Kinyarwanda
kurimbuka
Word parts: ku-rimbuka
koo-ree-MBOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakurimbukakoo-ree-MBOO-kahsoon
Englishto perishsoon
Frenchpérirsoon
Meaning
to be utterly destroyed and lost, with no hope of recovery.
Good to know
to perish, be destroyed, ubu-ro (no pl.)(79) - millet (collective be lost (eternally)
Examples
- Umuryango warimbutse mu ntambara.The family was utterly destroyed in the war.
- Ese ubwo bucuruzi burarimbuka koko?Is that business really heading to ruin?
- Ntabwo igihugu kizarimbuka, gifite abaturage bakomeye.The country will not perish, it has strong citizens.
- Abatavuga rumwe n'ubutegetsi bavuze ko igihugu kirimbuka.The dissidents said the country was heading to ruin.
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