obusa

== Tooro == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oβúsa/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== obusa class 14 definite of -sa === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic; compare Iraqw tseehha (“dry cow dung”). Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *saalo (“mud”). ==== Noun ==== obusa class 14 (uncountable, augmentless busa) manure, dung (of herbivores, such as cows, goats or sheep) Near-synonyms: (usually of omnivores) amazi, (of young goats or young cows) esuusi, (of hens) ekisoodo ===== Hypernyms ===== amafakubi (“excrement”) === References === An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400‎[1], 1998, page 308 Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 325 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