Kirundi
kwera
Word parts: kw-era
KWEH-rah
How to say it
KirundikweraKWEH-rahsoon
Englishto be whitesoon
Frenchêtre blanc, être pursoon
Meaning
to be white or pure, to be innocent, to ripen, or to get one's first teeth.
Good to know
a highly polysemous root covering physical whiteness, moral purity, fruit ripening, and infant teething.
Examples
- Iyi mpuzu yera cane.This cloth is very white.
- Ndera imbere y'Imana, sinagize icaha bamvuga.I am innocent before God, I did not commit the sin they accuse me of.
- Ese ibitoke vyera ryari?When do the bananas ripen?
- Umwana wanje yaje kwera amenyo ku mwaka umwe.My child got his first teeth at one year old.
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