ndoo
See also: Ndoo
Kikuyu edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
Noun edit
ndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Swahili ndoo.[2]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun edit
ndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)
References edit
- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 452. →ISBN
- ^ “ndoo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 297. 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.
Mwani edit
Noun edit
ndoo class 9 (plural ndoo)
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
ndoo (n class, plural ndoo)
Descendants edit
- Kikuyu: ndoo