kwicisha inzara

How to say it

Meaning

To make a person or an animal suffer or die from hunger by keeping food away from them.

Good to know

Built on kwicisha, to cause to die by, and inzara, hunger. The victim is the object: kwicisha abantu inzara, to starve people. The passive is kwicishwa inzara, to be starved; simply being hungry is gusonza.

Examples

• Umwanzi yashakaga kwicisha inzara abari mu mujyi.The enemy wanted to starve the people in the city.
• Ni icyaha kwicisha inzara amatungo.It is a crime to starve animals.
• Ntibikwiye kwicisha inzara umwana uhanwa.It is not right to starve a child as a punishment.

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