omwisiki

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jicike (“girl; woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /omwisíki/

Noun

omwisiki class 1 (plural abaisiki class 2, augmentless mwisiki, plural augmentless baisiki)

  1. girl (young female human)
    Hypernym: omwana
    Coordinate terms: (gender) omwojo, (age) omukazi

Derived terms

  • akaisiki (“small girl”)
  • obwisiki (“girlhood (of gender)”)

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 172
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 271
  • Entry 6056 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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