Kiga Verb List

Kiga verbs ordered by stem.

kwaangusya -- lighten; ease
kwaba -- dawn; be cracked
kwabaabira -- caress; (K) pretend to cry
kwabya -- pull down
kwaga -- yield; give in; be persuaded
kwagaaga -- stroke
kwagura -- scratch
kwahukira -- cut across (the bush or a plot)
kwahura -- consecrate; (K) separate
bwaira -- it is dark; kur½Ãra ½hu bw½ârira: sleep anywhere
kwaka -- be hot; shine; deprive of; start (used of a car)
kwakaanwa -- be choked
kwakiira -- "accept; receive"
kwakira -- shine on; deprive of
kwakisa -- start up; operate; get the best of a bargain
kwakura -- "provoke; open a conversation; shout across to"
kwakwa -- lose (a calf)
kwamagana -- squabble
kwamagirira -- abate
kwambuka -- cross; ford
kwambura -- snatch; send across a river
kwambutsya -- take across a river
kwamira -- shout at
kwamura -- withhold rain
kwamuuka -- pass over (used of rain)
kwamuza -- shout; yell
kwana -- bear fruit
kwanama -- protrude; wait a long time
kwandagarana -- be in disorder
kwandagarika -- leave things about
kwandamira -- mourn
kwanduura -- find and keep; feed a newborn baby; (A) rescue
kwanga -- hate; deny; refuse; kwÃnga nkana: be obstinate; fail to keep
kwangana -- hate one another; leave a husband
kwanganya -- thin out (seedlings)
kwanguha -- be light (in weight); be easy
kwangura -- use for the first time
kwaniira -- groan
kwaniriza -- welcome
kwanisa -- give fruit
kwanjama -- backbite
kwanjuka -- be absent¬minded ; be delirious ;
kwanjuza -- be very tired
kwanuka -- fall heavily
kwanura -- be taken in (from the sun)
kwanzika -- start grind¬ing
kwanzirira -- stagger from tiredness
kwara -- "make (a bed)¬spread (a mat);"
kwaraara -- question indirectly
kwarama -- be secluded (said of a bride)
kwarika -- sit on eggs ; cover millet to ripen; wait on a bride
kwarira -- lay out (mats or grass)
kwaririka -- lay mats forÇ spread fibre for a bundle
kwaririra -- mulch
kwaruka -- hatch out ; come from seclusion (used of a bride)
kwarura -- bring (a bride) from seclusion
kwaruura -- unrnake (a bed) ; take up (a mat) ; gallop
kwasa -- chop
kwasha -- strike (used of lightning); flog
kwashamya -- open (the mouth)
kwata -- spill ; pour ; crack ; reveal
kwatana -- be divided ; border on
kwatayata -- force one's way through
kwatika -- be broken
kwatikamu -- be broken up
kwatira -- hatch
kwatirira -- cut open
kwatsa -- chop
kwatuka -- come to view break out (used of disease)
kwatura -- confess ; pronounce; (K) hatch
kwaya -- plunder (food)
aba -- he/she is
kuba -- be; kþb½ na: have
kubaaga -- "slaughter; flay (meat); operate surgically"
kubaagana -- fight
kubaasa -- be able; may
kubaasika -- be possible
kubaasisa -- enable
kubaba -- burn decorations into a pot; sting (of a plant)
kubabuka -- be browned
kubabura -- brown
kubaga -- erect a roof framework
kubaganizamu -- decide
kubaganuka -- come apart
kubagara -- weed with a hoe
kubaho -- "be present; be there; happen"
kubaija -- do carpentry; make (something) of wood
kubaisaho -- keep alive
kubaka -- catch
kubakura -- snatch
kubakwo -- be just so
kubamba -- peg out; crucify
kubambaara -- be mad
kubambira -- attack
kubambuura -- unpeg
kubanda -- force a way; come unexpectedly
kubandagira -- lose one's way
kubandama -- "collapse; crouch to avoid sight; duck down"
kubandiza -- be first (with)
kubandwa -- be possessed (by a spirit)
kubanga -- brandish
kubangaanisa -- hesitate
kubangira -- "help; support"
kubanjura -- clear the ground before sowing
kubanza -- do first
kubara -- count
kubarira -- estimate
kubaririra -- estimate
kubatiza -- baptize
kubatizibwa -- be baptised
kubatuka -- stand up quickly
kubayuura -- skim (milk)
kubaza -- count with
kubaza -- talk; kub½za na: talk to
kubaziira -- sew
kubeera -- be one's responsibility
kubega -- share food; (G) serve food
kubeiha -- tell lies; deceive
kubeihabeiha -- "persuade; coax"
kubeiherera -- accuse falsely
kubemba -- become leprous
kubenga -- refuse to marry a fiancÚ(e)
kubengyeya -- be in leaf
kubiba -- sow (esp. millet)
kubiiha -- become ill (used of animals)
kubiihirwa -- become annoyed
kubiihiza -- annoy
kubiitsya -- entrust
kubimba -- be disabled
kubindura -- uproot
kubiririra -- become sodden (used of food)
kubisira -- prepare food for (a guest)
kubobeera -- become moist
kubobeeza -- moisten
kubogora -- restore
kubogyeka -- "put half open; slant; tilt"
kuboha -- bind
kuboigora -- "bark; snarl; speak roughly"
kuboijana -- be left to work alone
kubombekyereza -- handle carefully
kubomborekana -- "clash; clatter"
kubona -- find; manage to; -bone: so that
kubonabona -- suffer
kubonana -- confer secretly
kuboneka -- appear; be new (used of the moon)
kubonera -- be smart
kubonereza -- punish
kubonetsya -- partake of (used of royalty); ekishengye ky'÷kub÷nekiram
kuboneza -- prepare; tidy up; put in order; adorn
kubongora -- become chipped
kubooga -- be sick (used of a baby or royalty); kubooga omunda: be sick
kuboora -- despise
kuborogota -- "gurgle; roar"
kuborooga -- cry out
kububura -- roar (used of a lion)
kubugaaniza -- pour (milk) into a churn
kubumba -- "form; mould; conspire; choose as a representative; purse (the lips);"
kubumbata -- embrace; clench (the fist)
kubumbatana -- close up (used of a bud)
kubumbatanisa -- shut (the mouth)
kubumbatira -- gather under the wings (as a hen); embrace
kubumbatiza -- clasp
kubunda -- lie down (used of animals); crouch
kubundabunda -- stoop
kubunga -- treat medically; bore into wood (used of an insect)
kubunga -- wander off idly
kubungabunga -- drift
kubunzya -- "hawk; peddle"
kubura -- be lost; be finished; disappear; be lacking; kubþra okumanya
kuburabura -- be lost in the distance; come very seldom
kuburaho -- be absent
kuburwa -- lose
kubuura -- report
kubuurira -- preach
kubuuririza -- investigate; beg for
kubuuza -- ask (questions)
kubuza -- cause loss; be lost to; kubþza am½ãsho: be lost to view
kubuzya -- spread (a story); tell (news); kubþzya engiri: preach the go
kubwagura -- have puppies
kubweka -- close (the eyes of a dead person)
kubyamisa -- put to bed
kubyamya -- put to bed
kubyara -- plant (esp. maize)
kucaaka -- search
kucaca -- mince (meat)
kucakura -- snatch
kucakuza -- chew
kucamura -- speak ill of
kuceba -- mash
kuceceka -- be quiet
kucecera -- perform incantations
kuceeceeba -- dawdle
kucencebuka -- be torn to shreds
kucencura -- sift
kucenyacenyuka -- be broken up
kucenyuka -- be red hot
kucicina -- chew (seeds)
kucokaho -- run off (esp. used of dogs)
kucokomba -- "limp; hobble"
kucokomboka -- hop
kuconca -- crush
kuconcana -- "tick (of a clock; etc.)"
