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Kikuyu
Etymology
From a verb gũting'oing'a.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1.
- (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.[2]
Noun
nding'oing'o class 9/10 (plural nding'oing'o) (diminutive gating'oing'o)
- african fruit beetle[1]
- stupid person, fool, idiot[1]
- Synonym: kĩrimũ
References
- Ng'ang'a, Philip M. (1996). Mũũgĩ nĩ Mũtaare, p. 143. Nairobi: East African Educational Publishers. →ISBN