empunu
التعريفات والمعاني
== Tooro ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Rutara *eNpunu, from Common Bantu *-punu, from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language, ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *bʌn (“bushpig”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /empúnu/
Rhymes: -únu
Hyphenation: e‧mpu‧nu
=== Noun ===
empunu class 9 (plural empunu class 10, augmentless mpunu, plural augmentless mpunu)
pig, member of the genus Sus
=== References ===
Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 27-28
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
An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400[2], 1998, page 307
Muzale, Henry R. T. (1998), A Reconstruction of the Proto-Rutara Tense/Aspect System[3], St. John's, Newfoundland: Memorial University of Newfoundland, →ISBN, page 52