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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