Kirundi
umunota
Word parts: umu-nota
oo-moo-NOH-tah
How to say it
Kirundiumunotaoo-moo-NOH-tahsoon
Englishminutesoon
Frenchminutesoon
Meaning
a unit of time equal to sixty seconds; a minute.
Good to know
borrowed from French minute; plural iminota.
Examples
- Tegereza iminota itanu.Wait five minutes.
- Ntawurashika, azoza mu munota umwe.He hasn't arrived, he'll come in one minute.
- Umunota umwe urahagije?Is one minute enough?
- Twaratanguye inama iminota irenga cumi ishize.We started the meeting more than ten minutes ago.
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