gusagara

How to say it

Meaning

to increase greatly in number, especially of cattle or trees; also, to irritate the nose and provoke a sneeze, as pepper does.

Good to know

two distinct senses share this form, herd growth and pepper-in-the-nose irritation; context makes clear which.

Examples

• Inka z'uwo mugabo zirasagara umwaka ku wundi.That man's cattle multiply year after year.
• Urukoma rwarasagaye mu mazuru yanje.The pepper got up my nose and made me sneeze.
• Ntibisagara vyihuse iyo imvura idahagije.They don't multiply quickly when there isn't enough rain.
• Ibiti vyacu bizosagara mu myaka iri imbere.Our trees will multiply in the years to come.

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