Kirundi
amahasa
Word parts: ama-hasa
ah-mah-HAH-sah
How to say it
Kirundiamahasaah-mah-HAH-sahsoon
Englishtwinssoon
Frenchjumeauxsoon
Meaning
Children born to the same mother at the same birth.
Good to know
plural of ihasa (i-/ama- class); alongside the more common impanga (class 9/10) for 'twins'.
Examples
- Amahasa y'uwo mugore yavutse ejo bundi.That woman's twins were born the day before yesterday.
- Amahasa asa gute hagati yayo?How much alike do the twins look?
- Amahasa ntakigira itandukaniro rigaragara.The twins no longer have any visible difference.
- Nyina azobyara amahasa nk'uko umuganga yabimubwiye.The mother will give birth to twins, as the doctor told her.
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