Kirundi
idakika
ee-dah-KEE-kah
How to say it
Kirundiidakikaee-dah-KEE-kahsoon
Englishminutesoon
Frenchminutesoon
Meaning
A minute, a unit of time.
Good to know
class 9 noun, loanword from Swahili "dakika".
Examples
- Nzoza mu madakika atanu.I will come in five minutes.
- Idakika imwe irahagije kugira aze.One minute is enough for him to arrive.
- Turindiriye madakika menshi.We waited many minutes.
- Nta gihe kinini, ni idakika nke gusa.It is not long, just a few minutes.
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