omwojo

Tooro

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /omwóːd͡ʒo/

Noun

omwojo class 1 (plural aboojo class 2, augmentless mwojo, plural augmentless boojo)

boy (young male human)

Hypernyms

omwana (“child”)

Coordinate terms

(gender): omwisiki (“girl”)
(age): omusaija (“man”)

Derived terms

akoojo (“small boy”)
obwojo (“boyhood (of gender)”)

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 172
Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 271

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