ndungata

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Kikuyu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a verb gũtungata.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ⁿdùᵑɡátá/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.^[2]

Noun[edit]

ndungata class 9/10 (plural ndungata)

servant

Related terms[edit]

(Nouns)

ũtungata class 14
mũtungati class 1

See also[edit]

ngombo

References[edit]

^ “ndungata” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 299. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ 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.

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