oruziramere

Nyankole

Alternative forms

• oruziramire
• oruziramira

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-didamɪde (“python”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾuzíɾameɾe/

Noun

oruziramere class 11 (plural enziramere class 10, augmentless ruziramere, plural augmentless nziramere)

1. python

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2004). A Runyankore Vocabulary, p. 61. Fuchu, Japan: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). →ISBN
• Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary‎^[1], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 181
• Yoweri K. Museveni et al. (2009) Kavunuuzi y'Orunyankore/Rukiga omu Rungyereza [Runyankore/Rukiga-English Dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Institute of Languages, Makerere University, pages 202–203
• Entry 6124 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3