umusenyi

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

Cognate with Luganda omusenyu, from a Central Sudanic language.

Noun

umusěnyi class 3 (plural imisěnyi class 4)

1. sand, grain of sand

References

• 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