Njoroge
See also: njoroge
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Njoroge (plural Njoroges)
- A surname from Kikuyu.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Njoroge is the 22608th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1136 individuals. Njoroge is most common among Black/African American (92.43%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Njoroge”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 673.
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
Original meaning was “genet cat”; later named after for male child lest he should be targeted by ancestral spirits (ngoma).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 6 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgongona, and so on.
Proper noun edit
Njoroge
- a male given name
Related terms edit
(Nouns)
- kamũcoroge class 12
References edit
- ^ “njoroge” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 335. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).