kwikemura
kwee-keh-MOO-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwikemurakwee-keh-MOO-rah
Englishto relieve oneself, to go to the toilet
Frenchfaire ses besoins
Meaning
To pass urine or stool; a polite way of saying that one goes to the toilet.
Good to know
Reflexive of gukemura, to solve, to meet a need. Polite and common: kujya kwikemura, to go to the toilet. The applied kwikemurira ibibazo is to solve one's own problems.
Examples
- Umwana yasabye uruhushya rwo kujya kwikemura.The child asked permission to go to the toilet.
- Ntibyemewe kwikemura ku muhanda.It is not allowed to relieve oneself by the road.
- Mu rugendo twahagaze gato ngo abantu bikemure.On the journey we stopped briefly so that people could relieve themselves.
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