toni
TOH-nee
How to say it
KinyarwandatoniTOH-nee
Englishtonne, ton
Frenchtonne
Meaning
A unit of weight equal to one thousand kilograms, used for harvests, goods and the loads carried by trucks.
Good to know
A loan word that stays the same in the plural and agrees as an n class noun: toni imwe, toni eshanu. What is weighed follows with z': toni icumi z'ibirayi, ten tonnes of potatoes.
Examples
- Iyi kamyo itwara toni icumi z'umucanga.This truck carries ten tonnes of sand.
- Abahinzi bejeje toni ibihumbi bibiri z'ibigori.The farmers harvested two thousand tonnes of maize.
- Toni imwe ingana n'ibiro igihumbi.One tonne equals a thousand kilograms.
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