igikumbi

How to say it

Meaning

leftover debris from threshing, a mixture of grain and chaff.

Good to know

debris; grain and chaff mixed

Examples

• Bararungitse igikumbi ku muyaga.They winnowed the grain-and-chaff mix in the wind.
• Ese mwakuyemwo ingano mu gikumbi?Did you separate the grain from the chaff mix?
• Igikumbi kirapfunditse ahantu hamwe.The debris is piled up in one place.
• Ntitwakoresheje igikumbi kubera ko kirimwo ivu.We didn't use the mix because it had dust in it.