Kirundi
kwubika
Word parts: kw-ubika
kwoo-BEE-kah
How to say it
Kirundikwubikakwoo-BEE-kahsoon
Englishto turn upside downsoon
Frenchretourner, mettre à l'enverssoon
Meaning
to be turned upside down, especially a basket or container set mouth-down.
Good to know
used mainly of containers like baskets and pots set mouth-down; also used idiomatically of lying face-down.
Examples
- Igitebo cabo cubitse hasi.Their basket is lying upside down.
- Kubera iki inkono yubitse?Why is the pot turned upside down?
- Ntibyubika ku meza, biraturika.It should not be set upside down on the table, it will spill.
- Yaziyubitse asinzira agikiriza.He lay face-down while he slept.
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