kwihumanya
kwee-hoo-MAH-nyah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwihumanyakwee-hoo-MAH-nyah
Frenchse souiller
Meaning
To make oneself ritually or morally unclean, for example by touching or eating what a religion or custom forbids.
Good to know
Reflexive of guhumanya, to defile, to pollute. Today guhumanya is common for pollution: imyuka ihumanya ikirere, gases that pollute the air.
Examples
- Abayahudi birindaga kwihumanya bakora ku murambo.The Jews avoided defiling themselves by touching a corpse.
- Ntiyashatse kwihumanya arya ibyo idini ribuza.He did not want to defile himself by eating what the religion forbids.
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