Kirundi
kurumba
Word parts: ku-rumba
koo-ROO-mbah
How to say it
Kirundikurumbakoo-ROO-mbahsoon
Englishto be fruitlesssoon
Frenchne pas porter de fruitssoon
Meaning
for a plant to fail to produce fruit or grain, to be fruitless.
Good to know
used only of plants, not of people or animals.
Examples
- Iki giti carumbye uyu mwaka.This tree bore no fruit this year.
- Imyaka yacu irarumba kubera amapfa.Our crops are fruitless because of the drought.
- Ntibarumba iyo bahingiwe neza.They don't fail to fruit when they're well tended.
- Ni iki catumye igiti kirumba?What caused the tree to bear no fruit?
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