ekibero

Tooro

ekibero

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀bèdò (“thigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekiβêɾo/, [ekiβêɾo]

Noun

ekibero class 7 (plural ebibero class 8, augmentless kibero, plural augmentless bibero)

1. (anatomy) thigh (of humans)

   Synonym: ekirumbu (“thigh (of animals/meat)”)

See also

• emitagotago (“inner thigh”)
• ekihimbo (“swelling of a thigh”)
• omwara (“flesh of a thigh”)
• okuguru (“leg”)
• okuju (“knee”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], 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]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 179, 184, 196, 233, 268
3. Entry 134 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3