Kirundi
guhonyagura
Word parts: gu-honyagura
goo-hoh-nyah-GOO-rah
How to say it
Kirundiguhonyaguragoo-hoh-nyah-GOO-rahsoon
Englishto stamp onsoon
Frenchpiétiner, fouler aux piedssoon
Meaning
to stamp or trample heavily on something.
Good to know
Close to guhonyanga; both mean trampling, and speakers use them fairly interchangeably for crushing something underfoot.
Examples
- Ing'ombe zahonyaguye imirima y'ibigori.The cattle trampled the maize fields.
- Ntimuhonyagure imboga nk'izo.Don't go trampling vegetables like that.
- Abana barahonyaguye ubwatsi bwose bwo mu murima.The children trampled all the grass in the field.
- Yahonyaguye ivu ry'umuriro kugira ngo azime.He stamped on the fire's ashes to put it out.
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