Kirundi
umutinyi
Word parts: umu-tinyi
oo-moo-TEE-nyee
How to say it
Kirundiumutinyioo-moo-TEE-nyeesoon
Englishcowardsoon
Frenchlâchesoon
Meaning
a person who lacks courage and avoids danger or confrontation, a coward.
Good to know
coward
Examples
- Ntawurwana kumwe n'umutinyi.No one fights alongside a coward.
- Yasize incuro mu bugorwa, ni umutinyi.He fled at the moment of trouble, he's a coward.
- Ntiwaba umutinyi imbere y'ivyago.Don't be a coward in the face of danger.
- Abatinyi ntibashobora kurwanira igihugu cabo.Cowards can't fight for their country.
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