kuinuka
koo-ee-NOO-kah
How to say it
Swahilikuinukakoo-ee-NOO-kahsoon
Englishto rise, to get up, to stand upsoon
Frenchse lever, se releversoon
Meaning
To rise from sitting or lying, or to go up from a lower position. Figuratively it means to recover and rise again after a fall or failure.
Good to know
Intransitive; the causative kuinua is to lift or raise something. Kuinuka kitini is to get up from a chair; kuinuka kiuchumi is to rise economically.
Examples
- Mzee aliinuka polepole kutoka kitandani.The old man got up slowly from the bed.
- Wote waliinuka wimbo wa taifa ulipoanza.Everyone stood up when the national anthem began.
- Baada ya kuanguka, kampuni hiyo imeanza kuinuka tena.After its fall, that company has begun to rise again.
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