empunu

Tooro

empunu

Etymology

Ultimately from em- (class 9 noun prefix) + Proto-Tale South Cushitic *-punu (“(wild) pig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /empúnu/
• Rhymes: -únu
• Hyphenation: e‧mpu‧nu

Noun

empunu class 9 (plural empunu class 10, augmentless mpunu, plural augmentless mpunu)

1. pig, member of the genus Sus

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 27-28
2. Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31