koperative
koh-peh-rah-TEE-veh
How to say it
Kinyarwandakoperativekoh-peh-rah-TEE-veh
Englishcooperative
Frenchcoopérative, société coopérative
Meaning
An organization owned and run together by its members, such as farmers, traders or drivers, who pool their work and money and share the profits.
Good to know
A loan word that does not change in the plural: koperative nyinshi. Its members are abanyamuryango; kwibumbira muri koperative is to come together in one.
Examples
- Abahinzi b'ikawa bashinze koperative yabo.The coffee farmers set up their own cooperative.
- Iyi koperative ifite abanyamuryango magana abiri.This cooperative has two hundred members.
- Abamotari bose basabwa kuba muri koperative.All motorcycle taxi drivers are required to belong to a cooperative.
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