imivumu

How to say it

Meaning

Trees whose inner bark is stripped and beaten to produce bark cloth.

Good to know

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

Examples

• Ba sokuru bakoresha imivumu mu gukora impuzu za kera.Our ancestors used bark-cloth trees to make traditional clothing.
• Ese hasigaye imivumu muri aka gasozi?Are there any bark-cloth trees left in this forest?
• Ico gisagara ntikigira imivumu myinshi ubu.That village does not have many bark-cloth trees now.
• Tuzotera imivumu mishya kugira ngo turinde umuco gakondo.We will plant new bark-cloth trees to preserve the tradition.