enjojo

Tooro
enjojo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njògù (“elephant”). Cognate with Swahili ndovu, Rwanda-Rundi inzovu, Tsonga ndlopfu and Sranan Tongo asaw.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /end͡ʒód͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -ód͡ʒo
  • Hyphenation: e‧njo‧jo

Noun

enjojo class 9 (plural enjojo class 10, augmentless njojo, plural augmentless njojo)

  1. elephant, member of the family Elephantidae

Derived terms
  • obujojo (“elephantiasis”)

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 30
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 283
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