Kirundi
gukamba
Word parts: gu-kamba
goo-KAHM-bah
How to say it
Kirundigukambagoo-KAHM-bahsoon
Englishto begin to get wrinkledsoon
Frenchcommencer à se rider (avec l'âge)soon
Meaning
to begin to get wrinkled with age.
Good to know
to begin to get wrinkled (with age); to be
Examples
- Uruhu rw'umukecuru rurakamba.The old woman's skin is starting to wrinkle.
- Amaso yiwe yarakambye kubera imyaka.Wrinkles began to show on his face with age.
- Ntibisanzwe ko umusore akamba akiri muto.It's unusual for a young man to get wrinkled skin so early.
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