Kinyarwanda
malaria
mah-lah-REE-ah
How to say it
Kinyarwandamalariamah-lah-REE-ahsoon
Englishmalariasoon
Frenchpaludismesoon
Meaning
an infectious disease caused by a parasite transmitted through mosquito bites, causing fever and chills.
Good to know
a loanword used the same way in everyday speech.
Examples
- Malaria irahitana benshi muri Afurika.Malaria kills many people in Africa.
- Ese wigeze urwara malaria?Have you ever had malaria?
- Ntabwo ari malaria afite.He does not have malaria.
- Abaganga bazarwanya malaria muri aka gace.Doctors will fight malaria in this area.
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