gutahuka
goo-tah-HOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutahukagoo-tah-HOO-kah
Englishto return home (from abroad or exile)
Frenchrentrer au pays, être rapatrié
Meaning
To come back to one's own country after living abroad, especially as a refugee or in exile. It is also said of a team or travelers coming home.
Good to know
Past form yatahutse, he came back home. Abatahutse are returnees, and gutahuka ku bushake is voluntary return. Gutaha is the everyday going home at the end of the day.
Examples
- Impunzi nyinshi zatahutse nyuma y'intambara.Many refugees returned home after the war.
- Yahisemo gutahuka nyuma y'imyaka makumyabiri mu mahanga.He decided to come home after twenty years abroad.
- Leta ishishikariza Abanyarwanda baba hanze gutahuka.The government encourages Rwandans living abroad to return home.
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