enjangu

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Common Bantu *njangʊa (“cat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /end͡ʒáːŋɡu/
Rhymes: -áːŋɡu
Hyphenation: e‧nja‧ngu

Noun

enjangu class 9 (plural enjangu class 10, augmentless njangu, plural augmentless njangu)

cat, member of the family Felidae
Hyponym: akajangu (“kitten”)

Derived terms

akajangu (“kitten, young cat”)

References

Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 29–30
Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 283
Entry 8687 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

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