Kinyarwanda
banyogokuruza
bah-nyoh-goh-koo-ROO-zah
How to say it
Kinyarwandabanyogokuruzabah-nyoh-goh-koo-ROO-zahsoon
Englishgreat-grandmotherssoon
Frencharrière-grands-mèressoon
Meaning
The mothers of one's grandparents; great-grandmothers.
Good to know
plural of nyogokuruza (kinship class); a rarer generational extension of nyogokuru.
Examples
- Banyogokuruza bacu bavukiye mu cyaro.Our great-grandmothers were born in the countryside.
- Ese banyogokuruza b'umuryango wanyu baracyariho?Are your family's great-grandmothers still alive?
- Nta banyogokuruza basigaye mu ishusho ya kera.No great-grandmothers remained in the old photo.
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