indimi

Kirundi

kunama

Word parts: ku-nama

koo-NAH-mah

How to say it

Kirundikunamakoo-NAH-mahsoon
Englishto stoopsoon
Frenchse penchersoon

Meaning

To bend the body forward and downward, or to bow.

Good to know

to stoop

Examples

  • Umukurambere aranama gutoragura ikintu cagwa.The elder stoops to pick up something that fell.
  • Sinama imbere y'umuntu uwo ari we wese.I do not bow before anyone at all.
  • Uzonama nushaka kwinjira mu muryango muto.You will have to stoop if you want to enter the small doorway.

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