ekihaha

Tooro

ebihaha

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀pàpá, from Proto-Bantu *-pàpa (“to flap wings, to flutter”). Cognate with Kabwa erihaha.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ekiháha/

Noun

ekihaha class 7 (plural ebihaha class 8, augmentless kihaha, plural augmentless bihaha)

(anatomy) lung

See also

omwoyo (“soul, spirit”)
omutima (“heart”)
obune (“liver”)

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19
Entry 9426 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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