Kirundi
gukana
Word parts: gu-kana
goo-KAH-nah
How to say it
Kirundigukanagoo-KAH-nahsoon
Englishto smooth outsoon
Frenchlisser, tendresoon
Meaning
to stretch and smooth out a hide, as for making a drum, or to speak ill of or threaten someone.
Good to know
to smooth out, stretch out (vt) (as skin for drum); to speak evil of; to threaten
Examples
- Umukozi yarakanye uruhu rw'inka kugira ngo akorane ingoma.The craftsman stretched the cowhide to make a drum out of it.
- Ntumukane inyuma yiwe.Don't speak ill of him behind his back.
- Yaramukanye ngo azomubwira ico akoze.He threatened him, saying he'd tell what he had done.
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