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Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records ngukumma as an equivalent of English tick in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 11 with a trisyllabic stem.
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, as ngũũkũma, 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
ngũkũma class 9/10 (plural ngũkũma)
- tick
See also
References
- “ngũkũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 317. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.