Kirundi Study & Dictionary

your ▶ (sing.) -we, –āwe
(pl.) -nyu, –ānyu

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what's your name ▶ wītwa nde?

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-nyu adj ▶ your (pl.)

nyōbuja 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your mistress

nyōkobuja 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your mistress, employer

nyōkwanyu 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your maternal aunt

nyoko (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your (sing. or pl.) mother (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)

iwanyu n ▶ at your home, your home

nyōkobukwe 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your mother-in-law

shōbuja (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ your master, employer, boss

sō (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ father (of person spoken to)
so wawe your father
so wanyu your paternal uncle

nyogosēnge (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister of your father, your paternal aunt

umukōbwanyu (aba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. daughter of your sister (if the one spoken to is a girl), 2. daughter of your brother (if the one spoken to is a boy)

aunt ▶ (maternal, my) māma wācu
(maternal, your) nyokwānyu
(maternal, his, her, their) nyinābo
(paternal, my) māsenge
(paternal, your) nyogosenge
(paternal, his, her, their) inasenge

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uncle ▶ (paternal, my, our) dāta wacu
(paternal, your) so wānyu
(paternal, his, her, their) sewābo
(maternal, my, our) mārume
(maternal, your) nyokorume
(maternal, his, her, their) inarume

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friend ▶ umugēnzi
(close ~) umukūnzi
(intimate ~, the one you share your last hidden food with) somambike
(most intimate ~, ”you die - I die”) pfampfe
(to visit a ~) kubūngirana

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sister ▶ mwēne data, mwēne se, mwēne nyina
(older ~ of girl) mukuru, mukurwanje
(of boy) mushiki
(younger ~ of girl) mutoyi, murumuna
(of my father) māsenge
(of your father) nyogosenge
(of his, her, their father) inasenge
(of man's sister or woman's brother) mwishwa

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musāza (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ brother (of girl)
musazanje my brother (girl speaking)
musaza wiwe her brother
musazacu our brother (girls speaking)
musaza wanyu your brother (spoken to girls)

brother ▶ (my) mwēne data
(your) mwēne so
(his, her, their) mwēne se
(older ~ of boy) mukuru, mukurwanje
(younger ~ of boy) mutoyi, murumuna
(of girl) musāza
(of my mother) mārume
(of your mother) nyokorume
(of his, her, their mother) inarume
(of father, uncle) dāta wacu, dāta wanyu, dāta wabo
(to be ~ and sister, or to be ~s) kuvūkana
(religious, monk) umufrere

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mushiki (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ sister (of boy)
mushiki wiwe his sister
mushiki wanyu your sister (spoken to boys)
(see also mushikanje, mushikabo)

mwēne so (b-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ 1. your brother, 2. your sister (lit. child of your father)

hands ▶ (to close together) gufumbata
(to pour water on another's) kwūhīra
(imperatif: ”hold out your ~!”) tega iminwe
(to lay ~ on) kurambikakw ibigānza

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-we adj ▶ your (sg.)

tega iminwe phr ▶ hold out your hands

wītwa nde phr ▶ what is your name?

māsēnge (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, our paternal aunt
nyogosēnge your paternal aunt

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

guhaga (-haze) v ▶ 1. to begin to head up (as grain), 2. to fight one bigger than yourself, 3. to blow air into (ball)

gukungagurika (-kungaguritse) v ▶ to fall and skin yourself

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

kwītāra (-ītāze) v ▶ 1. to be determined to get what you want, 2. to be presumptous, 3. put yourself above where you belong

murisānze phr ▶ be yourself, make yourself comfortable (said to a visitor)

nyokorome (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle

nyokorume (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ (your) maternal uncle

sōgokuru (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, your, our grandfather

sōgokuruza (ba-) 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, your, our, ancestor

sōkuru 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, your, our grandfather

sōkuruza 1 class 1
singular: umu-
plural: aba- ▶ my, your, our ancestor

ancestor ▶ (my, your, our) sōgokuruza, sōkuruza
(his, their) sēkuruza

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daughter ▶ umukōbwa
(of my, your, his sister if one is girlof my, your, his brother if one is boy) umukōbwācu, umukōbwānyu, umukōbwābo

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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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employer ▶ umukoresha
(my, our) dātabuja
(your) shōbuja
(his their) shēbuja

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father ▶ (my, our) dāta, dāwe, papa, da
(your) so
(his, her, their) se
(~-in-law) sebukwe
(~ of twins) sebabiri

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grandfather ▶ (my, your, our) sōgokuru, sōkuru
(his, their) sēkuru

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master ▶ Bwana (Sw.), umukama, umushīngantāhe, nyene
(my, our) dātabuja
(your) shōbuja
(his, her, their) shēbuja
(of an art) umuhīnga
(to be) kugaba

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mistress ▶ (my) mābuja
(your) nyōbuja

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mother ▶ (dearly loved) māma w'umukōndo
(my, our) māma, māwe, ma
(your) nyōko (sometimes with negative implication, rude derogative)
(his, her, their) nyina

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