kuconcoboza -- be destitute
kucondooza -- enquire
kuconya -- confer
kucoocoora -- beat (in hunting)
kucooka -- grade; breed (cattle)
kucucuka -- fade (used of cloth)
kucucuka -- (RC) repent
kucucuma -- mash; make ill
kucucumwa -- feel ill
kucugura -- have diarrhoea
kucukura -- burrow; dig with the hands
kucukuura -- suck the mother dry (used of animals)
kucuma -- tidy up; ear-mark for; kucuma ogw'÷ku-: be ready to
kucumba -- smoulder
kucumbagira -- limp
kucumbeeka -- smoulder; (A) lie low
kucumbika -- "stay; reside"
kucumbuuka -- go up (used of smoke)
kucumika -- set fire to
kucumira -- invite to
kucumita -- spear; pierce
kucumitiriza -- interrogate
kucumunkuza -- take wood from a fire; unblock a pipe
kucumura -- be disobedient; take sticks from a fire
kucuncumura -- jerk
kucunda -- churn (butter); wag (the tail)
kucundana -- flirt
kucungira -- dam
kucungura -- redeem
kucura -- wail
kucuraanira -- make a reed-wall
kucurama -- lie with the head at the foot of the bed
kucuramuura -- turn right way up
kucuranzya -- twist words
kucureera -- "be quiet; calm; be humble"
kucurika -- tilt; lower (the eyes)
kucurira -- start up (a dance)
kucuriza -- whistle
kucuruka -- exchange (food) for butter
kucurura -- dig over; pour (water)
kucuruura -- turn (a spear) right way up
kucurwa -- lament; have nervous flesh
kucuubwa -- be disowned
kucuucuuka -- fade (used of cloth)
kucuuka -- be weaned
kucuutsya -- wean
kucuza -- say the name of (a deceased person)
kucwa -- "give up (a habit); break; disown; cut up; make perfect; use;"
kucwagurika -- be broken (used of wood)
kucwaho -- cut off; leave off; drive away
kucwanyagurika -- be broken into pieces; be torn up
kucwanzya -- deceive
kucwebwa -- be broken
kucweka -- be cut up; become
kucwekaho -- give up (an idea)
kucwekamu -- leave one's family
kucwekanisa -- cross
kucwekyerera -- be destroyed
kucwekyereza -- destroy
kucwera -- "fix; appoint; spit; kucwÚra ahagþfu: sum up; kucwera orubÅnj"
kucweregyerera -- cut to a shape
kucwererana -- embroider
kucwerwa orubanja -- be condemned
kucwetsya -- be turned to charcoal
kucwijura -- go into mourning (esp. for a king)
ndahe -- where am I ?
ndahi -- where am I ?
ndi -- I am
ndiho -- I am here
ndimu -- I am inside; there is in me
kweba -- be forgotten
kwebaasa -- manage
kwebabura -- dry one¬self at a fire
kwebandira -- make a path for oneself
kwebara -- reckon one¬self
kwebarura -- burst; split open
kwebaza -- thank; praise
kwebeihabeiha -- deceive oneself
kwebembera -- lead; guide; command ; be in front ;
kwebesa -- put out of one's mind
kwebinda -- wear round one's waist; gather one's forces for a jump; be s
kwebonera -- find for oneself
kweboneza -- get ready
kwebumba -- close (used of flowers) ; (A) usurp ;
kwebuuza -- wonder; ask oneself
kwebuuzaho -- re¬quest
kwebuza -- hide oneself
kwebwa -- forget
kwecarnura -- behave childishly
kwecuma -- be smart
kwecumira -- devote oneself to
kwecumita -- spear oneself
kwecunda -- swing (on rope); go to and fro
kwecundacunda -- rock oneself
kwecura -- find; catch sight of; quieten down (said of a baby)
kwecurar zya -- go to and fro
kwecurenga -- work hard ; be busy
kwecurika -- be steep (downhill) ; stand on one's head sleep with one's h
kwecurikaho -- have a nap
kwecwa -- break away ;
kwecwaho -- escape ; separate oneself
kweEwitagiza -- pretend to be old
kwEfookoora -- go back on one's promise
kwefubika -- wrap oneself up
kwefuka -- blow one's nose
kwefungiza -- roll up (the sleeves) ; hitch up (the clothes)
kwefunya -- roll up (the sleeses); hitch up (the clothes)
kwefurufiita -- move in one's sleep
kwefuuza -- regret; be remorseful ; wonder why
kwega -- learn; study
kwegaana -- deny
kwegaatiika -- be indifferent ; (K) say unnecessary things
kwegama -- lean; shelter
kwegamba -- "boast; triumph"
kwegambisa -- mutter
kwegamita -- lean on; depend on
kwegana -- deny
kweganda -- be lazy
kwegaraata -- linger
kwegarakamu -- change one's rnind
kwegaramira -- relax
kwegaranjura -- tum a somersault; tum over in bed
kwegariraho -- eat well
kwegatika -- lie on one's back
kwegatiramu --
kwegira -- "go oneself; form; make ; give oneself to (a task)"
kwegiza -- pretend
kwegonesa -- feign sleep
kwegonoza -- wash down food
kweguka -- avoid
kwegumya --
kwegumya --
kwegurutsya -- deny doing
kwegutira -- buy for oneself
kweguza -- borrow (money)
kwegwa -- be leamt
kwegyeega -- walk along the edge
kwegyeka -- lean on; prop up;
kwegyekaho -- shut without locking
kwegyendera -- set off
kwegyendereza -- take care
kwegyendesereza -- take care
kwegyera -- be equal to ; look like
kwegyeramu -- try on (clothes)
kwegyereka -- take one's place
kwegyerera -- give oneself airs
kwegyesa -- teach
kweha -- give oneself
kwehabagiza -- be perverse
kwehaga -- vomit
kwehaganyura -- g pick one's teeth
kwehakana -- deny knowledge of
kwehakuura -- pick one's teeth
kwehambira -- take by force
kwehamiriza -- rub oneself with butter
kwehanangiriza -- warn
kwehanangisiriza -- advise
kwehandiikisa -- regâster
kwehanga -- dare; be foolish
kwehangaana -- "endure; hold out; take courage"
kwehangamurira -- attempt the impossible
kwehanguura -- clear one's throat; gargle
kwehanuuza -- con¬sult; enquire
kwehara -- scratch one¬self; avoid
kwehayo omu -- offer oneself for; devote oneseif to
kwehenda -- bend down; break a limb; cut oneself; do too much
kwehenenga -- overwork; be restless; go to and fro
kwehereera -- come near; be near
kwehereeraniza -- come near; be near
kwehiga -- move about
kwehigilca -- lean on
kwehikira -- go alone; reach
kwehimbisa -- boast
kwehindaguturana -- toss about (in bed)
kwehinduta -- revolve ¬disguise oneself; change into
kwehinguritiza -- encircle; surround
kwehinguriza -- encircle
kwehinguura -- stop work
kwehirnbagiriza -- walk with a stick
kwehitsya -- cling; draw near
kwehohoora -- apologise ; (K) deny knowledge of
kwehonda -- knock oneself
kwehonga -- enlist ; dedicate oneself
kwehongyera -- attach oneself to
kwehorootsa -- feign ignorance
kwehotora -- wind (used of a road)
kwehotorora -- rub oneself with partly wet hands
kwehugika -- be tipped up
kwehumbarika -- pretend to be peaceable
kwehungira -- run away
kwehuringirira -- be oval
kwehurubatsa -- pretend not to recogmse
kwehurumura -- go off in anger
kwehuruza -- come uninvited
kwehuumuza -- "come to rest; alight"
kwehuura -- throw one¬self on the grsund
kwehuuta -- walk fast ; go fast
kwehwitsa -- think oneself old
kweiba -- go stealthily ; slink off
kweiha -- "take oneself away from; take out (e. g. ; a jigger) from one"
kweihaho --
kweijusya -- remind oneself
kweimukira -- go by oneself
kweimusya -- raise oneself; get up
kweinika -- be round¬shouldered; be a self-made man
kweinura -- leave work
kweirutsya -- run after
kweita -- commit suicide
kwejabika -- wash hurriedly
kwejagambura -- go off in a huff
kwejunisa -- spend ; use ; save oneself ; (A) announce one's presence
kwejuumuura -- turn oneself the right way up
kwejuurnika -- fall on one's face
kwejwangajwanzya -- be a good mixer
kwekakura -- scratch oneself
