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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