kuru

How to say it

Meaning

important, senior, or great in status, or old and ancient — never used of physical size.

Good to know

an attributive stem (-kuru) that attaches to nouns of any class, e.g. umukuru (an elder/leader), inzu nkuru (a main house); it never means physically big.

Examples

• Uwo ni umukuru w'umuryango.That is the head of the family.
• Ivyo ni ibintu bikuru.Those are important matters.
• Umusozi kuru ntiwuvuga ubunini, ahubwo uvuga icubahiro.'Kuru' does not describe size, it describes status.
• Ni umukecuru mukuru mu gisagara.She is a senior elder in the village.

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