ebikya

Tooro

ebikya

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bìkɪa (“tendon of neck; neck”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eβíkja/, [eβíca]

Noun

ebikya class 8 (plural only, augmentless bikya)

1. neck

See also

• engoto (“nape”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 9
2. Entry 5959 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3