Kirundi
kururumba
Word parts: ku-rurumba
koo-roo-ROO-mbah
How to say it
Kirundikururumbakoo-roo-ROO-mbahsoon
Englishto be hotsoon
Frenchêtre chaudsoon
Meaning
to be hot, especially with fever, or to be ablaze with flames.
Good to know
to be hot (esp. fever), to be feverish; to be in flames
Examples
- Umwana ararurumba, afise umuriro mwinshi.The child is burning up, he has a high fever.
- Inzu yarurumbye umuriro ukayigwira.The house was ablaze in flames.
- Ndarurumba, nkeneye umuti.I'm running a fever, I need medicine.
- Ntiyarurumbye kuko yanyoye umuti.He wasn't feverish because he took the medicine.
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