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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