ikinini

How to say it

Meaning

a tree whose bitter bark yields quinine, or by extension any tablet or pill.

Good to know

class 7/8 noun (iki-/ibi-); in modern speech often used simply for a pill or tablet, from the bitterness of cinchona bark.

Examples

• Ikinini kirakura mu mashamba yo mu misozi.The cinchona tree grows in the mountain forests.
• Waranyoye ikinini co kuvura umutwe?Did you take a pill for the headache?
• Ikinini ntikimera mu bibaya.The cinchona tree does not grow in the plains.
• Muganga azoguha ikinini ejo.The doctor will give you a pill tomorrow.