ibandi
ee-BAH-ndee
How to say it
Kinyarwandaibandiee-BAH-ndeesoon
Englishbandit, thug, criminalsoon
Frenchbandit, voyousoon
Meaning
A person who lives by robbery or violence, or who breaks the law without shame.
Good to know
Loan from French bandit, ri class: plural amabandi. Also used as an insult: yanyise ibandi, he called me a thug.
Examples
- Amabandi yambuye abagenzi mu ishyamba.Bandits robbed travelers in the forest.
- Polisi yafashe ibandi ryari rimaze iminsi ryiba.The police caught a thug who had been stealing for days.
- Uwo musore yabaye ibandi ruharwa.That young man became a notorious thug.
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Forms
amabandi (plural of ibandi, bandit)
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