umusonga
oo-moo-SOH-ngah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaumusongaoo-moo-SOH-ngah
Englishpneumonia
Frenchpneumonie
Meaning
A serious illness of the lungs that makes breathing hard and brings fever and a painful cough.
Good to know
Said with kurwara, to fall ill with (kurwara umusonga), and kuzira, to die of (yazize umusonga). Children and old people are most at risk.
Examples
- Umwana yarwaye umusonga kubera imbeho.The child got pneumonia because of the cold.
- Umusonga uvurwa n'imiti yica mikorobi.Pneumonia is treated with antibiotics.
- Sogokuru yazize umusonga afite imyaka mirongo inani.My grandfather died of pneumonia at eighty.
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