Kirundi
imikingo
Word parts: imi-kingo
ee-mee-KEEN-goh
How to say it
Kirundiimikingoee-mee-KEEN-gohsoon
Englishpartition wallssoon
Frenchcloisonssoon
Meaning
walls built inside a building to divide one room from another.
Good to know
plural of umukingo (umu-/imi- class).
Examples
- Imikingo igabanya inzu mu byumba bibiri.The partition walls divide the house into two rooms.
- Ese imikingo yubatswe n'amatafari?Are the partition walls built of bricks?
- Imikingo ntikomeye nk'urukuta rw'inyuma.The partition walls are not as strong as the outer wall.
- Bazokwubaka imikingo mishasha muri iyi nzu.They will build new partition walls in this house.
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