Kinyarwanda
ibumba
ee-BOOM-bah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaibumbaee-BOOM-bahsoon
Englishclaysoon
Frenchargilesoon
Meaning
a fine-grained natural earth material used to make pottery and bricks.
Good to know
clay
Examples
- Ibumba rikoreshwa mu gukora imbugita.Clay is used to make pots.
- Ese uzi gukora ibumba?Do you know how to work with clay?
- Ntabwo dufite ibumba ryiza hano.We do not have good clay here.
- Bazakoresha ibumba mu kubaka amazu.They will use clay to build houses.
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