oruju

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾúd͡ʒu/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Rutara *oruǰwi, from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀júɪ́dɪ́ (“hair”).

Noun

oruju class 11 (plural enju class 10, augmentless ruju, plural augmentless nju)

1. strand of gray hair

Etymology 2

From oru- (class 11 augmentative noun prefix) +‎ -ju (“house”).

Noun

oruju class 11 (plural enju class 10, augmentless ruju, plural augmentless nju)

1. Augmentative of enju (“house”): big house

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 3 and 356
2. Entry 1638 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3