To [verb] Together / Each Other

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To [verb] together / each other:

• kwandika -- to write
• kwandikana -- to write together (i.e. to co-author)
• kwandikira -- to write to
• kwandikiranira -- to write each other, to correspond
• kwambura -- to undress, but also to strip or rob
• kwamburana -- literally,"to undress each other," with the natural connotations. Also can mean "to rob each other," depending on context.
• kwambara -- to dress
• kwambarana -- literally "to dress together," but also means "to swap or share clothes"
• gutera -- to find
• guterana -- literally "to find together with," but also means "to inherit"
• guta -- to lose or throw away
• gutana -- literally "to lose each other," but also means "to go separate ways"
• kuzimira -- to get lost
• kuzimirana -- literally "to get lost together," but also means the same thing as "gutana" -- "to go separate ways" 
• kwimuka -- to move oneself
• kwimukana -- to move oneself together with
• guteka -- to cook
• gutekana -- this is apparently a strange thing to say, as it suggests "to cook each other".  Instead one might say "guteka hamwe" -- "to cook |  one/same place" (see notes on "hamwe" below!)
• kurya -- to eat
• kuryana -- "to eat each other"; to fight (usually infighting, between brothers or others who shouldn't be fighting) or to have a strong disagreement.  A different verb -- "gusangira" -- means "to eat together."
• gushaka -- to want
• gushakana -- not used in Kirundi, but in Kinyarwanda means "to be married to each other."
• kwicara -- to sit
• kwicarana -- to sit with / together
• gukunda -- to be cold
• gukundana -- to be cold with / together
• kugenda -- to travel or go
• kugendana -- to travel or go together
• guhaguruka -- to stand up
• guhagurukana -- to stand up with / together
• this word is in the national anthem of Burundi, refering to being knocked down and standing up, not with other people, but with greater strength...
• gukora -- to work
• gukorana -- to work with
• gukunda -- to love
• gukundana -- to love each other

•  Clear exceptions to this pattern:

• kwugara -- to close
• kwugarana -- to lock out, or lock in

•  In sentences:

•  tuzozanana na David -- we will come together | with | David.
• "tu" indicates "we"
• used even if speaking of oneself, as David is included in "we"
• nzozanana na David -- I will come together | with | David.
• "nz" indicates "I"
• "I will come" and "we will come" are equally valid and common expression in this case.
• John na Peter barakorana -- John | and | Peter | they work together
• gukorana -- to work with/together
• bara -- indicates "they" (third person plural)

Variants of "mwe":

• mwe -- a simplification of "mwebwe" meaning "you"
• guteka hamwe" -- to cook |  one (place); to cook together
• tuba hamwe -- to live | one (place); to live together
• kuvuga rumwe -- to speak | one (number/language); to agree
• kuvuga kimwe/cokimwe -- to speak | one (way); to speak the same way (accent, manner, etc.)
• "kimwe/cokimwe" are used to indicate similarity or resemblance in behavior 
• ikitabu kimwe -- book | one (number); one book
• inhebe imwe -- chair | one (number)
• inka imwe -- cow | one (number)
• turi kumwe -- we are | one (place); "we are together", also a way of saying goodbye.