Kirundi
kurokoka
Word parts: ku-rokoka
koo-roh-KOH-kah
How to say it
Kirundikurokokakoo-roh-KOH-kahsoon
Englishto get wellsoon
Frenchguérir (int.), se rétablir, être richesoon
Meaning
to survive a serious illness or disaster and get well again, to be saved.
Good to know
used both for recovering from a life-threatening sickness and for being saved in the religious sense.
Examples
- Yarwaye cane ariko yarokotse.He was very sick but he survived.
- Abantu benshi ntibarokotse iyo ndwara.Many people did not survive that disease.
- Ese uzorokoka iyi ngorane?Will you get through this hardship?
- Bavuga ko arokotse kubera amasengesho.They say he was saved because of prayer.
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