kwitirira
kwee-tee-REE-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwitirirakwee-tee-REE-rah
Englishto name after; to attribute to
Frenchnommer d'après ; attribuer à
Meaning
To give something the name of a person or thing, in memory or in honor of it. It also means to say that a deed or a work belongs to someone.
Good to know
The thing named is the object and the name follows (kwitirira umwana sekuru, to name a child after his grandfather). Kwitirira umuntu ibyo atakoze is to credit or blame someone for what he did not do. Passive kwitirirwa.
Examples
- Bahisemo kwitirira umwana wabo nyirakuru.They chose to name their child after her grandmother.
- Umujyi witiriye umuhanda intwari y'igihugu.The city named the street after a national hero.
- Ntukitirire abandi amakosa yawe.Do not blame others for your own mistakes.
The same word in
Forms
kwitirirwa (passive of kwitirira, to name after), yiyitiriye
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