Kinyarwanda
abahanjuzi
Word parts: aba-hanjuzi
ah-bah-hahn-JOO-zee
How to say it
Kinyarwandaabahanjuziah-bah-hahn-JOO-zeesoon
Englishhawkerssoon
Frenchcolporteurssoon
Meaning
People who sell goods by moving from place to place, hawking or peddling them.
Good to know
plural of umuhanjuzi (aba- class); a less common word, close in meaning to abacuruzi but specific to itinerant peddling.
Examples
- Abahanjuzi bagenda bagurisha imideri mu mihanda.The hawkers go around selling clothes in the streets.
- Ese abahanjuzi bafite uruhushya rwo kugurisha aha?Do the hawkers have a permit to sell here?
- Abahanjuzi ntibemerewe kwicara ku muhanda uyu munsi.Hawkers are not allowed to sit on the road today.
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