gutuba
goo-TOO-bah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutubagoo-TOO-bahsoon
Englishto shrink, to dwindle, to decreasesoon
Frenchdiminuer, rétrécirsoon
Meaning
Of an amount, a quantity or a size: to become smaller or less than before.
Good to know
The past is -tubye: umusaruro waratubye, the harvest shrank. The opposite is kwiyongera, to increase.
Examples
- Umusaruro w'ibishyimbo waratubye kubera izuba.The bean harvest dwindled because of the drought.
- Amafaranga yanjye agenda atuba buri kwezi.My money keeps dwindling every month.
- Iyo imyenda imeshwe nabi ishobora gutuba.When clothes are washed badly they can shrink.
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