rũga

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See also: Ruga, ruga, rugă, and ruĝa

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

rũga class 11 (plural nga)

  1. sinew, tendon[2][1]
  2. ligament[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 2.0 2.1 ga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 96. Oxford: Clarendon Press.