ndoo
See also: Ndoo
Kikuyu
editEtymology 1
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.
Noun
editndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Swahili ndoo.[2]
Pronunciation
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
editndoo class 9/10 (plural ndoo)
References
edit- ^ Leakey, L. S. B. (1977). The Southern Kikuyu before 1903, v. I, p. 452. →ISBN
- ^ “ndoo” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 297. Oxford: Clarendon 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.
Mwani
editNoun
editndoo class 9 (plural ndoo)
Swahili
editPronunciation
editNoun
editndoo (n class, plural ndoo)
Descendants
edit- Kikuyu: ndoo
Categories:
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- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 9 nouns
- Kikuyu class 10 nouns
- Kikuyu terms borrowed from Swahili
- Kikuyu terms derived from Swahili
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- ki:Containers
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Mwani class 9 nouns
- wmw:Containers
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
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