empisi
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Tooro
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mpítí (“hyena”). Cognate with Kikuyu hiti, Swahili fisi and Zulu ímpîsi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]empisi class 9 (plural empisi class 10, augmentless mpisi, plural augmentless mpisi)
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