empekenyu

Tooro

Etymology

Related to -pekenya (“to crunch cartilage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empekéɲu/

Noun

empekenyu class 9 (plural empekenyu class 10, augmentless mpekenyu, plural augmentless mpekenyu)

1. (anatomy) cartilage, gristle

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 23
2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 236