orutambu

Tooro

Etymology

Most likely from Common Bantu *támbɪ́ (“sole of foot; footprint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾutáːmbu/

Noun

orutambu class 11 (plural entambu class 10, augmentless rutambu, plural augmentless ntambu)

1. pace, short distance

   entambu ikumi ― ten paces

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 18
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 294, 348
3. Entry 2761 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3