Kirundi
kubeshaho
Word parts: ku-beshaho
koo-beh-SHAH-hoh
How to say it
Kirundikubeshahokoo-beh-SHAH-hohsoon
Englishto cause to livesoon
Frenchfaire vivre, donner la vie à (de kuba)soon
Meaning
to give life to someone, or to keep them alive.
Good to know
from kuba, to be.
Examples
- Imana irabesha ivyaremwe vyose.God gives life to everything that was created.
- Ese ivyo biryo bizobabesha?Will that food keep them alive?
- Ntibyabeshe abarwayi bose, benshi barapfuye.It didn't keep all the patients alive, many died.
- Umuganga yarabeshe uwo mwana afise indwara yiremye.The doctor saved that child's life from the serious illness.
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