Magwirikwiza

means epidemic parotitis ("mumps") i.e., a viral illness that causes swelling on the face and gives a person who has it a hamster typa look. BTW, in chiShona, this inflammatory viral infection of the salivary glands is also called mahumunya.

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Example sentences​

Chiremba wati ndine magwirikwiza.

The doctor said I have mumps.

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Ndakaita mahumunya ndichiri mudiki.

I had mumps when I was young.

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