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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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