oruhu

== Nyoro == === Etymology === From an extinct Central Sudanic language; compare Lugbara pO (“to tear off”), Mangbetu apuO (“to husk”). Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-pu (“to peel”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi uruhú and Gusii erio (“removed skin”). === Noun === oruhu class 11 (plural empu class 10, augmentless ruhu, plural augmentless mpu) hide, leather, animal skin in general. === References === 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 An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎[1], 1938, page 141 == Tooro == === Etymology === From an extinct Central Sudanic language; compare Lugbara pO (“to tear off”), Mangbetu apuO (“to husk”). Ultimately from Proto-Central Sudanic *-pu (“to peel”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi uruhú and Gusii erio (“removed skin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oɾúhu/ === Noun === oruhu class 11 (plural empu class 10, augmentless ruhu, plural augmentless mpu) skin (of animals), hide Synonym: omuguta (“animal skin; fresh cow skin when slaughtered; uncured skin; corpse of a monarch”) Coordinate terms: omubiri (“human skin; body; substance; luck”), orususu (“human skin; flake of human skin”) === See also === omuguta (“fresh cow skin when slaughtered; corpse of a king”) === References === Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 21 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