Kinyarwanda
amashoka
Word parts: ama-shoka
ah-mah-SHOH-kah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamashokaah-mah-SHOH-kahsoon
Englishaxessoon
Frenchhachessoon
Meaning
Hand tools with heavy blades for chopping wood; axes.
Good to know
plural of ishoka (i-/ama- class).
Examples
- Amashoka yacu yakoreshejwe mu gutema inkwi.Our axes were used to chop firewood.
- Ese amashoka yawe aratyaye?Are your axes sharp?
- Nta mashoka masigaye mu bubiko.No axes remain in the storage.
- Tuzagura amashoka mashya mbere y'itemwa ry'ibiti.We will buy new axes before the tree felling.
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