Kirundi
amaterefone
Word parts: ama-terefone
ah-mah-teh-reh-FOH-neh
How to say it
Kirundiamaterefoneah-mah-teh-reh-FOH-nehsoon
Englishtelephonessoon
Frenchtéléphonessoon
Meaning
devices used to talk to someone at a distance by voice, telephones.
Good to know
plural of iterefone (ama- class); a variant pronunciation of amatelefone, with r replacing l.
Examples
- Amaterefone yiwe yose yarazimiye.All his telephones went missing.
- Waragurishije amaterefone yawe akera?Did you sell your old telephones?
- Nta materefone akiri mu iduka.There are no more telephones left in the shop.
- Tuzogura amaterefone mashasha ku cyumweru gitaha.We will buy new telephones next week.
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