ubutayu

How to say it

Meaning

a wilderness; an empty or uninhabited place with no trees or houses, often remote or barren.

Good to know

used in religious contexts for 'desert' or 'wilderness,' as in biblical narratives (ubutayu bwa Yudaya).

Examples

• Bagiye gutura mu butayu.They went to live in the wilderness.
• Ese ubutayu bwabo bwari kure y'umujyi?Was their wilderness far from the city?
• Nta muntu wabaga mu butayu bw'Ubuyuda.No one lived in the wilderness of Judea.
• Umuhanuzi yigishaga abantu mu butayu.The prophet taught people in the wilderness.

The same word in