Kirundi
gukubagura
Word parts: gu-kubagura
goo-koo-ba-GOO-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukubaguragoo-koo-ba-GOO-rasoon
Englishto boxsoon
Frenchboxer, se battre pour riresoon
Meaning
to box or fight playfully, or to shave fibers off a plant to make thread.
Good to know
covers both mock fighting between friends and the craft of stripping plant fiber.
Examples
- Abasore barakubaguranye ku ruganda, ari uguseka gusa.The young men were boxing in the yard, just for fun.
- Kubagura izo ndabo tubone umugozi.Strip the fibers off those plants so we get rope.
- Ntiyakubaguye neza, umugozi warasimvutse.He didn't strip it well, the rope came apart.
- Tuzokubagurana ku mukino w'ijoro rero.We will spar playfully at tonight's game.
Not yet checked by a native speaker.