omutima

Herero

Noun

omutima (plural omitima)

1. heart (organ)

Nyankole

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́mà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omutíma/, [omutɨ́ma]

Noun

omutima class 3 (plural emitima class 4, augmentless mutima, plural augmentless mitima)

1. (anatomy) heart
2. (figurative) heart (mind, feeling(s))
3. (figurative) heart (soul, humanity)
4. high blood pressure

Derived terms

• entima (“core of a tree”)
• ekitima (“state of the heart”)
• emitimanyima (“whole back region”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 22, 243, 289
• Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary‎^[2], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 117

Tooro

omutima

Alternative forms

• omutuma

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́mà. Cognate with Chuabo murima, Lingala motéma, Swahili mtima and Rwanda-Rundi umutíma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omutíma/

Noun

omutima class 3 (plural emitima class 4, augmentless mutima, plural augmentless mitima)

1. (anatomy) heart

See also

• omwoyo (“soul, spirit”)
• ekihaha (“lung”)
• obune (“liver”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19