akooya
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Tooro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Sense 1 is a back-formation from obwoya, reananalysing obwoya as the plural of akooya. Sense 2 is from aka- (class 12 diminutive prefix) + -oya (“strand of fur, feather”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
akooya class 12 (plural obwoya class 14, augmentless kooya, plural augmentless bwoya)
- strand of body hair (of humans, but sometimes of cats or rats)
- Diminutive of ekyoya (“feather”): small feather
References[edit]
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 22
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 206