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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