amatembura

How to say it

Meaning

Small adhesive pieces of paper affixed to mail to show that postage has been paid; stamps.

Good to know

plural of itembura (i-/ama- class); a somewhat dated term as postal stamps are less commonly used today.

Examples

• Amatembura yacu yari make ku ibaruwa.We had too few stamps on the letter.
• Ese uracyagura amatembura ubu?Do you still buy stamps nowadays?
• Nta matembura twabonye ku iposita.We found no stamps at the post office.