omutima
Herero
Noun
omutima (plural omitima)
- heart (organ)
Nyankole
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́mà.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /omutíma/, [omutɨ́ma]
Noun
omutima class 3 (plural emitima class 4, augmentless mutima, plural augmentless mitima)
- (anatomy) heart
- (figurative) heart (mind, feeling(s))
- (figurative) heart (soul, humanity)
- high blood pressure
Derived terms
- entima (“core of a tree”)
- ekitima (“state of the heart”)
- emitimanyima (“whole back region”)
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2004) A Runyankore Vocabulary[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 22, 243, 289
- Taylor, Charles V. (1998) A simplified Runyankore-Rukiga-English and English-Runyankore-Rukiga dictionary[2], Kampala: Fountain Publishers, →ISBN, page 117
Tooro
Alternative forms
- omutuma
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀tɪ́mà. Cognate with Chuabo murima, Lingala motéma, Swahili mtima and Rwanda-Rundi umutíma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /omutíma/
Noun
omutima class 3 (plural emitima class 4, augmentless mutima, plural augmentless mitima)
See also
References
- Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 19