IBIMANUKA.

An archive of Rwandan knowledge.

Ways of speaking

452 expressions

gukuza imfizi

gukúuza imfíizi

A bull is not killed to be replaced by another one, it is taken out of the watering place

Euphemism

gupfa

gupfá

to die

to grow (used of mushrooms, ibyoobo)

Bipolar

gusara

gusara

to be crazy

to be funny

Hyperbole

gusega

gusega

to climb

to beg

Homonym

guseka

guseka

the milk gourd and milk wooden cup don't break (gusáduka), they smile

Euphemism

guseka ukagwa hasi ugatembagara

guseka ukagwa haasí ugatéembagara

to laugh and to fall down and roll down

to laugh a lot

Hyperbole

gushaka amata

gushaaka amatá

to look for milk

to look for a husband

Idiom

gushemera

gushémera

(no independent gloss given)

Taboo

gushimuta

gushíimuta

to steal cows in the evening

to discreetly steal somebody's secrets

Idiom

gushishura

gushíshura

to laugh

Vulgar

gushitura

gushiitura

to remove parasites from cows's skin

to trim a tree/plant

Metaphor

gushoka

gushooka

to go to drink (cows)

to fall down/to attack/to start right away

Metaphor

gushora

gushoora

to take cows to the watering place

to invest

Metaphor

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

Idiom

gushyira umuntu kw'ibuga

gushyíra umuuntu kw'iibúga

to put somebody at the watering place

to give a cow to somebody

Idiom

gusokagura

gusokagura

to have intercourse

Vulgar

gusoma

gusoma

to have a sip

to have a puff

Metaphor

gusoma

gusoma

to sip

to read

Homonym

gusura

gusura

to fart

to visit

Homonym

guta amase

gutá amasé

cows don't defecate (kunnya), they throw away dung

Euphemism

guta amase

gutá amasé

to throw away dung

to defecate (cow)

Euphemism

gutabaruka

gutabaaruka

to come back from war

to die

Euphemism

gutanga

gutáanga

to give

king's death (to die)

Euphemism

gutanyuka

gutáanyuuka

to slice up

Vulgar
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