omupiira

Luganda

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mpira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omupîːrá/

Noun

omupiira (class II, plural emipiira, base state mupiira, plural base state mipiira)

1. rubber (material)
2. ball
3. soccer (US), football (elsewhere)
4. tyre (wheel covering)
5. mackintosh, raincoat

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 222
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 377