omwisiki

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jicike (“girl; woman”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /omwisíki/

Noun

omwisiki class 1 (plural abaisiki class 2, augmentless mwisiki, plural augmentless baisiki)

girl (young female human)

Hypernyms

omwana (“child”)

Coordinate terms

(gender): omwojo (“boy”)
(age): omukazi (“woman”)

Derived terms

akaisiki (“small girl”)
obwisiki (“girlhood (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
Entry 6056 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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