esamaga

Tooro

Etymology

Metathesized form of esagama. Potentially influenced by -sama (“to bleed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esamáɡa/

Noun

esamaga class 9 (uncountable, augmentless samaga)

1. Alternative form of esagama (“blood”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 24
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 354