enkura

Tooro
enkura

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nkʊ̀dà (“hippopotamus”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /enkúɾa/
  • Rhymes: -úɾa
  • Hyphenation: e‧nku‧ra

Noun

enkura class 9 (plural enkura class 10, augmentless nkura, plural augmentless nkura)

  1. rhinoceros, member of the family Rhinocerotidae

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 30
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 288
  3. Entry 4672 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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