obusa

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oβúsa/

Etymology 1

Adjective

obusa

1. class 14 definite of -sa

Etymology 2

borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic; Compare Iraqw tseehha (“dry cow dung”). Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *saalo (“mud”).

Noun

obusa class 14 (uncountable, augmentless busa)

1. manure, dung (of herbivores, such as cows, goats or sheep)

   Near-synonyms: (usually of omnivores) amazi, (of young goats or young cows) esuusi, (of hens) ekisoodo

Hypernyms

• amafakubi (“excrement”)

References

1. An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎^[1], 1998, page 308
2. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 325
3. 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