orusunsu

Tooro

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly related to Common Bantu *ìcʊ̀njʊ̀.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /orusúːnsu/
• Hyphenation: o‧ru‧su‧nsu

Noun

orusunsu class 11 (plural ensunsu class 10, augmentless rusunsu, plural augmentless nsunsu)

1. crest (tuft of a bird)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 35
• Entry 8382 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3