ubukonje
oo-boo-KOH-njeh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaubukonjeoo-boo-KOH-njeh
Englishcold, coldness
Frenchfroid
Meaning
Cold weather or the feeling of cold, as in a cold season or a cold room. It also names cold as a quality of things.
Good to know
An ubu noun without a plural. The verb is gukonja, to be cold, and imbeho is the everyday word for cold weather: hari imbeho, it is cold.
Examples
- Ubukonje bwo mu Kinigi butuma abantu bambara imyenda ishyushye.The cold in Kinigi makes people wear warm clothes.
- Abana barwaye kubera ubukonje bwinshi.The children fell ill because of the severe cold.
- Inyama zibikwa mu bukonje kugira ngo zitangirika.Meat is kept in the cold so that it does not spoil.
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