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Kirundi

guhongoka

Word parts: gu-hongoka

goo-hoh-NGOH-kah

How to say it

Kirundiguhongokagoo-hoh-NGOH-kahsoon
Englishto come outsoon
Frenchsortir (comme un pieu planté en terre)soon

Meaning

to come loose and fall out of its socket, as a tooth or the handle of a tool.

Good to know

Used for anything that was fixed into a hole and works itself free — a tooth, an axe handle, a hoe blade.

Examples

  • Iryinyo ryanje ryahongotse.My tooth came loose and fell out.
  • Isuka yanjye irahongoka buri gihe.My hoe handle keeps coming out.
  • Ntibisanzwe ko ikwa rihongoka gutyo.It's not normal for an axe handle to come out like that.
  • Amenyo y'umukecuru yarahongotse yose.All the old woman's teeth had fallen out.

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