Kirundi
umukwego
Word parts: umu-kwego
oo-moo-KWEH-goh
How to say it
Kirundiumukwegooo-moo-KWEH-gohsoon
Englishdashsoon
Frenchtiret, trait d'union, lignesoon
Meaning
a short written mark used as punctuation, such as a hyphen or dash.
Good to know
a writing term; plural imikwego.
Examples
- Andika iryo jambo hamwe n'umukwego.Write that word with a hyphen.
- Umukwego uragaragaza ko amajambo abiri ari kumwe.The hyphen shows that two words belong together.
- Ntiyashize umukwego mu kanwa.He didn't put a dash in the sentence.
- Uyu mukwego ugomba kuba muremure gutyo.This dash needs to be long like this.
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