omukira

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Tooro

omukira gw'embwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀kɪ́dà (tail). Cognate with Nzadi okyá and Zulu úmsîla.

Pronunciation

Noun

omukira class 3 (plural emikira class 4, augmentless mukira, plural augmentless mikira)

  1. (anatomy) tail

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 26
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 250