intama
noun
Meaning
- sheep
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from an extinct Tale South Cushitic language. Ultimately from Proto-South Cushitic *dama (“heifer”) or Proto-South Cushitic *dama- (“large kind of antelope”)
- *dama-(cus-sou-pro)→
- *dama(cus-sou-pro)→
- intama (Rwanda-Rundi)
- Relations: der, der
Related words
Descendant words
- entaama(Tooro) (cog)
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