Kirundi
kumoka
Word parts: ku-moka
koo-MOH-kah
How to say it
Kirundikumokakoo-MOH-kahsoon
Englishto call out across the hillssoon
Frenchcrier à travers les collinessoon
Meaning
to call out loudly across a valley or hills to someone far away.
Good to know
carries a tone of scorn or bravado in the person calling, not a neutral shout.
Examples
- Umusore aramoka mwene wabo uri ku wundi musozi.The young man calls out across the hills to his cousin on the other slope.
- Ntamoke abantu ntazi, biratinyisha.Don't call out like that to people you don't know, it's alarming.
- Ese uwo ari we aramoka?Who is that calling out across the hills?
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