omwoyo

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit; heart”). Cognate with Phuthi ḿmoyá (“wind; spirit”), Kikuyu muoyo (“life”), Swahili moyo (“heart; courage”) and Chichewa moyo (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omwoːjo/

Noun

omwoyo class 3 (plural emyoyo class 4, augmentless mwoyo, plural augmentless myoyo)

1. spirit, soul
2. deep water in a stream
3. prolapse of the rectum

Derived terms

• Mwoyo wa Ruhanga (“spirit of God”)
• Mwoyo Muhikiriire (“Holy Spirit”)

See also

• omutima (“heart”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19
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 272