injota

Jita

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *jɪ̀njótà (“star”), from either Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“to burn (of a fire))”), or from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-ŋwát- (“star”).

Noun

injota class 9 (plural jinjota)

  1. star (celestial body)

References

  • Kagaya, Ryohei (2005), A Jita Vocabulary‎[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 117
  • Wycliffe Bible Translators, Indagano Inyaanya mu-Chijita, 2023 - Mataayo 2, Maariko 13:25, Yuuda 13, Obhusweruro 8:12, 9:1, 12:1, 4
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