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kunusuru

koo-noo-SOO-roo

How to say it

Swahilikunusurukoo-noo-SOO-roosoon
Englishto rescue, to save, to salvagesoon
Frenchsauver, secourir, sauvegardersoon

Meaning

To save a person, an animal or a thing from danger, loss or ruin, often at the last moment.

Good to know

Takes its object directly: kunusuru maisha, to save lives. The passive is kunusurika, to escape narrowly; alinusurika kifo, he narrowly escaped death.

Examples

  • Wavuvi walifanikiwa kunusuru watu kumi waliozama.The fishermen managed to rescue ten people who were drowning.
  • Serikali inajaribu kunusuru kiwanda kisifungwe.The government is trying to save the factory from closing.
  • Mvua za mwisho zilinusuru mazao yetu.The last rains saved our crops.

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