gukama

How to say it

Meaning

to draw milk from a cow or other animal by hand.

Good to know

a common rural activity; the related word amata means milk.

Examples

• Umworozi arakama inka buri gitondo.The herder milks the cow every morning.
• Ese urakama inka zawe wenyine?Do you milk your cows yourself?
• Ntakama iyo nka kuko idafite amata menshi.He doesn't milk that cow because it doesn't have much milk.
• Uzakama izo nka nimugoroba.You will milk those cows in the evening.

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