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Kirundi

ikibezi

Word parts: iki-bezi

ee-kee-BEH-zee

How to say it

Kirundiikibeziee-kee-BEH-zeesoon
Englishaxesoon
Frenchhachesoon

Meaning

a tool with a heavy blade fixed to a handle, used for chopping wood; an axe.

Good to know

A common farming and household tool.

Examples

  • Data yaratemye inkwi n'ikibezi.My father chopped firewood with the axe.
  • Ese ushobora kumpindira ikibezi?Can you lend me the axe?
  • Nta kibezi twari dufise mu rugo.We had no axe at home.
  • Nzogura ikibezi gishasha ku isoko.I will buy a new axe at the market.

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