Expressions.
Metaphors, idioms, greetings, and other forms of Kinyarwanda speech.
Ways of speaking
amabyi
amabyí
"excrements"
"excrements"
amahanga
amahaánga
foreign countries
very big (e.g. a house)
amase
amasé
dung
something which is very tender
amata y'impundu
amatá y'ímpuúndu
milk of noise of happiness
congratulations
amata y'isuka
amatá y'íisúka
milk of hoe
harvest
amavuta
amavúta
butter
oil
arararara
arárárárá
sound expressing pain, surprise, or astonishment
used for either pain or delight, depending on context
arasomera umugore ibaruwa
arasomera umugoré ibáruwá
s/he is reading woman letter
s/he is reading a letter for the woman; s/he is reading the woman's letter
aratumaze
aratumaze
s/he finishes us
s/he is the champion
aratwishe
aratwíishe
s/he just killed us
s/he is the champion
ari ho
ari hó
-ri "be" + hó "on"
s/he lives
babyeyi babyaye
babyeéyi baábyaaye
mothers who gave births
addressee exclamation
babyitaye ho
babyiitaaye hó
kubyíita "to throw oneself" + hó "on"
they care about it
bagabo ba mama
bágabo baa maamá
husbands of my mother
addressee exclamation
bakobwa bakwowe
bakoóbwa baákwoowe
girls to whom bridewealth have been given
addressee exclamation
bamubwiye yakwemera
bámubwiiye yaakwéemera
if they told him/her, s/he would accept
if they told him/her, s/he would believe you
bamureze
baámureze
it is they who raised him/her
it is they who accused him/her
barabatwandikisha
barabatwaandikiisha
they cause-them-us-write
They are making us write them; They are making them write us
baracyiga
baracyíiga
they are still studying
they are studying it
baragura nimugoroba
baragura nímugórooba
they will buy in the evening
they do divination in the evening
baraku-m-pa
baraku-m-pa
they give-you-me
They are giving me to you; They are giving you to me
barambika umwana mu nzu
baraambika umwáana muu nzu
they are clothing the child in the house
they are lying the child on the floor in the house
baramukumpera
baramukumpéera
they give-him-you-me for-me
They are giving him/her to you for me; you to him for me; me to him for you; me to you for him; you to me for him; him to me for you
baramukwiyerekera
baramukwíiyerekera
they show-him-you-themselves
They are showing themselves to him/her for you; They are showing him/her to themselves for you; They are showing you to him/her for themselves