ekigambo

Nyankole

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀gàmbò (“speech, word, affair”), from Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, answer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eciɡaːmbo/

Noun

ekigambo class 7 (plural ebigambo class 8, augmentless kigambo, plural augmentless bigambo)

1. word

   Synonym: ekibazo

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 201
• Entry 1311 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3