Kinyarwanda
guhumana
Word parts: gu-humana
goo-hoo-MAH-nah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaguhumanagoo-hoo-MAH-nahsoon
Englishto be defiledsoon
Frenchêtre souillé, avoir une maladie de peausoon
Meaning
to be ritually defiled, as by breaking a taboo, or to develop a skin ailment believed caused by this.
Good to know
a traditional term linking the breaking of a taboo to physical affliction.
Examples
- Abakurambere bavugaga ko umuntu ashobora guhumana atubahirije umuziro.Elders used to say a person could become defiled by not respecting a taboo.
- Arahumana kubera kudakurikiza imigenzo.He is defiled for not following the customs.
- Ntiyahumanye nk'uko babivugaga.He was not defiled as they claimed.
- Bavuze ko azahumana atitondeye.They said he would become defiled if he wasn't careful.
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