Kirundi
urubozo
Word parts: uru-bozo
oo-roo-BOH-zoh
How to say it
Kirundiurubozooo-roo-BOH-zohsoon
Englishkwica urubozo - to make die slowlysoon
Frenchfaire mourir lentementsoon
Meaning
A slow, agonizing death; used above all in the fixed phrase kwica [umuntu] urubozo, "to torment someone to death".
Good to know
Class 11 noun; almost always used together with kwica, 'to kill'.
Examples
- Abanyagihugu barishwe urubozo n'inzara.The people were slowly tormented to death by famine.
- Nti bakwiye kwica umuntu urubozo, na kare ari mubi.They should not torment a person to death, it's wrong regardless.
- Ubukene bwiwe bwaramwishe urubozo.His poverty slowly tormented him to death.
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