gucutsa
goo-CHOO-tsah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagucutsagoo-CHOO-tsah
Englishto wean
Frenchsevrer
Meaning
To get a baby or a young animal used to food other than its mother's milk, so that it stops suckling.
Good to know
Causative of gucuka, to be weaned. The child or the young animal is the object: gucutsa umwana, to wean a child.
Examples
- Ababyeyi bagirwa inama yo gucutsa umwana amaze imyaka ibiri.Mothers are advised to wean a child once he is two years old.
- Igihe cyo gucutsa ibyana by'ingurube kirageze.It is time to wean the piglets.
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