Expressions.
Metaphors, idioms, greetings, and other forms of Kinyarwanda speech.
Ways of speaking
gukuza imfizi
gukúuza imfíizi
A bull is not killed to be replaced by another one, it is taken out of the watering place
gupfa
gupfá
to die
to grow (used of mushrooms, ibyoobo)
gusara
gusara
to be crazy
to be funny
gusega
gusega
to climb
to beg
guseka
guseka
the milk gourd and milk wooden cup don't break (gusáduka), they smile
guseka ukagwa hasi ugatembagara
guseka ukagwa haasí ugatéembagara
to laugh and to fall down and roll down
to laugh a lot
gushaka amata
gushaaka amatá
to look for milk
to look for a husband
gushemera
gushémera
(no independent gloss given)
gushimuta
gushíimuta
to steal cows in the evening
to discreetly steal somebody's secrets
gushishura
gushíshura
to laugh
gushitura
gushiitura
to remove parasites from cows's skin
to trim a tree/plant
gushoka
gushooka
to go to drink (cows)
to fall down/to attack/to start right away
gushora
gushoora
to take cows to the watering place
to invest
gushyira ku mpfizi ya se
gushyíra ku mpfizi ya se
to put on the father's bull
to cause the parents to make a serious mistake
gushyira umuntu kw'ibuga
gushyíra umuuntu kw'iibúga
to put somebody at the watering place
to give a cow to somebody
gusokagura
gusokagura
to have intercourse
gusoma
gusoma
to have a sip
to have a puff
gusoma
gusoma
to sip
to read
gusura
gusura
to fart
to visit
guta amase
gutá amasé
cows don't defecate (kunnya), they throw away dung
guta amase
gutá amasé
to throw away dung
to defecate (cow)
gutabaruka
gutabaaruka
to come back from war
to die
gutanga
gutáanga
to give
king's death (to die)
gutanyuka
gutáanyuuka
to slice up