omumiro

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀mìdò (“throat; gullet”), equivalent to omu- (class 3 noun prefix) +‎ -mir- (“to swallow”) +‎ -o (forms instrumental nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omumíɾo/
• Rhymes: -íɾo
• Hyphenation: o‧mu‧mi‧ro

Noun

omumiro class 3 (plural emimiro class 4, augmentless mumiro, plural augmentless mimiro)

1. throat
2. gullet, esophagus

Derived terms

• akamiro (“Adam's apple”)

References

• 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