omukama

Tooro

Omukama wa Tooro

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀káma (“chief, master”), from Proto-Bantu *káma (“squeeze, wring”). Doublet of -kama (“to milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omukáma/

Noun

omukama class 1 (plural abakama class 2, augmentless mukama, plural augmentless bakama)

1. king, monarch

Derived terms

• mukama (“lord, owner, master”)
• nyinoomukama (“queen mother”)
• obukama (“kingdom, monarchy”)
• omukamakati (“queen”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 200
2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 32, 249, 305
3. Entry 8234 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3