Kinyarwanda
amacumu
Word parts: ama-cumu
ah-mah-CHOO-moo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamacumuah-mah-CHOO-moosoon
Englishspearssoon
Frenchlancessoon
Meaning
long-shafted weapons with pointed metal heads, used for hunting or fighting; spears.
Good to know
plural of icumu (spear); historical/traditional weapon.
Examples
- Abasore bafashe amacumu yabo.The young men took their spears.
- Amacumu yakoreshwaga mu kurwana.Spears were used in fighting.
- Nta macumu asigaye mu ngoro.No spears remain in the palace.
- Bazerekana amacumu ya kera.They will display the ancient spears.
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