kwuma

How to say it

Meaning

to have no moisture left, to have dried out completely.

Good to know

a stative verb (kw- class) used of the weather, crops, and wells, and, idiomatically, of a sudden death.

Examples

• Ivyatsi bishobora kwuma vuba muri iki gihe c'ubushuhe.The grass can dry out quickly in this hot season.
• Ese icibu carumye burundu?Has the well dried up completely?
• Ntibuma iyo hariho imvura ikwiye.It doesn't dry out when there's enough rain.
• Uwo murima uragiye kwuma nimba imvura idatonya.That field is going to dry out if the rain doesn't fall.