Kirundi
inguru
een-GOO-roo
How to say it
Kirundiingurueen-GOO-roosoon
Englishoffering stonessoon
Frenchpierres d'offrandesoon
Meaning
small stones taken from a streambed and offered to ancestral spirits at a small shrine.
Good to know
noun; associated with traditional ancestor veneration.
Examples
- Basize inguru ku gicaniro c'imizimu.They left offering stones at the ancestral shrine.
- Waraboneye inguru ku ruzi?Did you see offering stones at the river?
- Nta nguru zisigaye ku gicaniro cera.No offering stones remain at the old shrine.
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