Kirundi
amadakika
Word parts: ama-dakika
ah-mah-dah-KEE-kah
How to say it
Kirundiamadakikaah-mah-dah-KEE-kahsoon
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Meaning
Units of time, each equal to sixty seconds.
Good to know
plural of idakika (i-/ama- class); loanword, time term.
Examples
- Amadakika cumi arasigaye ngo tugende.Ten minutes are left before we go.
- Amadakika angahe usanzwe umara mu ndaro?How many minutes do you usually spend commuting?
- Amadakika ntakiri menshi mbere y'uko ikoraniro ritangura.There are no longer many minutes left before the meeting starts.
- Isomo rizomara amadakika mirongo itanu.The lesson will last fifty minutes.
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