hegitari
heh-gee-TAH-ree
How to say it
Kinyarwandahegitariheh-gee-TAH-reesoon
Englishhectare (10,000 square meters)soon
Frenchhectaresoon
Meaning
A unit of land area equal to 10,000 square meters, a square of one hundred meters on each side, used for fields, forests and parks.
Good to know
A loan from French hectare. It is an n class noun and the plural is the same: hegitari ebyiri, two hectares; hegitari icumi z'ishyamba, ten hectares of forest.
Examples
- Umurima wacu ufite hegitari ebyiri.Our field is two hectares.
- Iyi koperative ihinga umuceri kuri hegitari mirongo itanu.This cooperative grows rice on fifty hectares.
- Inkongi yatwitse hegitari icumi z'ishyamba.The fire burned ten hectares of forest.
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