Kirundi
guhinda
Word parts: gu-hinda
gu-HI-nda
How to say it
Kirundiguhindagu-HI-ndasoon
Englishto turn awaysoon
Frenchdétourner, chassersoon
Meaning
to drive something away, or, of thunder, to rumble.
Good to know
two senses — chasing something off, and the sound of distant thunder.
Examples
- Umworozi arahinda inka ziza mu murima w'abandi.The herder chases off the cows that come into other people's fields.
- Umuravyo urahinda kure.The thunder is rumbling in the distance.
- Ntuhinde uwo mushitsi, aracaza akaruhuko.Do not chase that visitor off, he has just arrived to rest.
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