orura

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *bʊ̀dà (“intestines”), from Proto-Bantu *ndà (“abdomen; intestines; pregnancy; inside”). Doublet of enda (“abdomen; stomach; pregnancy; fetus”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oɾúɾa/

Noun

orura class 11 (plural amara class 6, augmentless rura, plural augmentless mara)

  1. (anatomy) small intestine

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 20
  2. Entry 772 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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