enjojo
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Tooro[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *njògù (“elephant”). Cognate with Swahili ndovu, Rwanda-Rundi inzovu, Tsonga ndlopfu and Sranan Tongo asaw.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
enjojo class 9 (plural enjojo class 10, augmentless njojo, plural augmentless njojo)
- elephant, member of the family Elephantidae
Derived terms[edit]
- obujojo (“elephantiasis”)
References[edit]
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 30
- Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary][2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 283