Kirundi
inzara
een-ZAH-rah
How to say it
Kirundiinzaraeen-ZAH-rahsoon
Englishhungersoon
Frenchfaim, faminesoon
Meaning
the state of not having enough food, hunger, or a prolonged food shortage, famine.
Good to know
hunger; famine
Examples
- Mfise inzara nyinshi.I'm very hungry.
- Inzara yishe abantu benshi muri ako karere.Famine killed many people in that region.
- Ntabwo bafise ico bafunguraho, inzara irabica.They have nothing to eat, hunger is killing them.
- Nizeye ko inzara izashira uyu mwaka.I hope the famine will end this year.
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