Kirundi
gupfisha
Word parts: gu-pfisha
goo-PFEE-shah
How to say it
Kirundigupfishagoo-PFEE-shahsoon
Englishto losesoon
Frenchperdre (par la mort), faire mourirsoon
Meaning
to cause someone to die, or to lose a close relative through death.
Good to know
the causative of gupfa; also used idiomatically for losing a family member to death.
Examples
- Uwo mugore yarapfishije umugabo we.That woman lost her husband to death.
- Ntakintu na kimwe cashoboye kumupfisha.Nothing was able to kill him.
- Wigeze gupfisha umuntu wo mu muryango?Have you ever lost a family member to death?
- Indwara zimwe zirashobora gupfisha abantu benshi.Some diseases can cause many people to die.
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