ndungata

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From a verb gũtungata.[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

ndungata class 9/10 (plural ndungata)

  1. servant

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. ^ “ndungata” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 299. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ 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.
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