ng'ombe

See also: Ng'ombe, ngombe, and ngɔ́mbɛ́

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Cognate with Tumbuka ng'ombe and Malawi Lomwe eng'ombe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋo.ᵐbe/

Noun

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)

1. cow, ox

Chuabo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

ng'ombe

1. ox, cow

References

• Shrum, Jeff (2018), Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋɔ̀ᵐbɛ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow or ox

   ng'ombe yakwa - my cow/ox

   ng'ombe ciakwa - my cows/oxen

Hypernyms

• mahiũ, indo

Hyponyms

• (female) mori; (male) ndeegwa, ndegwa, ndume; (child) njaũ

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo
• ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe
• ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo
• ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya

Related terms

(Nouns)

• kĩgombe class 7

Mwani

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, ox

Swahili

Other scripts
Ajami	غُمْبِ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈŋɔ.ᵐbɛ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

ng'ombe class I/IX (plural ng'ombe class II/X)

1. cow, ox

   ng'ombe mzuri ― nice cow

   ng'ombe wazuri ― nice cows

   Ng'ombe anakula majani.

   The cow is eating grass.

   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[2], stanza 14:

     نِكَمَ كِسِمَ كِسِگُ وُمْبِّ ، كِنْيِ مْتَپَاءَ مَانَ وَغُمْبِ

     Ni-kama kisima kisicho ombe, chenye mta-paa mwana wa-ng'ombe,

     It is like a shallow well where charges a young bull;

2. (derogatory) idiot

Descendants

• → Malagasy: omby

See also

• (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) ^{(Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]}

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.

Noun

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)

1. cow, ox

Yao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Cognate with Chichewa ng'ombe, Tumbuka ng'ombe and Malawi Lomwe eng'ombe.

Noun

ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)

1. cow, cattle.

References

• Padre Pedro Dupeyron (1880), Pequeno Vademecum da Lingua Bantu na Provincia de Moçambique ou Breve Estudo da Lingua Chi-Yao ou Adjaua‎^[3], Administração do Novo Mensageiro do Coraçao de Jesus, page 145
• Meredith Sanderson, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. (1922), A Yao Grammar‎^[4], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 179