kogera
koh-GEH-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakogerakoh-GEH-rahsoon
Frenchnager, se baigner à ; se répandresoon
Meaning
Applicative of koga, to swim: to swim or bathe in a given place. Of news or a saying, it also means to spread everywhere and become widely known.
Good to know
In the swimming sense the place comes first: aho kogera, a place for swimming. In the news sense it goes with hose or hirya no hino: inkuru imaze kogera hose, once the news had spread everywhere.
Examples
- Iki kiyaga gifite ahantu heza ho kogera.This lake has good places to swim.
- Abana ntibemerewe kogera mu mugezi wuzuye.Children are not allowed to swim in the swollen river.
- Amakuru y'urupfu rwe yamaze kogera mu gihugu cyose.The news of his death had already spread through the whole country.
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