gufūtānya
(very thin) kugōgōra, kunohorwa

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bend ▶ (vt) guheta
(as joint) kugōnda
(curve) kugoreka
(down) kwūnana
(joint) gukonya, gupfunya
(over) kujōndamika, kwūbama

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beseechingly ▶ (to speak very) kubobōteza

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bind ▶ guhāmbīra, kuboha
(ropes or whatever is used to bind a criminal) imvuto

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black ▶ (colour) umufyīri, agafyīri
(very black) umuvyiro
(to be black) kwīrabura

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boast ▶ kwīmānya, kwīrāta
(of what one will do) kwigenera
(over another) kudigiriza

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borrow ▶ (money, or that for which you'll return equivalent rather than that very thing) kugurāna
(a thing to be returned) gutīra

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burned ▶ (food forgotten) gutetera
(~ over place) umuyōnga

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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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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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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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check ▶ (to ~ over a thing) guhinyuza
(cheque) isheki
(bad ~) isheki idakwije amahera
(checkbook) agatabo k'amasheki

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chick ▶ (baby) umuswi
(very tiny) ubuswi

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cirrhosis ▶ (of the liver) urusina

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cloth ▶ igitāmbara
(large, tied on shoulder) umuhagatiro
(long band of) umugēnde
(made of bark) indemano
(plaid) igitāmbara c'ikigoma
(shiny, silk, rayon) ihariri
(very large) igihūzu, uruhūzu

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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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cold ▶ –bisi
(in chest) agaherēra
(in head) agahiri, akamango, akamangu,
(cough) inkorora
(common cold, flu) ibicurane
(weather) imbeho, ubukonje
(weather, severe) igikonyozi
(to be) gukōnja, gukanya, gutīmba
(to be drawn up from ~) gutetera

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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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comprehend ▶ gutahura
(involves act of seeing) kurabukwa
(after thinking over) gutegereza

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confident ▶ (to be) kurema, gushiruka amazinda
(over) kwīrārīra

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congenial ▶ (to be) kuba ikirende
(person of very nice disposition) ikirende

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consider ▶ (to) kwīyumvīra
(to think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, kwīrimbūra

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contain ▶ –rimwo (verb without infinitive)

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container ▶ (small covered) ikazānga
(small tin) igikōmbe
(square tin) idebe (Sw.)

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corroborate ▶ (to verify what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza

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counteract ▶ (effects of evil 'medicine') kurēmburura
(to poison, to ask for 'medicine' to ~) kurogōza
(overcome or remove an enchantment) kurogōra

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cover ▶ igipfūndikizo, umupfūndikizo, umufundikizo, umufunyiko, igifunyiko
(duvet cover) igisaswa
(of basket) umutemere
(of kettle) umupfuniko

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covering ▶ (over eyes, body, etc.) icītwikīro
(head ~ worn over face) igitwikirizo

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curve ▶ (as in river) ikigonzi
(to ~) kugoreka, guheta, kugonda
(to ~ finger, as in scraping dish) gukomba
(to make ~) kurasa

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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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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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deceiver ▶ umuhumbūzi, umuhūmvyi, umusukanyi
(one who goes about lying) indimanya
(to be a skillful) guhēndana

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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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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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dirty ▶ –bi
(to be) guhumāna, gucafura
(to be very) gushisha
(to become, get) kwāndura
(~ oil) amavuta mabi ava mu mashini

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discover ▶ kwūbuka
(~ the truth) guhinyura

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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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disposition ▶ (person or animal of very nice ~) ikirende

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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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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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don't ▶ (strong negative) -ōye (verb without infinitive)

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drag ▶ (to) gukwēga
(along) kunyogōmba
(along quickly) gukūbēba
(along a very heavy thing) gukurura
(on ground) gukūba

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driver ▶ umushoferi, umudereva

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eaten ▶ (to be) kurībwa
(also used meaning to have severe pain)

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employee ▶ (paid worker) umucāngero
(workman) umukozi
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa

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enchantment ▶ (to overcome or remove) kurogōra

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end ▶ iherezo, umuhero, ihero, ubuherūka, impera, imperuka, itahīriro
(~ of boat) umukōndo
(at the ~ of every year) uk'umwāka utāshe
(to be the ~) kugwa mahera
(to be at an ~ of one's resources) kuzigirizwa
(to be at the ~) kwīherezo
(to be at an ~ of one's patience) kudundumirwa
(to be coming to an ~) guherengetera
(to come to an ~) guhenebēra, guhera, kunyika
(to ~ a conversation) kwīkebanura
(to finish) guheza

