ekirale

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Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *mʊ̀dàde (“split”), from Proto-Bantu *-dàda (“to crack”). Doublet of -rara (“to crack (especially of wood)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekiɾále/
  • Rhymes: -ále
  • Hyphenation: e‧ki‧ra‧le

Noun

ekirale class 7 (plural ebirale class 8, augmentless kirale, plural augmentless birale)

  1. trail, track, footmarks
  2. legacy, heritage

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 17-18
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 195
  3. Entry 8992 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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