Kinyarwanda
uburohame
Word parts: ubu-rohame
u-bu-ro-HA-me
How to say it
Kinyarwandauburohameu-bu-ro-HA-mesoon
Englishshipwrecksoon
Frenchnaufrage, pertesoon
Meaning
shipwreck, or by extension a great loss or disaster.
Good to know
shipwreck, loss
Examples
- Uburohame bw'iyo nyanja bwahitanye abantu benshi.The shipwreck at sea claimed many lives.
- Ntabwo yavuyemo uburohame bwe bwose.He did not recover from his loss.
- Uburohame bw'ubukungu bwabahekuye.The economic ruin devastated them.
- Twumvise inkuru y'uburohame bw'ubwato.We heard the news of the ship's wreck.
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