Kinyarwanda
urwina
Word parts: urw-ina
oo-RWEE-nah
How to say it
Kinyarwandaurwinaoo-RWEE-nahsoon
Englishbig hole in groundsoon
Frenchgrand trou dans le solsoon
Meaning
a large pit dug in the ground, especially one used as an underground pit-oven for ripening bananas.
Good to know
a traditional agricultural technique term.
Examples
- Bashyize ibitoki mu rwina kugira ngo bikure vuba.They put bananas in the pit to ripen quickly.
- Urwina rwacu rwuzuyemo amazi kubera imvura.Our pit filled with water because of the rain.
- Twacukuye urwina runini imbere y'inzu.We dug a big pit in front of the house.
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