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enemy ▶ umwānsi, umumēnja, umurwānizi
(to help another overcome an ~) gukōndōrera

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evening ▶ (later afternoon) umugorōba
(early) akagorōba
(when sun is very low but still visible) ikirēngazūba
(to be or become ~) kugorōba

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ever ▶ na ntāryo

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excess ▶ igisāga
(to be in, left over) gusigara

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extra ▶ (additional) inyongera
(to be left over) gusigara
(~ digit, toe, teat) indorerezi

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face ▶ amaso, mu maso
(in his face) mu maso hiwe
(to be facing each other) guhangana
(to make a ~ over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
(to put one's ~ in one's hands in deep thought) kwitangira itama
(~ to ~) ubwāmāso, imbonankubone
(showing disapproval on one's ~) ibitsingotsingo

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far ▶ (away) kure
(very far away) ibushi
(in the future) kēra

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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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fever ▶ (illness) inyōnko, umururūmbo
(temperature) umuriro, umucānwa, ubushūhe
(to have high fever) umucānwa ururumba (from kururūmba)

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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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flavor ▶ icānga, uburyōhe, ubusōse, akanovera
(thing with good ~) igisōsa
(to be of the ~ of) gusōsera
(to have good ~) gusōsa

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flowing ▶ (gentle, of river) akayōmbēro

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ford ▶ (in river) icāmbu

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full ▶ (to be) kwūzura
(to be absolutely ~ to brim) gutētera
(to be almost, waterpot) gucagatira
(to overflowing) kubōga, kubōgabōga
(too full) gufunereza
(having eaten, or full of air) kubobōka

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garment ▶ umwāmbaro, impūzu
(for work) icāmbazo
(long) umwitēro
(long, trails on ground) imvune
(of barkcloth, nicely sewn) indemano
(outer) ipfūndo, umutamana
(that is too big) igisāga
(that isn't very long) igikwēmu
(with sleeves or armholes) umwīnjiro

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get ▶ kuronka, guhabwa
(angry, suddenly when one has been talking nicely) kugangabuka
(big, skin in water) kubōmbōka
(close together) kwegerana
(dark, late) kwīra
(dirty) kwāndura
(food for oneself) gutāra
(~ out of the car) kuva mu modoka, gusohoka mu modoka
(~ out of my way!) have! vaho!
(~ out of there) have, vaho
(left behind as you stare at something) kurēngāra
(something in eye) gutosekara
(thin) kugeruka
(thin, very) kugōgōra
(up) guhaguruka, kuvyūka
(up, quickly) kubaduka
(up, to help another ~) kuvyūra

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give ▶ guha, guhēsha, gutānga
(back) gusubīza
(back cow, calf to one from whom one received a cow) kwōkōra
(birth) kuvyāra
(birth, cow about to ~) kudigiriza
(cow a second time to one who has brought many gifts) guhetera inkoni
(example) kugereraniriza, guha akarorero
(gift to bride so she will talk) guhorōra
(give me...) mpa
(good measure) kunengesēreza
(in to) kurōnsa
(information) kurangīra
(life to) kubēshaho
(more) kwongera, kwongeza
(oneself to) kwīhāmbīra
(oneself to service of Kiranga) kubāndwa, kuvōvōta
(over a possession) kwegura
(penuriously) kuzirukanya
(pledge or security) kugwatiriza
(present) kugabira
(refuse to) kwīma
(refuse to ~ another his own) kugūnga, kwīmana
(sacrifice) gushikana
(someone a hand) gusahiriza
(someone a heavy load) kuremēka
(to) guha, guhēra, guhēreza, kurōnsa, gushikiriza
(to each other) guhāna
(to each other often) guhānahāna
(to one whose house has burned) gusuhūza
(talk) kugamba
(up everything) kwīgura
(warm welcome, one does not say it of himself) gukēra

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giving up ▶ (after trying several times) ibise, (rare word)

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gloat ▶ (over) kwītāmba ku muvyimba

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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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great ▶ (important) –kuru
(to be very) guhāmbāra
(person who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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grieve ▶ (vi) gutuntura
(over) gutunturirwa

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ground ▶ (earth) isi
(on the) hasi
(dug up but not planted) amasinde
(to put on) gutereka
(to throw stick on ~ and it tumbles end over end) kubirika

