Kinyarwanda
uruyige
Word parts: uru-yige
oo-roo-YEE-geh
How to say it
Kinyarwandauruyigeoo-roo-YEE-gehsoon
Englishlocustsoon
Frenchcriquetsoon
Meaning
a swarming insect related to grasshoppers that can devastate crops in large numbers; a locust.
Good to know
an agricultural pest term, close in meaning to the more common uruzige.
Examples
- Uruyige rwaturikiye mu murima wacu rwangiza ibihingwa byose.A swarm of locusts descended on our field and destroyed all the crops.
- Abahinzi baratinya uruyige buri gihe cy'imvura.Farmers fear locusts every rainy season.
- Uruyige rurya amababi y'ibiti byose.Locusts eat the leaves of all the trees.
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