emboni

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nbónì, from Proto-Bantu *-bóna (“to see”). Cognate with Swahili mboni. Doublet of -bona (“to see; to suffer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /embóni/

Noun

emboni class 9 (plural emboni class 10, augmentless mboni, plural augmentless mboni)

  1. pupil (of the eye)

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.