Kamba edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *-kūŋgúnī.[1]

Noun edit

ngũngũni

  1. bedbug

References edit

  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.

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

From 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.

Noun edit

ngũngũni class 9/10 (plural ngũngũni)

  1. bedbug[3]

References edit

  1. 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 32.