ekigere
Luganda edit
Etymology edit
From an Eastern Sudanic language.
Noun edit
ekigere class 7
References edit
- Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Sog Eastern Sudanic *-gele. Cognate with Luganda ekigere (“foot”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ekigere class 7 (plural ebigere class 8, augmentless kigere, plural augmentless bigere)
Derived terms edit
- obugeregere (“athlete's foot”)
References edit
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 17-18, 223, 256
- Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31