omukago

== Nyoro == === Etymology === Loanword from an extinct Central Sudanic language. Compare with Aja -ogo, Bongo -ago (“to cut”), Mangbetu -ago (“to pierce abscess”). Also spread to Shilluk kago (“cut open”) and Dinka kak (“cut open”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /omukâɡo/ === Noun === omukago class 3 (plural emikago class 4, augmentless mukago, plural augmentless mikago) blood pact, blood brotherhood === References === Language Shift and its Reflection in African Archaeology: Cord rouletting in the Uele and Interlacustrine regions‎[1], 2009, pages 56-57 Shigeki Kaji (2022), “Taboo Expressions in the Nyoro Language: Descriptions and Analyses”, in Daisuke Shinagawa, Seunghun J. Lee, Yuko Abe, editors, Working Papers in African Linguistics (WoPAL) vol. 1: Selected outcomes of the ReNeLDA project, page 78 SUGIA, Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika‎[2], 2001, page 582