empekenyu

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Tooro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to -pekenya (“to crunch cartilage”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

empekenyu class 9 (plural empekenyu class 10, augmentless mpekenyu, plural augmentless mpekenyu)

  1. (anatomy) cartilage, gristle

References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 23
  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 236
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