enwa

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • orunwa

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

enwa class 9 (plural enwa class 10, augmentless nwa, plural augmentless nwa)

  1. wasp, hornet

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 43
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 298
  • Entry 3539 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV enwa
Brazilian standard enwa
New Tribes enwa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eŋwa]

Verb

enwa

  1. (transitive) to make dance

Derived terms

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “enwa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[3], Lyon