enziro

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbídò (“soot; dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enzíɾo/

Noun

enziro class 9 (plural enziro class 10, augmentless nziro, plural augmentless nziro)

1. soot
2. dirt, grime (of the body)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 22, 134
2. Entry 235 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3