guhora

How to say it

Meaning

to become calm and quiet after being upset, or to always be doing something.

Good to know

Carries several related senses depending on context: hot food or a hot temper cooling down, a habitual action repeated always, or lasting forever — hence its use in guhoraho, 'to be eternal'.

Examples

• Umwana yahoye aca ahagarika kurira.The child calmed down and stopped crying.
• Ndahora nsoma ijoro ryose.I always read every night.
• Ivyo kurya bihora, ntibicye vuba.That food takes a while to cool, it doesn't cool quickly.
• Uwo mugabo ntahora, ahora ashavura.That man never calms down, he's always fuming.