akooya

Tooro

Etymology

Sense 1 is a back-formation from obwoya, reananalysing obwoya as the plural of akooya. Sense 2 is from aka- (class 12 diminutive prefix) +‎ -oya (“strand of fur, feather”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /akóːja/

Noun

akooya class 12 (plural obwoya class 14, augmentless kooya, plural augmentless bwoya)

strand of body hair (of humans, but sometimes of cats or rats)
diminutive of ekyoya (“feather”): small feather

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 22
Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 206