Kinyarwanda
gutabwa
Word parts: gu-tabwa
goo-TAH-bwah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutabwagoo-TAH-bwahsoon
Englishto be discardedsoon
Frenchêtre jetésoon
Meaning
to be thrown away or abandoned.
Good to know
passive; used for objects discarded as rubbish, or figuratively for people cast aside.
Examples
- Imyanda yatabwe hanze y'umudugudu.The garbage was discarded outside the village.
- Ntabwo ibintu byiza bigomba gutabwa.Good things should not be discarded.
- Yumvise yatabwe n'umuryango we.He felt he had been abandoned by his family.
- Ibyo bikoresho byatabwe ryari?When were these items thrown away?
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