omurundi

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omuɾuːndi/

Etymology 1

From Common Bantu *dʊ́ndɪ́ (“shin”).

Noun

omurundi class 3 (plural emirundi class 4, augmentless murundi, plural augmentless mirundi)

1. shin

   Synonym: akafumbarume (“ankle, shin”)

Etymology 2

Most likely from Common Bantu *-dʊ̀nda (“to store up, to add to”).

Noun

omurundi class 3 (plural emirundi class 4, augmentless murundi, plural augmentless mirundi)

1. time (an instance or occurrence)

   omurundi gundi ― another time

   emirundi ikumi na mukaaga ― sixteen times

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 18, 162
2. Entry 4342 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
3. Entry 1194 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3