kwekamata -- take offence; grasp one's body
kwekanga -- start; hang back
kwekindildra -- wear very short clothes
kwekinga -- be a hypocrite
kwekingira -- shut one¬self in
kwekinya -- flop down
kwekoma -- be fond of
kwekomba -- lick one's lips
kwekorera -- carry on one's head
kwekoroza -- announce one's presence by coughing
kwekoza -- work alone
kwekuba -- tum aside
kwekubakuba -- become entangled
kwekubira --
kwekubirana -- be at ease
kwekumbira -- be unaware
kwekundisa -- in¬gratiate oneself
kwekunkubita -- show armoyance
kwekunkumura -- shake itself (used of a dog)
kwekuratana -- visit frequently
kwekuringirira -- be round
kwekurura -- crawl along
kwekuuba -- rub one¬self (said of cattle)
kwekuuma -- chew the cud
kwekuza -- boast
kwekwata -- "hold to¬gether; form a group; huddle up (esp. with the anns"
kwekwatsakwatsa -- make excuses
kwekweya -- trail on the ground (used of a dress)
kwekyeeka -- be suspicious
kwema -- "be crowned ; come to the throne; be served; be newly on heat (used of cows)"
kwemaamaata -- lament (by beating one's hands against one's sides)
kwemaaringa -- danì about
kwemaho -- "be on the side of; be for"
kwemamura -- yawn
kwemanya -- be selfish; be conceited; realise
kwemanyiiza -- practise; gain experience
kwemanyira -- find out
kwemarira -- spend (time); waste (time) on; finish for oneself
kwemeka -- enthrone ; crown
kwemera -- rebd against ; testify against; hold back; with¬stand ; bear
kwemerera -- stand ; start digging a new row
kwemererwa -- have a pain in one's side
kwemesa -- serve (used of cattle)
kwemeza -- be self¬sown
kwemigiza -- squeeze oneself in
kwemokoora -- retch
kwemunyunguza -- gargle
kwemurika -- jump and dance
kwemwa -- shave (oneself)
kwemya -- serve (used of cattle)
kwenaga -- sway; stoop
kwenagaanaga -- be strewn about
kwenanura -- enjoy oneself
kwenda -- want; be going to
kwendeza -- get someone to; want someone to; wish some¬thing for someone
kwenegyeza -- stir up (a fire)
kwenguka -- crumble over (used of overhanging earth); be yellow
kwengyengyeta -- be bright; shine;
kwengyengyetsa -- polâsh
kwengyera -- salt; take the cattle to drink
kwengyerera -- be red hot
kwenionkoba -- play idly
kwenjeera -- drift along
kwenyaanyaata -- grumble ; be afraid
kwenyigiriza -- squeeze onesdf through
kwenyogoora -- squirm
kwenywanisa -- befriend
kwepiipisa -- feign fever
kwera -- winnow
kwera -- be ripe; be white; be clear
kwerabyamu -- go through
kweragaza -- wipe oneself
kwerahira -- make a vow
kweramaza -- cripple oneself ; fall into bad ways
kwerambika -- throw oneself down
kweranga -- announce oneself
kwerasha -- go off (used of a gun)
kwereebera -- find out for oneself
kwereegyera -- draw (a bow)
kwereera -- water down
kwereeta -- come un¬bidden;
kwereetera -- bring upon oneself
kwereetsa -- come unbâdden
kwerekyesa -- abstain from
kwerembaremba -- eat slowly
kweremuukwa -- dawdle
kweremwa -- be lazy
kwerenguza -- drain to the dregs
kwerenzya -- drink off
kwerereerera -- give up (a hab›t)
kwererera -- convince of innocence
kweriira -- eat hr one¬self; (A) be greedy
kweriisa -- feed oneself;
kwerinda -- take care; look after
kweringiita -- dance about
kweringirika -- show off
kweroha -- run into danger
kwerumika -- bleed at the nose
kwerundaana -- assemble
kwerungarunga -- be proud
kwerwa -- be winnowed (-erwäre) cut grass round a tree
kwerwana -- resist
kwerwaza -- malinger
kweryambuza -- clear one's mouth by chewing after finishing a meal
kwesaasa -- hurt oneself
kwesaasira -- pity oneself
kwesha -- push; move in a game; (A) scratch about
kweshaanya -- click the tongue as a sign of fatigue
kweshaaringa -- occupy oneself; be jolly
kweshama -- open one's mouth
kweshamba -- kick oneself; avoid
kweshanda -- find room; be roomy
kweshanja -- find room; be roomy
kwesheeshera -- splash oneself
kweshemba -- bandage oneself; accompany some one unasked
kweshemeza -- be selfish; enjoy oneself; cleanse one¬self
kweshengyereza -- beg
kweshera -- water (the cattle)
kwesheregyenya -- fidget
kweshiisha -- spoil oneself
kweshobanga -- "wonder; consâder"
kweshobwa -- miss
kweshokoora -- pick one's teeth
kweshongora -- "sing; sing about"
kweshooboora -- "slink; creep"
kweshuka -- swarm
kweshumba -- avoid be taller; be older
kweshumbya -- out¬stnp
kweshunga -- play about
kweshunshuna -- be greedy
kweshuruguturira -- clean one's ears; learn by oneself
kweshushanisa -- pass on family characteristics
kweshushanisa -- imagine
kweshushura -- wipe oneself
kweshutamira -- be seated
kweshuubura -- shed skin; moult
kweshuuruura -- uncover oneself
kweshwarika -- feign peaceableness
kweshweka -- cover oneself
kwesiba -- curl one's haãr
kwesiga -- trust
kwesiibira -- remain
kwesiibyakwo -- fast
kwesiiga -- "smear one¬self; paint one's hips; nails; etc."
kwesiima -- be pleased; be thankful
kwesiimira -- agree to¬take responsibilty for
kwesiimirana -- boast of wealth
kwesiisibanisa -- massage oneself
kwesikura -- wince ; shake oneself free
kwesimba -- stand out
kwesimbagiriza -- throw oneself down
kwesimbira -- throw oneself down
kwesingiza -- be proud of
kwesinzya -- rub against; slip past; boast of wealth
kwesirasiza -- shirk
kwesiza -- be quiet
kwesyamura -- sneeze
kwesyonoora -- dawdle
kweta -- call; invite; ask to; (-etaire) put oneself
kwetaaga -- need
kwetaanyagura -- make faces; be cheeky
kwetaasya -- intrude
kwetaba -- respond
kwetabangura -- be churned up; be muddy
kwetabura -- be mixed
kwetagyereza -- take note of; make sure of; under¬stand; grasp; recognise
kwetaho -- pay atten¬tion
kwetambika -- stride along
kwetamika -- put food in one's mouth
kwetantara -- be stand¬offish; avoâd
kwetarika -- dry one¬self at the fire
kweteba -- avoid
kweteekateeka -- prepare oneself
kweteekyera -- cook for oneself
kweteera -- strike oneself fall;
kweteerana -- agree; come together;
kweteerateera -- beat oneself in astonishment
kwetegyeka -- rule oneself; be ready
kwetegyerezaho -- mind about
kwetegyerezana -- agree with
kweteisa -- repent; con¬fess
kwetenga -- need; want; have to
kwetengyeneka -- balance oneself
kwetengyeza -- wish something for someone
kwetera -- send for
kweterera -- call (the cattle) for milking
kwetiiba -- dress in one's best clothes
kwetiriginya -- wriggle
kwetomboita -- grumble
kwetonda -- intro¬duce oneself; (K) be careful
kwetonganira -- plead for oneself
kwetoorana -- select; choose for oneself
kwetooratooza -- pilfer
kwetorotooza -- pilfer
kwetsiba -- curl one's hair
kwetsimba -- stand out;
kwetsimbagiza -- hobble
kwetsimbira -- throw oneself down
kwetsinzya -- slip past; rub oneself against; boast of wealth
kwetsiratsiza -- shirk
kwetsiza -- be quiet
kwetsyamura -- sneeze
kwetuma -- pounce
kwetumiraho -- send for
kwetumisiriza -- go unsent
kwetunenga -- "huddle oneself up; tie oneself up"
kwetungira -- procure
kwetunguura -- boast
kwetuura -- take a load off one's head; plunge
kwetwa -- "be called; be invited"
kwetwara -- be careful; act slowly; go independently; k÷ra nooyetwara: do it carefully; kwÚtwara h½kye: wait a while.
