Kinyarwanda
guhinga
Word parts: gu-hinga
goo-HEEN-gah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaguhingagoo-HEEN-gahsoon
Englishto cultivatesoon
Frenchcultiversoon
Meaning
to cultivate land, especially by hoeing.
Good to know
the everyday word for farming or tilling; central to rural Rwandan life.
Examples
- Abahinzi barahinga imirima yabo mu gitondo.Farmers work their fields in the morning.
- Twahinze ibirayi umwaka ushize.We planted potatoes last year.
- Ntibahinze uyu murima uyu mwaka.They did not cultivate this field this year.
- Uzahinga ryari?When will you cultivate?
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