omwojo

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omwóːd͡ʒo/

Noun

omwojo class 1 (plural aboojo class 2, augmentless mwojo, plural augmentless boojo)

1. boy (young male human)

Hypernyms

• omwana (“child”)

Coordinate terms

• (gender): omwisiki (“girl”)
• (age): omusaija (“man”)

Derived terms

• akoojo (“small boy”)
• obwojo (“boyhood (of gender)”)

References

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 172
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 271