Kirundi
guhungurura
Word parts: gu-hungurura
goo-hoon-goo-ROO-rah
How to say it
Kirundiguhungururagoo-hoon-goo-ROO-rahsoon
Englishto cause fruit or grain to fallsoon
Frenchfaire tomber les fruits, secouersoon
Meaning
to shake a tree or plant so that its fruit or grain falls.
Good to know
The causative of guhunguruka.
Examples
- Yahungururye igiti kugira ngo imbuto zigwe.He shook the tree to make the fruit fall.
- Twahungururye amasaka kugira ngo tuyakuremwo ivu.We shook the sorghum to remove the chaff from it.
- Ntukahungurure ico giti, imbuto ntizirashira.Don't shake that tree, the fruit isn't ripe yet.
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