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orutambu

Tooro edit

Etymology edit

Most likely from Common Bantu *támbɪ́ (“sole of foot; footprint”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

orutambu class 11 (plural entambu class 10, augmentless rutambu, plural augmentless ntambu)

  1. pace, short distance
    entambu ikumi ― ten paces

References edit

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 18
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 294, 348
  3. Entry 2761 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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