Kirundi
bamasenge
bah-mah-SEHN-geh
How to say it
Kirundibamasengebah-mah-SEHN-gehsoon
Englishpaternal auntssoon
Frenchtantes paternellessoon
Meaning
the sisters of one's father, paternal aunts.
Good to know
plural of masenge (ba- class); kinship term.
Examples
- Bamasenge banje baranyigishije gutunganya urugo.My paternal aunts taught me how to run a household.
- Bamasenge bawe baza ku muhango w'ababyeyi?Are your paternal aunts coming to the parents' ceremony?
- Ntibashaka gutuka imbere ya bamasenge.They do not want to insult in front of the paternal aunts.
- Bamasenge banje bazoza kunsura umwaka utaha.My paternal aunts will come to visit me next year.
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