Kirundi
kuvunira
Word parts: ku-vunira
koo-voo-NEE-rah
How to say it
Kirundikuvunirakoo-voo-NEE-rahsoon
Englishto break atsoon
Frenchcasser à, poursoon
Meaning
to break something at a place or for a reason, or, in an idiom, to wink at someone.
Good to know
the phrase kuvunira akagohe means to wink at someone.
Examples
- Yavunirye akagohe umukobwa yamukunda.He winked at the girl he liked.
- Ndavunira igiti aha kugira ngo mbone inkwi.I'm breaking a branch here to get firewood.
- Ntukamvunire akagohe mu ruhame.Don't wink at me in public.
- Baravunirye igiti c'umukoma.They broke off a branch from the banana tree.
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