oruhu

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Tooro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-pu (“skin”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi uruhú.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

oruhu class 11 (plural empu class 10, augmentless ruhu, plural augmentless mpu)

  1. skin (of animals), hide
    Synonym: omuguta (“animal skin; fresh cow skin when slaughtered; uncured skin; corpse of a monarch”)
    Coordinate terms: omubiri (“human skin; body; substance; luck”), orususu (“human skin; flake of human skin”)

See also[edit]

  • omuguta (“fresh cow skin when slaughtered; corpse of a king”)

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. Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
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