yonjo

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda -yonjo (“clean, beautiful”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jóːnd͡ʒo/

Adjective

-yonjo (declinable)

1. clean

   Synonym: -ecumi

   Antonym: -rofu

Declension

Inflected forms of -yonjo

Noun class	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1/2	muyonjo	bayonjo	omuyonjo	abayonjo
3/4	muyonjo	miyonjo	omuyonjo	emiyonjo
5/6	liyonjo	mayonjo	eriyonjo	amayonjo
7/8	kiyonjo	biyonjo	ekiyonjo	ebiyonjo
9/10	nyonjo	nyonjo	enyonjo	enyonjo
11/10	ruyonjo		oruyonjo
12/14	kayonjo	buyonjo	akayonjo	obuyonjo
13	—	tuyonjo	—	otuyonjo
14/6	buyonjo	mayonjo	obuyonjo	amayonjo
15/6	kuyonjo		okuyonjo
16	hayonjo	—	ahayonjo	—

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 378-379