gukena

How to say it

Meaning

to be needy or poor, to lack what one needs.

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to need; to be poor; be in want

Examples

• Uwo muryango urakena cane.That family is very poor.
• Ndakena imfashanyo yawe.I am in need of your help.
• Igihugu carakennye nyuma y'intambara.The country became impoverished after the war.
• Ntibakennye mbere y'uko iyo ndwara ibashikira.They weren't poor before that illness struck them.