emboni

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbónì, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna (“to see”). Cognate with Swahili mboni. Doublet of -bona (“to see; to suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embóni/

Noun

emboni class 9 (plural emboni class 10, augmentless mboni, plural augmentless mboni)

1. pupil (of the eye)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 4
2. Entry 267 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3