kwetwekyerera -- cover one's head (used of women)
kwevuga -- recite an epic
kweya -- sweep up
kweyagura -- scratch oneself; shake oneself (used of an anirnal)
kweyaka -- part with ; break away
kweyamura -- yawn '
kweyanda -- be very slow
kweyanga -- die young
kweyangisa -- "make oneself unpopular; deny oneself"
kweyanikiriza -- bask
kweyanjara -- spread (used of news); feel at ease
kweyariira -- spread one's bed
kweyayamura -- yawn '
kweyebesa -- put out of one's mind; feign ãgnorance
kweyemeka -- usurp (a throne)
kweyemereza -- stand in the way
kweyerera -- tidy up sweep up
kweyeta -- call oneself
kweyeza -- justify one¬self
kweyogosha -- "squirm; show off"
kweyongyera -- "continue; increase"
kweyoreka -- show oneself; show off
kweyorobya -- pretend not to be serious
kweyugiza -- loosen (a tie or a bandage)
kwezengyereza -- become dizzy
kwezibira -- control oneself
kwezigoora -- rotate
kweziguza -- surround
kwezingiza -- wind round oneself
kwezingurura -- unwând oneself
kweziniisa -- tell tales on
kwezirigitirira --
kwezirika -- "put on (e. g. ; a belt); be diligent"
kwezirikwa -- be edged (used of cloth)
kweziringa -- play in the dirt; loiter
kweziringura -- wriggle
kufa -- "die; break down; go sour (used of milk); just; merely do; kþ"
kufaaringa -- spoil
kufaho -- concern
kufayo -- be concerned about; tindâkþfayo: I don't care
kufeera -- die for; kufÚ¶ra omwoga: spend time on a job
kufeerwa -- lose
kufiibwa -- be cared for
kufiisa -- bereave
kufootooka -- be soft
kufuba -- try hard
kufuba -- be sulky
kufubeeka -- put medicine in a banana leaf under fire
kufubira -- wrap round oneself
kufubira -- punish
kufuka -- be cold; blow (the nose)
kufukaana -- wrestle
kufukama -- kneel
kufukiriza -- refresh; make wet
kufukunkuka -- be emptied out
kufukunkura -- empty out
kufukura -- dig (a well)
kufumara -- punch (holes)
kufumbata -- embrace
kufumuka -- be pierced; rise (used of the sun)
kufumura -- pierce; enter
kufumuza -- pass through (used of a road)
kufuna -- snort; swarm (used of bees)
kufunda -- be narrow
kufundamira -- be restricted
kufundikira -- cover
kufunduuka -- "appear; be revealed; come out (used of plants)"
kufunduura -- uncover
kufunga -- tie up in fibre
kufungira -- roll up (the sleeves)
kufunguka -- be diluted
kufungura -- dilute; provide food
kufunya -- fold; drive (animals)
kufunyafunya -- crumple
kufunza -- restrict; abbreviate
kufura -- cool
kufuruka -- emigrate; settle
kufurumuka -- dash out
kufuruuta -- swell up
kufuruutsa -- cause a swelling
kufutana -- chew
kufuubwa -- be cared for
kufuuha -- be inordinately jealous
kufuura -- pluck (a chicken)
kufuureeka -- snuffle
kufuuta -- mix (medicine); squeeze juice
kufuuza -- search
kufuza -- make wet
kugaaniira -- converse; ekishengye ky'÷kugaaniiriramu: sitting room
kugaaniiza -- scorn
kugaaya -- whimper
kugabamu -- divide by (arithmetic)
kugabiisa -- make a cow give milk
kugabira -- divide by (arithmetic)
kugabisa -- make a cow give milk; give a wedding gift
kugabuka -- be given in marriage
kugabura -- take a wife; serve (food)
kugabwa -- be ready; do originally; be sent out; 'used to' (in past ten
kugaga -- go bad
kugaita -- add
kugaitaho -- add to
kugaiturura -- spell
kugaitwa -- be married
kugamba -- speak; preach; confess; respond; ring; (K) crow; kugamba n'Ú
kugambaho -- mention
kugambira -- tell
kugambirana -- confer together
kugambirira -- exhort
kugambiriranamu -- hint
kugambisa -- speak through
kugambuura -- speak behind someone's back
kugana -- tell stories
kugandaara -- be weary; rest after feeding (used of cattle)
kuganga -- suffer
kugangaara -- grow stiff (used of hides); become hard of heart
kugangabuka -- "be cracked; split"
kugangisa -- torture
kugangura -- excel
kuganya -- be in misery
kuganzya -- annoy; tease; bully; (A) tire
kugarama -- lie on one's back; be flat and wide
kugaramba -- walk proudly
kugaramisa -- lay flat
kugaramya -- lay flat
kugaranjuka -- return; fall back
kugarukamu -- reply
kugarukana -- retaliate; counter-attack
kugarurira -- compensate; answer back
kugaruriza -- come back for
kugasha -- be useful
kugashira -- be of use to
kugaya -- "scorn; mock; despise"
kugiibwamu -- "hold; contain"
kugimba -- grow well
kugira -- do; say; have
abagirimu -- those who are in it
ebigirimu -- those which are in it
kugirira -- kugirira eryo: behave irresponsibly
kugiza -- "make someone do; say; or have"
kugobamu -- make a profit
kugobeza -- betray; defraud; deceive
kugogoma -- lean over (when felled)
kugogoora -- strip banana fibre
kugoigoora -- strip sisal
kugoigora -- bark
kugoma -- be rebellious
kugomba -- seek; make for; long for
kugomeesa -- incite to rebellion
kugomera -- disobey
kugomererwa -- be constipated
kugomesa -- incite to rebellion
kugomoka -- grow fat
kugomooka -- submit; surrender
kugomoora -- subdue; mould
kugomora -- fatten
kugona -- snore; croak
kugondama -- "be curved; bend over"
kugongyeera -- whimper; low; (A) moan when dying; (K) moan when drunk
kugoreka -- tease
kugororoka -- be straight; be extended; be stretched out; be unravelled
kugota -- "besiege; encircle"
kugoya -- "row; paddle; stir; cook (esp. millet)"
kuguguna -- gnaw
kuguha -- carry fire
kuguma -- remain; be well; continue; be hard and firm; do always; kugu
kugumisiriza -- be patient
kugumizamu -- continue; remain in
kugumya -- keep to; assert; encourage; decide; state; be selfish
kugungira -- block the way
kugura -- buy
kuguraaguruka -- jump about
kuguraagurutsya -- doubt
kugurika -- miss out (a word)
kuguriza -- sell for; borrow from
kuguruka -- jump; fly; get up and start early
kugurukira -- fall upon
kugurura -- lie in wait
kugutura -- gobble; flog
kuguubwa kubi -- be sad; be angry
kuguza -- lend (money); (G) sell
kugwa -- fall; not manage to; fail (an examination); kugwa omu katang
kugwagwana -- be sleepy
kugwaho -- find; attack
kugwana -- "get even with; pay back"
kugwayo -- be killed (in battle)
kugwejagira -- fall sleep
kugwejegyera -- fall asleep
kugwejegyeza -- send to sleep
kugwera -- fall upon
kugwererana -- stagger
kugwerwa orubanja -- come under judgment
kugwisa -- knock down; kugwisa kþbi: anger; kugwisa enjura: have rain;
kugwisanisa -- pounce on
kugyegyema -- creak; be feeble
kugyegyena -- "strain; filter"
kugyema -- steer; compel; fill (a pipe)
kugyemera -- draw near; offer tobacco
kugyemesereza -- compel
kugyemura -- take food or milk to
kugyemwa -- be forced; depend on
kugyendagyenda -- travel about; go for a walk
kugyendana -- go together
kugyendera -- keep to
kugyenderera -- "do purposely; intend to; be intended to; make for; conduce t"
kugyendererwa -- aim to; be meant for
kugyendesa -- set in motion; ride (a bicycle); kugyendesa ebigyere: walk (
kugyenga -- operate surgically
kugyenza -- "celebrate; observe"
kugyera -- measure; weigh; become damp
kugyeraagyeranisa -- compare
kugyeranisa -- compare
kugyereka -- grade
kugyererera -- estimate
kugyesha -- reap
kugyeza -- moisten
kugyezaho -- "try; attempt"
kuha -- give; kþha emik÷no: lend a hand; kþha eng½ta: put on another
kuhaabwa -- be given; receive
kuhaagaaga -- pick a quarrel
kuhaagura -- take cattle to graze
kuhaaha -- abuse; despise
kuhaana -- give one another
kuhaanisa -- exchange
kuhaanyura -- pluck (a chicken)
kuhaasirira -- announce a successor; bless one's sons
kuhaata -- peel
kuhaba -- lose one's way
kuhababa -- go to law
kuhabiisa -- mislead
kuhabisa -- mislead
kuhabuka -- take warning; realise
kuhabura -- warn; advise; direct; fetch the cattle home
kuhabuura -- bring back the lost
kuhabuza -- ask the way
kuhabya -- mislead
kuhaga -- inflate
kuhagahaga -- sob; become enraged
kuhagama -- be stuck in the teeth or the throat
