embwakati

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Tooro[edit]

embwakati

Etymology[edit]

From embwa (“dog”) +‎ -kati (feminine suffix). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi imbwâkazi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /embwaˑkáti/
  • Rhymes: -áti
  • Hyphenation: e‧mbwa‧ka‧ti

Noun[edit]

embwakati class 9 (plural embwakati class 10, augmentless mbwakati, plural augmentless mbwakati)

  1. female dog, bitch
    Antonym: empairimi (“male dog”)
    Hypernym: embwa

References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 29
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 231
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