Kinyarwanda
mwene
MWE-ne
How to say it
KinyarwandamweneMWE-nesoon
Englishson ofsoon
Frenchfils desoon
Meaning
son or child of, used before a name to indicate lineage.
Good to know
class 1 kinship prefix, e.g. Mwene Kanyarwanda "child of Kanyarwanda".
Examples
- Uwo ni mwene data.That is my father's kin, a relative.
- Mwene Rugamba yavutse i Kigali.The child of Rugamba was born in Kigali.
- Twese turi mwene Kanyarwanda.We are all children of Kanyarwanda.
- Ese uzi mwene nde uriya?Whose child is that one?
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