njũgũma

Hinde (1904) records njuguma as an equivalent of English knobkerry in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nzoma as its equivalent.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ᶮdʑòɣòmǎ/

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) 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]

njũgũma class 9/10 (plural njũgũma) (diminutive gacũgũma)

1. knobkerry, a type of throwing club

(Proverbs)

• andũ matarĩ ndundu mahũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe

• ndotono, rũthanju, thimbũ

• Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 235.
• “njũgũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 336. Oxford: Clarendon Press.