kuuguza
koo-oo-GOO-zah
How to say it
Swahilikuuguzakoo-oo-GOO-zah
Meaning
To look after a sick or injured person until they recover. In sports news a player who is recovering is said to nurse an injury, kuuguza jeraha.
Good to know
Causative of kuugua, to be ill, and takes the patient as object: kumuuguza mgonjwa, to nurse a patient. A nurse is muuguzi, plural wauguzi.
Examples
- Alikaa hospitalini wiki mbili akimuuguza mama yake.She stayed at the hospital two weeks nursing her mother.
- Mshambuliaji huyo bado anauguza jeraha la goti.The striker is still nursing a knee injury.
- Kuuguza mgonjwa wa muda mrefu kunachosha sana.Caring for a long term patient is very tiring.
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