ipamba
ee-PAH-mbah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaipambaee-PAH-mbahsoon
Englishcotton
Frenchcoton
Meaning
A plant grown for the soft white fiber around its seeds, and the cloth or cotton wool made from that fiber.
Good to know
Iri class: ipamba ryiza, good cotton; no plural in use. Imyenda y'ipamba are cotton clothes.
Examples
- Iyi shati ikozwe mu ipamba.This shirt is made of cotton.
- Abahinzi bo mu Bugarama bahinga ipamba.Farmers in Bugarama grow cotton.
- Muganga yapfutse igisebe akoresheje ipamba.The doctor dressed the sore with cotton wool.
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