Kinyarwanda
guhumanya
Word parts: gu-humanya
goo-hoo-MAH-nyah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaguhumanyagoo-hoo-MAH-nyahsoon
Englishto make uncleansoon
Frenchrendre impur, souillersoon
Meaning
to make unclean, to defile.
Good to know
the causative of guhumana; someone or something makes another party defiled.
Examples
- Icyaha cyahumanyije umuryango wose.The offense defiled the whole family.
- Ntukahumanye iki kibanza cyera.Don't defile this sacred place.
- Ntiyahumanyije abandi.He did not defile the others.
- Ibyo bikorwa bizahumanya aha hantu.Those acts will defile this place.
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