embwa

From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à.

embwa (plural egimbwa)

1. dog

• Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis, Walker, John B. (2016) "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎^[1], SIL International

From Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à. The sense of “small fly” is likely due to the fly’s bite resembling that of a dog’s.

• IPA^(key): /embwâ/

embwa (class III, plural embwa, base state mbwa, plural base state mbwa)

1. dog
2. a small fly known for its harsh bite, Simulium damnosum

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 203
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 333

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́à. Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi imbwá, Tswana ntša and Zulu înjá.

• IPA^(key): /éːmbwa/
• Rhymes: -éːmbwa
• Hyphenation: e‧mbwa

embwa class 9 (plural embwa class 10, augmentless mbwa, plural augmentless mbwa)

1. dog, member of the family Canidae

   Hyponyms: empairimi (“male dog”), embwakati (“female dog”), ekisole (“puppy”), ensole (“puppy”)

• embwakati (“female dog”)
• akabwa (“small dog; puppy”)

• entuuke (metaphoric name of dogs)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 29
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[3], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 231