Kirundi
kugana
Word parts: ku-gana
ku-GA-na
How to say it
Kirundikuganaku-GA-nasoon
Englishto squeeze juicesoon
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Meaning
to squeeze the juice out of bananas, typically for making banana beer or juice.
Good to know
A traditional step in preparing banana wine or juice, by pressing ripe bananas.
Examples
- Abagore baragana imineke kugira ngo bakore urwagwa.The women squeeze the bananas to make banana beer.
- Ni gute bagana iyo mineke?How do they squeeze the juice from those bananas?
- Ntagana imineke idahishe.He doesn't press unripe bananas.
- Ejo tuzogana imineke kugira ngo dukore umutobe.Tomorrow we will squeeze bananas to make juice.
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