kĩongo

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
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Noun

kĩongo class 7 (plural ciongo)[2]

  1. skull[2]
  2. head
    Kanua kendagia kĩongo. - A mouth sells a head.

Derived terms

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See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. 2.0 2.1 ongo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 360. Oxford: Clarendon Press.