Kinyarwanda
gukuka
Word parts: gu-kuka
goo-KOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagukukagoo-KOO-kahsoon
Englishto shakesoon
Frenchsecouersoon
Meaning
to finish drinking, of animals at a watering point, or to leave a place.
Good to know
primarily used of livestock finishing at water; extended to mean departing from somewhere.
Examples
- Inka zarakuse ku isoko amazi.The cows finished drinking at the watering spot.
- Yakutse mu rugo rw'abamubyara akajya kwiga hanze.He left his family's home to study abroad.
- Ntizirakuka, zikiri kunywa.They have not finished drinking, they are still at it.
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