imitiba

How to say it

Meaning

Beehives that have been abandoned and no longer contain bees or honey.

Good to know

plural of umutiba (umu-/imi- class).

Examples

• Umworozi w'inzuki yasanze imitiba mu gasozi.The beekeeper found empty beehives in the forest.
• Ese izi mitiba zashikiwe n'inzuki nshasha?Have new bees settled into these empty hives?
• Ico giti ntikigira imitiba nk'uko cari gifise.That tree no longer has beehives like it used to.
• Tuzosukura imitiba tuyitegurire inzuki nshasha.We will clean out the empty hives to prepare them for new bees.

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