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Kirundi

gutikiza

Word parts: gu-tikiza

goo-tee-KEE-zah

How to say it

Kirundigutikizagoo-tee-KEE-zahsoon
Englishto destroysoon
Frenchdétruire, exterminersoon

Meaning

to destroy or exterminate something.

Good to know

The causative of gutikira.

Examples

  • Intambara yaratikije igihugu cose.The war destroyed the whole country.
  • Ese udukoko dutikiza ibiterwa?Do those insects destroy the crops?
  • Ntitikiza ivyo tudashoboye kongera kubaka.We don't destroy what we can't rebuild.
  • Inzige zizotikiza imyaka nimba tutazikingiye.The locusts will destroy the crops if we don't protect them.

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