ibara
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ibara
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Noun edit
ibára class 5 (plural amabára class 6)
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عِبَارَة (ʕibāra).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
ibara (n class, plural ibara)
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìbádà (“spot, speckle; color; wound, scar”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi ibára (“color”) and Zulu îbâla (“speckle; open space; playground”).
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Noun edit
ibara class 5 (plural amabara class 6, augmentless ibara, plural augmentless mabara)
- spot
- birthmark
- name
- Ibara lyawe niiwe oha? ― What is your name? (literally, “Your name is you who?”)
- Ibara lyange ninyowe Kato. ― My name is Kato. (literally, “My name is me Kato.”)