Kirundi
ikirare
Word parts: iki-rare
ee-kee-RAH-reh
How to say it
Kirundiikirareee-kee-RAH-rehsoon
Englishforsaken fieldsoon
Frenchchamp abandonnésoon
Meaning
a forsaken, abandoned field.
Good to know
forsaken field
Examples
- Umurima wabo waciye ikirare kubera ntawuwuhinga.Their field turned to abandoned land because no one farmed it.
- Ese ico kirare cari gifise umwimbu ki mbere?What crop was on that abandoned field before?
- Nta kirare na kimwe twabonye ku musozi wose.We didn't find a single abandoned field anywhere on that whole hillside.
- Bazosubira guhinga ikirare kimaze imyaka itanu kitagira umwimbu.They will farm again the field that has lain abandoned for five years.
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