gutwikira
goo-twee-KEE-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutwikiragoo-twee-KEE-rahsoon
Meaning
To put something over a thing so that it is hidden or closed, like a lid on a pot or a blanket over a person; as the applied form of gutwika, to burn, it also means to set fire to someone's houses or goods.
Good to know
The thing laid over comes second: gutwikira umwana ikiringiti, to cover the child with a blanket. The reflexive kwitwikira is to cover oneself; kwitwikira ijoro, to act under cover of night. In the burning sense the victim is the object: gutwikira abaturage, to burn people's homes.
Examples
- Twikira inkono kugira ngo ibiryo bishye vuba.Cover the pot so that the food cooks quickly.
- Yatwikiriye umwana ikiringiti kubera imbeho.He covered the child with a blanket because of the cold.
- Imvura iguye, dutwikira ibishyimbo byari byanitswe.When the rain fell, we covered the beans that were drying.
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