ngoma

See also: ng'oma

English

Etymology

From Swahili ngoma (“dance”).

Noun

ngoma (plural ngomas)

A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.

Derived terms

ngoma drum

Anagrams

Gamon, Mogan, among, ang mo, goman, mango

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡɔ̀mǎ/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.^[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

Noun

ngoma class 9/10 (plural ngoma)

spirit of the deceased^[1]^[3]
(Christianity) devil^[4]
Synonym: caitani

Derived terms

(Idioms)

ngoma cia aka

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
^ 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.
^ “ngoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 53.