gukura

How to say it

Meaning

to grow up, to grow bigger.

Good to know

used both for children growing up and for anything increasing in size.

Examples

• Umwana arakura vuba cyane.The child is growing up very fast.
• Yakuze afite imyaka makumyabiri n'itanu.He grew up to be twenty-five years old.
• Igiti ntikiragura neza.The tree has not grown well yet.
• Uzakura ukagera he mu buzima?Where will you go as you grow up in life?

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