kwandikisha
kwah-ndee-KEE-shah
How to say it
Kirundikwandikishakwah-ndee-KEE-shah
Englishto register (someone or something)
Frenchfaire enregistrer, inscrire
Meaning
To have a person, a birth, a marriage or a business entered in an official record or list.
Good to know
The causative of kwandika, to write. Used for kwandikisha umwana (registering a birth or a pupil) and kwandikisha ubugeni (a marriage); kwiyandikisha is to register oneself.
Examples
- Abavyeyi bandikishije umwana kuri komine.The parents registered the child at the commune.
- Ejo tuzokwandikisha ubugeni bwacu.Tomorrow we will register our marriage.
- Ndashaka kwandikisha ishirahamwe ryacu.I want to register our association.
Forms
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