Kirundi
amagarame
Word parts: ama-garame
ah-mah-gah-RAH-meh
How to say it
Kirundiamagarameah-mah-gah-RAH-mehsoon
Englishgramssoon
Frenchgrammessoon
Meaning
Units of mass in the metric system.
Good to know
plural of igarame (i-/ama- class); loanword, measurement term.
Examples
- Amagarame magana atanu y'ifu arakwiye uku kunanira.Five hundred grams of flour is enough for this dough.
- Amagarame angahe y'isukari mukeneye?How many grams of sugar do you need?
- Amagarame ntakigenwa neza kuko igipimo cononekaye.The grams can no longer be measured accurately because the scale is broken.
- Umucuruzi azopima amagarame ya kawa ejo.The trader will weigh the grams of coffee tomorrow.
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