ifumbire
ee-foo-MBEE-reh
How to say it
Kirundiifumbireee-foo-MBEE-reh
Englishfertilizer, manure
Frenchengrais, fumier
Meaning
Anything added to the soil to make crops grow better: animal manure, compost or chemical fertilizer.
Good to know
Gushira ifumbire mu murima is to fertilize a field; ifumbire y'amase is dung manure. The State hands out chemical fertilizer to farmers each season.
Examples
- Abarimyi bakeneye ifumbire nyinshi.Farmers need a lot of fertilizer.
- Twashize ifumbire mu murima w'ibigori.We put fertilizer in the maize field.
- Ifumbire y'amase ituma umwimbu uba mwinshi.Dung manure makes the harvest bigger.
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