Kirundi
gukoza
Word parts: gu-koza
goo-KOH-zah
How to say it
Kirundigukozagoo-KOH-zahsoon
Englishto dip in saucesoon
Frenchtremper dans la saucesoon
Meaning
to dip food into sauce, or to eat two kinds of food together in the same bite.
Good to know
Describes the everyday table habit of dipping food, such as bread or cassava, into a sauce.
Examples
- Umwana arakoza umutsima mu muceri.The child dips the cassava bread into the sauce.
- Mbega urakoza ubwoko bubiri bw'ibiryo icarimwe?Do you eat two kinds of food together at once?
- Ntawukoza ibiryo bidasa neza.No one dips food that doesn't go well together.
- Tuzokoza umutsima mu muceri ejo ku mugoroba.We will dip the cassava bread in sauce tomorrow evening.
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