esagama

Tooro

Alternative forms

• (via metathesis) esamaga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *cagama (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esaɡáma/

Noun

esagama class 9 (uncountable, augmentless sagama)

1. blood

Hyponyms

• emireju (“nosebleed”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 24
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 354
3. Entry 9352 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3