ndongoro

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Kikuyu

ndongoro (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci)
ndongoro (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdɔ̀ᵑɡɔ̀ɾɔ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩberethi, mbogoro, and so on.

Noun

ndongoro class 9/10 (plural ndongoro)

  1. bongo[1][2] (Tragelaphus eurycerus, syn. Boocercus eurycerus)
  2. greater kudu[3] (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
    Synonym: inamũru[3]

References

  1. ^ “ndongoro” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 296. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (1982). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume III Part C (Bovids), p. 142. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 452. →ISBN
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