empisi

Tooro

empisi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mpítí (“hyena”). Cognate with Kikuyu hiti, Swahili fisi and Zulu ímpîsi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empísi/
• Rhymes: -ísi
• Hyphenation: e‧mpi‧si

Noun

empisi class 9 (plural empisi class 10, augmentless mpisi, plural augmentless mpisi)

1. hyena, member of the family Hyaenidae

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 32
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 236
• Entry 2586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3