gucikura

How to say it

Meaning

to rescue a lineage, family, or group from extinction or being wiped out.

Good to know

to save from being wiped out (as, family name)

Examples

• Umwuzukuru wacikuye izina ry'umuryango wabo.His grandchild saved their family's name from dying out.
• Batekerezaga ko nta wacikura umuryango wabo nyuma y'intambara.They thought no one would save their family from extinction after the war.
• Uwo mwana ni we wacikuye ubwoko bw'inka za data.That calf is what saved my father's cattle line from being lost.
• Ntabwo byoroshye gucikura umuco waratangiye gushira.It is not easy to rescue a tradition that has begun to disappear.

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