itama

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìtámà (“cheek”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iːtáma/, (augmentless) /itáma/

Noun

itama class 5 (plural amatama class 6, augmentless itama, plural augmentless matama)

  1. cheek

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 8
  2. Entry 2744 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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