Kinyarwanda
gutsika
Word parts: gu-tsika
goo-TSEE-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutsikagoo-TSEE-kahsoon
Englishto stopsoon
Frencharrêter, éteindresoon
Meaning
to bring a boat to a stop and secure it, to moor.
Good to know
to stop, tie up boat
Examples
- Abarobyi batsitse ubwato ku nkombe.The fishermen moored the boat at the shore.
- Twategereje ubwato kugira ngo dutsike ku cyambu.We waited for the boat to dock at the port.
- Ntabwo yatsitse ubwato neza, bwaragenze bugenda.He did not tie up the boat properly, it drifted away.
- Uzatsika he ubwato ejo?Where will you moor the boat tomorrow?
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