omunya
Nyoro
Etymology
From Common Bantu *-nyá, from an extinct Central Sudanic language; ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-ɲa. Compare Proto-Moru-Madi *ma-ɲa (“monitor lizard”).
Noun
omunya class 3 (plural eminya class 4, augmentless munya, plural augmentless minya)
References
- Early history in eastern Africa’s Great Lakes region: Linguistic, ecological, and archaeological approaches, ca. 500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1000[1], 1990
- An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[2], 1998, page 307
Tooro
Etymology
From Common Bantu *-nyá, from an extinct Central Sudanic language; ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-ɲa. Compare Proto-Moru-Madi *ma-ɲa (“monitor lizard”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /omúɲa/
- Rhymes: -úɲa
- Hyphenation: o‧mu‧nya
Noun
omunya class 3 (plural eminya class 4, augmentless munya, plural augmentless minya)
- lizard
- ayatemerwe enjoka atiina omunya ― once bitten, twice shy (literally, “one who has been bitten by a snake fears a lizard”)
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 49
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][4], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 255
- Entry 3684 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
- An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[5], 1998, page 307