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ngũgũ

See also: ngugu

Kikuyu edit

 
ngũgũ (Tauraco hartlaubi)

Pronunciation edit

The first ũ is pronounced long.[1]
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a disyllabic stem, together with matũũra, thani, kiuga, and so on.

Noun edit

ngũgũ class 9/10 (plural ngũgũ)

  1. turaco, lourie,[1] especially Hartlaub's turaco（Tauraco hartlaubi）[2]

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “ngũgũ1” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 316. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 465. London and New York: Academic Press. →ISBN
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