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Kirundi

kugaguka

Word parts: ku-gaguka

koo-gah-GOO-kah

How to say it

Kirundikugagukakoo-gah-GOO-kahsoon
Englishto be split opensoon
Frenchêtre fendu (chair, en cas de blessure)soon

Meaning

for flesh to be split open, as when someone is wounded.

Good to know

to be split open (flesh, when wounded) aka-gājo light brown ubu-gali thick bread-like porridge (Sw.)

Examples

  • Igikanka ciwe caragaguka amaraso araza.His shin was split open and bleeding.
  • Ntigaguka, ni igikomere gitoya.It is not split open, it is a small wound.
  • Ese icaha ciwe caragaguse he?Where was his wound split open?
  • Kizogaguka nimba adakwiye kwitwararika.It will split open if he is not careful.

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