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Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili ngozi.[1]
Pronunciation
- This o is pronounced long.[1]
- 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
ngothi class 9/10 (plural ngothi)
- hide, leather[1]
- skin
- 2001, John Kamenyi Wahome, Mũkiingo: (HIV-AIDS) Na Mĩrimũ Ĩngĩ Ĩrĩa Yanathĩĩnia Rũũrĩrĩ Rwitũ, Jemisik Cultural Books, p. 20.
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