Kirundi
kugayika
Word parts: ku-gayika
koo-gah-YEE-kah
How to say it
Kirundikugayikakoo-gah-YEE-kahsoon
Englishto be despisedsoon
Frenchêtre méprisé, haïsoon
Meaning
to be despised, looked down upon.
Good to know
to be despised; be looked down upon
Examples
- Umuntu w'umukene aragayika mu baturanyi biwe.A poor man is looked down upon by his neighbors.
- Ntagayika, aratekereza neza.He is not looked down on, he is well thought of.
- Ese kubera iki abagayika gutyo?Why is he despised so much?
- Azogayika niyagumya kwaka amahera atagaruye.He will come to be despised if he keeps borrowing money and not repaying it.
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