entwiga
Kabwa edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Kikuyu ndũiga, Rwanda-Rundi twiga, Shona twiza, Gungu ntwi̱ga, Ikizu itwiga, Swahili twiga.
Noun edit
entwiga (plural egintwiga)
References edit
- Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis, Walker, John B. (2016) "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."[1], SIL International
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ntʊ̀ìgà (“giraffe”). Cognate with Kikuyu ndũiga, Rwanda-Rundi twiga, Shona twiza, Gungu ntwi̱ga, Ikizu itwiga and Swahili twiga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
entwiga class 9 (plural entwiga class 10, augmentless ntwiga, plural augmentless ntwiga)
References edit
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 31
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro-Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro-Rutooro dictionary][3], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 297
- Entry 3028 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3