ekibero

Tooro
ekibero

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀bèdò (“thigh”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekiβêɾo/, [ekiβêɾo]

Noun

ekibero class 7 (plural ebibero class 8, augmentless kibero, plural augmentless bibero)

  1. (anatomy) thigh (of humans)
    Synonym: ekirumbu (“thigh (of animals/meat)”)

See also
  • emitagotago (“inner thigh”)
  • ekihimbo (“swelling of a thigh”)
  • omwara (“flesh of a thigh”)
  • okuguru (“leg”)
  • okuju (“knee”)

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 179, 184, 196, 233, 268
  3. Entry 134 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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