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kuzenguruka

koo-zeh-ngoo-ROO-kah

How to say it

Kinyarwandakuzengurukakoo-zeh-ngoo-ROO-kahsoon
Englishto go around, to tour; to surroundsoon
Frenchfaire le tour de, parcourir; entourersoon

Meaning

To move in a circle around something, to travel around a place, or to stand all around it.

Good to know

Takes the place as object: kuzenguruka isi, to travel around the world. The causative kuzengurutsa means to turn something round.

Examples

  • Isi izenguruka izuba mu mwaka umwe.The earth goes around the sun in one year.
  • Twazengurutse umujyi wa Kigali ku igare.We toured the city of Kigali by bicycle.
  • Abapolisi bazengurutse inzu yose.The police surrounded the whole house.

Forms

bazengurutse, guzenguruka, ruzengurutse

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