kuryana

How to say it

Meaning

for two or more parties to eat one another, or by extension to eat together, sharing the same food.

Good to know

the reciprocal form (-an-) of kurya (to eat); in folktales it can describe animals devouring each other, while in everyday speech it can simply mean sharing a meal.

Examples

• Impyisi zirashaka kuryana igihe zishavuye.The hyenas want to eat each other when they are angry.
• Ese abagabo babiri barashobora kuryana ku birori?Can the two men eat together at the celebration?
• Ntibashaka kuryana kuko basigaranye akantu gato.They do not want to eat each other's share because little is left.
• Abana bari kumwe bagiye kuryana ku meza amwe.The children who are together are going to eat together at the same table.