omwoyo
Tooro
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit; heart”). Cognate with Phuthi ḿmoyá (“wind; spirit”), Kikuyu muoyo (“life”), Swahili moyo (“heart; courage”) and Chichewa moyo (“life”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editomwoyo class 3 (plural emyoyo class 4, augmentless mwoyo, plural augmentless myoyo)
Derived terms
edit- Mwoyo wa Ruhanga (“spirit of God”)
- Mwoyo Muhikiriire (“Holy Spirit”)
See also
edit- omutima (“heart”)
References
edit- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 272