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Awabakal
Noun
ngoro
- three
Karao
Noun
ngoro
- end; edge; rim
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records -ngorro as an equivalent of English heart in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]
Pronunciation
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.[3]
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[4]
Noun
ngoro class 9/10 (plural ngoro)
- heart[5]
- mind, heart
- Gatitũ ka ngoro gatirĩmanagwo.
- The grove of heart does not get cleared.
- chest
- Synonym: gĩthũri
- Ũrĩ ithe ndaringagwo ya ngoro.
- One who has his own father does not get beaten on the chest.
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
References
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 11, 34.
Nyunga
Noun
ngoro
- what falls from the nose, the mucus of the nose
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