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Kirundi

ibinywabuki

Word parts: ibi-nywabuki

ee-bee-nywah-BOO-kee

How to say it

Kirundiibinywabukiee-bee-nywah-BOO-keesoon
Englishsugar antssoon
Frenchfourmis à sucresoon

Meaning

small ants attracted to sugar and sweet foods; sugar ants; the plural of ikinywabuki.

Good to know

plural of ikinywabuki (iki-/ibi- class); rare, local term.

Examples

  • Ibinywabuki biriko birinjira mu isukari yacu.Sugar ants are getting into our sugar.
  • Ibinywabuki bituruka he mu nzu?Where do sugar ants come from in the house?
  • Umukenyezi azokinga isukari kugira ntihagire ibinywabuki binjiramwo.The woman will cover the sugar so sugar ants don't get in.

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