amasasu
ah-mah-SAH-soo
How to say it
Kirundiamasasuah-mah-SAH-soosoon
Englishbullets; gunfire, shotssoon
Frenchballes; coups de feusoon
Meaning
The small metal pieces fired from a gun; also the sound of shooting (kurasa amasasu, to fire shots).
Good to know
Plural of isasu, which is rare; amasasu menshi is 'heavy gunfire'. The same word is used in Kinyarwanda.
Examples
- Twumvise amasasu menshi mw'ijoro ryakeye.We heard heavy gunfire last night.
- Igipolisi catoye amasasu mu nzu y'umusuma.The police found bullets in the thief's house.
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