kuchoma

How to say it

Meaning

To destroy or damage with fire, to cook meat or maize over a fire, or to push something sharp into a body.

Good to know

Kuchoma moto is to set on fire; nyama choma is grilled meat. Kuchoma sindano is to give an injection, and the passive kuchomwa means to be burned or stabbed.

Examples

• Wakulima huchoma nyasi kabla ya kulima.Farmers burn the grass before plowing.
• Tulichoma mahindi jioni kando ya moto.We roasted maize in the evening beside the fire.
• Muuguzi alimchoma mtoto sindano ya chanjo.The nurse gave the child a vaccine injection.

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