okumalirra

Tooro

Etymology

From -a 'of' + okumalirra 'to be (the) last (inf.)', with -a assimilating into the augment o-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /okumalíra/

Adjective

okumalirra

1. last

   omuntu ow'okumalirra ― the last person

Inflected forms of -okumalirra

Noun class	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	w'okumalirra	b'okumalirra	ow'okumalirra	ab'okumalirra
3/4	gw'okumalirra	y'okumalirra	ogw'okumalirra	ey'okumalirra
5/6	ly'okumalirra	g'okumalirra	ery'okumalirra	ag'okumalirra
7/8	ky'okumalirra	by'okumalirra	eky'okumalirra	eby'okumalirra
9/10	y'okumalirra	z'okumalirra	ey'okumalirra	ez'okumalirra
11/10	rw'okumalirra		orw'okumalirra
12/14	k'okumalirra	bw'okumalirra	ak'okumalirra	obw'okumalirra
13		tw'okumalirra		otw'okumalirra
14/6	bw'okumalirra	g'okumalirra	obw'okumalirra	ag'okumalirra
15/6	kw'okumalirra		okw'okumalirra
16	h'okumalirra		ah'okumalirra
18	mw'okumalirra		omw'okumalirra

Coordinate terms

• okubanza 'first'
• okwongeraho 'next'

Verb

okumalirra

1. Augmented infinitive form of -malirra.

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 161