Kinyarwanda
amasanduka
Word parts: ama-sanduka
ah-mah-sahn-DOO-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamasandukaah-mah-sahn-DOO-kahsoon
Englishboxessoon
Frenchboîtessoon
Meaning
Rigid containers, usually rectangular, used to store or transport goods; boxes.
Good to know
plural of isanduka (i-/ama- class); a variant form alongside isandugu/amasandugu.
Examples
- Amasanduka y'imyenda yari ku kabati.The boxes of clothes were on the cabinet.
- Ese amasanduka yanyu ari make cyangwa menshi?Are your boxes few or many?
- Nta masanduka twasanze afunguye.We found no open boxes.
- Nzahatura amasanduka mashya y'ibikoresho.I will unpack new boxes of equipment.
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