gukuraho

How to say it

Meaning

To take something off or away from where it was, or to put an end to a rule, a tax or a record. Gukuraho agahigo means to break a record.

Good to know

Gukura, to take out, with the ending ho, from on: gukuraho ingofero, to take off a hat; gukuraho itegeko, to repeal a law. Past: yakuyeho. Kuvanaho is close in sense.

Examples

• Kuraho ingofero iyo winjiye mu rusengero.Take off your hat when you enter the church.
• Leta yakuyeho umusoro ku biribwa by'ibanze.The government removed the tax on basic foods.
• Abakozi b'akarere baje gukuraho ibyapa bitemewe.District workers came to take down unauthorized signs.

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Forms

akuraho, bakuraho, bikuraho, ikurwaho, ntibikuraho, yakuyeho