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Kinyarwanda

kurongora

Word parts: ku-rongora

koo-roh-NGOH-rah

How to say it

Kinyarwandakurongorakoo-roh-NGOH-rahsoon
Englishto marry a bridesoon
Frenchépouser une mariéesoon

Meaning

to take a wife in marriage.

Good to know

used from the man's point of view; the wife's counterpart is kurongorwa.

Examples

  • Umugabo yarongoye umukobwa wo mu mudugudu utuwe n'abandi.The man married a girl from the neighboring village.
  • Uzarongora ryari?When will you get married?
  • Ntabwo yarongoye undi mugore, akiri umwe.He hasn't married another wife, he still has one.
  • Se yamurongoye afite imyaka makumyabiri.His father married when he was twenty years old.

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