Kirundi
ubutunguru
Word parts: ubu-tunguru
oo-boo-toon-GOO-roo
How to say it
Kirundiubutunguruoo-boo-toon-GOO-roosoon
Englishonionsoon
Frenchoignonsoon
Meaning
Onion; an edible bulb vegetable with a strong pungent flavor.
Good to know
collective/mass sense; a single bulb is 'igitunguru'.
Examples
- Mama ararema ubutunguru mu murima wiwe.Mother is planting onions in her field.
- Nzokwongeramwo ubutunguru mu supu.I will add onion to the soup.
- Nti dukunda ubutunguru bubisi cane.We don't much like raw onion.
- Ubutunguru burahenda kw'isoko iki gihe.Onions are expensive at the market right now.
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