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Kirundi

amakenga

ah-mah-KEHN-gah

How to say it

Kirundiamakengaah-mah-KEHN-gahsoon
Englishsuspicionssoon
Frenchsoupçonssoon

Meaning

Feelings of distrust or doubt about someone; suspicion.

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from gukenga (to suspect).

Examples

  • Afise amakenga ku bantu bamukikuje.He has suspicions about the people around him.
  • Amakenga yiwe ntiyari impfabusa.His suspicions were not baseless.
  • Ntawukwiye kubaho mu makenga ahoraho.No one should live in constant suspicion.

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