Kinyarwanda
gushyingura
Word parts: gu-shyingura
goo-shyeen-GOO-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagushyinguragoo-shyeen-GOO-rahsoon
Englishto put awaysoon
Frenchranger, enleversoon
Meaning
to bury a deceased person.
Good to know
the standard funeral verb, used when a body is laid to rest.
Examples
- Twashyinguye sogokuru ku wa gatanu.We buried our grandfather on Friday.
- Umuryango warashyingura undi wabo uyu munsi.The family is burying one of their own today.
- Ntibashyinguye ku gihe kubera imvura.They did not bury him on time because of the rain.
- Bazamushyingura he?Where will they bury him?
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