Kirundi
ibibando
Word parts: ibi-bando
ee-bee-BAHN-doh
How to say it
Kirundiibibandoee-bee-BAHN-dohsoon
Englishbeating stickssoon
Frenchbâtons à battre le grainsoon
Meaning
Pieces of wood used for beating beans or grain, or for barring a door, considered together; also crutches.
Good to know
plural of ikibando (class 7/8).
Examples
- Ibibando biratunganirizwa mu gukubita ibiharage.The beating sticks are used to thresh beans.
- Ese ibibando biri mu bwatsi?Are the beating sticks in the grass?
- Ibibando ntibikwiye gukoreshwa ku bantu.The sticks should not be used on people.
- Ibibando bizokoreshwa mu gusarura amasaka.The sticks will be used in threshing the sorghum.
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