ensere

Tooro

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ensêɾe/
  • Rhymes: -êɾe
  • Hyphenation: e‧nse‧re

Noun

ensere class 9 (plural ensere class 10, augmentless nsere, plural augmentless nsere)

  1. hippopotamus, member of the genus Hippopotamus
    Synonym: enjubu

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 30
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 291