entwiga

Kabwa

Etymology

Cognate with Kikuyu ndũiga, Rwanda-Rundi twiga, Shona twiza, Gungu ntwi̱ga, Ikizu itwiga, Swahili twiga.

Noun

entwiga (plural egintwiga)

  1. giraffe

References
  • Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis, Walker, John B. (2016) "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎, SIL International

Tooro
entwiga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ntʊ̀ìgà (“giraffe”). Cognate with Kikuyu ndũiga, Rwanda-Rundi twiga, Shona twiza, Gungu ntwi̱ga, Ikizu itwiga and Swahili twiga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /entwíːɡa/
  • Rhymes: -íːɡa
  • Hyphenation: e‧ntwi‧ga

Noun

entwiga class 9 (plural entwiga class 10, augmentless ntwiga, plural augmentless ntwiga)

  1. giraffe, member of the genus Giraffa

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 31
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 297
  3. Entry 3028 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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