omutima

Herero

Noun

omutima (plural omitima)

1. heart (organ)

Nyankole

Noun

omutima

1. heart

Tooro

omutima

Alternative forms

• omutuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́mà. Cognate with Chuabo murima, Lingala motéma, Swahili mtima and Rwanda-Rundi umutíma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omutíma/

Noun

omutima class 3 (plural emitima class 4, augmentless mutima, plural augmentless mitima)

1. (anatomy) heart

See also

• omwoyo (“soul, spirit”)
• ekihaha (“lung”)
• obune (“liver”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19