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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