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nguru

See also: ngûru

Gamilaraay

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nguru

  1. he
  2. she

References

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  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Igbo

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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ǹguru

  1. residential (walled) compound
  2. central area of settlement
    Coordinate term: ama
  3. kindred, family circle

Further reading

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  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “nguru”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 107

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records ngūrru as an equivalent of English tortoise in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nguu as its equivalent.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into mbori class which includes mbũri, ikinya (pl. makinya), itimũ, kĩhaato, maguta, mbembe, mũgeka, mũrata, nyaga, ũhoro, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ, Kamau (“man's name”), etc.[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.[3]
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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nguru class 9/10 (plural nguru)

  1. tortoise[2][5]

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 60–61. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  3. ^ Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 33.

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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nguru (n class, plural nguru)

  1. kingfish, king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla)
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