Wiktionary

ekisaatu

Tooro edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Tale South Cushitic *-saato (“animal skin”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ekisaatu class 7 (plural ebisaatu class 8, augmentless kisaatu, plural augmentless bisaatu)

  1. skin, hide (of animals)
  2. leather (of animals)
  3. garment made out of animal hides sewn together

See also edit

References edit

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 26
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 196
  3. Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
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