empisi

Tooro
empisi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mpítí (“hyena”). Cognate with Kikuyu hiti, Swahili fisi and Zulu ímpîsi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /empísi/
  • Rhymes: -ísi
  • Hyphenation: e‧mpi‧si

Noun

empisi class 9 (plural empisi class 10, augmentless mpisi, plural augmentless mpisi)

  1. hyena, member of the family Hyaenidae

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 32
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 236
  • Entry 2586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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