nguruu

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English glue.

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᵑɡù.ɾú.ù(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcũhĩ, gĩkorora, kĩgokora, mũceere, mũgathĩ, mũgogo (pl. mĩgogo), mũgoma, mũirĩtu, mbarĩki, ndagitari, ngirathi, njohero, njũi, rĩithori (pl. maithori), ũnyiinyi, and so on.[1]

Noun

nguruu class 9/10 (plural nguruu)

  1. glue[2]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ “nguruu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 315. Oxford: Clarendon Press.