guhingira
goo-hee-NGEE-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaguhingiragoo-hee-NGEE-rah
Frenchcultiver pour ; cultiver pour quelqu'un
Meaning
To cultivate land for a purpose, for a person or at a given time: to farm for the market, to hoe a field for someone else, or to plant in good time.
Good to know
Applicative of guhinga, to cultivate. What the work is for comes straight after it: guhingira isoko, to farm for the market; guhingira kurya, to farm only to eat. The past is yahingiye.
Examples
- Abahinzi bagomba guhingira isoko aho guhingira kurya gusa.Farmers should farm for the market, not only to eat.
- Yahingiye umupfakazi umurima we ku buntu.He hoed the widow's field for free.
- Iyo uhingiye igihe, weza byinshi.When you farm in good time, you harvest a lot.
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