Kirundi
gukata
Word parts: gu-kata
goo-KAH-tah
How to say it
Kirundigukatagoo-KAH-tahsoon
Englishto cutsoon
Frenchcouper, sectionnersoon
Meaning
to cut, chop, or split something.
Good to know
Borrowed from Swahili kukata, and now a fully ordinary Kirundi verb.
Examples
- Yarakaze inkwi mu murima.He chopped firewood in the field.
- Ntukagate urutoke rwawe n'uwo mupanga.Don't cut your finger with that machete.
- Twarakaze impuzu kugira ngo tuzikorane ivyambarwa.We cut the cloth to make clothes out of it.
- Abakozi barakaze ibiti byinshi uyu munsi.The workers cut a lot of wood today.
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