IBIMANUKA.

An archive of Rwandan knowledge.

Ways of speaking

452 expressions

guherekeza inka

guhérekeza inká

to accompany cows

to do good without seeking any reward

Idiom

guhomerera iyonkeje

guhómerera iyoónkeje

to put chalk on the cows breasts to prevent calves from sucking

to waste ones' time

Idiom

guhonyora

guhonyora

to kill

Vulgar

guhumuza

guhúumuza

to finish milking is to cause to smell good

Euphemism

guhumuza

guhúumuza

to cause to smell good

to finish milking

Euphemism

guhuruma

guhuruma

to die

Vulgar

guhurumura

guhurumura

to abort (animals)

Vulgar

guhurutura

guhuruutura

to give birth to many children

Vulgar

guhwema

guhweema

to rest

to fart (king)

Euphemism

gukamira ku nkungu

gukámira ku nkuungu

to milk on a hornless cow

to milk without lighting the ritual milking fire

Idiom

gukamira mu kiva

gukámira mu kivá

Idiom

gukamira umuntu mu kitoze

gukámira umuntu mu kitóoze

Idiom

gukamisha

gukámiisha

to assist in milking

to put drums away (euphemism)

Metaphor

gukora akantu

gukóra akaantu

to do something remarkable (bad)

praise: to do something remarkable (good)

Bipolar

gukora mu za Mironko

gukóra mu za miroónko

to put hands in Mironko's cows

to provoke somebody who is more powerful

Idiom

gukosha

gukóosha

to buy a milk gourd or milk wooden cup is to pay bridewealth

Euphemism

gukuba icyarire

gukúba icyaárire

to fold the cow's sleeping grass

to be given young cows by a cow's owner to create another troop

Idiom

gukubira mu bw'inyana

gukúbira mu bw'inyana

to retire into the calves' quarters

to act deceitfully

Idiom

gukubita icyansi

gukúbita icyaánsi

Idiom

gukubita umuntu ishashi y'ururimi

gukúbita umuuntu isháashi y'úrurími

to hit somebody with a young cow of a tongue

to tell a great lie to somebody

Idiom

gukubitwa n'inkuba

gukúbitwa n'ínkubá

to be thunderstruck

to be amazed

Hyperbole

gukuka umutima

gukúuka umutíma

to have the heart pulled out

to be scared

Hyperbole

gukura amata mu kanwa

gukúura amatá mu kanwa

to remove milk from somebody's mouth

to deprive somebody of his or her fortune

Idiom

gukurikiza imfizi

gukúrikiza imfizi

to resemble a bull

to resemble the father

Idiom
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