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Tooro
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbónì, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna (“to see”). Cognate with Swahili mboni. Doublet of -bona (“to see; to suffer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
emboni class 9 (plural emboni class 10, augmentless mboni, plural augmentless mboni)
- pupil (of the eye)
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 4
- Entry 267 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3