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kunyara

koo-NYAH-rah

How to say it

Kinyarwandakunyarakoo-NYAH-rah
Englishto urinate
Frenchuriner

Meaning

To pass urine out of the body, as people and animals do several times a day.

Good to know

A plain everyday word; in polite speech people say kwihagarika or kujya ku musarane, to go to the toilet. The perfect is -nyaye.

Examples

  • Umwana yanyaye ku buriri.The child wet the bed.
  • Kubyuka ujya kunyara kenshi nijoro bishobora kuba ikimenyetso cy'indwara.Getting up to urinate often at night can be a sign of illness.
  • Ntibyemewe kunyara ku muhanda.It is not allowed to urinate by the road.

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