Kinyarwanda
ikibaya
Word parts: iki-baya
ee-kee-BAH-yah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaikibayaee-kee-BAH-yahsoon
Englishplainsoon
Frenchclairsoon
Meaning
a broad, flat area of low land, typically near a river or lake; a plain.
Good to know
plain (near river, lake)
Examples
- Ikibaya cyuzuye ubwatsi mu gihe cy'imvura.The plain is full of grass during the rainy season.
- Ntabwo ikibaya cyari cyatewemo ibihingwa.The plain hadn't been planted with crops.
- Ese ibibaya bya hano bihora byuzura amazi?Do the plains here always flood?
- Inka zaraga mu kibaya cyegereye ikiyaga.The cows grazed in the plain near the lake.
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