gufungura

How to say it

Meaning

to eat a meal, particularly to break one's fast; also used to mean 'to open'.

Good to know

closely tied to gufunga (to close); the core sense of gufungura is 'to open', with 'to eat/have a meal' as a related sense via ifunguro (meal, breakfast).

Examples

• Turafungura saa moshi.We have breakfast at seven o'clock.
• Ese murafungura none?Are you having a meal today?
• Ntabwo mfungura kubera umurimo.I am not eating because of work.
• Tuzafungura tugeze mu rugo.We will eat when we get home.