Kirundi
ikigagara
Word parts: iki-gagara
ee-kee-gah-GAH-rah
How to say it
Kirundiikigagaraee-kee-gah-GAH-rahsoon
Englishdeepsoon
Frenchpanier profond sans couverclesoon
Meaning
a deep, open basket, or bundle, used especially to wrap and carry a corpse; a stretcher for a corpse.
Good to know
A term tied to traditional burial customs.
Examples
- Basize umuvyeyi wabo mu kigagara kugira ngo bamushyingure.They wrapped their parent's body in the burial basket to bury it.
- Ese ikigagara caratunganijwe mu buryo bukwiye?Was the burial-basket prepared in the proper way?
- Nta kigagara na kimwe cari kiboneka mu mudugudu.There was no burial basket to be found in the village.
- Abagabo bane ni bo bikoreye ikigagara kijana ku irimbi.Four men were the ones carrying the wrapped body on the stretcher to the graveyard.
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