ekibunu

Tooro

Etymology

From Common Bantu *kɪ̀bʊ́nʊ̀. Cognate with Swahili kiuno (“waist”), Chichewa chiúno (“waist”) and Zulu ísibúnu (“buttocks, vagina”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekiβúnu/

Noun

ekibunu class 7 (plural ebibunu class 8, augmentless kibunu, plural augmentless bibunu)

  1. buttocks

See also

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 12
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