Kirundi
guhekwa
Word parts: gu-hekwa
gu-HE-kwa
How to say it
Kirundiguhekwagu-HE-kwasoon
Englishto be carried on backsoon
Frenchêtre porté sur le dossoon
Meaning
to be carried on someone's back.
Good to know
passive of guheka.
Examples
- Umwana muto arahekwa ari uko atarashobora kugenda.The very young child is carried on the back because he cannot yet walk.
- Ntawuhekwa amaze imyaka itanu.No one still gets carried on the back once they are five years old.
- Uwo mwana ntagishaka guhekwa, arashaka kugenda.That child no longer wants to be carried, he wants to walk.
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