ibara

ibara

1. Rōmaji transcription of いばら

ibára class 5 (plural amabára class 6)

1. colour, color

Borrowed from Arabic عِبَارَة (ʕibāra).

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ibara (n class, plural ibara)

1. clause, article

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìbádà (“spot, speckle; color; wound, scar”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi ibára (“color”) and Zulu îbâla (“speckle; open space; playground”).

• IPA^(key): /iːβâɾa/, (augmentless) /iβâɾa/
• Rhymes: -âɾa
• Hyphenation: i‧ba‧ra

ibara class 5 (plural amabara class 6, augmentless ibara, plural augmentless mabara)

1. spot
2. birthmark
3. name

   Ibara lyawe niiwe oha? ― What is your name? (literally, “Your name is you who?”)

   Ibara lyange ninyowe Kato. ― My name is Kato. (literally, “My name is me Kato.”)

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• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 21, 208-210