Kirundi
gusamburwa
Word parts: gu-samburwa
goo-sahm-BOOR-wah
How to say it
Kirundigusamburwagoo-sahm-BOOR-wahsoon
Englishto be torn downsoon
Frenchêtre démolisoon
Meaning
to be demolished by others, or to be undone.
Good to know
passive of gusambura.
Examples
- Urugo rwarasamburwa n'abasirikare.The homestead was demolished by soldiers.
- Ntashaka gusamburwa umushinga yakoreye imyaka.He doesn't want the project he worked on for years to be undone.
- Wigeze wumva urugo rusamburwa nta mpamvu?Have you ever heard of a home being torn down for no reason?
- Iyo nzu izosamburwa mu ndwi zizoza.That house will be torn down in the coming weeks.
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