Kinyarwanda
gutuma
Word parts: gu-tuma
goo-TOO-mah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutumagoo-TOO-mahsoon
Englishto sendsoon
Frenchenvoyersoon
Meaning
to send someone with a message or errand, or to cause something to happen.
Good to know
two related senses: dispatching a messenger, and being the cause of a result.
Examples
- Yantumye kujya kumugurira umutsima.He sent me to go buy him bread.
- Imvura nyinshi yatumye umuhanda usenyuka.Heavy rain caused the road to collapse.
- Ntabwo namutumye kujya iyo nzu.I did not send him to that house.
- Icyo cyatumye adatahuka kare ni iki?What caused him not to come home early?
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