ebikya

== Nyoro == === Etymology === Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Compare with Ma'a kiʔa (“chest”). === Noun === ebikya class 8 (plural only, augmentless bikya) neck === References === An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎[1], 1938, page 143 Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[2], United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 207 == Tooro == === Etymology === From Proto-Rutara *ebikya, from Common Bantu *bìkɪa (“tendon of neck; neck”), from a South Cushitic language. Cognate with Inner Mbugu kiʔa (“chest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eβíkja/, [eβíca] === Noun === ebikya class 8 (plural only, augmentless bikya) neck ==== See also ==== engoto (“nape”) === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 9 Muzale, Henry R. T. (1998), A Reconstruction of the Proto-Rutara Tense/Aspect System‎[4], St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland, →ISBN, page 52 Entry 5959 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 Ehret, Christopher (1998), An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[5], United States: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 207