Kirundi
gukona
Word parts: gu-kona
goo-KO-na
How to say it
Kirundigukonagoo-KO-nasoon
Englishto cut offsoon
Frenchcouper, castrersoon
Meaning
to cut something off, to prune it, or to castrate an animal.
Good to know
transitive, used for pruning plants or castrating livestock.
Examples
- Umuhinzi arakona amashami adakenewe ku giti c'imbuto.The farmer prunes the unneeded branches of the fruit tree.
- Bakona ishami ryononekaye mu murima.They cut off the diseased branch in the field.
- Ntiyakona uwo mwana w'ingurube neza.He did not castrate that piglet properly.
- Tuzokona ivyatsi bikuze cane mu busitani.We will cut back the overgrown plants in the garden.
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