omukama

Nyoro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-káma (“squeeze, wring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /omukâma/

Noun

omukama class 1 (plural abakama class 2, augmentless mukama, plural augmentless bakama)

  1. king, monarch

Derived terms

  • mukama (“lord, owner, master”)
  • obukama (“kingdom, monarchy”)

References

  • An Elementary Lunyoro Grammar‎[1], 1938, page 140
  • Shigeki Kaji (2018), “ニョロ語の人名 [Personal names in Nyoro]”, in 一般言語学論叢 [Journal of General Linguistics]‎[2], volume 21, page 25

Tooro

Etymology

From Common Bantu *mʊ̀káma (“chief, master”), from Proto-Bantu *-káma (“squeeze, wring”). Doublet of -kama (“to milk”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /omukáma/
  • Rhymes: -áma
  • Hyphenation: o‧mu‧ka‧ma

Noun

omukama class 1 (plural abakama class 2, augmentless mukama, plural augmentless bakama)

  1. king, monarch

Derived terms

  • mukama (“lord, owner, master”)
  • nyina omukama (“queen mother”)
  • obukama (“kingdom, monarchy”)
  • omukamakati (“queen”)

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 200
  • Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎[4], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, pages 32, 249, 305
  • Entry 8234 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
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