Kinyarwanda
incabiti
i-ncha-BI-ti
How to say it
Kinyarwandaincabitii-ncha-BI-tisoon
Englishaxesoon
Frenchhachesoon
Meaning
a hand tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood.
Good to know
Kinyarwanda has several words for axe (incabiti, ishoka, intorezo, indyankwi); regions and dictionaries vary in which they favor.
Examples
- Yatemye igiti akoresheje incabiti.He cut down the tree using an axe.
- Incabiti yanjye yarahenutse.My axe has gone blunt.
- Ese wampaye incabiti nkate inkwi?Can you give me the axe so I can chop firewood?
- Ntawuzana incabiti mu nzu.No one brings an axe into the house.
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