kapiteni
kah-pee-TEH-nee
How to say it
Kinyarwandakapitenikah-pee-TEH-nee
Englishcaptain (of a team, a ship)
Frenchcapitaine (d'équipe, de navire)
Meaning
The player who leads a sports team on the field, or the officer in command of a ship or an airplane.
Good to know
A loan from French capitaine. It takes no class prefix: kapiteni w'ikipe, the team captain; kapiteni wungirije, the vice captain.
Examples
- Kapiteni w'ikipe yateruye igikombe.The team captain lifted the cup.
- Umutoza yagize Mugisha kapiteni mushya.The coach made Mugisha the new captain.
- Kapiteni w'indege yatubwiye ko tugiye kugwa.The captain of the plane told us we were about to land.
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