guhira

How to say it

Meaning

for food to cook through, or for fruit to ripen, at a particular time or place.

Good to know

to cook (vi); get ripe at, on, (prepositional form of gusha) i mu-hira (adv.) (no pl.) at home mu-hira home

Examples

• Ibitoke birahira kw'izuba.The bananas ripen in the sun.
• Inyama zirahira ku muriro muke.The meat cooks slowly over a low fire.
• Ntihira ino mboga vuba, ikeneye igihe.This vegetable does not cook quickly here, it needs time.

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