embaraasi

Tooro

Etymology

From em- (class 9 noun prefix) +‎ Swahili farasi (“horse; framework”), from Arabic فَرَس (faras). Compare Kikuyu mbarathi (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /embaɾáːsi/
  • Rhymes: -áːsi
  • Hyphenation: e‧mba‧raa‧si

Noun

embaraasi class 9 (plural embaraasi class 10, augmentless mbaraasi, plural augmentless mbaraasi)

  1. horse, member of the species Equus ferus
    Synonym: (rare) engamiya

References

  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 229
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