empunu

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Rutara *eNpunu, from Common Bantu *-punu, from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language, ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *bʌn (“bushpig”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /empúnu/
  • Rhymes: -únu
  • Hyphenation: e‧mpu‧nu

Noun

empunu class 9 (plural empunu class 10, augmentless mpunu, plural augmentless mpunu)

  1. pig, member of the genus Sus

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 27-28
  • Schoenbrun, David (1993) “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31
  • An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[2], 1998, page 307
  • Muzale, Henry R. T. (1998) A Reconstruction of the Proto-Rutara Tense/Aspect System‎[3], St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland, →ISBN, page 52
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