ngũngũni
Kamba
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-kūŋgúnī.[1]
Noun
editngũngũni
References
edit- ^ Clements, George N. and Kevin C. Ford (1979). "Kikuyu Tone Shift and Its Synchronic Consequences", p. 196. In Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 179–210.
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-kūŋgúnī.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 8 with a trisyllabic stem, together with batĩrĩ, and so on.
- (Kiambu) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩcigĩrĩra, gĩtumumu, mindira, and so on.[2]
Noun
editngũngũni class 9/10 (plural ngũngũni)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clements, George N. and Kevin C. Ford (1979). "Kikuyu Tone Shift and Its Synchronic Consequences", p. 196. In Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 179–210.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 32.
Categories:
- Kamba terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Kamba terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Kamba lemmas
- Kamba nouns
- kam:Hemipterans
- kam:Parasites
- 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:Hemipterans
- ki:Parasites