omunya

Nyoro

Etymology

Borrowed from an extinct Central Sudanic language. Compare Proto-Moru-Madi *ma-ŋa (monitor lizard). Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-ŋa.

Noun

omunya class 3 (plural eminya class 4, augmentless munya, plural augmentless minya)

  1. lizard

References

  • Early history in eastern Africa’s Great Lakes region: Linguistic, ecological, and archaeological approaches, ca. 500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1000‎[1], 1990
  • An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[2], 1998, page 307
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