Kinyarwanda
kurigita
Word parts: ku-rigita
koo-ree-GEE-tah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakurigitakoo-ree-GEE-tahsoon
Englishto disappear into groundsoon
Frenchdisparaître sous terre, être introuvablesoon
Meaning
to vanish into the ground as if swallowed by it, becoming impossible to find.
Good to know
a vivid idiom for someone or something disappearing without a trace.
Examples
- Umwana yarigitse mu ishyamba, nta wamubonaga.The child vanished into the forest, no one could find him.
- Aho impfizi yagiye ni ho harigise.Wherever the bull went, it simply vanished.
- Ntabwo yarigitse, yagiye kwa mubyara we gusa.He didn't vanish, he only went to his cousin's place.
- Amafaranga yarigise mu maboko ye.The money vanished from his hands.
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