nzou
KambaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *njògù. Hinde (1904) records unzōō as an equivalent of English elephant, listing also “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu njogu and Swahili ndovu etc. as its equivalents[1].
NounEdit
nzou[2]
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 20–21. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Whiteley, W.H. and M.G. Muli (1962). Practical Introduction to Kamba, pp. 25, 163. London: Oxford University Press.
ShonaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *njògù.
NounEdit
nzou class 9 (plural nzou class 10)