urushinge

How to say it

Meaning

a thin pointed metal tool used for sewing; also the sharp hollow instrument used to give injections.

Good to know

two related senses: sewing needle, and medical injection (gufata urushinge, "to get a shot").

Examples

• Umuforomo yamucishije urushinge.The nurse gave him an injection.
• Urushinge rwacitse mu gihe nadodaga.The needle broke while I was sewing.
• Ese ubabaye igihe wafataga urushinge?Did it hurt when you got the injection?
• Yatewe urushinge rw'umuti w'ubuhehere.He was given a shot of pain medicine.

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