ennyonyi

Luganda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *njʊ̀nì. Compare dialectal Swahili nyuni. For the sense of "aeroplane", likely a semantic loan from Swahili ndege (“bird, aeroplane”).

Noun

ennyonyi (class III, plural ennyonyi, base state nnyonyi, plural base state nnyonyi)

  1. bird
  2. aeroplane/airplane

Derived terms

  • ennyonyi nnamunkanga (“helicopter”)

See also

References

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