inkura
ee-NKOO-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandainkuraee-NKOO-rahsoon
Englishrhinoceros
Frenchrhinocéros
Meaning
A very large wild animal with thick skin and one or two horns on its nose. In Rwanda it lives in Akagera National Park.
Good to know
N class, the plural is also inkura. With intare, inzovu, ingwe and imbogo it is one of the big five animals of Akagera.
Examples
- Inkura ifite ihembe rinini ku zuru.The rhinoceros has a big horn on its nose.
- Mu Kagera twabonye inkura ebyiri.In Akagera we saw two rhinos.
- Inkura zirindwa cyane kubera abahigi.Rhinos are closely guarded because of poachers.
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