Kirundi
kuyangika
Word parts: ku-yangika
koo-yah-NGEE-kah
How to say it
Kirundikuyangikakoo-yah-NGEE-kahsoon
Englishto head upsoon
Frenchformer des épis (céréales)soon
Meaning
to form a head, said of grain ripening on the stalk.
Good to know
used specifically of sorghum, millet, or maize as the grain cluster develops.
Examples
- Amasaka arayangika mu kwezi kwa gatatu.The sorghum heads out in the third month.
- Ubu ingano ntizirayangika neza.The wheat hasn't headed out well yet.
- Ni ryari ibigori bizoyangika?When will the maize head out?
- Umwaka uno amasaka yayangitse kare.This year the sorghum headed out early.
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