Kirundi
kumesuza
Word parts: ku-mesuza
koo-meh-SOO-zah
How to say it
Kirundikumesuzakoo-meh-SOO-zahsoon
Englishto wash withsoon
Frenchlaver avec, aider à laversoon
Meaning
to help someone wash clothes, or to wash clothes using something.
Good to know
the causative/instrumental extension of kumesura (-uz-): names the helper or the tool used.
Examples
- Maria aramesuza mwene wabo isabune.Maria helps her sister do the laundry with soap.
- Ntamesuza abandi impuzu zabo, ndamesa iza jewe.I don't help others wash their clothes, I wash my own.
- Uzamfasha kumesuza impuzu z'abana?Will you help me wash the children's clothes?
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