njũgũma
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editHinde (1904) records njuguma as an equivalent of English knobkerry in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nzoma as its equivalent.[1]
Pronunciation
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
editnjũgũma class 9/10 (plural njũgũma) (diminutive gacũgũma)
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 34–35. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ 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.
- Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 235.
- “njũgũma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 336. Oxford: Clarendon Press.