kuhagatira -- carry under the arm; (A) wear two skins over the shoulders
kuhaguka -- "come off; become detached"
kuhagura -- force a way through
kuhaha -- "start; jump (i.e.; be startled)"
kuhaiga -- "dig up (potatoes); 'lift' (them)"
kuhaima -- flit
kuhaisa -- allow to get; praise
kuhaka -- be with young; employ
kuhakana -- dispute; compete
kuhakanisa -- contradict
kuhakuura -- draw out
kuhama -- be fixed; be settled; take root
kuhamagira -- have assurance
kuhamagiza -- assure
kuhamba -- plant (a few beans); assault (a woman); seize
kuhambya -- overtake (in battle)
kuhamiriza -- assure; insist
kuhamisiriza -- ensure; encourage; assure
kuhamya -- be sure; confirm; believe; think; decide; realise; check
kuhana -- censure; rebuke; challenge
kuhanantura -- take down
kuhanda -- "stand still; pause"
kuhandaho -- "take time over; put one's mind to"
kuhandiika -- write
kuhandiikaho -- write about
kuhanga -- create; be in the fashion; kuhanga am½ãsho: gaze; look to so
kuhanga -- be noon; rit½kah½ngire: before noon
kuhangaana -- encourage
kuhangaara -- live long
kuhangaaza -- stress
kuhangahanga -- originate; found; invent
kuhanganga -- go hungry
kuhangisa -- take to (something new)
kuhanguha -- grow larger
kuhanguka -- come (used of the first rain)
kuhangura -- have first rain; (G) overcorne
kuhangusya -- enlarge; widen
kuhanguuka -- come out of its handle
kuhanguura -- take out of its handle
kuhanuka -- come down (from where hung)
kuhanura -- take down
kuhanuura -- "discuss; confer; agree; decide"
kuhara -- "scrape; scratch; kuh½ra amagara: (K) risk one's life"
kuharaatwa -- play about
kuharagata -- scrape off; lop
kuharamba -- clamber
kuharara -- be obsessed
kuhararuka -- grow tired of
kuharikana -- "be alongside; be parallel; be abreast; rival"
kuharikisa -- take a second wife
kuhashana -- grow joined together
kuhata -- keep on
kuhatiira -- ram down; load (a gun); force to eat
kuhatuura -- clean (the nails)
kuhaya -- refuse to suckle; (A) threaten; defy; (K) provoke
kuhayo -- give up
kuhaza -- scrape
kuhebebera -- stammer
kuheebwa -- be given; receive
kuheeka -- carry (usually on one's back); form (used of maize)
kuheekana -- carry on the back of a bicycle; overlap
kuheekuuka -- come off one's back
kuheekuura -- take off one's back
kuheera -- pay fees for
kuheereza -- serve; give; hand to
kuheesha -- forge
kuheeteeka -- fix rafters
kuheha -- clean (a child) after stool
kuheheera -- have a 'frog' in one's throat
kuheheeza -- make someone cough
kuheheeza -- winnow
kuheijeera -- "wheeze; groan"
kuhema -- cause shame
kuhemagura -- show the teeth rudely
kuhemangura -- cause shame
kuhemba -- light; pay (wages)
kuhembya -- miss the mark
kuhemuka -- be ashamed
kuhemura -- disgrace
kuhemutsya -- cause shame
kuhena -- be rude; be vindictive
kuhendagurika -- be broken to pieces
kuhendera -- sum up; finish thatching
kuhenderamu -- kuhÚnderamu am½tu ebâti: pay no attention
kuhendwa busha -- be fragile
kuhenengwa -- ache (used of bones)
kuhenengyera -- slither in
kuhenuuka -- be rucked up
kuhenuura -- ruck up; turn down (a corner)
kuhera -- scold
kuhera -- be lost for good
kuhereera -- be near
kuhereerana -- be next to
kuhereeranisa -- put near
kuhereerereza -- set (a dog) on to
kuhereeruka -- be last; see last; kuhÚreeruka na: end in
kuhereeza -- bring near
kuhereka -- entrust
kuheshurana -- quarrel
kuheza -- finish; spend (time); lose for ever
kuhezaho -- put an end to
kuhiga -- stir up; vow allegiance; recite an epic; grunt (used of old
kuhigaahiga -- push about
kuhigika -- support
kuhigikira -- fix
kuhigima -- grunt
kuhigiza -- make room for
kuhiguka -- fall over
kuhigura -- knock over
kuhihira -- hoot (used of an owl)
kuhiiga -- hunt
kuhiiganisa -- persecute
kuhiika -- threaten (used of clouds bringing rain)
kuhiira -- burn
kuhiirira -- have a house burnt down; bring fortune to
kuhiirwa -- be lucky; happen
kuhiisa -- cook; be ripe; burst (used of an abscess)
kuhika -- arrive; go to; amount to; pass (an examination); be right
kuhikaana -- be in agreement
kuhikaanisa -- put near
kuhikiisa -- bring up to
kuhikirira -- "be complete; be righteous; just; kituhikâriire: we ought"
kuhikirirwa -- have an accident
kuhikiriza -- fulfil; finish off
kuhimba -- make up poetry
kuhimbisa -- praise; gladden
kuhimbya -- encourage
kuhimintika -- crowd; gush out
kuhinda -- thunder; hinder; make cows eat
kuhindahinduka -- be changeable
kuhindahindura -- steer here and there
kuhindukana -- turn to
kuhinduriza -- "turn; wear inside out; change colour"
kuhindurwa -- become
kuhinga -- exchange
kuhinga -- do gardening; grow (crops); make (a road)
kuhingaana -- exchange
kuhingika -- pile up; throw down (a heavy load)
kuhingira -- give (a girl) in marriage
kuhingirwa -- be given in marriage
kuhingisa -- exchange
kuhingisamu -- exchange for
kuhingura -- go past; pass (an examination)
kuhinguraho -- pass by
kuhingurana -- "pass each other; surpass; be prolonged; be great; superior;"
kuhinjura -- chop in two
kuhinyaahinya -- crumple
kuhinyirira -- gird up the loins
kuhiriita -- snore
kuhirika -- bowl
kuhirimbura -- cut in half; chop up
kuhisya -- arrive; bring along; bring further
kuhita -- excel; be nicer than; have diarrhoea
kuhitana -- exceed one another
kuhitsya -- arrive; bring along; bring further
eriho -- which/it/they is/are here; there is/are
kuhoka -- gobble up
kuhoma -- plaster
kuhomba -- shrivel (used of seeds)
kuhombatana -- shrivel up
kuhomooka -- come off (used of plaster)
kuhomoora -- pull off (plaster)
kuhompa -- shrivel (used of seeds)
kuhompatana -- shrivel up
kuhona -- become overripe (used of millet)
kuhondeeza -- lie abed
kuhonga -- sacrifice; wither (used of flowers)
kuhongoka -- become chipped
kuhongoza -- go in (used of the sun)
kuhonoka -- wear off; peel off; survive
kuhonora -- graze (the skin)
kuhonya -- be exhausted
kuhooka -- "fail to; fall short of; be deflated; be empty (used of the s"
kuhoora -- avenge oneself; pay market dues; draw in (the stomach); kuho
kuhoorera -- roar (used of water)
kuhooza -- tax
kuhora -- grow cold; lose interest
kuhoroota -- grow thin
kuhota -- twist (rope)
kuhotama -- be twisted
kuhotoka -- "return; dry up; wither"
kuhotora -- twist; stir; bring back; give (change)
kuhotorora -- massage
kuhuba -- be greedy
kuhuga -- be dizzy; be crooked; distract; (A) console; kuhþga omutâma:
kuhugama -- be tilted
kuhuguta -- go bad (used of fruit)
kuhugutsa -- be greedy
kuhuguuka -- "form a habit; recall attention; ' come to'; turn aside; fini"
kuhuguura -- put right
kuhuhura -- practise euthanasia (on animals)
kuhuhuura -- rake surface; scrape meat off a hide.
kuhuhuuta -- burn the mouth; smart
kuhuma -- be blind
kuhumagiza -- shut (the eyes)
kuhumba -- "go mouldy; pick; glean"
kuhumbata -- "swarm round; cover over; drape"
kuhumbika -- cover with cloth
kuhumbisa -- make mouldy
kuhumbiza -- pray for
kuhumbya -- kuhumbya am½ãsho: blink; (A) pray for
kuhumiza -- shut (the eyes)
kuhumuuka -- be opened (used of blind eyes)
kuhumuura -- open (blind eyes)
kuhuna -- smell out (used of a witch-doctor)
kuhunaahuna -- sniff (used of dogs); (A) scrounge
kuhunagiza -- bewilder
kuhunama -- be silent; stop (used of a watch)
kuhunamya -- silence
kuhunda -- decorate; cover with beads
kuhundama -- grow thin
kuhundika -- make thin
kuhunduuka -- be thin; fade
kuhunduura -- "hang down; droop (used of fruit); redecorate (a house)"
kuhunentwa -- scrounge
kuhunga -- run away; escape
kuhungira -- be drowsy
kuhunguka -- "turn aside; call in at; visit on the way"
kuhungura -- inherit
kuhungurira -- succeed to
kuhungurirwa -- be succeeded by
kuhunika -- store (crops)
kuhunitsya -- keep in good condition; look after well
kuhununtuka -- pour (used of rain).
