kuvuka

How to say it

Meaning

to come into life, to enter the world at birth.

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an intransitive stative verb (ku- class); distinct from kuvyarwa, the passive of "to give birth," which stresses the mother's act rather than the child's arrival.

Examples

• Umwana ashobora kuvuka ku wa gatanu nk'uko muganga yabivuze.The baby may be born on Friday, as the doctor said.
• Ese wari uzi ko yavutse mu Bujumbura?Did you know that he was born in Bujumbura?
• Ntawomenya umunsi umwana azovukamwo neza.No one knows exactly what day the baby will be born.
• Umwaka utaha, umwana wa mushiki wanje aragiye kuvuka.Next year, my sister's baby is going to be born.

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