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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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grudge ▶ umujinya, ishavu, inzika, inzigo, igono
(lasting) isata burēnge
(that never ends) akazika
(to have ~ against) gukanira

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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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happy ▶ (to be) kunēzērwa, guhīmbāra, guhīrwa, gushanyuka, guhīmbārwa, gushwāshwānuka
(very) kudayadaya, kugāyagāya, kwigina
(to make) kunēzēra, kunēzereza, kugāzagāza

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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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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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healthy ▶ (child, about 4 months) ikibunduguru
(plant, person) itōto
(to be) kunōnōka, gukira
(to be very, strong) gutetera

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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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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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hot ▶ (to be) gushūha, gucānīrwa
(esp. fever) kururūmba
(moderately) gususuruka
(to make hot) gususurutsa

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however ▶ mugabo, yamara, ariko, nubwo

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illness ▶ indwāra
(severe) ikīza

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importunity ▶ (to ask over and over again) kubaririkiza
(to ask persistently, though refused) gucuna

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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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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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lazy ▶ (person) umunebwe
(very lazy person, rude, derogative) ikinebwe
(to be) kudeha, kunebwa

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lean ▶ (against, vt) kwegamika, kwegeka
(against, vi) kwegamira
(forward, preparing to run) gutuna
(on, esp. in getting up) kwīshimikiza, gushimikira
(over) guhengama

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leave ▶ (to) guheba, kujījūka, kureka, gusiga, kugēnda, kuvaho, gutāha
(at, for) kurekera, gusigira
(abruptly) kwōnjorora
(behind) gusiga
(country) kwāmbuka, guhaba
(country because of famine) gusuhūka
(grass and stuff growing in kraal) gutongoza
(group and go by oneself) kujōnjōra
(inheritance) kuraga
(intention or place) gucungūra
(open) kurāngāza
(out) guhaza
(over) gusigaza
(place) gushingūka
(something with someone) kubītsa
(with) gusigarana

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lest ▶ -ōye (verb with no infinitive)

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liver ▶ igitigu

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lodge ▶ (vi) kurāra, gusēmbēra
(vt) kurāza
(give lodging for several days) gusēmbereza

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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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loop ▶ (of rope, lasso) impururu
(of snake, river) ikigonzi

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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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loud ▶ (to be very) kurēngēra

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love ▶ urukūndo
(strong, everlasting) akaramata
(end of loving another) agahararo
(one who loves) umukūnzi
(to fall in ~) kubēnguka

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make ▶ kugira, kurema
(afraid) gutēra ubwōba
(a bed) gusāsa
(blunt) gufyīta
(bread) gucūmba
(clean) guhumānura
(clear, cause to understand) gutegereza
(crooked) kugoreka
(drunk) kuborēra
(effort) kwāndāra
(empty) kugaragaza
(equal in length or height) kurēsha
(excuses) kudendekanya, kudendekeranya, kuzāngazānga
(face over something that tastes bad) kunyinyirwa
(a fire) gucāna, gukongereza
(firm) kugumya
(fun of) kunegura
(fun of, esp. someone in trouble) kwīshinyira
(fun of, by recalling the good he has lost) gucurīra
(good) kuryōsha
(hedge) kuzitira
(hard for one who has lost a loved one, by reproaching the dead) kwītāmba ku muvyimba
(known) kwāndagaza, kwātura, kumenyēsha, kwāngāza, kwerura, kurānga, gukwīza, gukwīragiza, kwāmāmaza, guhishūra, guserura
(laugh, one that makes others laugh) akagūgu
(level) gusēna
(narrow) kwāza
(nest) kwārika
(noise, big) kwāsana, gusāma, kubomborana, kubugiriza
(oneself) kwīgīra
(others like you) kwīkūndiriza
(peace) kubangūranya
(perfect) gutūngānya, kwūzuza, kuroraniriza
(place) kubisa
(place for one another to pass) kubisīkanya
(progress) gutēra imbere, kuyoboza
(reparations) guhōnga, guhōngera
(restitution) kuriha
(sacrifice) gushikana
(sign) kugereraniriza
(smooth) gusēna
(straight) kugorōra, kurorānya
(tired) kurusha
(vow) gushīnga
(watering place) kugomera
(white) kwēza

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marvel ▶ (to) gutangāra
(to ~ over) kurangarira

