Kinyarwanda
gupfa
Word parts: gu-pfa
GOO-pfah
How to say it
KinyarwandagupfaGOO-pfahsoon
Englishto diesoon
Frenchmourirsoon
Meaning
to stop living, to pass away.
Good to know
the everyday word for dying, though it is often softened by euphemism out of respect.
Examples
- Umuntu arapfa igihe cye kigeze.A person dies when their time comes.
- Ese abantu barapfa bose?Do all people die?
- Ntapfa, aracyariho.He hasn't died, he's still alive.
- Azapfa nk'uko twese tuzapfa.He will die as we will all die.
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