umugore

== Rwanda-Rundi == === Etymology === From proto-Great Lakes Bantu "-gore" or "-goli" (maternal power, crown of motherhood). Possibly from an Eastern Sudanic language. Compare with Acholi nya gol (“wife”) and Dinka-Nuer *gol (clan, family, originally the dung fire that was the centre of a social group). Cognate with Kwaya mugole (“favorite wife”). === Noun === umugoré class 1 (plural abagoré class 2) woman wife ==== Coordinate terms ==== umugabo === References === The Historical Reconstruction of Great Lakes Bantu Cultural Vocabulary: Etymologies and Distributions‎[2], 1997, page 83