Kirundi
gupfana
Word parts: gu-pfana
goo-pfa-NA
How to say it
Kirundigupfanagoo-pfa-NAsoon
Englishto die withsoon
Frenchmourir avec, dans les bras desoon
Meaning
to be related to one another, to be kin.
Good to know
describes family relationship; also used idiomatically for dying together or for blaming one another.
Examples
- Turapfana na bo, ni abavukana ba data.We are related to them, they are my father's siblings.
- Ese mupfana n'uwo mugabo?Are you related to that man?
- Ntitupfana n'abo, ni abasangwa gusa.We are not related to those people, they are just neighbors.
- Abo bantu barapfanye igihe cimwe mu kaga kamwe.Those people died together at the same time in one disaster.
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