akooya

Tooro

Etymology

Sense 1 is a back-formation from obwoya, reananalysing obwoya as the plural of akooya. Sense 2 is from aka- (class 12 diminutive prefix) +‎ -oya (“strand of fur, feather”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /akóːja/

Noun

akooya class 12 (plural obwoya class 14, augmentless kooya, plural augmentless bwoya)

  1. strand of body hair (of humans, but sometimes of cats or rats)
  2. Diminutive of ekyoya (“feather”): small feather

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 22
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 206
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