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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