orura

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *bʊ̀dà (“intestines”), from Proto-Bantu *ndà (“abdomen; intestines; pregnancy; inside”). Doublet of enda (“abdomen; stomach; pregnancy; fetus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾúɾa/

Noun

orura class 11 (plural amara class 6, augmentless rura, plural augmentless mara)

1. (anatomy) small intestine

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 20
2. Entry 772 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3