Kirundi
gukumira
Word parts: gu-kumira
goo-koo-MEE-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukumiragoo-koo-MEE-rasoon
Englishto separatesoon
Frenchse séparersoon
Meaning
to separate people or things, or to send someone out of a room.
Good to know
transitive, used for splitting apart, or for expelling someone from a space.
Examples
- Umwarimu yarakumiye abanyeshure bavuguruzanya.The teacher separated the students who were quarreling.
- Kumira izo mbwa zombi, zirarwana.Separate those two dogs, they're fighting.
- Ntiyakumiye uwo mwana mu cumba.He did not send that child out of the room.
- Tuzokumira abo bagabo babiri kugira ngo bareke kurwana.We will separate those two men so they stop fighting.
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