ng'ombe
Chichewa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)
Chuabo
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
editng'ombe
References
edit- Shrum, Jeff (2018) Chuwabo - Portuguese Dictionary[1], SIL International
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè. Hinde (1904) records ngombe as an equivalent of English cow in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ngombe and Swahili ngombe as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into moondo class which includes mũndũ, huko, igego, igoti, inooro, irigũ, irũa, kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũri, mwaki (“fire”), ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, Mũrĩmi (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[3]
Noun
editng'ombe class 9/10 (plural ng'ombe)
Hypernyms
editHyponyms
editDerived terms
edit(Proverbs)
- gũthũũra ng'ombe nĩ gũthũũra kamũkwa kayo
- ndegwa nyinyi ĩhaicaga ng'ombe na mũtwe
- ng'ombe itionagwo nĩ ithayo
- ng'ombe yahithio njaũ ĩkamagĩrwo ikaya
Related terms
edit(Nouns)
- kĩgombe class 7
References
edit- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 16–17. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mugu, Muturi Anthony (2014). Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a cognitive semantics approach, p. 31.
Mwani
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
editng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe)
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editng'ombe class IX (plural ng'ombe class X)
- cow, ox
- (derogatory) idiot
Usage notes
edit- Under animacy rules for Swahili, this noun takes class 1/2 affixes:
Descendants
edit- → Malagasy: omby
See also
edit- (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) (Category: sw:Chinese zodiac signs) [edit]
Tumbuka
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *ngòmbè.
Noun
editng'ombe class 9 (plural ng'ombe class 10)
Categories:
- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Chichewa lemmas
- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 9 nouns
- ny:Bovines
- Chuabo terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chuabo terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chuabo lemmas
- Chuabo nouns
- chw:Mammals
- Kikuyu terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Kikuyu lemmas
- Kikuyu nouns
- Kikuyu class 9 nouns
- Kikuyu class 10 nouns
- ki:Cattle
- Mwani terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Mwani lemmas
- Mwani nouns
- Mwani class 9 nouns
- wmw:Bovines
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- Swahili derogatory terms
- sw:Chinese zodiac signs
- sw:Bovines
- Tumbuka terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Tumbuka lemmas
- Tumbuka nouns
- Tumbuka class 9 nouns
- tum:Bovines