enyama

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà (“animal; meat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲáma/

Noun

enyama class 9 (plural enyama class 10, augmentless nyama, plural augmentless nyama)

1. meat
2. muscle

Hyponyms

• ekifo
• omunofa

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 23
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 301
3. Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3