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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