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Kinyarwanda

kotsa

KOH-tsah

How to say it

KinyarwandakotsaKOH-tsahsoon
Englishto roastsoon
Frenchrôtirsoon

Meaning

to cook food directly over or in a fire without water or oil; to roast.

Good to know

verb; used for roasting things like maize, meat, or bananas over an open flame.

Examples

  • Nkunda kotsa ibigori ku muriro.I like roasting maize on the fire.
  • Ese wakotse inyama?Did you roast the meat?
  • Ntabwo twakotse ibitoki uyu munsi.We did not roast bananas today.
  • Tuzakotsa amatoke nimugoroba.We will roast plantains this evening.

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