ndundu

Kikuyu edit

FWOTD – 12 June 2023

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ⁿduⁿdu/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

Noun edit

ndundu class 9 (plural ndundu)

secret talk, secret agreement

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

andũ matarĩ ndundu mahũragwo na njũgũma ĩmwe

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ⁿdùⁿdú/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[1]

Noun edit

ndundu class 9/10 (plural ndundu)

owl^[2]

References edit

^ 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.
^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

“ndundu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 299. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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