kugeuza
koo-geh-OO-zah
How to say it
Swahilikugeuzakoo-geh-OO-zah
Meaning
To make something face another way or lie the other side up, or to change it into something different; kugeuza X kuwa Y is to turn X into Y.
Good to know
The causative of kugeuka, to turn. Kugeuza gari is to turn a car round and kugeuza fedha to change money; mageuzi are reforms.
Examples
- Dereva aligeuza gari akarudi mjini.The driver turned the car round and went back to town.
- Wamegeuza ghala la zamani kuwa shule.They have turned the old warehouse into a school.
- Geuza chapati ili iive upande wa pili.Turn the chapati over so that the other side cooks.
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