ifumbire
ee-foo-MBEE-reh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaifumbireee-foo-MBEE-rehsoon
Englishfertilizer, manuresoon
Frenchengrais, fumiersoon
Meaning
Material put into the soil to make crops grow better, either manure and compost from animals and plants or chemical fertilizer bought in bags.
Good to know
An n class noun with a plural sense. Ifumbire y'imborera is manure and compost; ifumbire mvaruganda is factory fertilizer. To fertilize a field is gufumbira.
Examples
- Abahinzi bashyize ifumbire mu mirima yabo mbere yo gutera.The farmers put fertilizer on their fields before planting.
- Amase y'inka ni ifumbire nziza.Cow dung is good manure.
- Leta yagabanyije igiciro cy'ifumbire mvaruganda.The government lowered the price of chemical fertilizer.
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