gutera

How to say it

Meaning

to throw, hurl, or fling something, and by extension to plant seeds in the ground.

Good to know

a very common, highly polysemous verb; appears in many fixed expressions such as gutera ubwoba (to frighten), gutera imbere (to make progress), and gutera umugere (to kick).

Examples

• Umusore aratera ibuye kure.The young man throws the stone far away.
• Ntatera imyaka mu gihe kitari kimwe.He does not plant crops out of season.
• Mbega uratera iki muri uwo murima?What are you planting in that field?
• Ntumutere ubwoba, ni umwana muto!Don't frighten him, he's a small child!

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