kanama
kah-NAH-mah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakanamakah-NAH-mah
EnglishAugust
Frenchaoût
Meaning
August, the eighth month of the year. In Rwanda it is the end of the long dry season, icyi.
Good to know
Written with a capital in dates: tariki ya 4 Kanama 2024, the 4th of August 2024. Ukwezi kwa Kanama is the month of August, and muri Kanama means in August.
Examples
- Umuganura wizihizwa ku wa gatanu wa mbere wa Kanama.Umuganura is celebrated on the first Friday of August.
- Umwana wabo yavutse muri Kanama.Their child was born in August.
- Tuzimukira mu nzu nshya muri Kanama.We will move into the new house in August.
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