Kirundi
amasambu
Word parts: ama-sambu
ah-mah-SAHM-boo
How to say it
Kirundiamasambuah-mah-SAHM-boosoon
Englishfieldssoon
Frenchchampssoon
Meaning
More than one field; pieces of land owned or cultivated by people, farmland.
Good to know
plural of isambu (i- class).
Examples
- Amasambu y'ibiharage araboneka inyuma y'urugo.The bean fields are behind the homestead.
- Amasambu yanyu ari angahe?How many fields do you have?
- Amasambu ntabwo aravurwa neza uyu mwaka.The fields have not been well tended this year.
- Amasambu azorimwa mu gihe c'imvura.The fields will be cultivated during the rainy season.
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