higo
Japanese
Romanization
higo
- Rōmaji transcription of ひご
Kikuyu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mpígò. Hinde (1904) records higo as an equivalent of English kidney in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili figo etc. as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hìɣɔ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
higo class 9/10 (plural higo)
- kidney
References
- 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.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish figo, from Latin fīcum, singular accusative of fīcus (“fig, fig tree”). Cognate with English fig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiɡo/ [ˈi.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: hi‧go
Noun
higo m (plural higos)
- fig (fruit)
- (colloquial) snatch, pussy (vagina)
Derived terms
- de higos a brevas
- higo chumbo
- hoja de higo
Related terms
- hígado
- higuera
- higueral
Descendants
- → Classical Nahuatl: hīcox, īcox
See also
- breva
Further reading
- “higo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Veps
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finnic *hiki.
Noun
higo
- sweat, perspiration
Inflection
| Inflection of higo (inflection type 1/ilo) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | higo | ||
| genitive sing. | higon | ||
| partitive sing. | higod | ||
| partitive plur. | higoid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | higo | higod | |
| accusative | higon | higod | |
| genitive | higon | higoiden | |
| partitive | higod | higoid | |
| essive-instructive | higon | higoin | |
| translative | higoks | higoikš | |
| inessive | higos | higoiš | |
| elative | higospäi | higoišpäi | |
| illative | higoho | higoihe | |
| adessive | higol | higoil | |
| ablative | higolpäi | higoilpäi | |
| allative | higole | higoile | |
| abessive | higota | higoita | |
| comitative | higonke | higoidenke | |
| prolative | higodme | higoidme | |
| approximative I | higonno | higoidenno | |
| approximative II | higonnoks | higoidennoks | |
| egressive | higonnopäi | higoidennopäi | |
| terminative I | higohosai | higoihesai | |
| terminative II | higolesai | higoilesai | |
| terminative III | higossai | — | |
| additive I | higohopäi | higoihepäi | |
| additive II | higolepäi | higoilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пот”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika