guhonyora

How to say it

Meaning

to step or trample heavily on something, often crushing or destroying it underfoot.

Good to know

The strongest of the trampling verbs in this family — it stretches to mean destroying or tearing something down, or leaving tracks by trampling a path.

Examples

• Yahonyoye ku gikoko kimwe kimuvunze umuguru.He stepped on an insect and broke its leg.
• Ntukihonyore mu murima w'umuryango wanyu.Don't go trampling around in your own family's field.
• Ing'ombe zahonyoye inzira nshasha zo kw'ijuru.The cattle trampled new paths up the hill.
• Igihugu cahonyowe n'intambara.The country was trampled down by war.

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