Tooro edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Common Bantu *màjòjá (feathers), from Proto-Bantu *-jòjá. Doublet of obwoya.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

amooya class 6 (plural only, augmentless mooya)

  1. feathers
  2. hair
  3. fur

References edit

  1. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 234
  2. Entry 3586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3