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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ɲònì. Cognate with Luganda and Kabwa ekinyonyi. Doublet of enyonyi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekiɲóɲi/
- Rhymes: -óɲi
- Hyphenation: e‧ki‧nyo‧nyi
Noun
ekinyonyi class 7 (plural ebinyonyi class 8, augmentless kinyonyi, plural augmentless binyonyi)
- bird
- Synonym: enyonyi
2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 6:20:Ebinyonyi omu miringo yabyo, n'ebisoro omu nganda zabyo, byona ebinyakwekururra haitaka omu mulingo gwabyo, bibiri bibiri ebya buli mulingo biritaaha omu lyaato nambere oli, obirinde bireke kufa.- Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.
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