IBIMANUKA.
An archive of Rwandan knowledge.
Ways of speaking
kuki uriya mukobwa ahora atwita imbwa
kukí uríiya mukóobwa ahorá atwíita imbwá
why does that girl always conceive a dog?
why does that girl always call us dogs?
kumena ikiraro
kuména ikiráaro
to break the cow's lodging
to leave without telling your host
kumena uruhimbi
kuména uruhiimbi
break the milk stand
to cheat on your husband during claustration period
kumpima
kuumpima
to measure me
to give somebody a hard time
kunantura
kunáantuura
to pull
kunnya
kunnya
to be funny
kunnyafagura
kunnyáafagura
to hurry up
kunnyamo
kunnyamó
to perform badly
kunyamfuka
kunyáamfuka
to stand up
kunywa
kunywá
to drink
to smoke
kunywana inka ikirego
kunywáana inká ikirégo
to drink a cow's milk with accusation
to be ungrateful
kunywera amaganga rimwe
kunywéera amagaanga rimwé
to drink cow's urine at once
to use the last thing one had
kunywesha amaganga
kunywéesha amagaanga
make somebody drink cow's urine
to abuse somebody
kuribwa mu gituza
kuríibwa mu gituúza
to be eaten in the chest
to have a chest pain
kuribwa mu kanwa
kuríibwa mu kanwa
to be eaten in the mouth
to suffer in the mouth
kuribwa mu nda
kuríibwa muu nda
to be eaten in the stomach
to have a stomach ache
kurinda
kuriinda
the cow doesn't go into heat, it waits for/guards
kurundumura
kuruundumura
to give birth to many children
kurya
kuryá
"to eat"
"to eat"
kuryamana
kuryáamana
to sleep together
to copulate
kuvuga inka
kuvúga inká
to praise cows
kuvuga zigata inyana
kuvuga zigata inyana
to talk so that cows leave their calves
to scream very loudly and for a long time
kuvumera
kuvumeera
to moo for the calf
to resonate/to sound harmoniously
kuvuna
kuvuna
to come to the rescue
to break