nũgũ
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Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Hinde (1904) records nugu ao ithinwa as an equivalent of English baboon in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into njata class which includes njata, gĩkabu, gĩtara, ithanwa, karani, kĩihũri, etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on. Clements (1984:334) claims that Armstrong's “njata class” and “ðiimbo class” (e.g. thimbũ, mũcuuha, kĩratũ, itũũra (pl. matũũra), thani, gĩthitũ), and Benson's “disyllabic 7” (e.g. kĩmitũ, njata) and “disyllabic 8” can be all unified to a single class, namely “HLHL class”.[3]
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
nũgũ class 9/10 (plural nũgũ)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 4–5. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Clements, George N. (1984). "Principles of tone assignment in Kikuyu." In Clements, G.N. and J.A. Goldsmith (eds.) Autosegmental studies in Bantu tone, pp. 281–339. Dordrecht: Mouton de Gruyter; Foris Publications. →ISBN
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- “nũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 287. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 455. →ISBN
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.