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kufukuza

koo-foo-KOO-zah

How to say it

Swahilikufukuzakoo-foo-KOO-zah
Frenchchasser; expulser; renvoyer, licencier

Meaning

To make a person or an animal leave or run away, or to send someone away from a school, a job, a party or a country.

Good to know

The one sent away is the object: kufukuza kuku, to chase the chickens away; kufukuza kazi, to dismiss from work. The passive kufukuzwa means to be expelled or fired.

Examples

  • Mkulima aliwafukuza nyani shambani kwake.The farmer chased the monkeys away from his field.
  • Shule ilimfukuza mwanafunzi huyo kwa utovu wa nidhamu.The school expelled that student for indiscipline.
  • Kampuni imewafukuza kazi wafanyakazi kumi.The company has fired ten workers.

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Forms

fukuza, fukuzwa

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