Kirundi
gusamba
Word parts: gu-samba
goo-SAHM-bah
How to say it
Kirundigusambagoo-SAHM-bahsoon
Englishto be in agonysoon
Frenchêtre à l'agonie, avoir des spasmessoon
Meaning
to writhe in physical agony or convulse with spasms; also, to plead one's case formally before a court.
Good to know
an old legal sense (pleading a case) survives alongside the everyday physical sense of writhing in pain.
Examples
- Umurwayi yarasambaga ku buriri.The patient was writhing on the bed.
- Ntashobora gusamba imbere y'abacamanza atabifitiye ivyemezo.He can't plead his case before the judges without evidence.
- Wabonye umuntu asamba ku bw'ibimubabaza?Have you seen someone writhing from pain?
- Azosamba mu rukiko ku wa kane.He will plead his case in court on Thursday.
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