kuponya
koo-POH-nyah
How to say it
Swahilikuponyakoo-POH-nyah
Englishto heal, to cure
Frenchguérir, soigner
Meaning
To make a sick or wounded person or animal well again, or to cure a disease; figuratively, to heal divisions or a nation.
Good to know
Takes a direct object: kuponya ugonjwa, to cure a disease; kumponya mgonjwa, to heal a patient. The intransitive kupona means to get well, and the passive kuponywa to be healed.
Examples
- Dawa hii inaweza kuponya malaria kwa siku tatu.This medicine can cure malaria in three days.
- Waumini waliamini kwamba mchungaji anaweza kuponya wagonjwa.The believers thought that the pastor could heal the sick.
- Muda huponya majeraha ya moyo.Time heals the wounds of the heart.
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