Kirundi
ikaroti
ee-kah-ROH-tee
How to say it
Kirundiikarotiee-kah-ROH-teesoon
Englishcarrotsoon
Frenchcarottesoon
Meaning
a long, tapering orange root vegetable, eaten cooked or raw; a carrot.
Good to know
A loanword, part of everyday vegetable vocabulary.
Examples
- Nashize ikaroti mu mboga.I put a carrot in the sauce.
- Ese ukunda ikaroti nyabisi?Do you like raw carrot?
- Nta karoti gisigaye mu iduka.There is no carrot left at the shop.
- Tuzosarura ikaroti mu murima uyu mwaka.We will harvest carrots from the field this year.
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