ekisaatu

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Tooro[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Proto-Tale South Cushitic *-saato (“animal skin”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ekisaatu class 7 (plural ebisaatu class 8, augmentless kisaatu, plural augmentless bisaatu)

  1. skin, hide (of animals)
  2. leather (of animals)
  3. garment made out of animal hides sewn together

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References[edit]

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 26
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 196
  3. 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
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