engamiya

== Tooro == === Etymology === Borrowed from Swahili ngamia (“camel”), from Arabic جَمَل (jamal, “camel”), from Proto-West Semitic *gamal- (“camel”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi ingamiya (“camel”). Doublet of engamira (“camel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eŋɡamîja/ Rhymes: -îja Hyphenation: e‧nga‧mi‧ya === Noun === engamiya class 9 (plural engamiya class 10, augmentless ngamiya, plural augmentless ngamiya) camel, member of the genus Camelus Synonym: engamira (rare) horse, member of the species Equus ferus Synonym: embaraasi === References === Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 456 Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 29