Kirundi
incungu
een-CHOON-goo
How to say it
Kirundiincungueen-CHOON-goosoon
Englishransomsoon
Frenchrançonsoon
Meaning
a payment made to free a captive, a ransom.
Good to know
ransom
Examples
- Barishuye incungu kugira barekure uwafashwe.They paid a ransom to free the captive.
- Ntawari afise incungu yasabwaga.He did not have the ransom that was demanded.
- Yesu yavuze ko yaje kuba incungu y'abantu benshi.Jesus said he came to be a ransom for many people.
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