Kinyarwanda
ibisate
Word parts: ibi-sate
ee-bee-SAH-teh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaibisateee-bee-SAH-tehsoon
Englishbroken piecessoon
Frenchmorceaux casséssoon
Meaning
fragments broken off larger objects; pieces or shards.
Good to know
plural of igisate (ibi-/igi- class).
Examples
- Ibisate by'icyombo byari hasi.Broken pieces of the pot were on the ground.
- Wabonye ibisate by'ikirahuri?Did you see the broken pieces of glass?
- Ntitwasize ibisate by'ikintu na kimwe mu nzu.We left no broken pieces of anything in the house.
- Tuzakusanya ibisate byose mbere y'uko abana bagaruka.We will gather all the broken pieces before the children return.
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