Kirundi
ikiza
Word parts: iki-za
ee-CHEE-zah
How to say it
Kirundiikizaee-CHEE-zahsoon
Englisha calamitysoon
Frenchcalamité, fléausoon
Meaning
a disaster or severe misfortune, such as an epidemic disease or plague.
Good to know
often paired with a cause, e.g. ikiza c'indwara (a disease calamity).
Examples
- Ikiza c'indwara caragize abantu benshi bapfa.The disease calamity caused many people to die.
- Turasenga kugira ngo ikiza kidashika mu gihugu.We pray so that calamity does not strike the country.
- Ntawari yiteze ikiza nk'iki.No one expected a calamity like this.
- Igihe ikiza kigeze, abantu bose baratinya.When calamity comes, everyone is afraid.
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