indimi

Kinyarwanda

gushya

Word parts: gu-shya

goo-SHYAH

How to say it

Kinyarwandagushyagoo-SHYAHsoon
Englishto be cookedsoon
Frenchêtre cuit, être brûlésoon

Meaning

to be cooked, to be ripe, or to burn.

Good to know

covers both the completion of cooking or ripening and the destructive sense of burning.

Examples

  • Inyama zirashya neza kuri iri ziko.The meat is cooking well on this stove.
  • Imbuto zarashye zigahita ziba nziza kurya.The fruit ripened and became nice to eat.
  • Inzu yarashye ijoro ryashize.The house burned down last night.
  • Ntibizashya niba tutongera inkwi.It will not cook if we don't add more firewood.

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