omubiri

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Tooro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀bɪ̀dɪ̀ (“body; human skin”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

omubiri class 3 (plural emibiri class 4, augmentless mubiri, plural augmentless mibiri)

  1. (anatomy) body (while alive)
    Synonym: omutumbi (“corpse, body (while dead)”)
  2. human skin
    Synonym: orususu
  3. thickness, substance
  4. blessing, luck
    Nyine omubiri murungi. ― I have good luck.

References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 21
  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 239
  3. Entry 188 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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