Kirundi
kuyagiriza
Word parts: ku-yagiriza
koo-yah-gee-REE-zah
How to say it
Kirundikuyagirizakoo-yah-gee-REE-zahsoon
Englishto cause to meltsoon
Frenchfaire fondresoon
Meaning
to melt something down completely, or to make a surface shine with a bright polish.
Good to know
causative built on the root -yag-, used of metal, wax, or fat melting, or of a surface rubbed until it gleams.
Examples
- Umuhinga yarayagirije icuma kugira ngo agikoreshe mu gucura.The blacksmith melted the metal down so as to use it for casting.
- Ntitwashoboye kuyagiriza ubwo bushishwa, bwari bukomeye cane.We could not melt down that wax, it was too hard.
- Uzoyagiriza ryari amavuta y'inka?When will you melt down the cow fat?
- Yaryoheje isahani, arayiyagiriza kugeza yaka.He polished the plate, rubbing it until it shone.
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