empisi

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Tooro[edit]

empisi

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mpítí (“hyena”). Cognate with Kikuyu hiti, Swahili fisi and Zulu ímpîsi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /empísi/
  • Rhymes: -ísi
  • Hyphenation: e‧mpi‧si

Noun[edit]

empisi class 9 (plural empisi class 10, augmentless mpisi, plural augmentless mpisi)

  1. hyena, member of the family Hyaenidae

References[edit]

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 32
  • 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
  • Entry 2586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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