guhara

How to say it

Meaning

to scrape or damage a surface, to tan an animal hide, or to be missing or incomplete.

Good to know

covers several senses depending on context — physical scraping/tanning, or the stative sense of lacking something; the derived noun ibihara refers to chicken pox or measles.

Examples

• Umudandaji arahara impu z'ingurube.The trader is tanning the pig hides.
• Iki gikombe kirahara amazi, ntikuzuye.This cup is lacking water, it is not full.
• Ntuhare urukuta rw'inzu, ruzononekara.Do not scrape the wall of the house, it will get damaged.
• Umwana arahara kubera ibihara.The child has broken out because of chicken pox.

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