Kirundi
kugoberwa
Word parts: ku-goberwa
ku-go-BE-rwa
How to say it
Kirundikugoberwaku-go-BE-rwasoon
Englishto be thinsoon
Frenchêtre maigresoon
Meaning
to become so thin that the bones show, from hunger.
Good to know
to be thin (bones show due to hunger)
Examples
- Amatungo yagoberwa kubera amapfa.The livestock became emaciated from the drought.
- Umwana aragoberwa kubera inzara.The child is wasting away from hunger.
- Ntibigeze bagoberwa uko bimeze ubu.They had never become this emaciated before.
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