kĩĩgamba

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

kĩgamba

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kigaamba as an equivalent of English bell in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kiamba as its equivalent.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /keèɣáᵐbǎꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 10 with a trisyllabic stem, together with gĩting'ũri, ndigithũ, kĩĩgunyĩ, and so on.

(Kiambu) Yukawa (1981, 1985) classifies this term into a group including mũcura, mwera, buubu, thani, kagogo, kĩĩhindiĩ, and so on.^[3]^[4]

Noun

kĩĩgamba class 7 (plural ciĩgamba)

a huge peapod-shaped cast iron containing iron balls,^[5] or an empty container filled with pieces of a bottle,^[6] used as a musical instrument for making rhythms of dances; tied to legs^[7] and shaking them would produce sounds like baca, baca, baca, baca...^[8]
Synonyms: gĩthoguo, njingiri

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

mũkui ndaiguaga ciĩgamba

References

^ “kĩĩgamba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 195. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 6–7. 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.
^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.
^ Wambugu, Duncan Miano (2012). "Kenyan Art Music in Kenya's High School General Music Curriculum: A Rationale for Folk-Song Based Choral Music ", pp. 122–123. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Florida.
^ Bailey, Jim (1993). Kenya: The National Epic, p. 323. Nairobi: Kenway Publications.
^ Senoga-Zake, George W. (2000). Folk Music of Kenya, pp. 17, 19, 21. Nairobi: Uzima Press. →ISBN
^ Kabira, Wanjiku Mukabi and Njogu Waita (2010). Reclaiming My Dreams: Oral Narratives by Wanjĩra Wa Rũkenya, p. 4. Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press. →ISBN

[1] “kĩĩgamba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 195. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[hh1904-2] Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 6–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[yy1981-3] 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.

[yy1985-4] Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1985). "A Second Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 29, 190–231.

[1-5] Wambugu, Duncan Miano (2012). "Kenyan Art Music in Kenya's High School General Music Curriculum: A Rationale for Folk-Song Based Choral Music ", pp. 122–123. Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Florida.

[6] Bailey, Jim (1993). Kenya: The National Epic, p. 323. Nairobi: Kenway Publications.

[7] Senoga-Zake, George W. (2000). Folk Music of Kenya, pp. 17, 19, 21. Nairobi: Uzima Press. →ISBN

[8] Kabira, Wanjiku Mukabi and Njogu Waita (2010). Reclaiming My Dreams: Oral Narratives by Wanjĩra Wa Rũkenya, p. 4. Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press. →ISBN

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