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Kinyarwanda — Intermediate Vocabulary

288 words

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# Word Type IPA Definition
1 -guza Izina
2 -igisha Izina
3 -oza Izina
4 -rusha Izina
5 -rushya Izina
6 -toya Interanya Young, as a child.
7 -za- Izina Forms the future tense.
8 agahawa Izina A serving of this beverage.
9 aha- Interuro Class 16 noun prefix.
10 akawa Izina The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.
11 aliko Ihuza
12 alimu Izina
13 ama- Interuro Class 6 noun prefix.
14 amahera Izina A generally accepted means of exchange.
15 amazuru Izina A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
16 andika Inshinga
17 atsi Izina
18 bare Izina
19 bavu Izina
20 bazo Izina
21 beba Izina
22 beho Izina
23 bije Izina A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
24 bili Interanya
25 bingo Izina
26 boko Izina
27 bombo Interanya Not of a salty taste.
28 buno Izina
29 buto Izina
30 buza Inshinga
31 byeyi Izina
32 caravan Izina A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a deser…
33 celi Izina
34 cocon Izina The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
35 curuzi Izina
36 cuti Izina
37 cyane Ingereka
38 dege Izina
39 dimu Izina
40 dirimbo Izina
41 dogobe Izina
42 egera Inshinga
43 ereka Inshinga
44 faranga Izina
45 fite Inshinga
46 fulari Izina A square or rectangular piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders, typically by women.
47 funga Inshinga
48 furere Izina
49 gagi Izina
50 gani Izina
51 gano Izina
52 ganza Izina
53 gari Interanya
54 garyi Izina
55 gatanu Interanya A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six.
56 gati Izina
57 genda Inshinga
58 gera Inshinga
59 gereza Izina
60 gezi Izina
61 gira Inshinga
62 gona Izina
63 gongo Izina
64 guca Inshinga
65 gufi Interanya
66 guge Izina
67 guru Izina
68 gusasa Inshinga To arrange the sheets, blankets, or other coverings of a bed smoothly and neatly, with the corners tucked under the matt…
69 gusosa Interanya Not of a salty taste.
70 hamwe Izina
71 handa Izina
72 hanga Izina
73 hembwa Inshinga
74 hene Izina
75 hengeri Izina
76 hingwa Izina
77 hinja Izina
78 hinji Izina
79 hinzi Izina
80 hondo Interanya
81 horo Izina
82 hugu Izina
83 humyo Izina
84 hura Inshinga
85 hwekera Inshinga
86 ibiraya Izina
87 ibuka Inshinga
88 ibwira Inshinga
89 ichuma Izina A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making s…
90 ichuuma Izina A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making s…
91 ichyuma Izina A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making s…
92 icirori Izina A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to…
93 igicu Izina A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
94 igicuku Izina Twelve o'clock at night exactly.
95 ijipo Izina An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cov…
96 ijosi Izina The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
97 ikibero Izina The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
98 ikigaga Izina A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
99 ikiyo Izina A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to…
100 ikiziga Izina A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
101 ikote Izina A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather.
102 ikyuma Izina A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making s…
103 im-beba Izina Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
104 imi- Interuro Class 4 noun prefix.
105 imvuvu Izina scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
106 in-dobo Izina The amount held in this container.
107 indoto Izina
108 ingezi Izina Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.
109 inkara Izina Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a…
110 inkere Izina The sweet, usually red, edible accessory fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria.
111 inkima Izina A monkey of the species Cercopithecus mitis, native to central and eastern Africa.
112 inkona Izina Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and…
113 inshi Izina
114 intege Izina
115 intore Izina
116 intumbi Izina A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
117 inyana Izina
118 ipfa Izina
119 irabura Interanya
120 iruka Inshinga
121 isutiye Izina An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.
122 itaba Inshinga
123 itafari Izina A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
124 itegura Inshinga
125 iteka Ingereka
126 izera Inshinga
127 jangwe Izina
128 jisho Izina
129 joro Izina
130 josi Izina
131 jumba Izina
132 juru Izina
133 kanseri Izina The branch of medicine concerned with tumors, including study of their development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention…
134 karaba Inshinga
135 keka Inshinga
136 keli Izina
137 kene Izina
138 kenesha Inshinga
139 kere Izina
140 keretse Ihuza Except on a specified condition; if not.
