Kirundi
kanaka
kah-NAH-kah
How to say it
Kirundikanakakah-NAH-kahsoon
Englishso and sosoon
Frenchune tellesoon
Meaning
an unspecified or unnamed person, used when the exact name isn't given; so and so.
Good to know
noun, class 1/2; placeholder name.
Examples
- Kanaka yavuze ko atazoza.So-and-so said he will not come.
- Nabonye kanaka ku isoko.I saw so-and-so at the market.
- Ntitwavuze amazina, twavuze gusa kanaka na kanaka.We did not say the names, we only said so-and-so and so-and-so.
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