omubiri

== Tooro == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀bɪ̀dɪ̀ (“body; human skin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /omuβíɾi/ === Noun === omubiri class 3 (plural emibiri class 4, augmentless mubiri, plural augmentless mibiri) (anatomy) body (while alive) Synonym: omutumbi (“corpse, body (while dead)”) human skin Synonym: orususu thickness, substance blessing, luck Nyine omubiri murungi. ― I have good luck. === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 21 Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 239 Entry 188 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3