kunogora

How to say it

Meaning

to pry or gouge something out forcibly, as an ingrown nail or an eye.

Good to know

used for forceful extraction, e.g. an embedded nail or, in violent contexts, an eye; register can be harsh.

Examples

• Umuforomo yanogora urwara mu kirenge cye.The nurse pries the ingrown nail from his foot.
• Ese bagomba kunogora iri buye ryinjiye mu ruhu?Do they need to gouge out this stone stuck in the skin?
• Ntabwo bashaka kunogora icyo kintu ubu.They do not want to gouge that thing out now.
• Muganga azanogora urwara rwinjiye mu rutoki.The doctor will pry the ingrown nail out of the finger.

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