enyama

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà (“animal; meat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɲáma/

Noun

enyama class 9 (plural enyama class 10, augmentless nyama, plural augmentless nyama)

  1. meat
  2. muscle

Hyponyms
  • ekifo
  • omunofa

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 23
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 301
  3. Entry 3180 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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