ekintu

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”). Cognate with Swahili kitu (“thing”), Kikuyu kĩndũ (“thing, property. livestock”) and Shona chinhu (“thing”). Doublet of omuntu (“person”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekíːntu/, [ecíːntu]

Noun

ekintu class 7 (plural ebintu class 8, augmentless kintu, plural augmentless bintu)

  1. thing, object
  2. something
    Haliyo ekintu. ― There is something there.

Derived terms
  • akantu (“small thing”)

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 94-95, 436
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