Expressions.
Metaphors, idioms, greetings, and other forms of Kinyarwanda speech.
Ways of speaking
imyaka
imyáaka
crops
years
inama
ináama
place where cows are milked or presented to the cow lord
advice/meeting
inda
inda
stomach
pregnancy
inda y'amaganga
inda y'ámagaanga
cow's anus is a stomach of dung
inda y'amaganga
inda y'ámagaanga
the stomach of urine
cow's vagina
inda y'amase
inda y'amasé
the stomach of dung
cow's anus
inda yo mu mihora
inda yo mu mihoora
pregnancy of an unmarried young girl
indahemuka
indáhemúka
the one who is never unfaithful
indashyikirwa
indáshyikíirwa
the inaccessible
indatwa
indaátwa
the one ought to be praised
ingirakamaro
ingirakamaro
the useful one
ingoma
ingoma
drum
reign
ingwate
ingwaáte
a cow loaned to somebody in exchange for something else and which is given back to the owner after it has given a calf umukaangara to the borrower
collateral
inka
inká
"cow"
"cow"
inka zahutse
inká zahutse
when cows go out to graze
time between seven and eight in the morning
inka ziasashye
inká ziíasashye
when cows return home
time around six pm
inka zihumuje
inká zíhuumuje
when cows make home smell good
time after eight pm after milking
inka zikamwa
inká zikamwa
when the cows are being milked
early in the morning
inka zikutuse
inká zíkutuse
when cows get out of the watering place
time after two pm
inka zimenyereye urwuri
inká zímenyereye urwuri
When cows are accustomed to the pasture
time between 10 and 11 am
inka zishobora kuza
inká zishobora kuuza
the cows can ruminate
the cows can come
inka zishotse
inká zíshootse
when cows go to drink
time between one and two pm
inkomo
inkomo
monkey hair
king's hair
inkongoro
inkoongooro
milk drinking wooden cup
chalice/alveole, cavity dug in the aisles of bee-hive