Kinyarwanda
amasitimu
Word parts: ama-sitimu
ah-mah-see-TEE-moo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamasitimuah-mah-see-TEE-moosoon
Englishflashlightssoon
Frenchlampes de pochesoon
Meaning
Small portable battery-powered lights carried by hand; flashlights or torches.
Good to know
plural of isitimu (i-/ama- class); a loanword, somewhat regional term for a hand torch.
Examples
- Amasitimu yacu yazimye nijoro.Our flashlights went out at night.
- Ese ufite amasitimu abiri asigaye?Do you have two flashlights left?
- Nta masitimu twabonye mu iduka.We found no flashlights in the shop.
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