kworokera

How to say it

Meaning

in traditional cattle care, to place the skin of a dead calf before a cow to encourage her to give milk.

Good to know

an infinitive verb (kw- class) belonging to pastoral vocabulary; used only in the context of herding and dairy cattle.

Examples

• Umworozi arashaka kworokera iyi ng'ombe yatakaje ikimasa cayo.The herder wants to induce lactation in this cow that lost her calf.
• Ese uku kworokera kuragikorwa gute?How is this inducing of lactation done?
• Aragiye kworokera izo ng'ombe zose ku wa kabiri.He is going to induce lactation in all those cows on Tuesday.