Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
ngigĩ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
ngigĩ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ngigĩ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ngigĩ you have here. The definition of the word
ngigĩ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
ngigĩ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records ngigi as an equivalent of English locust in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngie and Swahili mzige (pl. wazige) together with nzige as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (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
ngigĩ class 9/10 (plural ngigĩ)
- locust
See also
References
- “ngigĩ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 308. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.