Kirundi
gukiza
Word parts: gu-kiza
goo-KEE-za
How to say it
Kirundigukizagoo-KEE-zasoon
Englishto healsoon
Frenchguérir, sauversoon
Meaning
to heal, save, or deliver someone from harm or illness.
Good to know
used both medically, to cure, and in a religious sense, to save or deliver from sin or danger.
Examples
- Imana yarakijije uwo mubyeyi wari murwaye bikomeye.God healed that mother who was gravely ill.
- Uwo muganga yarakijije abarwayi benshi.That doctor healed many patients.
- Ntawakijije abantu bapfuye mu mvura.No one could save the people who drowned in the flood.
- Tuzokiza uwo mwana ku bibazo afitanye n'ababyeyi be.We will deliver that child from the problems he has with his parents.
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