Kinyarwanda
irembo
i-RE-mbo
How to say it
Kinyarwandairemboi-RE-mbosoon
Englishgatesoon
Frenchportail, entrée de l'enclossoon
Meaning
an entrance or gateway, especially into a homestead or livestock enclosure.
Good to know
gate, entrance to kraal
Examples
- Umworozi yugurira inka ku irembo mu gitondo.The herder opens the gate for the cows in the morning.
- Irembo ry'urugo ryari ryugaye igihe twagezeyo.The homestead's gate was closed when we arrived.
- Ese irembo ryawe rifunga rite nijoro?How does your gate close at night?
- Nta rembo ryari rihari mu bucukuzi bw'urwo rugo rwa kera.There was no gate found in the excavation of that ancient homestead.
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