kuhunzya -- escape with
kuhura -- "lose one's appetite; esp. during pregnancy"
kuhurikana -- misunderstand; hear wrongly
kuhurikiza -- listen attentively; be silent
kuhurira -- hear; feel; smell; understand; learn of; obey
kuhuririza -- listen for
kuhuruguta -- rot; swell; fester
kuhururuka -- waste away
kuhururwa -- be in agony
kuhuruutuka -- start (from fear); beat fast (used of heart); set off early;
kuhuruza -- cry for help; rouse
kuhusha -- miss (the mark)
kuhutaara -- "be injured; wounded"
kuhutaaza -- "injure; wound"
kuhuuba -- be empty
kuhuubwamu -- be empty of
kuhuuha -- blow
kuhuuhira -- grow (millet)
kuhuuhwitsa -- whisper
kuhuukura -- overeat
kuhuumuza -- soothe; leave alone; put down (a load)
kuhuuna -- grunt (used of animals); speak through the nose
kuhuunisa -- nasalise
kuhuura -- thresh
kuhuuta -- drink (soup); woo a girl by taking beer to her father
kuhuutwa -- be wooed by beer brought to (one's) father
kuhuzya -- make crooked; make dizzy
kuhwaho -- "cease; die out"
kuhwama -- pause
kuhwamu -- be used up
kuhwamurura -- "pause; cease"
kuhwehura -- whisper
kuhweisa -- go dry (used of a cow); diminish (used of food)
kuhwekyeera -- doze
kuhwera -- help; kuhwera omu ku-: help to
kuhwerekyerera -- be destroyed
kuhwerera -- be dispersed; be dissolved; die down (used of a fire); wear
kuhwerwa -- be bereft
kuhweza -- be clear (used of the weather); be intelligent; see clearly
kuhwezeesa -- enlighten
kuhwezesa -- enlighten; apply eye salve
kuhwihwitsa -- whisper
kuhwita -- be old and feeble
kwiba -- steal
kwibira -- dive; sink
kwibira -- steal in/at/for
kwibuka -- come out of the water
kwibura -- take out of the water
kwiburura -- remove (animals)
kwibwa -- be stolen
kwiga -- m½ke rain
kwigama -- shelter from the rain
kwigara -- be stopped up (used of the eyes or ears) ; stop up
kwigariza -- stop up
kwiguka -- be open
kwiguta -- be satisfied (withfood)
kwigutsa -- satisfy (with food)
kwiguza -- ask for admission
kwigwa -- be made (used of ratn)
kwiha -- remove ;
kwihaho -- "clear (a table) ; subtract; turn back; discourage"
kwihamu -- take out; make into
kwihana -- follow in rapid succession
kwihiraho --
kwihirira --
kwihura -- payÇ serve up
kwihurira -- pay for (someone)
kwihururuka -- be taken away (used of animals)
kwihuza -- claim; hold responsible
kwihwa -- be removed
abiine -- he/she has them
akiine -- he/she has it; while he/she has; he/she still has
kwija -- come
kwijaho -- come to
kwijana -- accompany
kwijuka -- recall
kwijukura -- revive a family name
kwijura -- be filled ; be complete
kwijururuka -- dwindle
kwijutsya -- remind
kwikaikana -- abate (used of anger)
kwikara -- wait a while
kwikaza -- "chaperone; be a baby-sitter; entertain in the absence of the"
kwikiririsa -- persuade; convert
kwikiriza -- "believe; accept; agree to; allow; confess"
kwima -- "withhold; refuse"
kwimata -- press
kwimuka -- get up ; arise; develop; break out
kwimukirira -- bob up and down
kwimukiriza -- incite
kwimutsya -- raise (a person) ; get someone to ;
kwimuura -- change masters ; pay the doctor's fee
kwimwa -- be withheld
kwinamira -- have a look at; pay a brief call
kwinamirira -- bow down
kwinamuka -- go up¬hill; lift one's head
kwinamura -- raise;
kwinamya -- lower (the head or body)
kwinara -- become destitute;
abaine -- who/they have
abwine -- he/she has it/them
againe -- which/it/they has/have
againe -- he/she has it/them
agakiine -- which/it/they still has/have
agataine -- which/it/they has/have not
agiine -- he/she has it/them
ahaine -- (where) there is/are
akaine -- which/it has
akaine -- he/she has it
ariine -- he/she has it; (which) he/she will have
arwine -- he/she has it
ataine -- (when) he/she has not
aziine -- he/she has them
ebaine -- which/it/they has/have them
ebiine -- which/they have
ebiine -- which/it/they has/have them
ebuine -- which/it/they has/have it/them
egaine -- which/it/they has/have it/them
egiine -- which/it/they has/have it/them
egwine -- which/it/they has/have it
ekaine -- which/it/they has/have it
ekiine -- which/it has
ekiine -- which/it/they still has/have; which/it/they has/have it
ekwine -- which/it/they has/have it
eriine -- which/it/they has/have it
eriine -- which has
erikiine -- which/it has it; which/it still has
eritaine -- which/it has not
erwine -- which/it/they has/have it
etwine -- which/it/they has/have them
eziine -- which/it/they has/have them
eziine -- which/they have
ezikiine -- which they still have
ezitaine -- which/they have not
mbiine -- I have them
mbwine -- I have it/them
mubiine -- you have them
mubwine -- you have it/them
mugaine -- you have it/them
mugiine -- you have it/ them
mugwine -- you have it
mukaine -- you have it
mukiine -- you have it; you still have
mukwine -- you have ãt
muriine -- you have it
mutaine -- (when) you have not
mutwine -- you have it/them
muziine -- you have them
mwine -- you have
ndiine -- I have it
ndwine -- I have it
ngaine -- I have it/ them
ngiine -- I have it
ngwine -- I have it
nkaine -- I have it
nkiine -- I have it ; I still have
nkwine -- I have it
ntaine -- (when) I have not
ntwine -- I have it/them
nyine -- I have
nziine -- I have them
oine -- "you have; who has"
obuine -- you have them; who has them
obwine -- which/it/they has/have
obwine -- you have it/them; who has it/ them
ogaine -- you have it /them; who has it/them
ogiine -- you have it/them; who has it/them
ogukiine -- which/it still has
okaine -- "you have it; who has it"
okiine -- "you have it; who has it¬who still has"
okwine -- which/it has
okwine -- you have it- who has it
oriine -- you have it- who has it
orukiine -- which/it still has; which/ it has it
orutaine -- which/it has not
orwine -- you have it; who has it
orwine -- which/it has ]
otukiine -- which/it/they still has/ have
otutaine -- v hich/it has not; which/ they have not
otwine -- you have it/them; who has it/them
otwine -- which/it has; which/they have
taine -- he/she has not
tabiine -- he/she has not them
tabwine -- he/she has not it/them
tagaine -- he/she has not it/them
tagiine -- he/she has not it/them
tagwine -- he/she has not it
takaine -- he/she has not it
takiine -- he/she has not it; he/she no longer has
takwine -- he/she has not it
tariine -- he/she has not it
tarwine -- he/she has not it
tatwine -- he/she has not it/them
taziine -- he/she has not them
teine -- it/they has/have not
tekiine -- it/they no longer has/ have
tibaine -- they have not
tibiine -- they have not
tibwine -- "it has not; they have not"
tigaine -- "it has not; they have not"
tigwine -- it has not
tihaine -- there is/are not
tiinyine -- I have not
tikaine -- it has not
tikiine -- it has not
tinkiine -- I have no longer
tiriine -- it has not
tirwine -- it has not
titwine -- we/it/they has/have
tiziine -- they have not
toine -- you have not
tokiine -- you have no longer
tubiine -- we have them
tugaine -- we have it/them
tugwine -- we have it
tukaine -- we have it
tukiine -- we still have; we have it
tukwine -- we have it
turiine -- we have it
turwine -- we have it
tutaine -- (when) we have not
tutwine -- we have it/them
tuziine -- we have them
twine -- w have
twbwine -- we have it/them
kwinegyeza -- revive (a fire)
kwingana -- be equal-
kwinganaingana -- be equal
kwinganisa -- make equal
kwinuka -- finish for the dayÇ 'knock off'
kwinura -- release from a day's work; make the foundation of a basket a
kwinziira -- marry a widow in her own house; join in the expenses for beer
kwira -- grow dark
kwiragura -- be dark coloured; be black
kwiraguza -- "blacken; darken"
akiri -- he/she still is; while he/she is
kwirira -- go up to; come near-
kwiririmba -- grow cloudy; become angry; shiver; frown
kwiririra -- approach
kwiririrwa -- be late back
kwiriza -- receive (guests)
kwiruka -- run
kwirukaho -- run to
kwirukana -- run to¬gether
kwirukanga -- run fast; travel about
kwirukanzya -- chase
kwirukira -- run towards
kwisa -- cause death persuade; kill with
kwisya -- breathe ; become easier
kwita -- kill; spoil; cancel; waste (time); guess (a riddle)
kwitanira -- compete for
kwitira -- smoke (pots)
kwitira -- kill at
kwitirira -- water (the earden)
kwitiza -- smoke (pots) with
kwitsa -- cause death; persuade; kili with
kwitsya -- breathe; become easier
kwiturura -- pour off (milk during butter-making)
kwitururuka -- be poured off; drip ;
kwitwa -- "be killed; be overcome (e. g. ; by work);"
kwizira -- come for; come ; to; come upon
kwizirwa --
kujaajaaba -- nurse
kujaba -- lap
kujabama -- "sit in the mud or dirt; fall into tea; etc."
