Kinyarwanda
integuza
een-teh-GOO-zah
How to say it
Kinyarwandainteguzaeen-teh-GOO-zahsoon
Englishforerunnersoon
Frenchprécurseursoon
Meaning
a person who goes ahead to prepare the way for someone or something else.
Good to know
often used in religious contexts, e.g., for John the Baptist as the forerunner of Christ.
Examples
- Yohana Umubatiza yari integuza ya Kristo.John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ.
- Ese uwo mugabo ni integuza y'ubuyobozi bushya?Is that man the forerunner of the new leadership?
- Ntabwo yari integuza y'uwo mushinga.He wasn't the forerunner of that project.
- Bazamushyiraho nk'integuza y'ivugurura.They will appoint him as the forerunner of the reform.
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