ekimuli

Luganda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ecimúlí/

Noun

ekimuli (class IV, plural ebimuli, base state kimuli, plural base state bimuli)

1. flower

Descendants

• → Nyankole: ekimuri
• → Tooro: ekimuli

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136
• Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 196
• Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Tooro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekimúli/
• Rhymes: -úli
• Hyphenation: e‧ki‧mu‧li

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“torch”).

Noun

ekimuli class 7 (plural ebimuli class 8, augmentless kimuli, plural augmentless bimuli)

1. torch

Derived terms

• orumuli (“reed torch”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Luganda ekimuli, ultimately from Proto-Bantu *(mʊ̀)mʊ̀dɪ̀ (“grass”).

Noun

ekimuli class 7 (plural ebimuli class 8, augmentless kimuli, plural augmentless bimuli)

1. flower

   Synonym: ekyakyo

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 53, 104
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 192
• Entry 2221 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
• Entry 4555 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3