entwiga

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Kabwa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

entwiga (plural egintwiga)

  1. giraffe

References[edit]

  • Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis, Walker, John B. (2016) "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎[1], SIL International

Tooro[edit]

entwiga

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. giraffe, member of the genus Giraffa

References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], 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]‎[3], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 297
  3. Entry 3028 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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