ngendanwa
ngeh-NDAH-nwah
How to say it
Kirundingendanwangeh-NDAH-nwah
Englishmobile, portable; mobile phone
Frenchmobile, portable; téléphone portable
Meaning
Describes a thing made to be carried around, above all a mobile phone (terefone ngendanwa); on its own it often means the phone itself.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun: terefone ngendanwa, imashini nyabwonko ngendanwa (laptop). It comes from kugendanwa, to be carried along; Kinyarwanda says telefoni igendanwa.
Examples
- Terefone yanje ngendanwa yatakaye ku isoko.My mobile phone got lost at the market.
- Yampamagaye kuri ngendanwa mu gitondo.He called me on my mobile in the morning.
- Abanyeshure benshi bafise imashini nyabwonko ngendanwa.Many students have laptops.
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