Kirundi
gukera
Word parts: gu-kera
goo-KEH-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukeragoo-KEH-rasoon
Englishto cut grasssoon
Frenchcouper l'herbe, un arbresoon
Meaning
to cut down grass or a tree, to chop with an axe.
Good to know
transitive, used for clearing vegetation or felling trees with a blade or axe.
Examples
- Umugabo arakera igiti mu murima.The man is chopping down a tree in the field.
- Mukere ubwatsi imbere yuko buhinda.Cut the grass before it grows tall.
- Ntiyakeze neza, igiti caraguye ku nzu.He did not cut it properly, and the tree fell on the house.
- Ejo tuzokera amashami menshi.Tomorrow we will cut many branches.
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