kuribwa

How to say it

Meaning

to be eaten, or, by extension, to be consumed by pain or a nagging feeling.

Good to know

the passive of kurya; used literally of food and figuratively for a wound or worry that "eats" at someone.

Examples

• Inyama zose zaribwe mu birori.All the meat was eaten at the celebration.
• Iki gikomere kirakuribwa?Does this wound sting/eat at you?
• Ntabwo ibiryo byose byaribwe, hasigaye bike.Not all the food was eaten, a little was left.
• Umutima we uraribwa n'agahinda.His heart is being eaten away by sorrow.