ng'ombe
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Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)
Chuabo edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun edit
ng'ombe
References edit
- Shrum, Jeff (2018) Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary[1], SIL International
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun edit
ng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)
Hypernyms edit
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
(Proverbs)
- gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo
- ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe
- ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo
- ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya
Related terms edit
(Nouns)
- kĩgombe class 7
References edit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 31.
Mwani edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun edit
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ng'ombe (n class, plural ng'ombe)
- cow, ox
- (derogatory) idiot
Usage notes edit
- Under animacy rules for Swahili, this noun takes class 1/2 affixes:
Descendants edit
- → Malagasy: omby
See also edit
- (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) (Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]
Tumbuka edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun edit
ng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)