enyonyi

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲònì. Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi inyoni, Swahili and Mwani nyuni, Kikuyu nyoni and Luganda ennyonyi. Doublet of ekinyonyi. Compare Swahili ndege (“bird; airplane”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eɲóɲi/
  • Rhymes: -óɲi
  • Hyphenation: e‧nyo‧nyi

Noun

enyonyi class 9 (plural enyonyi class 10, augmentless nyonyi, plural augmentless nyonyi)

  1. bird
    Synonym: ekinyonyi
    • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 7:21:
      Byona ebinyakunyina omubiri, ebinyakwikara omunsi, byafa; enyonyi, ente, enyamaiswa, ebyekurra, na byona ebihuruuka omunsi, n'abantu boona;
      Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.
  2. airplane, aircraft

References
  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 222
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 305
  • Entry 3550 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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