141 kimwe Izina
142 kina Inshinga
143 kinga Inshinga
144 kira Izina Said to someone who has just sneezed, as a polite remark.
145 kire Interanya
146 kobwa Izina
147 kokora Izina
148 kombe Izina
149 kondo Izina
150 konje Interanya
151 korwa Izina
152 kuba Izina
153 kumbura Inshinga
154 kumwe Izina
155 kurima Inshinga To cut, dig, scrape, turn, arrange, or clean, with this tool.
156 kuva Ingereka
157 kwabele Izina
158 kwabili Izina
159 kwavu Izina
160 kwintet Izina Any group of five members.
161 kyangwa Ihuza
162 mbere Ingereka
163 mizero Izina
164 muhira Izina
165 mukaso Izina The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
166 naniro Izina
167 nawe Ingereka
168 neke Izina
169 nini Interanya
170 none Ingereka
171 nshi Interanya
172 ntabwo Ingereka
173 nyota Izina
174 nyuma Ingereka
175 onko Izina
176 oroshye Interanya
177 panga Izina
178 papuro Izina
179 peshyi Izina
180 pfakazi Izina
181 pongo Izina
182 pyisi Izina
183 rabo Izina
184 rama Inshinga
185 raso Izina
186 renge Izina
187 rimi Izina
188 rimo Izina
189 rimwe Interanya The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
190 rira Inshinga
191 ririmba Inshinga
192 risha Inshinga
193 rizo Izina
194 ruhuka Inshinga
195 ruma Inshinga
196 ryango Izina
197 sabuni Izina
198 safiro Izina Azure, when blazoning by precious stones.
199 saha Izina
200 saine Izina
201 saka Izina
202 sakumi Izina
203 sakuza Inshinga
204 samagwe Izina
205 sambili Izina
206 samojya Izina
207 sanani Izina
208 sano Izina
209 sasaba Izina
210 sasita Izina
211 satanu Izina
212 satatu Izina
213 satsi Izina
214 sazi Izina
215 semura Izina
216 senga Inshinga
217 shiki Izina
218 shinga Izina
219 shoboka Inshinga
220 shobora Inshinga
221 shumba Izina
222 shuti Izina
223 shyamba Izina
224 shyimbo Izina
225 shyuha Inshinga
226 simbura Inshinga
227 sinzira Inshinga
228 sombe Izina
229 sozi Izina
230 sura Inshinga
231 tabo Izina
232 taka Izina
233 tama Izina
234 tanga Inshinga
235 tanu Interanya
236 tapfuna Inshinga
237 tare Izina
238 tatu Interanya
239 tegeko Izina
240 tegura Inshinga
241 teme Izina
242 tima Izina
243 toki Izina
244 tondo Izina
245 toranya Inshinga
246 tugu Izina
247 tuku Interanya
248 tumba Izina
249 tunguru Izina
250 tura Inshinga
251 turo Izina
252 ubu- Interuro Class 14 noun prefix.
253 ubumwe Izina
254 ubuntu Izina A Nguni Bantu ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other.
255 uburubu Izina An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
256 ubutare Izina A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making s…
257 ubwoko Izina
258 umu- Interuro Class 1 noun prefix.
259 umugote Izina A number of plants of the genus Syzygium.
260 umuyaga Izina One of the four elements of the ancient Greeks and Romans; air.
261 umwenge Izina
262 umweyo Izina A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
263 unyu Izina
264 uru- Interuro Class 11 noun prefix.
265 vuba Ingereka
266 vubi Izina
267 vuna Inshinga
268 vura Izina
269 vuta Izina
270 yaga Izina
271 yama Izina
272 yandiko Izina
273 yanya Izina
274 yego Ingereka
275 yemera Izina
276 yenyeli Izina
277 yiko Izina An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
278 yobora Inshinga
279 yuma Izina
280 zahabu Interanya Made of gold.
281 zana Inshinga
282 zima Interanya
283 zira Izina
284 zoga Izina
285 zoka Izina
286 zovu Izina
287 zuba Izina
288 zuru Izina
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