guheza
goo-HEH-zah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaguhezagoo-HEH-zahsoon
Englishto exclude, to shut outsoon
Frenchexclure, tenir à l'écartsoon
Meaning
To keep a person or a group out of something they should share in, or to leave them out.
Good to know
Common in politics and development: iterambere ridaheza, development that leaves no one out. The passive guhezwa means to be left out. Kirundi guheza means to finish.
Examples
- Nta muntu ukwiye guhezwa mu burezi.Nobody should be shut out of education.
- Ntibagomba guheza abagore mu nama.They must not exclude women from the meeting.
- Iterambere ridaheza rireba buri wese.Inclusive development concerns everyone.
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