omurundi

Tooro

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /omuɾuːndi/

Etymology 1

From Common Bantu *dʊ́ndɪ́ (“shin”).

Noun

omurundi class 3 (plural emirundi class 4, augmentless murundi, plural augmentless mirundi)

  1. shin
    Synonym: akafumbarume (“ankle, shin”)

Etymology 2

Most likely from Common Bantu *-dʊ̀nda (“to store up, to add to”).

Noun

omurundi class 3 (plural emirundi class 4, augmentless murundi, plural augmentless mirundi)

  1. time (an instance or occurrence)
    omurundi gundi ― another time
    emirundi ikumi na mukaaga ― sixteen times

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 18, 162
  2. Entry 4342 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
  3. Entry 1194 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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