Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records ndurume as an equivalent of English sheep in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ⁿdòɾómɛ̀(ꜜ)/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a trisyllabic stem, together with kĩgokora, mbarĩki, thimiti, and so on.
(Kiambu)

Noun

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ndũrũme class 9/10 (plural ndũrũme)

  1. ram (male sheep)[3]
    Hypernym: ng'ondu

References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 52–53. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 10.
  • “ndũrũme” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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