Kinyarwanda
intorezo
i-nto-RE-zo
How to say it
Kinyarwandaintorezoi-nto-RE-zosoon
Englishaxesoon
Frenchhachesoon
Meaning
a hand tool with a heavy blade for chopping wood; an axe.
Good to know
Another regional word for axe, alongside incabiti, ishoka, and indyankwi.
Examples
- Yatemye inkwi akoresheje intorezo.He chopped firewood using the axe.
- Intorezo ye yari yaravunitse umupini.His axe had a broken handle.
- Ese uzi gusya intorezo?Do you know how to sharpen an axe?
- Nta ntorezo twari dufite tugeze mu ishyamba.We had no axe with us when we reached the forest.
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