Kinyarwanda
ubuganga
Word parts: ubu-ganga
u-bu-GA-nga
How to say it
Kinyarwandaubugangau-bu-GA-ngasoon
Englishfeversoon
Frenchfièvresoon
Meaning
fever, or by extension malaria, an illness marked by high temperature and chills.
Good to know
traditional term, now largely replaced by the loanword "malariya".
Examples
- Umwana afite ubuganga bukabije.The child has a severe fever.
- Twamujyanye ku bitaro kubera ubuganga.We took him to the hospital because of the fever.
- Ubuganga bwaramukubise mu ijoro.The fever struck him at night.
- Umuti w'ubuganga urahenze cyane.Malaria medicine is very expensive.
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