kubakira
koo-bah-KEE-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakubakirakoo-bah-KEE-rahsoon
Englishto build for; to build onsoon
Frenchconstruire pour ; bâtir sursoon
Meaning
To build a house or something else for someone, or to use something as a base to build on.
Good to know
Applied form of kubaka, to build: the one built for is the object (kubakira umuntu inzu), and kubakira ku is to build on a foundation or on past results. Not to be confused with kubakira, to welcome them, from kwakira.
Examples
- Umurenge wubakiye abatishoboye amazu icumi.The sector built ten houses for the needy.
- Tugomba kubakira ku byo twagezeho.We must build on what we have achieved.
- Ababyeyi be bamwubakiye inzu nziza.His parents built him a fine house.
The same word in
Forms
kubakirwa (passive of kubakira, to build for)
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