guhungabana

How to say it

Meaning

To lose one's calm or stability because of a shock, said of a person, a country, security or the economy. Of a person it often means to suffer trauma.

Good to know

Its causative is guhungabanya, to disturb: guhungabanya umutekano, to threaten security. Ihungabana, trauma, comes from the same root and is common in talk about the genocide.

Examples

• Umutekano w'akarere wahungabanye nyuma y'imyigaragambyo.Security in the region was shaken after the protests.
• Abana benshi bahungabanye kubera intambara.Many children were traumatized by the war.
• Ubukungu bw'igihugu bwatangiye guhungabana.The country's economy began to be destabilized.

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