indimi

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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