Kirundi
kurokoza
Word parts: ku-rokoza
koo-roh-KOH-zah
How to say it
Kirundikurokozakoo-roh-KOH-zahsoon
Englishto get well when others around are dyingsoon
Frenchguérir, survivresoon
Meaning
to be the one who survives when others around are dying, or to be an instrument by which someone else is saved.
Good to know
to get well when others around are dying, to save by means of
Examples
- Muri iyo ndwara, umwe gusa niwe yarokoje.In that epidemic, only one person came through while others died.
- Amazi meza yarokoje abantu benshi.Clean water saved many people.
- Ntibisanzwe kurokoza igihe abandi bose bapfa.It's unusual to pull through when everyone else is dying.
- Ni iki carokoje uwo mugabo?What was it that saved that man (when others died)?
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