akaleju

Tooro

Etymology

From aka- (class 12 diminutive prefix) +‎ -leju (“beard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaléd͡ʒu/

Noun

akaleju class 12 (plural obuleju class 14, augmentless kaleju, plural augmentless buleju)

1. diminutive of omuleju (“beard”): chin

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 8