omumiro
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀mìdò (“throat; gullet”), equivalent to omu- (class 3 noun prefix) + -mir- (“to swallow”) + -o (forms instrumental nouns).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
omumiro class 3 (plural emimiro class 4, augmentless mumiro, plural augmentless mimiro)
Derived terms edit
- akamiro (“Adam's apple”)
References edit
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 9
- Entry 2187 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3