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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲònì. Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi inyoni, Swahili and Mwani nyuni, Kikuyu nyoni and Luganda ennyonyi. Doublet of ekinyonyi. Compare Swahili ndege (“bird; airplane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɲóɲi/
- Rhymes: -óɲi
- Hyphenation: e‧nyo‧nyi
Noun
enyonyi class 9 (plural enyonyi class 10, augmentless nyonyi, plural augmentless nyonyi)
- bird
- Synonym: ekinyonyi
2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 7:21:Byona ebinyakunyina omubiri, ebinyakwikara omunsi, byafa; enyonyi, ente, enyamaiswa, ebyekurra, na byona ebihuruuka omunsi, n'abantu boona;- Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
- airplane, aircraft
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 222
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 305
- Entry 3550 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3