etuutu

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *tʊ́ʊtʊ́ (“sweat”). Doublet of -tuutuka (“to sweat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etúːtu/

Noun

etuutu class 9 (plural etuutu class 10, augmentless tuutu, plural augmentless tuutu)

1. sweat

   Synonyms: entuuyo, empiita

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 22
2. Entry 4878 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3