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Tooro
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀mìdò (“throat; gullet”), equivalent to omu- (class 3 noun prefix) + -mir- (“to swallow”) + -o (forms instrumental nouns).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]omumiro class 3 (plural emimiro class 4, augmentless mumiro, plural augmentless mimiro)
Derived terms
[edit]- akamiro (“Adam's apple”)
References
[edit]- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 9
- Entry 2187 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3