Kinyarwanda
urunyo
Word parts: uru-nyo
oo-ROO-nyoh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaurunyooo-ROO-nyohsoon
Englishwormsoon
Frenchver, asticotsoon
Meaning
a small soft-bodied crawling worm or maggot, often found in decaying matter.
Good to know
worm, maggot
Examples
- Uruguma rwe rwarimo urunyo.His wound had a maggot in it.
- Twabonye urunyo mu mbuto yaboze.We found a worm in the rotten fruit.
- Ese urunyo ruva he mu nyama zabositse?Where do maggots in spoiled meat come from?
- Inkoko yariye urunyo rwatobotse mu butaka.The chicken ate a worm that came out of the ground.
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