ekimuli

== Luganda == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ecimúlí/ === Noun === ekimuli (class IV, plural ebimuli, base state kimuli, plural base state bimuli) flower ==== Descendants ==== → Nyankole: ekimuri → Tooro: ekimuli === References === Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136 Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 196 Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 == Tooro == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ekimúli/ Rhymes: -úli Hyphenation: e‧ki‧mu‧li === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“torch”). ==== Noun ==== ekimuli class 7 (plural ebimuli class 8, augmentless kimuli, plural augmentless bimuli) torch ===== Derived terms ===== orumuli (“reed torch”) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Luganda ekimuli, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”). ==== Noun ==== ekimuli class 7 (plural ebimuli class 8, augmentless kimuli, plural augmentless bimuli) flower Synonym: ekyakyo === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 53, 104 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 192 Entry 2221 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3