kwivura

How to say it

Meaning

To try to cure one's own illness or wound, often with home remedies and without seeing a health worker.

Good to know

Reflexive of kuvura, to treat. Not the same as kwivuza, to go and get treatment: kwivura is doing it yourself, which health workers advise against for a serious illness.

Examples

• Ntukwiye kwivura utabanje kubaza muganga.You should not treat yourself without first asking a doctor.
• Yivura inkorora akoresheje ubuki n'indimu.He treats his cough with honey and lemon.
• Abantu benshi bo mu cyaro bivura bakoresheje ibyatsi.Many people in the countryside treat themselves with herbs.

The same word in