ibigori

How to say it

Meaning

Tall cereal plants bearing kernels on a cob, or their cobs collectively; corn or maize.

Good to know

Plural of ikigori (iki-/ibi- class); refers to individual ears/cobs of maize.

Examples

• Ibigori byera vuba muri iyi mirima.The maize ripens quickly in these fields.
• Ese ibigori byatetswe neza kugira ngo turye?Have the corn cobs been cooked well so we can eat?
• Ibigori ntibyasaruwe byose kubera imvura nyinshi.Not all the maize was harvested because of heavy rain.
• Ibigori bizatetswa ku muriro nimugoroba.The corn will be roasted on the fire this evening.