ndũgũ
Kikuyu
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editndũgũ class 9/10 (plural ndũgũ)
- friendship
- kũruta ndũgũ na - to make friends with
- Synonym: ũrata
- (Northern) relationship by blood or marriage[2]
Derived terms
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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.
- ^ “ndũgũ” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 301. Oxford: Clarendon Press.