Kirundi
kurya
Word parts: ku-rya
KOO-ryah
How to say it
KirundikuryaKOO-ryahsoon
Englishto eatsoon
Frenchmangersoon
Meaning
to eat, used both of people and of animals.
Good to know
a more polite word for people alone is gufungura; kurya can sound blunt for a formal setting.
Examples
- Ndarya ibitoke buri munsi.I eat bananas every day.
- Ese wariye?Have you eaten?
- Ntabwo ndya inyama.I don't eat meat.
- Inka zirarya ubwatsi.Cows eat grass.
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