Kirundi
impete
eem-PEH-teh
How to say it
Kirundiimpeteeem-PEH-tehsoon
Englishpartition of reedssoon
Frenchcloison de roseauxsoon
Meaning
a screen or partition made of woven reeds, used to divide a space.
Good to know
noun; used traditionally to separate rooms in a house.
Examples
- Twashize impete hagati y'ivyumba bibiri.We put a reed partition between the two rooms.
- Iyi mpete yakozwe n'iki?What was this partition made of?
- Nta mpete iri hagati y'ivyumba muri iyi nzu.There's no partition between the rooms in this house.
- Tuzokora impete nshasha y'ibiti vy'urubingo.We will make a new reed partition.
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