kwokoka

How to say it

Meaning

to survive a disaster or illness, or to recover one's health or possessions afterward.

Good to know

to be left alive after a plague; to survive; to regain health or possessions

Examples

• Ndashaka kwokoka iyi ndwara ikaze.I want to survive this severe illness.
• Ntibose bashoboye kwokoka ico cago.Not everyone was able to survive that plague.
• Uragomba kwokoka kugira ngo urabe abana bawe bakura.You must recover so you can see your children grow up.
• Twagerageje kwokoka igihe c'inzara.We tried to survive through the famine.