gukemura

How to say it

Meaning

to clean or wipe down the body, to butcher an animal, to shear a sheep's wool or cut an animal's tail, or to cut the top off a tree.

Good to know

to clean, wipe off, wash (esp. body); to butcher; to cut wool of sheep or tail of animal; to cut off top of tree

Examples

• Yarakemuye umubiri wiwe amaze gukora.He wiped himself down after working.
• Twarakemuye intama imbere yo kuyihaza ubwoya.We sheared the sheep of its wool.
• Umworozi yarakemuye ing'ombe.The herder butchered the cow.
• Barakemuye igiti kigeze hejuru cane.They cut the top off the tree that had grown too tall.

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