kuangamia
koo-ah-ngah-MEE-ah
How to say it
Swahilikuangamiakoo-ah-ngah-MEE-ah
Englishto perish, to be destroyed
Frenchpérir, être anéanti
Meaning
To die or be completely destroyed, often in large numbers or for good, as people in a disaster or a nation ruined by war.
Good to know
Intransitive: watu wengi waliangamia katika mafuriko, many people perished in the floods. The causative kuangamiza is to destroy; maangamizi is destruction.
Examples
- Watu wengi waliangamia katika mafuriko hayo.Many people perished in those floods.
- Bila mvua, mifugo yote itaangamia.Without rain, all the livestock will perish.
- Taifa lisilo na maadili linaweza kuangamia.A nation without morals can be destroyed.
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