ekisusu

Tooro

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Bantu *-cʊcʊ (“skin”). Related to orususu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ekisúsu/
  • Rhymes: -úsu
  • Hyphenation: e‧ki‧su‧su

Noun

ekisusu class 7 (plural ebisusu class 8, augmentless kisusu, plural augmentless bisusu) (botany)

  1. skin, peel (of fruits and vegetables)
  2. bark, treebark
  3. pod, seedpod

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 52–53, 56
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 199
  • Entry 5279 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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