Kirundi
kwisomora
Word parts: kw-isomora
kwee-soh-MOH-rah
How to say it
Kirundikwisomorakwee-soh-MOH-rahsoon
Englishto dress a wound for oneselfsoon
Frenchse panser une plaiesoon
Meaning
literally to change one's own wound dressing, used euphemistically for a married man committing adultery.
Good to know
the wound-dressing sense is literal; in adult speech the word is almost always used as the euphemism for adultery.
Examples
- Ntashaka kwisomora ubukomere bwanje wenyene.I don't want to redress my own wound alone.
- Bavuze ko yagiye kwisomora.They said he had gone off to commit adultery.
- Ntibikwiye kwisomora uri umugabo wubatse.It's not right for a married man to be unfaithful.
- Kubera iki abagabo bamwe bashaka kwisomora?Why do some husbands want to stray like that?
Not yet checked by a native speaker.