ubucuruzi
oo-boo-choo-ROO-zee
How to say it
Kinyarwandaubucuruzioo-boo-choo-ROO-zeesoon
Englishtrade, business, commercesoon
Frenchcommerce, affairessoon
Meaning
The buying and selling of goods and services to make a profit, in a shop, a market or between countries. It also means a business someone runs.
Good to know
An abstract noun of the ubu class with no plural. A trader is umucuruzi, plural abacuruzi, and to trade is gucuruza. Kirundi says ubudandaji.
Examples
- Ubucuruzi bw'imyenda bwateye imbere muri uyu mujyi.The clothing trade has grown in this city.
- Yatangije ubucuruzi buto bw'imbuto ku isoko.She started a small fruit business at the market.
- U Rwanda rukora ubucuruzi n'ibihugu byinshi byo mu karere.Rwanda trades with many countries in the region.
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