engeye

Tooro

FWOTD – 19 January 2024

engeye

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngeje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eŋɡéje/
• Rhymes: -éje
• Hyphenation: e‧nge‧ye

Noun

engeye class 9 (plural engeye class 10, augmentless ngeye, plural augmentless ngeye)

1. colobus monkey (Colobus)

Derived terms

• akamya k'engeye (“nettle”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 33
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 280
• Entry 7818 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3