omubiri

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀bɪ̀dɪ̀ (“body; human skin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omuβíɾi/

Noun

omubiri class 3 (plural emibiri class 4, augmentless mubiri, plural augmentless mibiri)

1. (anatomy) body (while alive)

   Synonym: omutumbi (“corpse, body (while dead)”)

2. human skin

   Synonym: orususu

3. thickness, substance
4. blessing, luck

   Nyine omubiri murungi. ― I have good luck.

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 21
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 239
3. Entry 188 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3