omwoyo

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jòjò (“life, spirit; heart”). Cognate with Phuthi ḿmoyá (“wind; spirit”), Kikuyu muoyo (“life”), Swahili moyo (“heart; courage”) and Chichewa moyo (“life”).

Pronunciation

Noun

omwoyo class 3 (plural emyoyo class 4, augmentless mwoyo, plural augmentless myoyo)

  1. spirit, soul
  2. deep water in a stream
  3. prolapse of the rectum

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References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 272
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