Kirundi
gukurira
Word parts: gu-kurira
goo-koo-REE-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukuriragoo-koo-REE-rasoon
Englishto pull grass away from base of plantsoon
Frencharracher l'herbesoon
Meaning
to pull grass or weeds away from the base of a plant.
Good to know
used for weeding around crops; also used, as an applied form of gukura, meaning to grow at or for something.
Examples
- Umuhinzi arakurira ibigori vyiwe ubwatsi bubi.The farmer weeds the bad grass from around his maize.
- Kurira izo mbuto z'imboga zitazorika.Weed those vegetable seedlings so they don't get choked.
- Ntiyakuriye umurima wiwe, ubwatsi bwaruzengetse.He did not weed his field, the grass overran it.
- Tuzokurira uyu murima ejo mu gitondo.We will weed this field tomorrow morning.
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