Kinyarwanda
amasambu
Word parts: ama-sambu
ah-mah-SAHM-boo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamasambuah-mah-SAHM-boosoon
Englishfieldssoon
Frenchchampssoon
Meaning
Pieces of land owned or cultivated by a person; fields or farmland.
Good to know
plural of isambu (i-/ama- class).
Examples
- Amasambu yacu yateweho ibigori uyu mwaka.Our fields were planted with maize this year.
- Ese mufite amasambu menshi mu cyaro?Do you have many fields in the countryside?
- Nta masambu asigaye adateweho.No fields remain unplanted.
- Tuzagura amasambu mashya hafi y'umugezi.We will buy new fields near the river.
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