kujabanguka -- be splashed about; be turbid
kujabangukana -- shake; spill over
kujabika -- dip
kujabirira -- be a busybody
kujabuka -- emerge from the water; cross a swamp
kujabura -- take out of a pot
kujaburura -- wash (a baby or an invalid)
kujabuura -- take out of the water
kujagaata -- be hairy; be many-leaved
kujagajaga -- be restless
kujaganya -- play about
kujagarara -- be excited
kujagaraza -- incite; excite; spread
kujakura -- snatch
kujanjaba -- do nursing
kujanjarika -- tie loosely; tread gingerly
kujarika -- spread out (wares)
kujegaajega -- be loose
kujenga -- become sodden; recite
kujenjeeka -- tie loosely
kujigaija -- bear the firstborn
kujonjagira -- walk painfully
kujuba -- get wet; make wet; (A) fish
kujubuka -- come out of the water
kujubura -- take out of the water
kujubya -- make wet
kujuga -- pay dowry; (A) crow
kujuguta -- "blow up (the fire); throw (a long way); break (used of the d"
kujugutirira -- spur on; whirl sticks to make fire
kujuma -- "insult; slander; be rude; scold; threaten; kujþma ebih½garo:"
kujumba -- bring (a dowry) quickly
kujumbika -- bake in the ashes
kujumbuka -- dash out
kujumbura -- discover
kujumeera -- low
kujumeeza -- evoke music from
kujumisa -- offend
kujuna -- "save; rescue; (RC) help"
kujunaanwa -- be responsible for
kujunda -- rot
kujunga -- dehusk (millet)
kujunisa -- entertain (by royalty); (RC) help with
kujunjubura -- burn (maize)
kujunjuma -- buzz
kujunjumuka -- grow fast
kujunjuura -- flay; bake slightly
kujunjuuta -- buzz
kujura -- be homesick
kujurira -- testify; appeal to; refer to
kujuriza -- quote
kujuuka -- be naked
kujuukirira -- scold
kujuumara -- lie prone; be overturned
kujuumika -- invert; overturn
kujuumuuka -- lift one's head
kujuumuura -- turn the right way up
kujwa -- shine; flow; kujwa esh½gama: bleed
kujwara -- wear; put on
kujwarirana -- hide inside one's clothes
kujwekyera -- depute
kujwekyerwa -- represent; kujwÚkyerwaho ekirþnga: be crowned
kujwera -- shine on
kujwererana -- bleed
kujwiga -- be angry
kukaabuuza -- rustle
kukaakaara -- grow strong
kukaata -- knead
kukaatuura -- snatch
kukaba -- die; pass away; be exhausted
kukabukira -- speak roughly
kukabya -- tire
kukaga -- smell
kukaikura -- grow old (used of women)
kukaka -- grow fat
kukaka -- compel
kukakaza -- rustle
kukama -- milk; curdle
kukamakama -- be half dry (used of clothes)
kukamata -- seize
kukambika -- camp
kukambuka -- fall to ruin; become unthatched
kukambura -- pull down (a house)
kukamuuka -- evaporate; be squeezed out
kukamuura -- squeeze out (liquids)
kukamya -- "stop bleeding; congeal; clot"
kukana -- click the tongue (in contempt)
kukana -- cut into strips
kukanama -- refuse vehemently
kukanda -- massage
kukandara -- bewitch
kukanduura -- clear a bushy place
kukanga -- startle
kukangaza -- be restless
kukangisa -- frighten with
kukanika -- repair
kukanirira -- tie firmly
kukankabuka -- fall (used of banana flower)
kukankama -- snarl
kukanuka -- die suddenly; (A) bleed (at the nose)
kukara -- dry (meat)
kukaraba -- appease murder; atone for
kukaraga -- twist rope
kukaranga -- "fry; roast"
kukarangatana -- dry up
kukiika -- put under the arm; hide quickly; fall (used of the evening);
kukiikama -- "bend; be crooked; puzzle"
kukiikira -- take in the arms; keep hold of
kukiikiriza -- go by the side of
kukiikiza -- sit round (a fire)
kukiikuuka -- curve
kukiikuura -- wander in speech
abakiine -- who/they still have; while they have
ahakiine -- (where) there still is/are
akakiine -- which/it still has
ebikiine -- (which/they) still have; while they have
ekikiine -- which/it still has
obukiine -- which/they/it still have/has
okukiine -- which/it still has
kukiiniika -- be sarcastic
kukiirana -- play about
kukiisa -- make (the weather) clear up
kukina -- trot
kukinduka -- overeat
kukindura -- be too much for
kukinga -- shut; lock
kukingaho -- shut out; shut away
kukingira -- shut in; block up; stand in the way of
kukinguura -- unfasten (a paddock bar)
kukinuka -- die suddenly
kukinura -- kill off (used of disease)
kukira -- "recover; be healed; saved; exceed; be better; outstrip; do u"
kukiraanura -- adjust
kukirana -- be of different sizes; be ill after overeating
abakiri -- who/they still are; while they are
ahakiri -- (where) there still is/are
akakiri -- which/it still is
ebikiri -- (which/they) still are; while they are
ekikiri -- which/it still is
obukiri -- which/they/it still are/is
okukiri -- which/it still is
orukiri -- which/it still is
kukirigiita -- tickle
abakirimu -- those who are in it
ebikirimu -- those which are in it
kukiririra -- escape by the skin of the teeth
kukiriza -- lift
kukiza -- heal; be healed by
kukogota -- be huge; be very old
kukogota -- scrape out (a pot)
kukokoora -- remove a scab
kukokoota -- be shrivelled
kukokotoroka -- be stretched out (used of animals)
kukokotorora -- straighten
kukokoza -- be huge; be aged
kukoma -- "fasten; tie; imprison; roll up; plant wide apart"
kukomaga -- beat barkcloth
kukomba -- lick up
kukombeera -- reinforce; swarm round
kukombeeza -- reinforce; milk with both hands
kukomeeka -- mate (used of cats and dogs); meet (used of horns)
kukomera -- present a baby for the tooth-cutting ceremony
kukomerana -- tie together
kukomesa -- perform the ceremony of tooth-cutting
kukomoroka -- come undone
kukomorora -- "unfasten; unpack"
kukomya -- kuk÷mya am½ãsho: blink
kukona -- be underdone; prune; castrate
kukonagira -- have rheumatic pains
kukonda -- fell
kukondakonda -- vibrate; dangle; walk loosely
kukondeka -- build roughly
kukondogoza -- sit with the head bent
kukondooka -- bend over; hang out the tongue; throng together
kukonesa -- partly cook
kukongoora -- lop
kukongoota -- tap; pat; knock (at a door)
kukongyeera -- be infected; catch fire
kukongyeeza -- light (a lamp); take fire from; infect; interfere
kukonkoboka -- fall off (used of leaves)
kukonkobora -- pull off (branches or leaves); pick
kukonoka -- fall off (used of fruit)
kukonora -- pull off
kukookyeera -- overfill
kukoota -- eat raw
kukooza -- knock against; walk slowly when ill
kukoporora -- copy out
kukora -- work; make; do; have a strong flavour; be used; touch; kuk÷r
kukoraho -- touch
kukorakora -- grope
kukorakoza -- rack one's brains
kukorangana -- co-operate
kukoreesa -- use
kukorera -- "work for; serve; put on someone's head"
kukoresa -- use; kuk÷resa ÷bugara: work lazily
kukoreza -- feed a child with soft food
kukorongotana -- clatter
kukorora -- cough
kukoroza -- "choke; make cough"
kukozeesa -- (K) use
kukozesa -- use
kukuba -- fold; withdraw oneself; surround; kukþba aha: add to; kukþba
kukubira -- kukþbira rwagati: surround
kukubirana -- fold inside
kukubiranisa -- sit with the legs sideways
kukubuuka -- "turn to; turn round; turn aside; swerve; kukþbuukana na: tur"
kukubuuza -- collect with a stick
kukubya -- dub
kukugira -- "finish off; trim"
kukukumba -- sweep up
kukumba -- swagger; roll over
kukumirira -- block a path
kukuna -- pay homage; show off; entertain
kukunama -- expose oneself indecently
kukunda -- "like; love"
kukundana -- make friends
kukundika -- be lovable
kukundira -- agree; obey
kukunduura -- "quarrel; clear up the grass; denude; devastate"
kukuneeta -- scorn
kukunga -- howl
kukungura -- bring bad luck
kukunira -- "entertain; be polite; hospitable"
kukunisa -- decorate
kukunjuuka -- moult
kukunkumuka -- be shaken out
kukunkumura -- shake out (esp. mats)
kukununkirira -- reach out for
kukununtuka -- reach forward
kukunya -- scrub
kukunyuka -- be scrubbed well; fall (used of leaves); come out (used of h
kukunyura -- dehusk; clean up
kukunziika -- draft; tack (in sewing)
kukura -- grow up; ripen; develop; ebintu nibikþra: there is a lot of
kukurasa -- bear a second child
kukurata -- follow
kukuratira -- go after
kukuratsa -- bear a second child
kukurika -- be welcome; kurâk½yo: welcome back!
