guhanda

How to say it

Meaning

to break up and prepare soil for planting, or to pierce something sharply with a point.

Good to know

has two distinct senses depending on context — farming (breaking ground for sorghum) versus piercing or scratching with something pointed like a fingernail.

Examples

• Umworozi arahanda itongo ryiwe kugira ahabibe amasaka.The farmer is breaking up his plot to sow sorghum there.
• Umwana yarahanze uwundi n'urwara rwiwe.The child scratched the other one with his fingernail.
• Ntuhande iyo tongo imvura idatonze.Do not break up that plot before the rain has fallen.