umurayi

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Meaning

the light husks separated from grain, or the fine powder produced by flowers; chaff or pollen.

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chaff, pollen

Examples

• Umurayi w'imyembe waraguye ku vyatsi.The pollen from the flowers fell on the grass.
• Bageze umurayi mu muyaga kugira ngo bawutandukanye n'imbuto.They threw the chaff into the wind to separate it from the grain.
• Umurayi waratumye asamira.The pollen made him sneeze.
• Ntawuzi neza itandukaniro hagati y'umurayi n'ivu.No one really knows the difference between chaff and dust.

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