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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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metal ▶ icūma
(foot piece on spear) umuhūnda
(ore) ubutare
(piece placed on stoves over fire to set pot on) ikinjanja
(sheet of, for roof) ibāti

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middle ▶ amacāmbwa
(in the ~) hagati
(in the ~ of day) amashōka
(in the ~ of lake, river) idāmba, umutānga
(of lake, see, jungle) igezi
(to go down the ~ of path or country) kwātīra

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moreover ▶ bitayeko, uteko, ikigeretseko, ubwo, nubwo

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mouth ▶ akanwa
(big, many) amanwa
(person whose mouth is very dry) umwūnwa
(to burn in, smart in) gukera
(to cover the mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(to open) gutēranura umunwa, kwāsama
(to put in the ~ of) gutamika
(to rinse the) kwīyugunyura, kwīnyugunura

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much ▶ cane, –inshi
(very much) rwōse
(to be too much) gucāguka

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never ▶ nta ho, ntabwo
(dependant clause) ata ho

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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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nightfall ▶ (to be overtaken by) kwīrīra

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number ▶ igiharūro, nimero
(a very large, ten thousand etc.) isīnzi
(of things) igitigiri

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offices ▶ (government) iboma

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official ▶ (of government) umusirikare, bulamatari

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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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overflow ▶ ibibōgabōga, umusēsekara
(place where river has overflowed the banks) ikidēngeri
(to ~) kubōgabōga, gusēsekara

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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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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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payment ▶ ubwishu
(of debt) inyīshu
(overdue) ibirāre
(to demand ~) kurihisha

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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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plate ▶ isahāni, isahāne
(to ~ as with silver) kumadika
(to clean up one's ~ completely) gukōmba

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ponder ▶ (think over whether a thing is right) kurimbūra, gutegēra, kuzirikana

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pot ▶ (clay cooking) inkono, inaga, impānge
(for water) umubīndi, umuhānge, umukātwa, ikibīndi
(coffee ~) ibirika y'ikawa
(small for butter) urwāvya, ikebano
(very large) intāngo
(with long narrow neck) agakarabo
(cooking pot) isafuriya, isafuria

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prepared ▶ (to be) gutegūrika
(for, i.e. on guard) kugaba
(for building) gutabwa
(to do or run quickly) kugabiriza
(to go with everything ~) kugēnda hange

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price ▶ igicīro, ikiguzi
(purchase price) ikiguzi
(redemption ~) ingorore, inkūka
(to ask very high ~) kuzimba

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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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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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recover ▶ (get well) gukira, kurokoka
(from fear or anger) guhūmura
(sight) guhumūka
(when others around are dying) kurokoza

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recurrent fever ▶ ikimputo

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remorse ▶ (to make another feel badly over something he's done) gutēteka

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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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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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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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river ▶ urūzi
(bank) inkokoro, inkengera, inkombe
(current of) umukuba
(gentle flowing of) akayōmbēro
(middle of) umutānga, idāmba
(to cross over) kujabuka

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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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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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saved ▶ (person) umurokore
(to be) gukizwa, kurokoka
(to be for a year, beans) guhitira
(to be for several years, beans) guhitikirana, guhitirana
(something that's been saved up for a year) igihitira

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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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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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sever ▶ (to) guca
(with one blow) gutemura

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severe ▶ (person) umuhāmbāzi
(one who is great, severe, wise) akaranda

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shiver ▶ (to) kudēgedwa, kudēgemwa, kujugumira, guhīnda agashitsi, kuja mu gashitsi

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shoulder ▶ igitugu, urutugu
(to toss garment over) gukūba
(shoulder bag) agashakoshi

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side ▶ (of person) urubavu
(not of person) uruhānde
(on this ~) hīno
(on this ~ of river, valley) hākuno
(on that ~) hīyo
(on the other ~ of something but this ~ of river or valley) hirya
(on the other ~ of river or valley) hākurya
(on the ~ of, beside) iruhānde
(to become right ~ up) kwūburuka
(to lay thing on it's ~) guhēngeka
(to lay someone on his) gukīkira
(to lie on one's ~) gucurama
(to put to one ~) guherereza
(to turn right ~ up) gucurūra, kwūburura

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sight ▶ (come into) kurēnguka
(to pass out of) kurēngēra
(to recover) guhumūka
(to restore) guhumūra

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silver ▶ ifēza

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sing ▶ kurirīmba
(loudly) guhogora
(of troubles) gucurira intimba
(very nicely) guhibongoza

