omutwe

Tooro

omutwe

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tʊ́è. Cognate with Lingala motó and Rwanda-Rundi umutwe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omútwe/, (when followed by a monosyllabic qualifier) /omutwéː/
• Rhymes: -útwe
• Hyphenation: o‧mu‧twe

Noun

omutwe class 3 (plural emitwe class 4, augmentless mutwe, plural augmentless mitwe)

1. head

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 3