Kirundi
gukumakuma
Word parts: gu-kumakuma
goo-koo-ma-KOO-ma
How to say it
Kirundigukumakumagoo-koo-ma-KOO-masoon
Englishto pilesoon
Frenchempilersoon
Meaning
to pile things up.
Good to know
transitive, used for stacking or heaping objects together.
Examples
- Yarakumakumye ibitabo hejuru y'iyindi.He piled the books on top of each other.
- Kumakuma izo nkwi ku muriro.Pile that firewood by the fire.
- Ntiyakumakumye neza, ivyuma biragwa.He didn't pile it well, the tools are falling.
- Tuzokumakuma amabuye yo kwubaka uruzitiro.We will pile up stones to build the fence.
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