ekintu

Tooro

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu *-ntʊ̀ (“some, any”). Cognate with Swahili kitu (“thing”), Kikuyu kĩndũ (“thing, property. livestock”) and Shona chinhu (“thing”). Doublet of omuntu (“person”), ahantu (“place”), and obuntu (“humanity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekíːntu/, [ecíːntu]

Noun

ekintu class 7 (plural ebintu class 8, augmentless kintu, plural augmentless bintu)

1. thing, object
2. something

   Haliyo ekintu. ― There is something there.

Derived terms

• akantu (“small thing”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 94-95, 436