ekimuri

Nyankole

Etymology

Borrowed from Luganda ekimuli, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ecimuɾi/

Noun

ekimuri class 7 (plural ebimuri class 8, augmentless kimuri, plural augmentless bimuri)

  1. flower
    Synonym: ekirabyo

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 67
  • Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary‎[2], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 44
  • Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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