ˈhēmə noun
also hu·ma ˈhümə
( plural hima or himas also huma or humas )
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a Bantu-speaking pastoral people who constitute the ruling segment of the population of the Uganda kingdoms of Nyankole, Nyoro, and Toro and an inferior class among the Ganda people, are found also in Ruanda and on the western shore of Lake Albert in the Congo, and are supposed to be cognate in origin with the Tusi and perhaps the Galla and Somali
2. : a member of the Hima people