Kirundi
ikivumbiko
Word parts: iki-vumbiko
ee-kee-voom-BEE-koh
How to say it
Kirundiikivumbikoee-kee-voom-BEE-kohsoon
Englishbanked firesoon
Frenchfeu couvert de cendresoon
Meaning
wood or embers covered with ash to keep a fire smoldering through the night.
Good to know
class 7/8 noun; from kuvumbika (to bank or cover a fire).
Examples
- Twasize ikivumbiko kugira umuriro udazima.We left the banked fire so it wouldn't go out.
- Waravumbitse ikivumbiko?Did you bank the fire?
- Nta kivumbiko dusize ijoro riheze.We didn't leave a banked fire last night.
- Tuzovumbika ikivumbiko imbere yo kuryama.We will bank the fire before sleeping.
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