ikigagara

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From an extinct Central Sudanic language; compare with Lugbara gara (“reed”).

Noun

ikigagara class 9 (plural ikigagara class 10)

1. a basket on which one stretches clothes to be perfumed, and beneath which one places a vase containing a fire of aromatic wood.

References

• Language Shift and its Reflection in African Archaeology: Cord rouletting in the Uele and Interlacustrine regions‎, 2009, page 54