What is "chiura"

Usage examples of "chiura".

She dived into the corner and caught little Chiura by the arm, hauling her upright and clapping one hand across her mouth before the kid could wail and earn a slash from the long, flexible rod Siri Teku held in his other hand.

The other kids knew better than to cry about a little thing like cold water, or to take too long scrambling to their feet, but Chiura was new, the only new one their gang had got from last week's intake.

Now Jana knelt beside Chiura, dipped a corner of her own kameez in the water bucket and wiped the kid's face clean.

The first day, Chiura had wrinkled up her face and spat out the gritty patt and bean paste Jana rolled for her.

Jana said firmly, but she tore her rolled patt in half and slipped it to Chiura when nobody -was looking.

Laxmi jerked her head at the pallet where Chiura lay, chubby arms and legs flung out in exhausted sleep.

She wouldn't mind if Chiura cried, and she wouldn't hit the kid the way Laxmi did.

She darted to where Chiura was playing with a pile of cast-off rocks and snatched her up, ignoring the baby's wails of protest.

She tossed the knife back toward Faiz and pushed Chiura into a corner.

Maybe if she didn't look up, if she didn't see Old Black peeping out of Didi Badini's eyes, maybe the woman wouldn't see her and -wouldn't question the way she was crouched awkwardly in front of the corner where Chiura sat.

She lay on the floor and listened to her own breath whistling like something far away and unimportant, while Chiura babbled in Didi Badinis arms and somebody counted out credits.

Finally Chiura calmed down, exhausted by her hysterical sobbing, and sat quietly patting the remaining few inches of water in her tub and watching the soap bubbles that formed and popped under her hands.

Acorna wrapped Chiura in a towel, took her on her lap, and tried to comb out the long ringlets that had been caked in mud before the bath and the first three rinses.

Didi Badini was mad, but Chiura hid quiet-quiet under the stinky sacks.

Then Kheti jumped on Didi Badini and they roll around and get all muddy and Chiura ran, long way, got lost.