umunya

How to say it

Meaning

a wrinkle on the face, or extreme thinness of the body.

Good to know

wrinkle (as in face), excessive thinness nyabugoro little house built for spirit of one who has died

Examples

• Imyaka yamuteye iminya mu maso.Age gave him wrinkles on his face.
• Umunya w'urwara warakomeje kwiyongera.The thinness caused by the illness kept increasing.
• Ntawuzi impamvu y'umunya afise mu maso.No one knows the reason for the wrinkles on his face.
• Yaragabanutse cane, hasigaye umunya gusa.He lost so much weight, only thinness remained.

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