indimi

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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