engamira

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili ngamia (“camel”), from Arabic جَمَل (jamal, “camel”), from Proto-West Semitic *gamal- (“camel”). Doublet of engamiya (“camel; horse”). Compare Yao ngamila, Chichewa ngamira, and Shona ngamera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eŋɡamíɾa/
  • Rhymes: -íɾa
  • Hyphenation: e‧nga‧mi‧ra

Noun

engamira class 9 (plural engamira class 10, augmentless ngamira, plural augmentless ngamira)

  1. (rare) camel, member of the genus Camelus
    Synonym: 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 279
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