Tooro edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ekjóːja/, [ecóːja]

Etymology 1 edit

From eki- (class 7 noun prefix) +‎ -oya (feathers, hair, fur). eki- might be influenced by ekinyonyi class 7 (bird).

Noun edit

ekyoya class 7 (plural ebyoya class 8, augmentless kyoya, plural augmentless byoya)

  1. feather
  2. strand of fur

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

ekyoya class 7 (plural ebyoya class 8, augmentless kyoya, plural augmentless byoya)

  1. whistling, whistle

References edit

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 22, 241
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 218