Kinyarwanda
ikanya
ee-KAH-nyah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaikanyaee-KAH-nyahsoon
Englishforksoon
Frenchfourche, râteausoon
Meaning
a hand tool with pronged tines used for eating food or tilling soil; a fork or rake.
Good to know
context decides whether it means a table fork or a garden rake.
Examples
- Koresha ikanya urye ibirayi.Use a fork to eat the potatoes.
- Ntabwo ikanya ryanjye ryari risukuye.My fork wasn't clean.
- Ese wambwira aho iri ikanya ryo guhinga?Can you tell me where the garden rake is?
- Yataye ikanya mu murima atarangiza guhinga.He left the rake in the field before finishing tilling.
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