Kirundi
gutimvya
Word parts: gu-timvya
goo-TEEM-vyah
How to say it
Kirundigutimvyagoo-TEEM-vyahsoon
Englishto benumbsoon
Frenchengourdirsoon
Meaning
to make numb, to benumb.
Good to know
The causative of gutimba.
Examples
- Umuti wa muganga yaratimvije ukuguru kwanje.The doctor's medicine made my leg go numb.
- Ese ubukonje burashobora gutimvya intoke?Can the cold make your fingers numb?
- Iyo miti ntitimvya uwuyinyoye vy'igihe kirekire.That medicine doesn't numb the person who drinks it for long.
- Inshinge azoyironkerwa izomutimvya akaboko.The injection he's going to get will numb his arm.
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