amooya

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *màjòjá (“feathers”), from Proto-Bantu *-jòjá. Doublet of obwoya.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amóːja/

Noun

amooya class 6 (plural only, augmentless mooya)

1. feathers
2. hair
3. fur

References

1. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 234
2. Entry 3586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3