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Kinyarwanda

agahinda

Word parts: aga-hinda

ah-gah-HEE-ndah

How to say it

Kinyarwandaagahindaah-gah-HEE-ndahsoon
Englishsorrowsoon
Frenchtristessesoon

Meaning

a deep feeling of sadness, especially over a loss; sorrow or grief.

Good to know

commonly used for personal grief and mourning, often paired with kubabara (to suffer).

Examples

  • Agahinda karamufashe amaze kubura se.Grief overcame him after he lost his father.
  • Nta muntu udafite agahinda mu buzima.No one is without sorrow in life.
  • Uragira agahinda kubera iki?Why are you feeling sorrow?
  • Amaze igihe afite agahinda kubera urupfu rwa nyina.He has been grieving for a while because of his mother's death.

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