higo
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
higo
Kikuyu edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *mpígò. Hinde (1904) records higo as an equivalent of English kidney in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili figo etc. as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun edit
higo class 9/10 (plural higo)
References edit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ 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.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcus (“fig, fig tree”). Cognate with English fig.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
higo m (plural higos)
- fig (fruit)
- (colloquial) snatch, pussy (vagina)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “higo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Finnic *hiki.
Noun edit
higo
Inflection edit
| Inflection of higo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | higo | ||
| genitive sing. | higon | ||
| partitive sing. | higod | ||
| partitive plur. | higoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | higo | higod | |
| accusative | higon | higod | |
| genitive | higon | higoiden | |
| partitive | higod | higoid | |
| essive-instructive | higon | higoin | |
| translative | higoks | higoikš | |
| inessive | higos | higoiš | |
| elative | higospäi | higoišpäi | |
| illative | higoho | higoihe | |
| adessive | higol | higoil | |
| ablative | higolpäi | higoilpäi | |
| allative | higole | higoile | |
| abessive | higota | higoita | |
| comitative | higonke | higoidenke | |
| prolative | higodme | higoidme | |
| approximative I | higonno | higoidenno | |
| approximative II | higonnoks | higoidennoks | |
| egressive | higonnopäi | higoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | higohosai | higoihesai | |
| terminative II | higolesai | higoilesai | |
| terminative III | higossai | — | |
| additive I | higohopäi | higoihepäi | |
| additive II | higolepäi | higoilepäi | |