ol-otunó
leader
noun
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Definition
Warrior selected from different clans within a community to be an overall leader. He ushers the warriors into junior elderhood and he is the first one to marry in that age-set. (lit: the one who has planted).
In a sentence
Ɔlotunó apá ɔ́ɨ́tɛrá ayamɨshɔ́ tɔɔ́ IlKɨshɨlɨ́ pɔɔkɨ́.
Olotuno was the first one to marry in the IlKishili age-set. (Pk)
Where this comes from
- Source
- Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)
- Dialect
- Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)