Kirundi Study & Dictionary

verb ▶ irivuga

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

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

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

-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)

-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)

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

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

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

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

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

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contain ▶ –rimwo (verb without infinitive)

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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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lest ▶ -ōye (verb with no infinitive)

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proverb ▶ umugani

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verb found in: Kirundi I (Study lessons)

lesson 1 ▶ Class 1 umu–, aba–

lesson 5 ▶ Mu and Ku

lesson 10 ▶ Review 1 - 9

lesson 12 ▶ Verb –ri