engeye

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Tooro[edit]

FWOTD – 19 January 2024
engeye

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngeje.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /eŋɡéje/
  • Rhymes: -éje
  • Hyphenation: e‧nge‧ye

Noun[edit]

engeye class 9 (plural engeye class 10, augmentless ngeye, plural augmentless ngeye)

  1. colobus monkey (Colobus)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 33
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro-Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro-Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 280
  • Entry 7818 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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