Kirundi
gukwikirira
Word parts: gu-kwikirira
goo-kwee-kee-REE-ra
How to say it
Kirundigukwikiriragoo-kwee-kee-REE-rasoon
Englishto put handle on atsoon
Frenchmettre un manche à, poursoon
Meaning
to put a handle on something at or for someone.
Good to know
applied form of gukwikira.
Examples
- Yarakwikiriye umukecuru isuka yiwe.He fitted a handle on the old woman's hoe for her.
- Kwikirira uwo mwana imbuki ye, aracari muto ntiyabishoboye.Fit a handle on that child's hoe blade for him, he's too young to do it himself.
- Ntiyakwikiriye undi, yigumira gukorera ivyiwe gusa.He didn't fit a handle for anyone else, he kept doing only his own.
- Tuzomukwikirira ivyuma vyiwe imbere yo kuja ku murima.We will fit handles on his tools for him before he goes to the field.
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