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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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