Kirundi
ikiziga
Word parts: iki-ziga
ee-chee-ZEE-gah
How to say it
Kirundiikizigaee-chee-ZEE-gahsoon
Englishcorpsesoon
Frenchcadavresoon
Meaning
a dead human body.
Good to know
formal, somber register; the everyday word is umurambo.
Examples
- Ikiziga carazikijwe mu gitondo.The corpse was buried in the morning.
- Barashaka ikiziga c'uwazimiye.They are looking for the corpse of the missing person.
- Ntawakwitwararika ikiziga wenyene.No one should handle a corpse alone.
- Igihe ikiziga cabonetse, abantu bose baratangara.When the corpse was found, everyone was shocked.
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