IBIMANUKA.
An archive of Rwandan knowledge.
Ways of speaking
kabutindi
kaabutiindi
calamity
praise: "extraordinary, fantastic!"
karire k'inyana
kaárire k'íinyána
sleeping grass for calves
kiberinka
kibeerinká
time suitable for cows
sunset
kubagira umuntu ibisiga
kubáagira umuuntu ibisiiga
to slaughter the vultures for somebody
to slaughter the vultures for somebody; to slaughter somebody for the vultures
kubangurira
kubáangurira
to take a cow in heat to a bull
sow a new plant in a field where it was not previously present/to crossbreed plants
kubuganiza
kubúgaaniza
change milk from one container into another
to be ripe for beans and peas/poetry 'to put milk in the gourd'
kubumbira
kubúumbira
to dig a well for cows
to meet someplace
kubunduka
kubúunduka
to stand up
kubura igicaniro
kubura igicaniro
to lose the kraal
to lose one's cows
kubutama
kubútama
to squat
kubwigura
kubwíigura
to fart
kubyagira
kubyáagira
to rest (cows)
to stay in a place for a long time
kugabira
kugabira
to give cows to somebody
to give/to nominate somebody to an important position
kugasha
kugaasha
to bite
kugisha
kugisha
to move to summer pastures
to go into seclusion in order to get inspiration (dynastic poets)/to go into seclusion to meditate on the oracle (diviner)
kugwa inzira
kugwa inzira
to go
kugwatiziza igicaniro
kugwáatiziza igicáaniro
to loan a kraal
something to somebody without any guaranty or hope of getting a calf (umukangara) or something of the same value
kujajura
kujájura
to hit
kujanjagira
kujáanjagira
to walk
kujisha
kujíisha
to hang a milk gourd or jar is to put it on a leash
kujisha igisabo
kujíisha igisaabo
to tie a milk gourd
to hang a milk gourd (kumanika)
kujya mu mezi
kujya mu méezi
to go into moons
to menstruate, to have periods
kujya mu mirimi y'abakobwa
kujya mu mirimi y'ábakoóbwa
to go into the chores of girls
to menstruate, to have periods
kujya mu mugongo
kujya mu mugóongo
to go in the back
to menstruate, to have periods