kugosora
koo-goh-SOH-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakugosorakoo-goh-SOH-rah
Englishto winnow
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Meaning
To toss threshed grain, such as sorghum or beans, on a flat basket so that the wind or the shaking carries away the chaff and dust.
Good to know
Done with a winnowing basket, intara, after threshing, guhura. Kugosora amasaka is to winnow sorghum.
Examples
- Abagore bagosoraga amasaka ku mbuga.The women were winnowing sorghum in the courtyard.
- Nyuma yo guhura, bagosora ibishyimbo mu ntara.After threshing, they winnow the beans in a winnowing basket.
- Nyogokuru arimo kunyigisha kugosora.My grandmother is teaching me to winnow.
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