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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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