ngũgũtũ

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ᵑɡòɣótó/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩhengere, kĩariũngũ, and so on.

(Kiambu)

(Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.^[1]

Noun edit

ngũgũtũ class 9/10 (plural ngũgũtũ)

a kind of cowrie shell about 1/2 inch long, used as a charm^[2]

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

ngũgũtũ ya gwĩthurĩra ndĩrĩ gacere

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.
^ “ngũgũtũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 316. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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