Kirundi
indembe
een-DEH-mbeh
How to say it
Kirundiindembeeen-DEH-mbehsoon
Englishdying personsoon
Frenchmourantsoon
Meaning
A person who is close to death; a dying person.
Good to know
noun class 9/10; used with care, hospital/deathbed context.
Examples
- Indembe yari irambaraye ku buriri bw'ibitaro.The dying person was lying on the hospital bed.
- Tuzokwicara ku ruhande rw'indembe kugeza igihe.We will sit beside the dying person until the moment comes.
- Ntawusiga indembe yonyine mu masaha ya nyuma.No one leaves a dying person alone in their last hours.
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