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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