Kirundi
kubeba
Word parts: ku-beba
koo-BEH-bah
How to say it
Kirundikubebakoo-BEH-bahsoon
Englishto stokesoon
Frenchattiser (le feu)soon
Meaning
to add fuel to a fire and stir it to keep it burning.
Good to know
to stoke (fire) im-beba y’ikizungu (im) guinea pig
Examples
- Ndabeba umuriro ngo utazima.I'm stoking the fire so it doesn't go out.
- Ese warabebye umuriro w'ubunyoni?Did you stoke the cooking fire?
- Ntiyabebye, umuriro warazimye.He didn't stoke it, and the fire went out.
- Twarabebye umuriro ijoro ryose kugira ngo dushonge.We stoked the fire all night to keep warm.
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