nguruu
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 5 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩboboto, ndaraca, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun
editnguruu class 9/10 (plural nguruu)
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ “nguruu” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 315. Oxford: Clarendon Press.