chuna

How to say it

Meaning

to skin or flay an animal, or to scrape and strip off bark or peel.

Good to know

verb; also seen as chunua; used for skinning game or livestock, and for peeling bark from trees.

Examples

• Wawindaji walimchuna mnyama waliyemwua.The hunters skinned the animal they had killed.
• Usimchune ngozi kabla haijakauka.Don't flay the skin before it has dried.
• Je, wamemaliza kuchuna mbuzi?Have they finished skinning the goat?
• Kesho tutachuna gome la mti huu.Tomorrow we will strip the bark off this tree.

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