-igwirana1-elewanaunderstand each other2-kubalianaagree with each other3-sikilizanaget along well
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-ihaatira-jiachialet go (of something)Otaaja okwihaatira kureka kumuti, ogwe hansi.Usije ukajiachia kwenye mti, uanguke chini.Don't let go of the tree and fall down.
-ihaha-shtukabe startled, be shocked (in surprise)
-ihaja-jivunaboast, brag
-ihaka1-jipaka (vipodozi)put on (cosmetics)2-jipaka (mafuta)anoint oneself (with oil)3-jipaka (rangi)paint one's body
-ihamirirya-jisingiziapretend
-iheema-jigamba, -jivunaboast, brag, be proud
-iheen'ya-pisha (mtu au kitu)let (someone or something else) pass, make room (for someone or something else) to pass
-ihegeka-egemealean against, rest on
-ihigiigana-jibananishasqueeze oneself into a tight space
-ihigirya ga ekikuru-fundisha unyago (sis., -fundisha makuu)teach about initiation rites (lit., teach the main things)
-ihiima-laanicurse
-ihiinya-inamabend down, bowOmwana areehiinya hansi abhantu bhahite.Mtoto anainama chini ili watu wapite.The child bows down while people pass by.
-ihina-zira (k.m., chakula)keep off (food), refuse (food)
-ihindira-jirudia (kwa sauti), kuwa na mwangwiecho
-ihiringitya-viringika, -jiviringisharoll
-ihirirya-ng'olea, -punguzia (majani shambani)uproot from, pull out from (the ground)Juma areehirirya amanyanki mumugunda.Juma anang'olea majani shambani.Juma is pulling out the grass from the field.
-ihonera-oneaoppress, mistreat
-ihunaan'ya1-shindwa kujalinot care2-danganya (yaani, kudai kwamba hakuna habari na jambo fulani lakini si kweli)deceive (i.e., claim that there is no news about something when there really is)
-ihunjura-badilika (k.m., kwa rangi)be changed (e.g., color)
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