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skip ▶ (along) kunonera
(over) kurēngānya

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sleepy ▶ (to be) guhunikira, guhūnyiza
(to be so ~ one falls over and stays there) gufurama

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sliver ▶ akabāngo, igisata
(to remove) guhāndūra

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slowly ▶ buhoro
(very ~) buhoro-buhoro

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soft ▶ (anything very ~, lacking stiffness) urudēndevu
(to be) kwōroha
(to be silky ~) kurēmba
(to get ~ in water) kubōmbōka
(to make soil ~) kwōrohereza
(and springy, e.g. earth in swamp) kudemwademwa

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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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spill ▶ (vi) gusēseka, gusēsa
(vt) gucuncubura
(anything not liquid) gusanzāra
(over) gusēsekara

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splash ▶ kumījīra
(and tumble, water in river) gusūriranya
(splashing of water on rocks in river) igisebuzi

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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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stoop ▶ gutumbūra
(down) kujōndamika, kwūbama
(over) kwūnama
(to go along stooped over) kubūndabūnda
(to make another ~) kwūnamika

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stored ▶ (something put away for future use) integakiba
(to be for several years) guhitikirana, guhitirana

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straight ▶ (to be) kugororoka, kudadarara
(to be very) gutūngāna
(to make) kugorōra, kurorānya
(to make ~ for) gutūmbereza
(to stand up ~) guhagarara

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stride ▶ (over) gutambuka

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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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stumble ▶ (that which causes to) igitsītāza
(to ~) gutsītāra, kudāguza
(to cause to) gutsītāza
(over words) gufudika

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subdue ▶ (to overcome a revolt) kugandūra, kugomora, kugomoza

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sun ▶ izūba
(red sun when very low at night) igihendabaja
(to rise) kurasa
(to set) kurēnga
(to bring things in from) kwānura
(to put out in) kwānikira

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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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syllable ▶ urudadi
(to reverse in a word, transpose) gufudika

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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
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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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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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ten ▶ icumi, cumi
(~ times) icumi
(things over and above ten) igisaga

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terminate ▶ (conversation) kwīkebanura

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there ▶ ngaho, aho
(~ is, ~ are) hari
(down there) hēpfo
(over there, fairly near) harya
(up there) haruguru
(way over there) harīya

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thin ▶ -to, -tō-to, -toya, -tonya
(person who gets ~ gradually) umunywera
(to be, from hunger, bones show) kugōberwa
(to become) kudohōka, kugeruka, kunohoka, kwōnda, kuyōka, kwīfūtānya
(to become from work or worry) kunohorwa, kugōgōra
(to get very) kugōgōra
(to ~ out plants) kwānkanya

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thing ▶ ikintu
(forsaken, worn out) akāhebwe
(very tiny) akazatsa
(discarded things) umwāvu
(of no value) ikija

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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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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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tick ▶ inyōndwe, inyōndwi
(that causes ~ fever) igitangu
(cattle ~) uruguha

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tick fever ▶ ikimputo

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time ▶ umwānya, ikibariro, igihe, amango
(another ~) ubundi
(a short time) akanya
(the very last) ubuherūka
(of finishing or attaining something) ikirīngo
(God's time) igihe c'imana
(for planting small grain) ibiba
(to set a ~, to do something at a ~) guhēnga
(to set, measure, await a fixed ~) kugerereza
(to spend ~ together) kumarana
(to waste one's ~) gukinanga
(how many ~) kangahe?
(many times) kēnshi
(no time) nta umwanya, ntamwanya
(number of times) ibihetangabo, e.g. seven times – ibihetangabo ndwi

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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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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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toss ▶ (about on ground) kugaragurika
(garment over shoulder) gukūba
(and thresh about) kwīgaragura
(to be tossed about) kuzungagizwa

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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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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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turn ▶ urubu
(to take) kuja imbu, kwākīrana, kwākīranwa, gukūranwa
(to have one's) kuramukirwa
(about, vt) kuzūnguza, kuzūnguriza
(against) guhinyura
(against one you've loved) gucāna
(around, vi) guhindukira
(around, vt) guhindukiza
(around several times, vt) kuzungagiza
(away, vt) guhīnda
(back, vt) gukuba
(as fold)
(bad suddenly, e.g. weather, attitude) gufurūngana, gufurāngana
(on side, vt) guhēngeka
(one's head) gukebuka
(over and over, vt) kugaragura
(right side up) gucurūra
(upside down) kwūbika, gucuramika
(upside down or wrong end to) gucurika

