amavuko
ah-mah-VOO-koh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamavukoah-mah-VOO-koh
Englishbirth (in dates and ages)
Frenchnaissance
Meaning
Birth, the fact of being born, used in fixed phrases about a person's age and birthday. Isabukuru y'amavuko is a birthday and imyaka y'amavuko is age in years.
Good to know
A ma class noun from kuvuka, to be born, found almost only after y' or w': itariki y'amavuko, date of birth; icyemezo cy'amavuko, birth certificate.
Examples
- Ejo tuzizihiza isabukuru y'amavuko ya mama.Tomorrow we will celebrate my mother's birthday.
- Andika itariki yawe y'amavuko kuri iyi fomu.Write your date of birth on this form.
- Uyu musaza afite imyaka mirongo inani y'amavuko.This old man is eighty years old.
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