akafumbarume

Tooro
akafumbarume

Alternative forms
  • akafumba-rume

Etymology

From aka- (class 12 suffix) +‎ -fumba (“to push one's way through”) +‎ rume (“dew”), literally, “that which pushes its way through dew”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akafuˑmbaɾúme/

Noun

akafumbarume class 12 (plural obufumbarume class 14, augmentless kafumbarume, plural augmentless bufumbarume)

  1. (anatomy) ankle
    Synonyms: akakongoijo, akanyamagita, akateerarume
  2. shin
    Synonym: omurundi

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 17
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 162, 166, 170, 174
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