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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