kukurikirira -- be persistent
kukurira -- "be the leader; be at the head of"
kukuritsya -- welcome
kukurubana -- drag violently
kukurungutana -- search for
kukurura -- drag
kukururuka -- drag oneself along; drawl
kukururuza -- roll one's r's
kukuruza -- roll one's r's
kukuuba -- rub in; polish
kukuuka -- fall out; come from the water (used of cattle)
kukuusya -- cry for a long time; be naughty
kukuuta -- turn up (the soil); be near childbirth
kukuutirira -- be resolute
kukuuyuuya -- grind hard; clear a garden for sowing
kukuuyuuya -- grind hard; clear a garden for sowing
kukwasa -- "help; hold with; hand to; hand over; kukw½sa Úkiniga: an"
kukwataho -- touch
kukwatakwata -- grope
kukwatana -- "be close; grip; hold together; grow dark; kukw½tana obuz½Ãre"
kukwatanisa -- "help one another; co-operate; join; put in contact"
kukwatirana -- include
kukwatirira -- hold on to; uphold
kukwatiriza -- pledge; light (one flame) from (another)
kukwatisa -- hold with
kukwatsa -- "help; hold with; hand to; hand over; kukw½tsa Úkiniga: a"
kukwatwa -- be put in prison; be moved by
kukwega -- tug
kukwerekyereza -- destroy
kukyebeba -- eat away
kukyebera -- examine
kukyeeba -- get a second potato crop
kukyeeha -- grow smaller
kukyeena -- curse
kukyeera -- pass by; arrive very early in the morning
kukyeerererwa -- be late
bwakyeire -- it is growing late
kukyeka -- cut small
kukyemura -- shear
kukyena -- be neglected
kukyendeera -- dwindle
kukyenenkuruza -- drain the dregs
kukyenga -- realise; guess
kukyenguuza -- question (a suspect)
kukyengyera -- disappear; sink
kukyenuuza -- help (the poor)
kukyenya -- blaze
kukyera -- go sour; (A) reap (grass); mow
kukyereenya -- rust
kukyerera -- reap (grass); mow
kumaara -- spread cow-dung (on the floor)
kumaasha -- aim at
kumaatiira -- be sticky
kumagamaga -- look about
kumamagiza -- strew grass for cattle
kumanya -- "know; realise; understand; kumanya bukþru: be cunning; know"
kumanyaho -- know about
kumanyana gye -- know someone well
kumanyiira -- become accustomed to
kumanyiisa -- tell; state; 'give' (in answers)
kumanyirira -- be accustomed
kumanyisa -- tell; state; 'give' (in answers)
kumanywa -- be well-known
kumara -- spend (time); be enough; put a stop to; (A) offer up
kumariira -- be finished up; complete
kumaririra -- resolve to; (G) complete; finish off; fulfil
kumeguka -- be chipped
kumemena -- gnaw; be freezing
kumemenwa -- ache with cold (esp. used of bones)
kumereera -- live a long time
kumesha -- wash by beating
kumiga -- press
kumiganisa -- jostle
kumigisiriza -- press; refrain from tears
kumiika -- bring bridal gifts; (A) pasture early
kumiisha -- sprinkle; flick; sow by scattering seed; throw away (dirty w
kumiisirira -- sprinkle
kumira -- swallow
kumiramira -- gobble
kumirinkuza -- gulp
kumirwa -- be swallowed up by the ground (used figuratively in self-pit
kumiza -- force to swallow; sink
kumoka -- bark
kumootoora -- speak through one's nose
arimu -- he/she is (in) there; he/she has in him/her
erimu -- which/it/they is/are in it; there is/are in it
orimu -- "you are inside; who is inside; you have inside you; who has"
turimu -- we are inside
kumuga -- become crippled
kumunyunguza -- rinse (esp. the mouth)
kumurika -- "shine (e.g.; a torch); be alight; show proudly; introduce (a"
kumurikira -- give light to; show a gift before giving
kumurinkana -- "shine; glitter"
kumuritsya -- light (a torch)
kumwamwatikana -- "shine; glitter; sparkle"
kumwaragura -- be confused
kumwebwa -- be shaved
kumwenya -- smile
kumwenyerera -- smile
kumwera -- promise to leave alone
kumyora -- screw; wind
kunaaha -- castrate; (K) grow very tired
kunaanuuka -- "speak slowly; drawl"
kunafuuka -- grow limp
kunaga -- "throw; throw away; kun½ga am½ãsho: look; kun½ga ebâtsya: sha"
kunagaija -- be careless
kunagaijuza -- be careless
kunagamu -- throw away; kun½gamu am½ãsho: look in
kunagira -- throw cloth over one's shoulder
kunana -- "be stiff; hard"
kunanata -- wear good clothes; pacify
kunanuka -- be satisfied; be lively
kunanukira -- "trust; confide in"
kunanura -- satisfy
kunanuuka -- be elastic; become flattened
tindi -- I am not
eine -- which/it/they has/have
kuneka -- grow soft; be withered (used of a limb)
kunena -- gnaw
kunia -- go to stool
kuniaganiaga -- stagger
kuniagiira -- plod along
kunigwa -- be possessed (of an evil spirit)
kuniha -- overeat; be too much for
kunihiisa -- satisfy one's appetite
kunihisa -- satisfy one's appetite
kuniikira -- strive
kuninga -- be stunted
kuninguka -- be notched
kuningura -- notch
kuniogana -- jostle; be confused
kunionioza -- annoy
kunoba -- hate
kunoga -- be crushed
kunogoora -- make pots
kunogora -- cut a piece off; take a short cut
kunomba -- paint one's face; use cosmetics
kunonagira -- hobble
kunozya -- crush
kunuga -- loathe; be disgusted
kunugwa -- be hated
kununguna -- be tinged with
kunura -- be nice
kunurirwa -- have a nice taste in the mouth; be pleased to do
kunuza -- make nice
kunwekanweka -- flatter
kunyaanyaata -- slander
kunyaara -- urinate
kunyaata -- eat without vegetables or relish
kunyabanya -- eat a little; finish up
kunyaga -- capture; plunder; swindle; raid cattle
kunyangarara -- have a long illness; be poorly off; be troubled
kunyangaraza -- "worry; trouble"
kunyanyagara -- be half dry; improve a little
kunyeeta -- grow older; mature; grow fat
kunyeetsa -- bring up (a child)
kunyega -- "make a slight movement; twitch"
kunyegyera -- climb
kunyenya -- leak
kunyiga -- swarm; press down on
kunyigaanyiga -- wobble
kunyigimba -- give oneself airs; rattle
kunyigiriza -- squeeze one thing into another
kunyogontoka -- crawl
kunyohoka -- give in; pay attention
kunyohwa -- feel cold; feel ill; have gooseflesh
kunyomboroka -- glide; creep
kunyongororwa -- feel unsteady
kunyongotoka -- be burnt through
kunyontora -- unsheathe
kunyooma -- blame
kunyoomwa -- be blamed; be dissatisfied
kunyoora -- screw; wind
kunyoroza -- be choked (used of seeds)
kunyuguntuka -- grow up
kunyugutira -- "suck; munch"
kunyurura -- pull
kunyururuka -- be elastic
kunyuruza -- choke (used of weeds)
kunyuuka -- rub together; crush (bananas) for the juice
kunyuunya -- lick up
kunyuunyuuta -- suck out
kunywa -- drink; smoke
kunywana -- make friends; make blood-brotherhood
kunywebwa -- be drunk up
kunywegyera -- kiss
kunywengyererwa -- waste away
kunywisa -- give to drink
kwoga -- bathe;
kwogabo -- go on
kwogamu -- pass through
kwogosha -- twist rope
kwogyerera -- make one's way through
kwogyeza -- wash in/at
kwoha -- push; persuade
kwohera -- grow (hair or millet)
kwohereza -- send (esp. letters)
kwohibwa -- be tempted
kwohoka -- be upset
kwokyerera -- make a fire-break
kwoma -- dry up
kwombeka -- build
kwombera -- weed
kwomera -- dry up ;
kwomerana -- be over-dry
kwomesereza -- speak vehemently; deny guiit
kwomoora -- dress a fresh
kwona -- spoil (used of crops)
kwondoora -- drink the dregs
kwonesa -- let the crops get spoilt
kwongonzya -- pester
kwongotoka -- be burnt through
kwongyera -- continue; add
kwongyesereza -- add to
kwonjobora -- abuse
kwonka -- suck at the breast
kwonoka -- be burnt through
kwonora -- scald
kwontsya -- suckle
kworeka -- show ;
kworekyerera -- demonstrate
kworekyeza --
kworoba -- be soft; be obedien