embaraasi

Tooro

embaraasi

Etymology

From em- (class 9 noun prefix) +‎ Swahili farasi (“horse; framework”), from Arabic فَرَس (faras). Compare Kikuyu mbarathi (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embaɾáːsi/
• Rhymes: -áːsi
• Hyphenation: e‧mba‧raa‧si

Noun

embaraasi class 9 (plural embaraasi class 10, augmentless mbaraasi, plural augmentless mbaraasi)

1. horse, member of the species Equus ferus

   Synonym: (rare) engamiya

References

• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[1], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 229