Kinyarwanda
gusaguka
Word parts: gu-saguka
goo-sah-GOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagusagukagoo-sah-GOO-kahsoon
Englishto be over and abovesoon
Frenchêtre en excédent, débordersoon
Meaning
to be more than enough, to be overflowing in quantity.
Good to know
close in meaning to gusaga, describing an amount that exceeds what is needed.
Examples
- Umusaruro warasaguka uyu mwaka.The harvest was more than enough this year.
- Amazi yarasaguse mu nkono.The water was overflowing in the pot.
- Ntibyasaguse nk'uko twiteze.It was not as abundant as we expected.
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