uburemere
oo-boo-reh-MEH-reh
How to say it
Kinyarwandauburemereoo-boo-reh-MEH-rehsoon
Englishweight; seriousness, gravitysoon
Frenchpoids ; gravitésoon
Meaning
How heavy something is; in speech, how serious or important a matter, a crime or a word is.
Good to know
Built on kuremera, to be heavy. Uburemere bw'icyaha, the gravity of the crime; weight is measured in ibiro, kilograms.
Examples
- Uburemere bw'iki gikapu ni ibiro icumi.The weight of this bag is ten kilos.
- Ntiyumvise uburemere bw'amagambo ye.He did not understand the seriousness of his words.
- Igihano gitangwa hakurikijwe uburemere bw'icyaha.The sentence is given according to the gravity of the crime.
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