Misiri

See also: mısırı

Tooro

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili Misri, from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /misíɾi/

Proper noun

Misiri

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa)
   • 2008, Ekitabu Ekirukwera N'Ebitabu Ebyeetwa Deturokanoniko/Apokurifa [Bible in Runyoro/Rutooro Interconfessional Translation], Bible Society of Uganda, Okubanza 13:1:

     Aho Abburamu yaruga Misiri, uwe na mukazi we na byona ebi akaba ayinabyo, na Looti yagenda na uwe, bahika Negebu.

     So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.

Derived terms

• Omumisiri
• Omunyamisiri