ngereza

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili -ingereza, from Arabic إِنْجْلِيزِيّ (ʔinglīziyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋɡeɾéza/

Adjective

-ngereza (declinable)

1. English, of or related to England.

Declension

Inflected forms of -ngereza

Noun class	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	mungereza	bangereza	omungereza	abangereza
3/4	mungereza	mingereza	omungereza	emingereza
5/6	lingereza	mangereza	eringereza	amangereza
7/8	kingereza	bingereza	ekingereza	ebingereza
9/10	ngereza	ngereza	engereza	engereza
11/10	rungereza		orungereza
12/14	kangereza	bungereza	akangereza	obungereza
13		tungereza		otungereza
14/6	bungereza	mangereza	obungereza	amangereza
15/6	kungereza		okungereza
16	hangereza		ahangereza

Derived terms

• Omungereza (“English person”)
• Orungereza (“English language”)

References

• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 486