Kirundi
akarwi
Word parts: aka-rwi
a-KA-rwi
How to say it
Kirundiakarwia-KA-rwisoon
Englishgroup of peoplesoon
Frenchgroupe de personnes, tas de boissoon
Meaning
a cluster or group of things gathered together, such as a pile, swarm, or crowd.
Good to know
used broadly for a collective mass — a swarm of bees, a pile of wood or grain, a group of people.
Examples
- Hari akarwi k'inzuki gaturutse mu gasozi.There's a swarm of bees coming from the forest.
- Twarunze akarwi k'inkwi imbere y'inzu.We piled up a stack of firewood in front of the house.
- Akarwi k'abantu kari ku isoko.There was a crowd of people at the market.
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