Kirundi
amatongo
Word parts: ama-tongo
ah-mah-TOHN-goh
How to say it
Kirundiamatongoah-mah-TOHN-gohsoon
Englishcultivated fieldssoon
Frenchchamps cultivéssoon
Meaning
pieces of cultivated land or property belonging to someone, cultivated fields.
Good to know
plural of itongo (ama- class).
Examples
- Amatongo y'umuryango ari ku musozi.The family's cultivated fields are on the hill.
- Mwaragurishije amatongo yanyu akera?Did you sell your old cultivated fields?
- Nta matongo asigaye mu izina rya sekuru.No cultivated fields remain in grandfather's name.
- Bazogabana amatongo hagati y'abana.They will divide the cultivated fields among the children.
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