engamiya

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Tooro

engamiya

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili ngamia (“camel”), from Arabic جَمَل (jamal, “camel”), from Proto-West Semitic *gamal- (“camel”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi ingamiya (“camel”). Doublet of engamira (“camel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eŋɡamîja/
  • Rhymes: -îja
  • Hyphenation: e‧nga‧mi‧ya

Noun

engamiya class 9 (plural engamiya class 10, augmentless ngamiya, plural augmentless ngamiya)

  1. camel, member of the genus Camelus
    Synonym: engamira
    • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa, Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 24:20:
      Aho, amaizi agakaba gali omu nsoha yagaseesa omu bwato, ahonaaho yagaruka ha iziba, yayesera engamiya ze zoona kuhika obu zahaagire.
      So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.”
  2. (rare) horse, member of the species Equus ferus
    Synonym: embaraasi

References

  1. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 456
  2. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 29
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