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Kirundi

kuvirwa

Word parts: ku-virwa

koo-VEE-rwah

How to say it

Kirundikuvirwakoo-VEE-rwahsoon
Englishto be soakedsoon
Frenchêtre trempé, dégoulinantsoon

Meaning

to be soaked or flooded, as when a house fills with water.

Good to know

to be soaked, flooded in house

Examples

  • Inzu yaciye ivirwa n'imvura.The house got flooded by the rain.
  • Ntabwo dushaka ko urugo rwacu ruvirwa.We don't want our compound to be flooded.
  • Imirima yaravize n'umwuzure.The fields got flooded by the overflow.
  • Iyo nzu iravirwa buri gihe c'imvura.That house floods every time it rains.

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