ekinyonyi

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ɲònì. Cognate with Luganda and Kabwa ekinyonyi. Doublet of enyonyi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekiɲóɲi/
• Rhymes: -óɲi
• Hyphenation: e‧ki‧nyo‧nyi

Noun

ekinyonyi class 7 (plural ebinyonyi class 8, augmentless kinyonyi, plural augmentless binyonyi)

1. bird

   Synonym: enyonyi

   • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 6:20:

     Ebinyonyi omu miringo yabyo, n'ebisoro omu nganda zabyo, byona ebinyakwekururra haitaka omu mulingo gwabyo, bibiri bibiri ebya buli mulingo biritaaha omu lyaato nambere oli, obirinde bireke kufa.

     Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.

Derived terms

• akanyonyi (“small bird”)
• orunyonyi (“large bird; peacock”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 34
• Entry 3550 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3