ekyoya

Tooro

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ekjóːja/, [ecóːja]

Etymology 1

From eki- (class 7 noun prefix) +‎ -oya (“feathers, hair, fur”). eki- might be influenced by ekinyonyi class 7 (“bird”).

Noun

ekyoya class 7 (plural ebyoya class 8, augmentless kyoya, plural augmentless byoya)

  1. feather
  2. strand of fur

Etymology 2

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Noun

ekyoya class 7 (plural ebyoya class 8, augmentless kyoya, plural augmentless byoya)

  1. whistling, whistle

References
  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 22, 241
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 218
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