Kirundi
ikintu
Word parts: iki-ntu
ee-KEEN-too
How to say it
Kirundiikintuee-KEEN-toosoon
Englishthingsoon
Frenchchosesoon
Meaning
a general word for an object or item, animate or inanimate.
Good to know
class 7/8 noun (iki-/ibi-); the most generic word for 'thing' in Kirundi.
Examples
- Ikintu kiri kuri iyo meza ni igitabo.The thing on that table is a book.
- Waraboneye ikintu kigoye?Did you see something strange?
- Nta kintu mfise mu maboko.I have nothing in my hands.
- Uzondungikira ikintu ejo?Will you send me something tomorrow?