omwisiki

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jicike (“girl; woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omwisíki/

Noun

omwisiki class 1 (plural abaisiki class 2, augmentless mwisiki, plural augmentless baisiki)

1. girl (young female human)

Hypernyms

• omwana (“child”)

Coordinate terms

• (gender): omwojo (“boy”)
• (age): omukazi (“woman”)

Derived terms

• akaisiki (“small girl”)
• obwisiki (“girlhood (of gender)”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 172
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 271
3. Entry 6056 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3