Kirundi
isenge
ee-SEHN-geh
How to say it
Kirundiisengeee-SEHN-gehsoon
Englishivorysoon
Frenchivoiresoon
Meaning
ivory from an elephant's tusk, or historically a coin worth five centimes.
Good to know
ivory; five centime piece
Examples
- Isenge ryagurishijwe ku giciro kinini kera.Ivory used to sell for a high price.
- Ntibakiri kugurisha isenge kubera amategeko.They no longer sell ivory because of the law.
- Basanze isenge iryo kera ry'amafaranga mu isekuru y'iwabo.They found that old five-centime coin among their ancestors' things.
- Yavuze ku giciro cy'isenge mu gihe cya kera.He talked about the price of ivory in the old days.
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