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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Kikuyu Njoroge.
Proper noun
Njoroge (plural Njoroges)
- A surname from Kikuyu.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Njoroge is the 22608th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1136 individuals. Njoroge is most common among Black/African American (92.43%) individuals.
Further reading
Kikuyu
Etymology
Original meaning was “genet cat”; later named after for male child lest he should be targeted by ancestral spirits (ngoma).[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
Proper noun
Njoroge
- a male given name
(Nouns)
References
- ^ “njoroge” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 335. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).