basogokuruza

How to say it

Meaning

Great-grandfathers, or ancestors more broadly.

Good to know

Plural of sogokuruza (mu-/ba- kinship class); a formal term for distant ancestors, close in meaning to basekuruza.

Examples

• Basogokuruza bacu baratuye kuri iyi misozi imyaka myinshi.Our great-grandfathers have lived on these hills for many years.
• Ese wigeze umenya amazina ya basogokuruza bawe?Have you ever learned the names of your great-grandfathers?
• Nta muntu umenya neza uko basogokuruza bacu bavukiye hano.No one knows exactly how our great-grandfathers came to be born here.