ndũgũ

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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.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ndũgũ class 9/10 (plural ndũgũ)

  1. friendship
    kũruta ndũgũ na - to make friends with
    Synonym: ũrata
  2. (Northern) relationship by blood or marriage[2]

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

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. ^ “ndũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 301. Oxford: Clarendon Press.