enjangu

Tooro

enjangu

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *njangʊa (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /end͡ʒáːŋɡu/
• Rhymes: -áːŋɡu
• Hyphenation: e‧nja‧ngu

Noun

enjangu class 9 (plural enjangu class 10, augmentless njangu, plural augmentless njangu)

1. cat, member of the family Felidae

   Hyponym: akajangu (“kitten”)

Derived terms

• akajangu (“kitten, young cat”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 29–30
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 283
3. Entry 8687 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3