gupfunga
goo-PFOO-ngah
How to say it
Kirundigupfungagoo-PFOO-ngah
Englishto imprison, lock up
Frenchemprisonner, enfermer
Meaning
To put someone in prison or keep them shut in, by a decision of the police, a court or someone in power.
Good to know
The passive gupfungwa, perfect yapfunzwe, is to be imprisoned. Muslims also use gupfunga for fasting in Ramadan, as in Swahili kufunga.
Examples
- Abapolisi bapfunze abasuma babiri ejo.The police locked up two thieves yesterday.
- Sentare yafashe ingingo yo kumupfunga imyaka itanu.The court decided to imprison him for five years.
- Uwo mugabo yapfunzwe azira ubusuma.That man was imprisoned for theft.
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