isabune

Rwanda-Rundi

Alternative forms
  • (Rundi) isabuni[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili sabuni.[2]

Noun

isabune ? (plural amasabune)

  1. (Rwanda)[1] soap

References
  1. Zorc, R. David and Louise Nibagwire (2007). Kinyarwanda and Kirundi Comparative Grammar, p. 122. Hyattsville, Maryland: Dunwoody Press.
  2. Mugane, John M. (2015). The Story of Swahili, p. 55. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press.

Further reading
  • “isabune” in Kinyarwanda-English Dictionary.
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