Kinyarwanda
gitumo
gee-TOO-moh
How to say it
Kinyarwandagitumogee-TOO-mohsoon
Englishkugwa gitumo - to strikesoon
Frenchfrapper soudainementsoon
Meaning
used in the idiom 'kugwa gitumo', to strike or happen suddenly and unexpectedly.
Good to know
mainly appears in the fixed expression 'kugwa gitumo'.
Examples
- Icyago cyamugwiriye gitumo.Disaster struck him suddenly.
- Urupfu rwe rwaje gitumo, nta wari abyiteguye.His death came suddenly, no one was prepared for it.
- Imvura yaguye gitumo tugitegura ibirori.The rain fell suddenly while we were still preparing the party.
- Ntawari yiteguye icyo kintu cyabaye gitumo.No one was prepared for that thing that happened so suddenly.
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