ekisaatu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Nyoro ==
=== Etymology ===
From an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Compare with Proto-West Rift *ch'at- (hide tether rope).
=== Noun ===
ekisaatu class 7 (plural ebisaatu class 8, augmentless kisaatu, plural augmentless bisaatu)
cowhide, animal skin
=== References ===
An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar[1], 1938, page 151
Early history in eastern Africa’s Great Lakes region: Linguistic, ecological, and archaeological approaches, ca. 500 B.C. to ca. A.D. 1000[2], 1990, page 455
== Tooro ==
=== Etymology ===
From a Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *c'at- (“hide tether”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ekisáːtu/
=== Noun ===
ekisaatu class 7 (plural ebisaatu class 8, augmentless kisaatu, plural augmentless bisaatu)
skin, hide (of animals)
leather (of animals)
garment made out of animal hides sewn together
==== See also ====
oruhu
=== References ===
Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 26
Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][4], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 196
Schoenbrun, David (1993), “We Are What We Eat: Ancient Agriculture Between the Great Lakes”, in The Journal of African History, volume 4, number 1, pages 1–31