urubura

How to say it

Meaning

hail, frozen rain that falls as small balls of ice.

Good to know

hail uku-bura amaraso anemia ku-bura Shinge na Rugero to lose control, to fail badly (Shinge and Rugero are two strategic hills that Rwanda lost to Burundi in a famous historic battle between the two kingdoms)

Examples

• Urubura rwaguye rusenya ibiterwa.Hail fell and destroyed the crops.
• Twumvise urusaku rw'urubura ruvuma ku gisenge.We heard the sound of hail hitting the roof.
• Imvura yagumanye n'urubura ku manywa.The rain came with hail during the day.

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