Kinyarwanda
amatafari
Word parts: ama-tafari
ah-mah-tah-FAH-ree
How to say it
Kinyarwandaamatafariah-mah-tah-FAH-reesoon
Englishbrickssoon
Frenchbriquessoon
Meaning
Rectangular blocks of baked clay used in building walls; bricks.
Good to know
plural of itafari (i-/ama- class).
Examples
- Amatafari yacu yatewe mu izuba iminsi ibiri.Our bricks were dried in the sun for two days.
- Ese mukora amatafari mu mudugudu wanyu?Do you make bricks in your village?
- Nta matafari masigaye ku nyubako.No bricks remain at the construction site.
- Tuzagura amatafari mashya kubaka inzu.We will buy new bricks to build the house.
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