urusyo

How to say it

Meaning

a flat stone used with a smaller hand stone to grind grain into flour.

Good to know

a traditional grinding tool, largely replaced today by mills.

Examples

• Ababyeyi ba kera basyaga ibigori ku rusyo.Mothers of old ground maize on a grinding stone.
• Urusyo rwacu rurakomeye, rwakoreshejwe imyaka myinshi.Our grinding stone is sturdy, it's been used for many years.
• Yicaye ku rusyo asya amasaka.She sat at the grinding stone milling sorghum.
• Ese urusyo rukiboneka mu duce twinshi?Is the grinding stone still found in many places?