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uncover ▶ gupfukūra, gutwikurura
(basket) kurumūra
(to become) gupfunduruka
(to be) gutwikururwa

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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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utensil ▶ (basin) umubēhe, ikibēhe
(bowl) ibakure
(clay cooking pot) inkono, inaga, impānge
(tall clay water pot) umubīndi
(cooking) icōmbo
(small covered container) ikazānga
(small pot girls put butter in) ikebano, urwāvya
(spoon) ikiyīko
(very large pot) intāngo

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verandah ▶ urubaraza

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verb ▶ irivuga

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verdict ▶ (not accept ~ rendered) gutagara

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verify ▶ guhinyuza
(what one has heard by asking many) gushīshōza

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verse ▶ umurōngo

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very ▶ cāne
(the ~ one) –nyene

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wash ▶ kwōza
(esp. body) gukēmūra, kwūhagira
(clothes) kumesa, kumesūra
(hands) gukaraba
(legs, esp.) kwīyoga
(in lots of water) gufyikinyura, kwīfyikinyura
(in one's eyes) kwīhumūra
(oneself) kwōga, kwīyuhagira, kwīsukura
(vegetables) kurōnga
(very thoroughly) gufyikinyura

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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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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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waver ▶ kuzāma
(as flame in wind) kugoyagoya

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weather ▶ (severe cold) igikonyozi
(cloudy but not rainy) urufuri
(to be cool) gupfuka
(to turn bad suddenly) gufurūngana

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weaver ▶ uwujisha impuzu

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weep ▶ kurira, kwānira, kwāna
(to weep over) kuririra

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wicked ▶ (person) umuyobe, umugesera, umuhāmbāzi
(to be) guhāmbāra
(to be very) kugabitanya
(to be, having been good) gufūtāna

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without ▶ (without is expressed by a verb in the –ta– negative, e.g. He went without saying Goodbye = Yagiye atavuze N’agasaga)
(~ pity or regarding) utwīninga, irarīrari

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workman ▶ umukozi, umunyakazi
(skilled) umufundi (Sw.)
(someone instructed to work or overseen at work) umuyoborwa

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write ▶ kwāndika
(over) gusibūra
(with) kwāndikīsha
(write to, for) kwāndikira

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year ▶ umwāka
(at the end of every) uk'umwaka utāshe
(years of one's life) amavūka

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yearn ▶ (over) gufūha

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duvet ▶ (cover) igisaswa

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state ▶ (government) leta
(condition) ukumererwa

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professor ▶ umuprofeseri
(university professor) umwigisha wa kaminuza

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pullover ▶ umupira

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lover ▶ umukūnzi

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cross ▶ (to ~ on path) kubisīkanya, kunyurana
(to be) kwīdōga, gushavura, gusugurirwa
(to make ~) gushavuza
(to ~ river or valley) kujabuka
(to ~ river or bridge) kwōgorora
(to ~ road) kwambuka

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bank ▶ (of river) inkokoro
(of river, lake) inkōmbe, inkengera

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cover ▶ (to ~) gupfuka, gufuka
(to ~ oneself) kwīpfuka
(to ~ dish, etc.) gupfūndikira
(to ~ a basket) kurumya
(mouth of another with hand to keep him from making a sound) gupfūnda
(well) gutwikīra
(to take ~ from rain) kwūgama

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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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kind ▶ (to be) kugira umutima mwiza
(to be very ~ to) kubukabuka
(~ person) umushiranzigo, umwēranda

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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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permit ▶ iperemi
(driver's licence) iperemi yo gutwara umuduga

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plan ▶ (to) gutegūra, guteganya
(to ~ for) gutūmbēra, kugira imigabo
(secretly to do something) kwimbirira
(to be obliged to adopt the less desirable of two plans) gutēgekanishwa
(to have several plans of what to do) gutēgekanya

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rather ▶ (very) cane
(but ~) bambe
(would ~, to prefer) gupfuma

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over ▶ (prep.) ku

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clever ▶ (to be) kugira ubwēnge

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control ▶ (to ~) gutwāra
(to ~ onself) kwīfata
(to lose ~ over) kubura

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season ▶ (to ~) kwongereza akanovera, kurunga

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hangover ▶ agasibe

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