omugenyi

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gènì. Cognate with Swahili mgeni (“foreigner, stranger”) and Swazi umyeni (“husband, groom”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omuɡéɲi/

Noun

omugenyi class 1 (plural abagenyi class 2, augmentless mugenyi, plural augmentless bagenyi)

1. visitor, guest
2. stranger
   • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Matayo 25:38:

     Kandi tukakurora di oli mugenyi twakukunira; rundi oli busa, twakujweka?

     When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 189-190