Kirundi
gukwera
Word parts: gu-kwera
goo-KWEH-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukweragoo-KWEH-rasoon
Englishto pay dowry atsoon
Frenchpayer la dot à, poursoon
Meaning
to pay the dowry at or to a particular person or place.
Good to know
applied form of gukwa, naming who receives the payment.
Examples
- Yarakweye ababyeyi b'umukobwa wiwe azoshaka.He paid the dowry to the parents of the woman he intends to marry.
- Kwera abo babyeyi imbere y'uko ubukwe butangura.Pay the dowry to those parents before the wedding begins.
- Ntiyakweye ababyeyi bose, hasigaye undi muryango.He did not pay the dowry to all the parents, another family remained unpaid.
- Tuzokwera uwo muryango inka n'amafaranga.We will pay that family cows and money as dowry.
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