amooya

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *màjòjá (“feathers”), from Proto-Bantu *-jòjá. Doublet of obwoya.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /amóːja/

Noun

amooya class 6 (plural only, augmentless mooya)

  1. feathers
  2. hair
  3. fur

References
  1. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 234
  2. Entry 3586 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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