oruhu
Tooro edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-pu (“skin”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi uruhú.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
oruhu class 11 (plural empu class 10, augmentless ruhu, plural augmentless mpu)
See also edit
- omuguta (“fresh cow skin when slaughtered; corpse of a king”)
References edit
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 21
- Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31