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Kirundi

kuziga

Word parts: ku-ziga

koo-ZEE-gah

How to say it

Kirundikuzigakoo-ZEE-gahsoon
Englishto dyesoon
Frenchteindresoon

Meaning

to dye something, or to think something over and suppose a certain outcome.

Good to know

covers both the craft of dyeing cloth and the figurative sense of pondering or presuming.

Examples

  • Umukobwa arazigira impuzu kugira zibe umukara.The girl is dyeing the cloth black.
  • Ndaziga ko azoza kesha.I suppose he'll come tomorrow.
  • Ntuzige ko azokwemera vuba, ni umuntu utoroshe.Don't presume he'll agree quickly, he's a difficult person.
  • Twarazize cane ku vy'ivyo bizoba bimeze.We thought hard about what things would turn out to be like.

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