ekitabo
Luganda
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili kitabu, from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb). Like the Swahili word, the first syllable of the Arabic has been reinterpreted as the Luganda noun prefix eki-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ecitábó/
Noun
ekitabo (class IV, plural ebitabo, base state kitabo, plural base state bitabo)
References
- Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143
- Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 209