Kirundi
urwina
Word parts: urw-ina
oor-WEE-nah
How to say it
Kirundiurwinaoor-WEE-nahsoon
Englishbig hole in groundsoon
Frenchgrand trou dans le solsoon
Meaning
A large pit dug in the ground, especially one used as an underground pit-oven for ripening bananas.
Good to know
Class 11 noun; rural/agricultural vocabulary.
Examples
- Twashize amatoke mu rwina kugira arengure.We put the bananas in the pit to ripen.
- Nti urwina rwacu rwuzuye neza.Our pit isn't dug deep enough.
- Abagabo barimba urwina hafi y'urugo.The men are digging a pit near the homestead.
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