ndũgũ
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Kikuyu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
[edit]ndũgũ class 9/10 (plural ndũgũ)
- friendship
- kũruta ndũgũ na - to make friends with
- Synonym: ũrata
- (Northern) relationship by blood or marriage[2]
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ “ndũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 301. Oxford: Clarendon Press.