Kirundi
uruharabuga
Word parts: uru-harabuga
oo-roo-hah-rah-BOO-gah
How to say it
Kirundiuruharabugaoo-roo-hah-rah-BOO-gahsoon
Englishbarren placesoon
Frenchterrain stérile, endroit dénudésoon
Meaning
a bare, treeless stretch of ground on a hillside where nothing grows.
Good to know
barren place, bare place on a hill
Examples
- Ku ruharabuga rw'uwo musozi ntakintu kimera.On that bare hillside nothing grows.
- Twaraboneye uruharabuga tugaca inzira ngufi.We spotted the barren ground and took a shortcut.
- Ese uruharabuga rwaguye kubera icaha c'izuba?Did the ground go bare because of the drought?
- Bazotera ivyatsi kuri uruharabuga.They will plant grass on the barren patch.
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