isanga

Tooro

amasanga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːsáːŋɡa/, (augmentless) /isáːŋɡa/

Noun

isanga class 5 (plural amasanga class 6, augmentless isanga, plural augmentless masanga)

1. tusk (of an elephant)
2. ivory
3. collar worn by priests

See also

• akaako (“elephant trunk”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 25
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 142