Misiri
See also: mısırı
Tooro
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Swahili Misri, from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMisiri
- Egypt (a country in North Africa)
- 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 13:1:
- Aho Abburamu yaruga Misiri, uwe na mukazi we na byona ebi akaba ayinabyo, na Looti yagenda na uwe, bahika Negebu.
- So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.