Kirundi
gukomba
Word parts: gu-komba
goo-KOHM-bah
How to say it
Kirundigukombagoo-KOHM-bahsoon
Englishto scrape a dish with a curved fingersoon
Frenchraclersoon
Meaning
to curve one's finger in order to scrape the last bits of food from a dish.
Good to know
Describes scraping the remaining food from a plate or pot with a curved finger, often done at the end of a meal.
Examples
- Umwana arakomba isahani nyuma yo kurya.The child scrapes the plate clean after eating.
- Mbega urakomba inzoga y'ubuki mu nkono?Are you scraping the honey from the pot?
- Ntawukomba isahani imbere y'abandi.One doesn't scrape the dish in front of others.
- Azokomba iyo nkono kugeza ubusa buyirimwo.He will scrape that pot until it's empty.
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