Kirundi
ikigumbagumba
Word parts: iki-gumbagumba
ee-kee-goom-bah-GOOM-bah
How to say it
Kirundiikigumbagumbaee-kee-goom-bah-GOOM-bahsoon
Englishoverwhelming joysoon
Frenchjoie débordantesoon
Meaning
a feeling of joy so great and overwhelming that it is almost painful.
Good to know
A vivid, poetic word for intense happiness, more expressive than plain 'joy'.
Examples
- Yumvise ikigumbagumba abonye umwana wiwe avutse.She felt overwhelming joy when her child was born.
- Ese wigeze wumva ikigumbagumba nk'iki?Have you ever felt joy this overwhelming?
- Nta kigumbagumba twumvise, twari turushe.We did not feel overwhelming joy, we were just tired.
- Bazokwumva ikigumbagumba igihe bazokwibonana.They will feel overwhelming joy when they see each other again.
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