Kirundi
igisamunyu
Word parts: igi-samunyu
ee-ghee-sah-MOO-nyoo
How to say it
Kirundiigisamunyuee-ghee-sah-MOO-nyoosoon
Englishkind of bananassoon
Frenchsorte de bananes (à cuire)soon
Meaning
a variety of banana used for cooking, rather than eaten raw.
Good to know
kind of bananas (for cooking)
Examples
- Twateye igisamunyu inyuma y'urugo.We planted cooking bananas behind the homestead.
- Ese igisamunyu ni kiza cane gutekwa?Are cooking bananas good to cook?
- Nta gisamunyu twagize uyu mwaka.We had no cooking bananas this year.
- Nyina yatetse igisamunyu ku mugoroba.Mother cooked cooking bananas in the evening.
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