indimi

Kirundi

kugana

Word parts: ku-gana

ku-GA-na

How to say it

Kirundikuganaku-GA-nasoon
Englishto squeeze juicesoon
Frenchpressersoon

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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