isekuru

How to say it

Meaning

a heavy stone or wooden vessel used for pounding grain, a mortar.

Good to know

Also spelled isekuro; the pounding is normally done with a separate pestle.

Examples

• Umukecuru asya ibigori mu isekuru.The old woman pounds corn in the mortar.
• Isekuru ryacu ryarakozwe mu giti kimwe.Our mortar was carved from a single log.
• Ntabwo dukoresha isekuru kenshi ubu.We don't use the mortar often now.
• Yasize umuse mu isekuru gucibwa.She left the millet in the mortar to be pounded.