ensimbi

== Luganda == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbɪ́ (“iron; cowry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ensíːmbi/ Hyphenation: e‧nsi‧mbi === Noun === ensimbi (class III, plural ensimbi, base state nsimbi, plural base state nsimbi) cowrie shell money, cash === References === Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 256 Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 446 Entry 617 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3 == Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbɪ́ (“iron; cowry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ensíːmbi/ Rhymes: -íːmbi Hyphenation: e‧nsi‧mbi === Noun === ensimbi class 9 (plural ensimbi class 10, augmentless nsimbi, plural augmentless nsimbi) cowrie shell money, cash Synonym: sente === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 50, 224 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 291 Entry 617 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3