akafumbarume
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Tooro
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From aka- (class 12 suffix) + -fumba (“to push one's way through”) + rume (“dew”), literally, “that which pushes its way through dew”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]akafumbarume class 12 (plural obufumbarume class 14, augmentless kafumbarume, plural augmentless bufumbarume)
- (anatomy) ankle
- Synonyms: akakongoijo, akanyamagita, akateerarume
- shin
- Synonym: omurundi
References
[edit]- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 17
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 162, 166, 170, 174