Kirundi
ibikuze
Word parts: ibi-kuze
ee-bee-KOO-zeh
How to say it
Kirundiibikuzeee-bee-KOO-zehsoon
Englishadultssoon
Frenchadultessoon
Meaning
Adults, or fully grown people; from the verb gukura, 'to grow up'.
Good to know
plural of igikuze (igi-/ibi- class).
Examples
- Ibikuze biragomba kuraba abana.Adults must watch over the children.
- Ibikuze vyose birazi ico gukora?Do all the adults know what to do?
- Ibikuze ntibikwiye kwigana n'abana.Adults should not play like children.
- Tuzoterana ibikuze mu nama ya kare.We will gather the adults for the early meeting.
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