enyonyi

Tooro

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *nɲònì. Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi inyoni, Swahili and Mwani nyuni, Kikuyu nyoni and Luganda ennyonyi. Doublet of ekinyonyi. Compare Swahili ndege (“bird; airplane”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɲóɲi/
• Rhymes: -óɲi
• Hyphenation: e‧nyo‧nyi

Noun

enyonyi class 9 (plural enyonyi class 10, augmentless nyonyi, plural augmentless nyonyi)

1. bird

   Synonym: ekinyonyi

   • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa, Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 7:21:

     Byona ebinyakunyina omubiri, ebinyakwikara omunsi, byafa; enyonyi, ente, enyamaiswa, ebyekurra, na byona ebihuruuka omunsi, n'abantu boona;

     Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

2. airplane, aircraft

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 222
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 305
• Entry 3550 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3