engeye

Tooro
FWOTD – 19 January 2024
engeye

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngeje.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eŋɡéje/
  • Rhymes: -éje
  • Hyphenation: e‧nge‧ye

Noun

engeye class 9 (plural engeye class 10, augmentless ngeye, plural augmentless ngeye)

  1. colobus monkey (Colobus)

Derived terms
  • akamya k'engeye (“nettle”)

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 33
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 280
  • Entry 7818 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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