indimi

Kinyarwanda

kurwana

Word parts: ku-rwana

koo-RWAH-nah

How to say it

Kinyarwandakurwanakoo-RWAH-nahsoon
Englishto fightsoon
Frenchse battre (int.)soon

Meaning

to engage in physical or armed combat with an opponent, to fight.

Good to know

to fight

Examples

  • Abasirikare barwanye ku mupaka umunsi wose.The soldiers fought at the border all day.
  • Kuki abo bahungu barwana buri gihe?Why do those boys fight all the time?
  • Ntabwo twarwanye, twari dusekeranaga gusa.We weren't fighting, we were only joking with each other.
  • Ntuzongere kurwana n'umuvandimwe wawe.Don't fight with your sibling again.

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