Kirundi
kumugara
Word parts: ku-mugara
koo-moo-GAH-rah
How to say it
Kirundikumugarakoo-moo-GAH-rahsoon
Englishto be or become weaksoon
Frenchêtre faible, être paralysésoon
Meaning
to become weak, powerless, or paralyzed.
Good to know
used both of physical paralysis and, by extension, of being sexually impotent.
Examples
- Umukurambere yaramugaye amaguru.The elder's legs became paralyzed.
- Uburwayi bwaramugaje ibice vy'umubiri.The illness weakened parts of his body.
- Ese amaboko ye yaramugaye burundu?Have his arms become paralyzed for good?
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