Kirundi
ikiyara
Word parts: iki-yara
ee-kee-YAH-rah
How to say it
Kirundiikiyaraee-kee-YAH-rahsoon
Englishwhite potatosoon
Frenchpomme de terresoon
Meaning
a starchy round tuber vegetable, pale-skinned, eaten boiled or fried; a variant of ikiraya.
Good to know
class 7/8 noun; regional variant of ikiraya.
Examples
- Twateka ikiyara kugira turye n'umuceri.We cooked potato to eat with rice.
- Waraguze ibiyara ku isoko?Did you buy potatoes at the market?
- Nta biyara bisigaye.No potatoes are left.
- Tuzotera ibiyara ku gisozi ejo.We will plant potatoes on the hill tomorrow.
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