ekigere
Luganda
editEtymology
editFrom an Eastern Sudanic language.
Noun
editekigere class 7
References
edit- Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
Tooro
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Sog Eastern Sudanic *-gele. Cognate with Luganda ekigere (“foot”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editekigere class 7 (plural ebigere class 8, augmentless kigere, plural augmentless bigere)
Derived terms
edit- obugeregere (“athlete's foot”)
References
edit- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 17-18, 223, 256
- Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
Categories:
- Luganda terms derived from Eastern Sudanic languages
- Luganda lemmas
- Luganda nouns
- Luganda class 7 nouns
- lg:Body parts
- Tooro terms derived from Eastern Sudanic languages
- Tooro terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tooro/êɾe
- Rhymes:Tooro/êɾe/4 syllables
- Tooro lemmas
- Tooro nouns
- Tooro class 7 nouns
- ttj:Anatomy
- ttj:Body parts