ngoma
See also: ng'oma
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ngoma (plural ngomas)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Kikuyu edit
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mote class which includes mũtĩ, gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), gĩthaka, kĩnya, kĩrũũmi, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrũthi, njagĩ, njohi, nyũmba, etc.[1] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun edit
ngoma class 9/10 (plural ngoma)
Derived terms edit
(Idioms)
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ^ “ngoma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Njagi, James Kinyua. (2016). "Lexical Borrowing and Semantic Change: A Case of English and Gĩkũyũ Contact", p. 53.
Kituba edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Noun edit
ngoma
Mwani edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Noun edit
ngoma class 9 (plural ngoma)
Shona edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Noun edit
ngoma class 9 (plural ngoma class 10)
- drum (musical instrument)
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Sotho edit
Verb edit
ngoma
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ngoma (n class, plural ngoma) or ngoma (ma class, plural mangoma)
Tsonga edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ngòmà.
Noun edit
ngoma class 9 (plural tingoma class 10)
- drum (musical instrument)
Tumbuka edit
Noun edit
ngoma class 9 (plural ngoma class 10)